the chinese mask
the chinese mask

Certainly the sounds were not the words of any known language. Perhaps they were related to the language employed by the mahouts to their elephants. A mahout does not use Hindi, Arabic, or Persian to the giant pachyderm he drives and keeps. Instead he employs a tongue of the caveman, wich the Stone Age man used when he first tamed the elephant over 50,000 years ago. The mahouts claim the elephant still remembers the original tongue an refused to understand any other.

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This is Dad's pulp mystery and science fiction collection from 1951-1971 when he died. You'll see front and back covers from pulp science fiction books like 'Amazing' and 'Astounding' Science Fiction plus covers from pulp mystery writers like Mickey Spillane, Richard Prather, Nick Carter and Edward Aarons' novels. Also, the complete collection of Ian Fleming. Over 400 titles! Enjoy the fantastic cover artwork. Read a sample of their writing about protagonists 'Doc Savage', 'Shell Scott', 'Mike Hammer', and 'James Bond'. Run your cursor through the alphabetic listing to pick from the selection. Check out the links page under 'L'. Rick Davids (Facebook).