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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Into the Sun - -Author: John L. Chapman - -Release Date: March 20, 2021 [eBook #64889] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INTO THE SUN *** - - - - - INTO THE SUN - - by JOHN L. CHAPMAN - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Comet May 41. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -"There's nothing like having a good quart of scotch with you when -you're falling into the sun," said Lejeune. "Won't you join me, -gentlemen?" - -"Listen to him," sputtered Geitz. "He's enjoying this. He likes being -cooked in a cubby-holed space ship; he likes to sit here day after day -while the floor beneath him is burning his shoes." - -Lejeune, the wiry French biologist, lowered the half-empty bottle from -his lips and scowled at the ship's doctor. "But not for long, my dear -Geitz, not for long. Our fate lies within a few hours. The ship will be -drawn closer and closer to the sun. The heat will become unbearable. -Then--pffffft!--the ship will be a little spark--" - -"You're a pain," growled Captain Rogers. - -Lejeune raised his eyebrows quizzically and grinned. He said nothing, -walked to a bunk, and sat down beside Lane, the pilot. - -The silence continued for some time, broken only by the footfalls of -Captain Rogers in his nervous pacing. There was nothing to do but wait. -The four of them knew that. The ship couldn't hold out much longer; it -would burst under the terrific strain, would be reduced instantly to a -cinder by the sun's blistering heat. - -They were trapped, falling into the sun inevitably. - -"One meteorite," said Lejeune casually, "one hurtling fragment of some -interstellar gadabout which chose to cross our path at the wrong time. -That's all it took to smash our jets and send the four of us toward -that fiery mass." - -"Shut up!" snapped Rogers. "It's bad enough without your moaning!" - -Oblivious to the captain's words, Lejeune patted his bottle -affectionately. - -"In the name of heaven!" growled Geitz, leaping to his feet. "Why do we -sit here like a lot of mummies? There's a rocket capsule aboard, you -say, with sufficient power to carry one of us to Mercury. Why don't we -use it? I ask you, Rogers." - -"You answered that yourself," the captain said bluntly. "True, -that rocket capsule can carry one of us to Mercury. Just one, -understand--there's room for but one person in a capsule. I ask -you--which one of us would that be?" - -"That's beside the point," muttered Geitz, as he wiped beads of -perspiration from his forehead. "You don't seem to realize what -valuable information we possess. Think of that cylinder in the supply -room. It contains all the photographs we took of Mercurian plant and -animal life, and the photos of Vulcan. To say nothing of the data -concerning the sun's corona--why, our analysis would be of infinite -value to earth scientists!" - -"Quite so," Rogers said crisply. "But while you're thinking about -that, don't forget the three men who would be left aboard this -ship--think of what would happen to them." He stopped his pacing and -shook a finger under the doctor's imposing Van Dyke. "Do you know what -would happen to them, Geitz? They'd burn alive--they'd cook--while on -earth your scientists would hop around in glee over a few photographs -of Mercury!" - -Geitz sat down heavily, exhausted. - -"The doc's right, Rogers," Lane interposed. "There's no reason for all -four of us dying when it's possible for one to gain freedom. And for -God's sake if you're going to do something do it in a hurry! We'll burn -before you make up your mind!" - -"My mind's made up," Rogers retorted. "I'm staying. In case you've -forgotten, a captain is the last man to leave his ship. As for you -three, fight it out among yourselves. Draw straws--anything. The -consequences will be your worry." - -"I'll stay," murmured Lejeune, lifting his bottle to his lips. - -"You don't mean that," said the youthful Lane. "You want to go--we all -want to go--but it can only be one of us." - -He fell