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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 unseen blushers - -Author: Alfred Bester - -Release Date: July 24, 2022 [eBook #68599] - -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 THE UNSEEN BLUSHERS *** - - - - - - THE UNSEEN BLUSHERS - - By Alfred Bester - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Astonishing Stories, June 1942. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -With all kinds of plots twisting in my head, I hadn't slept well the -night before. For one thing, I'd worked too late on a yarn that wasn't -worth it. For another, there'd been a high wind howling through the -streets. It made me restless and did a lot more damage than that. When -I got up I found it'd blown a lot of paper and junk in the window and -most of the story out--only a part of the carbon was left. I wasn't -especially sorry. I got dressed and hustled down to the luncheon. - -That luncheon's something special. We meet every Tuesday in a -second-rate restaurant and gossip and talk story and editors and mostly -beef about the mags that won't pay until publication. Some of us, the -high-class ones, won't write for them. - -Maybe I ought to explain. We're the unromantic writers--what they call -pulp writers. We're the boys who fill the pulp magazines with stories -at a cent a word. Westerns, mystery, wonder, weird, adventure--you know -them. - -Not all of us are hacks. A couple have graduated to the movies. A few -have broken the slicks and try to forget the lean years. Some get four -cents a word and try to feel important to literature. The rest come to -the luncheon and either resign themselves to the one cent rate or nurse -a secret Pulitzer Prize in their bosoms. - -There wasn't much of a turn-out when I got there. Belcher sat at the -head of the table as usual, playing the genial host. He specializes -in what they call science-fiction. It's fantastic stuff about time -machines and the fourth dimension. Belcher talks too much in a Southern -drawl. - -As I eased into a chair he called, "Ah, the poor man's Orson Welles!" -and crinkled his big face into a showy laugh. - -I said, "Your dialogue's getting as lousy as your stories!" I don't -like to be reminded that I look like a celebrity. - -Belcher ignored that. He turned to Black, the chap who agents our -stuff, and began complaining. - -He said, "Land-sake, Joey, can't you sell that Martian story? I think -it's good." Before Joey could answer, Belcher turned to the rest of us -and said, "Reminds me of my grand-daddy. He got shot up at Vicksburg -before his father could locate him and drag him back home. Granny -used to say, 'All my life I've believed in the solid South and the -Democratic Party. I believed they were good; and if they aren't, I -don't want to know about it.'" - -Belcher laughed and shook his head. I gave Joey a frantic S.O.S. When -Belcher gets going on the Civil War, no one else gets a word in for -solid hours. - -Joey didn't move, but he said, "What story?" very incredulously, and -then he glanced at me and winked. - -"That Martian story," Belcher said. "The one about the colony on Mars -and the new race of Earth-Mars men that springs up--I've forgotten the -title. They say Fitz-James O'Brien never could remember the titles of -his stories either." - -Joey said, "You never gave me any such yarn," and this time he really -meant it. - -Belcher said, "You're crazy." - -Down at the other end of the table someone wanted to know who O'Brien -wrote for. - -I said, "He's dead. He wrote 'The Diamond Lens.'" - -"He was the first pulp writer," Belcher said. "Most folks believe Poe -invented the short story. Land-sake! Poe never wrote a short story. He -wrote mood pieces. O'Brien was the first. He wrote great short stories -and great pulp stories." - -I said, "If you're looking for the father of the pulp industry, why -don't you go back far enough? There was a boy named Greene in the late -Sixteenth Century." - -"You mean 'Groatsworth of Wit' Greene?" - -"The very same. Only forget that piece of junk. It was his last grab at -a dollar. Get hold of a catalogue some day and see the quantity of pulp -he poured out to make a living. Pamphlets and plays and what not." - -Someone said, "Greene a pulp writer?" He sounded shocked. - -I said, "Brother, when he turned that stuff out, it was pulp. Passes -three hundred years and it turns into literature. You figure it out." - -Belcher waved his hand. "I was talking about the invention of the short -story," he said. "O'Brien--" - -I tried to cut him off. "I thought O'Brien predated Poe." - -It was a