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Daley - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world 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. If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: The Abandoned of Yan - -Author: Donald F. Daley - -Release Date: February 9, 2020 [EBook #61355] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ABANDONED OF YAN *** - - - - -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="356" height="500" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="titlepage"> - -<h1>THE ABANDONED OF YAN</h1> - -<h2>BY DONALD F. DALEY</h2> - -<p class="ph1">The Abandoned have neither rights<br /> -nor hopes. They only have revenge!</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Worlds of If Science Fiction, March 1963.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>After her husband left her, Marigold filed a protection-request form -and an availability form.</p> - -<p>She did not do this immediately. She stayed up for the better part of -the night, hoping that he would come back. She could not bring herself -to believe that he would really walk out on her and leave her available -for confiscation, or for the slavery pool. She also thought for quite a -while about the possibility of somehow getting back to Earth, where she -would not be available for either.</p> - -<p>She even went to the fantastic expense of televiewing there to talk -with her father and mother. They had been shocked and unfriendly. They -had said good-by with a finality which left little room for doubt as -to what they thought of an Abandoned. They had never had one in their -family, they had pointed out, neither of them, and they did not intend -to have one in their family now. They had warned her that they intended -to report the call to the Beta III Protection People.</p> - -<p>This did not worry her much. The call almost certainly had been -monitored anyway. If they wanted to go to the considerable extra -expense of reporting it, in order to impress the Protection People with -their loyalty, that was their own lookout. She understood that, now, -she had no family. She thought for a moment of going up-ramp to say -good-by to the children, but she knew that this would not help.</p> - -<p>Besides, it was illegal. They were no longer hers. She was an Abandoned.</p> - -<p>She had never known what a tremendously harrowing experience -filling out an availability form could be. Name, age, Sector, race, -size-classification, beauty-index, fertility tests, personality scores, -aptitudes, psyche-rating and so on, and so on and so on. It was like -undressing for an auction. The protection-request form was much -simpler, except for that one question: STATUS? Her hand shook almost -uncontrollably as she wrote. <i>Abandoned.</i></p> - -<p>After that she did not know what to do. She had stood for nearly twenty -minutes before the document file, listening, thinking desperately that -he would come back; that if she only waited a few minutes more he would -come back. She had made herself refreshment. She had sat with the -filled-out documents on her lap looking, from time to time, longingly -at the entrance-ramp. But he had not come back. Finally, with a low -moaning sound, she had pushed the papers through the document file -slot. She made the deadline by a scant three minutes.</p> - -<p>Now she knew that whatever else happened, the Protection People would -be there in the morning to pick up the children. She knew that it could -show in her favor if she were to get together the things they would -need to take with them. She could do this without seeing them and -without talking to them, which was forbidden, but she could not bring -herself to move.</p> - -<p>The red light on the atmosphere control blinked warningly. Soon it -would let out a piercing scream. She was tempted to just let it. -Another of Clytia's suns must have set. She found that she had no sense -of time. She had only the conviction that this would be her last night. -The last night that mattered to her at all. She wanted it to be a long -one. She had adjusted the atmoset. She had done this every night for -the seven years of their marriage. She began to sob uncontrollably. She -took her Status Married card and tore it in half. Then she held the -halves to her cheeks, her face wet and wretched between them.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>After a while she dialed the credit balance at her account. The figures -came back indicating a balance of 1300. He had left her quite a lot, -when you considered that she had televiewed to Earth. She cried hard -again because she knew that he had not had to leave her anything at -all. This made her certain (although she had known it already) that he -was not coming back.</p> - -<p>She sat for quite a while studying the 1300 credit indicator. -She thought about using the money to buy a "pick-up-immediately -advertisement" on the omnivision. She was not sure of the rates, but -she thought the amount might even stretch to include a picture of -her. She did not know. She did not even know if she would be expected -to be nude or dressed for the picture. In the end, she decided not to -try an advertisement because there would not be time enough to employ -a reply-receiving address. All that would be accomplished would be to -put every predator within miles in possession of the address of an -Abandoned.