er the two pieces thus
brought together engage in a duel for possession of the square.
Therefore there enters into the former game not only the strategy of
jetan but the personal prowess and bravery of each individual piece, so
that a knowledge not only of one's own men but of each player upon the
opposing side is of vast value to a chief.

In this respect was Gahan handicapped, though the loyalty of his
players did much to offset his ignorance of them, since they aided him
in arranging the board to the best advantage and told him honestly the
faults and virtues of each. One fought best in a losing game; another
was too slow; another too impetuous; this one had fire and a heart of
steel, but lacked endurance. Of the opponents, though, they knew little
or nothing, and now as the two sides took their places upon the black
and orange squares of the great jetan board Gahan obtained, for the
first time, a close view of those who opposed him. The Orange Chief had
not yet entered the field, but his men were all in place. Val Dor
turned to Gahan. "They are all criminals from the pits of Manator," he
said. "There is no slave among them. We shall not have to fight against
a single fellow-countryman and every life we take will be the life of
an enemy."

"It is well," replied Gahan; "but where is their Chief, and where the
two Princesses?"

"They are coming now, see?" and he pointed across the field to where
two women could be seen approaching under guard.

As they came nearer Gahan saw that one was indeed Tara of Helium, but
the other he did not recognize, and then they were brought to the
center of the field midway between the two sides and there waited until
the Orange Chief arrived.

Floran voiced an exclamation of surprise when he recognized him. "By my
first ancestor if it is not one of their great chiefs," he said, "and
we were told that slaves and criminals were to play for the stake of
this game."

His words were interrupted by the keeper of The Towers whose duty it
was not only to announce the games and the stakes, but to act as
referee as well.

"Of this, the second game of the first day of the Jeddak's Games in the
four hundred and thirty-third year of O-Tar, Jeddak of Manator, the
Princesses of each side shall be the sole stakes and to the survivors
of the winning side shall belong both the Princesses, to do with as
they shall see fit. The Orange Princess is the slave woman Lan-O of
Gathol; the Black Princess