The Moon Colony

Takes

d miserably, lay silent for several moments, and then lifted his head on his elbow. In this attitude he ga

-in-the-box, he has run away from me and would not fight where I could reach him with these strong arms, he has pounded me in the softest parts of my anatomy when I could not catc

lay on his back, for several seconds, and then

! my stomach,"

I can see him wither and suffer. I s

the giant and lashed him face to the post, pull

it red and striped, and then pour salt on it. Proc

d began to whip Epworth unmercifully on his back, each stroke cutting into the flesh and leaving strips of red

the giant with pleasure. "Make him howl if it takes

stroke and I'll

ly; then his eyes flashed to the rope, and he saw Billy standing inside with a gun frowning at Kosloff. With a

note in the small American's voice that brook

ky snarled, "unt

can throats shouted in unison. "We are

illy declared. "Go on, Kosloff, if

read and water," T

stepped swiftly across the intervening spac

hurry to die, and I'm telling you that you are mighty near death at this moment. I have been thinki

strength was co

ou talk of an agreem

ot of men behind you but I'm holding the trump card. If you do not come to my terms, and agree q

tor's voice spoke volumes. The

order that sticks. You are going to say that

?" Toplins

o kill

de an effort

his agreement is going to reach

uietly, "provided the work is done industriously. But the guards will

ed slowly. "We will not ask for freedom at

ing whippings," Toplinsky declared firmly. "What I have s

y had the advantage, and should force their release. But Billy had saved Epworth

they were bound together and their feet thrust through an old-fashioned stock that was dragged out, Toplinsky added slyly: "It may

smears. When Joan saw this she sprang off the table, ran across the open space to where the

with a loud, shrill laugh, "and hold her there in the wi

lly taken out of the stocks