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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Hard Guy + +Author: H. B. Carleton + +Release Date: October 9, 2008 [EBook #26855] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARD GUY *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/001.png" width="600" height="453" alt="" title="" /> + +<div class="bk1"><i>There will be fine, glittering, +streamlined automobiles in +2000 A.D. Possibly they will +run themselves while the driver +sits back with an old-fashioned +in his hands. Perhaps they will +carry folks down the highways +at ninety miles an hour in +perfect safety. But picking up +a hitch-hiker will still be as +dangerous as it is today.</i></div> + +<h1>HARD<br /> +GUY</h1> + +<h2><small>By H. B. CARLETON</small></h2></div> + +<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">He was</span> standing at the side +of the glassite super-highway, +his arm half-raised, thumb +pointed in the same direction as +that of the approaching rocket +car. Ordinarily Frederick Marden +would have passed a hitch-hiker +without stopping, but there +was something in the bearing +and appearance of this one that +caused him to apply his brakes.</p> + +<p>Marden opened the door next +to the vacant seat beside him.</p> + +<p>"Going my way?" he asked.</p> + +<p>A pair of steady, unsmiling +blue eyes looked him over. +"Yeah."</p> + +<p>"All right, then. Hop in."</p> + +<p>The hitch-hiker took his time. +He slid into the seat with casual +deliberateness and slammed the +car door shut. The rocket car got +under way once more.</p> + +<p>They rode in silence for half +a mile or so. Finally Marden +glanced questioningly at his companion's +expressionless profile.</p> + +<p>"Where are you headed for?" +he asked.</p> + +<p>"Dentonville." He spoke from +the corner of his mouth, without +turning his head.</p> + +<p>"Oh, yes. That's the next town, +isn't it?"</p> + +<p>"Yeah."</p> + +<p>Not very communicative, reflected +Marden, noticing the +rather ragged condition of the +other's celo-lex clothing.</p> + +<p>"Have much trouble getting +rides?"</p> + +<p>The passenger turned his +head, his blue eyes without emotion.</p> + +<p>"Yeah. Most guys are leery +about pickin' up hitch-hikers. +Scared they'll get robbed."</p> + +<p>Marden pursed his lips, nodded.</p> + +<p>"Something to that, all right. +I'm usually pretty careful myself; +but I figured you looked +okay."</p> + +<p>"Can't always tell by looks," +was the calm reply. "'Course us +guys mostly pick out some guy +with a swell atomic-mobile if +we're goin' to pull a stick-up. +When we see a old heap like this +one there's usually not enough +dough to make it pay."</p> + +<p>Marden felt his jaw drop.</p> + +<p>"Say, you sound, like you go +in for that sort of thing! I'm +telling you right now, I haven't +enough cash on me to make it +worth your while. I'm just a +salesman, trying to get along."</p> + +<p>"You got nothin' to worry +about," his passenger assured +him. "Stick-ups ain't my racket."</p> + +<p>An audible sigh of relief escaped +Marden.</p> + +<p>"I'm certainly glad to hear +that! What is your—er—racket, +anyway?"</p> + +<p>The blue eyes frosted over.</p> + +<p>"Look, chum, sometimes it +ain't exactly healthy to ask questions +like that."</p> + +<p>"Pardon me," Marden said +hastily. "I didn't mean anything. +It's none of my business, of +course."</p> + +<hr /> + +<p>The calm eyes flicked over his +contrite expression.</p> + +<p>"Skip it, pal. You look like a +right guy. I'll put you next to +somethin'. Only keep your lip +buttoned, see?"</p> + +<p>"Oh, absolutely."</p> + +<p>"I'm Mike Eagen—head of the +Strato Rovers."</p> + +<p>"No!" Marden was plainly +awed. "The Strato Rovers, eh? +I've heard of them, all right."</p> + +<p>The other nodded complacently.</p> + +<p>"Yeah. We're about the toughest +mob this side of Mars. We +don't bother honest people, +though. We get ours from the +crooks and racketeers. They +can't squeal to the Interplanetary +Police."</p> + +<p>"There's a lot in what you +say," agreed Marden. "And of +course that puts your ... mob +in the Robin Hood class."</p> + +<p>"Robin Hood—nuts! That guy +was a dope! Runnin' around with +bows and arrows. Why, we got +a mystery ray that paralyzes +anybody that starts up with us. +They're all right when it wears +off, but by that time we get +away."