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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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He
flung
himself
through
that
door.
He
knew
the
secret
of
The
Master's
power.
He
was
The
Master's
appointed
successor.
If
The
Master
and
all
his
deputies
died,
Ribiera....
But
Bell
snapped
into
action
like
a
bent
spring
released.
His
arm
shot
forward.
A
grenade
went
hurtling
through
the
door
through
which
Ribiera
had
fled.
There
was
an
instantaneous,
terrific
explosion.
The
solid
wall
shook
and
shivered
and,
with
a
vast
deliberation,
collapsed.
The
greenhouse
was
full
of
crushed
plaster
dust.
Panes
of
glass
shivered....
But
Bell
was
upon
The
Master.
He
had
struck
the
little
man
down
and
stood
over
him,
his
remaining
automatic
replacing
the
grenade
he
had
thrown.
"Ribiera's
dead,"
he
snapped,
"and
if
I'm
shot
The
Master
dies
too
and
you
all
go
mad!
Stand
back!"
The
deputies
stood
frozen.
"I
think,"
said
Jamison
composedly,
"I
take
a
hand
now.
I'll
pick
him
up,
Bell....
Right.
I've
got
him.
With
a
grenade
hanging
down
his
back.
If
he
jerks
away
from
me,
or
I
from
him,
it
will
blow
his
spine
to
bits."
"Hold
him
so,"
said
Bell
coldly.
He
went
coolly
to
where
he
could
look
over
the
heap
of
the
collapsed
wall.
He
saw
a
bundle
of
torn
clothing
that
had
been
a
man.
It
was
flung
against
a
cracked
and
tottering
chimney.
"Right,"
he
said
evenly.
"Ribiera's
dead,
all
right."
He
turned
to
the
deputies,
whose
revolvers
were
still
in
their
hands.
"The
Master's
carriage,
please,"
he
said
politely.
"To
the
door.
You
may
accompany
us
if
you
please,
but
in
other
carriages.
I
am
working
for
the
release
of
all
the
Master's
slaves,
and
you
among
them
if
you
choose.
But
you
can
see
very
easily
that
there
is
no
hope
of
the
release
of
The
Master
without
the
meeting
of
my
terms."
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