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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: Alien - -Author: George O. Smith - -Release Date: May 29, 2022 [eBook #68196] - -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 ALIEN *** - - - - - - ALIEN - - BY GEORGE O. SMITH - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1946. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -The telephone rang and the lieutenant of police Timothy McDowell -grunted. He put down his magazine, and hastily covered the -partially-clad damsel on the front cover before he answered the ringing -phone. - -"McDowell," he grunted. - -"McDowell," came the voice in his ear. "I think ye'd better come overe -here." - -"What's up?" - -"Been a riot at McCarthy's on Boylston Street." - -"That's nothing new," growled McDowell, "excepting sometimes it's -Hennesey's on Dartmouth or Kelley's on Massachusetts." - -"Yeah, but this is different." - -"Whut's so different about a riot in a jernt like McCarthy's on a -street like Boylston?" - -"Well, the witnesses say it wuz started by a guy wearin' feathers -instead uv hair." - -"A bird, you mean." - -"Naw. 'Twas a big fella, according to tales. A huge guy that refused -to take off his hat and they made a fuss. They offered to toss him -out until he uncovered, and when he did, here was this full head of -feathers. There was a general titter that roared up into a full laugh. -The guy got mad." - -"Yeah?" - -"Yeah. He got mad and made a few swings. 'Twas quite a riot." - -"What did McCarthy expect--a dance? When a guy gets laughed at for -having feathers instead of hair.... Holy St. Patrick! Feathers, did ye -say?" - -"Yup." - -"Look, O'Leary," growled McDowell angrily, "you've not been drinkin' -yourself, have ye?" - -"Nary a drop, lieutenant." - -"So this bird takes off his hat and shows feathers. The crowd laughs -and he gets mad. Then what?" - -"Well, he tossed the bartender through the plate glass window, clipped -McCarthy on the button and tossed him across the bar and wrecked about -fifteen hundred dollars worth of fine Irish whiskey. Then he sort of -picked up Eddy, the bouncer, and hit Pete, the waiter, with him. Then, -having started and finished his own riot, the guy takes his drink, -downs it, and stamps out, slamming the door hard enough to break the -glass." - -"Some character," glowed McDowell, admiringly. "But what am I supposed -to do?" - -"McCarthy wants to swear out a warrant for the guy. But before we do, I -want to know more about this whole thing. First off, what's a man doing -wearing feathers instead of honest hair?" - -"Ask him," grunted McDowell. - -"Shall I issue the warrant?" - -"Yeah--disturbing the peace. He did that, anyway. And if it's some -advertising stunt--this feathers business--I'll have some wiseacre -in jail in the morning. Look, O'Leary, I'll meet you at McCarthy's -in ten minutes." He hung up the phone and snapped the button on his -communicator. - -"Doc?" he barked. "Come along if you want to. We've got us a guy -wearing feathers instead of hair!" - -"Trick," growled the doctor. "Go away. No one can grow feathers instead -of hair." - -"That's why I want you along. Come on, Doc. This is an order!" - -"Confound you and your orders." He hung up angrily, and the lieutenant -heard him breaking up the poker game as he snapped his own switch -closed. - - * * * * * - -It was ten minutes to the second when the car pulled up before -McCarthy's. O'Leary was already inside, talking to a man holding a -chunk of raw beef to his eye. - -"Now," said McDowell, entering with the doctor on his heels, "what's -this about feathers?" - -"Swear it, lieutenant. An' I want the devil clapped in jail where he -belongs." - -"Sure now," said McDowell in a mollifying tone, "and you can prove them -feathers were really growin'?" - -"Sure," snapped McCarthy. "Here!" and he handed Lieutenant McDowell -something slightly bloody. It was a bit of skin, to which was attached -three tiny feathers. "Just before he bopped me I got me hands in his -scalp to see if they wuz real. They wuz, because they came hard and he -howled and went madman." - -McDowell handed the specimen to Doc. "Examine it, Doc. One, are they -real feathers? Two, is that real human skin, and three, is that human -blood?" - -"That'll take time," said the doctor looking at the bloody bit. "Bet -that hurts, though." - -"Hurts?" grunted McDowell. "So what?" - -"By which I mean that he'll be visiting a doctor or a hospital for -treatment. That's no home-remedy job!" - -"O.K.," smiled McDowell cheerfully. "Now look, McCarthy. We'll get -right on it. You've got your warrant and can prefer charges. Meanwhile -there's nothing I can do here. We'll go back to the station and go to -work." - -"How about the damages?" growled the owner. - -"I'm a policeman, not a civil lawyer," returned McDowell. "Take it to -court when we catch our--bird." - -"A fine force we got," grumbled McCarthy belligerently. - -McDowell grunted angrily and turned to O'Leary. "He don't like us," he -said. - -"McCarthy, have you been closing promptly at midnight on Saturday -night?" demanded O'Leary. "That's a bad law to break, you know." - -"I've been lawful," returned the barkeep. "And I'll watch me step in -the future." - -McDowell laughed and he and the Doc left the place. - - * * * * * - -Back at the station, reporters met them with questions. McDowell held -up a hand. "Look, boys," he said with a grin, "this may be something -you can print. It may also be an attempt to ridicule the force. I'll -tell you this much: There was a guy apparently wearing feathers instead -of hair that started a riot in McCarthy's on Boylston a little while -ago. Now if you'll hold off phoning that in until we check, we'll -tell you whether the guy was wearing feathers--or _growing them_! -Also--whether he was