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Title: Creatures of Vibration

Author: Harl Vincent

Release Date: July 26, 2007 [EBook #22154]

Language: English

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[Illustration: _He was running toward the crater's edge._]

Creatures of Vibration

_A Sequel to "Vagabonds of Space"_

By Harl Vincent

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| The Vagabonds of Space are cast into |
| the hands of the vibration-maddened |
| natives of Titan, satellite of Saturn. |
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Carr Parker sat day-dreaming at the _Nomad's_ controls. More than a week
of Earth time had passed since the self-styled "vagabonds of space" had
left Europa, and now they were fast approaching the great ringed orb of
Saturn with the intention of exploring her satellites.

Behind him, his Martian friend, Mado, was manipulating the mechanism of
the _rulden_, that remarkable Europan optical instrument which Detis
had installed in the vessel before they left. Mado was utterly
fascinated by the machine, having spent most of his time during the
voyage searching the surfaces of Saturn's moons for signs of human
habitation. Now, as they headed directly for Titan, the sixth satellite,
he was completely absorbed in an examination of the heavy cloud layer
that covered it.

But Carr's thoughts were of his bride, who still slumbered in their
stateroom amidships. In his bachelor days he never had imagined he could
find such contentment as had come with his marriage to Ora. He had
fought shy of the fair sex on Earth. Somehow, the women he knew back
home had bored him; angling for a man's money and position, most of
them, and incapable of giving real love and companionship in return for
the luxuries they dem