Transcriber's notes:
[TN-1] Spaced em dash is found in the original.
[TN-2] Corrected from litle to little.
[TN-3] Not Capitalised or italicised in the original, but should probably read Comet
TN-4 This etext was produced from "Astounding Stories" December 1931. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.