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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Smaller,
too,
it
seemed,
which
proved
that
Sarka's
breaking
of
the
blue
column
had
been
but
momentary,
that
the
column
had
almost
instantly
regained
its
contact
with
the
Earth.
What
was
its
source,
what
the
composition
of
the
column?
At
the
moment
there
could
be
no
answer
to
the
question.
Now
the
Gnomes
were
escorting
them
into
another
tunnel,
whose
glow
was
even
bluer
than
that
which
the
two
had
experienced
in
the
other
tunnels.
And
the
deeper
they
penetrated,
the
more
distant
from
the
cavern
of
the
Cone,
the
deeper
in
color
became
that
light.
Finally
the
Gnome
who
had
mentally
asked
permission
of
the
Radiant
Woman
to
show
her
Jaska
and
Sarka
passed
before
another
expanse
of
wall,
identical
in
appearance
with
that
of
the
wall
of
the
triangle
from
which
the
Radiant
Woman
had
appeared.
This
time
the
Gnome
managed
ingress
by
a
strange
clucking
sound,
with
his
triangular
lips
held
close
to
the
base-line
of
the
triangle.
Now
the
door
swung
open;
but
the
radiance
which
now
came
out
was
not
clear
white,
as
in
the
case
of
the
outer
door,
but
deeply,
coldly
blue.
For
the
first
time
the
Gnomes
used
force
with
their
prisoners,
thus
proving
to
them
that
they
were
indeed
prisoners.
Their
tiny
feet
caught
at
Sarka
and
at
Jaska,
and
forced
them
through
the
door,
which
swung
shut
behind
them.
Sarka
looked
at
Jaska
who,
in
this
strange
new
light,
had
taken
on
the
color
of
indigo,
and
smiled
at
her.
She
did
not
return
his
smile,
but
her
eyes
looked
deeply,
somewhat
sorrowfully,
into
his.
As
though
she
asked
him
a
question
he
could
not
understand,
to
which
he
could
therefore
give
no
answer.
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