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* * * * * Morones' smile might have been a grin of satisfaction, at Olear's question: "Is that all you've bought since the last freighter was here?"' "It is," he replied. "The last load went off six months ago, and this here shed should be full to the eaves. There'll be hell to pay." MORIN SMILED MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GRIN OF SATISFACTION AT ALIA'S QUESTION IS THAT ALL YOU'VE BROUGHT SINCE THE LAST FREIGHTER WAS HERE IT IS HE REPLIED THE LAST LOAD WHEN I'VE SIX MONTHS AGO AND THIS HERE SHED SHOULD BE FULL TO THE EAVES THEY'LL BE HELL TO PAY
Have a good look!" He led the way across the compound, waved his hand before the door of a strongly built shed in a swift, definite combination, and the door opened, revealing the interior. He waved invitingly. "You go first," Olear said. With a sneer Morones stepped in. "You're safe, boy, you're safe." Olear looked at the small pile on the floor in astonishment. Instead of the beautiful, semi-transparent chips of translucene, the dried sap of a Mercurian tree which is invaluable to the world as the source of an unfailing cancer cure, there were only a few dirty, dried up shavings, hardly worth shipping back to Earth for refining. The full significance of the affair began to dawn on the officer. The translucene trees grew only in this favored section of Mercury, and the Earth company had a monopoly of the entire supply. Justly, for only on Earth was cancer known, and it was on the increase. That small, almost useless pile on the floor connoted a terrible drug famine for the human race. RINE SNORTED TAKE A LOOK AT OUR LUCINE HA HAVE A GOOD LOOK HE LED THE WAY ACROSS THE COMPOUND WAVED HIS HAND BEFORE THE DOOR OF A STRONGLY BUILT SHED IN A SWIFT DEFINITE COMBINATION AND THE DOOR OPEN REVEALING THE INTERIOR HE WAVED INVITINGLY YOU GO FIRST ELIA SAID WITH A SNEER MORIN STEPPED IN YOU'RE SAFE BOY YOU'RE SAFE ELIDA LOOKED AT THE SMALL PILE ON THE FLOOR IN ASTONISHMENT INSTEAD OF THE BEAUTIFUL SEMITRANSPARENT CHIPS OF TRANSLUCIN THE DRIED SAP OF A MERCURIAN TREE WHICH IS INVALUABLE TO THE WORLD AS THE SOURCE OF AN UNFAILING CANER CURE THERE WERE ONLY A FEW DIRTY DRIED UP SHAVINGS HARDLY WORTH SHIPPING BACK TO EARTH FOR REFINING THE FULL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AFFAIR BEGAN TO DAWN ON THE OFFICER THE TRANSLUCING TREES GREW ONLY IN THIS FAVORED SECTION OF MERCURY AND THE EARTH COMPANY HAD A MONOPOLY OF THE ENTIRE SUPPLY JUSTLY FOR ONLY ON EARTH WAS CANCER KNOWN AND IT WAS ON THE INCREASE THAT SMALL ALMOST USELESS PILE ON THE FLOOR CONITED A TERRIBLE DRUG FAMINE FOR THE HUMAN RACE
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