Judgment Day
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 2004: THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND - XXII. — A VISION OF JUDGMENT.
By H. G. Wells
I. — Bru-a-a-a.
I listened, not understanding.
"Good Lord!" said I, still only half awake. "What an infernal shindy!"
Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra Ta-ra-rra-ra.
"It's enough," said I, "to wake——" and stopped short. Where was I. — Ta-rra-rara—louder and louder.
"It's either some new invention——"
Toora-toora-toora! Deafening!
"No," said I, speaking loud in order to hear myself. "That's the Last Trump."
II. — The last note jerked me out of my grave like a hooked minnow.
I saw my monument (rather a mean little affair, and I wished I knew who'd...
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