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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Nat
shrugged
his
shoulders
hopelessly.
He
turned
to
the
chief
mate.
"Take
Miss
Dawes
down
to
the
saloon
and
see
that
Wang
Ling
supplies
her
with
a
good
meal,"
he
ordered.
"And
put
her
in
the
Admiral's
cabin.
That
good
enough
for
you?"
he
asked
satirically.
"Oh
that'll
be
fine,"
answered
the
girl
enthusiastically.
"And
I
shall
rely
on
you
to
keep
me
posted
about
everything
that's
going
on.
And
a
little
later
I'm
going
to
take
X-ray
photographs
of
you
and
all
these
men."
She
smiled
at
the
grinning
gunners.
"That's
the
new
fad,
you
know,
and
we're
going
to
offer
prizes
for
the
best
developed
skeletons
in
the
American
Province,
and
pick
a
King
and
Queen
of
Beauty!"
"A
radio,
Sir!"
Nat,
who
had
snatched
a
brief
interval
of
sleep,
started
up
as
the
man
on
duty
handed
him
the
message.
The
vessel
had
been
constantly
in
communication
with
Earth
during
her
voyage,
now
nearing
completion,
but
the
dreaded
A-A-A
that
prefaced
this
message
told
Nat
that
it
came
from
Axelson.
"Congratulations
on
your
attempt,"
the
message
ran,
"I
have
watched
your
career
with
the
greatest
interest,
Lee,
through
the
medium
of
such
scraps
of
information
as
I
have
been
able
to
pick
up
on
the
Moon.
When
you
are
my
guest
to-morrow
I
shall
hope
to
be
able
to
offer
you
a
high
post
in
the
new
World
Government
that
I
am
planning
to
establish.
I
need
good
men.
Fraternally,
the
Black
Caesar."
Nat
whirled
about.
Madge
Dawes
was
standing
behind
him,
trying
to
read
the
message
over
his
shoulder.
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