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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The Killer - -Author: J. T. Oliver - -Release Date: July 5, 2021 [eBook #65770] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KILLER *** - - - - - THE KILLER - - By J. T. Oliver - - Smith made a profitable business out of - murder. It was all quite simple--he killed a - man and then disposed of the body--forever! - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy - March 1952 - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -The sign on the door said Ernest H. Smith, Private Investigator. -The door opened and a woman came in. She was a brunette, about -five-feet-two, wearing a yellow dress with black buttons. She carried a -brown alligator handbag. "I am Mrs. Wilma Rogers," she said. "You were -recommended to me." - -Smith motioned to a chair in front of his desk. "Sit down, Mrs. Rogers. -Do you have a card?" - -She sat down and opened her handbag. She took out a small card and -handed it to him. He looked at the printed words, "Recommended to -Smith." He opened a desk drawer and removed a small bottle of red -liquid, spilling a few drops on the blank side of the card. Soon there -was visible writing on it. "Okay for any service," it said. - -"All right," Smith nodded, "what can I do for you?" - -"I want you to kill my husband," she said pleasantly. - -Smith swiveled his chair around to face the typewriter, inserted a -blank sheet of white paper, and began to type. "Why do you want him -killed?" - -"He's stingy--he won't give me enough money." - -"How much money will he leave you, Mrs. Rogers?" - -"Roughly two hundred thousand," she said. "There's insurance, of -course, but I understand we can't count on that." - -Smith smiled. "That's a nice sum. Now what time would be most -convenient?" - -She shrugged her shoulders. "Any time suits me." - -Smith laughed. "I mean for your husband. What time would be best for -killing him?" - -"Oh," she said. Her brow wrinkled and she began to mutter, "Let's see, -now ... home at five-fifteen, reads the paper ... takes a shower ... -dinner at six-fifteen ... I can send the servants out at -seven-thirty ... oh, I think eight will be perfect." - -"Eight it is," said Smith, putting the information on paper. "Now for a -bit of information about the house and grounds. Can't afford to bungle -into the wrong place and foul up the job." - -Mrs. Rogers opened her purse again and withdrew a folded sheet of -paper. "I've got a floor-plan of the house here, with the address and -everything marked off." - -Smith took the paper and looked at it. "You don't overlook anything, do -you? Why didn't you just go ahead and do the job yourself?" - -She smiled and shrugged. "I understand you can perform a perfect -murder. I'm afraid I couldn't." - -Smith removed the typewritten sheet from the machine and inserted a -fresh sheet. He filled it in with names, dates, and figures. When he -finished he handed it to her. "Sign on the bottom line." - -She took the paper and looked at it. - -"It's our contract," said Smith. "I have to have a guarantee that -you'll go through with your part of the bargain. If you don't, I'll -have that signed confession." - -Mrs. Rogers looked at him in silence for a moment, then she laughed and -signed the paper. "You don't overlook anything, yourself." - -"No, Ma'am," said Smith. - - * * * * * - -At exactly five minutes before eight, Smith drove his panel truck -through the gate to the Rogers home, turned out the lights, and drove -silently to the house. He parked near the side entrance, got out, went -around the truck, which was labeled, "Smith's TV Repair," and opened -the back doors. He lifted a pile of ragged quilts from the floor and -picked up a small air-pistol. Wrapped carefully in the quilts was a -tiny bottle of dark green liquid, marked "Poison." He took a small -dart from his pocket, opened the bottle and applied a small amount of -the liquid to the tip of the projectile. Then he loaded the pistol with -the dart, stuck it in his coat pocket, and replaced the bottle. - -He walked rapidly to the door of the house, stopped at the steps to -consult the floor-plan, and then entered. He went up the stairs and -directly to the second door on the left. He turned the knob silently -and eased inside. - -A small man, dressed in a dark suit, was seated at a desk, writing with -a fountain pen on light blue paper. He looked up and said, "Who are -you?" - -"I'm Smith, the TV repairman--are you Rogers?" - -"Yes, but I--" - -Then Smith killed him. - - * * * * * - -He emerged from the house with Rogers draped over his shoulder and -staggered over to the truck. He shoved the corpse in and crawled in -after. Moving rapidly, he opened the door of a trim metal cabinet -directly behind the cab and shoved Rogers inside. Then he pushed a -button on the side of the contraption and it began to hum. - -After two minutes he cut the power and opened the cabinet. It was empty. - -Smith whistled softly as he walked back to the house. He strode noisily -in and called, "Hey, Mrs. Rogers!" - -She emerged from a door near the head of the stairs and came down. -"Yes?" she said. - -Smith grinned at her. "It's okay, lady--the job is over." - -"Good! Let me fix you a drink, and you can tell me all about it." - -Smith sat down on a couch. She prepared the drinks and brought his -over. They sat together