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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: Rundown - -Author: Robert Lory - -Release Date: February 12, 2020 [EBook #61387] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RUNDOWN *** - - - - -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="351" height="500" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="titlepage"> - -<h1>RUNDOWN</h1> - -<h2>BY ROBERT LORY</h2> - -<p class="ph1">All panhandlers ask for dimes—but<br /> -this one had a very special purpose!</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Worlds of If Science Fiction, May 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>The subway train announced its arrival with a screech of grating steel. -The man was shoved from the car onto the platform by the eight p.m. -crowd. The noise and the abrupt handling of his body brought him to -awareness.</p> - -<p>Not that he had been asleep or unconscious. Although he might have -been. He didn't know for sure.</p> - -<p>He found it hard to concentrate, but soon a sign over the platform came -into focus:</p> - -<p class="ph2">WESTBORO</p> - -<p>It meant nothing to him. The second thing he became aware of did.</p> - -<p>Another train had replaced his, and directly in front of him was -an army of people, dispassionate towards everything but its one -objective—to get on.</p> - -<p>They came at him all at once, forming a pushing, elbowing, cursing, -jarring mass of humanity. He glanced off one to collide with another. -He escaped the punishment by a lunge to one side which ended with a -crash to the cold cement floor.</p> - -<p>He regained some semblance of steadiness on his feet and looked at the -sign. It was still Westboro. It still meant nothing to him.</p> - -<p>He was lost.</p> - -<p>What was worse, he couldn't remember where he was lost <i>from</i>.</p> - -<p>He turned to walk, he didn't know exactly where, when he smashed into a -little boy eating an apple.</p> - -<p>The boy reacted in a strange manner.</p> - -<p>"Leave me alone, you dirty man, you," the boy said. He dropped his -apple and ran off. Scared.</p> - -<p>The man flushed with embarrassment, but the boy's remark made him look -down at himself.</p> - -<p>He saw a dirty man. Filthy. His white shirt—it had been white -once—was torn at the elbow and was covered with grime, his shoes at -the toes were white where the black polish had worn completely off, his -pants reflected no evidence of ever having been pressed and the right -leg was ripped from the knee down.</p> - -<p>Two girls in their teens passed and giggled.</p> - -<p>He was aware that others had noticed him.</p> - -<p>"Hey, lookit the bum," a fat jolly-rover called out to his three -on-the-towning cronies.</p> - -<p>"Bum," the man thought, and reached to his back pocket.</p> - -<p>No wallet. But not long ago he had one, he was sure, because the feel -of its absence was there. Somebody must have taken it, or he might -have lost it. In that crowd or on the subway or before.... He couldn't -remember where he had been before.</p> - -<p>The feeling of not remembering seemed familiar, and he tried hard to -think. But there was nothing static in his mind that he could hold on -to. His mind wasn't blank anymore, it was a jumble. He somehow recalled -he had been looking for his money. He fumbled through his other pockets.</p> - -<p>He found a dirty handkerchief and two cents.</p> - -<p>The feel of the coins brought everything back.</p> - -<p>Quickly he felt his pulse. It was slower than he had ever known it to -be. Sure, there were times before when ... but then the doctor always -had been nearby. And this time, the most serious time of all—he looked -up at the Westboro sign—he was lost. Perhaps, up on the streets, he -would recognize something.</p> - -<p>He began to take the stairs at a run, but his breath came too hard, and -he walked the rest of the way to the turnstile. The arm caught tight as -he started to go through and a sharp pain want through his groin.</p> - -<p>"That's the way you go <i>in</i>, pal," somebody offered, and the man winced -at the few laughs he had drawn. He saw the exit sign and walked quickly -toward it.</p> - -<p>The night lights were just ahead as he collided with a woman loaded -with bundles. They spilled. "Sorry," he said, leaving her to her -indignation, and at a faster pace he walked outside into the cool night -air.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>He had stopped walking and was leaning against the door of the Inn of -Six Horses, which proudly displayed its name and namesakes in blue and -white neon.</p> - -<p>He had recognized nothing.</p> - -<p>He had tried getting to the doctor's by cab, but no driver would listen -to him without first seeing the fare, even though he assured them all -that he could get it from the doctor.