mistake. Belcher said, "Not at all. O'Brien fought in the -Civil War. He was with the Thirty-seventh Georgian Rifles, I believe. A -captain. He--" - -I nudged Joey so hard he yelped, but he said, "I tell you I never -received any such story!" - -Then Mallison grunted and sipped his drink. He started to talk and -we missed the first few words. It's always that way with Mallison. -He's white-haired, incredibly ancient-looking, and he acts half dead. -He used to be in the navy so he writes sea stories now. They say he -acquired a peculiar disease in the tropics that makes him mumble most -of the time. He turns out a damned good yarn. - -Finally we figured out Mallison was calling Joey a liar. - -"Say, what is this?" Joey said indignantly. "Are you kidding?" - -Mallison mumbled something about Joey stealing a story of his that -never got paid for and never showed up. Belcher nodded and poured wine -from a bottle. He always drinks a cheap kind of stuff with the greatest -ostentation. He acts as though it makes you more important if your -drink comes out of a bottle instead of from a glass on a tray. - -He said, "I'll bet some mag paid two cents for it, Joey, and you're -holding out." - -Joey snorted. "You better look in your desk, Belcher. You probably -forgot to give me the yarn." - -Belcher shook his head. "I know I haven't got it. I can't think how I -lost it--" - - * * * * * - -He broke off and glanced up at some people who were threading through -the restaurant toward our table. There came a man followed by a couple. -The lone man I knew, although I never remember his name. He's a quiet -little fellow who smokes what looks like his father's pipe. Joey says -he's past forty and still lives with his folks, who treat him like a -child. - -One of the pair was Jinx MacDougal. He turns out a fantastic quantity -of detective fiction. None of his yarns are outstanding; in fact -they're all on a consistent pulp level. That happens to be why he sells -so much. Editors can always depend on Jinx never to fail them. - -Jinx had a stranger with him. He was a tall, slender young man with -scanty, tow-colored hair. He wore thick glasses that made his eyes look -blurry and he was dressed in a sweater and ridiculously tight little -knickers. He smiled shyly, and I could swear his teeth were false, they -were so even. - -I said, "You've got a helluva nerve, Jinx, if this guy's an editor." -And I really meant it. Editors are taboo at the luncheon, it being the -only chance we get to knock them in unison. - -Jinx said, "Hi, everybody! This here's a white man that'll interest -you. Name of Dugan. Found him up in one of the publishing offices -trying to locate the pulp slaves. Says he's got a story." - -I said, "Pass, friend, and have a drink on us." - -Jinx sat and Dugan sat. He smiled again and gazed at us eagerly as -though we were the flower of American Letters. Then he studied the -table and it looked as though he were itemizing the plates and glasses -all the while Jinx was making introductions. - -Belcher said, "Another customer for you, Joey. Even if Jinx hadn't -given it away, I could have told you he was a writer. Land-sakes! I can -smell the manuscript in his back pocket." - -Dugan looked embarrassed. He said, "Oh no--Really--I've just got a -story idea, so to speak, I--" - -He said at lot more but I couldn't understand him. He mumbled something -like Mallison, only his speech was very sharp and clipped. It sounded -like a phonograph record with every other syllable cut out. - -Jinx said, "Dugan comes from your home town, Mallison." - -"Whereabouts?" Mallison asked. - -"Knights Road." - -"Knights Road? You sure?" - -Dugan nodded. - -Mallison said, "Hell, man, that's impossible. Knights Road starts -outside the town and runs through the old quarry." - -"Oh--" Dugan looked flustered. "Well, there's a new vention." - -"A new what?" - -"Vention--" Dugan stopped. Then he said, "A new development. That's a -slang word." - -Mallison said, "Why, man, I was back home less than a month ago. Wasn't -any development then." - -Belcher said, "Maybe it's very new." - -Dugan didn't say anything more. I hadn't listened much because I was -busy watching his fingers. He had one hand partially concealed under -the table, but I could see that he was fumbling nervously with an odd -contraption that looked like a piece of old clock. - -It was a square of metal the size of a match box, and at one end was -a coil of wire like a watch-spring. On both faces of the box were -tiny buttons, like adding machine keys. Dugan kept jiggling the thing -absently, and pressing the buttons. I could hear the syncopated