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Rh a quick flight, and he looked to the wall of the hut—the wall that was to be pulled from place to afford egress for the air craft.

They went to bed early that night—the night they hoped would be their last in giant land. It must have been about midnight when Tom suddenly awoke. He thought he heard a noise outside the hut and in a moment he had jumped up.

"Repel boarders!" cried Tom.