"
"Probably not," answered Professor Henderson. "It was a good
idea, Washington. Pass me some, please."
"Ain't Mr. Roumann comin' to dinnah?"
"Not now," answered the scientist. "He will stay in the pilot
house until I relieve him."
"It seems mighty queer to be sitting down to a meal, and all the
while we're shooting along at fifty miles a second," remarked
Jack.
"Yes; it doesn't seem as if we were moving at all," agreed Mark.
Indeed, the dining-room of the Annihilator was a very comfortable
place, though the space was rather contracted, due to the shape
of the projectile and the necessity for carrying a great quantity
of stores. The living-room served as the place for serving the
meals, which were prepared in a sort of galley or kitchen off the
engine-room.
"It's like eating in a dining-car on a railroad train," observed
Andy Sudds, "only it is more steady. No curves, and nothing like
that."
"Do you like it?" inquired Mr. Henderson.
"Well, it's nice, of course, and there isn't any better cook than
Washington, but, to tell the honest truth, I've eaten with more
satisfaction when I made a fire in the woods and boiled coffee
and fried bacon.
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