clicks. - -I thought, _This guy is really soft in the head. He plays with things._ - -Belcher said, "Sure you're not a writer?" - -Dugan shook his head, then glanced at Joey. Joey smiled a little and -turned away because he's very shy about ethics and such. He doesn't -want people to think he runs around trying to get writers on his string. - -Mallison said to Jinx, "Well, what in hell is this story?" - -Jinx said, "I don't know. Ask him." - -They all looked at Junior G-Man. I wanted to warn him not to spill -anything because pulp writers are leeches. They'll suck the blood right -out of your brain. You have to copyright your dialogue at the Tuesday -luncheons. - -Dugan said, "It's--it's about a Time Machine." - -We all groaned and I didn't worry about Dugan's ideas any more after -that. - -Joey said, "Oh God, not that! The market's sick of time stories. You -couldn't sell one with Shakespeare's name on it." - -Dugan actually looked startled. - -"What's the matter?" Belcher asked, showing off his erudition. "You -got a manuscript with Shakespeare's name on it? Discover a Shakespeare -autograph on a pulp story?" He laughed uproariously as though he'd -cracked a joke at my expense. - -Dugan said, "N-no--only that's the story. I mean--" He faltered and -then said, "I wish you'd let me just tell you this story." - -We said, "Sure, go ahead." - - * * * * * - -"Well," Dugan began, "perhaps it isn't very original at that, but -it's what you might call provocative. The scene is the Twenty-third -Century--over three hundred years from now. At a great American -university, physicists have devised a--a Time Machine. It's a startling -invention, of course, just as the invention of electric light was -startling; but its operation is based on sane physical laws--" - -"Never mind the explanations," Belcher interrupted. "We've all alibied -a Time Machine at one time or another. Land-sakes! You don't even have -to any more. You just write 'Time Machine' and the readers take the -rest for granted." - -"When the story begins," Dugan continued, "the machine has been in use -for several years. But for the first time it's to be used for literary -purposes. This is because back in the first half of the Twentieth -Century there lived a great writer. He was so great that modern critics -call him the New Shakespeare. He's called that not only for his genius, -but because, like the original Shakespeare, almost nothing is known of -his life." - -Mallison said, "That's impossible." - -"Not altogether," I argued. "It's conceivable that wars and -unprecedented bombings and fires could destroy records. Why even today -there are gaps in the lives of contemporary artists that will never be -filled up." - -"To hell with that!" Mallison said. "I still say it's impossible." - -Dugan gave me a grateful look. He said, "Anyway, that's about what -happened. The literature department of the university is going to send -one of its research men back through time to gather material on the -life of the new Shakespeare. This man is an expert in ancient English. -He's shuttled back into the Twentieth Century, equipped with camera and -stenographic devices and all that. In the short period at his disposal, -he attempts to get hold of his man." - -I said, "It's a cute idea. Imagine going back to the old Mermaid Tavern -and buying Marlowe a drink." - -Mallison said, "It's a helluva dull story." - -"I don't know about that," Belcher said. "I did something of the sort -a couple of years ago. Got a cent and a half for it, eh Joey? Also a -bonus." - -Joey said, "Say, Dugan, you're not cribbing Belcher's yarn, are you?" - -"Certainly not!" Dugan looked shocked. "Well, the research man had -less than a day. There was some trouble locating the new Shakespeare's -address, and when he did, it was already late at night. Now here's the -first little surprise. The man lived in the Bronx." - -We smiled back at him because most of us live in the Bronx. Maybe it -was a kind of sour smile, but we appreciated the irony. No Bohemian -Greenwich Village, no romantic New England retreat--just unadulterated -Bronx. - -Dugan said, "He lived in an ordinary apartment house, one like a -million others. The research man hadn't time enough for formality, so -at three in the morning he learned how to operate the self-service -elevator, went up to the apartment, and broke in to snoop around. - -"He expected, at least, to find something different--to see in the -furniture and decorations and books an outward sign of the new -Shakespeare's great talent. But it was just a plain apartment--so plain -that it needs no description. When I say that there are