"I thank thee for this mercy," replied Noureddin Hassan; and he then withdrew from the court amid the wonderment of all who were present. There was much debate when he had gone, and many were prone to question the wisdom of the Cadi's decision. Some there were who maintained that Noureddin should have been sentenced to death without delay for his abominable actions though others argued for the sanctity of his oath to the ghoul, and would have exculpated him altogether or in part. And tales were told and instances were cited regarding the habits of ghouls and the strange plight of men who had surprised such demons in their nocturnal delvings. And again the discussion returned to Noureddin, and the judgment of the Cadi was once more upheld or assailed with divers arguments. But amid all this, Ahmed Ben Becar was silent, saying only: "Wait, for this man will render justice to himself and to all other concerned, as far as the rendering thereof is possible." So indeed it happened, for on the morning of the next day another body was found in the cemetery near Bussorah lying half-devoured on the grave of Noureddin Hassan's wife, Amina. And the body was that of Noureddin, self-slain, who in this manner had not only fulfilled the injunction of the Cadi but had also kept his bargain with the ghoul by providing the required number of corpses. WE'LL BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW by Mortimer Weisinger That Penn State Froth, the official comic magazine for Penn University, recently burlesqued Amazing Stories. That Charles Willard Diffin composes his stuff on a dictaphone. That the A. in A. Hyatt Verrill's name stands for Alpheus. That Jack Williamson is the only writer who ever copped a cover for each part of a serial. That it's ironic that the letters in Verne's name, rearranged, spell 'never.' That P. S. Miller is a descendant of Alexander Hamilton. That Wonder Stories is the only s-f mag on file in the New York Public Library. That the reason the first eleven issues of Amazing Stories were printed on heavy paper was because the publishers wanted to give the fans "a big package for their money." That, with the exception of his first story, Hamilton has never had a story refused by Weird Tales. And even the first was accepted after rewriting. That William Briggs MacHarg and Edwin Balmer (the creators of Luther Trant) are brothers-in-law. That Wonder Stories paid over seven cents a word for Charles Tanner's story "The Color of Space." That Forrest J. Ackerman used to correspond regularly with 115 fans. That Jack Williamson is a cowboy. That Charles Cloukey was fifteen years old when he sold his first story. That the mystery novel, "The 13th Murder," refers to Amazing Stories and Weird Tales as "detective and mystery fiction"--and they ring Saturn! That the story, "Warriors of Space," featured in the first issue of Science Wonder Stories, was a sequel to "The World in the Balance," in an old Argosy.