human. Mind waiting?" - -"We'll wait," came the chorused reply. - -"Whatcha going to use for lead?" asked one reporter of another. - -"I don't know yet. It depends whether he was having a frat initiation -or was really one of our fine feathered friends." - -McDowell followed the doctor in--and the reporters followed the -lieutenant in. Gag or not, thought McDowell, these guys will be as -good to me as I am to them. And if it is a gag, we'll show 'em that we -know how to find out about such, anyway. - -Doc ignored the room teeming with people, and went to work. He made -test after test, and then pored through a couple of volumes from his -bookcase. Finally he gave that up and faced the group, casting a glance -at McDowell. - -McDowell said: "This is off the record until I find out what he's got -to say. If it's O.K., you get it first hand, O.K.?" - -The reporters nodded. - -Doc cleared his throat. "The skin is human--so is the blood. -Indications are the feathers were growing out of the skin, not merely -inserted." - -"You're certain?" gasped one reporter. - -"I'm reasonably sure," qualified the doctor. "Skin ... well, skin has -certain tests to prove it. This stuff is human skin, I'm certain. It -couldn't be anything else. The feathers--I tried to classify them, but -it will take a professional ornithologist to do that." - -"But Doc," queried the reporter, "if that's human skin, how can -feathers be growing out of it?" - -"Ask me another," said the doctor, puzzled. - -"Huh," grunted the reporter. "Man from--?" He shut his trap but quick, -but the words carried enough connotation. - -"Look," said McDowell, "you can use that Man from Mars gag if you want -to, but don't say we said so. It's your own idea, see?" - -"Right, lieutenant," they said, happy to get this much. It would make a -bit of reading, this item. - -"Now," said McDowell. "Doc and I are going over to Professor Meredith's -place and ask him if he knows what kind of feathers these are." - -One reporter spoke up quickly. "I'm holding mine until we get -Meredith's report," he said. "And I've got a station wagon outside. -Come on, lieutenant and Doc--and any of you mugs that want to ride -along." - -There was a grand rush for the door. - - * * * * * - -Professor Meredith looked the feather over carefully, classifying it as -best he could. He sorted through several books, consulted many notes -of his own, and made careful counts of the spines-per-inch along the -shaft of the feather. He noted its coloring carefully and called for -a general statement as to the color, size, and general shape of the -feather. - -"This is done somewhat like you file fingerprints," he told the -lieutenant. "But here at home I'm stumped. I've never seen that kind -before. However, over at the university we have a punched-card sorter. -We can run through all known birds and see if any of the feathers agree -with this specimen." - -This time they took Professor Meredith along with them. Using official -sanction, the professor opened the laboratory and entered the -building. It was three hours later that the professor made his official -statement to the police and to the press. - -"This feather is not known to the scientific world," he said. "However, -it does exist, and that proves that the scientific world does not know -everything there is. I would say, however, that the animal from which -this came is not known in any regular part of the civilized world." - -"Explain that, Professor Meredith," requested McDowell. - -"It is a small feather--fully grown. It is in an advanced stage of -evolution. Feathers, you know, evolved from scales and we can tell -how far they have come. It must come from a small bird, which is also -evidenced by the fact that it is not known to man. There are places in -the backwaters of the Amazon where man has not been, and certain spots -in Africa and the part of the world near Malaya. Oceania, and others." - -"May we quote you on this, professor?" asked the _Press_. - -"Why--yes. But tell me now, where did you get that feather?" - -McDowell explained. And Professor Meredith gasped. "I'll revise my -statements," he said with a smile. "This feather is not known to exist -in the scientific world. If the story is true, that this feather -emerged from the scalp of a man, it is a scientific curiosity that -would startle the world--and make a mint for the owner in any freak -show." - -The reporter from the _Press_ said: "Professor, you state that this -feather is not known to the scientific world. Is there any chance that -this--creature--is utterly alien?" - -"Since the disclosure of the affair at Hiroshima and Nagasaki," -smiled the professor, "a lot of people have been thinking in terms of -attaining the stars--interplanetary travel. As a member of a certain -society known as the Forteans, one of our big questions has been this: -If interplanetary travel is possible, why hasn't someone visited us? -Gentlemen, I'd not like to hear myself quoted as giving the idea too -much credulence, but it is something to ponder." - -That did it. There was another general rush for the car. There was a -wild ride following, in which the man from the _Press_ displayed that -he had two things--a careful disregard for traffic laws, plus illegal -ownership of a siren. But they delivered Professor Meredith to his -home, the policemen to their station, and then the party broke up -heading for their respective telephones. - -Three hours later Lieutenant McDowell was reading a headline stating: -"Hub of world to be Hub of Universe?" - - * * * * * - -McDowell groaned. "Everything happens to Boston, and everything in -Boston happens on Boylston Street. And everything that happens on -Boylston Street happens to me." - -Doc smiled sourly. "Now what?" - -"We've canvassed the medical profession from Brookline to Everett, -including the boys on