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<v Speaker 1>Stop Over Planet by Robert E. Gilbert. At two thirty four,

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<v Speaker 1>a m patrolman, Louis Weedby, left the zip cab station

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<v Speaker 1>with arched support, squeaking and night stick swinging. We'd be

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<v Speaker 1>walked east to the call box at the corner of

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<v Speaker 1>Sullivan and Cherokee. The traffic signal suspended above the intersection

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<v Speaker 1>blinked a cautionary amber. Not a car moved on the

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<v Speaker 1>silent streets. We'd be reached for the box. Then he

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<v Speaker 1>swore softly and stepped off the curb. Pardon me, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>for he believed that a patrolman should be courteous at

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<v Speaker 1>all times, even when arresting a school zone speedster. This, however,

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<v Speaker 1>was not a speedster. It seemed to be a huge

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<v Speaker 1>man standing on top of a truck and cutting down

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<v Speaker 1>the stoplight. What's going on here, We'd be asked, Honey,

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<v Speaker 1>Chilly Bakery was advertised on the side of the truck. Instinctively,

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<v Speaker 1>we'd be jammed his whistle in his mouth when he

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<v Speaker 1>realized that the man on the truck wore something like

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<v Speaker 1>a suit of long underwear made of improbable black fir

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<v Speaker 1>sprinkled with tiny red spots. What are you doing to

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<v Speaker 1>the stop light. We'd be demanded. The amber light quit

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<v Speaker 1>blinking without the expected electrical display. Sinuous as beheaded snakes,

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<v Speaker 1>The wires and cables supporting the traffic signal fell into

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<v Speaker 1>the street. The unusual man pocketed his cutting tool, a long,

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<v Speaker 1>thin tube, and lowered the stoplight to the truck. He

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<v Speaker 1>looked at Wedby. The corner street lamp reacted upon his

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<v Speaker 1>eyes like a flashlight thrown on a tom cat in

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<v Speaker 1>an alley. The eyes gleamed green. Weedby's whistle arked to

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the chain and clanked against his metal buttons.

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<v Speaker 1>A block away, on Center Street, a heavy truck roared

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<v Speaker 1>through the business section. The bell of a switch engine

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<v Speaker 1>tolled near the freight depot, and a small dog barked

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly at the obscured sky. I am promoting you to

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<v Speaker 1>Captain replace Hanks. Who I am demoting? The figure on

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<v Speaker 1>the truck, announced Chief Grindstaff. We'd be wondered. The Chief

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<v Speaker 1>of police glared down the patrolman. He hooked a bright

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<v Speaker 1>metal globe to the stoplight, lifted it in one hand,

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<v Speaker 1>and jumped, landing lightly on the pavement. Put this in

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<v Speaker 1>the mobile unit, he said. The truck. I evil. Huh, sure, Chief,

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<v Speaker 1>we'd be said. He tucked his nightstick under his arm

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<v Speaker 1>and prepared to accept a heavy load. Tense muscles almost

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<v Speaker 1>felled him. When the signal proved a weigh not more

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<v Speaker 1>than one pound. Chief Grindstaff opened the doors in the

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<v Speaker 1>rear of the truck, releasing a faint odor of stale bread.

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<v Speaker 1>The truck was empty. We'd be deposited the almost weightless burden.

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<v Speaker 1>The Chief looked him in the eye. I am promoting

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<v Speaker 1>you to captain, he repeated. You will replace Hanks, who

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<v Speaker 1>I am demoting. Thanks, Chief, we'd be exalted. You know

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<v Speaker 1>Hanks didn't treat me fair that time. I yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>know all about that. The Chief interposed, Go bring the

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<v Speaker 1>postage box and place it in the truck. The witch,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh you mean the mail box. Weedby walked across the

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<v Speaker 1>street to the square green box with the rounded metal top.

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<v Speaker 1>Another of the globes had been attached to the mail box,

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<v Speaker 1>and the legs had been burned loose from the concrete sidewalk. Confidently,

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<v Speaker 1>Weedby lifted the like object, carried it to the truck,

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<v Speaker 1>and deposited it inside. Bleacher's there, said Chief Grindstaff, what

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<v Speaker 1>you say, Chief stands there, No stand there. Patrolman Weedby

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<v Speaker 1>stood by the back of the truck. Chief Grindstaff placed

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<v Speaker 1>a device like an atomizer under Weedby's nose and released

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<v Speaker 1>the spray. Miss Betsy Tap awoke after not more than

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<v Speaker 1>one hour of fitful sleep. The door to the garage

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<v Speaker 1>apartment shook under the tattoo of a heavy fist. Miss

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<v Speaker 1>TAP's heart thudded somewhere inside her thirty eight inch bosom.