a million -others like it, I've described it down to the ultimate detail." - -"What'd he expect," Joey asked, "genius?" - -"Isn't that what we all expect of genius?" Dugan countered. "Certainly -the research man was disappointed. He sneaked a look at the sleeping -genius--and saw a dull, undistinguished person thrashing ungracefully -about on the bed. Nevertheless, he crept about silently, taking motion -pictures and--" - -"At three A.M.?" - -"Oh well," Dugan said, "cameras of the Twenty-third Century and all -that, you know." - -"Could be," Jinx said. "Infra-red photography." - -The little guy with the pipe bobbed his head as though he'd invented -infra-red rays. - -"Then," Dugan went on, "he went to the new Shakespeare's desk and -gathered all the manuscripts he could find, because in his time there -were no surviving manuscripts from his hand. And now--here's the final -surprise." - -"Don't tell me," Jinx said. "He'd gone to the wrong apartment?" - -Belcher said, "No, that's what I used." - -"The surprise is," Dugan said, "that the research man is doing this -work for his doctorate, and he knows he'll never get his degree because -even coming back to the time of the new Shakespeare he can't gather -enough material!" - -Dugan looked around expectantly, but it'd laid an egg. There was an -uncomfortable pause while Mallison mumbled bitterly to himself. Jinx -was very unhappy and tried to say complimentary things. I suppose he -felt responsible. - -Only I wasn't doing much supposing because I had the most peculiar -sensation. - -I believed Dugan's story. - - * * * * * - -I was thinking of that manuscript that'd blown out the window and I was -trying to remember whether I'd used a paper weight to anchor it down. I -was thinking of that gadget with buttons and I was realizing how this -mysterious Dugan'd slipped from one tense to another--which is a thing -all writers are conscious of and which began to have psychological -import for me. - -But the most convincing thing of all was how the others were -looking at Dugan. Belcher was staring keenly from under his black -eyebrows--Belcher, who wrote that sort of stuff and who should have -been sophisticated. The little guy with the pipe was absolutely -electrified. I knew it couldn't be the story because the story was -lousy even for pulp. - -Finally Dugan said, "That's all there is. How d'you like it?" - -Mallison said, "It stinks!" and probed in his pockets for cigarettes. - -"What was this new Shakespeare's name?" Belcher asked slowly. - -Dugan said, "I haven't decided yet." - -The little guy took the pipe out of his mouth. "What was the name of -the story he took?" - -Belcher said, "Yes, what was it?" - -Dugan shrugged and smiled. "I haven't decided yet. It's not really -important, is it?" - -I said, "Dugan, when was that manuscript taken?" - -I know it was foolish, but I had to ask--and none of the others seemed -to think it peculiar. They leaned forward with me and waited for -Dugan's answer. He looked at me, still smiling, and as I stared at -those blurry eyes behind the vast thick lenses, I began to shake with -uncertainty. In all that blur there was a strangeness, a something--Oh, -hell! - -Suddenly Belcher began to laugh. He laughed so hard he overturned his -wine bottle and we all had to scurry out of the wet. When it came time -to sit down again, the spell was broken. Anyway, the luncheon was over. - -When I got outside, Joey was standing there with Dugan. He was saying, -"I'm afraid you haven't got much of a yarn there." - -Dugan said, "I suppose so." Only he didn't seem put out. He shook hands -with us cheerfully, said he hoped he'd see us again, and turned toward -Broadway. - -We all waved once, just to be polite, and then lost all interest. We -turned on Joey to see if we could get the price of that lunch out of -him, and we kidded Jinx about the lousy stories he picked up. Maybe it -was because some of us felt a little self-conscious. I know I glanced -over my shoulder and felt guilty when I noticed Dugan standing on the -corner. He was watching us intently and adjusting his glasses with both -hands. - -Then I stopped haggling with Joey and turned around because--well, -because it occurred to me that cameras of the Twenty-third Century -could be so small you couldn't see them at that distance. All that -flash and glitter couldn't be coming just from Dugan's glasses. Yes, -brother, I turned around while Gray's _Elegy_ went thrumming through my -head. - -It could be Belcher or Jinx or Mallison, or the little guy with the -pipe, but I don't think so. I've got a pretty good idea who it is, -because something