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HERGE THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN THE SHOOTING STAR THE SHOOTING STAR What a wonder ful wight! Yes, but jolly hat | Youd Bhinle it was mid-summer. A shooting star! Quick If I were you,1'd stop wishing and look where Twas, going an And theres the Great Hey, Siow, ‘st Took At that big star. How extraordinary... there's a star too many in the Great A star too many the Great Bear... It beats me! You kuow, Tintin, there are millions And millions of stare. What's one wore or less x. Tw intrigued. As s00n as get home Hiring up the [oe Observatory. Hello? 1s that the observa tory? Can you tell me... Ive just noticed a very| large, bright star in the Great Bear... Hello have under observation ! T see...And...Hellot Hello?...Hello?.. They've hung up! Very odd! Why did they ring off 50 abruptly Crumbs, how hot it Phew!» hb | can't believe my eyes ! 1ks getting bigger every minute! ‘All vory peculiar... and I'ma hy Definitely, going toget to tire bottom of | MANNIE its bigger’ i. Come on, Showy... to the than ever! Observatory s Ti like to have a word with the rector, FAS typonsible.The Director is ehgaged. iS {| Face! Thats the limit shining te & corn ee You soain?... { told you before, the Director's engaged. a ee He can't That doesn’t Excuse me, Tm looking | [TES me, but sah!... Silence! Dov't for the Director of disturb iy colleague; he's deep in the Observatory. some very complicated mathematics. While he's Finishing, have a lock through Che Eeleecope iF you like; its a sight worth secing. ‘Seu! me! Good heavens, sir! || It'S enormous? Awd its hairy legs! | [ Waat lege #... Why, belong] It's horrible... Simply enormous! po} | ... [t makes me ing to that gigantic horrible! } shiver to think of Spider ?... Is thie your idea of 4 joke, young man? ser thee! me Ty Enormous, yee! FZ \\ Come and see By the rings of Saturnt] | How extraordinary! | | Anyway, it's a spider! for yeurseif! «Youre right... Itie, || Extraerdimary!.-. It || Ugh! What a - quite definitely, a has characteristics of monster!... And Spider! Mota segmentata . At || it's travelling - errata least. Nol Its an through space... fe S You see Araneii diadeiwatus! ||| Supposing (€-..32 hy ;: An enormous Araneus Z ys diadematus! Hello, Professor... I've found the A spider’... A barm- It was a epider walking less littie spider! That's all it was, searing them out of their wits! This'Il kil) me! answer, across the lens!... [t's gone It looks like.. Ik looks like @ huge ball of Fire... bigger bet o very oyes AY itis arom Ie 1S a ballof fire |... A | | Yes, it's a gigantic mass of matter \ VA-A-A-A-AST || in Fusion - wy ball of Fire | . But why is ie a Naturally it’s growing bigger ~ it's heading towards uc, at Yes!... That Fireball is 4n incredible speed going te collide with Ehe arth | ..THE END OF THE WORLD, . YES! aa Heading towards ws 7... But if it keeps on coming 4 Te tomorrow merning at 0812 inished, sir, Here are the calcul- ations. The collision will kake place The end of | the world p— Ak 8.12% os THAES ‘geod...and [,Decimus Phodtle, have determined the moment at which the cataclysm will be- Fall ust Tomorrow I chal be famous! {Bue |e | Perhaps yon made A mistake im your calculations Fs ivnposrible Sirstt J Made 4 mis- take! Ust preswme bo. Very well! Check them | 1... I'm sure they're all correct Professor! ll Cake your word For it! Goodbye! Hoy, Snowy? Whats the matter t Rate! 6!... Millions of rats coming upfrom the seners!... | Absolutely panic-stricken! When! They've soni What aout Snowy. Whats happened tobi? SNowyY!... SNOWY! Oh, s0 there you are ! Well t What are you doing there? Why you come when [call Come here! Great snakes! He... he can't move a Te looks.,.