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Scott stared after it, a faint smile touching his lips. About him rang the triumphant laughter of the crew.
Someone gripped Scott's shoulder. "Captain Elderburg on the intercom, Mister Scott. I just told him. And--congratulations, sir."
Scott grinned. Entering the jet, he faced the intercom, said: "It's over now, Captain."
"Good work, Mister Scott." Elderburg's voice was unsteady. "How did you do it?"
"Pretended to be taking something of value," Scott said. He relaxed back against the seat. "I knew Randell couldn't resist making a clean sweep of everything we had. So I gave him the chance."
Elderburg's laugh filled the cabin. "And when they open the crate...."
"Good-bye uranium." Pale eyes smiling, Scott waved a knotted fist. "And now, sir, we're going to start mining ore. This is our claim now. And we'll be blasting out of here in forty hours with the biggest load of uranium ore Earth ever got its hands on."
