* * * * *

The sergeant's voice ceased, and wordlessly the men in the laboratory
looked at each other. No comment was needed. They went out.

They watched from the steps of Edgar Wesley's house. At first sight of
the figure in the sky, a new awe struck them, for now the shape of the
giant towered a full five hundred feet into the sun, and it seemed
almost a mirage, for definite outline was gone from it. It shimmered and
wavered against the bright blue like a mist, and the blue shone through
it, for it was quite transparent. And yet still they imagined they could
discern the slight ironic smile on the face, and the peaceful,
understanding light in the serene eyes; and their hearts swelled at the
knowledge of the spirit, of the courage, of the fine, far-seeing mind
of that outflung titanic martyr to the happiness of men.

The end came quickly. The great misty body rose; it floated over the
city like a wraith, and then it swiftly dispersed, even as steam
dissolves in the air. They felt a silence over the thousands of watching
people in the Square, a hush broken at last by a deep, low murmur of awe
and wonderment as the final misty fragments of the vast sky-held figure
wavered and melted imperceptibly--melted and were gone from sight in the
air that was breathed by the men whom Edgar Wesley loved.

Transcriber's Note:

This etext was produced from _Astounding Stories_ November 1932.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S.
copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and
typographical errors have been corrected without note.

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