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A canny fugitive, catching sight of his pursuer, might suddenly drop to the ground and squirm to the side of the trail, there to wait and catch his pursuer as he passed. So Olear sidled into the all but impenetrable underbrush and slowly, with infinite caution, wormed his way along. A CANNY FUGITIVE CATCHING SIGHT OF HIS PURSUER MIGHT SUDDENLY DROP TO THE GROUND AND SQUIRM TO THE SIDE OF THE TRAIL THERE TO WAIT AND CATCH HIS PURSUER AS HE PASSED SO ELIOT SIDLED INTO THE ALL BUT IMPENETRABLE UNDERBUSH AND SLOWLY WITH INFINITE CAUTION WORMED HIS WAY ALONG
d. He was alone and obviously did not suspect that he was being watched, for he stepped out briskly. Once in the jungle he walked even faster, watching out warily for the panther-like carnivora that were the most dangerous to man on Mercury. Olear shinned to the ground and followed cautiously. Morones had his ray-tube with him, as any traveler in these jungles did. Olear could and did draw fast, but a dead trader would be valueless to him in his investigation, so he stalked him with every faculty strained to maintain complete silence. Often, in occasional clearings where the brown darkness grew less, he had to grovel on the slimy ground, picking up large bacteria that could be seen with the naked eye, and which left tiny, festering red marks on the skin. Mercury has no snakes. The trader seemed to be heading for higher ground, for the path led ever upward, though not far from the tossing waters of the river. And then, suddenly, he disappeared. Olear did not immediately hurry after him. F THE COMPOUND HE WAS ALONE AND OBVIOUSLY DID NOT SUSPECT THAT HE WAS BEING A WATCH FOR HE STEPPED OUT BRISKLY ONCE IN THE JUNGLE HE WALKED EVEN FASTER WATCHING OUT WARILY FOR THE PANTHER LIKE CARNIVORA THAT WERE THE MOST DANGEROUS TO MAN ON MERCURY O'LIERE SHINNED TO THE GROUND AND FOLLOWED CAUTIOUSLY MORONE'S HAD HIS RAID TROOP WITH HIM AND AS ANY TRAVELER IN THESE JUNGLES DID O'LIERE COULD AND DID DRAW FAST BUT A DEAD TRADER WOULD BE VALUELESS TO HIM IN HIS INVESTIGATION SO HE STALKED HIM WITH EVERY FACULTY STRAINED TO MAINTAIN COMPLETE SILENCE OFTEN IN OCCASIONAL CLEARINGS WHERE THE BROWN DARKNESS GREW LESS HE HAD TO GROVEL ON THE SLIMY GROUND PICKING UP LARGE BACTERIA THAT COULD BE SEEN WITH THE NAKED EYE AND WHICH LEFT TINY FESTERING RED MARKS ON THE SKIN MERCURY HAS NO SNAKES THE TRADER SEEMED TO BE HEADING FOR HIGHER GROUND FOR THE PATH LED EVER UPWARD THOUGH NOT FAR FROM THE TOSSING WATERS OF THE RIVER AND THEN SUDDENLY HE DISAPPEARED HOLIER DID NOT IMMEDIATELY HURRY AFTER HIM
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