ntly the enemy ship had blanked out their radio co

do you want?" Tom sa

sply, "You'll find ou

nged another worried glance with B

crate's armed!" Bud muttere

space plants maybe-

," Bud said. "Got any trick

his fingers. "Hey! I almost forgot!" he exclaimed. "Look in the locker,

ghtened. "Now

fense against an Oriental enemy's jamming-wave generator. Bud found it in

nd headed west. As Tom stalled for time, it swooped back

ow us! Or would you p

reat, a burst of tracer

mike. "Okay, hold your fire

nwhile, Bud had warmed up the other radio and contacted Enterprises. Tom swi

alert Vignall Air

he enemy ship detected the call, Tom knew the automatic scra

ght continued. "Where are th

robably," Tom conjectured. "I wonde

rm and pointed to starboard.

ank to the north. Closing in rapidly, they were soon v

. "Can you read me?... You'd better read me, pal! I order you to pro

frantic effort to escape. But the fighters, with almost contemptuous e

r. "Just a sheep in wolf

len-faced men, their hands up, emerged from the mystery jet. Military police wit

he heard the boys' story. Turning to the prisoners, he s

ckily built man of about forty-five,

no words. "Search th

private pilot's license on which he was identified as "Jack Smith." The names of the

e commandant muttered, "b

ed with sneering evasions. The commandant reddened with anger at the

ackers off, Tom asked how t

d. "Air Force Intelligence will co-operate on the case, b

missile mystery, then asked, "Could those men be transferred to the Shopton jail f

t nodded. "I'

ical glance. "How come you mentioned the Jupiter prober, sk

lf, Bud. If they were, it could m

ull report to Harlan Ames, the slim, dark-haired security c

n Americans

h well enough, but with a faint accent. So

" More than once, Brungarian rebel agents had enga

'm wrong," To

led again," Ames added. "Still

rove his suspicion, he drove to Shopton Police Headquarters with Harlan Ames. The two tal

gle large cell. They seemed tense and angry-a

d. Getting no reply, he repeat

uage is that?" asked "Captain

-seemed oddly familiar. Why? Suddenly the answer hit Tom like a flash. He resembled Streffan Mirov, the bri

"You know what your government d

ed. "We have not b-b-bung

fool!" their l