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<v Speaker 1>She lay rigid in darkness, penetrated only by the glimmer

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<v Speaker 1>of a distant street light. The knocking ceased. Boards creaked

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<v Speaker 1>on the platform outside the door. A face appeared at

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<v Speaker 1>the window, a face in complete shadow except for two

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<v Speaker 1>eyes that glowed with greenish light. Miss Tap, unaware of

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<v Speaker 1>the disarray of her nightgown, sat upright. The alarm clock

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<v Speaker 1>on the floor by the bed, clacked in the stillness.

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<v Speaker 1>The tap in the kitchen cubicle dripped. Timbers contracting in

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<v Speaker 1>the cool of early morning, popped faintly. I need to

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<v Speaker 1>marry you, the face said, I was wrong to night.

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<v Speaker 1>Forgive me. Fred. Miss Tap gasped, in sudden joy, opened

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<v Speaker 1>the portal. Fred said, wrenching metal curlers from her permanently

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<v Speaker 1>waved hair. Miss Tap bounded to the door. She released

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<v Speaker 1>the catch and threw herself at the figure on the landing.

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<v Speaker 1>Fred purred, I want to marry you. I was wrong tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Forgive me, Oh Fred, Miss Tap sighed, I knew you'd

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<v Speaker 1>forgive you. Fred. Well, yes, bring your ray on crape

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<v Speaker 1>with tall tucking what Fred, bring your garb, your clothing? Hurry,

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<v Speaker 1>Miss Tap skillfully fought a blush. Oh Fred, I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be dressed in a minute. Fred slowly stated, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to marry you. I was wrong tonight. Forgive me.

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<v Speaker 1>He walked into the apartment and rapidly gathered and rolled

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<v Speaker 1>together the dress and undergarments scattered on and about the chair.

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<v Speaker 1>He stuffed the spike, heeled shoes into pockets on his

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<v Speaker 1>black furs suit, and lifted Miss Tap in his arms.

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<v Speaker 1>We're eloping, Miss Tap sighed, as Fred carried her down

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<v Speaker 1>the outside stairs. A Honey Chilly Bakery truck with threear

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<v Speaker 1>doors open waited in the driveway. Fred tossed the roll

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<v Speaker 1>of clothing and the slippers into the truck and swiftly

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<v Speaker 1>sprayed miss tap. An unearthly glow permeated the bedroom and

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<v Speaker 1>cast the black shadows of heavy from against the faded

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<v Speaker 1>paper walls. Within the glow, two dots of green flickered.

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<v Speaker 1>The Reverend Enus Shackleford dropped on creaking knees and bowed

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<v Speaker 1>his grizzled head. A voice said, well done, good and

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<v Speaker 1>faithful servant, Arise and follow me, Lord, said Reverend Shackleford,

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<v Speaker 1>I have served THEE faithfully all the days of my life.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. Remember also, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>well done, good and faithful servant, Arise and follow me.

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<v Speaker 1>Shackleford stood on tottering old legs, His night shirt hung

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<v Speaker 1>below his knees. Horrified, shock blanched his lined face. Blasphemer,

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<v Speaker 1>he cried, false prophet, get THEE behind me, Satan. The

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<v Speaker 1>glow danced and faded. A towering black shape pointed a

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<v Speaker 1>bent rod. The rod hissed. The Reverend Shackleford staggered against

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<v Speaker 1>a small table, dragging it with him to the floor.

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<v Speaker 1>He lay still, with one gnarled old hand on a

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<v Speaker 1>large golden edged book that had fallen from the table.

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<v Speaker 1>You're fired, the man in the dream said, over and over,

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<v Speaker 1>Calvin c Kerr rolled off the half bed, struck the floor,

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<v Speaker 1>and awoke. First time I've fallen out of bed in years.

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<v Speaker 1>He groaned. His shaking hand, fumbled with the switch and

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<v Speaker 1>succeeded in turning on the lamp. Missus Calvin c Kerr

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<v Speaker 1>sprawled on her back in the other bed and snored.

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<v Speaker 1>You and your fifteen thousand dollar house, Kerr muttered. He

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<v Speaker 1>combed his thinning hair with his fingers. You and your

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<v Speaker 1>sterling silver, You and your chosen pattern, your service for

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<v Speaker 1>eight How far do you think fifty four dollars a

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<v Speaker 1>week will go? With twelve gage shells, three and a

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<v Speaker 1>quarter of box. Green eyes glittered beside the frilly dressing table.

