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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. 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
r curb. But there was no use regretting. Perhaps, after all, he ought to turn back to pump Morones for some helpful information. * * * * * His mind made up, he descended again until he was hovering a few feet from the ground. "Morones!" he called. "Morones!" He held the hatch open. Morones came to the door of the residence. He had a tube in his hand, a long-range weapon. "Morones," Olear declared pompously. "I place you under arrest!" 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. EGRETTED THAT HE HAD NOT KEPT HIS TONGUE UNDER CLOSER CURB BUT THERE WAS NO USE REGRETTING PERHAPS AFTER ALL HE OUGHT TO TURN BACK TO PUMP MORONE'S FOR SOME HELPFUL INFORMATION HIS MIND MADE UP HE DESCENDED AGAIN UNTIL HE WAS HOVERING A FEW FEET FROM THE GROUND MURAN'S HE CALLED MORONE'S HE HELD THE HATCH OPEN MORONES CAME TO THE DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE HE HAD A TUBE IN HIS HAND A LONG RANGE WEAPON MOREOONS ALI DECLARED 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
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