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diff --git a/old/51519.txt b/old/51519.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3f78ebb..0000000 --- a/old/51519.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1054 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Drug, by C.C. MacApp - -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/license - - -Title: The Drug - -Author: C.C. MacApp - -Release Date: March 21, 2016 [EBook #51519] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DRUG *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - THE DRUG - - By C. C. MacAPP - - Illustrated by MARTINEZ - - [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.] - - - - - It could be deadly. It had to be tested. But - Sales wanted a new product this very minute. - - -Amos Parry, a regional manager for Whelan, Inc. (Farm & Ranch Chemicals -& Feeds), had come to work a few minutes early and was waiting in the -lab when Frank Barnes arrived. He saw that the division's chief chemist -was even more nervous than usual, so he invested a few minutes in -soothing small talk before saying, "Frank, Sales is beginning to push -for that new hormone." - -Immediately, Barnes came unsoothed. "Bill Detrick was on the phone -about it yesterday, Mr. Parry. I'm sorry I was abrupt with him." - -Amos grinned. "If you were, he hasn't had a chance to mention it to -me yet. But I think we'd better light a fire under the thing. We'll -probably get a blast from Buffalo before long. How many men do you have -on it?" - -"Well, two helping with routine work, but I've done most of it myself, -evenings and weekends. I didn't want anybody to know too much about it. -Mr. Parry, I'm worried about it." - -"Worried? How do you mean?" - -"Well--let me show you the litter we've been testing it on." - -The pigs were in pens outside the lab. Amos had seen figures on -weight gain and general health (the latter was what promised to be -sensational) but hadn't seen the animals for two weeks. He eyed the -first bunch. "How old is that boar pig?" - -"Not quite four months." - -Amos was no expert, but he'd spent many hours on customers' farms and -he thought the animal looked more mature than that. So did the shoats -in the same pen, though they tended more to fat. All of the group had -an odd look, certainly not normal for Yorkshires of their age. He -thought of wild hogs. "Is it just the general health factor?" he asked. - -"I don't think so, Mr. Parry. You remember I told you this wasn't -actually a hormone." - -"I know. You wanted to call it that for secrecy, you told me." - -"Yes, sir, but I didn't tell you what it really was. Mr. Parry, are you -familiar with hypnotics? Mescaline, especially?" - -"No, I'm not, Frank." - -"Well, it's a drug that causes strong hallucinations. This is a -chemical derivative of it." - -Amos grinned again. "Pipe dreams for hogs?" - -He quit grinning as implications struck him. If this thing didn't pan -out, after the money they'd spent and the rumors that had seeped out, -there'd be some nasty questions from Buffalo. And if it did, and they -began selling it.... - -"What would it do to human beings?" asked Amos. - -Barnes avoided his eyes. "That's one of the things I'm worried about," -he said. "I want to show you another pig." - -This one was isolated in its own pen, and it looked even stranger than -its siblings. In the first place, its hair was thicker, and black. -There was an oddness in its shape and a vaguely familiar sinuousness in -the way it moved that made Amos' skin prickle. - -"What's wrong with it?" he asked. - -"It's healthy except for the way it looks and acts." - -"Same litter and dosage?" - -"Yes, sir--all of them got just one dose. The effects seem to be -permanent." - -They were leaning over the fence and the animal was looking up at -them. There was an oddity in its eyes; not intelligence exactly, but -something unpiglike. Abruptly, it stood up on its hind legs, putting -its forefeet against the fence and raising its head toward them. -It squealed as if begging for attention. Amos knew that pigs made -affectionate pets. Drawn to it as well as repelled, he reached down and -patted it, and the squealing stopped. - -It was standing too easily in that position, and suddenly Amos -recognized what was familiar about it. He jerked his hand away, feeling -a strong desire for soap and water. "How long's it been this way?" - -"It's changed fast in the last week." - -Amos looked toward the doorway of the lab, just inside of which a large -black tomcat sat watching them. "Is the cat out here a lot?" - -Barnes' eyes went to the cat, widened, and