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The new vessel did not make another voyage until nine sister ships were ready and manned, each with two Terrestrial officers and one Callistonian gunner. All ten took to the ether at once, and the hexan fleet melted away like frost-crystals before a summer sun. A few weeks of carnage and destruction and not a hexan was within range of the detectors of Callisto they were gone!
Those warm squares of light, set into the black walls and overhung by white-burdened eaves, gave the place the appearance of a Christmas-card, it was so snug and cozy. Even the glitter was there, caused by the rays refracted from the facets of the myriad frost-crystals.
"That's right," agreed Dick. "And in that case he isn't travelling very fast. We'll soon catch up." "He only left this morning," supplemented Dick, examining the frost-crystals in the new-cut trail. Without wasting further attention, they set out in pursuit. The girl followed. Dick turned to her. "I think we shall catch him very soon," said he, in Ojibway.
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