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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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They
stared
at
the
great
circular
yellowish
flame
that
he
pointed
out,
and
Sarka,
always
the
scientist
whose
science
was
one
of
exactness,
tried
to
estimate
just
where,
on
the
Earth's
surface,
the
glow
was.
"Jaska,"
he
said
again,
"that
glow
comes
out
of
the
heart
of
the
Gens
area
which
Dalis
ruled!
And
no
one
lives
there,
since
Dalis'
Gens
flew
out
to
do
battle!
That's
why
we
did
not
know
of
it
before
we
left!
That
glow,
somehow,
beloved,
is
the
cause
of
the
outward-from-the-Earth
journey
of
the
Moon!
First
we
must
locate
the
Moon-source
of
the
glow,
and
render
it
incapable
of
further
forcing
itself
away!
For
do
you
realize
that,
unless
we
do
so,
we
will
never
again
see
home?"
Jaska
said
nothing,
but
her
eyes
were
troubled
for
a
moment.
Then
she
smiled
again.
"What
care
I
if
I
become
a
prisoner
on
the
Moon,
if
you
are
with
me?"
Sarka
was
just
now
realizing
the
wonder
of
this
raven-haired
woman
whom,
knowing
her
for
half
a
century
as
he
had,
he
had
just
known
so
little
after
all.
"If
we
seem
in
danger
of
discovery,
Jaska,"
he
said
to
her,
"drop
down
instantly
into
the
ashes,
for
if
we
are
discovered
by
Dalis...."
He
left
it
there
and,
with
a
deep
intake
of
breath,
started
away
for
the
nearest
and
highest
hill.
They
desired
to
walk,
yet
found
walking
almost
impossible,
as
they
could
not
keep
their
feet
on
the
ground
save
by
the
exercise
of
a
really
incredible
effort
of
will.
So,
despairing
of
keeping
their
feet
in
contact
with
the
ashes,
they
flew
just
above
them,
heading
for
the
nearest
weird-looking
ridge.
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