The Son Of Tarzan

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

"The Son Of Tarzan"

She saw Ali ben Kadin, The Sheik's half brother, squatted upon a rug, smoking. The Sheik was standing. The Sheik and Ali ben Kadin had had the same father, but Ali ben Kadin's mother had been a slave--a West Coast Negress. Ali ben Kadin was old and hideous and almost black. His nose and part of one cheek were eaten away by disease. He looked up and grinned as Meriem entered.

? ? ? ? The Sheik jerked his thumb toward Ali ben Kadin and addressed Meriem.

? ? ? ? "I am getting old," he said, "I shall not live much longer. Therefore I have given you to Ali ben Kadin, my brother."

? ? ? ? That was all. Ali ben Kadin rose and came toward her. Meriem shrank back, horrified. The man seized her wrist.

? ? ? ? "Come!" he commanded, and dragged her from The Sheik's tent and to his own.

? ? ? ? After they had gone The Sheik chuckled. "When I send her north in a few months," he soliloquized, "they will know the reward for slaying the son of the sister of Amor ben Khatour."

? ? ? ? And in Ali ben Kadin's tent Meriem pleaded and threatened, but all to no avail.

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

"The Son Of Tarzan"