Part 8 (1/2)
That evening Rick began work on the radio circuits, as he had promised Barby The transmitters would be the easiest part, since he could use the san of the Tractosaur controls, hest amateur band
Fortunately, Rick had both an operator's and station licenses as a radio ”haal operation
The girls wandered into the shop where he and Scotty were at work, but there was nothing exciting about the painstaking work of laying out diagrams, so they soon left
Scotty paused in his work of asse the parts they would need
”Rick, how abouttransceivers instead of simple transmitters?”
”So we can send and receive on the saht
But why?”
”I was just thinking Quite a few times we'd have been a lot better off if we could talk back and forth at a distance There's no reason why these have to be designed just for you and Barby to use in the ht, of course He usually was ”We'll make a pair of transceivers, and a receiver for Barby Unless you think we ought to build a transceiver into her outfit, too”
”Would it be ht as well, I suppose”
They buckled down to the job Rick found he couldn't work long, however ”I've still got that guitar-string feeling,” he adht inside” He didn't like it, and there was no apparent reason for it But that didn't help hi experience ”Wish I could help,” he said, ”but I'et our teeth into Those two scientists bother ine ould put two perfectly sensible and healthy people into a state like Steve describes”
”Saht about it a number of times in the past day, but had reached no conclusion ”But if it's from natural causes, how did Marks and Miller--I rinned wryly ”You're not asking reed He said abruptly, ”I've had it Let's hit the hay”
He ht have felt better, or worse, had he been able to tune in on a conversation between To on at that very mo,” To
”We checked hiative Same for the elevator operator The barber is a wanderer, never stays in one shop for long He's hunting another job right now
The machine is his, and it's the only one of its kind We sent Mike Malone in for a treat but a hood with threemounts, so they fit the head The barber applies oil, then turns on the e machine, pure and simple, and it passed the health inspection board, so we know it's not harative record Hht up with hi one It doesn't prove he's clean”
”Too true Any ideas?”
”Just keep an eye on hiuilty Same for the elevator operator But, for noe'll consider you've drawn a blank and let it go at that”
CHAPTER VI
A Calm Precedes a Storm
A crisis had arisen and Rick and Scotty could only stand by helplessly After all, what could mere males do in such a situation?
Barby decided that Rick and Scotty were to fly over to Whiteside and get diving equipree on the type of face ed dohen it came to color