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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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They
were
confronted
by
four
other
policemen,
on
guard
inside
the
gate.
"Estos
Señores--"
began
the
abject
one.
"Take
us
to
The
Master,"
commanded
Bell
in
a
species
of
amused
and
superior
scorn.
"It
is
required,
Senor,"
said
the
leader
of
the
four
on
guard,
very
respectfully,
"it
is
required
that
none
enter
without
being
searched
for
weapons."
Bell
laughed.
"Does
The
Master
manage
things
so?"
he
asked
scornfully.
"Now,
where
I
am
deputy
no
man
would
dare
to
think
of
a
weapon
to
be
used
against
me!
If
it
is
The
Master's
rule,
though...."
The
policeman
cringed.
Bell
scornfully
thrust
an
automatic
out.
"Take
it,"
he
snapped.
"And
go
and
tell
The
Master
that
the
Senores
Bell
and
Jamison
await
his
pleasure,
and
that
they
have
given
up
their
weapons."
The
policeman
scuttled
toward
the
house.
Bell
smiled
at
his
cigarette.
"Do
you
know,
Bell,"
said
Jamison
dryly,
in
English,
"I'd
hate
to
play
poker
with
you."
"I'm
not
bluffing,"
said
Bell.
"Not
altogether.
I've
a
four
card
flush,
with
the
draw
to
come."
Almost
instantly
the
policeman
returned,
more
abject
still.
He
had
stammered
out
Bell's
message,
just
as
it
was
given
him.
And
the
slaves
of
The
Master
did
not
usually
disobey
orders,
especially
orders
designed
to
prevent
any
danger
of
a
doomed
man
or
woman
trying
to
assassinate
The
Master
before
madness
was
complete.
Bell
and
Jamison
were
received
by
liveried
servants
in
utter
silence
and
conducted
through
a
long
passageway,
too
long
to
have
been
contained
entirely
in
the
house
as
seen
from
the
front.
Indeed,
they
came
out
into
a
great
open
greenhouse,
in
which
the
smell
of
flowers
was
heavy.
There
were
flowers
everywhere,
and
a
benign,
small
old
man
with
a
snowy
beard
and
hair,
sat
at
a
desk
as
if
chatting
of
amiable
trivialities
with
the
frock-coated
men
who
stood
about
him.
The
white
haired
old
man
lifted
a
blossom
delicately
to
his
nostrils
and
inhaled
its
perfume
with
a
sensitive
delight.
He
looked
up
and
smiled
benignly
upon
the
two.
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