listened as the radi

the rebel coup is pouring in from Maurevia, Brungaria's powerful province in the north. The Brunga

p poses a new and dangerous threat to free-world security. Further news repor

andy was wide-eyed with the realization that the news

o briefed us wasn't kidding, eh,

r than he expe

urried to the hall telephone. In a few moments he managed t

garian coup as bad as it

ed. "They envy America and they'll move heaven and earth to steal our scientific

FBI man his opinion about the discovery of th

FBI agent said thoughtfully. "If our enemies were planning to

id and loot Enterprises after the place was thrown into disord

iewed Narko himself, FBI agents who had grille

the time of the Harkness and Medfield disasters, seismographs recorded simultaneous quakes off the coa

puzzlement as he hung up the telephone af

n to his companions, Bud said, "You me

man-produced underground blasts. It just doesn't jibe with those other remo

ss and Medfield were real

c belt which is well known to seismologists. I'm no expert, but perhaps they could have set off c

nd nose-cone factories had been wrecked by the shock. But in spite of the seismographic cl

lled laboratory at Enterprises, eager to continue work o

e had drawn in his office the afternoon befo

nd. Grabbing pencil and slide rule, he began to d

Chow Winkler, wearing a white chef's

ppetizing meal of Texas hash, milk, and deep-dish apple pie on the bench besi

r he finished a set of pilot drawings. Then he called Hank Ste

interest as Tom explai

I think everything tracks okay. Hank, get these plans blueprinted and assign a

k rolled up

a scale model made to guide them on

or some time the next day,

k as Tom himself, when absorbed in a new project. By working on in his shop long after closing hours, Hanson had a desk-size mod

ne of your models of a new invention, I'm sure it'l

el to Hank Sterling and his project crew. Work was already well along on th

report they gave to Tom bore out his hunch that the rebel Brun

might be completed before the week end. To his delight, an Enterprises pickup truck pulled u

greeted it. "Is

It claims you're its daddy. But ha

it'll

s who worked on it will sure be disappointed. No kid

tain the actual brain energy. Its upper body, cylindrical in shape and of gleaming chrome, housed the output units th

iators for exerting a repulsion force when it wanted

ourglass-shaped power unit, ho

equipped with both casters and a sort of caterpillar-crawler arrangement for the contrivance

it worked as he hoped, this odd creature might one day provide earth scient

soon after Hank Sterling had left, fou

your spaceman?

gaping expressions. Each was trying to im

Chow commented, when Tom finished ex

d plumped it on the creature. Then he removed his polka-dotted red

y as Bud howled, "R

eceive the brain energy. Bud went with him by jeep to the space-communications laboratory.

the thing suspiciously from every angle. "

of his favorite bubble gum. Should he or shouldn't h

e was somewhat disappointed when nothing happened. Feeling a trifle foolish,

invented this device for automatically coding and decoding messages between the Swifts and their space friends. It was connected to

on as Tom

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rrisome afterth

O STEAL ENERGY. SUGGEST YOU USE FLIGHT PATH TO LA

when that black missile land

t yet learned of the Swifts' communication from another planet. Hence they would have

ud said. "Sma

s waited for a repl