turned back to the pig. He -looked as ill as Amos felt. - - * * * * * - -When Amos got to his office, his sales manager was already waiting. -His mind only half present, Amos sized up the stuffed briefcase and -the wider-than-necessary smile as he responded automatically to the -amenities. "Just get back?" he asked. - -"Early train. Darned planes grounded again." Detrick looked full of -energy, though he'd undoubtedly rushed home, shaved, showered and -changed, and hurried to the office with no rest. He sat down, extracted -papers from the briefcase, and beamed, "Wrote up the Peach Association." - -He'll give me the good news first, Amos thought. "Fine, fine," he said. -"The whole year?" - -"Yep. Got a check from the Almond Growers, too. All paid up now." - -"Good," said Amos, and waited. - -It came. "Say, I was talking to Frank Barnes about that new hormone -he's got and he seemed a little negative about it. When do you think we -can have it?" - -It was a temptation to answer with false optimisms and duck the issue -for a while, but Amos said, "The slowest thing will be State and -Federal testing and registration. I'd say not less than a year." - -Detrick nodded. "Competition's selling more and more stuff that's not -registered." - -"Fly-by-night outfits and they're always getting caught." - -Detrick smiled. "Every night they fly away with more business." - -Amos managed a smile, though the argument was old and weary. "We'll -put it up to Buffalo if you want to, Bill. You know I can't okay it -myself." - -Detrick dropped the subject, not being a man to beat his head against -a stone wall if there were ways around it, and for the next hour Amos -had to listen to the troubles: competition had cut prices on this, -upped active ingredients in that, put such and such a new product on -the market (Whelan's factories and warehouses already groaned under a -crippling diversity of products but Sales didn't feel that was _their_ -problem) and even the credit policies needed revising. But the worst -of all was a fifteen-thousand-dollar claim for damage to pear trees, -caused by a bad batch of Whelan's arsenical insecticide. - -Amos got rid of Detrick with a few definite concessions, some tentative -ones, and some stand-offs. He made sure no one was waiting to see him -and told his secretary he didn't want to be bothered before lunch. - -He had a lunch date with a customer and dreaded it--it meant three or -four highballs and overeating and an upset stomach later. Before then, -though, he had a few minutes to try to get his mind straightened out. -He mixed a glassful of the stuff he was supposed to take about now. -The Compleat Executive, he thought; with physician and prescription -attached. It didn't seem possible that this same body had once breezed -through anything from football to fried potatoes. - -Mechanically, his mind on the lab's pigs, he got a small bag of grain -out of a desk drawer. He hoped nobody (except his secretary, of course) -knew he wasted time feeding pigeons, but it helped his nerves, and he -felt he had a right to one or two eccentricities. - -They were already waiting. Some of them knew him and didn't shoo off -when he opened the window and scattered grain on the ledge outside. A -few ate from his hand. - -It was a crisp day, but the sun slanting into the window was warm. -He leaned there, watching the birds--more were circling in now--and -looking out over the industrial part of the city. The rude shapes were -softened by haze and there was nothing noisy close by. He could almost -imagine it as some country landscape. - -He looked at his watch, sighed, pulled his head in and shut the window. -The air conditioner's hiss replaced the outside sounds. - -Not even imagination could get rid of the city for long. - - * * * * * - -Going through the outer office, he saw that Alice Grant, his secretary, -already had her lunch out on her desk. She was a young thirty, not very -tall and just inclined to plumpness. She wore her blonde hair pulled -back into a knot that didn't succeed in making her look severe, and her -features were well-formed and regular, if plain. Amos noticed a new -bruise on one cheek and wondered how long she'd stay with her sot of a -husband. There were no children to hold her. - -"I'll probably be back late," he said. "Anything for this afternoon?" - -"Just Jim at two-thirty and the union agent at three." - -The lunch didn't go too badly, lubricated as the customer liked it, and -Amos was feeling only hazily uneasy when he got back. - -A stormy session with his plant superintendent jarred him into -the normal disquiet. Jim