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"Just a minute!" The colonel had arisen. He was a fine, ascetic type of man. He held out his hand. "Good by, Olear. Watch yourself!" When Olear had taken his matter of fact departure the colonel ran his fingers through his whitening hair. JUST A MINUTE THE COLONEL HAD ARISEN HE WAS A FINE ASCETIC TYPE OF MAN HE HELD OUT HIS HAND GOOD BYE O'LIA WATCH YOURSELF WHEN ELIO HAD TAKEN HIS MATTER OF FACT DEPARTURE THE COLONEL RAN HIS FINGERS THROUGH HIS WHITENING HAIR
xcellent. A scar, dead white on a brown cheekbone, was a reminder of an "encounter" with one of the numerous sauriens of Venus. "I'm sending you," explained the colonel, "because you're more experienced, and not like some of these kids, always spoiling for a fight. There's something queer about this affair. Morones, factor of the Blue River post, reports that his assistant has disappeared. Vanished. Simply gone. But only three months ago the former factor--Morones was his assistant--disappeared. No hide nor hair of him. Morones reported to the company, the Mercurian Trading Concession, and they called me. Something, they think, is rotten." "Yes, sir." "I guess I needn't tell you," the colonel went on, "that you have to use tact. People don't seem to appreciate the Force. What with the lousy politicians begrudging every cent we get, and a bunch of suspicious foreign powers afraid we'll get too good--" "Yeah, I know. Tact, that's my motto. No rough stuff." He saluted, turned on his heel. WITH THICK SHORT LIGHT COLORED LASHES HIS TEETH EXCELLENT A SCAR DEAD WHITE ON A BROWN CHEEK BONE WAS A REMINDER OF AN ENCOUNTER WITH ONE OF THE NUMEROUS SAURIANS OF VENUS I'M SENDING YOU EXPLAINED THE COLONEL BECAUSE YOU'RE MORE EXPERIENCE AND NOT LIKE SOME OF THESE KIDS ALWAYS SPOILING FOR A FIGHT THERE'S SOMETHING QUEER ABOUT THIS AFFAIR MORONUS FACTOR OF THE BLUE RIVER POST REPORTS THAT HIS ASSISTANT HAS DISAPPEARED VANISHED SIMPLY GONE BUT ONLY THREE MONTHS AGO THE FORMER FACTOR MORONES WAS HIS ASSISTANT DISAPPEARED NO HIDE NOR HAIR OF HIM MORONES REPORTED TO THE COMPANY THE MERCURIAN TRADING CONCESSION AND THEY CALLED ME SOMETHING THEY THINK IS ROTTEN YES SIR I GUESS I NEEDN'T TELL YOU THE COLONEL WENT ON THAT YOU HAVE TO USE TACT PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO APPRECIATE THE FORCE WHAT WITH THEIR LOUSY POLITICIANS BEGRUDGING EVERY CENT WE GET AND A BUNCH OF SUSPICIOUS FOREIGN POWERS AFRAID WE'LL GET TOO GOOD YEAH I KNOW TACT THAT'S MY MOTTO NO ROUGH STUFF HE SALUTED AND TURNED ON HIS HEEL
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