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"Your time shall come then, I-Gos," Gahan assured the other, "and if you have any party that thinks as you do, prepare them for the eventuality that will succeed O-Tar's presuhter of The Warlord Where shall I see you again, and when? I go now to speak with Tara, Princess of Helium"

"I like your boldness," said I-Gos; "but it will avail you naught You will not speak with Tara, Princess of Heliuh doubtless the blood of many Manatorians will drench the floors of the women's quarters before you are slain"

Gahan smiled "I shall not be slain Where and when shall we ht That seems the safest retreat in all Manator for an eneo!"

"And may the spirits of your ancestors surround you," said I-Gos

After the old h tohich appeared to have been constructed of concrete and afterward elaborately carved, its entire surface being covered with intricate designs cut deep into the stone-like es since, it was but little weather-worn owing to the aridity of the Martian atmosphere, the infrequency of rains, and the rarity of dust storer that ht have deterred the bravest of men-that would, doubtless, have deterred Gahan, had he not felt that the life of the wo the hazardous feat

Re aside all of his harness and weapons other than a single belt supporting a dagger, the Gatholian essayed the dangerous ascent Clinging to the carvings with hands and feet he worked hi upon the shadowy side of the tower, away froht of Thuria and Cluros The tower rose some fifty feet above the roof of the adjacent part of the palace, co in every direction A few of the ere balconied, and thesenow near the close of the ninth zode, there was little likelihood that ress was noiseless and he came at last, undetected, to the s of the upper level These, like several of the others he had passed at lower levels, were heavily barred, so that there was no possibility of his gaining ingress to the apartment where Tara was confined Darkness hid the interior behind the firstthat he approached The second opened upon a lighted cha at his post outside a door Here also was the top of the runway leading to the next level below Passing still farther around the tower Gahan approached another , but now he clung to that side of the tohich ended in a courtyard a hundred feet below and in a short tiht of Thuria would reach him He realized that he must hasten and he prayed that behind thehe now approached he would find Tara of Helium