Argosy, Vol. 147, No. 1 — page 106: what you’re looking at

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sred Lua. —yo Pcither We must find Is - sd to my feet, then sat down : ren £> me ise e was no use of my rushing away on m less search over a city like this. 2 is the head of the city’s police, _ ha » sent for him. He should be sow 0 see you.” I must have him search the city. Lua te € feuid. The castle guards—we St appoint others, Miela. I must have unci too—not doddering old men, but - See we shall select. Who collects =3? Where is the money? Who Bio 3 question piled upon me faster than voice them, and all the while my | od oft bre mn and weary, aching body called y fo treat —for sleep. t of Mereer and Anina. They id be ot by now. 2 must send home and have them -are here, Miela. And that slave na n of Baar’s—she will be there, too. mu t be sent here to us also.” 1 decided to live in the castle. spa and Anina return we to go to the Water City. The ance Shere raust be quelled. All the ies | ust be told of our actions here. I , isi t them all, Miela.” M " ic seemed trailing off as though ere talkin ig to myself. A thousand prob- [ was talking almost Earticrently. A ving door of our room brought ar ad stood respectfully on the - Miela listened to what she had her swiftly, and then ‘ S Her face had gone suddenly “ i 9 Tie ST jionec ; have returned from over the epee But Anina i Ollie have stayed there.” there?” T cred “ Why?” st free Tao’s men as we planned. “afc: Grae eggaatan << vac bad ae ~ ARGOSY-ALLSTORY WEEKLY. back. And Anina and Ollie they left here, standing on the shore together. We are to go over to the same place to-night, if we can, and get them. That is all the girl knows. ¥ The girl withdrew after a moment. Mercer and Anina left in the Twilight Country! Miela and I stared at each other blankly. CHAPTER XX. IN THE TWILIGHT COUNTRY. A ERCER sat on the rear end of the platform and waved good-by vigor- ously as he was carried swiftly up and out over the water. Under him was a pile of blankets and a coat, and beside him a box of baked dough like bread— the food he was to turn over to Tao’s emis- saries when he set them free. Anina flew at his side, at intervals smil- ing up at him reassuringly. Before him on the platform his captives huddled. Al though all of them were trussed up secure- ly, he menacingly kept his little wooden revolver pointed at them from the level of his knee. He chuckled as he thought of the fight at the bayou. Everything was working out all right; it was surprising what one could do with his physical strength here on Mer- cury. The girls had carried the platform up some five hundred feet above the sea. Mer- cer turned and looked back; The shore had already dropped almost to the rim of the close-encircling horizon. He leaned over toward Anina, resting one hand on the bamboo handle she was holding. “ How long will it take us to get there, Anina?” He knew the girl would understand his words, but he did not realize she had little basis for comparing time in his language. “Long time,’ she answered, smiling. ‘* But we go quickly now.” He sat back again and waited. It seemed like hours—it was hours probably, three or four—and still they swept onward ee as an arrow.