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Tarzan on Mars
Finally, she whispered back, "Tarzan! I have long suspected
it, yet I cannot believe that it is so!"
"You have wished it, but you fear it," he told her.
"Yes! Yes! she sobbed, helplessly.
"The terrible responsibility of it—the mystery of it. I
understand."
"Oh, Tarzan—I am but a lost and misguided woman of
flesh and blood!" she whispered. "Tell me what I should do!"
"Stand up to it!" he urged. "You will find the answer here
at Tarnath—today!"
"But we shall drown! All of us—you and I together!"
"Perhaps not. Release me. I will try to open the gate."
La sprang to her feet. "Release Tharos Pthan!" she
commanded her green guards. "He alone can save us!"
But it was Churg who snatched the keys from a green
guard and worked to free the apeman.
See how she loves you still! came Kar Komak's anguished
thought.
Tarzan attempted to think back at him, "As you are an
illusion, so is her love for me. But, as you say, there is no
time to explain, my friend."
All eyes now turned upon the apeman as he rose to his
feet.
"How do you propose—" Tars Tarkas began, but Tarzan
touched his giant long-sword.
"Lend me that—quickly!" he said.
Silently, the great Thark unsheathed the mighty blade
which few living men could wield. Tarzan snatched it from
him as though it had been a wooden stick.
They watched him, mystified, as he ran forward half a
hundred feet and turned to face the great wall.
"Cover me with your rifles!" he shouted.
Then, as a low growl escaped his lips, he sprang forward
with the swiftness of an arrow and executed a mighty leap
such as no Barsoomian had ever witnessed before. Whether
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