Together Again

Tarzan and the Diamond of our share. Tarzan and the Diamond of... In the great temple of Ma'achu, in the Forbidden City of our share, Tarzan secures the Golden Disc containing the Father of Dans,

and with Tom, Darno and Larsen carries it to Tirar, Queen of the Hesseher. Tirar has agreed to free the Eight Man and his friends in exchange for the huge Tasman. Tarzan and Tom demand to be told the secret passage leading to the quarters of King Sutan, where Magra is held.

Tom remains behind long enough to learn where Tirok and seals the Golden Visc. In the secret passageway, a hinged block of stones swings down for the ceiling, blocking the progress of Tarzan, Darno and Lawson, roaring and hissing, great clouds of live yellow steam pour into the narrow tunnel from the opening.

It is steam! Clear! It will strangle us! It means steam, all right! What a... Tastes just like chauffeur. It is something. Or the boom dune. It will burn as well as suffocate us. The floor, Donald. Listen, keep down.

Where you been going? I've got to try this on off that speed. Oh, the dew. This is Garib. My lungs are feasting. They close to the floor. This note is hinged. If I get it, back in. Play it.

Tarzan calls along the tunnel floor to the great hanging soul. The steam cowls enveloping as in a thick yellow mist veil. The sulfur can burn and series throat and lungs as he couches low under the granite trap.

His mighty shoulders press upward against the slab. His bare feet grip the floor. The muscles of his powerful legs bulge and crawl as he rises slowly, sadly lifting the great stonesward. Higher, higher. Arms like columns of wet glistening bronze reach up.