Be Young again! by Murray Leinster — Read

When I wake up in the morning I feel pretty good. I hear something / whining close by, and sit up; there is that pooch. He looks a lot / spryer than he has been, but he is hungry. When I feed him, he eats / until his belly bulges out, and then lays down and goes to sleep. I / take another swim; I ain't in any hurry. I have till sundown to get / to Esperance to meet Jode. I am divin' when I hear a boomin' sound / underwater, so I come up and there is Mr. Vachti's yacht streakin' for / the island again. I get on shore and watch from behind the trees; it / goes around the end of the island again. About a hour later it goes / back to Las Lagunas.

I get worried, put on some clothes and go careful over to where the / closed-up house is. It is only one story high, but it sprawls all over / and it cost plenty. But it isn't closed up any longer. The windows are / open and Mr. Vachti is sitting in a deck-chair on a terrace, smoking a / long black cigar. Then I blink; there is Jode, sporty clothes and all, / waddling out to speak to him. I see a coupla men working around what I / guessed was the kitchen; then I see Prof Henry Barr in person. He has / been a spry old goat, but he looks all drooped and unhappy now.