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Title: A Place in the Sun

Author: C.H. Thames

Release Date: October 19, 2008 [EBook #26966]

Language: English

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A "JOHNNY MAYHEM" ADVENTURE

A PLACE IN THE SUN

By C. H. THAMES

_Mayhem, the man of many bodies, had been given some weird
assignments in his time, but saving The Glory of the Galaxy
wasn't difficult--it was downright impossible!_

The SOS crackled and hummed through subspace at a speed which left
laggard light far behind. Since subspace distances do not coincide with
normal space distances, the SOS was first picked up by a Fomalhautian
freighter bound for Capella although it had been issued from a point in
normal space midway between the orbit of Mercury and the sun's corona in
the solar system.

[Illustration: The terrible weapon blasted death and carnage
through the ship.]

The radioman of the Fomalhautian freighter gave the distress signal to
the Deck Officer, who looked at it, blinked, and bolted 'bove decks to
the captain's cabin. His face was very white when he reached the door
and his heart pounded with excitement. As the Deck Officer crossed an
electronic beam before the door a metallic voice said: "The Captain is
asleep and will be disturbed for nothing but emergency priority."

Nodding, the Deck officer stuck his thumb in the whorl-lock of the door
and entered the cabin. "Begging your pardon, sir," he cried, "but we
just received an SOS from--"

* * * * *

The Captain stirred groggily, sat up, switched on a green night light
and squinted through it at the Deck Officer. "Well, what is it? Isn't
the Eye working?"

"Yes, sir. An SOS, sir...."

"If we're close enough to help, subspace or normal spac