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<v Speaker 1>The man standing there said, I'm not igniting you. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>giving you a bonus for your fine work, enough currency

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<v Speaker 1>to pay the loan on this house. You'll be making

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred per week this fall. I'll take you hunting

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<v Speaker 1>at my place in the country. Boss Kerr mumbled, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>mister Darmond. Put on your clothing. The boss said, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>show you your new office. You may have a secretary. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not firing you. I'm giving you a bonus. Kerr

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<v Speaker 1>sat gasping on the floor. That's great, boss, he exclaimed,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought I did an extra special job on the

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<v Speaker 1>plastic's mill designed. It'll mean a lot to the company.

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<v Speaker 1>We yes dress quickly. Kerr threw off his pajamas and

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<v Speaker 1>started stuffing arms and legs into his clothes. Missus Kerr

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<v Speaker 1>opened her eyes and squeaked like a dying rabbit. The

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<v Speaker 1>bent rod in the Boss's hand hissed, and Missus Kerr

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<v Speaker 1>stopped squeaking. With tie flapping shirt, unbuttoned, shoes unlaced, Kerr

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<v Speaker 1>followed the Boss through the living room and down the

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<v Speaker 1>flagstone walked to the street. The Boss opened the doors

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<v Speaker 1>on the Honey Chilly Bakery truck and said, in here,

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<v Speaker 1>Missus Jane Hupwrick dropped her mop erveric coast legs trotted

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<v Speaker 1>across the wet lobby of the Jordan Building, and her flabby,

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<v Speaker 1>fat arms reached for the tall man with bright eyes

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<v Speaker 1>who stood near the elevators. It's me, mam, the man cried, Matt.

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<v Speaker 1>Missus Hupwrick cried, Matt, Baby, I got a full pardon, ma'am,

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<v Speaker 1>Matt said, stroking her tangled white hair right from the

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<v Speaker 1>ruling state official. You won't have to scrub floors any more.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going straight, mom. I'm a good mechanic now. They

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<v Speaker 1>learned me a lot in the enclosure. Come on, I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta use truck outside. I bought cheap missus Huppwrick and

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<v Speaker 1>Son walked through the oddly twisted doors of the Jordan

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<v Speaker 1>Building and into the gray twilight that awaited dawn. The

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<v Speaker 1>Honey Chilly Bakery truck waited too. Garry Absten pedaled his

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<v Speaker 1>bicycle against the flow of cars carrying day shift workers

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<v Speaker 1>through the half light. He whirled into Walnut Street, twisted

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<v Speaker 1>a fresh copy of The Morning Herald into a fiendishly

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<v Speaker 1>clever knot, and hurled it in the general direction of

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<v Speaker 1>a front porch that flashed past on his right. Never slowing,

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<v Speaker 1>Gary threw the next paper entirely across the street. He

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<v Speaker 1>chuckled as it cleared a picket fence. Bang bang. He

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<v Speaker 1>blurted his red shirt with a picture of a mounted

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<v Speaker 1>cowboy on the back, ballooned in the early morning breeze. Whoa,

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<v Speaker 1>Gary roared. He stopped, held the bicycle upright with one

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<v Speaker 1>foot on the pavement. A tall, lanky, slightly bow legged

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<v Speaker 1>man with squinting, luminous green eyes stood on the sidewalk.

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<v Speaker 1>Gary looked at the man. The newspapers fluttered to the parkway.

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<v Speaker 1>The bicycle clattered in the street. Howdy Pardner, the tall

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<v Speaker 1>man said, the rustlers are heading for the plateau. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>take the short gash and head him off at the canyon,

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<v Speaker 1>Ramrod Jones. Gary chirped, here's the truck I haul quiz

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<v Speaker 1>Kid the IQ horse in. Let's get after the rustlers.

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<v Speaker 1>Jones said, Gee, I've seen all your pictures, Ramrod said,

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<v Speaker 1>silver City Raiders, Rustlers of Silver City, Silver City Rustlers.

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<v Speaker 1>The Great Cowboy lifted the newsboy into the Honey Chilly truck.

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<v Speaker 1>Pink and rose clouds drifted through a brightening sky as

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<v Speaker 1>the Honey Chilly Bakery truck careened along a narrow road.