Scollay Square and a bouquet of fellows who -aren't too squeamish about their income. Not a sign. Furthermore, that -feather specimen was telephotoed to the more-complete libraries at New -York, Chicago, Washington, and Berkeley. The Audubon Society has been -consulted, as well as have most of the big ornithologists in the world. -The sum total is this: - -"That feather is strictly unlike anything known. The skin is human--or -as one dermatologist put it, is as human as possible considering that -it is growing feathers instead of hair. The blood is the same story." - -Doc nodded. "Now what?" he repeated, though the sense of his words was -different. - -"We wait. Boy, there's a big scareline in all the papers. The _Press_ -is hinting that the guy is from outer space, having been told that -there were intelligent humans here by that series of atom bomb -explosions." - -"If we were really intelligent, we could get along with one another -without atom bombs," grunted the Doc. - -"Well, the _Sphere_ claims that the character is a mutant resulting -from atom bomb radiation by-products, or something. He quotes the -trouble that the photographic manufacturers are having with radioactive -specks in their plants. The _Tribune_ goes even further. He thinks the -guy is an advance spy for an invasion from outer space, because his -gang of feather-bearing humans are afraid to leave any world run loose -with atom bombs. - -"The ultraconservative _Events_ even goes so far as to question the -possibility of a feather-bearing man growing to full manhood without -having some record of it. Based on that premise, they build an outer -space yarn about it, too." - -Doc grunted. "Used to be invasions from Mars," he said. - -"They're smarter now," explained McDowell. "Seems as how the bright -boys claim that life of humanoid varieties couldn't evolve on any -planet of this system but the Earth. Therefore if it is alien, it must -come from one of the stars. If it came from Mars it would be green -worms, or seven-legged octopuses. Venus, they claim, would probably -sprout dinosaurs or a gang of talking walleyed pike. Spinach, I calls -it." - -Doc smiled. "Notice that none of 'em is claiming that they have the -truth? It's all conjecture so far." - -"Trouble is that I'm the fall guy," complained McDowell. "It landed -in my lap and now I'm it--expected to unravel it myself or be the -laughingstock of the country, Canada, and the affiliations of the -Associated Press." - - * * * * * - -The phone rang, and McDowell groaned. "Some other guy wanting to climb -on the wagon with us. Been ringing all morning, from one screwbell -or another with theories, ideas, un-helpful suggestions as to how to -trap the alien, and so forth. My own opinion is to treat him nice, -apologize for our rather fool behavior, and see that he don't take a -bad statement home with him. If he tells 'em about us from what he's -seen--Hello," he bawled into the phone. - -"I am Mrs. Donovan, on Tremont Street. I wanted to report that the -fellow with the feathers on his head used to pass my window every -morning on his way to work." - -"Fine," said McDowell, unconvinced. "Will you answer me three -questions?" - -"Certainly." - -"First, how do you know--seems he never took his hat off?" - -"Well, he was large and he acted suspicious--" - -"Sure," growled McDowell, hanging up the phone. - -He turned again to Doc. "It's been like this. People who think they've -seen him; people who are sure they've had him in for lunch, almost. Yet -they missed calling about a character growing feathers instead of hair -until there's a big fuss--just as though a guy with a head covered with -feathers was quite the ordinary thing until he takes a swing at a guy -in a saloon." - -Doc said: "You've canvassed all the medics in Boston and environs?" - -"In another hour we'll have all the medics in Massachusetts. Give us -six hours and we'll have 'em all over New England and part of Canada, -New York, and the fish along the Atlantic Ocean." - -"Have you tried the non-medics?" - -"Meaning?" - -"Chiropodists, and the like. They aren't listed in the Medical -Register, but they will often take care of a cut or scrape." - -McDowell laughed. "Just like a stranger to go to a foot specialist to -get a ripped scalp taken care of." - -"Well, it is farfetched, but might be." - -"I'm going to have the boys chalk all sorts, and we'll follow up with -the pharmacists. Does that feather-headed bird know how much money -he's costing the city, I wonder?" McDowell gritted his teeth a bit as -the phone rang again. "I wonder what this one has to say," he snarled, -and then barked: "McDowell," into the instrument. - -"I have just seen the feather-headed man on Huntington Avenue," -replied a gruff voice. "This is Dr. Muldoon, and I'm in a drugstore on -the corner of Huntington and Massachusetts." - -"You've seen him? How did you know?" - -"His hat blew off as he came out of the subway entrance here." - -"Subway--?" - -The doctor chuckled. "The Boston Elevated, they call it. He headed -toward Symphony Hall just a moment ago--after collecting his hat." - -"How many people were there?" - -"Maybe a dozen. They all faded out of sight because they're a bit -scared of that alien-star rumor. He grabbed his hat rather quickly, -though, and hurried out of the way as I came here to telephone." - -"Stay there," snapped McDowell, "and I'll be right over." - -McDowell and Doc jumped into the car and went off with the siren -screaming. McDowell cursed a traffic jam at Copley Square and took -the corner on one and one-half wheels into Huntington. They ignored -the red light halfway up Huntington, and they skidded to a stop at -Massachusetts Avenue to see a portly gentleman standing on the corner. -He wasted no time, but jumped in the car and introduced himself as Dr. -Muldoon. - -"He went this