or-
-the other was plunged into total forgetfulness of the past by a jagged
fragment of rock which gashed a deep cut upon his head.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
25
5
The Altar of the Flaming God
It was at the moment that Tarzan turned from the closed door to
pursue his way to the outer world. The thing came without warning.
One instant all was quiet and stability--the nextand the world rockedthe
tortured sides of the narrow passageway split and crumbledgreat blocks
of granitedislodged from the ceilingtumbled into the narrow way
choking itand the walls bent inward upon the wreckage. Beneath the
blow of a fragment of the roofTarzan staggered back against the door to
the treasure roomhis weight pushed it open and his body rolled inward
upon the floor.
In the great apartment where the treasure lay less damage was wrought
by the earthquake. A few ingots toppled from the higher tiersa single
piece of the rocky ceiling splintered off and crashed downward to the floor
and the walls crackedthough they did not collapse.
There was but the single shockno other followed to complete the
damage undertaken by the first. Werperthrown to his length by the
suddenness and violence of the distu
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