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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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"The
very
thing."
Phaestra
thanked
him
with
her
wondrous
eyes.
A
high
pitched
note
rang
out
from
behind
the
hangings,
and,
in
rapid
syllables
of
the
language
of
Theros,
a
voice
broke
forth
from
the
concealed
amplifiers.
Orrin,
startled
from
his
stoicism,
sprang
to
the
side
of
his
empress.
She
rose
from
her
seat
as
the
voice
completed
its
excited
message.
"It
is
Leland,"
she
said
calmly.
"He
has
escaped
and
recovered
his
pistol.
I
have
been
told
that
he
is
now
at
large
in
the
palace,
terrorizing
the
household.
We
have
no
weapons
here,
you
see."
"Good
God!"
shouted
Frank.
"Suppose
he
should
come
here?"
He
jumped
to
his
feet
just
as
a
shot
rang
out
in
the
antechamber.
Orrin
dashed
to
the
portal
when
a
second
shot
spat
forth
from
the
automatic
which
must
certainly
be
in
the
hands
of
a
madman.
The
doors
swung
wide
and
Leland,
hair
disarranged
and
bloodshot
eyes
staring,
burst
into
the
room.
Orrin
went
down
at
the
next
shot
and
the
hardly
recognizable
scientist
advanced
toward
the
dais.
When
he
saw
Frank
and
Tommy
he
stopped
in
his
tracks.
"So
you
two
have
been
following
me!"
he
snarled.
"Well,
you
won't
keep
me
from
my
purpose.
I'm
here
to
kill
this
queen
of
hell!"
Once
more
he
raised
his
automatic,
but
Frank
had
been
watching
closely
and
he
literally
dove
from
the
steps
of
the
dais
to
the
knees
of
the
deranged
Leland.
As
beautiful
a
tackle
as
he
had
ever
made
in
his
college
football
days
laid
the
maniac
low
with
a
crashing
thud
that
told
of
a
fractured
skull.
The
bullet
intended
for
Phaestra
went
wide,
striking
Tommy
in
the
shoulder.
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