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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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"Oh
boy!"
he
whispered.
"Leland
is
certainly
up
to
something
down
there
and
no
mistake!
How're
we
going
to
get
down?"
"Get
down?"
asked
Tommy.
"You
don't
want
to
go
down
there,
do
you?"
"Sure
thing.
We're
this
far
now
and,
by
George,
we're
going
to
find
out
all
there
is
to
learn."
"How
deep
do
you
suppose
it
is?"
"Pretty
deep,
Tommy.
But
we
can
get
an
idea
by
dropping
a
stone
and
counting
the
seconds
until
it
strikes."
He
played
the
light
of
the
flash
over
the
floor
and
soon
located
a
smooth
round
stone
of
the
size
of
a
baseball.
This
he
tossed
over
the
rim
of
the
pit
and
awaited
results.
"Good
grief!"
exclaimed
Tommy.
"It's
not
falling!"
What
he
said
was
true,
for
the
stone
poised
lightly
over
the
opening
and
drifted
like
a
feather.
Then
slowly
it
moved,
settling
gradually
into
oblivion.
Frank
turned
the
flash
downward
and
they
watched
in
astonishment
as
the
two-pound
pebble
floated
deliberately
down
the
center
of
the
shaft
at
the
rate
of
not
more
than
one
foot
in
each
second.
"Well,
I'll
be
doggoned,"
breathed
Frank
admiringly.
"Leland
has
done
it.
He
has
conquered
gravity.
For,
in
that
pit
at
least,
there
is
no
gravity,
or
at
any
rate
not
enough
to
mention.
It
has
been
almost
completely
counteracted
by
some
force
he
has
discovered
and
now
we
know
how
to
follow
him
down
there.
Come
on
Tommy,
let's
go!"
And,
suiting
action
to
his
words,
Frank
jumped
into
the
mouth
of
the
pit
where
he
bobbed
about
for
a
moment
as
if
he
had
jumped
into
a
pool
of
water.
Then
slowly
he
sank
from
view,
and
Tommy
followed
him.
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