A COLUMBUS of SPACE
~ By Garrett P. Serviss ~
Author of "The Moon Metal", "The Second Deluge", etc.
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A minute earlier, we might have saved Edmund and Ala, but now they were in the midst of the flames. . . . Edmund saw me. . . . He raised his hand and seemed to be waving us off; he pointed upwards, as if commanding us to go.
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