The Undersea Tube
about the extra berth, and mentioning his pressing mission to Paris. And
somehow, he gives the last touch of strangeness to the events of that
fatal night, and in my mind, he becomes a part of it no less than the
child on the stairs, the burning inferno that lit the background, and
the great statue of that unknown hero who held out his scroll for a
moment in that lurid light, like a symbol from the sunken City of the
Dead.
THE END
Transcriber's Note:
This etext was first published in _Amazing Stories_ November 1929
and was produced from _Amazing Stories_ May 1961. 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.