AFTERWARD CHIP WARREN said to Dr. Blaine, “I’m afraid Doctor, that if we’re ever to set foot again in any civilized port, you must take us there. After the Aurora stopped revolving I went top-side to look for the Chickadee. I thought we might be able to repair it. But it’s gone, just like Blacky Jordan and his crew. Everything on the surface of the planetoid was whisked away.”
Dr. Blaine said, “I intend to do just that, Chip. As a matter of fact, Syd is already plotting our course. But I hope that after we’ve landed you, that won’t be the last we’ll ever see of you. Alison and I owe you an undying debt of gratitude. Had it not been for you—”
“You were magnificent!” breathed the girl. And looking at her, finding with an incredulous surprise a look in her eyes which more than echoed her fa
