The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11

hearing that had returned
of my own volition to Phu-
ira, evidently felt that II
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within the buIldlng' as hau been tho
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had been mihe forhery'
My first act was To hunt up Ferry.
whom | found porting, as usual, over
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TO DO merely dus'ing ana rearrahsihs
upon now shelves.
As I entered the room he glanced
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10 resume MS WORK as 'houBn nau
never been away at all.
why, Perry" I exclaimed, have
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"o' w" "0'' 'o' ''e ny ''"e
absenceT
Long sbsencc!" he repeated In evil
don't astonishment. "What do YOU
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mean
Il must nave Deen away TOT months.
Perry, and now you barely look up
from vour work yyhen I return and IN
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slst 'hat we nave pceh sep"r"'ou pu'
moment. Is that any way to treat a
friend? I'm surprised at you. Perry
and If I'd thought for a moment that
you cared no more for me than this
should not have returned to chnnce
death at the hands or the Mahars Tor
your sake
The old man looked Mt me Tor long
time before no spoke. There was
puzzled expression upon his wrinkled
face, and look of hurt sorrow In his
eyes.
YES" continued the old man. I'VE
are both right. To me. bent over my
book here, there has been no lapse OF
time. | have done little or nothing Ia
waste my energies and 30 have re-
CURED neither food nor sleep.
surely there can be no time here
within Pellucidar. where there are no
means for measuring or recording
time. Why. the Mahars themselves
take no account OF such thing as
time. ! ma mere IN all their literary
works but IA single tense, The present
There seems To be neither past MOI
future win theih' VI course IL IL I'M
possible ror our outer,.ar.h'y ih'nu'
10 grasp such CONDITION. put ou'
recent appearances scc'h W "e"'o"'
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"como" commanded Tho in,rudo,
heckoniny Ia me "The investirntor
would sneak with YOU"
"Co,dhy Perry I" said cIoanIn,
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~" nM'uI 10 'h,nN OF I'lnH out tn
nn'"hc" OF my w" among These nate
iui anu rcpuislNe creatures withou
s"' ~ YOU ar" thk"n away ] shhl
no,'I "e'"p"' r"T ieci mat am a
W., on mere as l should be anywhere
Wi,'ih inns buried world Goodby
my p"s' soouhy!
men ms OH Noic" faltcred AM
noN"' ana as ne ma his face In hi
MINUS the Sagoth giardsman graspe,
n,c roughly ny me shoulder and hus
tied IN" IRON the chamber.
hoil'ht Iat"r was standing he
iorn doHen Mhhars-thc official In
N'St'h"t"rs ot fhutrh. They askc
IN" many questions through Sa
sp'h interpreter
,,' answered them all truthfully
lh'S seemed particularly intereste
w my account OF the outer earth an
IN" S'rahse NehiCio which ha
nIuHghl l'trry ana me to Pcllucidai
'n"HEh' nav J. hhd cuhNlnc"i then
ana aiter th"y had sat In sllcnC" FL
l"hS I'm" Following my cxamina
ll"h expected To b" ordered ~
'u,h'h 10 my quarters
p"rlnE mus apparent slI'hc" thc
head Of the tribunal communicate