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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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CHAPTER
XI
Escape--and
Dalis'
Laughter
But
Sarka
was
not
to
be
so
easily
beaten.
There
still
remained
an
infinite
number
of
possible
changes
of
speed
by
manipulation
of
ovidum
by
vibration
set
up
by
the
Beryls,
without
which
this
flight
from
the
beginning
would
have
been
impossible.
But
for
two
hours,
while
the
white
robed
men
of
Cleric
fought
against
the
car
of
the
crimson
splashes
to
prevent
the
capture
of
the
daughter
of
their
Spokesman--and
died
by
hundreds
in
the
grip
of
those
grim
tentacles--Sarka
was
forced
to
labor
with
the
Beryls
until
perspiration
bathed
his
whole
body
and
his
heart
was
heavy
as
he
foresaw
failure.
And
failure
meant
death
or
worse
for
Jaska.
But
at
the
end
of
two
hours,
while
the
men
of
Cleric
fought
like
men
inspired
against
the
aircar
of
the
crimson
slashes,
a
cessation
in
the
outward
speed
of
the
earth
could
be
noted.
At
the
end
of
three
hours
the
body
of
Jaska,
all
this
time
fighting
manfully
to
attain
to
landing
place
on
the
Earth,
was
at
last
bulking
larger;
but
the
tentacles
of
the
aircar
were
groping
after
her,
reaching
for
her,
striving
to
catch
and
clasp
her
to
her
death.
The
two
Sarkas
watched
and
prayed
while
the
might
of
the
Beryls,
traveling
at
top
speed,
fought
against
the
force
of
whatever
was
used
by
the
Moon-men
to
compel
the
Moon
to
withdraw.
Still
the
men
of
Cleric
fought
that
single
car,
and
died
by
hundreds
in
the
fighting.
White
robed
figures
which
became
shriveled
and
black
in
the
grip
of
those
tentacles.
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