Lab
Library
Journal
Shop
Sign in
to keep
Share image
1
289
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
·
Various
145
"No
matter,"
said
Jaska
softly,
"wherever
Sarka
goes,
there
goes
Jaska!
It
is
useless
to
attempt
to
dissuade
me,
and
it
is
time
you
learned
that!"
In
spite
of
himself
Sarka
smiled,
and
his
father
met
his
smile
with
a
quizzical
one
of
his
own.
Both
men
had
the
same
thought.
"The
eternal
woman!"
said
Sarka
the
Elder.
"No
man
has
ever
understood
her--no
man
ever
will!
And
all
men
are
ruled
by
her!"
Sarka
shrugged,
and
Jaska
spoke
again.
"Don't
you
think
it
is
time
we
tried
this
new
experiment?"
Sarka
nodded,
and
his
face
was
suddenly
alight
with
the
excitement
which
burned
within
him.
"First,"
he
said,
"we
need
accoutrements
of
the
Gens
of
Dalis
for
two
people!"
Jaska
smiled.
"Forseeing
that
we
might
have
need
of
such
equipment,
I
had
several
complete
outfits
sent
here
when
I
took
charge
of
the
Gens
of
Dalis
as
its
Spokesman!"
Two
minutes
later,
arrayed
in
the
green
clothing
of
the
House
of
Dalis,
swathed
in
it
from
neck
to
toe,
wearing
their
belts
and
the
masks
which
were
necessary
to
life
in
space
where
there
was
no
atmosphere,
the
whole
topped
by
the
gleaming
helmets
whose
skull-pans
held
the
infinitesimally
small
anti-gravitational
ovoids,
Jaska
and
Sarka
entered
the
secret
exit
dome,
side
by-side.
On
the
breast
and
back
of
each
showed
the
yellow
stars
of
the
Gens
of
Dalis.
There
was
no
hiding
their
identity
otherwise,
and
if
any
of
the
Gens
saw
them,
both
would
be
immediately
recognized--for
Jaska
had
commanded
the
Gens,
and
Sarka
was
the
world's
greatest
scientist
known
to
every
human
being.
But
they
planned
on
carrying
out
their
investigations
by
stealth.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