</p> - -<p>A policeman had told him to move along or suffer the consequences of a -thick nightstick.</p> - -<p>A drugstore proprietor had answered his request to use the phone by -threatening to call the policeman with the thick nightstick.</p> - -<p>A dime. One dime!</p> - -<p>He remembered his Shakespeare.</p> - -<p>My kingdom for a ... horse? Six horses. Maybe, just maybe, at the Inn -of Six Horses....</p> - -<p>A short man at the bar, composing one half of the clientele, was -calling the bartender's attention to the fact that the six horses -outside outnumbered the customers.</p> - -<p>"Go to blazes," the bartender commented on the short man's observation.</p> - -<p>"I should," said the short one. "Then George here would be Uncas, the -last of the Mohicans, riding your six old white stallions."</p> - -<p>"How do you know they're stallions?" George said. He was lean, mean and -weary, looking as if he had just returned from a hard day of peddling -vacuum cleaners.</p> - -<p>The door banged shut and three pairs of eyes focused on a dirty man.</p> - -<p>"Here comes a touch," said Pete.</p> - -<p>"Please," said the man, his voice shaky and weak.</p> - -<p>"Before you go into your act, pal," Pete said, "understand this: Nobody -gets nothing free here, this ain't no mission or nothing. This is a -business like any place else."</p> - -<p>"A real thriving business," mocked Shorty.</p> - -<p>"Please, a dime, I need a dime, that's all I—"</p> - -<p>"A <i>dime</i>?" George laughed. "For what, a cup of coffee? This is a -high-class place. Beer costs fifteen cents here."</p> - -<p>Shorty joined in with a snort. "Maybe he wants to call his girl."</p> - -<p>"I <i>need</i> the dime," the man said, leaning on the bar for support.</p> - -<p>"A matter of real life and death, huh?" George said.</p> - -<p>"Yes. Look ... here, I have two cents, you take them."</p> - -<p>Pete looked suspiciously at the two coins. "We don't sell nothing that -costs two cents."</p> - -<p>"You take the two cents, but give me a dime. <i>Please.</i>"</p> - -<p>"Sharp businessman," noted George.</p> - -<p>"This is rich," said Pete. "Do you really expect to <i>buy</i> a dime for -two cents?"</p> - -<p>Shorty said, "He just noticed how well you're doing. He figures you can -afford the loss."</p> - -<p>"Boy, it burns me up," said Pete. "These professional bums make more in -a week than I see in a month."</p> - -<p>"You keep talking that way, and this clown will want to buy your -business for the two cents," Shorty said. "Ain't worth it," George said -and banged his glass down. "Fill it," he directed Pete.</p> - -<p>As Pete turned, the man made a lunge for George's change on the bar.</p> - -<p>"Watch him," warned Shorty.</p> - -<p>George needed no warning. He had seen the man eying his money, and he -had hoped for just such a move. With a right fist to the side of the -man's head, George took revenge for a bad day's work.</p> - -<p>The man lay very still on the floor.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>"What a paste," said Shorty, admiringly. "You could have killed him -like that."</p> - -<p>"He sure ain't doing much moving," said Pete, coming around the end of -the bar. "I'd better take a look."</p> - -<p>"Man, I didn't hit him that hard."</p> - -<p>"Well, <i>man</i>, he sure asked for it," said Shorty. "And me and Pete will -be right here to tell the cops that the guy was a crook and tried to -rob your money. Right, Pete?"</p> - -<p>"George, this guy's got no pulse," Pete said.</p> - -<p>"Watcha gonna do, George?" Shorty said.</p> - -<p>"Just shut up and wait a minute," Pete said. "I think he's trying to -say something."</p> - -<p>The man's eyes pleaded with each of the three. His lips quietly formed -their message:</p> - -<p>"Dime."</p> - -<p>"Wow, talk about persistence," said Shorty.</p> - -<p>George looked at his change on the bar.</p> - -<p>He picked up a dime.</p> - -<p>"Hey," said Shorty, "what are you doing?"</p> - -<p>"Shut up," said Pete. "George's money is George's money. What he does -with it is his business."</p> - -<p>"Look," George said, "I didn't mean to hit you so hard. I mean, I hit -you so hard my whole hand hurts. So here, you can have the dime, I -won't miss it."</p> - -<p>He pressed the dime into the man's hand.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>"Holy cow," said Shorty. It was the first sound any of the three had -made after the man had left, fifteen minutes before.</p> - -<p>George stared into the mirror behind the bar, seeking some mighty truth -in his own reflection. "He says ... he says <i>Unbutton my shirt</i>, and -then...."</p> - -<p>George fondled some coins in his hand. "Then he takes that crazy dime, -a plain old, regular, crazy dime...."</p> - -<p>Pete poured himself a Scotch. "What kind of guy is it, anyway," he -said, "who walks around with a slot in the middle of his chest that he -puts dimes into?"