silent, placing his head in his hands. Rogers resumed his -pacing. - -The ship drifted on, slowly it seemed, ever nearing the solar furnace, -falling toward the flames that were eager to dissolve the tiny cruiser -locked in an unyielding gravitational pull. - -"Soon," mused Lejeune. "Soon we'll be too close for the rocket capsule -to break free of the sun's drag. Then there will be no doubt as to what -will be done. Ha!" - -"Damnation!" yelled Lane, jerking erect. "How can you be so confounded -happy about it all? We're falling into the sun, man--doesn't that have -any effect upon you?" - -Lejeune shrugged. "Perhaps. We are falling into the sun, yes. We'll -die, no doubt, so my future is definite. I know what is coming. Soon I -shall be but a tiny spark, drifting nowhere in a big sun. Do I regret -being a tiny spark? Not when I have my scotch with me." - -"You're a smart guy," Lane thrust at him. "Maybe you can tell us how to -choose the rocket capsule's passenger." - -"Simple, my friend. The captain won't go--he must stay with the ship. I -have no relatives, only my scotch, so I am satisfied. The doctor must -stay--he's too fat to get in the capsule. M'sieu Lane, the honor is -yours. Au revoir." - -"Don't be crazy--" - -"Do not worry about us, my friend. We will find something to do. -Perhaps I can interest the doctor and the captain in three-handed -bridge. If not, we'll wait. We'll go soon--sssss! Like that." - -Lane buried his face in his hands again. - -For a few moments there was an unbroken silence. From the -double-insulated hulls emanated a dry hotness that scorched the already -blistered air. The hotness increased, rising to a fierce, intolerable -degree. It grew, inexorably, pressing against their lungs-- - -Lane floundered crazily, leaped across the control room and plucked a -gun from his locker. "This'll make it easier," he gasped, lifting the -weapon to his head. "Somebody's got to fly that capsule--" - -[Illustration: _Lane plucked a gun from his locker. "This'll make it -easier," he gasped, lifting the weapon to his head._] - - * * * * * - -For ten minutes no one spoke. It was hard to speak--each breath was a -torture to the lungs. - -"Lejeune," said Geitz finally, in short gasps, "in God's name will you -get into the capsule and take that cylinder to Mercury? One of us has -got to go--for Lane's sake!" - -Lejeune, sprawled out on the pilot's bunk, made no reply. The captain -stood before the dull gray view-screen, watched him a moment, -thoughtfully. "Can't you reverse the field?" he asked at length. "I'd -like to see the System just once more." - -Rogers had already made a few deft motions on the instrument panel. -Presently, the screen came to life. Its scope possessed a bright -halo--the sun's glow. In the center of the screen Mercury was visible, -a faint, receding globe. Rogers moved the scope slowly until he found -the feeble point of light that designated the earth. He watched it -grimly. "Satisfied, Geitz?" - -"Dr. Geitz is dead," came Lejeune's monotone. - -Rogers turned. The doctor lay on his face, immobile and silent. - -"The heat," said Rogers, "and his age." - -They carried him to the supply room, laid him beside the inert form of -Lane. - -The two men stood watching earth's dull glimmer on the screen. The heat -pressed them relentlessly, always increasing-- - -"Take the capsule, Lejeune. You've no reason to remain." - -"I prefer to stay, Captain Rogers. You have relatives--it is only -proper that you should fly the capsule." - -"Under any circumstances, Lejeune, the captain does not leave his ship -in distress. Should I return to earth without the rest of you, I would -lose my rank unquestionably. Now, before we draw too close, take the -cylinder to Mercury! You're a fool not to!" - -"M'sieu Rogers, I possess magnificent renown as a fool. I shall remain." - -"But the cylinder--" - -"The cylinder, Captain Rogers, be damned." - -They looked at each other a long minute. Rogers, stripped to the waist, -perspiring, his thick black hair hanging in his eyes; Lejeune, small, -wiry, faint traces of a smile lurking on his