Air Wonder Stories, May 1930 — page 81: what you’re looking at

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THE INVISIBLE DESTROYER island shuddered under the impact. It was the ray that caused the passage into other vibratory worlds! Frantically: we. sent out rays flashing upward, A fleeting picture passed through my pelnd. a picture of all of us falling into a bottomless pit—of mighty | walls of water rushing in upon us—of motionless, floating bodies ..~. Fortune was with us! Our rays again found. their mark, and the third cone: fell to the island like a plummet! One more cone to destroy! But was there time? The island was almost gone! Our footing was becoming insecure,, The _island, wavering on the borderline between the worlds! The cone was darting here and there erratically, now; we could not follow with our-rays, A moment more, and it would be ended! A moment more— A sudden, sharp explosion—an ear-splitting crash that shook the earth—and the white beam was gone;-the island was solid under our feet! We stared at each other in wonder by the fitful light of the burning shrubbery. On the brink of destruction, and a bolt from above had saved us. What had been the cause of that explosion? Something amiss in the cone, perhaps, effected by our rays? And then we saw the helicopter. Swaying drunkenly from side to side, its motors-dead, supported only by its buoyancy tanks, it settled slowly to the earth. It landed a short distance away. Quickly we rtshed-over to the plane, Its entire front was smashed in. And amid the wreckage, the lower half of his body crushed to a bloody pulp, we found Kieth. He was still conscious, His face, smiling wanly, seen by the flickering light, looked ghastly. Clasping Vachell’s hand wealdy, he whispered: “Well, Leo, I guess it’s almost over. But I’m satisfied. Ever 1039 since Demétriovich began -his insane_actions, I’ve felt guilty. In a measure Iwas responsible, for I was the one who-goaded him on back therein the Alleghenies. I—I wanted to make amends.” . His voice grew weaker—was barely audible, “When his cones left the—the mainland several hours ago, I followed close behind in—in my plane. I had three nitro- bombs with me;-two of them missed their target, but the third one scored a hit. I was-too close to the cone when it exploded, and I—T think part of the—cone—struck my—my—plane.” His voice trailed off-into silence, He-stiffened convilsively ; shuddered; and suddenly grew limp.’ He was dead. He had died for a cause—a martyr. Almost over night the world was restored to normalcy, With the menace of the Russian: removed; commerce and industry resumed activity. After the affairs of the earth had been righted, the world executives gathered in the Union Hall, and without pomp or ceremony, signed the pledge that: united all: nations under one International Government, And under its sane and intelligent ruling, the: world; today, is enjoying a prosperity unparalleled in history. The remains of Demetriovich’s cones are in the International Museum, along with the ray-repellent bands, and the metal rods. They are things that are out of place in our present peaceful. world. In the museum they lie, mute evidence of the truth of the well-nigh incredible history of the forming of the World Union. And finally, today a great monument is standing on the Union Island, looking out over the sea. It is the statue of a slender, intelligent-faced man who seems to be looking thoughtfully ahead, a man- who, indirectly, helped to bring chaos upon the world, and who gave his life to restore order. A statue of Allen Kieth, martyr. Tue Enp. 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