This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...can snicker now; but you ain't gettin' the full effects of that dim light, and the drawn curtains, and all the rest. Honest, it near had my knees wabbly, and when he calls out low and husky, "0 Zapira, the acolyte awaits your pleasure! " I was swallowin' hard and gettin' dry in the throat. "Come!" says a voice ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...can snicker now; but you ain't gettin' the full effects of that dim light, and the drawn curtains, and all the rest. Honest, it near had my knees wabbly, and when he calls out low and husky, "0 Zapira, the acolyte awaits your pleasure! " I was swallowin' hard and gettin' dry in the throat. "Come!" says a voice behind the curtain, and Wicks grabs me by the hand and drags me in. And, say, I ain't much up on ancient altars; but I should say this was a good specimen. It's about eight feet long, and six or seven high, all glitterin' with gilt paper, and with three or four red steps leadin' up to the front. Just over it hangs a blazin' sun more'n two feet across, and at either end comes up a gold torch with real flames shootin' out of the top. I'd gawped at it a minute and had got my eyes used to the bright light before I discovers the priestess. She's wearin' a white robe too, only hers is soft and silky and the red decorations is more flossy. She's layin' back easy in a big chair, with her head half turned away; but I can see she's a stunnin' big woman, with a lot of copper red hair that's braided in two long plaits and brought over her shoulders. I was just wonderin' whether it was up to me to drop on both knees and bump my head on the rug, or wait for her to give the signal, when she turns around slow and deliberate. And, say, you could have blown me over with a breath. The Priestess Zapira! Ah, guff! Didn't I use to see her on an average of twice a day around at Mother Sykes', when she was doin' the fortune tellin' act in the back parlor and I had a room on the top floor? And hadn't I butted in and staked her to a five-spot once when business had been dull and the Sykes person was havin' it out in the hall about back rent and the wear of so many...
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