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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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Reaching
the
disc,
he
switched
out
the
escalator
influence
and
hastened
across
the
city
to
that
monumental
structure
of
jade-green
stone.
The
mighty
little
dwarf
would
be
up
there
in
his
glittering
mosaic
apartment,
or
in
his
pinnacle
laboratory,
perhaps,
ready
to
pull
the
lever
that
would
release
that
stupendous
blast
of
heat.
Gaining
the
jewelled
door
of
the
monarch's
quarters
at
last,
after
escaping
detection
by
a
hair's
breadth
more
than
once,
he
pressed
the
button
outside,
just
as
the
guard
had
done
that
first
time.
In
response,
the
door
opened--and
there
stood
Cor.
He
stood
there
an
instant,
that
is,
while
the
expression
on
his
leathery
face
went
from
inquiry
to
alarm.
Then,
as
Kendrick
burst
into
the
room
and
shut
the
door,
he
went
invisible.
In
that
same
instant,
the
young
scientist's
eyes
beheld
a
sight
that
caused
his
heart
to
leap.
There
sat
Marjorie,
bound
in
a
chair,
an
expression
half
of
hope,
half
of
dejection,
on
her
face.
"It's
I--Gordon!"
he
called.
"Take
courage!"
"Oh,
I
prayed
so
you'd
come--and
you
came!"
she
murmured
as
her
face
lighted.
Then,
tensely,
she
added,
"The
door--look
out!"
Kendrick
wheeled,
and
just
in
time.
The
door
was
opening.
"Not
so
fast!"
he
called,
lunging.
His
hands
gripped
the
dwarf,
yanked
him
back,
throttled
him
before
he
could
emit
a
cry,
pushed
the
door
shut.
Cor
struggled
like
a
madman,
but
it
was
futile.
Kendrick's
hands
cut
into
his
throat
like
a
vice.
After
a
moment
or
two,
he
gasped,
relaxed.
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