ailable!'"

The editor dropped the tape and turned to Gene. "I have one more bit of
information, this one direct from the President by phone. He has asked
me to inform you that he has appointed you new head of FAST."

"FAST?" asked Gene. "What's that?"

"Federal Agency for Space Travel," grinned the editor. "And
congratulations. I hate to lose a good reporter, but maybe you'll be
back after you finish in Washington--at a substantial increase in
salary."

Gene grinned back. "Maybe I will," he said. "And I'll need the money."
He put an arm around Ann and drew her to him. "Two can't live as cheap
as one, you know."

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