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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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The
fine
dark
eyes
twinkled.
"You
have
much
virtue,
Senor.
My
nephew--though
he
is
to
be
my
successor--has
a
weakness
for
a
pretty
face.
Would
you
prefer
that
I
give
him
the
task
of
subduing
your
nation?"
"You
might
try
it,"
said
Bell.
His
eyes
gleamed.
"He'd
be
dead
within
a
week."
The
Master
laughed
softly.
"I
like
you,
Senor.
I
do
like
you
indeed.
I
have
not
been
so
defied
since
another
Americano
del
Norte
defied
me
in
this
same
room.
But
he
had
not
your
resource.
He
had
been
enslaved
with
much
less
difficulty
than
yourself.
I
do
not
remember
what
happened
to
him...."
"He
was
taken,
Master,"
said
a
fat
man
with
hard
eyes,
obsequiously,
"he
was
taken
in
Bolivia."
It
was
the
man
whom
Bell
had
seen
earlier
that
morning
in
a
carriage.
"You
gave
him
to
me.
He
had
insulted
me
when
I
ordered
him
sent
to
you.
I
had
him
killed,
but
he
was
very
obstinate."
"Ah,
yes,"
said
The
Master
meditatively.
"You
told
me
the
details."
He
seemed
to
recall
small
facts
in
benevolent
retrospection.
"But
you,
Senor
Bell,
I
have
need
of
you.
In
fact,
I
shall
insist
upon
your
friendship.
And
therefore--"
He
beamed
upon
Bell.
"I
give
you
back
the
Senorita
Canalejas."
He
shook
his
head
reproachfully
at
the
utterly
grim
look
in
Bell's
eyes.
"I
shall
give
you
one
single
portion
of
the
antidote
to
the
medicine
which
makes
your
hands
behave
so
badly.
You
may
take
it
when
you
please.
The
Senor
Jamison
I
shall
keep
and
enslave.
I
do
not
think
he
will
be
as
obstinate
as
you
are,
but
he
has
excellent
qualities.
If
you
prove
obdurate,
I
may
yet
persuade
him
to
undertake
certain
tasks
for
me.
But
you
and
the
Senorita
Canalejas
are
free.
Your
boat
has
been
reprovisioned
and
provided
with
fuel.
You
may
go
from
here
where
you
will."
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