</p> - -<p>"Yeah," said George, "and who <i>ticks</i>, yet?"</p> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Rundown, by Robert Lory - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RUNDOWN *** - -***** This file should be named 61387-h.htm or 61387-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/1/3/8/61387/ - -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: Rundown - -Author: Robert Lory - -Release Date: February 12, 2020 [EBook #61387] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RUNDOWN *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - RUNDOWN - - BY ROBERT LORY - - All panhandlers ask for dimes--but - this one had a very special purpose! - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Worlds of If Science Fiction, May 1963. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -The subway train announced its arrival with a screech of grating steel. -The man was shoved from the car onto the platform by the eight p.m. -crowd. The noise and the abrupt handling of his body brought him to -awareness. - -Not that he had been asleep or unconscious. Although he might have -been. He didn't know for sure. - -He found it hard to concentrate, but soon a sign over the platform came -into focus: - - WESTBORO - -It meant nothing to him. The second thing he became aware of did. - -Another train had replaced his, and directly in front of him was -an army of people, dispassionate towards everything but its one -objective--to get on. - -They came at him all at once, forming a pushing, elbowing, cursing, -jarring mass of humanity. He glanced off one to collide with another. -He escaped the punishment by a lunge to one side which ended with a -crash to the cold cement floor. - -He regained some semblance of steadiness on his feet and looked at the -sign. It was still Westboro. It still meant nothing to him. - -He was lost. - -What was worse, he couldn't remember where he was lost _from_. - -He turned to walk, he didn't know exactly where, when he smashed into a -little boy eating an apple. - -The boy reacted in a strange manner. - -"Leave me alone, you dirty man, you," the boy said. He dropped his -apple and ran off. Scared. - -The man flushed with embarrassment, but the boy's remark made him look -down at himself. - -He saw a dirty man. Filthy. His white shirt--it had been white -once--was torn at the elbow and was covered with grime, his shoes at -the toes were white where the black polish had worn completely off, his -pants reflected no evidence of ever having been pressed and the right -leg was ripped from the knee down. - -Two girls in their teens passed and giggled. - -He was aware that others had noticed him. - -"Hey, lookit the bum," a fat jolly-rover called out to his three -on-the-towning cronies. - -"Bum," the man thought, and reached to his back pocket. - -No wallet. But not long ago he had one, he was sure, because the feel -of its absence was there. Somebody must have taken it, or he might -have lost it. In that crowd or on the subway or before.... He couldn't -remember where he had been before. - -The feeling of not remembering seemed familiar, and he tried hard to -think. But there was nothing static in his mind that he could hold on -to. His mind wasn't blank anymore, it was a jumble. He somehow recalled -he had been looking for his money. He fumbled through his other pockets. - -He found a dirty handkerchief and two cents. - -The feel of the coins brought everything back. - -Quickly he felt his pulse. It was slower than he had ever known it to -be. Sure, there were times before when ... but then the doctor always -had been nearby. And this time, the most serious time of all--he looked -up at the Westboro sign--he was lost. Perhaps, up on the streets, he -would recognize something. - -He began to take the stairs at a run, but his breath came too hard, and -he walked the rest of the way to the turnstile. The arm caught tight as -he started to go through and a sharp pain want through his groin. - -"That's the way you go _in_, pal," somebody offered, and the man winced -at the few laughs he had drawn. He saw the exit sign and walked quickly -toward it. - -The night lights were just ahead as he collided with a woman loaded -with bundles. They spilled. "Sorry," he said, leaving her to her -indignation, and at a faster pace he walked outside into the cool night -air. - - * * * * * - -He had stopped walking and was leaning against the door of the Inn of -Six Horses, which proudly displayed its name and namesakes in blue and -white neon. - -He had recognized nothing. - -He had tried getting to the doctor's by cab, but no driver would listen -to him without first seeing the fare, even though he assured them all -that he could get it from the doctor. - -A policeman had told him to