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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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"But
I
shall
need
assistance,
intelligent
men
who
will
obey
me
and
aid
me
in
my
plans.
That
is
why
I
saved
you
and
the
other
officers
of
your
ether-lines.
If
you
will
join
me,
you
shall
have
the
highest
post
on
Earth
under
me,
Nathaniel
Lee,
and
those
others
shall
be
under
you."
Axelson
paused,
and,
loathing
the
man
though
he
did,
Nat
was
conscious
of
a
feeling
of
pity
for
him
that
he
could
not
control.
He
saw
his
lonely
life
on
Eros,
surrounded
by
those
phantom
humans
of
the
past,
and
he
understood
his
longing
for
Earth
rule--he
the
planetary
exile,
the
sole
human
being
of
all
the
planetary
system
outside
Earth,
perhaps,
except
for
his
dwindling
company
of
aged
men.
"To-day,
Nathaniel
Lee,"
Axelson
went
on,
"my
life
was
recast
in
a
new
mould
when
I
saw
the
woman
you
have
brought
with
you.
I
did
not
know
before
that
women
were
beautiful
to
look
on.
I
did
not
dream
that
creatures
such
as
she
existed.
She
must
be
mine,
Nathaniel
Lee.
"But
that
is
immaterial.
What
is
your
answer
to
my
offer?"
Nat
was
trying
to
think,
though
passion
distorted
the
mental
images
as
they
arose
in
his
brain.
To
Axelson
it
was
evidently
incomprehensible
that
there
would
be
any
objection
to
his
taking
Madge.
Nat
saw
that
he
must
temporize
for
Madge's
sake.
"I'll
have
to
consult
my
companions,"
he
answered.
"Of
course,"
answered
Axelson.
"That
is
reasonable.
Tell
them
that
unless
they
agree
to
join
me
it
will
be
necessary
for
them
to
die.
Do
Earth
men
mind
death?
We
hate
it
on
Eros,
and
the
Moon
men
hate
it,
too,
though
they
have
a
queer
legend
that
something
in
the
shape
of
an
invisible
man
raises
from
their
ashes.
My
father
told
me
that
that
superstition
existed
on
Earth
in
his
time,
too.
Go
and
talk
to
your
companions,
Nathaniel
Lee."
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