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Tarzan on Mars
VIII
KAR KOMAK'S QUEST
YEARS later, certain gentlemen attached to the British
Government prepared a note to their consular agents in
Nairobi. It was designed to call to London one John Clayton,
Lord Greystoke—otherwise known as Tarzan of the Apes.
As they signed the secret order, a bugle sounded, clear
and sweet. But these gentlemen could not have heard this
particular bugle, for it sounded in a great ballroom in the
palace of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Greater Helium—some
forty-eight million miles away.
"The dance of Barsoom!" exclaimed the red skinned
warrior, lowering his bugle.
"I claim you for it, Valla Dia!"
The Jeddara of Dusor turned her lovely head to smile
devastatingly at the resplendent prince who had addressed
her.
"Carthoris!" she exclaimed. "And what of Thuvia? Can
she forebear to overlook the slightest opportunity of being in
the arms of her handsome husband?"
"Evidently!" laughed Carthoris. "For she has suspected
you of the same dereliction of wifely devotion!" He nodded
toward a couple on the floor who had already swung into the
dance.
"Ah!" exclaimed the Jeddara, frowning in mock jealousy.
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