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"Twenty-four hours will be fine, sir," said Tom. "And we appreciate your giving us the opportunity to go to Roald." "It won't be easy, Corbett," cautioned Walters. "You'll have to work harder than you've worked before. You'll have to maintain your studies and I'll expect you to send back a report every month." He turned to Governor Hardy. "Do you have anything to add, sir?"
I want you to look at something." He waved them around his desk and pointed to the blueprint on his desk. Tom, Roger, and Astro gasped. It was the plan for a large city. "That will be the first settlement on Roald," said Walters. "You boys will be remembered for a long time to come." He looked up at the governor and winked. "How is that, sir?" asked Tom.
The young cadet hadn't heard a word Hyram Logan had said, but instead had been gazing happily into the eyes of Jane Logan. He stamped the application and indicated the door to Tom's screening room, following the girl wistfully with his eyes. He muttered to himself, "There ought to be more applicants like Farmer Logan and his daughter for the brave new world of Roald!"
Besides those who have been already named, there were Eric, king of Hordaland; Sulke, king of Rogaland, and his brother Jarl Sote; Kiotve the Rich, king of Agder, and his son Thor Haklang; also the brothers Roald Ryg, and Hadd the Hard, of Thelemark, besides many others.
As soon as he was free, he stepped down hard and sent the jet car racing along the highway back toward Roald City. "Jeff Jeff," asked Jane despairingly, "do you think they'll catch the boys?" "I don't know," replied Jeff grimly. "But if they are caught, the only way we can save them is to find the professor's journal and pray that the uranium report is in it."
After leaving the jet car and climbing into the desolate hills surrounding Roald City, Tom, Roger, and Astro watched from the safety of a ridge the quick search Vidac and Winters had made to find them.
Vidac stepped forward immediately to greet the Solar Guard officer. "I'm Paul Vidac, Captain Strong. Lieutenant governor of Roald. Governor Hardy is very busy and asked me to welcome you and to convey his apologies for not greeting you personally." "Thank you," said Strong and shook hands with Vidac. He turned around and looked over the crowd. "But I seem to be missing several other welcomers."
"Fortunately for the project of Roald," said Vidac with a half-smile playing at his lips, "Captain Strong has been taken off the Roald project." He paused and lounged against the bulkhead to announce, "I have replaced him." "You couldn't replace Captain Strong digging a hole in the ground, mister!" snapped Roger sarcastically.
"One hundred ten thousand feet," reported Roger. "One-O-seven, one-O-four, one hundred!" Almost immediately, the blasting roar of the rockets was cut to a whisper and the ship began to drop toward the surface of the satellite. Vidac jumped forward and grabbed Tom's shoulder. "What're you trying to do, Corbett? We're falling!" "I have no data on the gravity of Roald," said Tom calmly.
He had been very successful on Mars and had been asked to institute his methods of desert farming on the dusty satellite. "The Roald City Fund," said Vidac coldly, "is an organization dedicated to the good and welfare of the citizens of Roald." "Who's the treasurer?" asked Logan. "I am," said Vidac. "Governor Hardy is now in the process of setting up Roald currency.
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