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The quick glance which had swept the ground for some weapon of defense discovered it, and as the lion reared upon his hind legs to seize the rash man-thing who had dared interpose its puny strength between Numa and his prey, the heavy stock whirred through the air and splintered upon the broad forehead.

But the Englishman was close to him--so close that his hand reached the leveled barrel a fraction of a second before the hammer fell upon the cartridge, and the bullet that was intended for Tarzan's heart whirred harmlessly above his head.

But there are other tunes in England besides that the arrow sings." Here he whirred the staff about his head by way of practice.

With a word of farewell he touched the button which controlled the repulsive rays, and as the flier rose lightly into the air, the engine purred in answer to the touch of his finger upon a second button, the propellers whirred as his hand drew back the speed lever, and Carthoris, Prince of Helium, was off into the gorgeous Martian night beneath the hurtling moons and the million stars.

A tiny pebble whirred past with the force almost of a bullet.

QUICKIE ACROSS: 1 Break the law 8 Sea 9 Cad 11 Package 12 Glide 13 Ate 14 Den 15 Quartet 17 Man 19 Warm 21 Open 23 Coop 25 Tire 27 Ego 29 Whirred 31 Dam 34 Din 36 Alarm 37 Obscure 38 Yes 39 Air 40 Church bells.

As a security guard for Israel's highest-level ministers, he raised his husky frame into a statuesque posture as politicians whirred around him, debating laws that stagnated in Israel's parliamentary labyrinth, or as they discussed sending Israeli troops into the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, or along Israel's many other hostile borders.