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So now Olear, weaponless except for the service knife at his belt, began the hazardous undertaking of climbing among the stalactites to a position approximately above the Plutonian's head. The job required judgment. Some of the stone masses were insecurely anchored and would crash down at the lightest touch. SO NOW O'LIE WEAPONLESS EXCEPT FOR THE SERVICE KNIFE AT HIS BELT BEGAN THE HAZARDOUS UNDERTAKING OF CLIMBING AMONG THE STALLCTITES TO A POSITION APPROXIMATELY ABOVE THE PLUTONIUM'S HEAD THE JOB REQUIRED JUDGMENT SOME OF THE STONE MASSES WERE INSECURELY ANCHORED AND WOULD CRASH DOWN AT THE LIGHTEST TOUCH
 sap. Seize this evil one--" The feeble, fickle minds were being swayed again. In a gust of impatience, the Plutonian stepped down, seized the aged chief's skinny body in his great black hands, and snapped him in two. There was a tearing of tough cords and tissue, and the two halves fell into the fire. For an instant the Mercurians were stunned. Then some of them vented hissing sounds of rage, while others prostrated themselves on the floor. The black giant watched them narrowly for a moment, then turned his attention to Morones. He seized him by the arm and drew him slowly and irresistibly to him. * * * * * The murder of the Old Wise One had been done so quickly that Olear was unable to prevent it. Had he been able to use his ray weapon he could have burned the Plutonian down, but it had been bent at one of the narrow turns of the crevice he had come down. The need for extreme lightness in weapons was rather overdone in those early times, and a little rough handling made them useless. SE HIM AND DELIVER TO HIM THE WHITE SAP SEIZE THIS EVIL ONE THE FEEBLE FICKLE MINDS WERE BEING SWAYED AGAIN IN A GUST OF IMPATIENCE THE PLUTONIAN STEPPED DOWN SEIZED THE OLD CHIEF'S SKINNY BODY IN HIS GREAT BLACK HANDS AND SNAPPED HIM IN TWO THERE WAS A TEARING OF TOUGH CORDS AND TISSUE AND THE TWO HALVES FELL INTO THE FIRE FOR AN INSTANT THE MERCURIANS WERE STUNNED THEN SOME OF THEM VENTED HISSING SOUNDS OF RAGE WHILE OTHERS PROSTRATED THEMSELVES ON THE FLOOR THE BLACK GIANT WATCHED THEM NARROWLY FOR A MOMENT THEN TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO MORONES HE SEIZED HIM BY THE ARM AND DREW HIM SLOWLY AND IRRESISTIBLY TO HIM THE MURDER OF THE OLD WISE ONE HAD BEEN DONE SO QUICKLY THAT O'LIE WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT IT HAD HE BEEN ABLE TO USE HIS RAY WEAPON HE COULD HAVE BURNED THE PLUTONIAN DOWN BUT IT HAD BEEN BENT AT ONE OF THE NARROW TURNS OF THE CREVICE HE HAD COME DOWN THE NEED FOR EXTREME LIGHTNESS IN WEAPONS WAS RATHER OVERDONE IN THOSE EARLY DAYS AND A LITTLE ROUGH HANDLING MADE THEM USELESS
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