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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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And
Bell
went
racing
back
and
found
Jamison
rolling
away
the
last
of
the
fuel
drums
and
Paula
looking
anxiously
for
him.
"Tanks
full,"
said
Jamison
curtly.
"Everything
set.
What
next?"
"Engines,"
said
Bell.
He
swung
down
and
jerked
a
prop
over.
Again,
and
again....
The
motor
caught.
He
went
plunging
to
the
other.
Minutes....
They
caught.
He
throttled
them
down
to
the
proper
warming
up
roaring,
while
the
air
in
the
enclosed
space
grew
foul.
Once
more
to
the
warehouse.
Ortiz
shouted
and
waved
his
hand.
He
was
filling
his
pockets
with
hand
grenades.
Bell
made
a
gesture
of
farewell
and
Ortiz
seemed
to
smile
as
he
went
back
to
hold
the
entrance
for
a
little
longer.
"We're
going,"
said
Bell
grimly.
"Get
your
guns
ready,
Jamison,
for
when
the
door
goes
up."
He
pressed
on
the
button
Ortiz
had
pointed
out.
There
were
more
explosions
and
the
rattle
of
firearms
from
the
front
of
the
warehouse.
There
was
a
sudden
rumble
of
machinery
and
the
blank
front
of
the
little
covered
dock
rose
suddenly.
The
sunlit
waters
of
Buenos
Aires
harbor
spread
out
before
them.
To
Bell,
who
had
not
looked
on
sunlight
that
day,
the
effect
was
dazzling.
He
blinked,
and
then
saw
a
fast
little
launch
approaching.
There
were
uniformed
figures
crowded
about
its
bows.
"All
set!"
he
snapped.
"I'm
going
to
give
her
the
gun."
"Go
to
it,"
said
Jamison.
"We're--"
The
motors
bellowed
and
drowned
out
the
rest.
The
plane
shuddered
and
began
to
move.
The
sound
of
explosions
from
the
back
of
the
warehouse
was
loud
and
continuous,
now.
Out
into
the
bright
sunlight
the
plane
moved,
at
first
heavily,
then
swiftly....
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