and sipped the liquor. - -"Science is wonderful," she said. - -"Yeah, it sure is," said Smith. "They spend millions figuring out fancy -ways to catch crooks, and then some dumb professor invents a way so I -can kill people and never be caught." - -"I wonder what the cops a hundred years in the future will think when -bodies start popping up all over the place?" she observed. - -"Who cares?" said Smith. "I'm making my dough, even if I will have to -wait seven years for the heirs to collect." - -"It won't be too hard to wait," she said, "since we know for certain -we'll get it." - -"Let's drink to our success," Smith said. - -"Let's," she smiled. - -"Here's to a fine old professor, who invented a time machine and -kindly let me kill him and take it away. Here's to a policeman's -nightmare--the perfect murder." - -They drank. - -Smith got to his feet then and put the glass down. "Well, I've got to -go now, I--" - -He saw the blank look of astonishment on her face. Her mouth had -dropped open and her eyes were wide, staring. But they weren't looking -at him--they were looking _behind_ him. - -And then he heard the polite cough. - -Smith spun around. He stared in amazement at the figure of a man -standing there. A man clad in a strange shimmering metallic uniform. -The man held an odd-looking weapon in his hand. He was smiling. - -"Mr. Smith, I believe?" - -Smith nodded automatically. "Yes, but who--" - -"--am I?" the stranger completed the sentence for him. "It's quite -simple. I'm Inspector Graevod, homicide. I'm arresting you for murder." - -Smith shook his head dully. "But that's impossible. There's no -murder--no body.... Where did you come from?" - -The shimmering man smiled pleasantly. "Oh but there is a body. Matter -of fact there are quite a few. We've had quite a bit of difficulty in -tracing you down. I've come all the way from 2035 to find you." He -turned his eyes to the woman. "As an accessory to the fact you are also -under arrest. Come along, both of you." - -He pointed the strange weapon at them and a silver radiance swept from -it to envelope their bodies. - -But only for a moment. Then they were gone.... - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KILLER *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law 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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Oliver</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: July 5, 2021 [eBook #65770]</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Character set encoding: UTF-8</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net</div> - -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KILLER ***</div> - -<div class="titlepage"> - -<h1>THE KILLER</h1> - -<h2>By J. T. Oliver</h2> - -<p>Smith made a profitable business out of<br /> -murder. It was all quite simple—he killed a<br /> -man and then disposed of the body—forever!</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy<br /> -March 1952<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 sign on the door said Ernest H. Smith, Private Investigator. -The door opened and a woman came in. She was a brunette, about -five-feet-two, wearing a yellow dress with black buttons. She carried a -brown alligator handbag. "I am Mrs. Wilma Rogers," she said. "You were -recommended to me."</p> - -<p>Smith motioned to a chair in front of his desk. "Sit down, Mrs. Rogers. -Do you have a card?"</p> - -<p>She sat down and opened her handbag. She took out a small card and -handed it to him. He looked at the printed words, "Recommended to -Smith." He opened a desk drawer and removed a small bottle of red -liquid, spilling a few drops on the blank side of the card. Soon there -was visible writing on it. "Okay for any service," it said.</p> - -<p>"All right," Smith nodded, "what can I do for you?"</p> - -<p>"I want you to kill my husband," she said pleasantly.</p> - -<p>Smith swiveled his chair around to face the typewriter, inserted a -blank sheet of white paper, and began to type. "Why do you want him -killed?"</p> - -<p>"He's stingy—he won't give me enough money."</p> - -<p>"How much money will he leave you, Mrs. Rogers?"</p> - -<p>"Roughly two hundred thousand," she said. "There's insurance, of -course, but I understand we can't count on that."</p> - -<p>Smith smiled. "That's a nice sum. Now what time would be most -convenient?"</p> - -<p>She shrugged her shoulders. "Any time suits me."</p> - -<p>Smith laughed. "I mean for your husband. What time would be best for -killing him?"</p> - -<p>"Oh," she said. Her brow wrinkled and she began to mutter, "Let's see, -now ... home at five-fifteen, reads the paper ... takes a shower ... -dinner at six-fifteen ... I can send the servants out at -seven-thirty ... oh, I think eight will be perfect."</p> - -<p>"Eight it is," said Smith, putting the information on paper. "Now for a -bit of information about the house and grounds. Can't afford to bungle -into the wrong place and foul up the job."</p> - -<p>Mrs. Rogers opened her purse again and withdrew a folded sheet of -paper. "I've got a floor-plan of the house here, with the address and -everything marked off."</p> - -<p>Smith took the paper and looked at it. "You don't overlook anything, do -you? Why didn't you just go ahead and do the job yourself?"</p> - -<p>She smiled and shrugged. "I understand you can perform a perfect -murder. I'm afraid I couldn't."