Once inside, however, the gate gave me considerable trouble, but I finally was rewarded by seeing it swing upon its huge hinges, and soon my fierce escort was riding across the gardens of the jeddak of Zodanga.
I did not need to be told that he was Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium.
As they waited for the troops to move into position facing the jeddak the two talked earnestly together, the jeddak and his staff occasionally glancing up at me.
As his father rolled dead upon the floor the newjeddak tore himself free from Dejah Thoris' grasp, and again we faced each other.
I am here in the interest of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium, to discover the whereabouts of Dejah Thoris, our princess.
O, would that Warhoon were ruled by a real jeddak rather than by a water-hearted weakling from whom even old Dak Kova could tear the metal with his bare hands!
I was immediately taken before the leader, who proved to be the jeddak of the hordes of Warhoon.
Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Helium, who was our prisoner, is now held by the jeddak of Zodanga, whose son she must wed to save her country from devastation at the hands of the Zodangan forces.
The combat was soon over, and, with his foot upon the neck of the dead monster, Tars Tarkas becamejeddak among the Tharks.
As they approached Than Kosis the soldiers fell to either side and there standing before the jeddak and not ten feet from me, her beautiful face radiant with smiles, was Dejah Thoris.
Nor will Thuvan Dihn, Jeddak of Ptarth, be satisfied when he has heard me through.
As I entered the royal presence the jeddak rose, and stepping from the dais which supported his magnificent throne, came forward to meet me--a mark of distinction that is seldom accorded to other than a visiting ruler.
At my suggestion Xodar becameJeddak of the First Born.
Neither slave nor queen dictates to Salensus Oll," replied the Jeddak of Jeddaks.
Dare you aspire to one whom the Father of Therns has chosen--one who might even be a fit mate for the Jeddak of Jeddaks himself?
The officer of the guard has them," replied the Jeddak of Helium, "and he is among those without who seek entrance.
The Jeddak of Ptarth nodded his assent, but the ugly scowl that he bent upon Matai Shang harbored ill for that pasty-faced godling.
Xodar and the green Jeddak were formally presented to each other.
I am a Prince of the House of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium," I replied, "but I am not of Barsoom.
She told Dejah Thoris that many years ago she had taken the voluntary pilgrimage from the court of her father, the Jeddak of Ptarth.
In the meantime, at their request, I was to resume my throne as Jeddak of Thark, that I might negotiate with neighboring hordes for warriors to compose the land forces of the expedition.
It is the oath of fealty that men occasionally pay to a Jeddak whose high character and chivalrous acts have inspired the enthusiastic love of his followers.
I knew it was within the scope of Zat Arras' cruel heart to destroy me, and if I were dead I could see little reason to doubt that he might easily become Jeddak of Helium.
I think that we will make a trio difficult to overcome, and if my friend Tars Tarkas, Jeddak of Thark, were but one of us we could fight our way from one end of Barsoom to the other even though the whole world were pitted against us.
It was Tars Tarkas, Jeddak of Thark, and as he couched his great forty-foot metal-shod lance we saw his warriors do likewise.
And there before my astonished eyes I beheld the greatest of the green men of Barsoom; their shrewdest statesman, their mightiest general, my great and good friend, Tars Tarkas, Jeddak of Thark.
I am John Carter, Prince of the House of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium.
Until then Tardos Mors is Jeddak of Helium, and Zat Arras is his representative.
My knowledge of green Martian customs convinced me that this was either the quarters of the principal chieftain or contained the audience chamber wherein the Jeddak met his jeds and lesser chieftains.
And if all who looked upon him were driven mad, who then was there to perform the last rites or prepare the body of the Jeddakfor them?
Where my jeddak leads I will follow, nor may anyjeddak call me a coward or a craven unless I refuse to go where he dares to go.
Still ashen was the face of the jeddak as Ghek was led away and his appearance was that of a man who had been snatched from the brink of eternity into which he has gazed, not with the composure of great courage, but with fear.
U-Dor and the jeddak interchanged the simple greetings of Barsoom, and then the former recounted the details of the discovery and capture of the prisoners.
Through narrowed lids the Princess of Helium scrutinized the Jeddak of Manator, from feathered headdress to sandaled foot and back to feathered headdress.
I am a granddaughter of a jeddak, the daughter of a jeddak of jeddaks, The Warlord of Barsoom.
If they be not Corphals, then already are they dead in the chambers of O-Mai, and there may they rot for all of me, for I would not return to that accursed spot for the harness of a jeddak and the half of Barsoom for an empire.
He sorrows that his warriors have not the courage for so mean a duty and that their jeddak is thus compelled to arrest a common slave," with which taunt E-Thas passed on to spread the word in other parts of the palace.
Until then Tardos Mors isJeddak of Helium, and Zat Arrras is his representative.
I am John Carter, Prince of the House of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium," I replied.
I knew it was within the scope of Zat Arrras' cruel heart to destroy me, and if I were dead I could see little reason to doubt that he might easily become Jeddak of Helium.
Some one raised a cry: "Tardos Mors is dead--a thousand years to John Carter, Jeddak of Helium.
To-day he commanded all Helium's great terrors of the skies, and I was a Prince of the House of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium.
The room was empty save for herself and the still form of the jeddak of Lothar lying at her feet, a little pool of crimson staining the white marble of the floor beside him.
To kill them before he knew where Thuvia was hid was simply to leave her to death at the hands of others; for sooner or later Nutus would learn her whereabouts, and Nutus, Jeddak of Dusar, could not afford to let her live.
The green horde was scrambling over the Thuria's side as there broke from the bow the device of Carthoris, Prince of Helium, in reply to the query of the jeddak of Kaol.
With that knowledge any man could wrest from the Jeddak of Dusar whatever he listed.
Now think you that the daughter of one mighty jeddak and the son of another would so humiliate themselves?
From the far north another force was moving south across the barrier cliffs--the new navy of Talu, Jeddak of Okar, coming in response to the call from the warlord.
And now let us see if we may not make good our escape from this accursed city before the Lotharians discover that their jeddak is no more.
To-morrow we shall return into Lothar at the head of my victorious army, and I shall be jeddak and you shall be my consort.
A cough behind them brought both about, and there they saw standing, not two paces from them Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jeddak" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
