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The ancients personified their fears and hates in a being they called the Devil. The resemblance between the Devil of their imagination and a Plutonian is really astounding. Horns, hoofs, tail  almost to the smallest detail, the resemblance is there. THE ANCIENTS PERSONIFIED THEIR FEARS AND HATES IN A BEING THEY CALLED THE DEVIL THE RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE DEVIL OF THEIR IMAGINATION AND A PLUTONIAN IS REALLY ASTOUNDING HORNS HOOFS TAIL ALMOST TO THE SMALLEST DETAIL THEIR RESEMBLANCE IS THERE
 trees choked the passage for a dozen feet or so, requiring the vigorous use of a knife. Bathed in sweat, his uniform a filthy mass of rags, Olear at last saw light. The passage ended abruptly near the roof of a large natural cavern. Lights glistened on stalactites which cut off Olear's larger view, and voices came from below. By craning his neck the officer could look between the pendent icicles of rock and see a fire burning on a huge oblong block of stone. Figures were sitting on the floor around this block--hundreds of Mercurians. The leaping flames made their white and green faces and bodies look frog-like and less human than usual. * * * * * But the figure that dominated the whole assemblage, both by its own hugeness and the magnetic power that flowed from it, was not of Mercury but of Pluto. For the benefit of those who have never seen a stuffed Plutonian in our museums--and they are very rare--let me refer you to the pious books still to be found in ancient library collections. EZE THROUGH THE ROOTS OF TREES CHOKED THE PASSAGE FOR A DOZEN FEET OR SO REQUIRING THE VIGOROUS USE OF A KNIFE BATHED IN SWEAT HIS UNIFORM A FILTHY MASS OF RAGS O'LIER AT LAST SAW LIGHT THE PASSAGE ENDED ABRUPTLY NEAR THE ROOF OF A LARGE NATURAL CAVERN LIGHTS GLISTENED ON STALE TITES WHICH CUT OFF EARLIER'S LARGER VIEW AND VOICES CAME FROM BELOW BY CRANING HIS NECK THE OFFICER COULD LOOK BETWEEN THE PENDENT ICICLES OF ROCK AND SEE A FIRE BURNING ON A HUGE OBLONG BLOCK OF STONE FIGURES WERE SITTING ON THE FLOOR ROUND THIS BLOCK HUNDREDS OF MERCURIANS THE LEAFING FLAMES MADE THEIR WHITE AND GREEN FACES AND BODIES LOOK FROG LIKE AND LESS HUMAN THAN USUAL BUT THE FIGURE THAT DOMINATED THE WHOLE ASSEMBLAGE BOTH BY ITS OWN HUGENESS AND THE MAGNETIC POWER THAT FLOWED FROM IT WAS NOT OF A MERCURY BUT OF PLUTO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN A STUFFED PLUTONIAN IN OUR MUSEUMS AND THEY ARE VERY RARE LET ME REFER YOU TO THE PIOUS BOOKS STILL TO BE FOUND IN ANCIENT LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
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