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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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It
was
a
most
unique
experience,
that
drop
into
the
heart
of
the
mountain.
Practically
weightless,
the
two
young
men
found
it
quite
difficult
to
negotiate
the
passage.
For
the
first
hundred
or
more
feet
they
continued
to
bump
about
in
the
narrow
shaft
and
each
sustained
painful
bruises
before
he
learned
that
the
best
and
simplest
method
of
accommodating
himself
to
the
strange
condition
was
to
remain
absolutely
motionless
and
allow
the
greatly
weakened
gravity
to
take
its
course.
Each
movement
of
an
arm
or
leg
was
accompanied
by
a
change
in
direction
of
movement,
and
contact
with
the
hard
stone
walls
followed.
If
they
endeavored
to
push
themselves
from
the
contact
the
result
was
likely
to
be
an
even
more
serious
bump
on
the
opposite
side
of
the
shaft.
So
they
continued
the
leisurely
drop
into
the
unknown
depth
of
the
pit.
Frank
had
turned
off
the
flashlamp,
for
its
battery
was
giving
out
and
he
wished
to
conserve
its
remaining
energy
for
eventualities.
Thus
they
were
in
Stygian
darkness
for
nearly
a
half-hour,
though
the
green
luminosity
far
beneath
them
grew
stronger
with
each
passing
minute.
It
now
revealed
itself
as
a
clearly
defined
disc
of
light
that
flickered
and
sputtered
continually,
frequently
lighting
the
lower
end
of
the
shaft
with
an
unusual
burst
of
brilliance.
Remotely
distant
it
seemed
though,
and
unconscionably
slow
in
drawing
nearer.
"How
far
do
you
think
we
must
drop?"
called
Tommy
to
Frank,
who
was
probably
fifty
feet
below
him
in
the
shaft.
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