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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/license - - -Title: Doorstep - -Author: Keith Laumer - -Release Date: March 20, 2016 [EBook #51509] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DOORSTEP *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="392" height="500" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="titlepage"> -<h1>DOORSTEP</h1> - -<p>By KEITH LAUMER</p> - -<p>Illustrated by RITTER</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Galaxy Magazine February 1961.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" width="600" height="441" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p class="ph3"><i>The general was bucking for his<br /> -other star—and this miserable<br /> -contraption bucked right back!</i></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Steadying his elbow on the kitchen table serving as desk, Brigadier -General Straut leveled his binoculars and stared out through the -second-floor window of the farmhouse at the bulky object lying canted -at the edge of the wood lot. He watched the figures moving over and -around the gray mass, then flipped the lever on the field telephone at -his elbow.</p> - -<p>"How are your boys doing, Major?"</p> - -<p>"General, since that box this morning—"</p> - -<p>"I know all about the box, Bill. So does Washington by now. What have -you got that's new?"</p> - -<p>"Sir, I haven't got anything to report yet. I have four crews on it, -and she still looks impervious as hell."</p> - -<p>"Still getting the sounds from inside?"</p> - -<p>"Intermittently, General."</p> - -<p>"I'm giving you one more hour, Major. I want that thing cracked."</p> - -<p>The general dropped the phone back on its cradle and peeled the -cellophane from a cigar absently. He had moved fast, he reflected, -after the State Police notified him at nine forty-one last night. -He had his men on the spot, the area evacuated of civilians, and -a preliminary report on its way to Washington by midnight. At two -thirty-six, they had discovered the four-inch cube lying on the ground -fifteen feet from the huge object—missile, capsule, bomb—whatever it -was. But now—several hours later—nothing new.</p> - -<p>The field phone jangled. Straut grabbed it up.</p> - -<p>"General, we've discovered a thin spot up on the top side. All we can -tell so far is that the wall thickness falls off there...."</p> - -<p>"All right. Keep after it, Bill."</p> - -<p>This was more like it. If Brigadier General Straut could have this -thing wrapped up by the time Washington awoke to the fact that it was -something big—well, he'd been waiting a long time for that second -star. This was his chance, and he would damn well make the most of it.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>He looked across the field at the thing. It was half in and half out -of the woods, flat-sided, round-ended, featureless. Maybe he should go -over and give it a closer look personally. He might spot something the -others were missing. It might blow them all to kingdom come any second; -but what the hell, he had earned his star on sheer guts in Normandy. He -still had 'em.</p> - -<p>He keyed the phone. "I'm coming down, Bill," he told the Major. -On impulse, he strapped a pistol belt on. Not much use against a -house-sized bomb, but the heft of it felt good.</p> - -<p>The thing looked bigger than ever as the jeep approached it, bumping -across the muck of the freshly plowed field. From here he could see a -faint line running around, just below the juncture of side and top. -Major Greer hadn't mentioned that. The line was quite obvious; in -fact, it was more of a crack.</p> - -<p>With a sound like a baseball smacking the catcher's glove, the crack -opened, the upper half tilted, men sliding—then impossibly it stood -open, vibrating, like the roof of a house suddenly lifted. The driver -gunned the jeep. There were cries, and a ragged shrilling that set -Straut's teeth on edge. The men were running back now, two of them -dragging a third.</p> - -<p>Major Greer emerged from behind the object, looked about, ran toward -General Straut shouting. "... a man dead. It snapped; we weren't -expecting it...."</p> - -<p>Straut jumped out beside the men, who had stopped now and were looking -back. The underside of the gaping lid was an iridescent black. The -shrill noise sounded thinly across the field. Greer arrived, panting.</p> - -<p>"What happened?" Straut snapped.</p> - -<p>"I was ... checking over that thin spot, General. The first thing I -knew it was ... coming up under me. I fell; Tate was at the other side. -He held on and it snapped him loose, against a tree. His skull—"</p> - -<p>"What the devil's that racket?"</p> - -<p>"That's the sound we were getting from inside before, General. There's -something in there, alive—"</p> - -<p>"All right, pull yourself together, Major. We're not unprepared. Bring -your half-tracks into position. The tanks will be here soon."</p> - -<p>Straut glanced at the men standing about. He would show them what -leadership meant.