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Lo! above them was a great fertile land on which dwelt an unfamiliar race, skilled in arts, seeking and finding wisdom mankind! Mighty builders were they; vast were their cities and huge their temples of stone. "They called their lands Muria and they worshipped a god Thanaroa whom they imagined to be the maker of all things, dwelling far away.
"Now would I not let you take this man from me were I to dwell ten thousand laya in the agony of the Yekta's kiss. This I swear to you by Thanaroa, by my heart, and by my strength and may my strength wither, my heart rot in my breast, and Thanaroa forget me if I do!" "Listen, Yolara" began O'Keefe again. "Be silent, you!" It was almost a shriek.
I paused, aware all at once of an intense drowsiness. O'Keefe, yawning, reached down to unfasten his puttees. "Lord, I'm sleepy!" he exclaimed. "Can't understand it what you say most interesting Lord!" he yawned again; straightened. "What made Reddy take such a shine to the Russian?" he asked. "Thanaroa," I answered, fighting to keep my eyes open. "What?"
"Heed!" she whispered. She turned to the men in green, who were laughing softly among themselves. "Take these two, and go!" she commanded. "The justice of Lora," said the red dwarf. "The justice of Lora and the Shining One under Thanaroa!" Upon the utterance of the last word I saw Marakinoff start violently.
I am but the messenger of the Silent Ones. And one thing only am I bidden to ask you do you deliver to me the three strangers?" Lugur was on his feet; eagerness, sardonic delight, sinister anticipation thrilling from him and my same glance showed Marakinoff, crouched, biting his finger-nails, glaring at the Golden Girl. "No!" Yolara spat the word. "No! Now by Thanaroa and by the Shining One, no!"
Hell or heaven I never heard formulated, nor their equivalents; unless that existence in the Shining One's domain could serve for either. Over all this was Thanaroa, remote; unheeding, but still maker and ruler of all an absentee First Cause personified! Thanaroa seemed to be the one article of belief in the creed of the soldiers Rador, with his reverence for the Ancient Ones, was an exception.
"When Lugur spoke that name I saw Marakinoff signal him. Thanaroa is, I suspect, the original form of the name of Tangaroa, the greatest god of the Polynesians. There's a secret cult to him in the islands. Marakinoff may belong to it he knows it anyway. Lugur recognized the signal and despite his surprise answered it." "So he gave him the high sign, eh?" mused Larry. "How could they both know it?"
"The red Trolde asked the Russian how came it he was a worshipper of Thanaroa." I could not resist a swift glance of triumph toward O'Keefe. "And the Russian," rumbled Olaf, "said that all his people worshipped Thanaroa and had fought against the other nations that denied him. "And then we had come to Lugur's palace.
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