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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Suicide
had
been
hinted
by
some
of
the
papers,
but
had
not
been
taken
seriously,
since
she
had
no
apparent
motive
for
ending
her
life.
Abduction
seemed
to
be
the
more
logical
explanation,
and
huge
rewards
had
been
offered
by
her
frantic
parents--all
to
no
avail.
What
had
happened
was,
she
now
explained,
that
after
visiting
several
shops
and
making
a
number
of
purchases,
she
had
stepped
into
Central
Park
at
the
Plaza
for
a
breath
of
fresh
air
before
lunching
at
the
Sherry-Netherlands,
where
she
planned
to
meet
some
friends.
But
before
advancing
a
hundred
yards
along
the
secluded
path,
she
had
been
seized
by
invisible
hands--had
felt
something
strapped
to
her
wrist,
before
anyone
came
in
sight--and
then,
invisible
too,
had
been
lifted
up,
whirled
away
into
a
vast,
humming
vibration
that
sounded
through
the
air.
Once
on
the
disc,
it
had
swept
off
into
space
at
incredible
speed,
pausing
only
when
some
hundreds
of
miles
above
the
earth
and
invisible
from
below
without
mechanical
aid.
When
its
vibration
finally
ceased
that
amazing
city
had
leapt
before
her
eyes.
Then,
her
own
visibility
restored,
she
had
been
led
into
the
presence
of
that
mighty
little
monarch,
Cor,
who
explained
that
she
had
been
seized
as
a
hostage
and
would
be
held
as
an
ace
in
the
hole,
pending
conquest
of
her
country.
Since
when
she
had
been
a
prisoner
aboard
the
disc.
Learning
of
Kendrick's
capture,
from
gossip
among
the
women,
she
had
taken
the
first
opportunity
of
coming
to
him,
in
the
hope
that
between
them
they
might
devise
some
means
of
escape.
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