way," pointed the doctor. The car turned roughly and -started down the street. They combed the rabbit-warren of streets there -with no sign of the feather-headed man at all. - -McDowell finally gave up. "There are a million rooming houses in this -neighborhood," he said sorrowfully. "He could lose himself in any one -of them." - -"I'm sorry," said the doctor. "It's funny that this cut scalp hasn't -caused him to turn up somewhere." - -"That's what we'd hoped for," said McDowell. "But either the guy is -treating himself or he's got an illegal medic to do the job." - -"From what you say--a piece of scalp ripped loose--it is nothing to -fool around with. How big was the piece?" - -"About as big as a fingernail," grinned McDowell. - -"Most dangerous. He might die of infection." - -"I wonder if he knows that?" - -"I wouldn't know," said Dr. Muldoon. - -"Well, I've combed the doctors. Now I'm going after the dermatologists, -chiropodists, osteopaths, and pharmacists. I might as well take a swing -at the chiropractors, too, and maybe hit that institution down on -Huntington near Massachusetts. They might know about him." - -McDowell looked up at the second-story offices that bordered -Massachusetts Avenue between Huntington and Boylston and shook his -head. "A million doctors, dentists, and what-nots. And what is a -follicologist?" - -"A hair specialist." - -"A what?" exploded McDowell. He jammed on the brakes with a hundred -and seventy pounds of man aided with some muscle-effort against the -back of the seat. The police car put its nose down and stopped. But -quick. Traffic piled up and horns blasted notice of impatience until -McDowell jumped out, signaled to a traffic cop to unsnarl the mess. -Then McDowell raced into the office. - - * * * * * - -He paused at the door marked: Clarence O'Toole, Follicologist. McDowell -paused, listening, for two voices were coming through the door. One was -rumbling, low. The other was in a familiar brogue. - -"But this hurts," complained the rumble. - -"Naturally. Any scalping hurts. But money will ease any hurt." - -"But where's this money?" - -"You are to get ten percent of my profit for a year. That plus a good -head of hair. Isn't that enough?" - -"Ordinarily, yes. But I'm in a jam, now. The police are looking for me -with blood in their eyes." - -"Now, surrender yourself," said the brogue. "Go to this Lieutenant -McDowell. Explain the error. Tell them that you were afraid, that you'd -been hiding because of the ridicule attendant to the feathers on your -scalp. Then go to the press and demand satisfaction for their ridicule, -libel; throw the book at them. That will get us the publicity we want, -and as soon as the thing is explained, people will come in droves. But -first you can explain to McDowell--" - -"And start now!" exploded McDowell, bursting in angrily. He pointed the -business-end of his revolver at them and waved them back. "Sit down," -he barked. "And talk!" - -"It was him," accused the feather-headed one. "He wanted me to do -this--to get into an argument. To get publicity. He can grow hair--I've -been as bald as an onion." - -"Sure," drawled McDowell. "The jury will decide." He turned to O'Toole. -"Are you a doctor?" - -"I am not a licensed Doctor of Medicine." - -"We'll see if what you are doing can be turned into a charge of -practicing with no license." - -"I'm not practicing medicine. I'm a follicologist." - -"Yeah? Then what's this feather-business all about?" - -"Simple. Evolution has caused every genus, every specimen of life to -pass upward from the sea. Hair is evolved from scales and feathers -evolved also from scales. - -"Now," continued O'Toole, "baldness is attributed to lack of -nourishment for the hair on the scalp. It dies. The same thing often -occurs in agriculture--" - -"What has farming to do with hair-growing?" demanded McDowell. - -"I was coming to that. When wheat will grow no longer in a field, they -plant it with corn. It is called 'Rotation of Crops.' Similarly, I -cause a change in the growth-output of the scalp. It starts off with a -light covering of scales, evolves into feathers in a few days, and the -feathers evolve to completion. This takes seven weeks. After this time, -the feathers die because of the differences in evolutionary ending of -the host. Then, with the scalp renewed by the so-called Rotation of -Crops." - -"Uh-huh. Well, we'll let the jury decide!" - -Two months elapsed before O'Toole came to trial. But meantime, the -judge took a vacation and returned with a luxuriant growth of hair on -his head. The jury was not cited for contempt of court even though most -of them insisted on keeping their hats on during proceedings. O'Toole -had a good lawyer. - -And Judge Murphy beamed down over the bench and said: "O'Toole, you -are guilty, but sentence is suspended indefinitely. Just don't get -into trouble again, that's all. And gentlemen, Lieutenant McDowell, -Dr. Muldoon, and Sergeant O'Leary, I commend all of your work and will -direct that you, Mr. McCarthy, be recompensed. As for you," he said -to the ex-featherhead. "Mr. William B. Windsor, we have no use for -foreigners--" - -Mr. Windsor never got a chance to state that he was no foreigner; his -mother was a Clancy. - -THE END. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ALIEN *** - -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. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part -of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project -Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm -concept and trademark. 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He put down his magazine, and hastily covered the -partially-clad damsel on the front cover before he answered the ringing -phone.</p> - -<p>"McDowell," he grunted.</p> - -<p>"McDowell," came the voice in his ear. "I think ye'd better come overe -here."