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"That's what I heard in the night," Frank Merrill gasped to Ralph

Addington

"But what are they?" asked Honey Smith in a voice that had a falsetto

note of wonder "They laugh like a woles - buzzards - vultures - condors - rocs - phoenixes," Pete Murphy

recited his list in an or of iinative conjecture

"They're so left over fro with excite as that at this distance At least I think

so" He paused here, as one studying the problem in the scientific

spirit "Often in the Rockies I've confused a nearby chicken-hawk, at

first, with a far eagle But the huulation Those are not little birds nearby, but big birds far off

See how heavily they soar Do you realize what's happened? We've made a

discovery that will shake the whole scientific world There, there,

they're going!"

"My God, look at them beat it!" said Honey; and there e in his

voice

"Why, they're rown almost hysterical "They could carry one of us off We're not

safe We ht

- We must make traps If we can capture one, or, better, a pair, we're

famous We're a part of history now"