If Obergatz taught them not to love their god more he taught them
to fear him as they never had before, so that the name of Jad-ben-Otho
was whispered in the city and little children were frightened into
obedience by the mere mention of it. Lu-don, through his priests and
slaves, circulated the information that Jad-ben-Otho had commanded
all his faithful followers to flock to the standard of the high
priest at A-lur and that all others were cursed, especially Ja-don
and the base impostor who had posed as the Dor-ul-Otho. The curse
was to take the form of early death following terrible suffering,
and Lu-don caused it to be published abroad that the name of any
warrior who complained of a pain should be brought to him, for such
might be deemed to be under suspicion, since the first effects of
the curse would result in slight pains attacking the unholy. He
counseled those who felt pains to look carefully to their loyalty.
The result was remarkable and immediate--half a nation without a
pain, and recruits pouring into A-lur to offer their services to
Lu-don while secretly hoping that the little pains they had felt
in arm or leg or belly would not recur in aggravated form.
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A Journey on a Gryf
Tarzan and Jane skirted the shore of Jad-bal-lul and crossed the
river at the head of the lake.
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