YOUNG STOWAWAYS IN SPACE By RICHARD M. ELAM Author of Young Readers Science Fiction Stories, etc. ILLUSTRATED BY GERALD MC CANN _LANTERN PRESS, INC., PUBLISHERS_ 257 PARK AVENUE SOUTH NEW YORK 10, N. Y. Copyright © 1960 by Lantern Press, Inc. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 60-13785 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN CANADA BY GEORGE J. MC LEOD, LTD., TORONTO MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS 1. Space Ship _Orion_ 9 2. Blast-off 16 3. Stowaways in Space 25 4. Adrift in the Deeps 36 5. A “Flying Tin Can” 47 6. A _Carefree_ World 56 7. A Shock in the Night 65 8. Garry Has a Scare 75 9. Satellite Zone 85 10. The Lady Goes Wild 94 11. A Friend Is Lost 107 12. A Startling Discovery 116 13. Abandon Ship! 124 14. First Hours on Luna 133 15. A Dark Outlook 142 16. A Sad Parting 150 17. Dark Peril 160 18. Strange Discovery 169 19. A New Life 181 YOUNG STOWAWAYS IN SPACE 1. SPACE SHIP _ORION_ The orphanage dormitory was locked in the stillness of slumber. Light from the full moon filtered through the large window which ran the entire length of the boys sleeping quarters. Twenty cots filled the dormitory, and all but one held its sleeper. Dark-haired Garry Coleman was standing beside his cot, quietly dressing. Every now and then he would cast an anxious glance toward the darkened door at the end of the dormitory. Above all, he must not disturb the charge-of-quarters, or all would be lost. As he sat on the edge of the cot to put on his shoes, Garry heard a squeak from one of the cots. He stiffened, his heart thumping fearfully.