Survivors

by Arthur Dekker Savage

SURVIVORS

By Arthur Dekker Savage

When man embarks upon the final atomic war his
civilization may be destroyed; yet, there will
be survivors. Would you want to be one of them?...

[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy
May 1952
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

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"Oluf!"

"Bowron!"

They recognized each other simultaneously, there in the thin fringe of tangled brush skirting a hidden lake.

"Oluf, it's good to see you again—I thought there was nothing but mountains, wolves and Wild Ones between me and civilization!" They picked their way slowly toward the shore together.

Oluf dropped gratefully to the warm sand. The sunset highlighted his reddish hair. "You're not far wrong—there was wolf spoor back on that north ridge. But what in the name of the Moon are you doing so far from New York?"