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At the Earth's Core | Edgar Rice Burroughs | |
Toward The Eternal Fires |
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At four hundred and twenty miles I took another reading. "Perry!" I shouted. "Perry, man! She's going down! She's going down! She's 152 degrees again." "Gad!" he cried. "What can it mean? Can the earth be cold at the center?" "I do not know, Perry," I answered; "but thank God, if I am to die it shall not be by fire--that is all that I have feared. I can face the thought of any death but that." Down, down went the mercury until it stood as low as it had seven miles from the surface of the earth, and then of a sudden the realization broke upon us that death was very near. Perry was the first to discover it. I saw him fussing with the valves that regulate the air supply. And at the same time I experienced difficulty in breathing. My head felt dizzy--my limbs heavy. I saw Perry crumple in his seat. He gave himself a shake and sat erect again. Then he turned toward me. "Good-bye, David," he said. "I guess this is the end," and then he smiled and closed his eyes. "Good-bye, Perry, and good luck to you," I answered, smiling back at him. But I fought off that awful lethargy. I was very young--I did not want to die. |
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