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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Pdf, Epub, Ebook TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Edgar Rice Burroughs | 272 pages | 29 Sep 2014 | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | 9781502537324 | English | none Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar PDF Book A single warrior stood sleepy guard beside the fire that yellow eyes out of the darkness beyond the camp made imperative. People who viewed this item also viewed. Namespaces File Discussion. Learn More - opens in a new window or tab International shipping and import charges paid to Pitney Bowes Inc. Beyond the door lay another narrow passageway. Skip to main content. As the flames ate their way into the living-room, reaching out forked tongues to lick up the bodies of the dead, one of that gruesome company whose bloody welterings had long since been stilled, moved again. He saw the sudden change in the beast's expression as his eyes wandered to something beyond the altar and out of the Belgian's view. This item will be shipped through the Global Shipping Program and includes international tracking. Authority control. It was as though he had discovered some new species of living creature and was marveling at his find. It was very late when the ape-man re-entered the boma and lay down among his black warriors. No additional import charges at delivery! Werper strained his neck about to catch a sight of the cause of their panic, and when, at last he saw it, he too went cold in dread, for what his eyes beheld was the figure of a huge lion standing in the center of the temple, and already a single victim lay mangled beneath his cruel paws. Jungle life is ordered along different lines than ours and different standards prevail. The boulder-strewn plain between the valley's edge and the mighty granite kopje, outside the city's walls, where lay the entrance to the passage-way leading to the treasure vault, gave the Belgian ample cover as he followed Tarzan toward Opar. He knew then that the jewels were buried. On encountering La , the high priestess who is the servant of the Flaming God of Opar, and who is also very beautiful, Tarzan once again rejects her love which enrages her and she tries to have him killed; she had fallen in love with the apeman during their first encounter and La and her high priests are not going to allow Tarzan to escape their sacrificial knives this time. For a long time he lay watching and listening. An instant later she was surrounded and disarmed. Stated "Published, April, " on copyright page with dated title page. As he opened his eyes he saw the faces of strange black men about him, and just outside the tent the figure of an Arab. Jane Clayton surveyed them with unmixed feelings of pride and affection. The firelight playing upon them conjured a multitude of scintillating rays, and as the wide eyes of the Belgian looked on in rapt fascination, the man's expression at last acknowledged a tangible purpose in courting the society of the ape-man. Taxes may be applicable at checkout. He reined in his horse and watched the little party as it emerged from a concealing swale. For two days they labored to tear a way through to their imprisoned friends; but when, after Herculean efforts, they had unearthed but a few yards of the choked passage, and discovered the mangled remains of one of their fellows they were forced to the conclusion that Tarzan and the second Waziri also lay dead beneath the rock mass farther in, beyond human aid, and no longer susceptible of it. He raised his hand to his head and brought it away sticky with clotted blood. Tarzan swung his heavy spear, clublike, down upon the skull of the priest. His head ached; but otherwise he felt no ill effects from the blow that had felled him. It was decided that Frecoult and his party should remain several days, or until they were thoroughly rested, when Lord Greystoke would furnish guides to lead them safely back into country with which Frecoult's head man was supposedly familiar. It was impossible for the tawny cat to eat under that hail of missiles—he could but roar and growl and dodge and eventually he was driven away entirely from the carcass of Bara, the deer. How long he had fled he did not know, or try to know. By a quick side step, Tarzan eluded the first swinging clutch of the lion's paws. He shuddered. For years the military forces of Belgian Congo had waged a fruitless war upon this man and his followers—a war in which quarter had never been asked nor expected by either side. It is writ in my own blood which I have smeared upon my palm. And now you have come back! For some time Tarzan lay where he had fallen upon the floor of the treasure chamber beneath the ruined walls of Opar. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Writer No sound reached to the buried depths of his sepulcher. This alone would assure immediate pursuit by so warlike a people as the Waziri. Fifty- two more ingots passed out of the vaults, making the total of one hundred which Tarzan intended taking away with him. Please enter a number less than or equal to 1. None had seen him go and none saw him return. Captions English Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. Expedited and international shipping are also available. Listed in category:. Without a word they dragged her from the bungalow. Six times he had returned to the treasure chamber, and six times Werper, the Belgian, had cowered in the black shadows at the far end of the long vault. And so Tarzan of the Apes forged steadily ahead toward Opar's ruined ramparts and behind him slunk Werper, jackal-like, and only God knew what lay in store for each. A god greater even than you will rise up and strike you down. A few ingots toppled from the higher tiers, a single piece of the rocky ceiling splintered off and crashed downward to the floor, and the walls cracked, though they did not collapse. Directly before Tarzan, a woman stood beside a block of stone. It is no place anyway for a Mangani. His one hope lay in eluding him, and making for the far distant camp of Achmet Zek as rapidly as he could; but armed only with the sacrificial knife, Werper shrank from attempting the journey through the jungle. Learn more - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in new window or tab. He withdrew his force behind the shrubbery of the garden. Frecoult was explaining. Shipping cost cannot be calculated. Would the latter understand this strange tongue? The priests roared out their rage and terror according to the temper of their courage. Upload file Recent changes Latest files Random file Contact us. You may also like: Thriller and Mystery Staff Picks. Now this particular lion had never before come in contact with Tarzan of the Apes and he was much mystified. By night he would go alone to the treasure vault, reconnoitering, for he had determined that caution should mark his every move upon this expedition. Again and again the Arabs charged, at last forming a stationary circle about the little fortress, and outside the effective range of the defenders' arrows. The horrid cry that had come down to him from above through the ancient well-shaft still haunted him, so that he trembled in terror at even the sounds of his own cautious advance. Estimated between Mon. In the current adventure, Tarzan returns to the gold-mining city of Opar to contend with greedy villains and the amorous attentions of the High Priestess. Instead he stood waving his tail gently to and fro, and presently Tarzan squatted upon his kill and cut a generous portion from a hind quarter. He clutched it to his bosom in an ecstasy of avarice. Please enter 5 or 9 numbers for the ZIP Code. A runner had arrived at the bungalow with the weekly mail, and Lord Greystoke had spent the afternoon in his study reading and answering letters. Shipping and handling. This listing was created by Bibliopolis. Category:New York , Paris , Chicago. From the shelter of the reeds along the river, Werper and Tarzan watched the blacks. From the north came Achmet Zek, riding to the summons of his lieutenant's letter. This amount is subject to change until you make payment. Newer Post Older Post Home. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Reviews This SHE would kill you and keep me for herself. Hidden category: PD US. Once more he turned and re-entered the treasure vault. See terms. Far out across the plain a leopard screamed, and in the dense reeds behind him some great beast moved on padded feet. He saw him circle, stiff- legged about the circling ape. Half a dozen he sent to the bungalow itself with instructions to keep their mistress within doors, and to protect her with their lives. Once again came the ape-man, and this time there came with him fifty fighting men, turning porters for love of the only creature in the world who might command of their fierce and haughty natures such menial service. Emulating his example the few warriors who remained to him fought like demons; but one by one they fell, until only Mugambi remained to defend the life and honor of the ape-man's mate. Tarzan looked puzzled. No palisade surrounded it, for, situated as it was, in the heart of loyal Waziri, its master had anticipated no possibility of an attack in force by any enemy.
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