[t looks as if he's paralysed t What on earth... Oh, ow [ sea! This fright ful Heat has melted the tar... ‘epent! The end of the world i6 a Judgement is upon us f am Philippulus the prophet ! 1 proclaim the day of Cerror |. The end of the world is nigh! All men will perish! . survivors will die of hunger and Gold... There will be pestilence, and And the Took here Me. You hear that } He Get back to Satan, | [ Oyez, there will be a plague! Frophet, why don't your Master ! Batonic plague! 04 go home? Youd 3 and Fever! The (That Fellow gots be hotter off iw pro F end of the world | ommy nerves! is upon is, servant oF Satan! Crumbs! The window Frame is 40 hoc } burnt Foor old Suowy ... dying fora drink, And gx that poor little Plants al wilted Return to yur Master, the Prince oF Darkuess'! There!... Now | hope We'll leave me in peace! 1 think Tl havea || Phew!..-L've had bit oParest. I'm | | enough oF Ehis . absolutely warn How did you get iw were? ke Frephets come and go as they please! T dowt know how you got in, but | | You sit down! And L know jolly well how you're take a look at what (going out! And I've brought. at snakes! ca‘ ht o'clock! Twelve Quick, let's Great snakes! J Exactly eight o'clock! Twelve || Quick let's check tho time was Areaming...the || minutes more... AE least ... clock woke me up! Now I come to think of it, my clack loses... 5 1 ay 9¢00HdS PIP» Eee ae | third stroke it will | be eight twelve and | twenty seconds... | Pip...pip...pip- Ac | the thied stroke it will be eight: twelve and thirty seconds... vip..Pip We're dead!... No!... On second thoughts, we aren't dead...and it isn't the end of the world... quake! aa Ite wothing , but aw earth. Twonden how they'll explain this one at the Observatory! = Hella t... Hello? + Hello?...The tele- phone's nat working 1. Come on Snowy, we're going along there. UN ne Sean 8 a as V ns Boe Voy Mae Hooray! Hooray! «| | 18 4004 to 4| | vealive! t—. Hooray! Hooray!... The end of the world has been postponed! Bungler!.. Dunderhead : The idiot! He made a mistake in hie calculations! The meteor passed 48,000 km away from the earth, instead of colliding With it and causing the 1 nificent Ra cataclysm Va noped for Never mind, Professor you've till got it in Store... But toll me: what about the Professor! ... Professor. Te baz just boen developed, sir, It is indeed remarkable, don't you agree, sir? Excellent |... Excellent! 1 But, look there. How] Very extra ordinary! ‘ SUNN os That group of lines, i he contre? Uranium, f pre- Urania? Nok on your ings of Saturn’ ‘sy prodigione! Its prodigious! Incredible. My Friends, Lhave Fantastic... Stupetying ! i made a sene | tected anew metal Ametal hitherto tntively unluown ! covery! {have just de- You've heard of the spectroscope. It's the instru- ment that enables us to discover elements in stars, elements not yer isolated here on the earth. This is a spectroscopic photograph of the meteor which bruched pact us today. Each of these lines, or cach group of lines is characteristic of a metal. Those lines in, the centre repre- senb an unknown i 1, Decimas Phostle, have discovered anew metal! [ shall give my mame to it: phestlite. the meteor... My heartiest congratulations! But: Professor, to get back to it didn't collide with the earth, so why was there an earthquake ? Tell me, young. wan, do you like bullle-eyes ¢ Answer me.0o you or do you not like bulls-ayes? Ter... Sallboyes Yes, thank Go out and buy ten penny. wortit of bull's eyes | We must have a Fitting celebration of my dis- covery! You were asking about the earth- quake ?...0h, yes. [twas caused by part of the meteor Crashing to earth, As coon as we know where it Fal, Chore ‘we shati Find phostlite!