Thief in the Night [antikvár]

FOREWORD passengers aboard venus rocket arrive london airport tonight I admit that the headline intrigued me. Quickly I glanced at the front pages of two other newspapers. science proves soul immortal continent of atlantis rises in sea off portugal I looked across the television news desk at the editor. 'Anything else ?' He pointed. medical discovert ends all disease hitler found altve in vienna I nodded. It's the end of the world, all right.' He handed me the magazine in which these headlines were printed. 'Take it along and read it.' I went back to my desk in the Sports Department, opened the magazine, and began to study it carefully. It was a shot in the arm. Only this morning I had felt like a detective who was trying to solve a crime one hundred years after the deed had been committed. Until this moment, the trail had been very cold. At least this article encouraged me to go on with my search. Apparently thousands of people were still as keenly interested in solving the mystery as I was, even after more than a century. ix