</p> - -<p>"You men keep back," he said. He puffed his cigar calmly as he walked -toward the looming object. The noise stopped suddenly; that was a -relief. There was a faint and curious odor in the air, something like -chlorine ... or seaweed ... or iodine.</p> - -<p>There were no marks in the ground surrounding the thing. It had -apparently dropped straight in to its present position. It was heavy, -too—the soft soil was displaced in a mound a foot high all along the -side.</p> - -<p>Behind him, Straut heard a yell. He whirled. The men were pointing; -the jeep started up, churned toward him, wheels spinning. He looked -up. Over the edge of the gray wall, six feet above his head, a great -reddish limb, like the claw of a crab, moved, groping.</p> - -<p>Straut yanked the .45 from its holster, jacked the action and fired. -Soft matter spattered, and the claw jerked back. The screeching started -up again angrily, then was drowned in the engine roar as the jeep slid -to a stop.</p> - -<p>Straut stooped, grabbed up a leaf to which a quivering lump adhered, -jumped into the vehicle as it leaped forward; then a shock and they -were going into a spin and....</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>"Lucky it was soft ground," somebody said. And somebody else asked, -"What about the driver?"</p> - -<p>Silence. Straut opened his eyes. "What ... about...."</p> - -<p>A stranger was looking down at him, an ordinary-looking fellow of about -thirty-five.</p> - -<p>"Easy, now, General Straut. You've had a bad spill. Everything is all -right. I'm Professor Lieberman, from the University."</p> - -<p>"The driver," Straut said with an effort.</p> - -<p>"He was killed when the jeep went over."</p> - -<p>"Went ... over?"</p> - -<p>"The creature lashed out with a member resembling a scorpion's stinger. -It struck the jeep and flipped it. You were thrown clear. The driver -jumped and the jeep rolled on him."</p> - -<p>Straut pushed himself up.</p> - -<p>"Where's Greer?"</p> - -<p>"I'm right here, sir." Major Greer stepped up, stood attentively.</p> - -<p>"Those tanks here yet?"</p> - -<p>"No, sir. I had a call from General Margrave; there's some sort of -holdup. Something about not destroying scientific material. I did get -the mortars over from the base."</p> - -<p>Straut got to his feet. The stranger took his arm. "You ought to lie -down, General—"</p> - -<p>"Who the hell is going to make me? Greer, get those mortars in place, -spaced between your tracks."</p> - -<p>The telephone rang. Straut seized it. "General Straut."</p> - -<p>"General Margrave here, Straut. I'm glad you're back on your feet. -There'll be some scientists from the State University coming over. -Cooperate with them. You're going to have to hold things together at -least until I can get another man in there to—"</p> - -<p>"Another man? General Margrave, I'm not incapacitated. The situation is -under complete control—"</p> - -<p>"It is, is it? I understand you've got still another casualty. What's -happened to your defensive capabilities?"</p> - -<p>"That was an accident, sir. The jeep—"</p> - -<p>"We'll review that matter at a later date. What I'm calling about is -more important right now. The code men have made some headway on that -box of yours. It's putting out a sort of transmission."</p> - -<p>"What kind, sir?"</p> - -<p>"Half the message—it's only twenty seconds long, repeated—is in -English. It's a fragment of a recording from a daytime radio program; -one of the network men here identified it. The rest is gibberish. -They're still working over it."</p> - -<p>"What—"</p> - -<p>"Bryant tells me he thinks there may be some sort of correspondence -between the two parts of the message. I wouldn't know, myself. In my -opinion, it's a threat of some sort."</p> - -<p>"I agree, General. An ultimatum."</p> - -<p>"Right. Keep your men back at a safe distance from now on. I want no -more casualties."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Straut cursed his luck as he hung up the phone. Margrave was ready to -relieve him, after he had exercised every precaution. He had to do -something fast, before this opportunity for promotion slipped out of -his hands.</p> - -<p>He looked at Major Greer. "I'm neutralizing this thing once and for -all. There'll be no more men killed."</p> - -<p>Lieberman stood up. "General! I must protest any attack against this—"</p> - -<p>Straut whirled. "I'm handling this, Professor. I don't know who let -you in here or why—but I'll make the decisions. I'm stopping this -man-killer before it comes out of its nest, maybe gets into that -village beyond the woods. There are four thousand civilians there. It's -my job to protect them." He jerked his head at Greer, strode out of the -room.</p> - -<p>Lieberman followed, pleading. "The creature has shown no signs of -aggressiveness, General Straut—"</p> - -<p>"With two men dead?"</p> - -<p>"You should have kept them back—"</p> - -<p>"Oh, it was my fault, was it?" Straut stared at Lieberman with cold -fury. This civilian pushed his way in here, then had the infernal gall -to accuse him, Brigadier General Straut, of causing the death of his -own men. If he had the fellow in uniform for five minutes....