Dem funny fellers might 'a' eat him up."
The rooster crowed as if glad to be nearing the earth.
Three days later they came in sight of their own planet, but as
night came on, and they did not want to land in the dark, the
projectile was kept up above until daylight, and a day later a
landing was made near the machine shed where the Annihilator had
been built.
"Well, here we are, safe home again," said Mark.
"All but the crazy machinist," added Jack. "I hope he likes it
up there among the Martians."
"I wonder if we'll ever take another trip like this?" asked Andy.
"Perhaps, some day," replied Mr. Roumann.
"I have some other ideas regarding distant planets that I would
like to prove. But we'll take a rest, and see what use we can
make of the Cardite. I would also like to learn if my enemy,
Forker, sent that crazy machinist to bother me," but he never
found out.
As the German had predicted, the red material brought back was
enormously valuable, and the projectile was more than paid for by
a small part of it. The boys resumed their studies at school,
and Professor Henderson devoted much of his time to writing a
book describing some of the peculiar conditions on Mars, while
Mr.
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