</p> + +<p>Marden was properly impressed.</p> + +<p>"A mystery ray! With a weapon +like that, you should be able +to walk into a bank and clean +it out without any trouble."</p> + +<p>His passenger's lips curled.</p> + +<p>"I told you, we don't bother +honest people. We even help the +S.P. sometimes. Right now we're +workin' with the Earth-Mars +G-men in roundin' up a gang of +fifth-columnists that are plannin' +on takin' over the gov'ment. +They're led by the Black Hornet. +This Black Hornet goes around +pretendin' like he's a big business +man, but he's really a internatural +spy."</p> + +<p>"A—what?"</p> + +<p>"A internatural spy," repeated +Marden's companion, shortly. +"The E-M G-men say he's the +most dangerous man in the country. +But he won't last long with +the Strato Rovers on his trail."</p> + +<p>Marden nodded.</p> + +<p>"I can believe that. Tell me, +Eagen, what are you doing out +here around a small Earth town +like Dentonville?"</p> + +<p>"The gov'ment's buildin' some +kind of a ammunition place near +here, and I understand the Black +Hornet's figurin' on wreckin' everything. +'Course he won't get +away with it."</p> + +<p>Scattered plasticade houses on +either side of the road indicated +they had reached the outskirts of +Dentonville. Mike Eagen pointed +ahead to a small white house set +back among a cluster of trees.</p> + +<p>"There's where I'm holed up. +Drop me off in front."</p> + +<p>A young woman in a faded +blue satin-glass house-dress was +standing at the gate of the white +picket fence. She watched in silence +as the passenger stepped +from the rocket car and lifted his +hand to the driver in careless +farewell.</p> + +<p>"Thanks for the lift, chum," +said Mike Eagen.</p> + +<p>"Not at all," replied Marden. +"Glad to have been of service to +Mike Eagen."</p> + +<p>The woman smiled to him.</p> + +<p>"He's told you his name, I +see."</p> + +<p>Marden lifted his hat.</p> + +<p>"Indeed he has."</p> + +<p>"Michael is all right," she said. +"I do think, though, that he +reads too many Buck Gordon +Interplanetary comic books for a +boy of eleven."</p> + +<p class="p1"><b>THE END</b></p> + +<div class="trn"><b>Transcriber's Note:</b> +This etext was produced from <i>Amazing Stories</i> April 1956 and +was first published in <i>Amazing Stories</i> November 1942. +Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. +copyright on this publication was renewed. 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B. Carleton + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Hard Guy + +Author: H. B. Carleton + +Release Date: October 9, 2008 [EBook #26855] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARD GUY *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + +[Illustration] + + _There will be fine, glittering, streamlined automobiles in 2000 + A.D. Possibly they will run themselves while the driver sits back + with an old-fashioned in his hands. Perhaps they will carry folks + down the highways at ninety miles an hour in perfect safety. But + picking up a hitch-hiker will still be as dangerous as it is today._ + + HARD + GUY + + By H. B. CARLETON + + +He was standing at the side of the glassite super-highway, his arm +half-raised, thumb pointed in the same direction as that of the +approaching rocket car. Ordinarily Frederick Marden would have passed a +hitch-hiker without stopping, but there was something in the bearing and +appearance of this one that caused him to apply his brakes. + +Marden opened the door next to the vacant seat beside him. + +"Going my way?" he asked. + +A pair of steady, unsmiling blue eyes looked him over. "Yeah." + +"All right, then. Hop in." + +The hitch-hiker took his time. He slid into the seat with casual +deliberateness and slammed the car door shut. The rocket car got under +way once more. + +They rode in silence for half a mile or so. Finally Marden glanced +questioningly at his companion's expressionless profile. + +"Where are you headed for?" he asked. + +"Dentonville." He spoke from the corner of his mouth, without turning +his head. + +"Oh, yes. That's the next town, isn't it?" + +"Yeah." + +Not very communicative, reflected Marden, noticing the rather ragged +condition of the other's celo-lex clothing. + +"Have much trouble getting rides?" + +The passenger turned his head, his blue eyes without emotion. + +"Yeah. Most guys are leery about pickin' up