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The visibility was by this time normal; that is, so poor it would have been possible to land very close to the trading station. THE VISIBILITY WAS BY THIS TIME NORMAL THAT IS SO POOR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE TO LAND VERY CLOSE TO THE TRADING STATION
tting 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. 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 valve of every one of the spare tanks had been opened. Had Olear actually continued on his way to Earth he would have perished miserably of suffocation long before he could have returned to the Mercurian atmosphere. The officer whistled tunelessly through his teeth as he considered this fact.  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 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 THE VALVE OF EVERY ONE OF THE SPARE TANKS HAD BEEN OPENED HAD O'LIEAR ACTUALLY CONTINUED ON HIS WAY TO EARTH HE WOULD HAVE PERISHED MISERABLY OF SUFFOCATION LONG BEFORE HE COULD HAVE RETURNED TO THE MERCURIAN ATMOSPHERE THE OFFICER WHISTLED TUNELESSLY THROUGH HIS TEETH AS HE CONSIDERED THIS FACT
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