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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Nat
set
the
speed
lever
to
five
hundred
miles
an
hour,
the
utmost
that
had
been
found
possible
in
passing
through
the
earth's
atmosphere,
owing
to
the
resistance,
which
tended
to
heat
the
vessel
and
damage
the
delicate
atomic
engines.
As
soon
as
the
ether
was
reached,
the
speed
would
be
increased
to
ten
or
twelve
thousand.
That
meant
a
twenty-two
hour
run
to
the
Moon
Colony--about
the
time
usually
taken.
He
pressed
a
lever,
which
set
bells
ringing
in
all
parts
of
the
ship.
By
means
of
a
complicated
mechanism,
the
air
was
exhausted
from
each
compartment
in
turn,
and
then
replaced,
and
as
the
bells
rang,
the
men
at
work
trooped
out
of
these
compartments
consecutively.
This
had
been
originated
for
the
purpose
of
destroying
any
life
dangerous
to
man
that
might
unwittingly
have
been
imported
from
the
Moon,
but
on
one
occasion
it
had
resulted
in
the
discovery
of
a
stowaway.
Then
Nat
descended
the
bridge
to
the
upper
deck.
Here,
on
a
platform,
were
the
two
batteries
of
three
ray-guns
apiece,
mounted
on
swivels,
and
firing
in
any
direction
on
the
port
and
starboard
sides
respectively.
The
guns
were
enclosed
in
a
thin
sheath
of
osmium,
through
which
the
lethal
rays
penetrated
unchanged;
about
them,
thick
shields
of
lead
protected
the
gunners.
He
talked
with
Benson
for
a
while.
"Don't
let
Axelson
get
the
jump
on
you,"
he
said.
"Be
on
the
alert
every
moment."
The
gunners,
keen-looking
men,
graduates
from
the
Annapolis
gunnery
school,
grinned
and
nodded.
They
were
proud
of
their
trade
and
its
traditions;
Nat
felt
that
the
vessel
was
safe
in
their
hands.
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