</p> - -<p>"You're not well, General. That fall—"</p> - -<p>"Keep out of my way, Professor," Straut said. He turned and went on -down the stairs. The present foul-up could ruin his career; and now -this egghead interference....</p> - -<p>With Greer at his side, Straut moved out to the edge of the field.</p> - -<p>"All right, Major. Open up with your .50 calibers."</p> - -<p>Greer called a command and a staccato rattle started up. The smell of -cordite and the blue haze of gunsmoke—this was more like it. He was in -command here.</p> - -<p>Lieberman came up to Straut. "General, I appeal to you in the name of -science. Hold off a little longer; at least until we learn what the -message is about."</p> - -<p>"Get back from the firing line, Professor." Straut turned his back -on the civilian, raised the glasses to observe the effect of the -recoilless rifle. There was a tremendous smack of displaced air, and -a thunderous boom as the explosive shell struck. Straut saw the gray -shape jump, the raised lid waver. Dust rose from about it. There was no -other effect.</p> - -<p>"Keep firing, Greer," Straut snapped, almost with a feeling of triumph. -The thing was impervious to artillery; now who was going to say it was -no threat?</p> - -<p>"How about the mortars, sir?" Greer said. "We can drop a few rounds -right inside it."</p> - -<p>"All right, try that before the lid drops."</p> - -<p>And what we'll try next, I don't know, he thought.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The mortar fired with a muffled thud. Straut watched tensely. Five -seconds later, the object erupted in a gout of pale pink debris. The -lid rocked, pinkish fluid running down its opalescent surface. A -second burst, and a third. A great fragment of the menacing claw hung -from the branch of a tree a hundred feet from the ship.</p> - -<p>Straut grabbed up the phone. "Cease fire!"</p> - -<p>Lieberman stared in horror at the carnage.</p> - -<p>The telephone rang. Straut picked it up.</p> - -<p>"General Straut," he said. His voice was firm. He had put an end to the -threat.</p> - -<p>"Straut, we've broken the message," General Margrave said excitedly. -"It's the damnedest thing I ever...."</p> - -<p>Straut wanted to interrupt, announce his victory, but Margrave was -droning on.</p> - -<p>"... strange sort of reasoning, but there was a certain analogy. In any -event, I'm assured the translation is accurate. Here's how it reads in -English...."</p> - -<p>Straut listened. Then he carefully placed the receiver back on the hook.</p> - -<p>Lieberman stared at him.</p> - -<p>"What did it say?"</p> - -<p>Straut cleared his throat. He turned and looked at Lieberman for a long -moment before answering.</p> - -<p>"It said, 'Please take good care of my little girl.'"</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Doorstep, by Keith Laumer - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DOORSTEP *** - -***** This file should be named 51509-h.htm or 51509-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/1/5/0/51509/ - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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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/license - - -Title: Doorstep - -Author: Keith Laumer - -Release Date: March 20, 2016 [EBook #51509] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DOORSTEP *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - DOORSTEP - - By KEITH LAUMER - - Illustrated by RITTER - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Galaxy Magazine February 1961. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - - - - The general was bucking for his - other star--and this miserable - contraption bucked right back! - - -Steadying his elbow on the kitchen table serving as desk, Brigadier -General Straut leveled his binoculars and stared out through the -second-floor window of the farmhouse at the bulky object lying canted -at the edge of the wood lot. He watched the figures moving over and -around the gray mass, then flipped the lever on the field telephone at -his elbow. - -"How are your boys doing, Major?" - -"General, since that box this morning--" - -"I know all about the box, Bill. So does Washington by now. What have -you got that's new?" - -"Sir, I haven't got anything to report yet. I have four crews on it, -and she still looks impervious as hell." - -"Still getting the sounds from inside?" - -"Intermittently, General." - -"I'm giving you one more hour, Major. I want that thing cracked." - -The general dropped the phone back on its cradle and peeled the -cellophane from a cigar absently. He had moved fast, he reflected, -after the State Police notified him at nine forty-one last night. -He had his men on the spot, the area evacuated of civilians, and -a preliminary report on its way to Washington by midnight. At two -thirty-six, they had discovered the four-inch cube lying on the ground -fifteen feet from the huge object--missile, capsule, bomb--whatever