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Stern never knehen he, too, drifted off to sleep; but he awoke to find Zanga beside him, with his cloak drawn over his head, while Beatrice and Breht, master--it is like knives to me! Like spears to my eyes,to where, around the interstices of the doorway, bright white glea in

Allan considered with perplexity

"It hurts, you say?"

"Yes, Kroe fire, but I cannot The pain is very great!"

"Huht Allan "This may be a more serious factor than I've reckoned on These people are albinos White hair and pink eyes--not a particle of protecting pigenerations they've been subjected to nothing but torchlight The actinic rays of the sun are infinitelythey've ever known It ht!"

And disquieting situations presented themselves to his mind True, if it were necessary, the Folk could work and take the air only at night

They could fish, hunt and till the soil by star and ht, and sleep by day; but this was by no means the veritable reestablishment of a real, human civilization

Then an idea struck hi!" cried he "Once I can put it into effect, it will solve the question And the second generation, at the outside, will be nored conditions In ti time, all will yet be well!"

But now i The future would have to look out for itself

Stern felt positive that to let the Merucaans out of the cave would not only blind theht as well

Their unprotected skins would inevitably burn to a blister under the rays of the sun, and they would in all probability die So said he: "Listen, Zangaain, which will not be very long The wo When it is dark you can fish in the floater beneath In theyou your accusto boat

"You s shall be as you wish, and you shall see the wonderful and beautiful world up into which I have brought you!"

The man nodded, yet Stern clearly saw his face betrayed uneasiness, distrust and pain In all fairness, the Merucaans' first experience of the upper world had been enough to shake the faith even of a philosopher--how ht barbarians!