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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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And
he
raised
Madge
in
his
arms,
laughing
as
the
girl
fought
and
struggled
to
resist
him.
"Madge!"
cried
Nat,
trying
to
run
toward
her.
So
furious
were
his
struggles
that
for
a
moment
he
succeeded
in
throwing
off
the
Moon
men's
grasp.
Then
he
was
caught
again,
and,
fighting
desperately,
was
borne
off
by
the
dwarfs
through
the
shadows.
They
traversed
the
border
of
the
lake
until
a
small
stone
building
disclosed
itself.
Nat
and
the
others
were
thrust
inside
into
pitch
darkness.
The
door
clanged;
in
vain
they
hurled
themselves
against
it.
It
was
of
wood,
but
it
was
as
solid
as
the
stone
itself,
and
it
did
not
give
an
inch
for
all
their
struggles.
"Where
is
your
Kommandant?"
The
whisper
seemed
in
the
stone
hut
itself.
"Your
Nathaniel
Lee.
I
must
speak
to
him.
I
am
the
guard
who
brought
him
to
the
Black
Caesar
on
board
the
ship."
"I'm
here,"
said
Nat.
"Where
are
you?"
"I
am
in
the
house
of
the
ray.
I
am
on
guard
there.
I
am
speaking
into
the
telephone
which
runs
only
to
where
you
are.
You
can
speak
anywhere
in
the
hut,
and
I
shall
hear
you."
"Well,
what
do
you
want?"
asked
Nat.
"You
love
the
Earth
woman.
I
remember,
when
I
was
a
boy,
we
used
to
love.
I
had
forgotten.
There
was
a
girl
in
Stamford....
Tell
me,
is
it
true
that
this
is
the
year
2044
and
that
the
proletariat
has
not
yet
triumphed?"
"It's
true,"
said
Nat.
"Those
dreams
are
finished,
We're
proud
of
the
World
Federation.
Tell
me
about
Madge
Dawes--the
Earth
woman.
Is
she
safe?"
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