</p> - -<p>"What's up?"</p> - -<p>"Been a riot at McCarthy's on Boylston Street."</p> - -<p>"That's nothing new," growled McDowell, "excepting sometimes it's -Hennesey's on Dartmouth or Kelley's on Massachusetts."</p> - -<p>"Yeah, but this is different."</p> - -<p>"Whut's so different about a riot in a jernt like McCarthy's on a -street like Boylston?"</p> - -<p>"Well, the witnesses say it wuz started by a guy wearin' feathers -instead uv hair."</p> - -<p>"A bird, you mean."</p> - -<p>"Naw. 'Twas a big fella, according to tales. A huge guy that refused -to take off his hat and they made a fuss. They offered to toss him -out until he uncovered, and when he did, here was this full head of -feathers. There was a general titter that roared up into a full laugh. -The guy got mad."</p> - -<p>"Yeah?"</p> - -<p>"Yeah. He got mad and made a few swings. 'Twas quite a riot."</p> - -<p>"What did McCarthy expect—a dance? When a guy gets laughed at for -having feathers instead of hair.... Holy St. Patrick! Feathers, did ye -say?"</p> - -<p>"Yup."</p> - -<p>"Look, O'Leary," growled McDowell angrily, "you've not been drinkin' -yourself, have ye?"</p> - -<p>"Nary a drop, lieutenant."</p> - -<p>"So this bird takes off his hat and shows feathers. The crowd laughs -and he gets mad. Then what?"</p> - -<p>"Well, he tossed the bartender through the plate glass window, clipped -McCarthy on the button and tossed him across the bar and wrecked about -fifteen hundred dollars worth of fine Irish whiskey. Then he sort of -picked up Eddy, the bouncer, and hit Pete, the waiter, with him. Then, -having started and finished his own riot, the guy takes his drink, -downs it, and stamps out, slamming the door hard enough to break the -glass."</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus1.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>"Some character," glowed McDowell, admiringly. "But what am I supposed -to do?"</p> - -<p>"McCarthy wants to swear out a warrant for the guy. But before we do, I -want to know more about this whole thing. First off, what's a man doing -wearing feathers instead of honest hair?"</p> - -<p>"Ask him," grunted McDowell.</p> - -<p>"Shall I issue the warrant?"</p> - -<p>"Yeah—disturbing the peace. He did that, anyway. And if it's some -advertising stunt—this feathers business—I'll have some wiseacre -in jail in the morning. Look, O'Leary, I'll meet you at McCarthy's -in ten minutes." He hung up the phone and snapped the button on his -communicator.</p> - -<p>"Doc?" he barked. "Come along if you want to. We've got us a guy -wearing feathers instead of hair!"</p> - -<p>"Trick," growled the doctor. "Go away. No one can grow feathers instead -of hair."</p> - -<p>"That's why I want you along. Come on, Doc. This is an order!"</p> - -<p>"Confound you and your orders." He hung up angrily, and the lieutenant -heard him breaking up the poker game as he snapped his own switch -closed.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It was ten minutes to the second when the car pulled up before -McCarthy's. O'Leary was already inside, talking to a man holding a -chunk of raw beef to his eye.</p> - -<p>"Now," said McDowell, entering with the doctor on his heels, "what's -this about feathers?"</p> - -<p>"Swear it, lieutenant. An' I want the devil clapped in jail where he -belongs."</p> - -<p>"Sure now," said McDowell in a mollifying tone, "and you can prove them -feathers were really growin'?"</p> - -<p>"Sure," snapped McCarthy. "Here!" and he handed Lieutenant McDowell -something slightly bloody. It was a bit of skin, to which was attached -three tiny feathers. "Just before he bopped me I got me hands in his -scalp to see if they wuz real. They wuz, because they came hard and he -howled and went madman."</p> - -<p>McDowell handed the specimen to Doc. "Examine it, Doc. One, are they -real feathers? Two, is that real human skin, and three, is that human -blood?"</p> - -<p>"That'll take time," said the doctor looking at the bloody bit. "Bet -that hurts, though."</p> - -<p>"Hurts?" grunted McDowell. "So what?"</p> - -<p>"By which I mean that he'll be visiting a doctor or a hospital for -treatment. That's no home-remedy job!"</p> - -<p>"O.K.," smiled McDowell cheerfully. "Now look, McCarthy. We'll get -right on it. You've got your warrant and can prefer charges. Meanwhile -there's nothing I can do here. We'll go back to the station and go to -work."</p> - -<p>"How about the damages?" growled the owner.</p> - -<p>"I'm a policeman, not a civil lawyer," returned McDowell. "Take it to -court when we catch our—bird."</p> - -<p>"A fine force we got," grumbled McCarthy belligerently.</p> - -<p>McDowell grunted angrily and turned to O'Leary. "He don't like us," he -said.</p> - -<p>"McCarthy, have you been closing promptly at midnight on Saturday -night?" demanded O'Leary. "That's a bad law to break, you know."</p> - -<p>"I've been lawful," returned the barkeep. "And I'll watch me step in -the future."</p> - -<p>McDowell laughed and he and the Doc left the place.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Back at the station, reporters met them with questions. McDowell held -up a hand. "Look, boys," he said with a grin, "this may be something -you can print. It may also be an attempt to ridicule the force. I'll -tell you this much: There was a guy apparently wearing feathers instead -of hair that started a riot in McCarthy's on Boylston a little while -ago. Now if you'll hold off phoning that in until we check, we'll -tell you whether the guy was wearing feathers—or <i>growing them</i>! -Also—whether he was human. Mind waiting?"</p> - -<p>"We'll wait," came the chorused reply.</p> - -<p>"Whatcha going to use for lead?" asked one reporter of another.</p> - -<p>"I don't know yet. It depends whether he was having a frat initiation -or was really one of our fine feathered friends."