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"This be as good as any place," he said "No one comes here Never have I been here before, so I know no more of the other chaain when I bring you food and drink O-Mai the Cruel occupied this portion of the palace during his reign, five thousand years before O-Tar In one of these apartments he was found dead, his face contorted in an expression of fear so horrible that it drove to madness those who looked upon it; yet there was no mark of violence upon him Since then the quarters of O-Mai have been shunned for the legends have it that the ghosts of Corphals pursue the spirit of the wicked Jeddak nightly through these chao But," he added, as though to reassure his may not be countenanced by the culture of Gathol or Heliuhed "And if all who looked upon him were driven mad, who then was there to perform the last rites or prepare the body of the Jeddak for them?"

"There was none," replied Tasor "Where they found hi bones lie hid in sootten cha them that he would seek the first opportunity to speak with A-Kor, and upon the following day he would bring them food and drinkThose who have read John Carter's description of the Green Martians in A Princess of Mars will recall that these strange people could exist for considerable periods of tiree is the saone Tara turned to Gahan and approaching laid a hand upon his arnized you beneath your disguise," she said, "that I have had no opportunity to assure you of h esteem that your valor has won for you in e my indebtedness; and if prorave jeopardy, accept reat reward that awaits you at the hand of my father in Helium"

"I desire no reward," he replied, "other than the happiness of knowing that the woman I love is happy"

For an instant the eyes of Tara of Heliuht, and then they softened and her attitude relaxed as she shook her head sadly