| “The polar station on Cape Morris (en the northern wast of Greenland) reports that a meteorite has undoubtedly fal- len in the Arctic Ocean, Seal- huntere saw a ball of Fire croce the sky and disappear over the horizon. A few seconds. later the earth shook yolewtly avd jcbergs cracked It has fallen into the sea!... TE has been qulled by the waves ‘nd with ik, may die covery! Frovt of the existence of phostlite ie the end! My sorite! My that’s Ehaty | Showy. The phase lites sunk Come on, Snowy, we'll leave hive Poor frofessor Phostle. Heb terribly upset because is metearite’s fallen in- tothe sea. He's even For. gotten to give Now what's up? Floods, this time? Oris it just a water main cracked by the earthquake ® These bricks will make stepping stones to keep my feet dry. B Groat enakes! Why on carth didn't we think of 1 You see this brick Snowy? Well £ What d'you say? Look at it, Snowy... sticking out of the water! That brick is the meteorite. The water ig the Arctic Ocean. Now d'you see what 1 mean, Snowy? Wail... What is it this time? Profescor ! Professor ! The meteorite tat came dewn would be enorme Than there's still hope. Part oF such huge mass would suraly stick out of the water? wouldnt itt OF course! The violence of the earthquake proved By the rinas We must make a search and Find the meteorite, We wiust orgauize an expedition T'm sure we shall beable to obtain the capital we need From the European Foundation for Scientific Research. We must get down to organizing the expedition at once. Will you help come time attr. A scientific expedition including leading European experts is leaving shortly ona voyage of discovery in Arctic waters. Its dhjective is to Find the meteorite which recently Fell in the Arctic region. IE ts believed that a part of the meteorite may be protruding above the surface of the water and the ice: The expedition will be led by Frofessor Phortle, who has re- vealed the presence ofan un- iolar 98 of distinguished papers «--Setior For Firie Bolero +. Herr Doktor Otto kasown metal in the meteorite, ‘on solar prominen ces The other members of the party are: thor y Calamares, of the Schul University oF Salamanca; University of Munich? ... Professor Faw! Cantonneau, of tie University ‘oF sg Senhor Pedro Joas os Santos, renowned physicist, of the «-. Tinbin, Ehe young reporter, who will represent. the press; and lastly, Captain Haddock, President oF the 5.5.5. (Society of Seber Sailors) who willcom: E don’t think much oF this expedition itl ‘ba jolly cold up there. Faris; University of Coimbra; mand the “Aurora, the veccel in which che epaditicu wl wiart age a Well 9p aboard for ou aor It hight before st- ting of F For Arctic Well, Snowy, the ee “Aurota” sails to~ matere, Holle... someones running down the gang plank That's fay... 5 Contound that rope! on He's vanished --. Wow, | wonder what that fellew _ was deing aboard ship Are you on watch * VS we | | Yess.No.., NOE very communi- cative! Watlo, where's Snowy got tot... Snowy... Snowy! Hello, Captain, l've just seen’a man bolting off the ship. He made off when U challenged hiv! Woosh! .., Woeah! ... Wooah!... Someone wanted to blow up the Anyway, we must be 4 on ourguara. f Suggest you go the ship, or at least damage it badly. But why ? oe One thing, if lever Jay havds on thak Pyromaniac, he'll s€2,a good display of iremerks ! . He...well, he did his best, You gangeter, you! | ..t0u won't escape ‘wwe Yor, we muct keep owreyes 0701, mn ol Caer” A daylight ! SHIPWRECKER ! Good gracious! | 1 shall complain? [shall com-| | Professor Phostle, allow me to introduce Captain It's Professor | plain tothe @ Captain! | | Haddock... You aust excuse Miva, Out we've Just Phostle! 