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<v Speaker 1>Badly in need of rock and grating from the road,

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<v Speaker 1>the truck rattled into a rutted track through dewy woods

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<v Speaker 1>and skidded swaying to a stop at the side of

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<v Speaker 1>a long, low, grassy hill. The tall creature, dressed in

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<v Speaker 1>black red spotted fur, stepped from the cab and opening

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<v Speaker 1>appeared in the hillside. Four machines, dull metal eggs, balancing

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<v Speaker 1>on single tractor treads, rolled silently through the opening. Jointed

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<v Speaker 1>steel arms darted from recesses in the eggs. One machine

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<v Speaker 1>opened the truck doors. The creature walked up a ramp

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<v Speaker 1>inside the hill and entered a shimmering metallic compartment, greeting

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<v Speaker 1>ze O, I have returned. EO, who wore a suit

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<v Speaker 1>of white fur, hummed, none too, zoon Zah, we miscalculated dawn.

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<v Speaker 1>What success an excellent group, Za said. He stretched and

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<v Speaker 1>reclined on a transparent slab. The servants are unloading the vehicle.

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<v Speaker 1>I captured a young male, a mature male, an aged male,

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of official or guardian male, a mature female,

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<v Speaker 1>and an aged female. Let's view them, EO said, you

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<v Speaker 1>can rest after we're away. The tall creatures entered a

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<v Speaker 1>second compartment, furnished with a large table upon which the

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<v Speaker 1>silent machines deposited inanimate bodies. Extraordinary, said EO, staring at

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<v Speaker 1>Miss Betsey's tap. These things have reached a peak of

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<v Speaker 1>mammalian development. Her correct garments are in this bundle, Za explained.

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<v Speaker 1>The servants are bringing the properties now. I secured a

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<v Speaker 1>system of communication. Also, I brought the quaint muscle powered

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<v Speaker 1>sufficient for other details. Any difficulty, e O asked. As

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<v Speaker 1>language was the greatest obstacle, Zo said. The same word

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<v Speaker 1>has many different meanings, for many different words have the

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<v Speaker 1>same meaning. Rather crude, did you use bait or force bait?

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<v Speaker 1>Zo said, It's much simpler. This is a completely selfish,

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<v Speaker 1>ecocentric breed. Most of them have one thing in mind

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<v Speaker 1>which they want solely for themselves. Their sending power is weak,

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<v Speaker 1>but that one selfish desire is powerful enough to be received.

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<v Speaker 1>I merely dangled it before their minds, and they were hooked.

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<v Speaker 1>He tapped the foot of Calvin C. Kerr. I killed

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<v Speaker 1>this one's female companion. She awoke and screamed. The males

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<v Speaker 1>and females pare off and live together for years. Strange custom.

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<v Speaker 1>Breeding seems to be only one reason for the mutual bondage.

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<v Speaker 1>Zo pointed to missus Jane Huppwrick. The old female may

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<v Speaker 1>be an exception to the selfishness. I couldn't decide whether

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<v Speaker 1>she most wanted to be relieved of cleaning floors by

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<v Speaker 1>primitive methods, or wanted her male offspring to be released

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<v Speaker 1>from some structure where he had been secured. For reasons

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't determine. The machines deposited the Reverend Enus Shackelford

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<v Speaker 1>and then lined up in a precise row. This thing

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<v Speaker 1>is dead, EO, buzzed Zo shook his head. That was

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<v Speaker 1>the only genuine exception. He confused me till I forgot

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<v Speaker 1>his proper clothing. But some can be devised from the

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<v Speaker 1>other samples. He seems to have been a witch doctor.

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<v Speaker 1>His mind was cluttered with myths and superstitions from an

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<v Speaker 1>ancient text. I don't understand him, EO, and I wish

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<v Speaker 1>I had time to study the phenomena. He was different

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<v Speaker 1>from the others. He believed in something and considered himself

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<v Speaker 1>lowly and humble. The minds of the others were in

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<v Speaker 1>constant confusion. They believed actually and nothing. Somehow he saw me, EO,

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<v Speaker 1>I was forced to kill him. No harm done, EO decided.

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<v Speaker 1>He faced the machines and said, destroy the vehicle, draw

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<v Speaker 1>in the camouflage net, prepare for take off. The machines

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<v Speaker 1>rolled from the compartment, and the two creatures followed seal it.

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<v Speaker 1>EO said, I'll plasticize them when we're in space. Fine work, Za,

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<v Speaker 1>I can see the plaque now mounted by EO. Collected

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<v Speaker 1>by ZA typical street corner on planet Earth, Star Soul.

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<v Speaker 1>The directors will surely give the group a prominent place

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<v Speaker 1>in the Galactic Museum of Natural History. Yes, Za agreed,

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<v Speaker 1>glancing back at the Reverend Enus Shackelford. This planet was

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<v Speaker 1>a fortunate stop over the end end of stopover planet