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" . hers uers ceased to be lJe mere mereInd mereind merend Ind nd poured pourell out of the city cityshouted cityi i ! . , shouted for all but on one one's onees os 's s ' himself , to Lecp heep Leep underthe under ' the city ; and nnd he and that thatrard thatirward ) r\\ard r ard rward \ \ as Tonv Tons ' and Jack Jacir Jackged Jacirged Jack"ged Jackged " ged from the half wreched wrecked wrechedlulled wreckedidled wreckednilled lulled idled out the limp form formz formnInjared formz z . . ninjured nlnJured nInjared men , bearing Von VonI Vonr I ' " to run across the open openen openen openen en the city caty and the ship ; 1th itb ith his bls companion comp'lnlon complnlon ' , , Water Waterward Waterward Waterward ward themnorth themnorth them themnorth north the s swarm " arm of pUlSU pursu pUlSUII.pproachedtle pursutpproacbedthe puisuipproached . 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He began to tolrugs torugs lrugs Drugs [ . . "Half Half " starved , " he heJllo heNo heNo Jllo | No bones broken . . Ix Ex ; IxIJt ExW Exn IJt IJtterrIble W FistsIpsfsorae [ terrible fight FIsts FIstsI18t'some Fistst'some I18t'some I18tsome t'some tsome ' one had one IniV In InItl in'Fait iV 'Fait Fait ' lt Itl I l " jtil I t topened i n opened his blq ees eyes e ) es and ande ande : e schon , " he said saidodson saidodson saidodson ) odson " warned "arnell arnell , pushing pushingekY pushingck ck ekY ekYinto " tnto into a reclining posi posl post posiat . at- at Zi 't t : ' . - . * . ' : < ; attime time tlme , , " Tony begged berged be , ged himthrough him himthrough himthrough through the shield overthe overithe over overthe \the the ithe \ the sh ski sky ) , for the air airad airad airtiad ad pursued . " , , thcy they ? ' Tony said to toscared toscared toscared to\ to \ scared them off7 off ? ' * ' his head ; the planes planesatever planesjaterer planesatever atever had turned them themt t-of t of t . - < 'of of ' of them could engage engageIt engagei engage'j i\ i 'j j \ ' inor ' " nor Ton Tonnor Tony-nor Tony nor Tonv --nor nor - - nor Eve E\e E Es \ e " $ .1 1 . ' ihey hey had spared Tony Tonylose , . [ lose to him In tender tenderwere ' tender'f tenderf tenderwere were vere were In the Inner edgewatching edgewatching edge edgewatching watching the German Germanwlth , | with eyes shut and a aitce aace aaceif ? 1ce itce 1cet itcef if t f pain appeared to pass ; ? ! eies eyes > es , and 1001 looking lng up at atd atast atSd atSdaost d aost ast ost reassuring thing he hee hee heae e "Good Good " stuff stuIr I ! " Tonyve Tonyve Tony Tonyve.he ve ve . . ve.he vehe he , , .rony rony Tony ' Tony"seemed Tonyseemed . 7 ? " seemed to ha\ ha hay have hae \ e a heard ; e S doctor 'I I ' ! should not notoht notohl not.ohi notohi ( . oht ohl Youe You're Youre You'v Youv ' , e been becn search searchb7 wanti 1 ' ? And now you 'tant tant want wantI ' 'tantI ' I ! come In a ship from fromclIl frome111 fromell clI-l clI l e11-1 e11 1 - I will wlU tell you IBut I IBut But I \ will III lie down downlat downfat lat ; at oncecorner once .corner corner .comer comer . . ' corner In this city . , asto asto as as.to .to to . to you , I vanished To Toen Toen Tonen en seized sel1ed me , " Von VonpIte VonIte Vonpile pIte Ite of at Dodson s orders orderst ordersttuntll orderstuntll t ttuntll ( untU his \ wounds ounds werebad werehad were ? bad had some hot soup soupAencck "A A "Ae "AeYneck - " -Aencck Aencck e eYneck "nech nech " , , a sack sach over the this theme th thisme . De . ! me no fear that my as- as asv as - - . as-Rbave as Rbave ashave v ; have been men from fromVon fromVon fromK Von Bcltz Beltz added sar sare sare sar16 ? e technique was wns too tooorid tooEWorld orld tooorld orid as " we "e e ha have hale ' e known knownand knownand knowna tooI I | and helpless helplcss , knowing > by EDWIN BALMER BALMERand BALMERand and PHILIP WYLIECopy WYLIE WYLIECopyright COP Copy Copyright ) rlsht right 1934 1939 byIdwln byEdwin by byEdwin Edwin Idwln : Dalmer Balmer and Philip Wylle Wylie . . , W\V W V W \ 1J Serviceno Service no more of my attnc1 attackers