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"Well, what's the matter now, Sparks? Seeing pink rhinoceroses again?"

supposed to be an Earth-Mars lugger, but when we got to Mars Central spaceport, the bug-pounder there gave me this solar gram from Terra. It said: ""

So I shoved a frantic for the Old Man over the ship audio, and pretty soon he came lumbering up to my radio room, picking his teeth and scowling like a man with only a half a tummyfull of victuals.

"It's a fine state of affairs" he snarled, "when a skipper can't even finish his dinner in peace! Well, what's the matter now, 24