it -was. But now--several hours later--nothing new. - -The field phone jangled. Straut grabbed it up. - -"General, we've discovered a thin spot up on the top side. All we can -tell so far is that the wall thickness falls off there...." - -"All right. Keep after it, Bill." - -This was more like it. If Brigadier General Straut could have this -thing wrapped up by the time Washington awoke to the fact that it was -something big--well, he'd been waiting a long time for that second -star. This was his chance, and he would damn well make the most of it. - - * * * * * - -He looked across the field at the thing. It was half in and half out -of the woods, flat-sided, round-ended, featureless. Maybe he should go -over and give it a closer look personally. He might spot something the -others were missing. It might blow them all to kingdom come any second; -but what the hell, he had earned his star on sheer guts in Normandy. He -still had 'em. - -He keyed the phone. "I'm coming down, Bill," he told the Major. -On impulse, he strapped a pistol belt on. Not much use against a -house-sized bomb, but the heft of it felt good. - -The thing looked bigger than ever as the jeep approached it, bumping -across the muck of the freshly plowed field. From here he could see a -faint line running around, just below the juncture of side and top. -Major Greer hadn't mentioned that. The line was quite obvious; in -fact, it was more of a crack. - -With a sound like a baseball smacking the catcher's glove, the crack -opened, the upper half tilted, men sliding--then impossibly it stood -open, vibrating, like the roof of a house suddenly lifted. The driver -gunned the jeep. There were cries, and a ragged shrilling that set -Straut's teeth on edge. The men were running back now, two of them -dragging a third. - -Major Greer emerged from behind the object, looked about, ran toward -General Straut shouting. "... a man dead. It snapped; we weren't -expecting it...." - -Straut jumped out beside the men, who had stopped now and were looking -back. The underside of the gaping lid was an iridescent black. The -shrill noise sounded thinly across the field. Greer arrived, panting. - -"What happened?" Straut snapped. - -"I was ... checking over that thin spot, General. The first thing I -knew it was ... coming up under me. I fell; Tate was at the other side. -He held on and it snapped him loose, against a tree. His skull--" - -"What the devil's that racket?" - -"That's the sound we were getting from inside before, General. There's -something in there, alive--" - -"All right, pull yourself together, Major. We're not unprepared. Bring -your half-tracks into position. The tanks will be here soon." - -Straut glanced at the men standing about. He would show them what -leadership meant. - -"You men keep back," he said. He puffed his cigar calmly as he walked -toward the looming object. The noise stopped suddenly; that was a -relief. There was a faint and curious odor in the air, something like -chlorine ... or seaweed ... or iodine. - -There were no marks in the ground surrounding the thing. It had -apparently dropped straight in to its present position. It was heavy, -too--the soft soil was displaced in a mound a foot high all along the -side. - -Behind him, Straut heard a yell. He whirled. The men were pointing; -the jeep started up, churned toward him, wheels spinning. He looked -up. Over the edge of the gray wall, six feet above his head, a great -reddish limb, like the claw of a crab, moved, groping. - -Straut yanked the .45 from its holster, jacked the action and fired. -Soft matter spattered, and the claw jerked back. The screeching started -up again angrily, then was drowned in the engine roar as the jeep slid -to a stop. - -Straut stooped, grabbed up a leaf to which a quivering lump adhered, -jumped into the vehicle as it leaped forward; then a shock and they -were going into a spin and.... - - * * * * * - -"Lucky it was soft ground," somebody said. And somebody else asked, -"What about the driver?" - -Silence. Straut opened his eyes. "What ... about...." - -A stranger was looking down at him, an ordinary-looking fellow of about -thirty-five. - -"Easy, now, General Straut. You've had a bad spill. Everything is all -right. I'm Professor Lieberman, from the University." - -"The driver," Straut said with an effort. - -"He was killed when the jeep went over." - -"Went ... over?" - -"The creature lashed out with a member resembling a scorpion's stinger. -It struck the jeep and flipped it. You were thrown clear. The driver -jumped and the jeep rolled on him." - -Straut pushed himself up. - -"Where's Greer?" - -"I'm right here, sir." Major Greer stepped up, stood attentively. - -"Those tanks here yet?" - -"No, sir. I had a call from General Margrave; there's some sort of -holdup. Something about not destroying scientific material. I did get -the mortars over from the base." - -Straut got to his feet. The stranger took his arm. "You ought to lie -down, General--" - -"Who the hell is going to make me? Greer, get those mortars in place, -spaced