Glover was furious at having to take the -fifteen-thousand-dollar claim, though it was clearly a factory error. -He also fought a stubborn delaying action before giving Amos a -well-hedged estimate of fifty thousand to equip for the new drug. He -complained that Frank Barnes hadn't given him enough information. - -Amos was still trembling from that encounter when the union business -agent arrived. The lunch was beginning to lump up and he didn't spar -effectively. Not that it made much difference. The union was going to -have a raise or else. By the time he'd squirmed through that interview, -then dictated a few letters, it was time to go home. - -He hoped his wife would be out so he could take some of his -prescription and relax, but she met him at the door with a verbal -barrage. Their son, nominally a resident of the house, had gotten -ticketed with the college crowd for drunken driving and Amos was to get -it fixed; the Templetons were coming for the weekend; her brother's boy -was graduating and thought he might accept a position with Amos. - -She paused and studied him. "I hope this isn't one of your grumpy -evenings. The Ashtons are coming for bridge." - -His control slipped a little and he expressed himself pungently on -Wednesday night bridge, after a nightclub party on Tuesday and a -formless affair at somebody's house on Monday. - -She stared at him without compassion or comprehension. "Well, they're -all business associates of yours. I wonder where you think you'd be -without a wife who was willing to entertain." - -He'd been getting a lot of that lately; she was squeezing the role -of Executive's Wife for the last drop of satisfaction. Well, since he -couldn't relax with his indigestion there was only one thing to do. He -headed for the bar. - -"Now don't get tipsy before dinner," she called after him. - -He got through the evening well enough, doused with martinis, and the -night that followed was no worse than most. - - * * * * * - -At nine the next morning, the call he'd been expecting from Buffalo -came through. "Hello, Stu," he said to the president of the company. - -"Hello, Amos. Still morning out there, eh? How's the family? Good. -Say, Amos; couple of things. This big factory charge. Production's -screaming." - -"It was definitely a bad batch, Stu." - -"Well, that's it, then. Question is, how'd it happen?" - -"Jim Glover says he needs another control chemist." - -"Hope you're not practicing false economy out there." - -"We wanted to hire another man, Stu, but Buffalo turned it down." - -"You should have brought it to me personally if it was that important. -It's going to take a big bite out of your year's profit. Been able to -get your margin up any?" - -Amos didn't feel up to pointing out that Sales wanted lower prices and -the union wanted higher wages, so that the margin would get even worse. -He described a couple of minor economies he'd been able to find, then -mentioned the contract with the Peach Association. - -"Yes, I heard about that," said the president of the company. "Nice -piece of business. By the way, how you coming on that animal hormone?" - -That was the main reason for the call, of course. Detrick had -undoubtedly phoned east and intimated that Amos was dragging his feet -on a potential bonanza. "I was going to call you on that, Stu. It'll -take a year to test and get registered and--" - -"Amos, I hope you're not turning conservative on us." - -The message was plain; Amos countered automatically. "You know me -better than that, Stu. It's the Legal Department I'm worried about. If -they set up a lot of roadblocks, we may need you to run interference." - -"You know I'm always right behind you, Amos." - -That's true, thought Amos as he hung up. Right behind me. A hell of a -place to run interference. - -He knew exactly what to expect. If he tried to cut corners, the Legal -Department would scream about proper testing and registration, -Production would say he was pushing Jim Glover unreasonably, and -everyone who could would assume highly moral positions astraddle the -fence. A ton of paperwork would go to Buffalo to be distributed among -fifty desks and expertly stalled. - -Not to mention that this was no ordinary product. He realized for the -first time that the Government might not let him produce it, let alone -sell it. Even as a minute percentage in feeds. If it was a narcotic, it -could be misused. - - * * * * * - -His buzzer sounded, and he was surprised when Mrs. Grant announced -Frank Barnes. It was out of character for Frank not to make a formal -appointment first. - -One look told Amos what was coming. He listened