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dark eyes snapping her fingers to attract attention. "I believe that before we get the solar system organized to repel this threatened invasion, we should get the earth itself organized. We must send emissaries to all principal places of habitation, to explain the situation and work out some means of defense. Why not make Northwest our emissary? He seems to be able to go in two directions at once."

   "A splendid idea!" cried Smith, his gray eyes shining. "I shall organize the inner and outer worlds. First I'll have David Innes round up his Pellucidarians. The people of the interior are so low-down they can serve as the first line of defense and any losses they may sustain will not be noticed--outside."

   "Fine!" Dick added enthusiastically. "I think you've got something there, N.W. We can clean out a lot of these antisocial populations first. You can also contact The Lost World, The Land That Time Forgot, and The Mysterious Island of Captain Nemo. They'll never be missed, either. Don't forget, too, the various inhabitants of Maracot Deep, Smudgely Shoals, and Forty Fathoms, as well as any other peoples you might dig up by referring to works on Mu and Atlantis as written by Doyle, Binder, Lovecraft, and a few thousand other authors."

   Martin Crane placed a lean hand on the bronzed shoulder of the space-man.

   "Will you notify Tarzan for me?" he inquired. "I always like to have the jungle people behind me -- away behind me."

   "Surely," responded Smith. "I'll bet he can line up the jungle people from the banks of Eerwiewadi to the steaming, miasmic swamps of the Nyamba Iambic country. You remember that time Tarzan stopped The Insect Invasion sponsored by Ray Cummings? Wow! What a battle that was!"

   "That was The Jungle Rebellion," corrected Dorothy. "Anyway, get Tarzan for me -- I mean for us," she amended hastily as Seaton whirled to stare at her rather suspiciously, "and meanwhile, we'll jump into the Frolic I and be off to see The Master Mind of Mars. He'll be able to help us."

   Northwest Smith nodded grimly and hurled his cloak about him.

   "To victory!" he saluted, and scurried out the doorway, tripping momentarily over either the door-jamb, his flopping cloak, or both, as he made his exit.

   "We're off to see the Master the Master Mind of Mars!" chanted Dorothy, starting for the door, her arm around Margaret. "Haul out the Frolic I boys!"

   "Why the Frolic I?" inquired Dick. "Why not the Frolic III?She's got heavier armaments and is sixty miles longer on the beam." [9?]

   Crane. always the practical mind of the quartet, shook his head.

   "Nope, it'll have to be the Frolic I. I've installed inertialess super-drive on her, just like the one of the Frolic III, along with a solar storage battery like on the Frolic II -- or was it III? Anyway, since the Frolic I is lighter than the Frolic III or the Frolic II, and inasmuch as the Frolic II takes more juice to attain maximum speed than the Frolic I, and since the Frolic II requires ten times the fuel of the Frolic II or fifteen times the amount necessitated by the Frolic I, we'll find neither of them suitable for ourpurpose. Besides, with the speed generated

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Page 26 FANTASCIENCE DIGEST dark eyes snapping her fingers to attract attention. "I believe that before we get the solar system organized to repel this threatened invasion, we should get the earth itself organized. We must send emissaries to all principal places of habitation, to explain the situation and work out some means of defense. Why not make Northwest our emissary? He seems to be able to go in two directions at once." "A splendid idea!" cried Smith, his gray eyes shining. "I shall organize the inner and outer worlds. First I'll have David Innes round up his Pellucidarians. The people of the interior are so low-down they can serve as the first line of defense and any losses they may sustain will not be noticed--outside." "Fine!" Dick added enthusiastically. "I think you've got something there, N.W. We can clean out a lot of these antisocial populations first. You can also contact The Lost World, The Land That Time Forgot, and The Mysterious Island of Captain Nemo. They'll never be missed, either. Don't forget, too, the various inhabitants of Maracot Deep, Smudgely Shoals, and Forty Fathoms, as well as any other peoples you might dig up by referring to works on Mu and Atlantis as written by Doyle, Binder, Lovecraft, and a few thousand other authors." Martin Crane placed a lean hand on the bronzed shoulder of the space-man. "Will you notify Tarzan for me?" he inquired. "I always like to have the jungle people behind me -- away behind me." "Surely," responded Smith. "I'll bet he can line up the jungle people from the banks of Eerwiewadi to the steaming, miasmic swamps of the Nyamba Iambic country. You remember that time Tarzan stopped The Insect Invasion sponsored by Ray Cummings? Wow! What a battle that was!" "That was The Jungle Rebellion," corrected Dorothy. "Anyway, get Tarzan for me -- I mean for us," she amended hastily as Seaton whirled to stare at her rather suspiciously, "and meanwhile, we'll jump into the Frolic I and be off to see The Master Mind of Mars. He'll be able to help us." Northwest Smith nodded grimly and hurled his cloak about him. "To victory!" he saluted, and scurried out the doorway, tripping momentarily over either the door-jamb, his flopping cloak, or both, as he made his exit. "We're off to see the Master the Master Mind of Mars!" chanted Dorothy, starting for the door, her arm around Margaret. "Haul out the Frolic I boys!" "Why the Frolic I?" inquired Dick. "Why not the Frolic III?She's got heavier armaments and is sixty miles longer on the beam." [9?] Crane. always the practical mind of the quartet, shook his head. "Nope, it'll have to be the Frolic I. I've installed inertialess super-drive on her, just like the one of the Frolic III, along with a solar storage battery like on the Frolic II -- or was it III? Anyway, since the Frolic I is lighter than the Frolic III or the Frolic II, and inasmuch as the Frolic II takes more juice to attain maximum speed than the Frolic I, and since the Frolic II requires ten times the fuel of the Frolic II or fifteen times the amount necessitated by the Frolic I, we'll find neither of them suitable for ourpurpose. Besides, with the speed generated