want to look it over. Is it all right?”
“Perfect condition, except for one part where Duclo and us were shootin’.
Dennison was just blowin’ out the bottom of the cargo-hold–didn’t harm it
otherwise. All the damn’ monsters inside it are dead.”
They clambered down the ladder.
CHAPTER V of PHOENIX PLANET
THEY EXPECTED ANOTHER attack from the city, but apparently the invaders were too
impressed by the fall of their first battleship to risk sending another. A full
four days later one plane was sent out, but by that time everything had been
moved underground and painted dark green to boot against further contingencies.
After the plane was out of sight of the city they sent two of their own up after
it.
As soon as the attackers were within sight, the scout headed for a clearing and
landed!
Suspiciously, the two pilots circled over the spot. There was but one man in the
enemy ship, and he was standing, hands upraised, obviously surrendering. They
remembered the roasting Marshall had given the clan at the beginning of the
career for shooting the invader when it had surrendered. One landed, the other
circled watchfully overhead just in case.
Subsequently they brought the man to Marshall, flying his own ship under the
vigilant guns of the others. Marshall was still a little sick from the
after-affects of the ray, and he was puzzling out plans to send to another rebel
group which had contacted him from Atlanta, and he was annoyed.
“Turny, boss,” said one of his men. “Landed his ship when we jumped him. Says he