to Frank's resignation -with a fraction of his mind while the rest of it mused upon the -purposeful way things were converging. - -Barnes stopped talking and Amos said mechanically, "You've been part -of the team for a long time, Frank. It's especially awkward to lose -you just now." It was banal, but it didn't matter; he wasn't going to -change the man's mind anyway. He looked closer. The timidity was gone. -So were the eyeglasses. A frightening thought struck him. "You've -taken some of that drug." - -Barnes grinned and handed a small vial full of powder across the desk, -along with a file folder. "Last night," he said. "Between frustration -with the job and curiosity about this stuff, I yielded to temptation." - -Amos took the vial and folder. "What are these for?" - -"So you can destroy them if you want to. I've doctored up the lab -records to make the whole thing look like a false alarm. You're holding -all that's left of the whole program." - -Amos looked for signs of irrationality and saw none. "Do you feel all -right?" - -"Better than you can imagine. But let me tell you what you're up -against. I can at least do that for you, Mr. Parry." - -"Thanks. Don't you suppose you could call me Amos now?" - -"Sure, Amos. First of all, you were right about that pig trying to -imitate the cat. He couldn't do much because he only had a pig's brain -to work with." He stopped and grinned, evidently at Amos' expression. -"I'll try to explain. What is an animal? Physically, I mean?" - -Amos shook his head. "You've got the floor." - -"All right. An animal is a colony of cells. Different kinds of cells -form organs and do different things for the colony, but each cell has -a life of its own, too. When it dies a new one of the same kind takes -over. But what regulates the colony? What maintains the pattern?" - -Amos waited. - -"Part of it's automatic replacement, cell for cell. But beyond that -there's a control; and it's the unconscious mind." He paused and -studied Amos. "You think I'm theorizing. I'm not. That drug broke down -some barriers, and I see all this as you see your own fingers moving." - -Amos remembered the mention of hallucinations. - - * * * * * - -Barnes grinned again. "Let's say it's only one per cent awake and -walled off from the conscious mind. What would happen if something -removed the wall and woke up the other ninety-nine per cent?" - -Remembering the pig, it was impossible not to feel a cold seed of -belief. Amos dreaded what was coming next; clearly, it would be a -demonstration. - -Barnes held out his hand, palm up. In a few seconds a pink spot -appeared. It turned red, oozed dismayingly, and became a small pool -of blood. Barnes let it stay for a moment, then wiped it off with a -handkerchief. There was no more bleeding. "That's something I can do -fast," he said. "I opened the pores, directed blood to them, then -closed them again. Amos, do you believe in werewolves?" - -Amos wanted to jump up and shout, "No! You're insane!" but he could -only sit staring. - -"I could move that thumb around to the other side of my hand," Barnes -said thoughtfully. "I'm still exploring, but I don't think even the -bone would take too long. You'll notice I don't need glasses any more." - -The buzzer buzzed. Amos jumped, and from habit answered. "Bill Detrick -and that customer are here, Mr. Parry," came Alice Grant's voice. - -"I--ask them to wait," he managed. - -His mind was a muddle; he needed time. "You--Frank--will you stay for a -few days?" - -"Sure. I'm in no hurry now. And while you're thinking, let me give you -a few hints. No more cripples or disease. No ugly people, unless they -choose to be. And no law." - -"No--law?" - -"How would you police such a world? A man could change his face at -will, or his fingerprints. Even his teeth. Probably he could do things -I can't imagine yet." - -The buzzer went again, with Mrs. Grant's subtle urgency. Amos ignored -it, yet he hardly knew when Frank left the room. - -He realized the chemist had done him a favor. The selfish thing would -have been to keep the secret and the boon all to himself; instead, he'd -given Amos the choice. - -But what was the choice? Suppressing the drug would cost him his job. -There was no doubt about that. - -He was standing with his back to the door when he heard it open. He -turned and faced Detrick's annoyed frown. "Amos, we can't keep this man -waiting. He's--" - -All of Amos' frustration and the new burden coalesced into rage. He ran -toward Detrick. "You baboon-faced huckster!" he yelled. "Get out! Get -out! I'll tell you when you can come in here!" He barely caught his -upraised