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already fled.
In the same breath, Curt turned and
drew and fired. The man dropped. Out
in the shadows another gun flashed,
and they heard Otho's fierce cry.
There was a timeless instant when
no one moved, and then Otho came
back into the clearing. "There were
only two of them, I think."
"They followed us!" Harker
exclaimed. "They followed us up here
to -"
He had been turning, as he spoke.
He suddenly stopped speaking, and
S
then cried out Keogh's name.
Keogh lay face down in the
powdery dust. From out his temple
stood a slim bronzed shaft little larger
than a needle, and where it pierced the
flesh was one dark drop of blood.
Simon hovered low over the
Earthman. His sensitive beams
touched the throat, the breast, lifted
one lax eyelid.
Simon said, without hope, "He still
lives."
CHAPTER II
Unearthly Stratagem
RAG carried Keogh through the
forest and, tall man that .Keogh
was, he seemed like a child in the
robot's mighty arms. The wind
howled, and the lichens shook and
thundered, and it was growing darker.
"Hurry!" said Harker. "Hurry -
there may still be a chance!"
His face had the white, staring look
that comes with shock. Simon was
still possessed of emotion - sharper,
clearer emotions than before, he
thought, divorced as they were from
the chemical confusions of the flesh.
Now he knew a great pity for Harker.
"The Comet is just ahead," Curt
told him.
Presently they saw the ship, a
shadowed bulk of metal lost among
the giant growths. Swiftly they took
Keogh in, and Grag laid him carefully