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Fanfare, whole no. 10, December 1943

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thrust arms in multitudes, brandishing rays in myriads. & before that terrific barrage of returns Adana weakened - faltered - failed. 
   The mauve haze cleared. A woman stood there beautifully undressed, receiving the hysterical applause of the masculine portion of the audience. Out of the corner of her eye, Alicia glimpsed a regiment of pint-sized dolls scurrying into the shrubbery that edged the court. Then the beautiful form began to change. Another woman stood there at the table's end - a woman strangely like Marie Dressler. 
   "The Octopus!" screamed Alicia. 
   Her cry was like a signal. The horizon was blackened by a rushing storm cloud over which wheeled vultures & bats in countless millions. Over the great ampitheatre swept an uneasy zephyr of motion. Then Kon was gone from her side, & Rap with him. In seconds shet sat alone. & far below, Adana's coils shimmered & swayed before the massed forces of scientifictional heroism! 
   "The Formula!" she cried above the clamor of their voices. "What is the Formula?"
   & like the rushing flood of a might tide the answer came!

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thrust arms in multitudes, brandishing rays in myriads. & before that terrific barrage of returns Adana weakened - faltered - failed. The mauve haze cleared. A woman stood there beautifully undressed, receiving the hysterical applause of the masculine portion of the audience. Out of the corner of her eye, Alicia glimpsed a regiment of pint-sized dolls scurrying into the shrubbery that edged the court. Then the beautiful form began to change. Another woman stood there at the table's end - a woman strangely like Marie Dressler. "The Octopus!" screamed Alicia. Her cry was like a signal. The horizon was blackened by a rushing storm cloud over which wheeled vultures & bats in countless millions. Over the great ampitheatre swept an uneasy zephyr of motion. Then Kon was gone from her side, & Rap with him. In seconds shet sat alone. & far below, Adana's coils shimmered & swayed before the massed forces of scientifictional heroism! "The Formula!" she cried above the clamor of their voices. "What is the Formula?" & like the rushing flood of a might tide the answer came!