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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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CHAPTER
XII
Ashes
of
the
Moon
Through
the
micro-telescopes
it
was
possible
to
see
what
had
happened
after
Dalis
had
assumed
command
of
the
Gens
of
Dalis.
For
even
though
the
Moon,
in
spite
of
the
speed
of
the
Beryls,
was
being
forced
further
and
further
from
the
Earth,
the
eyes
of
the
micro-telescopes
picked
out
and
enlarged
details
to
such
an
extent
that
the
battle
seemed
to
be
transpiring
under
the
eyes
of
the
beholders.
A
terrific
jumble,
in
which
Earthlings
and
aircars
were
all
tumbled
together
in
mad
chaos,
a
great
mass
of
writhing,
green-garbed
figures.
Infinite
in
number--in
the
midst
of
which
were
the
gigantic
aircars,
like
monster
beetles
being
beset
by
armies
upon
armies
of
ants.
Then,
by
the
time
Jaska
had
seated
herself
in
the
observatory
atop
the
Himalayas,
to
watch
what
developed,
the
battle
seemed
to
be
over,
and
the
Moon-men
had
won.
For
the
huge
cars
swung
around
between
the
myriads
of
the
Gens
of
Dalis,
and
seemed
to
be
herding
them
toward
the
Moon,
as
though
they
were
prisoners.
Telepathically,
Sarka
and
his
father
had
been
able
to
catch
some
hint
of
the
thoughts
of
the
Earthlings
in
the
battle,
and
these
thoughts
had
been
tinged
with
doubt,
fear
and
horror,
so
that
even
thus
to
receive
them,
by
mental
telepathy,
was
to
feel
the
searing
heat
of
their
fear.
Now,
in
the
instant
when
the
battle
in
Space
seemed
to
be
over
and
the
Gens
of
Dalis
were
prisoners,
the
thought
waves
were
no
more,
and
a
brooding
silence
took
their
place.
Dalis,
the
Sarkas
knew,
possessed
the
power
to
mask
his
thoughts,
for
it
was
a
power
possessed
in
common
by
all
the
scientists
of
Earth.
But
the
common
people
of
his
Gens
did
not
posses
that
power.
However,
for
the
moment
Sarka
had
forgotten
an
all
important
something:
that,
when
people
were
outside
the
roof
of
the
world,
they
were
subservient
to
the
will
of
a
common
commander
to
whom
they
had
sworn
allegiance.
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