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The rain had stopped, and, in order to be ready to fire in any direction at any time, he had removed the top of the jeep. Now he had to crouch below the windshield to avoid overhanging branches. THE RAIN HAD STOPPED AND IN ORDER TO BE READY TO FIRE IN ANY DIRECTION AT ANY TIME HE HAD REMOVED THE TOP OF THE JEEP NOW HE HAD TO CROUCH BELOW THE WINDSHIELD TO AVOID OVERHANGING BRANCHES
ous fury of the creature he sought. At the moment, mastering his queasiness and putting on the coat, he objected less to that danger than to the hideous stench of the scent, to obtain which a valuable specimen had been sacrificed at the Dhergabar Museum of Extraterrestrial Zoology, the evening before. Carrying the wrapper and the spray-gun to an outside fireplace, he snapped his lighter to them and tossed them in. They were highly inflammable, blazing up and vanishing in a moment. He tested the electric headlamp on the front of his cap; checked his rifle; drew the heavy revolver, an authentic product of his line of operation, and flipped the cylinder out and in again. Then he got into the jeep and drove away. For half an hour, he drove quickly along the valley roads. Now and then, he passed farmhouses, and dogs, puzzled and angered by the alien scent his coat bore, barked furiously. At length, he turned into a back road, and from this to the barely discernible trace of an old log road. LIVING BAIT FOR THE MURDEROUS FURY OF THE CREATURE HE SOUGHT AT THE MOMENT MASTERING HIS QUEASINESS AND PUTTING ON THE COAT HE OBJECTED LESS TO THAT DANGER THAN TO THE HIDEOUS STENCH OF THE SCENT TO OBTAIN WHICH A VALUABLE SPECIMEN HAD BEEN SACRIFICED AT THE DHERGABAR MUSEUM OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZOOLOGY THE EVENING BEFORE CARRYING THE WRAPPER AND THE SPRAY GUN TO AN OUTSIDE FIREPLACE HE SNAPPED HIS LIGHTER TO THEM AND TOSSED THEM IN THEY WERE HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE BLAZING UP AND VANISHING IN A MOMENT HE TESTED THE ELECTRIC HEADLAMP ON THE FRONT OF HIS CAP CHECKED HIS RIFLE DREW THE HEAVY REVOLVER AN AUTHENTIC PRODUCT OF HIS LINE OF OPERATION AND FLIPPED THE CYLINDER OUT AND IN AGAIN THEN HE GOT INTO THE JEEP AND DROVE AWAY FOR HALF AN HOUR HE DROVE QUICKLY ALONG THE VALLEY ROADS NOW AND THEN HE PASSED FARMHOUSES AND DOGS PUZZLED AND ANGERED BY THE ALIEN SCENT HIS COAT BORE MARKED FURIOUSLY AT LENGTH HE TURNED INTO A BACK ROAD AND FROM THIS TO THE BARELY DISCERNIBLE TRACE OF AN OLD LOG ROAD
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