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Tarzan on Mars
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THE GREAT GAMES
WHEN Tarzan was chained in the dark pits of the great,
ancient-looking walled city to which his captors had taken
him, he noted with some surprise that a great number of
normal men like himself were also chained there—except
that their skins were slightly reddish in hue. There were
giant green men in chains, as well, but his interest was
centered principally upon the others, for they were of the
race he sought, who might know of the whereabouts of
Helium—and John Carter. If he could but speak their language
now!
He had only a moment to note their curious and somewhat
astonished surveillance of him before his jailers departed,
carrying their torches with them. After that, he shared
with his fellow prisoners the Stygian darkness of the dreaded
pits, which was a typical feature of all such subterranean jails
of Barsoom. Every city on the planet possessed its pits for
the enemy, which were actually labyrinthine mazes of tunnels
and chambers, intricately inter-connected and often half
forgotten and unexplored. His present location reminded the
apeman of the subterranean catacombs of Opar except that
this place had evidently been built on a much grander scale.
One other detail he had noted before the torches were
withdrawn, was that the other prisoners were bound with
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