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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: Man-Trap - -Author: Hal Annas - -Release Date: August 30, 2021 [eBook #66183] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MAN-TRAP *** - - - - - - Jerry vowed no woman would ever entice - him into matrimony. But of course, that was - before Professor Madigan's invention, the-- - - MAN-TRAP - - By Hal Annas - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy - December 1953 - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -Jerry Kerran watched the news analyst fade from the screen to be -replaced by a woman who looked directly at him and said, "Listen, -girls! Professor Madigan's greatest invention. A new kind of magnetism -more powerful than gravity. Works as a supplement to a natural -magnetism. Can be controlled--" - -Kerran switched off the current. "Women," he growled. "Bah!" - -He had three rules concerning woman: a) if she won't stay home and neck -on the sofa get rid of her; b) if she will stay home and neck on the -sofa suspect her of matrimonial intentions and get rid of her; c) don't -monkey with her to begin with and avoid the nuisance of bothering with -the first two rules. - -He rose to his lanky six feet of height, brushed the unruly red hair -out of his eyes, strode to the door and turned the knob. The door -swung wide. He glanced about briefly, then looked down and saw the girl. - -She had, he realized, removed her highheels. Ordinarily the top of her -platinum hair came an inch above his shoulders. Not that he was in the -habit of getting close enough to determine this factor accurately, but -he couldn't help seeing her enter and leave the apartment across the -way from time to time. - -"You knocked?" he said bruskly. - -Her head was tilted back, her blue eyes wide. "I need a pound of -sugar," she said. "My pneumatic is out of order. Can't get deliveries." - -"You mean, you cook?" He stared in awe. - -"I'm making a cake," she breathed, inching closer. - -He backed out of the doorway and she entered. Without giving him -another glance, she went to the pneumatic, cut in the phone and ordered -a pound of sugar. She turned back to him. - -"It shouldn't be a minute. I'll wait--if you don't mind." - -He had tried to keep himself from studying her. Despite this, his -eyes told him that her figure was just about perfect and as both a -counteraction and a stimulant to the mounting tension in him, her smile -was surprisingly bright and full. There was little danger of the flavor -of her warpaint confusing a man. She wore little, if any. Her bright -lips and cheeks seemed to need no added color. - -"Don't bother to stand," she said considerately. She waited until he -had lowered himself to the couch, then dropped down beside him, a -trifle too close to allow him to put his mind on other things. - -"I hope I haven't troubled you." Her hand brushed his. - -"Not at all." He drew his hand away. - -"From the looks of your side-board," she went on cheerily, "you were -just getting ready to mix a drink. I'm an expert. Shall I mix a couple?" - -He resisted the inclination to rise when she did, and deliberately kept -his eyes from following her. He snatched up the paper, rustled it -noisily and tried to concentrate on the headlines. - -Two things distracted him. One was the faint scent of perfume and the -other was the chinking of ice and glasses. He put the paper aside, -tried to put his mind on distant things. This soon palled. He was about -to get up and pace the floor when she returned and handed him a cool -glass. - -"Thanks," he said and leaned back. - -She sat down again, so close that her shoulder brushed his. He -edged over against the arm of the couch, putting an inch of space -between them, glanced sidelong at her, and drank. He rolled his eyes -ceiling-ward, smacked his lips and drank again. - -"What did you put in it?" - -"About a spoonful of creme de menthe, a couple drops of bitters and -about two ounces of rye. Like it?" - -He scowled deliberately, armoring himself against his feelings. "It's -fair--for a woman's mixings. You should have put in more liquor." - -"Of course. I'll learn." - -"Not from me," he snapped. "I'm a woman-hater." - -She leaned toward him. "Why?" - -He tossed off the balance of the drink, set the glass on the table and -made a sweeping gesture. "They're all alike," he said brutally. "Fickle -and treacherous. Deceivers. Always flinging their sex around." - -"Not all women," she countered. "Take this Professor Madigan who -discovered that new adhesion force." - -"A woman?" - -"Of course. Professor Madigan is a scholarly young woman. Her sex -appeal might not win a beauty contest, but she discovered a perfectly -wonderful man-catcher." - -"What?" - -"A new force. Works like gravity--only it's different. Its strength -increases in ratio to the square of the distance." - -"What are you talking about? Women don't understand things like that." - -"No?" - -"No! Need I spell it out for you? Your delivery should be in the -pneumatic by now. Why don't you pick it up and go home and make your -cake?" - -"I shall. I had no idea I was living next door to a misogynist, and a -brutal one at that." - -"I don't like women," Kerran said emphatically. "They're all alike. -Fickle. Deceivers. Everything about them artificial. Lips, color, -shape." - -The girl rose and stood over him. "I'm not wearing make-up," she -asserted. "You flatter yourself in thinking I would put on my face to -come across the hall." - -"Your shape! Your hips aren't that neat!" - -The color rose in her cheeks. She lifted a hand as though to strike -him. The hand trembled. She lowered it to her side. "I do not wear a -girdle. Want to feel?" - -"No," he said, his own color rising. "Go on home." - -Ignoring the pneumatic, she crossed to the door, snatched it open, -marched into the corridor. Through the open doorway he heard the knob -turn on her door. He