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Updated: June 14, 2025
The warrior left us to search for food and water. He has doubtless fallen into the hands of your people. I ask you to free him and give us food and drink and let us go upon our way. I am a granddaughter of a jeddak, the daughter of a jeddak of jeddaks, The Warlord of Barsoom. I ask only the treatment that my people would accord you or yours." "Helium," repeated O-Tar.
As he was leaving the little group of men I-Gos called after him. "At what hour does O-Tar intend visiting the chambers of O-Mai?" he asked. "Toward the end of the eighth zode*," replied the major-domo, and went his way. * About 1:00 A. M. Earth Time. "We shall see," stated I-Gos. "What shall we see?" asked a warrior. "We shall see whether O-Tar visits the chamber of O-Mai." "How?"
Then it was that O-Tar of Manator came near to fleeing from the nameless horror that he could not see, but that he knew lay waiting for him in that chamber just ahead. But again came the fear of the wrath and contempt of his warriors and his chiefs. They would degrade him and they would slay him into the bargain.
"They were together in the hills south of the city," explained U-Dor, "and they say that they are lost and starving." "The woman is beautiful," said the padwar. "She will not long go begging in the city of Manator," and then they spoke of other matters of the doings of the palace, of the expedition of U-Dor, until the messenger returned to say that O-Tar bade them bring the prisoners to him.
I was there, hiding behind the hangings, and I saw all that transpired. Turan had been hiding in the chamber and was even then lying upon the couch of O-Mai when O-Tar, trembling with fear, entered the room. Turan, disturbed, arose to a sitting position at the same time voicing a piercing shriek. O-Tar screamed and swooned." "It is a lie!" cried O-Tar.
Thankful was O-Tar that he had gone alone to that chamber of fright, for now no one could deny the tale that he should tell. E-Thas rushed forward to greet him, for E-Thas had seen black looks directed toward him as the tals slipped by and his benefactor failed to return. "O brave and glorious jeddak!" cried the major-domo.
"Ey, ey, O-Tar," squeaked the ancient one, "I-Gos goes out not upon pleasure bound; but when one does ruthlessly desecrate the dead of I-Gos, vengeance must be had!" "You refer to the act of the slave Turan?" demanded O-Tar. "Turan, yes, and the slave Tara, who slipped beneath my hide a murderous blade.
Utan after utan entered through the great gate, and even when the head of the column reached the palace of O-Tar they were not all within the city. "I have been here many years," said the girl, Lan-O; "but never have I seen even The Great Jed bring so many fighting men into the city of Manator."
"Your people prate of the just laws of Manator, and yet you would slay three strangers without telling them of what crime they are accused." "He is right," said a deep voice. It was the voice of U-Thor, the great jed of Manatos. O-Tar looked at him and scowled; but there came voices from other portions of the chamber seconding the demand for justice.
A-Kor already has been tried and sentenced by the supreme tribunal of Manator O-Tar, the jeddak; and you too shall receive justice from the same unfailing source. In the meantime you are under arrest. To the pits with him! To the pits with U-Thor the false jed!" He clapped his hands to summon the surrounding warriors to do his bidding. A score leaped forward to seize U-Thor.
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