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Acolyte, v. 3, issue 1, whole no. 9, Winter 1945
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stained "the tiny pajamas and the darling toy bird which the poor lad held clasped in his little arms". In an adjoining column was an account of the execution--"According to sentence passed by the Hon. Robert Maxwell"--of Daniel Legrand, Negro, 38. THE HIGH PRIEST An old man was her only guide that night. The drums of thunder rolled; and drenching rain Soaked his gnarled face. The stabbing light Caught his bright eyes. He stopped and spoke the name Of that black spot of evil nestling in the hill, Where Druids once had raised the sacrificial blade And chanted as they watched the red blood spill From the fair form of some Welsh maid. She glimpsed the altar in the lightning's glare Beyond his pointing finger; and then stood Affrighted --- for around the stone set there Were crouching figures, garbed in cloak and hood. The old man cackled. "Offer up your life!" And lightning glittered on his swift-drawn knife. ---Arthur F. Hillman ---oo0oo--- GHOSTS New built am I, yet haunted--- A prey for things from the elder years, A penthouse smelling of plaster and paint, Yet let only to ghosts, By them sublet to ghosts of ghosts. Where are the new tenants? ---Fritz Leiber, Jr. ROBERT E. HOWARD E. HOFFMAN PRICE (Editorial Note: This article consists of two portions, the first being a verbatim transcript of a letter from E. Hoffman Price to H. P. Lovecraft, written immediately after Howard's death in 1936; and the second being excerpts from a letter of further explanation written by Price to Laney on July 22, 1944. It should be explained that the older letter was stencilled by R. H. Barlow for some publication of his which did not materialise; these stencils came to The Acolyte from the estate of Paul Freehafer. Due to the fact that we though tit advisable to use Barlow's original stencils, the format of this article has suffered somewhat. The Barlow stencils have been printed on pp. 12, 13, and 14. Commencing on the bottom of page 14, we have set up the excerpts of further explanation from Price's more recent letter. The editors of The Acolyte wish to thank E. Hoffman Price for the opportunity to publish this material, which throws so much light on the rather unknown personality of one of Weird Tales' best loved authors. ---FTL/SDR) -- 11 --
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stained "the tiny pajamas and the darling toy bird which the poor lad held clasped in his little arms". In an adjoining column was an account of the execution--"According to sentence passed by the Hon. Robert Maxwell"--of Daniel Legrand, Negro, 38. THE HIGH PRIEST An old man was her only guide that night. The drums of thunder rolled; and drenching rain Soaked his gnarled face. The stabbing light Caught his bright eyes. He stopped and spoke the name Of that black spot of evil nestling in the hill, Where Druids once had raised the sacrificial blade And chanted as they watched the red blood spill From the fair form of some Welsh maid. She glimpsed the altar in the lightning's glare Beyond his pointing finger; and then stood Affrighted --- for around the stone set there Were crouching figures, garbed in cloak and hood. The old man cackled. "Offer up your life!" And lightning glittered on his swift-drawn knife. ---Arthur F. Hillman ---oo0oo--- GHOSTS New built am I, yet haunted--- A prey for things from the elder years, A penthouse smelling of plaster and paint, Yet let only to ghosts, By them sublet to ghosts of ghosts. Where are the new tenants? ---Fritz Leiber, Jr. ROBERT E. HOWARD E. HOFFMAN PRICE (Editorial Note: This article consists of two portions, the first being a verbatim transcript of a letter from E. Hoffman Price to H. P. Lovecraft, written immediately after Howard's death in 1936; and the second being excerpts from a letter of further explanation written by Price to Laney on July 22, 1944. It should be explained that the older letter was stencilled by R. H. Barlow for some publication of his which did not materialise; these stencils came to The Acolyte from the estate of Paul Freehafer. Due to the fact that we though tit advisable to use Barlow's original stencils, the format of this article has suffered somewhat. The Barlow stencils have been printed on pp. 12, 13, and 14. Commencing on the bottom of page 14, we have set up the excerpts of further explanation from Price's more recent letter. The editors of The Acolyte wish to thank E. Hoffman Price for the opportunity to publish this material, which throws so much light on the rather unknown personality of one of Weird Tales' best loved authors. ---FTL/SDR) -- 11 --
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