(eng) Murray Leinster by City on the Moon

Author:City on the Moon [Moon, City on the]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER X. ABANDON THE LABORATORY!

Joe Kenmore woke in the jeep that had picked him up with his companions. He found himself lying on its metal floor, being twitched this way and that as the jeep rolled at cruising speed over the gentle undulations of the Mare Imbrium. He smelled oil, and ozone, and hot metal. But also he smelled coffee.

He got to his feet, groggily. Arlene Gray lay on an improvised bunk in the rear of the cabin, still sleeping. The jeep, he knew, was headed for Civilian City. A very considerable number of hours had passed, but the lunar night still held. Earthshine bathed all that could be seen, but that was not very much in terms of scenery. Earth, overhead, now began to show the suspicion of a shadow at its western edge. It was now past full—corresponding to lunar midnight. It moved toward third-quarter, which was predawn on the moon.

"Food's a great invention," said Kenmore, as he moved past clutters of machinery in the jeep's cabin. "Give me some I"

Haney handed him a mug of coffee—one of those very special drinking mugs which had a great vogue on Earth, once, because they wouldn't spill liquid but could still be drunk from. Kenmore settled down on one of the folding seats for extra passengers. The same lean Haney began to build a sandwich, competently slapping down the slices of bread when the jeep's motion sent them floating in the air.

"Mike," said the dark-skinned chief amiably, "has been telling us about the doings over at the City."

Kenmore grunted assent. The chief, driving, said over his shoulder, "Plenty of trouble; How're you going to get

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