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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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"But
where
are
they
taking
us?
Could
we
ever
find
the
plane
again?"
"God
knows.
If
we
ever
get
away
from
these
things
we
might.
And
we've
got
to
find
Fellows,
too;
I
wonder
where
he
is
on
this
world."
For
many
minutes
the
two
boats
raced
on
at
great
speed
over
the
endless
waters
before
the
watery
skyline
was
broken
far
ahead
by
something
dark
and
unmoving.
Hackett
and
Norman
peered
with
intense
interest
toward
it.
It
seemed
at
first
a
giant
squat
mountain
rising
from
the
sea,
but
as
they
shot
nearer
they
saw
that
its
outline
was
too
regular,
and
that
colossal
as
it
was
in
size
it
was
the
work
of
intelligence.
They
gasped
as
they
came
nearer
and
got
a
better
view
of
it.
For
it
was
a
gigantic
dome
of
black
metal
rising
sheer
from
the
lonely
sea,
ten
miles
if
anything
in
diameter,
a
third
that
in
greatest
height.
There
was
no
gate
or
window
or
opening
of
any
kind
in
it.
Just
the
colossal,
smooth
black
dome
rearing
from
the
watery
plain.
Yet
the
two
boats
were
flashing
lower
toward
it.
"They
can't
be
going
inside!"
Hackett
conjectured.
"There's
no
way
in
and
what
could
be
in
there?
The
whole
thing's
mad--"
"There's
some
way,"
Norman
said.
"They're
slowing--"
The
flying-boats
were
indeed
slowing
as
they
dipped
lower.
They
were
very
near
the
dome
now,
its
curving
wall
a
looming,
sky-high
barrier
before
them.
Suddenly
the
boats
dipped
sharply
downward
toward
the
green
sea.
Before
the
two
fliers
could
comprehend
their
purpose,
could
do
aught
more
than
draw
instinctive
great
breaths
in
preparation,
the
two
craft
had
shot
down
into
the
waters
and
were
arrowing
down
through
the
green
depths.
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