Marble Hill press., 1920-08-19

hHNAAH INV fFNNN HffNWfti w kNNN -
tho hours passed. ~ n the innermost
rrrNlccs ~ earth Nrr. giving up their
human ants, More horlike weapons
were brought 10 add Co the rusty
kniNes, ThrN were tubes for blow
lnE darts. containing now q long ac
cumulation ~ the dust ~ psacr, In
fact, the present generation could not
recall a iny Of revolt IN their suh'ers
rancnn history. The Arabian sailor
Fushcd about all this night Ike one
Possessed hls Old hopes lgnliei
Primitive military system prevailed
N" horir was rroup-i into units
There we're ilrutrnHuts The white
men when waksn.i would rank as
.n'0n"is Win up less person than
'hr Arah us tllc.r Fvr'rr iissirh
N" miners SEEMED iust 10 duh
GLOW ~ c1cil'm'Ht within their lives
nN'h'rs hni occurred 90 Interrupt tho
H"ri days labor The scIg'He ~ iheir
'.Ir brothers had rn' seemed uf4sual.
Int ih" sTccf prom sei "a iufuft %
#Hw turns Thcrr vas rn thought ~
.'rp The old humHfs - an uprising
.''W,i ~ las' rtog' % b. fiIfHei.
ihr hour wHs near. 'htIF Ihi cast
Hfrry tortured heart vBs 81 sai some
t'ai ~ - burden ~ ia'e 10 The prus
pest - action. Thry tEi never before
attempted 'n expires 'arlr loa'hH z q
'h" eiiV. - their masters
They had hc-n born % pain. toll. II.
'orer. Home. shop. a0f sfave we're
Hre 20 them There were no families
Trom some warriors house in 'he city.
each manaclHl returned 20 the p's
crippled forever its spine au arsh -
horror There Vas s-'dnm any Wsy q
irnu'yinE the hfokcu creature ~ ten
~ Twelve Al thought - parcnfare
vas Lost. when. by rhancr. tinship
uss r~-~sfnhi'shct such meeting sAs
'nt renewal % bitterness
And alWays IN the city CELLAR the
precious siorr ~ roots grew and grew.
ru the far edges - the state the
essence % thee RIOTS was tar-srci
nr exchanged FOR silver. Always TIE
yellow bowl 10 The apartment ~ tie
,g'ure queen was ke.' allei With
!-cam potency The state religion
was perpe'gntsi 90 the lower r'ofa.
which was 90 situated ~ % ~ symbolic
II its connection with The SQUIRE %
III dreams the mines themselves
Thus Chce Ming wrought upon %.
whole world the Substance ~ his uc,'i.
'n''0ns-'he vislr. whose thin cyrH's
had never been touched ard so0ihci
Ant aruci hy ofr 'a'r' - korrsh
His web was spreading beyond the
sea lie hose the blood % p-inrrs
and - queens 90 blend A. h's leisure,
IN h.s own Interpretation ~ right The
old waus6sl bad ter1mc no more than
a warm sfllcn bag - r'ay under The
skinny hands - hs yfrir chez Ming
was ready 90 rule 'hc r'7ret entire
Now In the Governs. The miners were
eating. wherever 'b'y stood. sticks
'lcklnr lu ard oUt % brown Jars the
women sinking about IN mortal fear.
II was long after midnight March
dropped down beside Lexington.
surprising tho riders do not come
They'll wait fnr daylight They
have the four They fee, sure o' ne
The two friends sat little way OF
from the swarm. and looked IDLY into
the gas.Nre. Con grew drowsy wl'h
the warmth IN his face After while
he said The green hair Of -"
You mean tho Casf"
"Yes me was n comes NJ and Goats.
IKE something drowned IN air. That's
the flowing green hair-ra,her hendlsh
can't say what mean"
"lf the FIRE happened TO so ont said
March eve should all go out with f."
From what depth do you suppose IL
comcsr'
March looked quickly at his cumrnde
and smiled. You are sleepy"
Eyes III take nap here But DO
you think the gas has anything 10 do
with the crustcd seeds they dig out OF
the pits here7'
II don't know. Nor can 7 tell you
how the korcSh seeds millions of them,
ever got down so deep In the earth. TO
begin with. The Arab says that there
are shafts ms deep as wells, and from
these chasms the worker with torch
brings up seeds that must have laid
In the clay ever since the planet con.
denscd and cooled and the same seeds
will sprout In months time when
planted on the surface and watered."
Something left over. preserved,
from the days OF the giants and the
mastodons," said Con.
81 thought you were going to say
seeds from ----"
"How do they extract the oil and
the incensef"
''The oil Is simply pressed ont Of the
fuil-grown root, and the incense Ia that
oil vaporized,"
"It got me-" said Lexington.
"And there IL poison they make
from the seed itself; but that IL death.
no dreams with H." added March.
A curious kind Of notoriety came to
Lexington while he dozed and rested.
The story OF his battle with the Nubian
was spread about the caverns. and
many were the glances cast upon him,
not SO unfriendly. The monkeys