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Not a window or a door had been forced, and the two machinists, who slept in the shop, declared they had heard no suspicious sounds during the night. It was a mysterious theft, and there seemed to be no means of solving it. At Mr. Roumann's suggestion they all increased their hours of work on the Annihilator.
"Am we goin' t' ram it hard?" asked Washington. "I trust not," was Mr. Roumann's reply. He reversed the atmospheric motor still more. They were so near the planet now that they could distinguish land and water, great buildings, patches of woodland and open spaces. "There are people there! I see people!" cried Jack.
The boys were alarmed. The man was evidently crazy, or perhaps he might be doing this for effect, in order to disarm their suspicions, so that he could discover Mr. Roumann's secret. They did not know what to do. "Come on, we'll all have a dance!" cried the man. "My name is Axtell Fred Axtell. I used to live on the moon tra-la-la!" His loud voice attracted the attention of Mr.
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