ID TOR IOS ELEPHANT

ab Robert E. Howard

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Ia to rch es oi sp iu te r ir kw it ert ky id ba yr am io s Ma ul , qu er Or ie nt ba nd it s ad di cee r- se ir i noctgiumbusch. In id Maul, i poiss kwehre quodlibt ed kraghe kamlibt, ar honeste leuds vergihr id vicinitat ; ies guardes, quoy peripohld med rischwets om najis piengs, ne gwohm ad se immie do ir gle wos . Mak hmo ur !est nic s bie ub ed tit ube er unt e ia kri v nep ave n det rit usst rah n gat vas qua stagnant wed padwls nukteer. "tal twis in ia deuska cotlans quer wol!s traqueer alyens wol!s ; id schrill gleimen am gwens oisprusit e id temos, betschi eent aurn bloska om katu ed waurgpusca. Id spectacle eet belucen pallid-ye ab torchediutis quod !iltreer brohct schibs ed werughyanta dwers, quetos e!irtineer un gasmehrkos e vin ed akri swoid, dvons om bocks ed peungsta hammernd gross mejas, tem quem schtuks drehnksehngvos. In oin tom tugurs culminit id bayram. "ub un ghem ed dumkyohrsto tavan samghieteer divers halwghens quim vesters untelit e lumps do vesdet # ninwideuvers, kidnapers samt salace spect, agil!ingher !urs, boltach corsans hamrahn ab ir compagnens samt schrill voc ed lucra tesedins. $ocal bandits eent majoritar ter, swordok maurcuiti %amorians, samt khandjar ana id yeusmen ed lu gh iev e in id ke rd . &e t te rsc hi wo hs wo l! s e pw ol do u' en om go sp ot i na tio ns . (e nt un hyperborean renegad, taciturn ed dangereuso gigant, quos weureins eet yesmen engwn eys maigher buland carcass e )wirs ghi ouvert-ye vohs ir armes in id Maul* ; eetschi un schemitisch !alsmonetar samt vreg nas ed modersword gurosberd ; un deurseckspect &rythuniana seddend ep id grem uns !alvkays +underman  sem vagabondios mercenar desertirevs e un kasrant agmen. Is piwon sreupic brigand quos salace scher'a slur vasya lengvoscries eet un pro!essional kidnaper e id pierno rigo oth ; is hieb gwohmen ad doce id kerdos os gwenenrapt ad %amorians quoy ja meis-ye gnohr de to ye ir gnahsa quem soswo ghehdiet aiwo wehlpe uces. Is wir interrup-se unte sien description iom charms uns potential victim ed mersit sieno nas do un enorm chascha bir. ierg end id spoim e sien teug lips, is declait #

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/er &el, div vasyen !urs, vahm ibs dikes quosmed kwehre kay kidnape sem bent # proe uperdeugho iam trans id 'amorian grance ye octent, ed un caravan skehpt iam. ricent oyra 0 a mi hat promiss un gra! os Ophir po un yun ed minc &rythunian ios dohbres1 societat. 2o tohrpt unte hevds alaye in ia hadhurbs desguise1 do taskar kay trehve oin qua dehbhiet. 3ed est un baygh jamile schtuk 0 )Is biuc baveus-ye id hava* +nohm "chem swamens quoy esient parat ad maue id secret ios or ios (lephant po iam, iey is reikend sien bir. heissend un hand lande ep eys ghitan, is gla' retro, irritat ob bihe sturpt katha. Is vis tun un robust yuwen qui stahsit nieb iom. Is wir kwohk tem misplacet in tod tugur quem un greis wol! bayna malinger rinnarats. (yso ie!tin ghiton khiek perbehrge ia kaurd ed dospict lignes os eyso staur stature, eys massive ed plaut omsa, eyso jabbar torso, eyso slanc lendv ed eysa gneubhic brakhs. (ys cuit eet burse n ab id sol iom deserts , eys okwi kiend blou , ed un 'a''er e rau!en sword kay s epkihsit eys weur chol. 4n eins in un lietern kardkascho hiengit kata eyso yeusmen. Is othian stiup retro protievol, isghi wir okwivid-ye bieygh neid civilisen race is gnohsit.

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