</p> - -<p>She took a dictator and said into it: "Dear children, I am leaving you -1300 credit." She stopped then and shook her head. The tears made it -so that she could not see, and she did not seem to be able to think. -"Correction," she sobbed "Erase preceding. Dear Children of Yan, I make -you this gift of 1300. I am sure that your excellence will continue to -deserve much more than so small a gift. I send love with this small -gift."</p> - -<p>There could, of course, be no signature. An Abandoned had none.</p> - -<p>She wished that she had not made the Earth call. There would have been -much more to leave them then. He had left an astonishing amount in her -account. It was almost as though he had expected her to try to get -away. She wished now that she had thought before taking action. There -might have been some way out.</p> - -<p>She must have fallen asleep. The morning announcements came on as -usual, waking her. She listened to the instructions for that day, and -the areas announced as forbidden. She made no effort, however, to -indicate them on the day-map. She knew that, now, none of this applied -to her.</p> - -<p>With a very great effort she got up and shut off the children's ramp, -so that they could not come down. She knew how much this would count in -her favor. Then she began, as hurriedly as she could, to collect the -things they would need. She knew that she could not possibly get the -things together in time, and that so late an effort was more likely -to count against her. She was not even close to finished when the -announcer flashed on.</p> - -<p>Without asking who it was, she pressed the admitter. She was glad that -they had troubled to announce themselves.</p> - -<p>She offered to go into another room while they removed the children. -They did not answer. One of them threw a sack over her. After a -moment, they took it off again and, rather apologetically, asked her -to indicate where the child-ramp control was. She showed them. Their -leader said that perhaps it would be all right for her to go into -another room if one of them went with her. When she saw the one chosen, -she put the sack back on herself. They laughed so hard at this that she -did not hear the children leave.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>When the children had been taken out, the leader came back and removed -the sack from around her. He asked if she had applied for protection. -She showed her card.</p> - -<p>"Well, that's too bad," he said. "Do you have any refreshment left?"</p> - -<p>She did not dare to lie to him. She showed him. He helped himself.</p> - -<p>"How about credits?" he asked.</p> - -<p>"I gave it all to the ones who were here," she answered carefully. She -felt quick panic because she remembered that she had not so instructed -her account. She had merely dictated it to the children. If he didn't -find out, though, that would be all right. The dictation was proof -enough. But while she was still in this house, the credits were still -in her control.</p> - -<p>"My credit indicator is here," she said, holding it out. He didn't take -it.</p> - -<p>"Thanks for the refreshment," he said, getting up. "Make yourself -comfortable. The others will be here shortly."</p> - -<p>She had nothing to do to make herself ready. She could not take -anything from this house. Sometimes they let you wear what you were -wearing, if it did not look as though you had put on your best things. -They did not always allow it, but they did sometimes. She remembered -that she had expressed strong disapproval of that to Yan, when they -were newly married. Then they both felt the same way about Abandoneds.</p> - -<p>She indicated to her account how she wanted the 1300 disposed. Then she -waited. After a while, the Protection People came and led her out of -the house. They did not touch her or speak to her, they merely formed -a square in the center of which she walked. They led her to a records -room where an interview apparatus prepared a report on her.</p> - -<p>"You have filed availability papers?" it asked.</p> - -<p>"Yes," she said, and gave the file number.</p> - -<p>"This is being checked," the apparatus said. "Have you any claims upon -the State?"</p> - -<p>She came very close to mentioning the children. "None," she said in -a very small voice. It was difficult to remember that the interview -apparatus was not at all sensitive.</p> - -<p>"Have you credits in your possession?" the machine asked.</p> - -<p>"None," she said.</p> - -<p>"You are eligible for exclusion from the slave classification in what -way?" That part of the recording seemed a bit worn. At least she did -not hear it very well.</p> - -<p>"In no way," she replied.</p> - -<p>"You will wait," said the machine, "until we have a report on the -availability petition which you have filed. Please take a seat."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>There were no seats. This was an older machine which they had not -bothered to replace, or even to correct. She stood in horror as the -long minutes passed.</p> - -<p>Her number was finally called.</p> - -<p>"I am here," she said as the machine hummed, and she gave her number.