</p> - -<p>Smith removed the typewritten sheet from the machine and inserted a -fresh sheet. He filled it in with names, dates, and figures. When he -finished he handed it to her. "Sign on the bottom line."</p> - -<p>She took the paper and looked at it.</p> - -<p>"It's our contract," said Smith. "I have to have a guarantee that -you'll go through with your part of the bargain. If you don't, I'll -have that signed confession."</p> - -<p>Mrs. Rogers looked at him in silence for a moment, then she laughed and -signed the paper. "You don't overlook anything, yourself."</p> - -<p>"No, Ma'am," said Smith.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>At exactly five minutes before eight, Smith drove his panel truck -through the gate to the Rogers home, turned out the lights, and drove -silently to the house. He parked near the side entrance, got out, went -around the truck, which was labeled, "Smith's TV Repair," and opened -the back doors. He lifted a pile of ragged quilts from the floor and -picked up a small air-pistol. Wrapped carefully in the quilts was a -tiny bottle of dark green liquid, marked "Poison." He took a small -dart from his pocket, opened the bottle and applied a small amount of -the liquid to the tip of the projectile. Then he loaded the pistol with -the dart, stuck it in his coat pocket, and replaced the bottle.</p> - -<p>He walked rapidly to the door of the house, stopped at the steps to -consult the floor-plan, and then entered. He went up the stairs and -directly to the second door on the left. He turned the knob silently -and eased inside.</p> - -<p>A small man, dressed in a dark suit, was seated at a desk, writing with -a fountain pen on light blue paper. He looked up and said, "Who are -you?"</p> - -<p>"I'm Smith, the TV repairman—are you Rogers?"</p> - -<p>"Yes, but I—"</p> - -<p>Then Smith killed him.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>He emerged from the house with Rogers draped over his shoulder and -staggered over to the truck. He shoved the corpse in and crawled in -after. Moving rapidly, he opened the door of a trim metal cabinet -directly behind the cab and shoved Rogers inside. Then he pushed a -button on the side of the contraption and it began to hum.</p> - -<p>After two minutes he cut the power and opened the cabinet. It was empty.</p> - -<p>Smith whistled softly as he walked back to the house. He strode noisily -in and called, "Hey, Mrs. Rogers!"</p> - -<p>She emerged from a door near the head of the stairs and came down. -"Yes?" she said.</p> - -<p>Smith grinned at her. "It's okay, lady—the job is over."</p> - -<p>"Good! Let me fix you a drink, and you can tell me all about it."</p> - -<p>Smith sat down on a couch. She prepared the drinks and brought his -over. They sat together and sipped the liquor.</p> - -<p>"Science is wonderful," she said.</p> - -<p>"Yeah, it sure is," said Smith. "They spend millions figuring out fancy -ways to catch crooks, and then some dumb professor invents a way so I -can kill people and never be caught."</p> - -<p>"I wonder what the cops a hundred years in the future will think when -bodies start popping up all over the place?" she observed.</p> - -<p>"Who cares?" said Smith. "I'm making my dough, even if I will have to -wait seven years for the heirs to collect."</p> - -<p>"It won't be too hard to wait," she said, "since we know for certain -we'll get it."</p> - -<p>"Let's drink to our success," Smith said.</p> - -<p>"Let's," she smiled.</p> - -<p>"Here's to a fine old professor, who invented a time machine and -kindly let me kill him and take it away. Here's to a policeman's -nightmare—the perfect murder."</p> - -<p>They drank.</p> - -<p>Smith got to his feet then and put the glass down. "Well, I've got to -go now, I—"</p> - -<p>He saw the blank look of astonishment on her face. Her mouth had -dropped open and her eyes were wide, staring. But they weren't looking -at him—they were looking <i>behind</i> him.</p> - -<p>And then he heard the polite cough.</p> - -<p>Smith spun around. He stared in amazement at the figure of a man -standing there. A man clad in a strange shimmering metallic uniform. -The man held an odd-looking weapon in his hand. He was smiling.</p> - -<p>"Mr. Smith, I believe?"</p> - -<p>Smith nodded automatically. "Yes, but who—"</p> - -<p>"—am I?" the stranger completed the sentence for him. "It's quite -simple. I'm Inspector Graevod, homicide. I'm arresting you for murder."</p> - -<p>Smith shook his head dully. "But that's impossible. There's no -murder—no body.... Where did you come from?"</p> - -<p>The shimmering man smiled pleasantly. "Oh but there is a body. Matter -of fact there are quite a few. We've had quite a bit of difficulty in -tracing you down. I've come all the way from 2035 to find you." He -turned his eyes to the woman. "As an accessory to the fact you are also -under arrest. Come along, both of you."</p> - -<p>He pointed the strange weapon at them and a silver radiance swept from -it to envelope their bodies.</p> - -<p>But only for a moment. Then they were gone....</p> - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KILLER ***</div> -<div style='text-align:left'> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will -be renamed. -</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law 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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