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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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"Which
buttons
control
the
invisibility?"
he
asked.
"The
square
ones,"
she
replied.
"One's
pushed
in
now,
you
see.
If
you
should
push
the
other,
the
first
would
come
out--and
you'd
pass
out
of
the
picture,
so
to
speak."
Kendrick
was
half
tempted
to
try
the
thing
then
and
there,
but
deferred
the
impulse.
"What
are
the
round
buttons
for?"
he
inquired
instead.
Marjorie
didn't
know,
but
thought
they
were
probably
an
emergency
pair,
in
case
something
went
wrong
with
the
square
ones.
In
any
event,
nothing
happened
when
you
pushed
them.
Kendrick
pushed
one,
just
to
see.
It
was
true.
Nothing
happened--but
he
seemed
to
sense
a
faint,
peculiar
vibration
and
a
wave
of
giddiness
swept
over
him.
On
pushing
the
other,
which
released
the
first,
it
stopped.
He
handed
the
device
back
to
Marjorie.
"There's
your
bracelet.
Now,
if
I
can
just
get
one
like
it,
I
think
we'll
get
down
to
earth
all
right."
"Oh,
Mr.
Kendrick!"
Her
eyes
lit
up
eagerly.
"Then
you've
thought
of
a
way?"
"Not
exactly.
I
think
I've
discovered
their
own
way.
I
can't
be
certain,
but
I'm
willing
to
gamble
on
it,
if
you
are."
"Then
you--you
think
those
round
buttons
are
connected
with
the
escalator
rays?"
"Exactly!
I
think
they
control
individual
descent
and
ascent,
just
as
the
square
ones
control
individual
visibility
and
invisibility.
At
any
rate,
it's
the
hunch
I'm
going
to
act
on
right
now,
if
you're
with
me."
"Oh,
I'm
with,
you!"
she
breathed.
"Anything,
death
almost,
would
be
preferable
to
this."
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