</p> - -<p>"Your availability petition has been taken up," said the machine. "You -are however to receive twenty-eight demerits for disposing of 6300 -credit after having been abandoned. Do you accept?"</p> - -<p>"I accept," she said. She was so dizzy that she could hardly stand. The -machine whirred and produced a reception-area card. She read it, and -walked as in a daze to the indicated reception area. Yan waited for her -there.</p> - -<p>"You look terrible," he said as he put his arm around her. "I'm sorry. -You made me do this to you. I didn't want to. It's all over now, don't -cry."</p> - -<p>She thought that she was going to faint.</p> - -<p>"Thank you for receiving me," she said, according to the formula. "I am -the Abandoned of Yan, of the Estate...."</p> - -<p>"Stop it!" he said. "I know who you are! Stop it!"</p> - -<p>"Do you have children at your estate?" She asked it as one asks a -polite, social question.</p> - -<p>"They'll be there when we get home," he said. "Don't do this. I didn't -know it would hurt that much. I wouldn't have done it if I had. They're -your children again now." He held her shoulders as he looked at her.</p> - -<p>"I came to you with twenty-eight demerits," she said. "Shall I work -them off before I come to your estate?"</p> - -<p>"Please, stop it!" he said. "They were paid when you accepted. I waited -here all night. No one else could have claimed you. Please, come on -home now?" He handed her a brand-new wife-status card.</p> - -<p>"Thank you," she said. "I shall try to deserve the opportunity which -you restore to me." He smiled as she recited the formula and took his -arm. Yet he did not look as if he felt like smiling.</p> - -<p>"Come home," he said. "Come home now. I'll not hurt you again." He led -her back to their estate.</p> - -<p>That night, feeling entirely justified, she abandoned him.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>"Mommy," the children shouted. They ran to her and hugged her. They had -missed her, and had resented the disturbance in their routine. "Mommy!" -They danced and shouted, "Mommy! Mommy, Mommy!"</p> - -<p>When it was their bed time, he left her alone with them. He said good -night to them himself, kissed them and squeezed her shoulder. "It's -good to have you home again!" he said. His eyes filled with tears and -he hurried from the room.</p> - -<p>"Tell us a story, Mommy." It was the custom of the household.</p> - -<p>There were tears in her eyes and her voice trembled a little, but she -said in what seemed to them a perfect narrative style:</p> - -<p>"Once upon a time there were two very good and loving children who -found that it was their duty to denounce their father to the state and -to see him publicly flogged to death. You must listen very carefully to -this," she said, "both of you.</p> - -<p>"At first, they thought that this was a very sad duty...."</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Abandoned of Yan, by Donald F. 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Daley - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world 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. If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: The Abandoned of Yan - -Author: Donald F. Daley - -Release Date: February 9, 2020 [EBook #61355] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ABANDONED OF YAN *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - THE ABANDONED OF YAN - - BY DONALD F. DALEY - - The Abandoned have neither rights - nor hopes. They only have revenge! - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Worlds of If Science Fiction, March 1963. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -After her husband left her, Marigold filed a protection-request form -and an availability form. - -She did not do this immediately. She stayed up for the better part of -the night, hoping that he would come back. She could not bring herself -to believe that he would really walk out on her and leave her available -for confiscation, or for the slavery pool. She also thought for quite a -while about the possibility of somehow getting back to Earth, where she -would not be available for either. - -She even went to the fantastic expense of televiewing there to talk -with her father and mother. They had been shocked and unfriendly. They -had said good-by with a finality which left little room for doubt as -to what they thought of an Abandoned. They had never had one in their -family, they had pointed out, neither of them, and they did not intend -to have one in their family now. They had warned her that they intended -to report the call to the Beta III Protection People. - -This did not worry her much. The call almost certainly had been -monitored anyway. If they wanted to go to the considerable extra -expense of reporting it, in order to impress the Protection People with -their loyalty, that was their own lookout. She understood that, now, -she had no family. She thought for a moment of going up-ramp to say -good-by to the children, but she knew that this would not help. - -Besides, it was illegal. They were no longer hers. She was an Abandoned. - -She had never known what a tremendously harrowing experience -filling out an availability form could be. Name, age, Sector, race, -size-classification, beauty-index, fertility