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"Seize him  the Evil One!" shrieked the old chief, but the Mercurians sat sullen and silent, and the Plutonian sneered. SEIZE HIM THE EVIL ONE SHRIEKED THE OLD CHIEF BUT THE MERCURIANS SAT SULLEN AND SILENT AND THE PLUTONIAN SNEERED
arer than the Paste of Strange Dreams?" A startled hush fell among the assembled Mercurians. They looked guiltily at one another, avoiding the eyes of the Old Wise One. "What is this?" shrilled he, turning furiously to the Plutonian. "Have ye brought the paste of evil to our abode, knowing well the strict proscription of our tribe? Fool! Your death is upon ye!" * * * * * But the Plutonian only grinned and spread his glistening, black hands in a careless gesture. High overhead, peering through the stalactites, Olear instantly understood the Plutonian's strange power, the Paste of Strange Dreams, a fearsome narcotic of that far-swinging dark planet. More insidious and devastating than any drug ever produced on Earth, it had wrought frightful havoc among many solar races. The Earthmen had opened the lanes, broken the age-old barriers of distance, so that the harpies of evil could traffic their poison from planet to planet. So the Paste of Strange Dreams was added to the Earthman's burden. ARE DEAR TO US THE PLUTONIAN SNEERED DEARER THAN THE PASTE OF STRANGE DREAMS A STARTLED HUSH FELL AMONG THE ASSEMBLED MERCURIANS THEY LOOKED GUILTILY AT ONE ANOTHER AVOIDING THE EYES OF THE OLD WISE ONE WHAT IS THIS SHRILLED HE TURNING FURIOUSLY TO THE PLATONIAN HAVE YE BROUGHT THE PASTE OF EVIL TO OUR ABODE KNOWING WELL THE STRICT PROSCRIPTION OF OUR TRIBE FOOL YOUR DEATH IS UPON YE BUT THE PLUTONIAN ONLY GRINNED AND SPREAD HIS GLISTENING BLACK HANDS IN A CARELESS GESTURE HIGH OVERHEAD PEERING THROUGH THE STALECTITES O'LIA INSTANTLY UNDERSTOOD THE PLUTONIAN'S STRANGE POWER THE PASTE OF STRANGE DREAMS A FEARSOME NARCOTIC OF THAT FAR SWINGING DARK PLANET MORE INSIDIOUS AND DEVASTATING THAN ANY DRUG EVER PRODUCED ON EARTH IT HAD WROUGHT FRIGHTFUL HAVOC AMONG MANY SOLAR RACES THE EARTHMEN HAD OPENED THE LANES BROKEN THE AGE OLD BARRIERS OF DISTANCE SO THAT THE HARPIES OF EVIL COULD TRAFFIC THEIR POISON FROM PLANET TO PLANET SO THE PASTE OF STRANGE DREAMS WAS ADDED TO THE EARTHMEN'S BURDEN
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