Chapter 13

“Dunark, put everything you’ve got onto one spot—right on the end of his nose!” As the first shell struck the mark Seaton concentrated every force at his command upon the designated point. The air in the _Skylark_ crackled and hissed and intense violet flames leaped from the bars as they were driven almost to the point of disruption. From the forward end of the strange craft there erupted prominence after prominence of searing, unbearable flame as the terrific charges of explosive copper struck the mark and explode…