tests, personality scores, -aptitudes, psyche-rating and so on, and so on and so on. It was like -undressing for an auction. The protection-request form was much -simpler, except for that one question: STATUS? Her hand shook almost -uncontrollably as she wrote. _Abandoned._ - -After that she did not know what to do. She had stood for nearly twenty -minutes before the document file, listening, thinking desperately that -he would come back; that if she only waited a few minutes more he would -come back. She had made herself refreshment. She had sat with the -filled-out documents on her lap looking, from time to time, longingly -at the entrance-ramp. But he had not come back. Finally, with a low -moaning sound, she had pushed the papers through the document file -slot. She made the deadline by a scant three minutes. - -Now she knew that whatever else happened, the Protection People would -be there in the morning to pick up the children. She knew that it could -show in her favor if she were to get together the things they would -need to take with them. She could do this without seeing them and -without talking to them, which was forbidden, but she could not bring -herself to move. - -The red light on the atmosphere control blinked warningly. Soon it -would let out a piercing scream. She was tempted to just let it. -Another of Clytia's suns must have set. She found that she had no sense -of time. She had only the conviction that this would be her last night. -The last night that mattered to her at all. She wanted it to be a long -one. She had adjusted the atmoset. She had done this every night for -the seven years of their marriage. She began to sob uncontrollably. She -took her Status Married card and tore it in half. Then she held the -halves to her cheeks, her face wet and wretched between them. - - * * * * * - -After a while she dialed the credit balance at her account. The figures -came back indicating a balance of 1300. He had left her quite a lot, -when you considered that she had televiewed to Earth. She cried hard -again because she knew that he had not had to leave her anything at -all. This made her certain (although she had known it already) that he -was not coming back. - -She sat for quite a while studying the 1300 credit indicator. -She thought about using the money to buy a "pick-up-immediately -advertisement" on the omnivision. She was not sure of the rates, but -she thought the amount might even stretch to include a picture of -her. She did not know. She did not even know if she would be expected -to be nude or dressed for the picture. In the end, she decided not to -try an advertisement because there would not be time enough to employ -a reply-receiving address. All that would be accomplished would be to -put every predator within miles in possession of the address of an -Abandoned. - -She took a dictator and said into it: "Dear children, I am leaving you -1300 credit." She stopped then and shook her head. The tears made it -so that she could not see, and she did not seem to be able to think. -"Correction," she sobbed "Erase preceding. Dear Children of Yan, I make -you this gift of 1300. I am sure that your excellence will continue to -deserve much more than so small a gift. I send love with this small -gift." - -There could, of course, be no signature. An Abandoned had none. - -She wished that she had not made the Earth call. There would have been -much more to leave them then. He had left an astonishing amount in her -account. It was almost as though he had expected her to try to get -away. She wished now that she had thought before taking action. There -might have been some way out. - -She must have fallen asleep. The morning announcements came on as -usual, waking her. She listened to the instructions for that day, and -the areas announced as forbidden. She made no effort, however, to -indicate them on the day-map. She knew that, now, none of this applied -to her. - -With a very great effort she got up and shut off the children's ramp, -so that they could not come down. She knew how much this would count in -her favor. Then she began, as hurriedly as she could, to collect the -things they would need. She knew that she could not possibly get the -things together in time, and that so late an effort was more likely -to count against her. She was not even close to finished when the -announcer flashed on. - -Without asking who it was, she pressed the admitter. She was glad that -they had troubled to announce themselves. - -She offered to go into another room while they removed the children. -They did not answer. One of them threw a sack over her. After a -moment, they took it off again and, rather apologetically, asked her -to indicate where the child-ramp control was. She showed them. Their -leader said that perhaps it would be all right for her to go into -another room if one of them went with her. When she saw the one chosen, -she put the sack back on herself. They laughed so hard at this that she -did not hear the children leave. - - * * * * * - -When the children had been taken out, the leader came back and removed -the sack from around her. He asked if she had applied for protection. -She showed her card. - -"Well, that's too bad," he said. "Do you have any refreshment left?" - -She did not dare to lie to