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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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But
the
menacing
force-pistols
of
the
other
frog-guards
held
back
the
shouting
men
and
in
moments
the
two
fliers
were
overpowered
by
sheer
weight
of
frog-bodies.
Norman
felt
himself
dragged
to
the
machine.
Pain
needled
his
upper
arm
as
an
incision
was
made.
He
felt
the
sucking-disk
attached;
then
the
machine
hummed,
and
a
sickening
nausea
swept
him
as
the
blood
drained
from
his
body.
Held
tightly
by
the
guards
he
went
dizzy,
weak,
but
at
last
felt
the
sucker
removed
and
a
metal
disk
fastened
over
the
incision.
He
was
jerked
aside
and
Hackett,
his
face
deathly
white,
was
dragged
into
his
place.
In
a
moment
some
of
the
latter's
blood
had
been
pumped
from
him
also.
The
machine
was
withdrawn,
Norman
and
Hackett
were
released,
and
the
frog-men,
with
their
black
force-pistols
watchfully
raised,
withdrew,
the
door
clanging.
The
room
settled
back
to
quietness,
the
green
men
stretching
in
lassitude
on
the
metal
bunks
around
it.
The
two
fliers
crouched
down
near
the
door,
shuddering
nausea
and
weakness
still
holding
them.
Norman
found
that
Hackett
was
laughing
weakly.
"To
think
that
twenty-four
hours
ago
I
was
in
New
York,"
he
half-laughed,
half-sobbed.
"On
Earth--Earth--"
The
other
gripped
his
arm.
"It's
horrible,
Hackett,
I
know.
But
it
isn't
instant
death,
and
we've
still
a
chance
to
escape.
Hell,
can
damn
frog-men
keep
us
here?
Where's
your
nerve,
man?"
A
voice
beside
them
made
them
turn
in
amazement.
"You
are
men
from
Earth?"
it
asked,
in
queerly
accented
English.
"From
Earth?"
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