lips. - -Suddenly the floor shook beneath them. A violent shudder passed through -the ship from stem to stern. The momentum of the sunward fall increased. - -Regaining his balance, Rogers gasped, "Good God--the capsule!" - -They saw a flash of light on the screen, saw the tiny rocket streak -for Mercury in a flare of brilliance. It dwindled rapidly to a -receding speck that was swallowed in the depths of space. - -Speechless, Rogers and Lejeune raced to the supply room. They found -Lane there, but no Geitz and no cylinder. Needles on the face of the -capsule compartment jutting out from the wall registered zero. - -"He was faking," said Rogers. "He wasn't dead--he merely pretended, the -coward!" - -Lejeune took a quick drink, threw a sidelong glance at Lane's bloody -form, and walked slowly back to the control room. Rogers followed. The -clicking of their heels made a sullen echo upon the blistered walls. - -On the screen, something dim and remote was moving, growing in size. -Rogers hastened forward in amazement. - -"It's Geitz!" he breathed. "Lord--he was too late--he's falling back!" - -"A pity," said Lejeune. "He has so much longer to wait now. It must be -horrible." - -"And the cylinder," Rogers sighed. "All that information will be lost." -His tired, bloodshot eyes followed the little capsule's course across -the screen, back toward the flaming sun. - -"Perhaps," remarked Lejeune, "there will be another expedition to -Mercury some day, another group of scientists, with a better ship and -better equipment. And no meteorite will prevent their safe return to -earth." He hesitated, took two tumblers from a nearby cabinet and -filled them with the remaining contents of his bottle. He handed one of -them to Rogers, took the other himself. "A final toast, Captain?" - -Rogers accepted. "To the next Mercurian expedition, Lejeune." - -"The next expedition, Captain Rogers." - -They drank, and Lejeune sucked in a breath. "I say--it's getting a bit -warm in here, isn't it?" - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INTO THE SUN *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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"Won't you join me, -gentlemen?"</p> - -<p>"Listen to him," sputtered Geitz. "He's enjoying this. He likes being -cooked in a cubby-holed space ship; he likes to sit here day after day -while the floor beneath him is burning his shoes."</p> - -<p>Lejeune, the wiry French biologist, lowered the half-empty bottle from -his lips and scowled at the ship's doctor. "But not for long, my dear -Geitz, not for long. Our fate lies within a few hours. The ship will be -drawn closer and closer to the sun. The heat will become unbearable. -Then—pffffft!—the ship will be a little spark—"</p> - -<p>"You're a pain," growled Captain Rogers.</p> - -<p>Lejeune raised his eyebrows quizzically and grinned. He said nothing, -walked to a bunk, and sat down beside Lane, the pilot.</p> - -<p>The silence continued for some time, broken only by the footfalls of -Captain Rogers in his nervous pacing. There was nothing to do but wait. -The four of them knew that. The ship couldn't hold out much longer; it -would burst under the terrific strain, would be reduced instantly to a -cinder by the sun's blistering heat.</p> - -<p>They were trapped, falling into the sun inevitably.</p> - -<p>"One meteorite," said Lejeune casually, "one hurtling fragment of some -interstellar gadabout which chose to cross our path at the wrong time. -That's all it took to smash our jets and send the four of us toward -that fiery mass."</p> - -<p>"Shut up!" snapped Rogers. "It's bad enough without your moaning!"</p> - -<p>Oblivious to the captain's words, Lejeune patted his bottle -affectionately.</p> - -<p>"In the name of heaven!" growled Geitz, leaping to his feet. "Why do we -sit here like a lot of mummies? There's a rocket capsule aboard, you -say, with sufficient power to carry one of us to Mercury. Why don't we -use it? I ask you, Rogers."</p> - -<p>"You answered that yourself," the captain said bluntly. "True, -that rocket capsule can carry one of us to Mercury. Just one, -understand—there's room for but one person in a capsule. I ask -you—which one of us would that be?"