air lock open, and took over."

"But didn't the crew offer any resistance?" asked Roger.

"No, and from the story they tell me about Coxine wanting to establish a
new order, or something like that, they were glad to surrender. They
think he's crazy."

When the enlisted men carried Coxine, still unconscious, off the control
deck, the three members of the _Polaris_ unit and their skipper watched
him leave silently. All of them realized how close the Solar Alliance
had come to destruction at the hands of the insane pirate. Finally
Strong turned to his crew of cadets.

"Well, boys," he said wearily, "we've recovered the adjustable light-key
and captured Coxine. I guess that finishes the space pirates!"

"Yes, sir," said Tom quietly. "And this sure teaches me a lesson."

"What's that?" said Strong.

"Never to think that being a Space Cadet is a matter of learning
something from a story spool. Being a Space Cadet is like being--" He
stopped. "Like nothing in the universe!"

* * * * *

THE TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET STORIES

By Carey Rockwell

STAND BY FOR MARS!
DANGER IN DEEP SPACE
ON THE TRAIL OF THE SPACE PIRATES
THE SPACE PIONEERS
THE REVOLT ON VENUS
TREACHERY IN OUTER SPACE
SABOTAGE IN SPACE
THE ROBOT ROCKET

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