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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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CHAPTER
XVI
But
they
did
not
kill
The
Master
before
nightfall.
It
was
not
quite
practicable.
Bell
and
Jamison
started
out
well
before
dawn
with
a
favorable
wind
and
tide,
in
the
small
launch
the
wizened
Welshman
placed
at
their
disposal.
His
air
was
one
of
dour
piety,
but
he
accepted
Bell's
offer
of
money
with
an
obvious
relief,
and
criticized
his
Paraguayan
currency
with
an
acid
frankness
until
Jamison
produced
Argentine
pesos
sufficient
to
pay
for
the
boat
three
times
over.
"I
think,"
said
Jamison
dryly,
"that
Pau--that
Miss
Canalejas
is
safe
enough
until
we
come
back.
The
keeper
is
a
godly
man
and
knows
we
have
money.
She'll
be
in
no
danger,
except
of
her
soul.
They
may
try
to
save
that."
Bell
did
not
answer.
He
could
think
of
nothing
but
the
mission
he
had
set
himself.
He
tinkered
with
the
engine
to
make
it
speed
up,
and
set
the
sails
with
infinite
care
to
take
every
possible
advantage
of
the
stiff
breeze
that
blew.
During
the
day,
those
sails
proved
almost
as
much
of
a
nuisance
as
a
help.
The
fiendish,
sullen
williwaws
that
blow
furiously
and
without
warning
about
the
Strait
required
watching,
and
more
than
once
it
was
necessary
to
reef
everything
and
depend
on
the
motor
alone.
Bell
watched
the
horizon
ahead
with
smouldering
eyes.
Jamison
watched
him
almost
worriedly.
"Look
here,
Bell,"
he
said
at
last,
"you'll
get
nowhere
feeling
like
you
do.
I
know
you've
done
The
Master
more
damage
than
I
have,
but
you'll
just
run
your
head
into
a
trap
unless
you
use
your
brains.
For
instance,
you
didn't
ask
about
communications.
There's
a
direct
telegraph
wire
from
Cape
Virgins
to
Buenos
Aires,
and
there's
telephonic
communication
between
the
Cape
and
Punta
Arenas.
Do
you
imagine
that
the
plane
wasn't
seen
when
it
came
in
the
Cape?
And
do
you
imagine
The
Master
doesn't
know
we're
here?"
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