? ? ? ? The stone worn by the thern who confronted us was of about the same size as that which I had seen before; an inch in diameter I should say. It scintillated nine different and distinct rays; the seven primary colours of our earthly prism and the two rays which are unknown upon Earth, but whose wondrous beauty is indescribable.
? ? ? ? As the thern saw us his eyes narrowed to two nasty slits.
? ? ? ? "Stop!" he cried. "What means this, Thuvia?"
? ? ? ? For answer the girl raised her revolver and fired point- blank at him. Without a sound he sank to the earth, dead.
? ? ? ? "Beast!" she hissed. "After all these years I am at last revenged."
? ? ? ? Then as she turned toward me, evidently with a word of explanation on her lips, her eyes suddenly widened as they rested upon me, and with a little exclamation she started toward me.
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