"Of course," said Cochrane. He regarded her with honest affection. "We'll take a good long vacation. First on the glacier planet. Then we'll build a house somewhere in the hills back of Diamondville ..."

"Jed!" said Babs accusingly.

"There's a fair population there already," said Cochrane, apologetically. "It won't be long before a local television station will be logical. I was just thinking, Babs, that after we get bored with loafing, I could start a program there. Really sound stuff. Not commercial. And of course with the Dabney field it could be piped back to Earth if any sponsor wanted it. I think they would ..."

Presently the ship with Babs and Cochrane among its passengers took off to the stars. It was a perfectly routine flight. After all, star-travel was almost six months old. It wasn't a novelty any longer.

Operation Outer Space was old stuff.

THE END.

Transcriber's Note

The following typos have been corrected. Hyphenation adjusted to reflect the most common usage in the text.

PageTypoCorrection
7expendibleexpendable
8calmycalmly
8Takeoff'sTake-off's
9TakeoffTake-off
10night-clubnightclub
13business-likebusinesslike
21takeofftake-off
25moonjeepmoon-jeep
25pyschiatristpsychiatrist
27buisinesslikebusinesslike
33AppeninesApennines
36ArcturisArcturus
37Why?Why?"
39tryintrying
40stockholdersstock-holders
41possiblitiespossibilities
56Columbus',Columbus'
57Three of fourThree or four
77moonrocketmoon-rocket
86epidomologistepidemiologist
89"Why?"Why?"
91wrilywryly
93chlorophylchlorophyll
95panic-strikenpanic-stricken
101roupcroup
109CochroneCochrane
110behindbehind besides
115wrilywryly
117'We'd have"We'd have
118back-groundbackground
120sun-lightsunlight
120'We're in a"We're in a
125virturesvirtues
125normalnormal,
129maintainancemaintenance
135extraterrestrialextra-terrestrial
136collossuscolossus
137facsimiliefacsimile
142eveywhereeverywhere
143star-shipsstarships