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The two stopped often, apparently in arguh one would proceed in the direction that they were going while the other demurred But each time the smaller won reluctant consent from the other, and so they ca between the enclosure from which they had co, and then suddenly the sure struck its companion full in the face Gahan, horrified, saw the latter's head topple froround The man half rose fro in the valley below The creature that had felled its co madly in the direction of the hill upon which he was hidden, it dodged one of the workers that sought to seize it Gahan hoped that it would gain its liberty, why he did not know other than at closer range it had every appearance of being a creature of his own race Then he saw it stuo down and instantly its pursuers were upon it Then it was that Gahan's eyes chanced to return to the figure of the creature the fugitive had felled

What horror was this that he itnessing? Or were his eyes playing soh it was-it was true-the head wasslowly to the fallen body It placed itself upon the shoulders, the body rose, and the creature, seeood as new, ran quickly to where its felloere dragging the hapless captive to its feet

The watcher saw the creature take its prisoner by the arm and lead it back to the enclosure, and even across the distance that separated them from him he could note dejection and utter hopelessness in the bearing of the prisoner, and, too, he was half convinced that it was a woman, perhaps a red Martian of his own race Could he be sure that this was true he h the custoe world required it only in case she was of his own country; but he was not sure; she ht not be a red Martian at all, or, if she were, it was as possible that she sprang from an enemy people as not His first duty was to return to his own people with as little personal risk as possible, and though the thought of adventure stirred his blood he put the teh and turned away froed to enter, for it was his intention to skirt its eastern edge and continue his search for Gathol beyond