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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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They
were
in
a
roofed
and
walled
but
floorless
shed,
built
into
the
warehouse
itself.
Water
surged
about
below
them,
and
on
it
floated
a
five
passenger
plane,
fully
assembled
and
apparently
ready
to
fly,
but
brand
new
and
so
far
unused.
"I'll
look
it
over,"
said
Bell,
briefly.
He
swung
down
the
catwalk
painted
on
the
wings.
He
began
a
swift
and
hasty
survey.
Soot
on
the
exhaust
stacks
proved
that
the
motors
had
been
tried,
at
least.
Everything
seemed
trim
and
new
and
glistening
in
the
cabin.
The
fuel
tanks
showed
the
barest
trace
of
fuel.
The
oil
tanks
were
full
to
their
filling-plugs.
He
swung
back
up.
"Taking
a
chance,
of
course,"
he
said
curtly.
"If
the
motors
were
all
right
when
they
were
tried,
they
probably
are
all
right
now.
They
may
have
been
tuned
up,
and
may
not.
I
tried
the
controls,
and
they
seem
to
work.
For
a
new
ship,
of
course,
a
man
would
like
to
go
over
it
carefully,
but
if
we've
got
to
hurry...."
"I
think,"
said
Ortiz,
and
laughed,
"that
haste
would
be
desirable.
Herr
Wiedkind--No!
Amigo
mio,
it
was
that
damned
Antonio
Calles
who
listened
to
us
last
night.
I
found
pencil
marks
beside
the
listening
instrument.
He
must
have
sat
there
and
eavesdropped
upon
me
many
weary
hours,
and
scribbled
as
men
do
to
pass
the
time.
He
had
a
pretty
taste
in
monograms....
I
gave
all
the
orders
that
were
needful
for
you
to
take
off
from
the
flying
field.
I
even
went
there
myself
and
gave
additional
orders.
And
Calles
was
there.
Also
others
of
The
Master's
subjects.
My
treason
would
provoke
a
terrible
revenge
from
The
Master,
so
they
thought
to
prove
their
loyalty
by
permitting
me
to
disclose
my
plan
and
foil
it
at
its
beginning.
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