4 discovered an ‘An attempt at cavotage ¢ at on or aie | Gin'thne be poate? l Yes, astick of dynamite on the Fortunately Snowy had the conse to put out the fuse. But come and see, The dynamite!P| Thundering typhoons! Ike gone! ... | TE waz there only two minutes ago!... 1 simply can't under- ay 6 oN wine 3 The ship we Did you the dec there? N= pick something up from K pine ~ one Thats me. il | Lam Professor come down Cantouneau. | would like to speak to the Captais Professor Cantonneau!| I've wo idea. Perhaps he What has happened | tripped over. His suitcase is smashed @ to bits... But... that's my L left it in your cal 1. MY suitcase He did it!...He dvepred ‘And here is a pretty rocket I Found. Now we'll have a beautiful Fire works display :... The dynamite! The crazy fool! Ho's taken the ynamite!..We'l all blow up ! There's not a moment to lose! ¢ Tere!....In half a 2 | inte ete wilt | 40. “whoosh”! ® Vout [recognise you! You'rethe servant of tan! Keep your diate Gti) eae eee" Whew! That was « Great snakes! doge shave! { thought | | What's he doing & it would explode before | | In heaven's mawne ie hie the water!... | | come down! Yrapeatevet inthenane | [Wigher and Yes! Go down! Phenven. but of mel You | | Wigher Tat Froonten de ve abies ta thesiadee tril ever east we down! | | i my watch- sensible. Come on | | of hell, whence you word! down. Look, I'm | | should never have going down, strayed | too Poor old was! Het kit! himself! Please, wy dear Philip- | [You are mot fuostie! | [But C'm Captain Haddock, | [I'm sorry. [ take pulus! tkis 1, Phostle, You have assumed | | by thunder...iu command’ | |no orders, except Director of the Dicervatory,| | his chape, but of thie ship! And [ from above | I'm Don't you remember? .. you area fiend !... order you te come down, staying here! We worked together, | |Youarewot Phostlo! | | ‘blistering barnacles, Come down, I beg of ail and double quick! yout s wo You'll see, He’ Hello, hello, Philippwlus the prophet ! Thie is your guardiau angel, ‘Speaking From heaven. Torder you to return to earth. And be care- ful:dow' break your neck! Come down, by thunder, or TW have you clapped { Dow't argue i any wore. [ know how bo bring hive down He's a patient frow the mental mospital, We've Yee, cir, At once, sir been looking For him all day Don't be anary, sits. Goodbye, Captain, west wortiay President. Never Forget, the eyes oF the whole world and the $.£.5. will be upon you, Good luck! ‘And 60, listeners, the moment oF departure approaches. In a few min- utes the “Aurora” wil sail away, head- ing Morthwards, bound for Arccic waters. A little farewell ceremony is wow taking place. The committee of the Society of Sober Sailors have just presented a truly magnificent bouquet of Flowers bo Captain Haddockgoa their Honorary . President... There's quite a crowd to see the “Aurora” Bee pardon, Captain. Shall we put them in your cabin t Put what, awd Ware's the Frsid- ent of the European Foundation For Scientific Research with the leader of the expedition fof essor Phostle, handing over the Flag to be plant ed on the meteori «af entrust this Flag bo you, Professor, conPident that it will soon Fly From the © weteorite.. am sure you willfind }} ic, new metal, whose existence you Captain! mit oF the Captain! ... There's something Funny going on... Thundering Eyphoons! Read this, frofessor. My radio operator hae just picked up this signal... He inter- copted it quite by accident, while Ke was esting his equipment... So Rico. The polar ship“ Fearysailed from Sau Rico yesterday evening On a voyage of exploration i Arctic waters | Tue “Feary” will try te Find the meteor ite which Felli that area and which, according to experte, contains an Unkwown metal... They've stolen a march onus! They'll take pene tn. of the meteor ail ie Hold on, they haven't found The last moorings have been cast off. This is the mowtent of depart ure... The ship is mov- ing slowly away From the quay. The “Aurora” hhas sailed... Sailed ‘away iM search of a shooting