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south�察   �hunting    them    down     and   slaying   them�察   �until  this  great   nation 

remained only as a hated memory in the minds of men。 

     ;But while they are exterminating the Dusarians�察�countless thousands 

of their own warriors must perish and all because of the stubbornness of 

a single woman who would not wed the prince who loves her。 



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     ;Refuse�察�Thuvia of Ptarth�察�and there remains but a single alternative 

no   man   must     ever   know   your    fate。   Only   a  handful   of   loyal  servitors 

besides my  royal father   and myself   know that you   were stolen   from  the 

gardens of Thuvan Dihn by Astok�察�Prince of Dusar�察�or that to´day you be 

imprisoned in my palace。 

     ;Refuse�察�Thuvia of Ptarth�察�and you must die to save Dusar there is no 

other way。      Nutus�察�the jeddak�察�has so decreed。 I have spoken。; 

     For a long moment the girl let her level gaze rest full upon the face of 

Astok   of   Dusar。     Then   she   spoke�察  �and   though   the   words   were   few�察  �the 

unimpassioned tone carried unfathomable depths of cold contempt。 

     ;Better all that you have threatened�察─�she said�察 �than you。; 

     Then   she   turned   her   back   upon   him   and   went   to   stand   once   more 

before the east window�察�gazing with sad eyes toward distant Ptarth。 

     Astok   wheeled   and   left   the   room�察  �returning   after   a   short   interval   of 

time with food and drink。 

     ;Here�察─�he said�察 �is sustenance until I return again。 The next to enter 

this   apartment     will   be   your   executioner。     Commend       yourself    to  your 

ancestors�察�Thuvia of Ptarth�察�for within a few days you shall be with them。; 

     Then he was gone。 

     Half an hour later he was interviewing an officer high in the navy of 

Dusar。 

     ;Whither went Vas Kor�拭─�he asked。             ;He is not at his palace。; 

     ;South�察 �to   the great   waterway  that   skirts Torquas�察─  �replied   the  other。 

;His son�察�Hal Vas�察�is Dwar of the Road there�察�and thither has Vas Kor gone 

to enlist recruits among the workers on the farms。; 

     ;Good�察─  �said   Astok�察  �and   a   half´hour   more   found   him   rising   above 

Dusar in his swiftest flier。 



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                            CHAPTER XIII 



                               TURJUN�察�THE PANTHAN 

       The face of carthoris of Helium gave no token of the emotions that 

convulsed him inwardly as he heard from the lips of Hal Vas that Helium 

was at war with Dusar�察�and that fate had thrown him into the service of the 

enemy。 

     That   he   might   utilize   this   opportunity   to   the   good   of   Helium   scarce 

sufficed   to   outweigh   the   chagrin   he   felt   that   he   was   not   fighting   in   the 

open at the head of his own loyal troops。 

     To escape the Dusarians might prove an easy matter�察�and then again it 

might     not。   Should     they   suspect    his  loyalty   ��and   the   loyalty   of  an 

impressed   panthan   was   always   open   to   suspicion���察  �he   might   not   find   an 

opportunity to elude their vigilance until after the termination of the war�察�

which might occur within days�察�or�察�again�察�only after long and weary years 

of bloodshed。 

     He    recalled   that   history   recorded    wars    in  which    actual   military 

operations had been carried on without cessation for five or six hundred 

years�察�and even now there were nations upon Barsoom with which Helium 

had made no peace within the history of man。 

     The outlook was not cheering。           He could not guess that within a few 

hours he would be blessing the fate that had thrown him into the service of 

Dusar。 

     ;Ah� ─  �exclaimed   Hal Vas。       ;Here   is   my  father   now。   Kaor� �Vas   Kor。 

Here     is  one   you   will  be   glad   to  meet   a   doughty    panthan;     He 

hesitated。 

     ;Turjun�察─�interjected Carthoris�察�seizing upon the first appellation that 

occurred to him。 

     As   he   spoke   his   eyes   crossed   quickly   to   the   tall   warrior   who   was 

entering    the   room。    Where     before   had   he   seen  that  giant   figure�察 �that 

taciturn countenance�察�and the livid sword´cut from temple to mouth�拭�

     ;Vas   Kor�察─  �repeated   Carthoris   mentally。     ;Vas   Kor� ─  �Where   had   he 



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seen the man before�拭�

     And     then   the  noble    spoke�察  �and   like   a  flash  it  all  came    back   to 

Carthoristhe forward servant upon the landing´ stage at Ptarth that time 

that he had been explaining the intricacies of his new compass to Thuvan 

Dihn�察�the lone slave that had guarded his own hangar that night he had left 

upon his ill´fated journey for Ptarththe journey that had brought him so 

mysteriously to far Aaanthor。 

     ;Vas    Kor�察─  �he   repeated    aloud�察   �blessed    be  your   ancestors    for  this 

meeting�察─  �nor     did   the  Dusarian   guess     the   wealth   of   meaning    that  lay 

beneath that hackneyed phrase with which a Barsoomian acknowledges an 

introduction。 

     ;And blessed be yours�察�Turjun�察─�replied Vas Kor。 

     Now came the introduction of Kar Komak to Vas Kor�察�and as Carthoris 

went through the little ceremony there came to him the only explanation 

he   might   make   to    account   for   the   white   skin  and   auburn    hair   of  the 

bowman�察  �for   he   feared   that   the   truth   might   not   be   believed   and    thus 

suspicion be cast upon them both from the beginning。 

     ;Kar   Komak�察─      �he  explained�察   �is�察  �as  you   can   see�察 �a   thern。  He   has 

wandered far from his icebound southern temples in search of adventure。 

I came upon him in the pits of Aaanthor�察�but though I have known him so 

short a time�察�I can vouch for his bravery and loyalty。; 

     Since the destruction of the fabric of their false religion by John Carter�察�

the majority of the therns had gladly accepted the new order of things�察�so 

that   it   was   now   no   longer   uncommon   to   see   them   mingling   with   the 

multitudes of red men in any of the great cities of the outer world�察�so Vas 

Kor neither felt nor expressed any great astonishment。 

     All    during    the   interview     Carthoris     watched�察    �catlike�察  �for   some 

indication that Vas   Kor   recognized   in   the battered   panthan   the   erstwhile 

gorgeous   Prince   of   Helium�察  �but   the   sleepless   nights�察  �the   long   days   of 

marching   and   fighting�察  �the   wounds   and   the   dried   blood   had   evidently 

sufficed to obliterate the last remnant of his likeness to his former se
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