went to the pneumatic, picked up the sugar, strode -across the corridor and knocked. In a moment her head appeared, then -the door swung wide. - -"You forgot something," he said contritely. "Sorry I was rude. I'm -a natural woman-hater, and a moment before you came in some wench -on television triggered my feelings on the subject.... Just keep on -your own side of the fence and I'll stay on mine. I'll even speak -to you occasionally, if you wish, but that's as far as I'll go in -neighborliness." - -"Thanks," she said. "You're more than kind. But I shan't trouble you. -I've just become a man-hater." - -Kerran turned to go. Halfway across the corridor he felt something tug -at him. It was a steady and increasingly powerful pull, forcing him -into the girl's apartment. He lost his balance, reeled through the -doorway, came to a halt against the table, noticed that the force still -drew him toward the girl on the far side of the table. - -"Well?" she said. - -"Er-uh, just dropped in. Going right back out." - -He got halfway to the door before it again took effect. He leaned -against it, dug his feet into the carpet, pushed. He almost reached the -door. He could go no farther, knew he was going to be snatched back to -the table. - -He turned, dug in his heels, braced himself, and then the girl came -flying over the table and directly into his arms. Instantly the force -released him and he fell with the girl on top. - -The platinum hair was in his eyes, against his face, the scent of -perfume all about, the full weight of the soft warm flesh pressing him -down. Then she struggled up, stood erect. - -Getting his feet under him, he said, "I want to apologize. Your shape -is natural. You don't wear a girdle. And now I'll be going." - -He had scarcely turned before he felt it again. He swung back quickly, -saw that the girl was hanging on the sofa. He lost his balance, went -staggering toward her, flung out his arms, and the next thing he knew -she was pressing against him, standing on her toes, and her lips were -brushing his cheek, and they were moist and warm and soft. - -She drew back and said, belligerently, "I wish you'd get out of here." - -He started again, hesitated when he felt the force, turned back. "I've -heard of magnetic women," he said with restraint. "I never believed in -it. But now--" He gestured vaguely. "Please turn off your charms." - -She lowered her eyes. "I thought it was you. I've been drawn to you -from the first and I thought you'd suddenly become irresistible. Do you -mean you feel it too?" - -He nodded. "I've read about magnetic women in the best books. Now, dash -it, turn it off! I'm getting tired of hanging around here." - -"It's you," she insisted. "You turn it off." - -He shook his head. "I'm plain as an old shoe. Everybody knows. But you! -One look at you and anybody'd know you've got this magnetism. That's -why I had to be so brutal. It was the only way I could resist and keep -my woman-hating integrity. I can feel your magnetism now. It's getting -stronger." - -"And I feel yours. It's pulling me right into your arms." - -"Stay back. I can't stand much more. I'm a confirmed misogynist, and if -you keep on I'll have to go against my principles, and that wouldn't be -honest." - -"I can't help it," she murmured from two feet away. "I can't resist -you." - -Kerran puzzled briefly. "Maybe that's it. I remember when I was -overseas. But no! All they wanted was chewing gum and cigarets. Still, -you never can tell. Maybe it came on me suddenly. Maybe looking at you -sort of triggered my magnetism." - -She smiled. "If you'll quit looking at me maybe we can stop it. Look -the other way and I'll try to stop thinking about you because you do -something to me." - -Kerran nodded. "That's it. Beat it! I'll put my mind on something else." - -Visualizing a horse race in which he had his money on the bang-tail -just ready to break the tape, he didn't feel the tug for several -seconds. He struggled mightily but futilely to resist. He wound up in -the kitchen where the girl was holding onto the electric range. - -"You didn't play fair," he said accusingly. "Treacherous. Just like -all your sex. You thought about me." - -She lowered her eyes. "I--I just couldn't help it." - -Kerran felt his chest expand involuntarily. "One of us is -irresistible," he said. "It isn't you because I positively was not -thinking about you. So it must be me." His chest expanded another inch. -"I guess a girl who can't resist me would be true. And since we can't -beat this force, the only solution is to get married." - -She nodded. "That's the only solution. But maybe I don't want to solve -the problem. You'll have to persuade me." - -The voice from the television in the living room was barely audible in -the kitchen: "The new force was originally developed for the purpose -of drawing troops into a compact group so they could be atom-bombed. -Professor Madigan refused to disclose its secret to be used for that -purpose. She pointed out that it had a far more useful potential. A -field of it, built into a woman's garments, enables her to attract at -a distance the man of her choice. She can control this with a switch -conveniently located in a pocket. Her own charms do the rest." - -Kerran ignored the telecast. She was in his arms and he had his face -half-buried in her silken hair. "I don't even know your name ..." he -laughed embarrassedly. - -Her voice was low and soft as she murmured, "Madigan--Joyce Madigan." - -He stiffened suddenly. "You mean you're _Professor_ Madigan--" - -She snuggled closer against him and somehow it didn't really seem to -matter now what her name was. "Let's say I _was_ Professor Madigan--a -woman's place is in the home, don't you agree?" - -After a few emphatic kisses he did. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MAN-TRAP *** - -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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