star... You have. been listening toam eyewituece account of the departure of the polar re~ search ship “Aurara™ The programme was relayed through all Eurapease networks. Hal hat hat I wieh them the best of Taek ! You're quite cure Ehat they, won't My dear fellow, you've boon my occ | | Yoq, 1 know tue “Aurora” retary long enough to know that if || Clicd Somer than | nich the Botilwinkel Bank has financed || pated. The fault oF that the "Peary" expedition, tere ts no | | Foal ilaywaca bein of failure. Believeme: tue || ‘his job’ ut done worry, han’ (1 hope 40, Mr. Tye Talien care oF every- Bonlwinkel. But || thing... You ste, my dear Fellow, the scientific expedition i¢ just a cover Fer my plan to take pos- session oF this meteorite and the unknown metal frof- ezeor Phestle was naive enough to tell us about. There's a colossal Fortune waiting tnere Forus. A colossal Fortune, and T donit intend to lose ir" blow away the cobwebs, eh, Guowyt What wondorPul air .- the real tang of the sea! Yes, you can smell the Fish... 1 az 1 de, Swowy. Breathe deeply, Fill your lungs witn Fresh air, Let's go aft tothe stern, Snowy. Anyway, it'll soon be time for lunch... Look, Snowy, there's cur seaplaue up there, on its catapult. [t will help in our search for the meteorite, Ahoy there, steward !... First service For Where's Snowy got be? “an announce lunch. luncheon ! T dow't see him about Every thina's ready, Meanwhile, a I've a good mind te go dis Kia ‘and join the Captain Trnpossible to sleep a wide She's olin iain the bridge. e's rolling J | worse than ever... Fairly dancing a jio! Nothing 07, Weohlorinkel b0en Swept over. beard. But Snowy heres Snowy! That was a near thing, Snowy!» Heavens, what 4 storm! what a Prightful storm! | | wines... Abreeze? tawt this a gale # hen? (None. Still, yo | to be caretul almost down to zero... and the shipping lane. we're im now, the North The lunatic! A little bit closer and he'd have cut us in two... He must be crazy sailing like that, without any lights... Hecouldn'é have judged ie better iF We'd meant tosink us. ‘And why wot? That Wight be precisely what ‘Thundering typhoons !... You're right |... But who on cart Who would be anxious to Prevent us carrying out our search? Who but the “Peary” expedition, or who- ever hag Financed it the “Aurora”... the night bofore we sailed The accident we just avoided looks re~ Is thar the “Kentucky Sear" this bivne? Yes, coming in SS. Kentucky Star. Obeying orders re- ceived, attemptod to sink Aurora. now Mr. Bohl- Operatic wvinkal, Avadio || Cnerted honing shal. instructions. Oh, misery? I Feel go ill! f feel horribly ill! Would you mind if [ opened the window alittle bit ? ome Fresh air would do ws good. TTT Aaa! ..1 fool better already. lame days aor Bron! Ts cold tris morning. Ie Feels Asif we're approach ing You ought to put on warm Come along, Snowy, clothes : you'll catch cold Wewesd our coats’ going about like that. I should have told hhim to be carePut on the deck. Tie sheet- Ayeaye, Captain, M.S, Aurora to fresidene, | | Here, Me. Bohl wi EFS.R. Un sight of Tealand. Putting into inkel: it's a meséage cont by the “Aurora” to the European Foundation Baik, dear Jounsom, that Casir stay will be 4” fort at Akureyri, in for Scientific Research Our long one... Let us begin by sending a yjatjérdur, For ce- | | wirelece operator juct inber- short note. Take this down, Johnson... fuelling. Ali well on | | cepted it. boar. Give itme. Bohlwinkel Bank to Smithers, general agent for Golden Oil, Reykjavik, | Iceland . Circulate Follewing order immediately toall agents For Golden O11 in Iceland: Absolute prohibition against refuelling polar vessel Aurora... There! Have that cent in the secret code. Good morning. I wane There. I'm going to order the Fuel. Just tong enough to Fill up with oils Then we cet ont Ik won't ake, mes | iy ship refuciled Greentand. 