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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Even
now,
as
Sarka
raced
for
the
aircar,
and
Jaska
with
him,
he
could
feel
a
backward
pulling
that
was
well-nigh
invincible.
Someone
was
willing
him
to
return,
willing
the
Gnomes
to
pursue
him,
willing
the
cubes
to
refuse
obedience
to
him;
but
he
laughed
and
stepped
to
the
aircar,
passing
by
the
nearest
writhing
tentacle
as
though
he
knew
it
possessed
no
power
to
harm
him.
The
tentacle
swept
aside,
and
did
not
try
to
bar
him,
while
he
sent
his
will
crashing
against
that
brightly
gleaming
cube.
"Into
the
aircar!
We
enter
with
you!"
The
cube
vanished
instantly,
and
it
seemed
to
Sarka
that
invisible
hands
caught
at
his
feet,
lifting
him
up
through
the
trap-door
in
the
belly
of
the
aircar,
up
and
inside.
The
door
swung
shut,
and
in
the
forward
end
of
the
vast
aircar
gleamed
the
cube
which
had
obeyed
his
command!
Sarka
sent
one
thought
careening
outward
from
the
aircar,
a
command
to
the
cubes
which
stood
watch
beneath
the
other
aircars.
"Obey
the
Radiant
People,
and
through
them,
me!"
The
light
of
the
cube
made
the
interior
of
the
aircar
as
light
as
day,
and
Sarka
was
struck
at
once
with
another
phenomenon.
He
could
see
through
the
sides
of
the
car
in
any
direction.
And
what
he
saw
filled
him
with
a
sudden
fear!
Out
of
the
crater
poured
myriads
of
the
Gnomes,
and
up
the
sides
of
it
came
myriads
of
the
gleaming
cubes,
all
racing
toward
the
cars.
"Get
back!
Get
back!"
he
commanded
the
Gnomes
and
the
cubes.
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