A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine, February 1950 — page 125: what you’re looking at

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THE SEAL MAIDEN foe .remembering the snows through which she had climbed to him that night when she gave her heart into his keeping. The place looked desolate and strange, and inside the air was icy as death. She kneeled down by the door where they had kneeled that night together, prayed, wept, and looked over the tum- bling sea, ' She prayed that he might return to her; that she might see him once more, even in death. Suddenly old Mére Faguy’s words stirred in her remembrance: “Give back thy charm to the sea, or thou wilt never gain a lover.” She knew the island supersitition, but it arose in her instinctively also, that age- long clamor of the human heart for sacrifice. She touched the locket on her throat. In its thin golden shell lay all that she had dreamed of during those years of childhood, all her fond hopes that she had breathed to her lover. Marie had seen the pitying glances of the island women. They drew back from her now as of old, but not through fear of her. No one believed that Charles and Achille would return. He was foredestined to die as his father and grandfather had died, and Charles as Guillaume Robitaille. These were of the sea’s clan, her destiny, and none could escape that which was foreordained. Un- less one sacrificed— She tore the locket from her throat and flung it far out into the lapping waves. When she returned the curé was wait- ing up for her. He gazed on her compas- Sionately; he feared to tell her what had to be told. He had grown to love her as a daughter. “Marie, my child, the governor desires to speak with thee,” he said. “Tonight, father? How can I go to St. Pierre tonight?” “He is here with me,” Pere Legouffre ‘answered, and led her into his study. Before a fire of logs stood M. Floquet, and with him were two gentlemen, one young, one old. The younger was a dap- per Parisian, with a blond, upcurled mus- tache, who eyed her admiringly. But when she looked at the other she felt the room begin to sway and held hard to the edge of the door. For this man, gray-haired, distinguished-looking, bear- ing himself as one should who wears the GET INTO THE BIG MONEY LEARN AT HOME IN SPARE HOURS —= EARN EXTRA MONEY WHILE TRAINING Prepare for a fine fob or a basiness of your own in Radio and Television. Big oppor: tunity for trained men, Find out train you by sending you 8 big kits of real, rofdratemal Radio parts—how I train you 3 build a pewertdl 6 Tuba superhet radio, a 16-range test meter and i 176 interesting, instructive Ra you, helps make money for you, You don"t yeed Slee: schooling or experience, YOU LEARN BY DOING—follow simple, easy lessons that teach yoo RADIO and - TELEVISION from the ground up. GET SAMPLE LESSON FREE nd h thy tome hires 204, my PERE BOOK, “How To Maks Money In Badlo, Sele and Tslevision’’ and sisovraluabjs coun le Lesson, '* Rea dio and § te." 1) also fell how zou Whil arn. Voter 3 Approve for G.L. Trainin guages Poul ia Lawn 16 and 345. Tsnovucre dcnlons at teats fit. coe | Sprayber Academy of Radlo, Dept. 33-F I 234°N. Canal Street, Chicage 6, Ill, } Rosh FREE BOOK & Sample Lesson. 4 ne ee ee eee WRITE THREE WORDS COLLECT $995 SENSATIONAL NEW ADVERTISING SIGN YES, MAKE $9.95 on 10-second demonstration to merchants, Write on glass with amazing mag- ie crayon and presto—a 5-color advertising mes- sage takes fire and glows like a brilliant neon sign! Three sales a day and $29.85 profit is for “lazy”? men, Workers can double to triple that amount. FREE SALES KIT. Don’t wait, Rush your name and address on a penny postcard for full details and complete sales kit—ALL FREE. MAXILUME CO., 125 w. Hubbard DEPT. L-792 CHICAGO 10, ILLINOIS 125