4 minute. with i fr Severe oil. [Very good. Whats the Mame of your vessel ? Wnat's that you say? No Fuel oil... That's absurd! I've got to V've bad news For you, in, T suddenly remernbered, Polar research ship Aurora” Captain Giza ogre the |) we haven't a drop of Fuel oft "|| have ei d'vow hear! Haddocle. “ait oF... in stock.., T Mt Fn ‘assure you that peer tern Van't..!tmean, T haven't got amy ole That sounds like an) [Tee disgraceful, * Tell you! DiggraceFul ! Well ?... Well? What happened * | [ There's no fuel to be [ead From Golden Oi, 1 4 all pr Someone else? Golden Oi monopoly of the Fuel of! Ehrough- the country. But that means. We're stuck es, stuck, And the mean: hore Gavvt you Took whal youre doing) You seismic coma Met A semaphore? +. You, why you're nothing but a. Boodle, boodle, veodle! Dear eid ‘My dear Captain Chester!... || Haddock! You haven't changed & Just the came] as ever! R Tintin, let we intreduce you to an old friend: Captain Chester, a shipmate of mine for more than twancy years. Tio glad to hear it, C thought you were going be kill each other! ] | You're, waitin refuel You've said it! What 4 count Not a drop of oil the whole of this ‘one -horse island! No fuel’... But they've | [Tew thousand got plenty at Golden | | thundering Oil. “Twas there just byphoons [1 now. They're Filling teach those up my trawler “Sirius” tomorrow worn What ® Some- ones been hav: rates to play fast and loose Gang of thieves! .. Black snarketcers!... Mono- polizers!...Turncoats!... Qe Ophicleidesi Colocinths! Danit stop me! I'm going to exter- winate these crooks! .. ‘The twisters! jen to me. You're wasting your Do you know who's Financed Peary” expedition t No? It was announced So what 2 1 don't nthe radio | (Ba what 3 thie morning The| vaind! Blistering Bohiwinkel Bank | parnacles, | need oF 5a aki Paci cil a Haddock, listen to me, All right, all right. D'you know Whe ‘owns Ceiden oil te Not... The Boklwinkel Bank, of Silo Rico. Now d'you understand? Let une go! ing to tear Tin go-| Wait, Captain, ose Come on, we'll die ve got an iss this over aines of whisky. Barman! Abottie of whisky, and tices alate whisky For me, thar (TIT have a Two glasses, conicwater ) [irene ag e @ tonie water for By Jupiter, L've just remembered ..., T forgot you're che President oF the Society of Sober Sailors, You don't drink whisky, af course, Tonic for you as well 3 That's enough ! a Thank 2 You're right Tonic water And te yout... Leok, just te please you, THl take a drop of whisky with my For old Only a drop avs A thimbleful.. ea) 5 \ That's enow; te. Thanks rS Aaanaaaaah!.. The tonic in these parts dove you a power of good! Now, tell us your idea where is your ‘ship’ moored Yes, where's she A, the Just astern of the Aurora’, (Thats Finel... Awd youre refuelling t ing? omy i "ee Ay Ps PG ‘That'e the lot, Captain! Our Will you éend off this cable ® tanks are Full "Smithers, Golden Vl, Reykjavik Your orders carried out. Aurora stays Were until mew instructions received . Signed: Payne.” That'll 4 be seven kerb Good. That the *Sirius“going out... Ah, here's the cook!... What have you ie aay? Good bye, old man'... Sorry to Come now, don'é look so angry, Stk 10 good getting crace: A waste of ti Anyway, Gomeone enjoyed your cpaghetzt! Billione of blue blictering harnacles!...Dratted animal Wait tll Leatch the little pirat Ga aos 13 West... This is where we arc. We've crossed the 12nd parallel . You will confine your search to an Arca between 73 and 78 North, and 8 and You understand ? Above all, don't take risks: don't go beyond tha limits we Fixed ‘And don't forget to maintain contact by radio. Goodbye, and good luck. Keep | For the weteorite Se ore Let's hope they don't ran into any