hitch-hikers. Scared they'll +get robbed." + +Marden pursed his lips, nodded. + +"Something to that, all right. I'm usually pretty careful myself; but I +figured you looked okay." + +"Can't always tell by looks," was the calm reply. "'Course us guys +mostly pick out some guy with a swell atomic-mobile if we're goin' to +pull a stick-up. When we see a old heap like this one there's usually +not enough dough to make it pay." + +Marden felt his jaw drop. + +"Say, you sound, like you go in for that sort of thing! I'm telling you +right now, I haven't enough cash on me to make it worth your while. I'm +just a salesman, trying to get along." + +"You got nothin' to worry about," his passenger assured him. "Stick-ups +ain't my racket." + +An audible sigh of relief escaped Marden. + +"I'm certainly glad to hear that! What is your--er--racket, anyway?" + +The blue eyes frosted over. + +"Look, chum, sometimes it ain't exactly healthy to ask questions like +that." + +"Pardon me," Marden said hastily. "I didn't mean anything. It's none of +my business, of course." + + * * * * * + +The calm eyes flicked over his contrite expression. + +"Skip it, pal. You look like a right guy. I'll put you next to +somethin'. Only keep your lip buttoned, see?" + +"Oh, absolutely." + +"I'm Mike Eagen--head of the Strato Rovers." + +"No!" Marden was plainly awed. "The Strato Rovers, eh? I've heard of +them, all right." + +The other nodded complacently. + +"Yeah. We're about the toughest mob this side of Mars. We don't bother +honest people, though. We get ours from the crooks and racketeers. They +can't squeal to the Interplanetary Police." + +"There's a lot in what you say," agreed Marden. "And of course that puts +your ... mob in the Robin Hood class." + +"Robin Hood--nuts! That guy was a dope! Runnin' around with bows and +arrows. Why, we got a mystery ray that paralyzes anybody that starts up +with us. They're all right when it wears off, but by that time we get +away." + +Marden was properly impressed. + +"A mystery ray! With a weapon like that, you should be able to walk into +a bank and clean it out without any trouble." + +His passenger's lips curled. + +"I told you, we don't bother honest people. We even help the S.P. +sometimes. Right now we're workin' with the Earth-Mars G-men in roundin' +up a gang of fifth-columnists that are plannin' on takin' over the +gov'ment. They're led by the Black Hornet. This Black Hornet goes around +pretendin' like he's a big business man, but he's really a internatural +spy." + +"A--what?" + +"A internatural spy," repeated Marden's companion, shortly. "The E-M +G-men say he's the most dangerous man in the country. But he won't last +long with the Strato Rovers on his trail." + +Marden nodded. + +"I can believe that. Tell me, Eagen, what are you doing out here around +a small Earth town like Dentonville?" + +"The gov'ment's buildin' some kind of a ammunition place near here, and +I understand the Black Hornet's figurin' on wreckin' everything. 'Course +he won't get away with it." + +Scattered plasticade houses on either side of the road indicated they +had reached the outskirts of Dentonville. Mike Eagen pointed ahead to a +small white house set back among a cluster of trees. + +"There's where I'm holed up. Drop me off in front." + +A young woman in a faded blue satin-glass house-dress was standing at +the gate of the white picket fence. She watched in silence as the +passenger stepped from the rocket car and lifted his hand to the driver +in careless farewell. + +"Thanks for the lift, chum," said Mike Eagen. + +"Not at all," replied Marden. "Glad to have been of service to Mike +Eagen." + +The woman smiled to him. + +"He's told you his name, I see." + +Marden lifted his hat. + +"Indeed he has." + +"Michael is all right," she said. "I do think, though, that he reads too +many Buck Gordon Interplanetary comic books for a boy of eleven." + + +THE END + + + + +Transcriber's Note: + + This etext was produced from _Amazing Stories_ April 1956 and was + first published in _Amazing Stories_ November 1942. Extensive + research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on + this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical + errors have been corrected without note. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Hard Guy, by H. B. 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