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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Now
hand
in
hand
again,
they
began
a
survey
of
their
prison
house.
The
bluish
glow
was
unbearable
to
the
eyes,
and
tears
came
unbidden
and
ran
down
the
cheeks
of
the
prisoners.
In
a
minute
or
two,
perspiration
was
literally
bathing
the
bodies
of
the
two.
After
a
questioning
exchange
of
glances,
Sarka
swiftly
divested
himself
of
his
costume,
stripping
down
to
the
gray
toga
of
Earth's
manhood.
With
a
shrug,
Jaska
removed
her
clothing
to
her
own
toga,
and
the
two
suits
Sarka
carried
under
his
arm.
They
started
ahead,
exploring,
then
sprang
back
with
a
cry
of
fright.
Sarka
did
not
know
whether
it
was
Jaska
or
himself
who
had
cried
out;
for
just
as
they
moved
forward,
a
rent
opened
in
the
floor
at
their
feet,
and
their
eyes
for
a
moment--they
could
stand
no
longer--peered
into
a
bluely
flaming
abyss
which,
save
for
the
color,
reminded
Sarka
of
the
word
pictures
of
Hell
he
had
read
in
Earth's
books
of
antiquity!
As
the
two
stepped
back,
the
rent
in
the
floor
closed
instantly.
Sarka
had
noted
where
the
end
of
it
had
been,
and
started
to
detour,
his
eyes
on
the
floor.
Over
to
his
left
the
bluely
glowing
wall
reached
up
to
invisible
immensity.
But
as
he
would
have
passed
along
the
wall,
the
rent
opened
again,
effectually
barring
his
way.
Beyond
the
rent
he
could
see
a
vast
continuation
of
the
cavern,
and
he
felt
that,
could
they
only
pass
the
rent,
they
might
reach
a
place
where
the
heat
was
not
so
unbearable,
and
they
could
stay
and
talk
in
comfort.
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