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Science Adventure Stories, v. 1, issue 2, October 1938

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24.             Science Adventure Stories
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   The girl's reply was thought-provoking in its implication. "There is no one left. All are gone . . . dead. I am the last."

   Myron leaned forward, poised and tense, hands pressing against the eroded granite as dawning comprehension made him aware of the full meaning of her answer.

   "Do you mean. . . but you can't!. . . No; it's impossible!"

   "It is true. I am alone; the last of the human race; and except for you, the only living person upon the fact of the earth. I alone, of the whole race of mankind, remain. I am the last of those that existed during the age of futility."

   Myron had listened with unbelieving ears to the statement which came in a low, melancholy voice. And now he underwent the natural reaction forthcoming upon the termination of her astounding announcement. He began questioning her, to disprove her words. He asked: "And from whom did your mother acquire these so-called 'plates'?"

   But her reply was readily forthcoming. "From my grandmother," she answered.

   "And where did she come upon them?" Myron demanded.

   "From my Great-Grandmother," as the casual reply.

   "Well, well! And I suppose she got 'em from her mother? . . . "
   
   "Yes."

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24. Science Adventure Stories *********************************************************** The girl's reply was thought-provoking in its implication. "There is no one left. All are gone . . . dead. I am the last." Myron leaned forward, poised and tense, hands pressing against the eroded granite as dawning comprehension made him aware of the full meaning of her answer. "Do you mean. . . but you can't!. . . No; it's impossible!" "It is true. I am alone; the last of the human race; and except for you, the only living person upon the fact of the earth. I alone, of the whole race of mankind, remain. I am the last of those that existed during the age of futility." Myron had listened with unbelieving ears to the statement which came in a low, melancholy voice. And now he underwent the natural reaction forthcoming upon the termination of her astounding announcement. He began questioning her, to disprove her words. He asked: "And from whom did your mother acquire these so-called 'plates'?" But her reply was readily forthcoming. "From my grandmother," she answered. "And where did she come upon them?" Myron demanded. "From my Great-Grandmother," as the casual reply. "Well, well! And I suppose she got 'em from her mother? . . . " "Yes."