</p> - -<p>McDowell followed the doctor in—and the reporters followed the -lieutenant in. Gag or not, thought McDowell, these guys will be as -good to me as I am to them. And if it is a gag, we'll show 'em that we -know how to find out about such, anyway.</p> - -<p>Doc ignored the room teeming with people, and went to work. He made -test after test, and then pored through a couple of volumes from his -bookcase. Finally he gave that up and faced the group, casting a glance -at McDowell.</p> - -<p>McDowell said: "This is off the record until I find out what he's got -to say. If it's O.K., you get it first hand, O.K.?"</p> - -<p>The reporters nodded.</p> - -<p>Doc cleared his throat. "The skin is human—so is the blood. -Indications are the feathers were growing out of the skin, not merely -inserted."</p> - -<p>"You're certain?" gasped one reporter.</p> - -<p>"I'm reasonably sure," qualified the doctor. "Skin ... well, skin has -certain tests to prove it. This stuff is human skin, I'm certain. It -couldn't be anything else. The feathers—I tried to classify them, but -it will take a professional ornithologist to do that."</p> - -<p>"But Doc," queried the reporter, "if that's human skin, how can -feathers be growing out of it?"</p> - -<p>"Ask me another," said the doctor, puzzled.</p> - -<p>"Huh," grunted the reporter. "Man from—?" He shut his trap but quick, -but the words carried enough connotation.</p> - -<p>"Look," said McDowell, "you can use that Man from Mars gag if you want -to, but don't say we said so. It's your own idea, see?"</p> - -<p>"Right, lieutenant," they said, happy to get this much. It would make a -bit of reading, this item.</p> - -<p>"Now," said McDowell. "Doc and I are going over to Professor Meredith's -place and ask him if he knows what kind of feathers these are."</p> - -<p>One reporter spoke up quickly. "I'm holding mine until we get -Meredith's report," he said. "And I've got a station wagon outside. -Come on, lieutenant and Doc—and any of you mugs that want to ride -along."</p> - -<p>There was a grand rush for the door.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Professor Meredith looked the feather over carefully, classifying it as -best he could. He sorted through several books, consulted many notes -of his own, and made careful counts of the spines-per-inch along the -shaft of the feather. He noted its coloring carefully and called for -a general statement as to the color, size, and general shape of the -feather.</p> - -<p>"This is done somewhat like you file fingerprints," he told the -lieutenant. "But here at home I'm stumped. I've never seen that kind -before. However, over at the university we have a punched-card sorter. -We can run through all known birds and see if any of the feathers agree -with this specimen."</p> - -<p>This time they took Professor Meredith along with them. Using official -sanction, the professor opened the laboratory and entered the -building. It was three hours later that the professor made his official -statement to the police and to the press.</p> - -<p>"This feather is not known to the scientific world," he said. "However, -it does exist, and that proves that the scientific world does not know -everything there is. I would say, however, that the animal from which -this came is not known in any regular part of the civilized world."</p> - -<p>"Explain that, Professor Meredith," requested McDowell.</p> - -<p>"It is a small feather—fully grown. It is in an advanced stage of -evolution. Feathers, you know, evolved from scales and we can tell -how far they have come. It must come from a small bird, which is also -evidenced by the fact that it is not known to man. There are places in -the backwaters of the Amazon where man has not been, and certain spots -in Africa and the part of the world near Malaya. Oceania, and others."</p> - -<p>"May we quote you on this, professor?" asked the <i>Press</i>.</p> - -<p>"Why—yes. But tell me now, where did you get that feather?"</p> - -<p>McDowell explained. And Professor Meredith gasped. "I'll revise my -statements," he said with a smile. "This feather is not known to exist -in the scientific world. If the story is true, that this feather -emerged from the scalp of a man, it is a scientific curiosity that -would startle the world—and make a mint for the owner in any freak -show."</p> - -<p>The reporter from the <i>Press</i> said: "Professor, you state that this -feather is not known to the scientific world. Is there any chance that -this—creature—is utterly alien?"</p> - -<p>"Since the disclosure of the affair at Hiroshima and Nagasaki," -smiled the professor, "a lot of people have been thinking in terms of -attaining the stars—interplanetary travel. As a member of a certain -society known as the Forteans, one of our big questions has been this: -If interplanetary travel is possible, why hasn't someone visited us? -Gentlemen, I'd not like to hear myself quoted as giving the idea too -much credulence, but it is something to ponder."</p> - -<p>That did it. There was another general rush for the car. There was a -wild ride following, in which the man from the <i>Press</i> displayed that -he had two things—a careful disregard for traffic laws, plus illegal -ownership of a siren. But they delivered Professor Meredith to his -home, the policemen to their station, and then the party broke up -heading for their respective telephones.</p> - -<p>Three hours later Lieutenant McDowell was reading a headline stating: -"Hub of world to be Hub of Universe?"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>McDowell groaned. "Everything happens to Boston, and everything in -Boston happens on Boylston Street. And everything that happens on -Boylston Street happens to me."</p> - -<p>Doc smiled sourly. "Now what?"