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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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"I?"
"Yes.
You
and
your
friend.
And
now,
may
I
ask,
are
you
ready
to
return
to
your
own
land?"
Tommy
stared.
"Sure
thing,"
he
said,
"or
rather,
I
will
be
in
a
few
minutes."
"Thank
you.
We
shall
await
you
in
the
transmitting
room."
The
Theronian
bowed
and
was
gone.
"Well,
I
like
that,"
said
Tommy.
"He
hands
me
an
undeserved
compliment
and
then
asks
how
soon
we
can
beat
it.
A
'here's
your
hat,
what's
your
hurry'
sort
of
thing."
"It's
me
they're
anxious
to
be
rid
of,"
remarked
Frank,
shrugging
his
broad
shoulders,
"and
perhaps
it
is
just
as
well."
"You
bet
it
is!"
agreed
Tommy
enthusiastically,
"and
I'm
in
favor
of
making
it
good
and
snappy."
He
completed
his
toilet
as
rapidly
as
possible
and
then
turned
to
face
the
down-hearted
Frank.
"How
do
we
go?
The
way
we
came?"
he
asked.
"No,
Tommy.
They
have
closed
off
the
shaft
that
led
from
the
cavern
of
the
silver
dome.
They
are
taking
no
more
chances.
It
seems
that
the
shaft
down
which
we
floated
was
constructed
by
the
Theronians;
not
by
Leland.
They
had
used
it
and
the
gravity
disc
to
transport
casual
visitors
to
the
surface,
who
occasionally
mixed
with
our
people
in
order
to
learn
the
languages
of
the
upper
world
and
to
actually
touch
and
handle
the
things
they
were
otherwise
able
to
see
only
through
the
medium
of
Silver
Dome
and
the
crystal
spheres.
Further
visits
to
the
surface
are
now
forbidden,
and
we
are
to
be
returned
by
a
remarkable
process
of
beam
transmission
of
our
disintegrated
bodies."
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