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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. 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
is knife until he came to an outcropping rock. He had noticed the scarlike white of it slashing through the jungle from the air, and used it as a guide to direct his stealthy return to the trading post. His belt chronometer told him it would be about time for Morones to get up from his "night's" sleep. A little discreet observation might tell much. Long before he reached the compound, Olear heard the rushing of the great Blue River in its headlong plunge to the corrosive heat of the desert. And then, through the mists, he glimpsed the white metal walls of the Company sheds. He climbed a tree and for a long time watched patiently, lying prone on a limb. Blood-sucking insects tortured him, and flat tree-lice, resembling discs with legs, crawled over him inquisitively. Olear tolerated them with stoic indifference until at last his patience was rewarded. Morones was coming out of the compound. He was alone and obviously did not suspect that he was being watched, for he stepped out briskly. ARKS ON TREES WITH HIS KNIFE UNTIL HE CAME TO AN OUTCROPPING ROCK HE HAD NOTICED THE SCAR LIKE WHITE OF IT SLASHING THROUGH THE JUNGLE FROM THE AIR AND USED IT AS A GUIDE TO DIRECT HIS STEALTHY RETURN TO THE TRADING POST HIS BELLE CHRONOMETER TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE ABOUT TIME FOR MORONES TO GET UP FROM HIS NIGHT'S SLEEP A LITTLE DISCREET OBSERVATION MIGHT TELL MUCH LONG BEFORE HE REACHED THE COMPOUND O'LIE HEARD THE RUSHING OF THE GREAT BLUE RIVER IN ITS HEADLONG PLUNGE TO THE CORROSIVE HEAT OF THE DESERT AND THEN THROUGH THE MISTS HE GLIMPSED THE WHITE METAL WALLS OF THE COMPANY'S SHED HE CLIMBED A TREE AND FOR A LONG TIME WATCHED PATIENTLY LYING PRONE ON A LIMB BLOOD SUCKING INSECTS TORTURED HIM AND FLAT TREE LICE RESEMBLING DIS WITH LEGS COOLED OVER HIM INQUISITIVELY ONLY IT TOLERATED THEM WITH STOIC INDIFFERENCE UNTIL AT LAST HIS PATIENCE WAS REWARDED MORONES WAS COMING OUT OF THE COMPOUND HE WAS ALONE AND OBVIOUSLY DID NOT SUSPECT THAT HE WAS BEING A WATCH FOR HE STEPPED OUT BRISKLY
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