</p> - -<p>"That's beside the point," muttered Geitz, as he wiped beads of -perspiration from his forehead. "You don't seem to realize what -valuable information we possess. Think of that cylinder in the supply -room. It contains all the photographs we took of Mercurian plant and -animal life, and the photos of Vulcan. To say nothing of the data -concerning the sun's corona—why, our analysis would be of infinite -value to earth scientists!"</p> - -<p>"Quite so," Rogers said crisply. "But while you're thinking about -that, don't forget the three men who would be left aboard this -ship—think of what would happen to them." He stopped his pacing and -shook a finger under the doctor's imposing Van Dyke. "Do you know what -would happen to them, Geitz? They'd burn alive—they'd cook—while on -earth your scientists would hop around in glee over a few photographs -of Mercury!"</p> - -<p>Geitz sat down heavily, exhausted.</p> - -<p>"The doc's right, Rogers," Lane interposed. "There's no reason for all -four of us dying when it's possible for one to gain freedom. And for -God's sake if you're going to do something do it in a hurry! We'll burn -before you make up your mind!"</p> - -<p>"My mind's made up," Rogers retorted. "I'm staying. In case you've -forgotten, a captain is the last man to leave his ship. As for you -three, fight it out among yourselves. Draw straws—anything. The -consequences will be your worry."</p> - -<p>"I'll stay," murmured Lejeune, lifting his bottle to his lips.</p> - -<p>"You don't mean that," said the youthful Lane. "You want to go—we all -want to go—but it can only be one of us."</p> - -<p>He fell silent, placing his head in his hands. Rogers resumed his -pacing.</p> - -<p>The ship drifted on, slowly it seemed, ever nearing the solar furnace, -falling toward the flames that were eager to dissolve the tiny cruiser -locked in an unyielding gravitational pull.</p> - -<p>"Soon," mused Lejeune. "Soon we'll be too close for the rocket capsule -to break free of the sun's drag. Then there will be no doubt as to what -will be done. Ha!"</p> - -<p>"Damnation!" yelled Lane, jerking erect. "How can you be so confounded -happy about it all? We're falling into the sun, man—doesn't that have -any effect upon you?"</p> - -<p>Lejeune shrugged. "Perhaps. We are falling into the sun, yes. We'll -die, no doubt, so my future is definite. I know what is coming. Soon I -shall be but a tiny spark, drifting nowhere in a big sun. Do I regret -being a tiny spark? Not when I have my scotch with me."</p> - -<p>"You're a smart guy," Lane thrust at him. "Maybe you can tell us how to -choose the rocket capsule's passenger."</p> - -<p>"Simple, my friend. The captain won't go—he must stay with the ship. I -have no relatives, only my scotch, so I am satisfied. The doctor must -stay—he's too fat to get in the capsule. M'sieu Lane, the honor is -yours. Au revoir."</p> - -<p>"Don't be crazy—"</p> - -<p>"Do not worry about us, my friend. We will find something to do. -Perhaps I can interest the doctor and the captain in three-handed -bridge. If not, we'll wait. We'll go soon—sssss! Like that."</p> - -<p>Lane buried his face in his hands again.</p> - -<p>For a few moments there was an unbroken silence. From the -double-insulated hulls emanated a dry hotness that scorched the already -blistered air. The hotness increased, rising to a fierce, intolerable -degree. It grew, inexorably, pressing against their lungs—</p> - -<p>Lane floundered crazily, leaped across the control room and plucked a -gun from his locker. "This'll make it easier," he gasped, lifting the -weapon to his head. "Somebody's got to fly that capsule—"</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> - <div class="caption"> - <p><i>Lane plucked a gun from his locker. "This'll make it easier," he gasped, lifting the weapon to his head.</i></p> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>For ten minutes no one spoke. It was hard to speak—each breath was a -torture to the lungs.