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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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For
a
moment
he
paused
thus,
and
Sarka
felt
sure
that
somehow
the
Gnome
was
holding
thought
converse
with
the
cube;
but,
try
as
he
might,
he
could
find
no
meaning
in
the
weird
conversation
for
himself.
It
was
oddly
like
listening
to
a
conversation
in
a
code
beyond
his
knowledge.
Then
the
Gnome
turned
back
to
Sarka
and
Jaska.
By
a
pressure
of
tiny
feet,
he
tried
to
indicate
that
Sarka
and
Jaska
should
unclasp
their
hands.
But
they
only
clung
the
tighter,
and
now
threw
their
arms
about
each
other.
The
Gnome
desisted,
much
to
the
joy
of
the
lovers,
while
Sarka
studied
the
cubes,
wondering
what
their
mission
was
with
Jaska
and
himself.
Slowly,
together,
the
cubes
began
to
lose
their
bluish
glow,
their
cube
shape--to
vanish
utterly.
In
a
trice,
still
locked
in
each
other's
arms,
Sarka
and
Jaska
saw
the
Gnomes
through
what
appeared
to
be
an
even
bluer
haze.
Besides,
the
heat
of
the
abyss
no
longer
tortured
them,
and
their
bodies
were
cooling
in
a
way
that
was
unbelievably
refreshing.
"What
is
it,
beloved?"
whispered
Jaska.
"What
is
it?"
Sarka
stared
at
the
Gnomes,
now
in
retreat,
capering
as
they
had
first
capered
when
the
two
had
fallen
into
their
hands,
toward
the
door
by
which
all
had
entered.
Mystified,
Sarka
put
forth
his
hand.
It
came
in
contact
with
something
solid,
and
oddly
warm,
which
stirred
an
instantly
responsive
chord
in
the
brain
of
Sarka.
This
feeling
was
the
same
as
he
experienced
when
he
had
lifted
those
cubes
and
hurled
them
into
the
crater--where
they
had
dissolved
in
falling,
and
instantly
reappeared,
each
under
its
own
aircar!
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