</p> - -<p>"We've canvassed the medical profession from Brookline to Everett, -including the boys on Scollay Square and a bouquet of fellows who -aren't too squeamish about their income. Not a sign. Furthermore, that -feather specimen was telephotoed to the more-complete libraries at New -York, Chicago, Washington, and Berkeley. The Audubon Society has been -consulted, as well as have most of the big ornithologists in the world. -The sum total is this:</p> - -<p>"That feather is strictly unlike anything known. The skin is human—or -as one dermatologist put it, is as human as possible considering that -it is growing feathers instead of hair. The blood is the same story."</p> - -<p>Doc nodded. "Now what?" he repeated, though the sense of his words was -different.</p> - -<p>"We wait. Boy, there's a big scareline in all the papers. The <i>Press</i> -is hinting that the guy is from outer space, having been told that -there were intelligent humans here by that series of atom bomb -explosions."</p> - -<p>"If we were really intelligent, we could get along with one another -without atom bombs," grunted the Doc.</p> - -<p>"Well, the <i>Sphere</i> claims that the character is a mutant resulting -from atom bomb radiation by-products, or something. He quotes the -trouble that the photographic manufacturers are having with radioactive -specks in their plants. The <i>Tribune</i> goes even further. He thinks the -guy is an advance spy for an invasion from outer space, because his -gang of feather-bearing humans are afraid to leave any world run loose -with atom bombs.</p> - -<p>"The ultraconservative <i>Events</i> even goes so far as to question the -possibility of a feather-bearing man growing to full manhood without -having some record of it. Based on that premise, they build an outer -space yarn about it, too."</p> - -<p>Doc grunted. "Used to be invasions from Mars," he said.</p> - -<p>"They're smarter now," explained McDowell. "Seems as how the bright -boys claim that life of humanoid varieties couldn't evolve on any -planet of this system but the Earth. Therefore if it is alien, it must -come from one of the stars. If it came from Mars it would be green -worms, or seven-legged octopuses. Venus, they claim, would probably -sprout dinosaurs or a gang of talking walleyed pike. Spinach, I calls -it."</p> - -<p>Doc smiled. "Notice that none of 'em is claiming that they have the -truth? It's all conjecture so far."</p> - -<p>"Trouble is that I'm the fall guy," complained McDowell. "It landed -in my lap and now I'm it—expected to unravel it myself or be the -laughingstock of the country, Canada, and the affiliations of the -Associated Press."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The phone rang, and McDowell groaned. "Some other guy wanting to climb -on the wagon with us. Been ringing all morning, from one screwbell -or another with theories, ideas, un-helpful suggestions as to how to -trap the alien, and so forth. My own opinion is to treat him nice, -apologize for our rather fool behavior, and see that he don't take a -bad statement home with him. If he tells 'em about us from what he's -seen—Hello," he bawled into the phone.</p> - -<p>"I am Mrs. Donovan, on Tremont Street. I wanted to report that the -fellow with the feathers on his head used to pass my window every -morning on his way to work."</p> - -<p>"Fine," said McDowell, unconvinced. "Will you answer me three -questions?"</p> - -<p>"Certainly."</p> - -<p>"First, how do you know—seems he never took his hat off?"</p> - -<p>"Well, he was large and he acted suspicious—"</p> - -<p>"Sure," growled McDowell, hanging up the phone.</p> - -<p>He turned again to Doc. "It's been like this. People who think they've -seen him; people who are sure they've had him in for lunch, almost. Yet -they missed calling about a character growing feathers instead of hair -until there's a big fuss—just as though a guy with a head covered with -feathers was quite the ordinary thing until he takes a swing at a guy -in a saloon."</p> - -<p>Doc said: "You've canvassed all the medics in Boston and environs?"</p> - -<p>"In another hour we'll have all the medics in Massachusetts. Give us -six hours and we'll have 'em all over New England and part of Canada, -New York, and the fish along the Atlantic Ocean."</p> - -<p>"Have you tried the non-medics?"</p> - -<p>"Meaning?"</p> - -<p>"Chiropodists, and the like. They aren't listed in the Medical -Register, but they will often take care of a cut or scrape."</p> - -<p>McDowell laughed. "Just like a stranger to go to a foot specialist to -get a ripped scalp taken care of."</p> - -<p>"Well, it is farfetched, but might be."</p> - -<p>"I'm going to have the boys chalk all sorts, and we'll follow up with -the pharmacists. Does that feather-headed bird know how much money -he's costing the city, I wonder?" McDowell gritted his teeth a bit as -the phone rang again. "I wonder what this one has to say," he snarled, -and then barked: "McDowell," into the instrument.</p> - -<p>"I have just seen the feather-headed man on Huntington Avenue," -replied a gruff voice. "This is Dr. Muldoon, and I'm in a drugstore on -the corner of Huntington and Massachusetts."</p> - -<p>"You've seen him? How did you know?"</p> - -<p>"His hat blew off as he came out of the subway entrance here."</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus2.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>"Subway—?"</p> - -<p>The doctor chuckled. "The Boston Elevated, they call it. He headed -toward Symphony Hall just a moment ago—after collecting his hat."</p> - -<p>"How many people were there?"</p> - -<p>"Maybe a dozen. They all faded out of sight because they're a bit -scared of that alien-star rumor. He grabbed his hat rather quickly, -though, and hurried out of the way as I came here to telephone."</p> - -<p>"Stay there," snapped McDowell, "and I'll be right over."