trouble, Helio... Receiving yoa loud and dear... Whac?... You've seen something 2 The meteorive? Something lear. But theres a great column of white vapour rising from one spot about eculiat, The sky's quite 20° seen a great column of white vapour om the horizon How extraordinary. Theyve This is frafessor Phostle. Tell me, does the column of vapour seem tobe coming froma detinite point! ... You say there are ne other | eloude tu sight? The aky is clear? Forgive ma. I forgot! Yes, Thus water-vapour| | Helle? Hellot... Gaplain its treracteerive | \(e'éreated, and” || You have causing che column of vapour, | | Enis is rising up || Found the ‘The heat emitted trom it has’ || ‘itn they | |moteorite 1... already melted the ice cloude whick Hooray! Heist Gradually the water sur— al tif they have seen. rounding it ie warming up. |. Are you receiv- Hello... Hello?.._ Hello. They're not answering any more! . Tell me, Captain, should these wires be connected to anything? There! That's Fixed it, Hello®... Al, you ca hear me...Turn round jand come back...The mae Vapour te cauced by Mae aeares the meteorite...yes... Plugged int Come back, you've com pleted your miczion. Smoke from a ship !... Where t... In which dicection 2. Bearing west-south-west. Yes, | | Hello?...Yes...Theyte] | Tks not possible to i were éading in that direction...| | steering towards || tify her yet... But the column of soon know.-- vapour ? Thundering typhoons!... Ie’s the "Peary ion't it Well? What's the ship called 7 Did you see # Tyre heading] [ Aearcrhile... Tm worried. [ keep They're preparin themerconte. er a | wondering how trey tolandee Te | | 5, Peary 2°23 W716" | | manage to land be a miracle iF 40 N., to Bohlwinkal, without hitting one they don't smash vicinity, Weare putting oH. Ke ‘Sto Rico. Have been spot Siew toniby Ere Rcaiernrl | | emma muted Ehewoalves up on Fresume Aurora in heres 9 Thundaring typhoons! se Taey scraped against that one... and that ove too!..Whew! they just missed itt Well, Snowy old boy, if we get out of this iw one ‘Sheed = = PRES: a oe We hare = ei ae 1 | ent to lose, Cap- SI. eh No, Captain, welre wok Finished yet. Comeon, ts haven look at the chart The “Leary” is two hundred ond fifty kim ahead of us. must overtake her! This is the end We must overtake he This isthe the race. Two hundred and fifty kn ahead! Q Captain, we must try to overtake the “Peary”... This is ho moment to throw up the sponge, just when victory ie iw sight. Lock, the *Peary is there.,.And thicis our position. Gur maximum speed is 16 knots. The “Peary"can’t do more chan 12 knots. We could therefore gain on then by 6 kms each hour. They're 250 km ahead. So in 37% hours we'd have cought up withthe “Peary” That's all yery Fine... Tintin’s rights But Eo cabch up we must Ery, 250 Ki! Captain. Yes, unless they'd reached the meteorite by then... Impossible!...le5 quite | [ All right...er...[ say, Captain, Futile to try. We're going | | I'm Frozen to death’ ther to turn round and go” | | that reconnaissance flight. home... T think | needa little You'll havea glass with us, won't Ess] On Give up the struggle?... Never! ... Blistering harnacles, this is no momant to throw up the sponge, just when victory is in sight! Thundering ‘typhoons! ...We'll show those. P-P-Patagouian p-p-pirates what we caw ~The bi-lily -livered landlubbere! Come on! We shall see what we shall see! ... Show aleg! On deck with you! On second thoughts, 1 really do think the game isup. It'd be far better bogive up the struggle Gox'n at the wheel ! Stick to your course . Steer North by East. And watch ont Por icebergs Get on with it, Chief ! Thundering typhoon jump teit!...Full speed ahead! The enemy hove 250km start on us: weve (ee to catch them up! That'e

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