ers than tbat that tbatthey thatthey thatthey they must be men from earth"We earth"We earth earth"We " "We We " spent I do not know how long longhiding longhiding longhiding hiding high In a building bufldUag In this cft city cityMy citiMi ) M My , } ces eyes e ; es " were "ere ere taped t'lped tlped 'sped sped ! ' ' shut I was wasgagged wasgagged wasgagged gagged much of the time , but I was wasgIven wasgiven wasgiven gIven food , nnd-except nnd except and-except and and - except on occasions occasions"hlcII occasionswlrldi occasionswhich "hlcII hlcII wlrldi " I [ \ win w111 JlJ come to-I to I to-1 1 to - - I was not b1dl badly badlytreated badiitreated badiitreated'At ) treated treated'At ' 'At At ' first they ; spoke cpohc bet between " een them themseh themseh themsches , seh es In tongues I could not under antler antlerstand understand stand , but tint It \ was as not language langunge of an another another another other plinet pl'lnet pllnet planet ' . . It Itas \\as as was \ \ \ fiS speech from ollr our ollrold ourold ourold old orld-Hucsll1n orld Hucsll1n world-Pusslnn world Pusslnn \ world - - Russian , ; sometime6 sometime sometlmee " ' , I am amsure amstare amsure sure stare , , sometlints sometlmt sumetlmts c ; , , I think , Japanese J'lp'lnc.se Jlplnc.se Jlplncse J1plnese ' ' . ' 'DId DId * ' Did 5011 you ou disco discover discoter , er how nnny m'lny mlny mtny ' there there"erc therewere therewere "erc erc were " ? ' ' ' . Eliot r.lIot rlIot Idiot Times T'1llles T1llles Mmes ' asked asled , ' , Hf're Hfre Hpre Iirre ' ! In n tills this city cit clt ; , } ii \ witching \ ltchlng itching us usonBelt ' \ % \onBelt onBelt on onllelt7 onBeit7 llelt7 Beit7 ? proceeded after a n moment , , ' theie 'there there thm e " were "ere ere four , at least . . . 1 ' am 'lm lm 1m sure sureI I heard four dllTeient different dllTel ent , voices olcs iofccs ( spe'll spell speak speakSometimes speakSometimes ' , Sometlm's Sometlms Sometimes ( ' It 1t seemed to me rue that thnt more moremoved moremoved moremoved moved back b'lcl blcl beck ' and forth , but I cannot cannotbe cannotbe cannotbo be certain that mOl moie mole e tinn th'1n th1n tliln ' four actu'll actull detail detailly actu'llly actually ' ly " were "ere ere here " "Men Men "l\Ien "l l Ien " \ ? ' asl nSI cd ed fouy'They ' Foni 1'011) 1011 fouy Fonilhey ) 'They They * , ' 1 ' lhey hey were ' ill 111 men I 1 heard he1rd no nowoman nowoman woman \ oman speak SIJeah . , It \ was w1s \ 'lS lS ' nevci ne\'ci ne 'ci ci never \ ' a worn wornan's \ wornan's wornans om oman's an's ans ' hand that tou touched < .hcd hcd . me But llut they theytalhed theytalked theytalked talhed talked a great deal de'll dell ' about \ women omen as asthe asthe asthey the they ; \ watched atched Ub us us " Von Bell Bclt7 IleJty ? said'lou said saidlou 'lou lou * ' lou mean , you heard them UJem talhIng talking talhIngabout talkingabout talkingabout about our women ? They tal1 talked ed ! In Insome Insome n nsome some language languag-e languag e - you under understood tood ? ' 'No No ' . o , not ther thep then Ihei 'they they 'Ihe Ihe ' ' ) talked talIed , about aboutour aboutour aboutour our women In their own tongues But ButI I did not need to understand the thewords thewords words " ords to know they were talhlng talking talhlngabout talkingabout talkingabout about women " 'I I ' I see , ' , * ' t = : said s1d 'lld lld ' ( Tonv"They TonyThey Tonv Tony Tonv"They "They They " did talk to me In Fngltsh Fngltshlatert F Englishlater glish glishlatertwo later-t later t later-two later two - - tw " o 0 of them did " He stopped again"What again again"What again"What "What What " did they tell you7 you ? ' "Tell Tell " me ? ' ' repeated Von Beltz Beltz"Nothing BeltzNothing . . "NothIng NothIng " They asked aslced me " "Asked Asked " you " what "hat hat ? " . "About About " you-about you about ) iou ou-about ou about - about us They Tbey wanted $ "Conduit Conduit " for tor what "Ilfit Ilfit " 7 ? ' "I I " could only suppose what " My "y y eye cyo&were cyowere eyes eyeswere & were \ ere taped tnpell , and durIngthis during durIng- - this Journty journcy