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The current oxygen tank became empty, and when he removed it from the rack and put in a new one he found someone had let out all of this essential gas. THE CURRENT OXYGEN TANK BECAME EMPTY AND WHEN HE REMOVED IT FROM THE RACK AND PUT IN A NEW ONE HE FOUND SOME ONE HAD LED OUT ALL OF THIS ESSENTIAL GAS
st!" The effect was instantaneous. Morones lifted the tube, and a glimmering, iridescent beam sprang out. The ship was up and away in a second, lurching and shivering uncomfortably every time the beam struck it in its upward flight. A good few seconds continued impingement.... But a miss is as good as a light-year. Miles high, Olear looked into his telens. Morones had laid aside his tube and was working with an instrument like a twin transit. Plotting the ship's course, naturally. Olear set his course for the Earth, and kept on it for a good twenty-four hours. Morones, if he was still watching him, would think he'd gone back for reinforcements. Such an assumption would be incredible now, but that was before the I. F. P. had achieved its present tremendous reputation. Beyond observation range, Olear curved back toward Mercury again, and was almost inside its atmosphere when he made a discovery that caused him to lose for a moment his natural indifference, and to clamp his jaws in anger.  POMPOUSLY I PLACE YOU UNDER ARREST THE EFFECT WAS INSTANTANEOUS MORINES LIFTED THE TUBE AND A GLIMMERING IRIDESCENT BEAM SPRANG OUT THE SHIP WAS UP AND AWAY IN A SECOND LURCHING AND SHIVERING UNCOMFORTABLY EVERY TIME THE BEAM STRUCK IT IN ITS UPWARD FLIGHT A GOOD FEW SECONDS CONTINUED IN PINCHMENT BUT A MISS IS AS GOOD AS A LIGHT EAR MILES HIGH OLIER LOOKED INTO HIS TALONS MORINES HAD LAID ASIDE HIS TUBE AND WAS WORKING WITH AN INSTRUMENT LIKE A TWIN TRANSIT PLOTTING THE SHIP'S COURSE NATURALLY ELIER SET HIS COURSE FOR THE EARTH AND KEPT ON IT FOR A GOOD TWENTY FOUR HOURS MORONES IF HE WAS STILL WATCHING HIM WOULD THINK HE'D GONE BACK FOR REINFORCEMENTS SUCH AN ASSUMPTION WOULD BE INCREDIBLE NOW BUT THAT WAS BEFORE THE I P HAD ACHIEVED ITS PRESENT TREMENDOUS REPUTATION BEYOND OBSERVATION RANGE ELIER CURVED BACK TOWARDS MERCURY AGAIN AND WAS ALMOST INSIDE ITS ATMOSPHERE WHEN HE MADE A DISCOVERY THAT CAUSED HIM TO LOSE FOR A MOMENT HIS NATURAL INDIFFERENCE AND TO CLAMP HIS JAWS IN ANGER
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