36xxxx 048 Escape From Guard

It is just before dark on the magic island of Euclidea, Captain Bradford and Mrs. Gregory are on the captive yacht, secretly transferring their valuables and navigation instruments to the diesel-mootered cruiser which Johnson brought to the island to rescue them with. However, the boat was captured, but not Johnson, who transferred to another boat and is waiting

somewhere north of the island for word from the prisoners. Jerry and Joan have gone into the lower levels of the island, trying to find a way to gain control of the Euclidean radio and power rooms as they examine a scale model of the island in the sound channel someone enters Joan fires her a gun and Jerry falls as if the ray had

put him to sleep it is one minute later was that the door yes Jerry the guard is gone you need not whisper boy was that a close call and did you think fast when you told him you'd caught me in here and put me to sleep with a ray gun that was the

only thing I could think of to tell him and he knows this ray gun I have is one of the three hundred second type so he expects you to sleep for five minutes. Oh, how long is it since I had to take a tumble when he came in the room?

Exactly, fifty-nine seconds from the time I fired the ray gun until you heard the door closed. I was looking at my personal chronometer when a guard came in. Oh, cut out that personal chronometer stuff.

That's the wristwatch to you from now on, personal chronometer. Very well, Jerry. But we must hurry and do something now. We have not more than two minutes. Then the guard will return to take you to the confinement cells as I requested.