Journtyeven journcyeven Journeyeven even my ears e.lrs elrs . " were "ere ere mutTled muf1'led muf1led muffled ' ; but I am amsure amsure amsure sure from trom my sensations sen"11tlons sen11tlons " durIn during , ; tbe the tbeJourne thejournei theJourney Journe journei , that I was W'lS WlS w1s ' underground and andc'lrrIed andcarried andcarried c'lrrIed clrrIed carried ' through n a long close conduit conduitlIke conduitlike conduitlike lIke a n gicat great gl ea t pipe " ' Carried7 'Carried Carried Carrled ? " repeated Tony . , as the theothers theothers theothers others In the group excitedly cro crowded crowdedcloser crowdedcloser " ded dedcloser closer to catch the \ weak eak \ words orJs 'Howdid Howdid ' 110 flow flowdid " did they carry you ) ou ? ' ' "In In " a car The Thei They ) set me up In some somesort somesort somesort sort of small car C'lr Clr c'tr ctr ' ' " which "blcb blcb ran very rap rapJcl rapldly rapIdl Jcl ldly ] , } I learned larer later , that th'lt thlt tlilt ' It Jt 1t was a aworh awork awork worh work car , built by the Old People for fortheir fortheir fortheir their workmen worhmcn In the conduit . . I was wastalen wastaken wastaken talen taken , Into a power tunnel , I believe believea believeand believeand a and d tr transported mcported ; In n a \ work , ork car through throughthe throughthe throughthe the conduit to the tile other city ciry Cer CertaInly Certalnly Certalnly taInly talnly when alter aHer a time I can only onlyestimate onlyestimate onlyestimate estimate as hours I \ was as brought up upto upto upto to dayligbt da dn ; light . , It was In the city occu occupled occupied occupled pled pied by b } ) Russians llusslans and Japanese Jap'1nece Jap1nece ' : ; , and andwith andwith . with \ I th them on the same S.1rne S1rne . terms termc : ; some someGermans someGermans Germnnc Germans ; ' Iheie 'lhete lhete 1 hel e are also English Englishthere Englishthere nglibh nglibhthere there men and women , , but not on the theS'lme thes'tme thesame S'lme Slme s'tme stme ' ' terms as ns the others " ' , Go on ' ' ' , begged several severnl voices"rhc voices voices"they Thci "they they "rhc rhc " let me see the clt--and clt and city-and city cit ) - and them themceh themself themselves ceh self ; es , " , " said Von Bcltz Beltz 'It It ' It Is 1s a great greatcltygleater greatcitygleater greatcity clty-gleater clty gleater city-gleater city - gi cater than this , and very beau beauurul beautiful beautiful urul tiful It oflfcis offeis offel s them e everything eierything , erythlng that thatthey thatthey thatthey they could have dreamed ot-'lnI1 ot 'lnI1 lnI1 of-znd of znd ot'lnI1more ofzndmorel of - ' andmorel more morel I It makes malces them as they succeed succeedin succeedIn In mastering mastellug masteting Its secrets , like me , gods ' Or Orthe Orthey Orthe they the , } think thlnl , so sol I l " 'LIl LIl 'Like Like ' Like e gods ? ' ' 'Yes Yes ' Yes , ' , ' said s11d s1ld Von Beltz , "that that " Is ! s our ourgreat ourgreat ourgreat great danger . They feel like lIhe gods ; they must be like gods , and how can canthey canthey canthey they be gods"lthout gods \ " without \\"lthout "lthout lthout mortals to mal make makethem makethem e ethem them obeisance obclsnnce and do them re\erence re erence reierence reverenceSo \ ? So they will be the gods , and we ,111 111 will ,111be willbe , willbe be the mortals to do their bidding Al Already Already Already ready they have ha\e ha e hatie \ taken the English Englisb and andset andset andset set themselves themsehes a tapo above o'e oe ' e them as you have haveheard haveheard haveheard heard They tried to take tahe us-a us a us-as as us - - a & : > y ) iouknow ou ouhnow ouknow hnow know We killed some of tbem-some tbem some them-some them tbemsomeof themsomeof them - - someof of the most ruthless and dangerous ; ; but others otbers remain They know they theyneed theyneed theyneed need not endanger themselves tbemselves They Theywalt Theywait Theywait walt wait for us confidently confidenUy " "Walt Walt "Wait Wait " for us7 us ? lIo How , ? ' "To To " come to them " ti t f I II II . I I : 'I I ' , > trii |