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"He did," muttered the Big Business Man. "Targo escaped this afternoon," the Chemist explained. "He went to Orlog by boat and took " He stopped abruptly. "Come into the house, Lylda," he added gently; "there are other things, my wife, of which we must speak." He rose to his feet, pulling her up with him. "Where is Jack," she asked, looking at the Big Business Man, who stood watching her gravely.
He led the girl across Reoh's study. She kept her face averted as they passed the body lying on the floor, and in a moment they were outside the house. They walked rapidly, keeping close to the walls of the houses. The streets were nearly deserted and no one seemed to notice them. The Very Young Man was calculating the time. "Probably they are just getting to Orlog with Loto," he said.
"Is there any other way up to the forest?" the Doctor asked. The Chemist shook his head. "There are a dozen different tunnels, all near here, and several at Orlog, that all lead to the upper surface. But I think that is the only way." "They might try to stop us," the Big Business Man suggested. "We certainly had better get through them as quickly as we possibly can."
His voice was a little husky, and held none of the confidence his words were intended to convey. Lylda was upon her feet now, standing beside the Chemist. She stared towards Orlog searchingly, then turned to him and said quietly, "It must be Jack and Aura, with Loto." She stopped with quivering lips; then with an obvious effort went on confidently.
"All through it safely," she murmured after him. "All safe except except my father." Her arm around the Chemist tightened. "All safe except those." She turned her big, sorrowful eyes towards the beach, where a thousand little mangled figures lay dead and dying. "All safe except those." It was only a short time before the adventurers from Orlog arrived, and Loto was in his mother's arms.
For a long time they sat in silence; then the girl gently drew away. At the doorway they stood and listened; Targo and his followers were still in the adjoining room, talking earnestly. "Loto they have captured," Aura whispered suddenly. "Others of Targo's men have taken him in a boat to Orlog. To-morrow they send a messenger to my brother to demand he give up these drugs or Loto they will kill."
Orlog withdrew from the Oroid government and is now handling its affairs as a separate nation." "I wonder " began the Big Business Man thoughtfully. "Well, why not let them run it that way, if they want to?" "No reason, if they were sincere. But they are not sincere nor honest fundamentally. Their leaders are for the most part Malites, or Oroids with Malite blood. And they are fooling the people.
"If he got the chance," the Doctor murmured. "Certainly he has not been killed or captured," the Chemist reasoned, "for we would have other giants to face immediately that happened." "Perhaps he took the girl with him and started off to Orlog to find Loto," suggested the Doctor. "That crazy boy might do anything." "He should be back by now, even if he had," said the Big Business Man.
He knew he must think it all out carefully. The drug would make them very large, and in a short time they could walk to Orlog. No harm could come to them. Once in Orlog they would find Loto probably in Targo's palace and bring him back with them. The Very Young Man pictured the surprise and gratification of the Chemist and his friends.
The Very Young Man waited, breathless. Suddenly he heard Targo laugh a cruel, cynical laugh. Aura shuddered. "And when he has the drug, all of us will he kill. And all in the land too who will not do as he bids." The men were rising, evidently in preparation to leave. Aura continued: "They go now to Orlog all but Targo. A little way from here, up the lake shore, a boat is waiting.
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