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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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And
now
began
the
most
terrible
siege
that
interlopers
in
that
primitive
world
can
endure.
From
that
cavernous,
distended
throat
came
a
tremendous,
world-shaking
noise.
"HOOM!
HOOM!
HOOM!
HOOM!
HOOM!
HOOM!"
Forepaugh
put
his
hand
to
his
head.
It
made
him
dizzy.
He
had
not
believed
that
such
noise
could
be.
He
knew
that
no
creature
could
long
live
amidst
it.
He
tore
strips
from
his
shredded
clothing
and
stuffed
his
ears,
but
felt
no
relief.
"HOOM!
HOOM!
HOOM!
HOOM!
HOOM!"
It
throbbed
in
his
brain.
Gunga
lay
a-sprawl,
staring
with
fascinated
eye
into
the
pulsating
scarlet
gullet
that
was
blasting
the
world
with
sound.
Slowly,
slowly
he
was
slipping.
His
master
hauled
him
back.
The
Martian
grinned
at
him
stupidly,
slid
again
to
the
edge.
Once
more
Forepaugh
pulled
him
back.
The
Martian
seemed
to
acquiesce.
His
single
eye
closed
to
a
mere
slit.
He
moved
to
a
position
between
Forepaugh
and
the
tree
trunk,
braced
his
feet.
"No
you
don't!"
The
Earth
man
laughed
uproariously.
The
din
was
making
him
light-headed.
It
was
so
funny!
Just
in
time
he
had
caught
that
cunning
expression
and
prepared
for
the
outlashing
of
feet
designed
to
plunge
him
into
the
red
cavern
below
and
to
stop
that
hellish
racket.
"And
now--"
He
swung
his
fist
heavily,
slamming
the
Martian
against
the
tree.
The
red
eye
closed
wearily.
He
was
unconscious,
and
lucky.
Hungrily
the
Earth
man
stared
at
his
distant
flash
pistols,
plainly
visible
in
the
luminescence
of
their
fungus
bedding.
He
began
a
slow,
cautious
creep
along
the
top
of
a
vine
some
eight
inches
thick.
If
he
could
reach
them....
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