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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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Dropping
into
a
seat,
they
sat
there
panting
as
the
train
gathered
speed.
By
the
time
the
decrepit
but
life-saving
little
local
drew
into
Gila
Bend
they
had
somewhat
recovered
from
their
harrowing
experience.
Marjorie
was
still
pale,
however,
as
Kendrick
helped
her
from
the
train.
"I
may
recover,"
she
said
with
a
wan
smile,
"but
I'll
never
look
the
same!
An
old
saying,
but
I
know
what
it
means
now."
He
thought
better
of
a
sudden
impulse
to
tell
her
she
looked
quite
all
right
to
him.
Instead,
he
said
grimly:
"I
know
now
what
a
lot
of
things
mean!"
The
Tucson
limited
would
not
be
through
for
over
an
hour,
they
learned.
That
would
give
them
time
to
hunt
up
the
authorities
and
sound
a
warning
of
the
ominous
invader
that
was
in
the
vicinity.
Perhaps,
by
prompt
military
action,
it
might
be
destroyed,
or
at
least
crippled.
But
first
they
went
to
the
telegraph
office,
where
Marjorie
got
off
a
message
that
would
bring
joy
to
her
grieved
family.
While
standing
there
outside
the
barred
window,
odors
of
food
wafting
to
them
from
a
nearby
lunch-room.
"Um-m!"
she
sniffed.
"That
smells
good
to
me!
I
haven't
tasted
any
earthly
cooking
for
ages.
Everything
on
that
horrible
disc
was
synthetic."
"Then
I
suggest
we
have
ham
and
eggs,
at
once,"
he
said.
"Or
would
you
prefer
a
steak?"
"I
think
I'll
have
both!"
As
they
walked
into
the
lunch-room,
Kendrick
told
her
of
the
banquet
in
his
honor
Cor
had
promised
for
that
night.
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