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We intend to shoot the beast into space and bring the top stage home again by drone control." The scientist grew serious. "It's not an easy thing, young Brant. No one has yet succeeded in getting a big rocket down in one piece. If we can do it, we'll be one step through the biggest barrier to manned space flight. "You will work on wiring in the drone control section.

"You will give," said Brant sternly, "every aid and attention to the wants of this young lady, who is here to represent the interests of your old master. As she will be entirely dependent upon you in all things connected with her visit here, see to it that she does not have to complain to me of any inattention, or be obliged to ask for other assistance."

I bet if my papa was living he would take me," said Melville. "My boy, listen to your mother," said Mrs. Brant. "Nothing but bad people take part in or go to see those things. I want mother's boy to scorn such things, to be way above them." "Well, I ain't. I want to see it. Ben Stringer ain't got no business being ahead of me," Melville said with vigor.

When his forebodings came true and the British, in assenting to Jay's treaty, abandoned their Indian allies, Brant again wrote to the Secretary of the Indian Office, in repressed but bitter anger at the conduct of the King's agents in preventing the Indians from making peace with the Americans while they could have made it on advantageous terms, and then in deserting them.

"Don't they haunt the place, too?" "We've heard that some people have seen more than one ghost," Jan said, "but we don't credit secondhand stories much. We only saw the captain." Rick must have looked pretty incredulous, he suspected, because Barby gave him an accusing glance and stated flatly, "And we did see the captain, Rick Brant! Didn't we?" The Millers all nodded. "Tell them," Mrs.

Elsa Brant, the only child of that Hendrik Brant, the friend and cousin of Dirk van Goorl, who was already figured in this history, was just nineteen. Her eyes, and her hair which curled, were brown, her complexion was pale, suggesting delicacy of constitution, her mouth small, with a turn of humour about it, and her chin rather large and firm.

Jackson Brant was utterly unknown to every one in the establishment. For an instant the counter against which the boy was leaning seemed to yield with his weight; he was obliged to steady himself with both hands to keep from falling.

"You will, no doubt, have an opportunity of stating your own case to the division commander," continued Brant, with an unmoved face.

There won't be any trouble. I know them." It was when Mr. Jessop departed that Buel suddenly became anxious to get rid of Brant. When he had succeeded, he walked over to where the girl leaned on the bulwark. "Well?" he said, taking his place beside her. "Well!" she answered, without looking up at him. "Which is it? Rich or poor?" "Rich, I should say, by the way the reporters flocked about you.

After amusing himself for some time on the beach, he returned towards the village, and shot on his way two brant. As he came near the village, one of the Indians asked him to shoot a duck about thirty steps distant: he did so, and, having accidentally shot off its head, the bird was brought to the village, when all the Indians came round in astonishment.