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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. 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
logued vegetation. As it showed no evidence of use, Olear unhesitatingly slid down into it. It was very narrow and irregular, so that often he was barely able to squeeze 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, 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. OSSY LEAVES OF SOME UNCTALOGUED VEGETATION AS IT SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF USE O'LIER UNHESITATINGLY SLID DOWN INTO IT IT WAS VERY NARROW AND IRREGULAR SO THAT OFTEN HE WAS BARELY ABLE TO SQUEEZE 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
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