Young Stowaways in Space

1. Space Ship _Orion_ 9 2. Blast-off 16 3. Stowaways in Space 25 4. Adrift in the Deeps 36 5. A “Flying Tin Can” 47 6. A _Carefree_ World 56 7. A Shock in the Night 65 8. Garry...

“Now where do we go from here?” Patch asked, as the two removed their harness straps and got to their feet. “Garry, I’m scared, plenty scared! Wow, I’m a little wobbly too!”

“I thought whoever was in this ship must be in some sort of trouble,” he said, “because of your erratic flight. That’s why we latched onto you, to see if we could be of some help.”

Within only a few minutes’ time, Garry began hearing the quiet breathing of those around him already in deep sleep. But he was too excited to drop off just yet. As he lay there...

Garry and Patch swam and splashed to their hearts’ content. It was the most fun they had had in a long time. They knew no one would ever believe their story of swimming in a poo...

“I couldn’t even guess at that. If there’s not too much wrong with the flier, he may get it repaired in short order. But a major repair—I just don’t know. I guess the next thing...

“The transmitter is a very light and simple one,” Mac went on. “All it can do is send out an SOS signal from time to time; it can’t transmit words. Yet whoever picks it up can e...

They slogged silently through the gray dust in the bouncy, light-footed motion that they had become accustomed to by now. Every once in a while Garry would glance about him at t...

“I had some control,” Ben explained. “As soon as I released the flier from the _Carefree_, I started my attempt to save the ship and myself as well. I donned a pressure suit and...