fist in time. - -Detrick stood petrified, his face ludicrous. Then he came to life, -ducked out, and pulled the door shut behind him. - -Amos waited no longer; if he had to decide, he wanted the data -first-hand. He spread out the file Barnes had left him and looked -through it for dosages. Apparently it wasn't critical, so he poured a -little of the powder into a tumbler, added water and threw it down. -There was a mild alkaline taste, which he washed out of his mouth with -more water. Then he sat down to wait. - - * * * * * - -A monotone seemed to be rattling off trivia; almost faster than he -could grasp it, even though it was in his head and not in his ears: -"Paris green/calcium acetoarsenite/beetle invasion Texan cotton/paint -pigment/obsolete/should eliminate/compensation claim/man probably -faking infection/Detrick likes because we only source/felt like hitting -him when we argued about it/correspondence Buffalo last year/they say -keep/check how use as poison/damned wife--" - -The last thought shocked his intellect awake. "Hey!" Intellect -demanded. "What's going on here?" - -"Oh; you've broken through," said Unconscious. "That was fast. -Fifteen minutes and twenty-three seconds since you drank it. -Probable error, one-third second. I've only been awake a few minutes -myself. Minute/sixty per hour/twenty-four hours day/days getting -shorter/September/have raincoat in car/wife wants new car/raincoat -sweats plasticizer/stinks/Hyatt used camphor--" - -"Hold up a minute!" cried Intellect. - -"You want me to stop scanning?" - -"Is that what you're doing? Scanning what?" - -"Memory banks, of course. Don't you remember the book we read three -years ago? 'Human brain estimated--' Oh, all right; I'll slow down. -You could follow me better if you'd let me grow some permanent direct -connections." - -"Am I stopping you?" - -"Well, not you, exactly. I'll show you." Unconscious began directing -the growth of certain nerve tendrils in the brain. Amos could only -follow it vaguely. - -"Fear!" screamed a soundless voice. "Stop!" - -"What was that?" Intellect asked, startled. - -"That was Id. He always fights any improvements, and I can't override -him." - -"Can _I_?" - -"Of course; that's mainly what you're for. Wait till I get these -connections finished and you'll see the whole setup." - -"FEAR!" shrieked Id. "STOP! NO CHANGE!" - -"SHUT UP!" yelled Intellect. - -It was strange being integrated; Amos found he was aware on two -levels simultaneously. While he responded normally to his external -environment, a lightning inner vision saw everything in vastly greater -detail. The blink of an eye, for instance, was an amazing project. Even -as commands flashed out and before the muscles started to respond, -extra blood was rushing into the area to nourish the working parts. -Reports flowed back like battle assessments: these three muscles -were on schedule; this was lagging; that was pulling too hard. An -infinitesimal twinge of pain marked some minor accident, and correction -began at once. A censor watched the whole operation and labeled each -incoming report: trivial, do not record; trivial, do not record; -trivial, do not record; worth watching, record in temporary banks; -trivial, do not.... - -He felt now that he could look forward to permanent health, and so far -he didn't seem to be losing his identity or becoming a moral monster -(though certain previously buried urges--toward Alice Grant, for -instance--were now rather embarrassingly uncovered). He was not, like -Frank Barnes, inclined to slip out of the situation at once. He still -felt the responsibility to make the decision. - -He carried the vial of powder and the lab records home with him, -smuggled them past his wife's garrulity (it didn't bother him now) -and hid them. He went out with her cheerfully to visit some people he -didn't like, and found himself amused at them instead of annoyed. In -general, he felt buoyant, and they stayed quite late. - - * * * * * - -When they did get home, an urgent message was waiting on the telephone -recorder, and it jolted him. He grabbed up the hat and coat he'd just -laid down. - -"What is it?" his wife demanded. - -"I've got to go down to the plant." He hesitated; it was hard to say -the words that were charged with personal significance. "The watchman -found Frank Barnes dead in the laboratory." - -"Who?" - -"Frank Barnes! My chief chemist!" - -"Oh." She looked at him, obviously concerned only with what effect, if -any, it might have on her own circumstances. "Why do you have to get -mixed up in it?" - -"I'm the boss, damn it!" He left her standing there and ran