</p> - -<p>McDowell and Doc jumped into the car and went off with the siren -screaming. McDowell cursed a traffic jam at Copley Square and took -the corner on one and one-half wheels into Huntington. They ignored -the red light halfway up Huntington, and they skidded to a stop at -Massachusetts Avenue to see a portly gentleman standing on the corner. -He wasted no time, but jumped in the car and introduced himself as Dr. -Muldoon.</p> - -<p>"He went this way," pointed the doctor. The car turned roughly and -started down the street. They combed the rabbit-warren of streets there -with no sign of the feather-headed man at all.</p> - -<p>McDowell finally gave up. "There are a million rooming houses in this -neighborhood," he said sorrowfully. "He could lose himself in any one -of them."</p> - -<p>"I'm sorry," said the doctor. "It's funny that this cut scalp hasn't -caused him to turn up somewhere."</p> - -<p>"That's what we'd hoped for," said McDowell. "But either the guy is -treating himself or he's got an illegal medic to do the job."</p> - -<p>"From what you say—a piece of scalp ripped loose—it is nothing to -fool around with. How big was the piece?"</p> - -<p>"About as big as a fingernail," grinned McDowell.</p> - -<p>"Most dangerous. He might die of infection."</p> - -<p>"I wonder if he knows that?"</p> - -<p>"I wouldn't know," said Dr. Muldoon.</p> - -<p>"Well, I've combed the doctors. Now I'm going after the dermatologists, -chiropodists, osteopaths, and pharmacists. I might as well take a swing -at the chiropractors, too, and maybe hit that institution down on -Huntington near Massachusetts. They might know about him."</p> - -<p>McDowell looked up at the second-story offices that bordered -Massachusetts Avenue between Huntington and Boylston and shook his -head. "A million doctors, dentists, and what-nots. And what is a -follicologist?"</p> - -<p>"A hair specialist."</p> - -<p>"A what?" exploded McDowell. He jammed on the brakes with a hundred -and seventy pounds of man aided with some muscle-effort against the -back of the seat. The police car put its nose down and stopped. But -quick. Traffic piled up and horns blasted notice of impatience until -McDowell jumped out, signaled to a traffic cop to unsnarl the mess. -Then McDowell raced into the office.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>He paused at the door marked: Clarence O'Toole, Follicologist. McDowell -paused, listening, for two voices were coming through the door. One was -rumbling, low. The other was in a familiar brogue.</p> - -<p>"But this hurts," complained the rumble.</p> - -<p>"Naturally. Any scalping hurts. But money will ease any hurt."</p> - -<p>"But where's this money?"</p> - -<p>"You are to get ten percent of my profit for a year. That plus a good -head of hair. Isn't that enough?"</p> - -<p>"Ordinarily, yes. But I'm in a jam, now. The police are looking for me -with blood in their eyes."</p> - -<p>"Now, surrender yourself," said the brogue. "Go to this Lieutenant -McDowell. Explain the error. Tell them that you were afraid, that you'd -been hiding because of the ridicule attendant to the feathers on your -scalp. Then go to the press and demand satisfaction for their ridicule, -libel; throw the book at them. That will get us the publicity we want, -and as soon as the thing is explained, people will come in droves. But -first you can explain to McDowell—"</p> - -<p>"And start now!" exploded McDowell, bursting in angrily. He pointed the -business-end of his revolver at them and waved them back. "Sit down," -he barked. "And talk!"</p> - -<p>"It was him," accused the feather-headed one. "He wanted me to do -this—to get into an argument. To get publicity. He can grow hair—I've -been as bald as an onion."</p> - -<p>"Sure," drawled McDowell. "The jury will decide." He turned to O'Toole. -"Are you a doctor?"</p> - -<p>"I am not a licensed Doctor of Medicine."</p> - -<p>"We'll see if what you are doing can be turned into a charge of -practicing with no license."</p> - -<p>"I'm not practicing medicine. I'm a follicologist."</p> - -<p>"Yeah? Then what's this feather-business all about?"</p> - -<p>"Simple. Evolution has caused every genus, every specimen of life to -pass upward from the sea. Hair is evolved from scales and feathers -evolved also from scales.</p> - -<p>"Now," continued O'Toole, "baldness is attributed to lack of -nourishment for the hair on the scalp. It dies. The same thing often -occurs in agriculture—"</p> - -<p>"What has farming to do with hair-growing?" demanded McDowell.</p> - -<p>"I was coming to that. When wheat will grow no longer in a field, they -plant it with corn. It is called 'Rotation of Crops.' Similarly, I -cause a change in the growth-output of the scalp. It starts off with a -light covering of scales, evolves into feathers in a few days, and the -feathers evolve to completion. This takes seven weeks. After this time, -the feathers die because of the differences in evolutionary ending of -the host. Then, with the scalp renewed by the so-called Rotation of -Crops."</p> - -<p>"Uh-huh. Well, we'll let the jury decide!"</p> - -<p>Two months elapsed before O'Toole came to trial. But meantime, the -judge took a vacation and returned with a luxuriant growth of hair on -his head. The jury was not cited for contempt of court even though most -of them insisted on keeping their hats on during proceedings. O'Toole -had a good lawyer.</p> - -<p>And Judge Murphy beamed down over the bench and said: "O'Toole, you -are guilty, but sentence is suspended indefinitely. Just don't get -into trouble again, that's all. And gentlemen, Lieutenant McDowell, -Dr. Muldoon, and Sergeant O'Leary, I commend all of your work and will -direct that you, Mr. McCarthy, be recompensed. As for you," he said -to the ex-featherhead. "Mr. William B. 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