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Olear was taking no chances, however, and came down a good three Earth miles away. The egg shaped hull sank through the glossy, brilliant treetops, through twisted vines, and was buried in the dank gloom of the jungle. Here it might remain hidden for a hundred years. O'LIEIR WAS TAKING NO CHANCES HOWEVER AND CAME DOWN A GOOD THREE EARTH MILES AWAY THE EGG SHAPED HULLS SANK THROUGH THE GLOSSY BRILLIANT TREE TOPS THROUGH TWISTED VINES AND WAS BURIED IN THE DANK GLOOM OF THE JUNGLE HERE IT MIGHT REMAIN HIDDEN FOR A HUNDRED YEARS
 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. The visibility was by this time normal; that is, so poor it would have been possible to land very close to the trading station.  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 THE VISIBILITY WAS BY THIS TIME NORMAL THAT IS SO POOR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE TO LAND VERY CLOSE TO THE TRADING STATION
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