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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. 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
is great, as some of the earlier explorers learned to their dismay. "That's the first sensible question you've asked," Morones snorted. "Take a look at our 'lucene. 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 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.  HE HAD THE NIMBLENESS OF A SATURNIAN BEAR WHICH IS GREAT AS SOME OF THE EARLY EXPLORERS LEARNED TO THEIR DISMAY THAT'S THE FIRST SENSIBLE QUESTION YOU'VE ASKED MORINE 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
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