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The MIRACLE OF THE LILY

by Clare Winger Harris

Author of "The Fate of the Poseidonia"

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The figure that stood facing us was a huge six-legged beetle ...an insect of gigantic proportions.... Suddenly, the Venusian was joined by another being, a colossal ant, who bore in his forelegs a tiny light-colored object, which he handed to the beetle-announcer, who took it and held it forward for our closer inspection. It seemed to be a tiny ape, but was so small, we could not ascertain for a certainty.

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