</p> - -<p>"Lejeune," said Geitz finally, in short gasps, "in God's name will you -get into the capsule and take that cylinder to Mercury? One of us has -got to go—for Lane's sake!"</p> - -<p>Lejeune, sprawled out on the pilot's bunk, made no reply. The captain -stood before the dull gray view-screen, watched him a moment, -thoughtfully. "Can't you reverse the field?" he asked at length. "I'd -like to see the System just once more."</p> - -<p>Rogers had already made a few deft motions on the instrument panel. -Presently, the screen came to life. Its scope possessed a bright -halo—the sun's glow. In the center of the screen Mercury was visible, -a faint, receding globe. Rogers moved the scope slowly until he found -the feeble point of light that designated the earth. He watched it -grimly. "Satisfied, Geitz?"</p> - -<p>"Dr. Geitz is dead," came Lejeune's monotone.</p> - -<p>Rogers turned. The doctor lay on his face, immobile and silent.</p> - -<p>"The heat," said Rogers, "and his age."</p> - -<p>They carried him to the supply room, laid him beside the inert form of -Lane.</p> - -<p>The two men stood watching earth's dull glimmer on the screen. The heat -pressed them relentlessly, always increasing—</p> - -<p>"Take the capsule, Lejeune. You've no reason to remain."</p> - -<p>"I prefer to stay, Captain Rogers. You have relatives—it is only -proper that you should fly the capsule."</p> - -<p>"Under any circumstances, Lejeune, the captain does not leave his ship -in distress. Should I return to earth without the rest of you, I would -lose my rank unquestionably. Now, before we draw too close, take the -cylinder to Mercury! You're a fool not to!"</p> - -<p>"M'sieu Rogers, I possess magnificent renown as a fool. I shall remain."</p> - -<p>"But the cylinder—"</p> - -<p>"The cylinder, Captain Rogers, be damned."</p> - -<p>They looked at each other a long minute. Rogers, stripped to the waist, -perspiring, his thick black hair hanging in his eyes; Lejeune, small, -wiry, faint traces of a smile lurking on his lips.</p> - -<p>Suddenly the floor shook beneath them. A violent shudder passed through -the ship from stem to stern. The momentum of the sunward fall increased.</p> - -<p>Regaining his balance, Rogers gasped, "Good God—the capsule!"</p> - -<p>They saw a flash of light on the screen, saw the tiny rocket streak -for Mercury in a flare of brilliance. It dwindled rapidly to a -receding speck that was swallowed in the depths of space.</p> - -<p>Speechless, Rogers and Lejeune raced to the supply room. They found -Lane there, but no Geitz and no cylinder. Needles on the face of the -capsule compartment jutting out from the wall registered zero.</p> - -<p>"He was faking," said Rogers. "He wasn't dead—he merely pretended, the -coward!"</p> - -<p>Lejeune took a quick drink, threw a sidelong glance at Lane's bloody -form, and walked slowly back to the control room. Rogers followed. The -clicking of their heels made a sullen echo upon the blistered walls.</p> - -<p>On the screen, something dim and remote was moving, growing in size. -Rogers hastened forward in amazement.</p> - -<p>"It's Geitz!" he breathed. "Lord—he was too late—he's falling back!"</p> - -<p>"A pity," said Lejeune. "He has so much longer to wait now. It must be -horrible."</p> - -<p>"And the cylinder," Rogers sighed. "All that information will be lost." -His tired, bloodshot eyes followed the little capsule's course across -the screen, back toward the flaming sun.</p> - -<p>"Perhaps," remarked Lejeune, "there will be another expedition to -Mercury some day, another group of scientists, with a better ship and -better equipment. And no meteorite will prevent their safe return to -earth." He hesitated, took two tumblers from a nearby cabinet and -filled them with the remaining contents of his bottle. He handed one of -them to Rogers, took the other himself. "A final toast, Captain?"</p> - -<p>Rogers accepted. "To the next Mercurian expedition, Lejeune."</p> - -<p>"The next expedition, Captain Rogers."</p> - -<p>They drank, and Lejeune sucked in a breath. 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