between your tracks." - -The telephone rang. Straut seized it. "General Straut." - -"General Margrave here, Straut. I'm glad you're back on your feet. -There'll be some scientists from the State University coming over. -Cooperate with them. You're going to have to hold things together at -least until I can get another man in there to--" - -"Another man? General Margrave, I'm not incapacitated. The situation is -under complete control--" - -"It is, is it? I understand you've got still another casualty. What's -happened to your defensive capabilities?" - -"That was an accident, sir. The jeep--" - -"We'll review that matter at a later date. What I'm calling about is -more important right now. The code men have made some headway on that -box of yours. It's putting out a sort of transmission." - -"What kind, sir?" - -"Half the message--it's only twenty seconds long, repeated--is in -English. It's a fragment of a recording from a daytime radio program; -one of the network men here identified it. The rest is gibberish. -They're still working over it." - -"What--" - -"Bryant tells me he thinks there may be some sort of correspondence -between the two parts of the message. I wouldn't know, myself. In my -opinion, it's a threat of some sort." - -"I agree, General. An ultimatum." - -"Right. Keep your men back at a safe distance from now on. I want no -more casualties." - - * * * * * - -Straut cursed his luck as he hung up the phone. Margrave was ready to -relieve him, after he had exercised every precaution. He had to do -something fast, before this opportunity for promotion slipped out of -his hands. - -He looked at Major Greer. "I'm neutralizing this thing once and for -all. There'll be no more men killed." - -Lieberman stood up. "General! I must protest any attack against this--" - -Straut whirled. "I'm handling this, Professor. I don't know who let -you in here or why--but I'll make the decisions. I'm stopping this -man-killer before it comes out of its nest, maybe gets into that -village beyond the woods. There are four thousand civilians there. It's -my job to protect them." He jerked his head at Greer, strode out of the -room. - -Lieberman followed, pleading. "The creature has shown no signs of -aggressiveness, General Straut--" - -"With two men dead?" - -"You should have kept them back--" - -"Oh, it was my fault, was it?" Straut stared at Lieberman with cold -fury. This civilian pushed his way in here, then had the infernal gall -to accuse him, Brigadier General Straut, of causing the death of his -own men. If he had the fellow in uniform for five minutes.... - -"You're not well, General. That fall--" - -"Keep out of my way, Professor," Straut said. He turned and went on -down the stairs. The present foul-up could ruin his career; and now -this egghead interference.... - -With Greer at his side, Straut moved out to the edge of the field. - -"All right, Major. Open up with your .50 calibers." - -Greer called a command and a staccato rattle started up. The smell of -cordite and the blue haze of gunsmoke--this was more like it. He was in -command here. - -Lieberman came up to Straut. "General, I appeal to you in the name of -science. Hold off a little longer; at least until we learn what the -message is about." - -"Get back from the firing line, Professor." Straut turned his back -on the civilian, raised the glasses to observe the effect of the -recoilless rifle. There was a tremendous smack of displaced air, and -a thunderous boom as the explosive shell struck. Straut saw the gray -shape jump, the raised lid waver. Dust rose from about it. There was no -other effect. - -"Keep firing, Greer," Straut snapped, almost with a feeling of triumph. -The thing was impervious to artillery; now who was going to say it was -no threat? - -"How about the mortars, sir?" Greer said. "We can drop a few rounds -right inside it." - -"All right, try that before the lid drops." - -And what we'll try next, I don't know, he thought. - - * * * * * - -The mortar fired with a muffled thud. Straut watched tensely. Five -seconds later, the object erupted in a gout of pale pink debris. The -lid rocked, pinkish fluid running down its opalescent surface. A -second burst, and a third. A great fragment of the menacing claw hung -from the branch of a tree a hundred feet from the ship. - -Straut grabbed up the phone. "Cease fire!" - -Lieberman stared in horror at the carnage. - -The telephone rang. Straut picked it up. - -"General Straut," he said. His voice was firm. He had put an end to the -threat. - -"Straut, we've broken the message," General Margrave said excitedly. -"It's the damnedest thing I ever...." - -Straut wanted to interrupt, announce his victory, but Margrave was -droning on. - -"... strange sort of reasoning, but there was a certain analogy. In any -event, I'm assured the translation is accurate. Here's how it reads in -English...." - -Straut listened. Then he carefully placed the receiver back on the hook. - -Lieberman stared at him. - -"What did it say?" - -Straut cleared his throat. 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