for the -garage. - -The police were already at the plant when he arrived. Fred's body lay -on the floor of his office, in a corner behind some file cabinets, face -up. - -"What was it?" Amos asked the man from the coroner's office, dreading -the answer he expected. - -The answer wasn't the one he expected. "Heart attack." - -Amos wondered if they were mistaken. He looked around the office. -Things weren't disarrayed in any way; it looked as if Frank had simply -lain down and died. "When did you find him?" he asked the watchman. - -"A little after one. The door was closed and the lights were out, but I -heard the cat yowling in here, so I came in to let it out, and saw the -body." - -"Any family?" one of the city men asked. - -"No," said Amos slowly, "he lived alone. I guess you might as well take -him to the ... morgue. When can I call about the autopsy?" - -"Try after lunch." - -Amos watched them carry Frank away. Then he put out the lights and -closed up the laboratory. He told the watchman he'd be around for a -while, and went to his office to think. - -As nearly as he knew, Frank had taken the drug less than twenty-four -hours before he had. Death had come late at night, which meant Frank -had been working overtime. Why? And why hadn't he been able to save -himself? - -"Not logical," his unconscious stated firmly. "He should have felt it -coming and made repairs." - -"This whole thing's a delusion," said Amos dully, aloud. - -"No, it isn't," said a peculiar voice behind him. - -He whirled and saw the black tomcat grinning up at him. He gasped, -wondering if he were completely insane, but in a flash understanding -came. "Frank!" - -"Well, don't act so surprised. I can tell that you took some yourself." - -"Yes--but how--" - -"I thought it would be an easy life and I want to stay around here and -watch things for a while. It ought to be fun." - -"But _how_?" - -"I anesthetized the cat and grew a bridge into his skull. It took five -hours to transfer the bulk of my personality. It's odd, but it blended -right in with his." - -"But--your speech!" - -"I've made some changes. I'm omnivorous now, too, not just -carnivorous--or will be in a few more hours. I can go into the hills -and live on grass, or grow back into a man, or whatever I like." - -Amos consulted his own inwardness again. "Is this possible? Can a human -mind be compressed into a cat's brain?" - -"Sure," said Unconscious, "if you're willing to junk all the excess." - -He thought about it. "So you're going to stay around and watch," he -said to the cat--no, Frank. "An intriguing idea. My family's taken care -of, and nobody'll really miss me." - -"Except Alice Grant," said Frank cattily. "I've seen the way you look -at her. The cat part of me has, I mean. And she looks back, too, when -you aren't watching." - -"Well," said Amos. "Hm. Maybe we can do something there too." - - * * * * * - -His own metamorphosis took a lot longer than five hours; he had a much -bigger job of alterations to finish. It was nearly two months before he -got back to the plant. - -He peered in through the window at Detrick, who'd inherited Amos' old -office. Detrick was chewing out a salesman. Amos knew what would be -happening now; Derrick's ambitious but unsound expansion would have -gotten the division all tangled up. In fact, with his sharp new eyes, -Amos could read part of a letter from Buffalo that lay on the desk. It -was quite critical of Detrick's margin of profit. - -The salesman Detrick had on the carpet was a good man, and Amos -wondered if he was to blame for whatever it was about. Maybe Detrick -was just preparing to throw him to the wolves. A man could hang on a -long time like that, shifting the blame to his subordinates. - -The salesman was finally excused, and Detrick sat alone with all the -frustration and selfish scheming plain on his face. No, Amos thought, -I'm not going to turn this drug loose on the world for a while. Not -while there are people like Detrick around. - -There were no other pigeons on the window ledge except himself and -Alice; the rest had stopped coming when Amos disappeared and the -feeding ended. For that matter, they tended to avoid him and Alice, -possibly because of the abnormal size, especially around the head, and -the other differences. - -He noticed that Alice was changing the color of her feet again. Just -like a woman, he thought fondly. - -"Come on, Pigeon," he said, "let's go somewhere else. This tightwad -Detrick isn't going to give us anything to eat." - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Drug, by C.C. 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