iscovered. And perhaps there were
still four or five of the murderers, still not giants, in a cave nearby.

The dim rocky ravine, heavy with shadows, led downward. He came to a
tunnel opening, advancing more cautiously now. And then, as he turned an
angle ahead of him, down a little subterranean declivity a luminous cave
was visible. Groff's hideout. At one of its entrances here Lee stood for
an instant gasping. The five men were here--Groff and four of his
villainous companions.

The five bodies lay strewn--horribly mangled. And the wreckage of their
size-change mechanisms was strewn among them.

So obvious, what had happened! Franklin had been the first to get large.
And at once he had turned on them. Franklin, the weakling who dared not
have any rivalry! And now Franklin was outside, out in the hills, a
raging, murderous monster. For a moment, in the grisly shambles of the
little cave Lee stood transfixed. Then his hand was fumbling at his
belt. He shoved the small switch-lever.

There was a shock--a humming--a reeling of his senses. It was akin to
what he had felt on the space-globe, but stronger, more intense now. For
an instant he staggered, confused. The wires strung on him were glowing;
he could feel their heat. Weird luminous opalescence streamed from
them--it bathed him--strange electrolite radiance that permeated every
minute fibre of his being.

With his head steadying, Lee suddenly was aware of movement all about
him. The dim outlines of the cave-room were shrinking with a creeping,
crawling movement. Cave-walls and roof all shrinking, dwindling, drawing
down upon him. Under his feet the rocky ground seemed hitching forward.

This little cave! In a moment while he stood shocked into immobility,
the cave was a tiny cell. Down by his feet the gruesome mangled corpses
were the size of children. The cave-roof bumped his head. He must get
out of here! The realization stabbed him. Why, in another moment or two
these dark walls would close upon him! Then with instant changing
viewpoint he saw the true actuality. He was a growing giant, crouching
here underground--a giant who would be crushed, mangled by his own
monstrous growth.

* * * * *

Lee turned, staggered into the little tunnel, shoved his way out. The
walls pressed him; they seemed in a moment to close after him as he
gained the outer glowing darkness.... There was only a narrow slit in
the dwindling cliff to mark th