move along or suffer the consequences of a -thick nightstick. - -A drugstore proprietor had answered his request to use the phone by -threatening to call the policeman with the thick nightstick. - -A dime. One dime! - -He remembered his Shakespeare. - -My kingdom for a ... horse? Six horses. Maybe, just maybe, at the Inn -of Six Horses.... - -A short man at the bar, composing one half of the clientele, was -calling the bartender's attention to the fact that the six horses -outside outnumbered the customers. - -"Go to blazes," the bartender commented on the short man's observation. - -"I should," said the short one. "Then George here would be Uncas, the -last of the Mohicans, riding your six old white stallions." - -"How do you know they're stallions?" George said. He was lean, mean and -weary, looking as if he had just returned from a hard day of peddling -vacuum cleaners. - -The door banged shut and three pairs of eyes focused on a dirty man. - -"Here comes a touch," said Pete. - -"Please," said the man, his voice shaky and weak. - -"Before you go into your act, pal," Pete said, "understand this: Nobody -gets nothing free here, this ain't no mission or nothing. This is a -business like any place else." - -"A real thriving business," mocked Shorty. - -"Please, a dime, I need a dime, that's all I--" - -"A _dime_?" George laughed. "For what, a cup of coffee? This is a -high-class place. Beer costs fifteen cents here." - -Shorty joined in with a snort. "Maybe he wants to call his girl." - -"I _need_ the dime," the man said, leaning on the bar for support. - -"A matter of real life and death, huh?" George said. - -"Yes. Look ... here, I have two cents, you take them." - -Pete looked suspiciously at the two coins. "We don't sell nothing that -costs two cents." - -"You take the two cents, but give me a dime. _Please._" - -"Sharp businessman," noted George. - -"This is rich," said Pete. "Do you really expect to _buy_ a dime for -two cents?" - -Shorty said, "He just noticed how well you're doing. He figures you can -afford the loss." - -"Boy, it burns me up," said Pete. "These professional bums make more in -a week than I see in a month." - -"You keep talking that way, and this clown will want to buy your -business for the two cents," Shorty said. "Ain't worth it," George said -and banged his glass down. "Fill it," he directed Pete. - -As Pete turned, the man made a lunge for George's change on the bar. - -"Watch him," warned Shorty. - -George needed no warning. He had seen the man eying his money, and he -had hoped for just such a move. With a right fist to the side of the -man's head, George took revenge for a bad day's work. - -The man lay very still on the floor. - - * * * * * - -"What a paste," said Shorty, admiringly. "You could have killed him -like that." - -"He sure ain't doing much moving," said Pete, coming around the end of -the bar. "I'd better take a look." - -"Man, I didn't hit him that hard." - -"Well, _man_, he sure asked for it," said Shorty. "And me and Pete will -be right here to tell the cops that the guy was a crook and tried to -rob your money. Right, Pete?" - -"George, this guy's got no pulse," Pete said. - -"Watcha gonna do, George?" Shorty said. - -"Just shut up and wait a minute," Pete said. "I think he's trying to -say something." - -The man's eyes pleaded with each of the three. His lips quietly formed -their message: - -"Dime." - -"Wow, talk about persistence," said Shorty. - -George looked at his change on the bar. - -He picked up a dime. - -"Hey," said Shorty, "what are you doing?" - -"Shut up," said Pete. "George's money is George's money. What he does -with it is his business." - -"Look," George said, "I didn't mean to hit you so hard. I mean, I hit -you so hard my whole hand hurts. So here, you can have the dime, I -won't miss it." - -He pressed the dime into the man's hand. - - * * * * * - -"Holy cow," said Shorty. It was the first sound any of the three had -made after the man had left, fifteen minutes before. - -George stared into the mirror behind the bar, seeking some mighty truth -in his own reflection. "He says ... he says _Unbutton my shirt_, and -then...." - -George fondled some coins in his hand. "Then he takes that crazy dime, -a plain old, regular, crazy dime...." - -Pete poured himself a Scotch. "What kind of guy is it, anyway," he -said, "who walks around with a slot in the middle of his chest that he -puts dimes into?" - -"Yeah," said George, "and who _ticks_, yet?" - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Rundown, by Robert Lory - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RUNDOWN *** - -***** This file should be named 61387.txt or 61387.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/1/3/8/61387/ - -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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