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Science Fiction Conventioneer, 1938

Page 6

6     S.F.CONVENTIONEER

both of you are discharged."
Bob and Koso knew that further talk would be useless. So they discarded their uniforms and were soon walking aimlessly among the large glass enclosed city wondering what to do next, when Koso spoke, or to be more correct thought to Bob.
"What do we do now great master? Look for a pilot job,maybe?"
"I guess that will have to do. We can't report to anyone else. That is the rule of the SPACE NAVY, and they put men like Major Brown, in high position. come let's go see about that pilot job.
It is not easy to find a job,when you are kicked out of the SPACE NAVY, Bob and Koso found this out easily, and so a few months later we find them working for a third rate space company serving the earth and the moon. Many trips followed with Bob as chief pilot and Koso as co-pilot. Then one day the head of the company informed Bob that their ship contained 20,000 dollars in gold for the trip back to earth. Bob saw to it that the ship was in a safe place when the ship started back to earth and soon forgot all about it.
Bob was asleep in the cabin when it happened. There was a loud noise, the melting of metal and the escape of air into space. Bob jumped off his bunk and ran into the cabin to find Koso frantically pushing buttons and turning dials."The ships been cut in two," came his thoughts, "that space ray again," Ans he went back trying to keep the forward part of the ship in control. Luckily the memrgency bulkheads had closed when the air had started to escape, leaving the control cabin and a few forward cabins intact. The ray had cut up close to the nose of the ship, seperating it from the rest of the ship.
Bob and Koso looked out of the control room window.
"Look," cried Bob, "over to the right. That's what it was. An invisible space ship. Look it's becoming visible now."

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6 S.F.CONVENTIONEER both of you are discharged." Bob and Koso knew that further talk would be useless. So they discarded their uniforms and were soon walking aimlessly among the large glass enclosed city wondering what to do next, when Koso spoke, or to be more correct thought to Bob. "What do we do now great master? Look for a pilot job,maybe?" "I guess that will have to do. We can't report to anyone else. That is the rule of the SPACE NAVY, and they put men like Major Brown, in high position. come let's go see about that pilot job. It is not easy to find a job,when you are kicked out of the SPACE NAVY, Bob and Koso found this out easily, and so a few months later we find them working for a third rate space company serving the earth and the moon. Many trips followed with Bob as chief pilot and Koso as co-pilot. Then one day the head of the company informed Bob that their ship contained 20,000 dollars in gold for the trip back to earth. Bob saw to it that the ship was in a safe place when the ship started back to earth and soon forgot all about it. Bob was asleep in the cabin when it happened. There was a loud noise, the melting of metal and the escape of air into space. Bob jumped off his bunk and ran into the cabin to find Koso frantically pushing buttons and turning dials."The ships been cut in two," came his thoughts, "that space ray again," Ans he went back trying to keep the forward part of the ship in control. Luckily the memrgency bulkheads had closed when the air had started to escape, leaving the control cabin and a few forward cabins intact. The ray had cut up close to the nose of the ship, seperating it from the rest of the ship. Bob and Koso looked out of the control room window. "Look," cried Bob, "over to the right. That's what it was. An invisible space ship. Look it's becoming visible now."