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Science Fiction Conventioneer, 1938
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S.F.CONVENTIONEER 7 "So it is, great master," came the thoughts of Koso. 'Look there are men,in space suits coming this way." "Can you read their mind, Koso?" questioned Bob, can you?" "No,not yet, they are too far away. Here it comes now------they think everyone in the control room is dead-----they are after the gold------they have a man in the crew of this ship that gave them the information-----they are going to let the passengers go-----great master, only one man is going to come inside for the gold, the rest are going to wait outside." "That gives me an idea," shouted Bob."Koso you can live without air,can't you?" "For a few hours, yes!" answered Koso. "Good!" said Bob. Now go into my cabin and fix a bundle to look as if I had been caught asleep and had no time in which to put on a space suit. Then open the bulkheads and let the air out. mean while I'll put on a space suit and hide in the closet. You come back here and act dead at the control board. I don't th think they will stop to figure out how you happened to be killed. Good thing that you can't close your eyes anyway. And, don't forget to keep sending me your thoughts. Telling me where he is at every moment, so that I can jump on him when he gets close. OK?" "It only took a few minutes for Bob to get into a space-suit and for Koso to get his part of the plot finished. Then it was all set. Bob was int he closet ready to jump on the pirate, while Koso played dead at the control board. All was silence. Then the clang of the pirates boots against the hull. In a few minutes he was inside. He gave Koso the once over and decided that he was dead. he took the gold and was about to go thru the airlock again, when Koso gave Bob the signal and he, Bob, jumped on the pirate from behind. In a minute he had wrenched off the pirates helmet. The man's face got blue from the lack of air and by the time he was dead Bob was out of the airlock and pushed his way towards the pirate ship. He got
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S.F.CONVENTIONEER 7 "So it is, great master," came the thoughts of Koso. 'Look there are men,in space suits coming this way." "Can you read their mind, Koso?" questioned Bob, can you?" "No,not yet, they are too far away. Here it comes now------they think everyone in the control room is dead-----they are after the gold------they have a man in the crew of this ship that gave them the information-----they are going to let the passengers go-----great master, only one man is going to come inside for the gold, the rest are going to wait outside." "That gives me an idea," shouted Bob."Koso you can live without air,can't you?" "For a few hours, yes!" answered Koso. "Good!" said Bob. Now go into my cabin and fix a bundle to look as if I had been caught asleep and had no time in which to put on a space suit. Then open the bulkheads and let the air out. mean while I'll put on a space suit and hide in the closet. You come back here and act dead at the control board. I don't th think they will stop to figure out how you happened to be killed. Good thing that you can't close your eyes anyway. And, don't forget to keep sending me your thoughts. Telling me where he is at every moment, so that I can jump on him when he gets close. OK?" "It only took a few minutes for Bob to get into a space-suit and for Koso to get his part of the plot finished. Then it was all set. Bob was int he closet ready to jump on the pirate, while Koso played dead at the control board. All was silence. Then the clang of the pirates boots against the hull. In a few minutes he was inside. He gave Koso the once over and decided that he was dead. he took the gold and was about to go thru the airlock again, when Koso gave Bob the signal and he, Bob, jumped on the pirate from behind. In a minute he had wrenched off the pirates helmet. The man's face got blue from the lack of air and by the time he was dead Bob was out of the airlock and pushed his way towards the pirate ship. He got
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