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Moreover, by a clever use of some hypnotic or mesmeric power, this strange woman had feigned to transport me to some places beyond the earth and in the Hall of Hades to show me what is veiled from the eyes of man

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 97, no. 298

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As I was in the act of removing the hideous little ivory image of Zikali, there came a sound of hissing and suddenly above the reeds and bushes appeared a giant black mamba

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 97, no. 298

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'Will you lift the curse of Nada off me, or will you not?' she demanded with a flash of her great eyes

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 97, no. 304

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Then he stood up, and lifting his great axe, he saluted the Image with the word 'Makosi!'

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 97, no. 304

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Then there was a most awful noise of roaring, and wheeling 'round I saw such a fray as never I shall see again

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 97, no. 309

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'I feel that you will not betray me,' said Inez, 'and what is more, that you will help me if you can'

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Sad-Eyes shot one with a pistol and wounded another so that the spear fell out of his hand

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He brought me some beautiful flowers and made a long speech which I could not understand

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Then he looked at Inez and said he would like to buy her to be a wife for his chief

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 10

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Next he staggered about, waving his hands, cursing and shouting

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 10

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Recovering my axe I crept forward and opened the curtain-like rugs or blankets that covered Inez. 'Make no noise,' I whispered. 'It is I, Allan Quatermain, come to rescue you'

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 16

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At length all was ready and there came that long trying wait, the wait, the most disagreeable part of a fight

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 16

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Inez in her litter, with its escort of savages, was plainly visible on the opposing slopes of the mountain

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 97, no. 22

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'I greet you, friends, in the name of Her I serve,' said this venerable man

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 97, no. 22

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There she sat, straight and still, clothed in shining white and breathing mystery, beauty and power

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 27

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'She-Who-Commands looked in her glass,' he replied, 'and said that four would be needed'

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 27

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In the darkness of that holy place once more before me is her glory stood the Goddess Isis. In her great eyes were scorn and anger. 'O Ayesha' she cried sternly 'thou hast broken thine oath'

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 33

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In the darkness of that holy place once more before me is her glory stood the Goddess Isis

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Aye, I found them and in my presence the goddess executed her decree upon the false priest and drove his temptress back to the world

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 39

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He, too, had drunk of the Cup of the Fire of Life

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 39

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'Dog, would you singe my beard?' I cried in affected rage, and seizing the brand from his hand I smote him with it over the head

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 45

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'I wriggled up behind the man stuck my knife into his back where I thought it would kill him at once'

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 45

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Suddenly the man bent his frame almost double and leaped into the air, his great axe up-raised to strike

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 51

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There at my side was the veiled Ayesha herself, holding in her hand a little rod made of black wood inlaid with ivory not unlike a Field Marshal's baton, or a sceptre

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 51

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She moved a little so that one of the lamps which was now behind her caused her shadow to fall on the squatting Hans, and over it onto the floor beyond

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She lifted her hands and placing one of them upon the heart of Inez, for a minute or more she swayed the other from side to side above her eyes

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'Drink this and be a man once,' said Ayesha, offering me a strange-shaped cup

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 63

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In the heart of that flame I saw Ayesha with arms outstretched over the line of men who fell backward in front of her

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She placed her hand upon his heart saying: 'Stay! What meanest thou? Dost love me, Allan?'

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 69

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Then she took off a snake that looked as though it were made of gold with green eyes, and held it to your lips

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 69

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There on the point of the pillar like St. Simeon Stylites on his famous column, glowing in the sunset rays as though she were on fire, stood Ayesha herself

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The Sandusky Register, vol. 98, no. 75

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In a secret hiding-place under the sitting room floor we fund a large sum in gold stored away

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