Tarzan and the Amazons Page #4

- Now pick up that stuff and get out of here.

Pick up that stuff.

Splivens, stop those guys. Stop!

Put that gun away, Ballister.

I'm in charge of this expedition.

Who's going to carry all this stuff?

We'll take only essential equipment.

All I'll need will be

my camera and notebooks.

Yeah, only essential equipment.

Boy!

Boy!

Boy!

Paradise in the land of forgotten time.

Get a load of that. Makes your Hampstead

Heath look pretty cheap, huh?

Makes you kind of

goosepimply-like all over, don't it?

What was lovely from afar

is still lovelier nearby.

- What's eating you?

- Nobody home. A bit eerie, ain't it?

lmagine architecture like this,

here in Africa.

Yeah, look at that dome. That's gold.

We are friends.

Our mission is a peaceful one.

Odd form of welcome, huh?

May we greet the ruler

of this beautiful land?

You and your companions

were ill-advised to come here.

The law of Palmyria demands

the penalty of death for all intruders.

We come not as intruders.

But as men of science, anxious to

study the ways and the culture of Palmyria.

Are weapons of war

implements of study?

We needed these

to protect us in the jungle.

But we gladly place our weapons

in your keeping until we leave.

Ballister.

You're a fool.

We could have shot our way out of here.

Even if you came with peaceful intent...

...how can we know that you

would not spread the word...

...of our treasures to the outside world?

You have only my promise,

but I give it sincerely...

...that if we are allowed

to leave peacefully...

...no word of what we have seen

shall be passed on to a living soul.

Wily old humbug, Sir Guy.

Humbug me eye. He means it.

The path to Palmyria

is our most closely guarded secret.

How did you find it?

It's my fault. I led them here.

Who are you?

Boy, son of Tarzan.

Tarzan would never betray us.

Oh, Tarzan doesn't even know

that I know the way.

My queen...

...this boy was with Tarzan

when he rescued me.

Yes, and I followed them

to the top of the mountain.

I have grown old in the service

of my people and of the great Sun God.

Never before have I doubted

the wisdom of his decrees...

...yet I know that he

is not a god of vengeance.

He would not unjustly demand

the death of peace-loving men...

...of good faith and an impetuous child.

Your lives will be spared.

It will be difficult not to

tell the world of your generosity.

You will not need to suppress

your impulse of gratitude.

You will never leave Palmyria.

A place will be found for you

among the men who toil in our quarries.

The remainder of your days on Earth...

...will be dedicated

to the service of the God...

...who mercifully spared your lives.

See that these men

are sheltered in the city for the night.

Jane. Boy.

Jane. Boy.

Tarzan!

Tarzan!

Jane!

Riches enough to buy and sell

a continent, and look at us.

Held prisoners by a bunch of women.

Whose habits bear

a remarkable resemblance...

...to those of the black widow spider.

- That's right.

And we gave our guns

up to them just like that.

Even if we could have shot our way out, I

have a curious aversion to shooting women.

You may be content to spend your life...

...working for the glory of their almighty

Sun God and his pet snake.

But I just love the idea of being handcuffed

in a gold mine until we rot to death.

Cheeta, remember the girl Tarzan rescued?

Go find her, bring her here.

Now it is confirmed

that the matriarchal society...

...can and does exist in its purest form.

For heaven's sakes, what's the point of

writing that when no one's going to read it?

Hampstead Heath was never like this.

- Why did you send for me, Boy?

- You have to help us.

No, no, I mustn't.

I've caused enough trouble already.

- You've got to.

- But I can't.

Tarzan saved your life. The least

you can do is to help us get out of here.

Cheeta, come on.

I shall lead you safely past the city.

You must be silent.

Discovery would mean instant death.

- But our weapons...

- They're in the palace.

You'll find them in the room

behind the altar.

Get them as quickly as possible.

There's no time to lose.

Oh, wouldn't my old lady love this?

Incredible. The world won't believe me.

They'll believe me all right.

I'm gonna make this trip worthwhile.

Here, give me a hand.

I'm going to see what's keeping them.

Come on, Cheeta.

You greedy fools. Aren't you content

to escape with your lives?

Shut up that preaching. Wrap that up.

I didn't bring you here

to pillage like barbarians.

Take it easy, Sir Guy.

You'll wake up the whole neighborhood.

I order you to leave everything here.

We're through taking orders from you.

Don't touch that, Ballister.

Have you gone mad?

Sir Guy!

Sir Guy... Mr. Anders, come quickly.

I should never have brought you here.

You killed him.

Now I know why Tarzan said it was

not good for man to look straight at sun.

Stop sniveling. Get in there

and help carry some of that stuff.

Get going.

- Pick that up.

- I won't.

Better do as he says.

And be quick about it.

You can go on your feet.

Duck, Mr. Splivens.

We'll never hold them back with one rifle.

Looks like our number's up.

Oh, no, it ain't.

Come on. On your feet, chappy.

- I'm all right, go ahead.

- Hurry up, Splivens!

Look out, Mr. Splivens!

Mr. Splivens. Mr. Splivens. Mr. Splivens!

At noon the sun rising

over the eastern mountains...

...will fully cover his own image

with celestial light.

It is then that you will

repay him with your life.

Boy.

- Boy.

- Boy all right. Jane not worry.

Why, it's Cheeta.

Cheeta, where Boy?

Cheeta, stay with Jane.

Now has everlasting evil fallen upon us.

The grass will wither...

...and the shadow of death

will cover our fair land.

Never to be lifted until thy sacred symbols

are returned to thee.

Anders, this is only the beginning.

I've never seen such wealth.

Now that we know the way,

we'll be back.

All of it can be ours.

Pure gold. Look at it.

That means power.

Power to get anything you want.

Where's Boy?

Where's Boy?

Boy!

Tarzan.

Jane! Jane!

Boy!

Oh, darling.

Thank heaven you're both safe.

Throw it, Tarzan. Quick!

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