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The piping voices rose in eager acclamation, but the Old Wise One held up his claws, waiting until silence returned. "Wait! Wait! Before ye commit this folly, hear the Green Star man. Many times has he demanded audience. Let him come in." THE PIPING VOICES ROSE IN EAGER ACCLAMATION BUT THE OLD WISE ONE HELD UP HIS CLAWS WAITING UNTIL SILENCE RETURNED WAIT WAIT BEFORE YE COMMIT THIS FOLLY HEAR THE GREEN STAR MAN MANY TIMES HAS HE DEMANDED AUDIENCE LET HIM COME IN
 our abode, knowing well the strict proscription of our tribe? Fool! Your death is upon ye!" * * * * * But the Plutonian only grinned and spread his glistening, black hands in a careless gesture. High overhead, peering through the stalactites, Olear instantly understood the Plutonian's strange power, the Paste of Strange Dreams, a fearsome narcotic of that far-swinging dark planet. More insidious and devastating than any drug ever produced on Earth, it had wrought frightful havoc among many solar races. The Earthmen had opened the lanes, broken the age-old barriers of distance, so that the harpies of evil could traffic their poison from planet to planet. So the Paste of Strange Dreams was added to the Earthman's burden. "Seize him--the Evil One!" shrieked the old chief, but the Mercurians sat sullen and silent, and the Plutonian sneered. Finally one of the chiefs arose and with an effort faced the Old Wise One and said: "The Strange Dreams are dearer to us than all else. Do as he says. AN HAVE YE BROUGHT THE PASTE OF EVIL TO OUR ABODE KNOWING WELL THE STRICT PROSCRIPTION OF OUR TRIBE FOOL YOUR DEATH IS UPON YE BUT THE PLUTONIAN ONLY GRINNED AND SPREAD HIS GLISTENING BLACK HANDS IN A CARELESS GESTURE HIGH OVERHEAD PEERING THROUGH THE STALECTITES O'LIA INSTANTLY UNDERSTOOD THE PLUTONIAN'S STRANGE POWER THE PASTE OF STRANGE DREAMS A FEARSOME NARCOTIC OF THAT FAR SWINGING DARK PLANET MORE INSIDIOUS AND DEVASTATING THAN ANY DRUG EVER PRODUCED ON EARTH IT HAD WROUGHT FRIGHTFUL HAVOC AMONG MANY SOLAR RACES THE EARTHMEN HAD OPENED THE LANES BROKEN THE AGE OLD BARRIERS OF DISTANCE SO THAT THE HARPIES OF EVIL COULD TRAFFIC THEIR POISON FROM PLANET TO PLANET SO THE PASTE OF STRANGE DREAMS WAS ADDED TO THE EARTHMEN'S BURDEN SEIZE HIM THE EVIL ONE SHRIEKED THE OLD CHIEF BUT THE MERCURIANS SAT SULLEN AND SILENT AND THE PLUTONIAN SNEERED FINALLY ONE OF THE CHIEFS AROSE AND WITH AN EFFORT FACED THE OLD WISE ONE AND SAID THE STRANGE DREAMS ARE DEARER TO US THAN ALL ELSE DO AS HE SAYS
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