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"A SHORT DISTANCE BEYOND LAY A TERRIBLE DRAGON"
(_See page 28_) _Frontispiece_
"THE EXECUTIONER IN HIS AGITATION DROPPED HIS AXE" 20
"WE FLOATED AWAY OVER THE ROOFS OF THE HOUSES" 38
"SHIN SHIRA PLACED THEM IN THE CRYSTAL BOWL" 58
"HIS PINIONS WERE STRONG AND MIGHTY" 108
"THIS WAS CAREFULLY SET BEFORE THE KING" 138