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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![The missionary](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqqxwdnez00s3ex8ypdfx449/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260920%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260920T042841Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=8fc7289dd0548e7cf3d99eefdbd146cce2f44a8fc3bd07449b339a9b513f0961) ## About this work The missionary by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone, Ed 1925-1990 \[Illustrator\] Emshwiller — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside THE MISSIONARY By J. F. BONE ILLUSTRATOR EMSH What value has a promise when you make it to the Father of Evil? To slay him, I could promise anything—and still be free of sin. Indeed, his death would make me holier. \[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Amazing Stories October 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.\] My leg itched. The knitting fracture beneath the cast was letting me know in no uncertain terms that a simple fracture is simple in name only. There is nothing like a nagging, unscratchable itch. It doesn't really hurt, but after awhile it can become unadulterated torture,—and all you can do is grin and bear it. Ultimately you stop grinning. To make matters worse, I had Wolverton for company. Zard knows, I despised the man enough before I saw him and contact had only served to change my dislike to active loathing. He sat across from me, draped bonelessly in the contoured comfort of a Varkhide chair fashioned for him by one of his Halsite retainers—a tall, angular man of indeterminate age, sandy-haired, lean-cheeked, beak-nosed, with piercing yellow eyes that flashed golden under tufted brows. His face was leathery and hatched with innumerable fine wrinkles, but his eyes and voice were young. To give the devil his due, he had a wonderful voice—cajoling, persuasive, domineering and demanding. He could use it with all the skill and passionate conviction of a Bearer of the Word. His tongue was a weapon—a club and a rapier—and I had been pounded and pierced with it for nearly two weeks. I hated it, but I had to listen for I was literally a captive audience. "As I was saying last time," Wolverton continued, "rabbits have nothing on the… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-missionary-1) The sample continues in the full work. 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