"Piracy is what is proven," Randell laughed. "Do you really think you
have a case in our courts?" He sighed softly. "Now, thank you for this
unexpected pleasure. And good-bye. We'll see each other again on Earth,
perhaps."

Then they were gone and immediately afterward, the _Kastil_, balancing
on a white line of flame, leaped away from the asteroid and flashed out
past the stars.

Scott stared after it, a faint smile touching his lips. About him rang
the triumphant laughter of the crew.

Someone gripped Scott's shoulder. "Captain Elderburg on the intercom,
Mister Scott. I just told him. And--congratulations, sir."

Scott grinned. Entering the jet, he faced the intercom, said: "It's over
now, Captain."

"Good work, Mister Scott." Elderburg's voice was unsteady. "How did you
do it?"

"Pretended to be taking something of value," Scott said. He relaxed back
against the seat. "I knew Randell couldn't resist making a clean sweep
of everything we had. So I gave him the chance."

Elderburg's laugh filled the cabin. "And when they open the crate...."

"Good-bye uranium." Pale eyes smiling, Scott waved a knotted fist. "And
now, sir, we're going to start mining ore. This is our claim now. And
we'll be blasting out of here in forty hours with the biggest load of
uranium ore Earth ever got its hands on."

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