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The Heat-Ray

           Thislittlegrouphadinitsadvancedraggedinward,sotospeak,thecircumferenceofthenowalmostcompletecircleofpeople,andanumberofdimblackfiguresfolloweditatdiscreetdistances. 

           Suddenlytherewasaflashoflight,andaquantityofluminousgreenishsmokecameoutofthepitinthreedistinctpuffs,whichdroveup,oneaftertheother,straightintothestillair. 

           Thissmoke(orflame,perhaps,wouldbethebetterwordforit)wassobrightthatthedeepblueskyoverheadandthehazystretchesofbrowncommontowardsChertsey,setwithblackpinetrees,seemedtodarkenabruptlyasthesepuffsarose,andtoremainthedarkeraftertheirdispersal. Atthesametimeafainthissingsoundbecameaudible. 

           Beyondthepitstoodthelittlewedgeofpeoplewiththewhiteflagatitsapex,arrestedbythesephenomena,alittleknotofsmallverticalblackshapesupontheblackground. Asthegreensmokearose,theirfacesflashedoutpallidgreen,andfadedagainasitvanished. Thenslowlythehissingpassedintoahumming,intoalong,loud,droningnoise. Slowlyahumpedshaperoseoutofthepit,andtheghostofabeamoflightseemedtoflickeroutfromit. 

           Forthwithflashesofactualflame,abrightglareleapingfromonetoanother,sprangfromthescatteredgroupofmen. Itwasasifsomeinvisiblejetimpingeduponthemandflashedintowhiteflame. Itwasasifeachmanweresuddenlyandmomentarilyturnedtofire. 

           Then,bythelightoftheirowndestruction,Isawthemstaggeringandfalling,andtheirsupportersturningtorun. 

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