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Curt's lip tightened. behind these vanishings," Curt said. "We must have a
"Something's damned wrong, from the look of starting point. I think we'll go to Venus and try to pick
things. Come on тАУ hurry тАУ" up the trail тАУ"
They hastened down a stairway that led directly into The desk televisor buzzed suddenly. Commander
the private office of the System President. The three Halk Anders sprang toward it.
men in that office, Carthew, his secretary, and Com- "I ordered all calls from Venus routed to me here,"

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he exclaimed. "It may be one of our agents there тАУ" tonight for the attempt. When they come, I'll be waiting
He pressed a button. In the televisor screen appeared for them!"
the face of a strikingly pretty Earth girl, with dark, The Brain's lens-eyes doubtfully watched the keen,
wavy hair. Her small, firm face was pale, her brown eager brown face of the young scientific wizard.
eyes flashing excitedly. "But if the Legion men heard Joan telling us of their
"Joan Randall!" exclaimed Curt Newton. plans, they won't be foolish enough to come here," he
He recognized the girl as one of the ace secret objected.
agents of the Planet Police. She had helped him on "I doubt if they heard. We've got to chance it.
Jupiter recently in the case of the Space Emperor. They'll have Joan and Kansu Kane with them as cap-
"Captain Future!" cried the girl joyfully. "Then tives when they come to kidnap Gatola. We'll turn the
you're working against Doctor Zarro? Thank heavens!" tables on them тАУ if we're lucky."
Grag the robot shifted his great metal body uneasily.

S HE spoke with urgent rapidity. "I think I've got a He had been standing listening with Otho and the
lead to this Doctor Zarro. I was here on Venus Brain, with the little bright-eyed moon-pup chewing
when Kansu Kane, the scientist, vanished an hour ago. playfully on his arm.
He was kidnapped by the Legion of Doom. I trailed the "Of course we can overcome these Legion men,
Legion men who did it to their ship, and heard them say master," he said with heavy subtlety.
their next job would be to seize Gatola, the Martian as- Curt grinned at him. "Nothing doing, Grag тАУ you
tronomer тАУ" stay here in the ship with Simon. Otho goes with me."
Joan suddenly stopped. She exclaimed: "Someone's "You always take him!" Grag complained loudly.
trying to get in here! If the Legion saw me and followed "Why can't I go too?"
me тАУ" Otho laughed jeeringly. "Do you suppose we want a
She disappeared from the screen. They heard the bunch of rusty machinery clanking along with us
crash of a bursting door, then a scream. The televisor through the city? You stay here with your crazy little
went dark. pet тАУ and keep him from eating up my equipment, or I'll
"Joan!" cried Captain Future. There was no answer. toss him out into space somewhere."
"The Legion of Doom realized she was spying on Eek, the gray moon-pup, thrust its sharp snout to-
them! They've kidnapped her too, lad!" rasped the ward Otho and made a furious grimace, its chisel-like
Brain. teeth clashing.
The moon-pup was telepathic, that being the only
means of communication evolved by its species on the
airless, soundless moon. It fully understood Otho's dis-
CHAPTER III
like, and reciprocated heartily.
On Desert Mars
"You have hurt Eek's feelings!" Grag boomed wrath-


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