him. She showed him. He helped himself. - -"How about credits?" he asked. - -"I gave it all to the ones who were here," she answered carefully. She -felt quick panic because she remembered that she had not so instructed -her account. She had merely dictated it to the children. If he didn't -find out, though, that would be all right. The dictation was proof -enough. But while she was still in this house, the credits were still -in her control. - -"My credit indicator is here," she said, holding it out. He didn't take -it. - -"Thanks for the refreshment," he said, getting up. "Make yourself -comfortable. The others will be here shortly." - -She had nothing to do to make herself ready. She could not take -anything from this house. Sometimes they let you wear what you were -wearing, if it did not look as though you had put on your best things. -They did not always allow it, but they did sometimes. She remembered -that she had expressed strong disapproval of that to Yan, when they -were newly married. Then they both felt the same way about Abandoneds. - -She indicated to her account how she wanted the 1300 disposed. Then she -waited. After a while, the Protection People came and led her out of -the house. They did not touch her or speak to her, they merely formed -a square in the center of which she walked. They led her to a records -room where an interview apparatus prepared a report on her. - -"You have filed availability papers?" it asked. - -"Yes," she said, and gave the file number. - -"This is being checked," the apparatus said. "Have you any claims upon -the State?" - -She came very close to mentioning the children. "None," she said in -a very small voice. It was difficult to remember that the interview -apparatus was not at all sensitive. - -"Have you credits in your possession?" the machine asked. - -"None," she said. - -"You are eligible for exclusion from the slave classification in what -way?" That part of the recording seemed a bit worn. At least she did -not hear it very well. - -"In no way," she replied. - -"You will wait," said the machine, "until we have a report on the -availability petition which you have filed. Please take a seat." - - * * * * * - -There were no seats. This was an older machine which they had not -bothered to replace, or even to correct. She stood in horror as the -long minutes passed. - -Her number was finally called. - -"I am here," she said as the machine hummed, and she gave her number. - -"Your availability petition has been taken up," said the machine. "You -are however to receive twenty-eight demerits for disposing of 6300 -credit after having been abandoned. Do you accept?" - -"I accept," she said. She was so dizzy that she could hardly stand. The -machine whirred and produced a reception-area card. She read it, and -walked as in a daze to the indicated reception area. Yan waited for her -there. - -"You look terrible," he said as he put his arm around her. "I'm sorry. -You made me do this to you. I didn't want to. It's all over now, don't -cry." - -She thought that she was going to faint. - -"Thank you for receiving me," she said, according to the formula. "I am -the Abandoned of Yan, of the Estate...." - -"Stop it!" he said. "I know who you are! Stop it!" - -"Do you have children at your estate?" She asked it as one asks a -polite, social question. - -"They'll be there when we get home," he said. "Don't do this. I didn't -know it would hurt that much. I wouldn't have done it if I had. They're -your children again now." He held her shoulders as he looked at her. - -"I came to you with twenty-eight demerits," she said. "Shall I work -them off before I come to your estate?" - -"Please, stop it!" he said. "They were paid when you accepted. I waited -here all night. No one else could have claimed you. Please, come on -home now?" He handed her a brand-new wife-status card. - -"Thank you," she said. "I shall try to deserve the opportunity which -you restore to me." He smiled as she recited the formula and took his -arm. Yet he did not look as if he felt like smiling. - -"Come home," he said. "Come home now. I'll not hurt you again." He led -her back to their estate. - -That night, feeling entirely justified, she abandoned him. - - * * * * * - -"Mommy," the children shouted. They ran to her and hugged her. They had -missed her, and had resented the disturbance in their routine. "Mommy!" -They danced and shouted, "Mommy! Mommy, Mommy!" - -When it was their bed time, he left her alone with them. He said good -night to them himself, kissed them and squeezed her shoulder. "It's -good to have you home again!" he said. His eyes filled with tears and -he hurried from the room. - -"Tell us a story, Mommy." It was the custom of the household. - -There were tears in her eyes and her voice trembled a little, but she -said in what seemed to them a perfect narrative style: - -"Once upon a time there were two very good and loving children who -found that it was their duty to denounce their father to the state and -to see him publicly flogged to death. You must listen very carefully to -this," she said, "both of you. - -"At first, they thought that this was a very sad duty...." - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Abandoned of Yan, by Donald F. 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