suddenly occurred to me, I turned around to give -Dugan a nice full-face and I waved.... - -Because one of those scraps of paper I thought had been blown in my -window was marked very peculiarly in red: _Load Only in Total Darkness. -Expires Dec. 18, 2241._ - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE UNSEEN BLUSHERS *** - -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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For one thing, I'd worked too late on a yarn that wasn't -worth it. For another, there'd been a high wind howling through the -streets. It made me restless and did a lot more damage than that. When -I got up I found it'd blown a lot of paper and junk in the window and -most of the story out—only a part of the carbon was left. I wasn't -especially sorry. I got dressed and hustled down to the luncheon.</p> - -<p>That luncheon's something special. We meet every Tuesday in a -second-rate restaurant and gossip and talk story and editors and mostly -beef about the mags that won't pay until publication. Some of us, the -high-class ones, won't write for them.</p> - -<p>Maybe I ought to explain. We're the unromantic writers—what they call -pulp writers. We're the boys who fill the pulp magazines with stories -at a cent a word. Westerns, mystery, wonder, weird, adventure—you know -them.</p> - -<p>Not all of us are hacks. A couple have graduated to the movies. A few -have broken the slicks and try to forget the lean years. Some get four -cents a word and try to feel important to literature. The rest come to -the luncheon and either resign themselves to the one cent rate or nurse -a secret Pulitzer Prize in their bosoms.</p> - -<p>There wasn't much of a turn-out when I got there. Belcher sat at the -head of the table as usual, playing the genial host. He specializes -in what they call science-fiction. It's fantastic stuff about time -machines and the fourth dimension. Belcher talks too much in a Southern -drawl.</p> - -<p>As I eased into a chair he called, "Ah, the poor man's Orson Welles!" -and crinkled his big face into a showy laugh.</p> - -<p>I said, "Your dialogue's getting as lousy as your stories!" I don't -like to be reminded that I look like a celebrity.</p> - -<p>Belcher ignored that. He turned to Black, the chap who agents our -stuff, and began complaining.</p> - -<p>He said, "Land-sake, Joey, can't you sell that Martian story? I think -it's good." Before Joey could answer, Belcher turned to the rest of us -and said, "Reminds me of my grand-daddy. He got shot up at Vicksburg -before his father could locate him and drag him back home. Granny -used to say, 'All my life I've believed in the solid South and the -Democratic Party. I believed they were good; and if they aren't, I -don't want to know about it.'"</p> - -<p>Belcher laughed and shook his head. I gave Joey a frantic S.O.S. When -Belcher gets going on the Civil War, no one else gets a word in for -solid hours.</p> - -<p>Joey didn't move, but he said, "What story?" very incredulously, and -then he glanced at me and winked.</p> - -<p>"That Martian story," Belcher said. "The one about the colony on Mars -and the new race of Earth-Mars men that springs up—I've forgotten the -title. They say Fitz-James O'Brien never could remember the titles of -his stories either."</p> - -<p>Joey said, "You never gave me any such yarn," and this time he really -meant it.</p> - -<p>Belcher said, "You're crazy."</p> - -<p>Down at the other end of the table someone wanted to know who O'Brien -wrote for.</p> - -<p>I said, "He's dead. He wrote 'The Diamond Lens.'"</p> - -<p>"He was the first pulp writer," Belcher said. "Most folks believe Poe -invented the short story. Land-sake! Poe never wrote a short story. He -wrote mood pieces. O'Brien was the first. He wrote great short stories -and great pulp stories."</p> - -<p>I said, "If you're looking for the father of the pulp industry, why -don't you go back far enough? There was a boy named Greene in the late -Sixteenth Century."</p> - -<p>"You mean 'Groatsworth of Wit' Greene?"</p> - -<p>"The very same. Only forget that piece of junk. It was his last grab at -a dollar. Get hold of a catalogue some day and see the quantity of pulp -he poured out to make a living. Pamphlets and plays and what not."</p> - -<p>Someone said, "Greene a pulp writer?" He sounded shocked.</p> - -<p>I said, "Brother, when he turned that stuff out, it was pulp. Passes -three hundred years and it turns into literature. You figure it out."</p> - -<p>Belcher waved his hand. "I was talking about the invention of the short -story," he said. "O'Brien—"</p> - -<p>I tried to cut him off. "I thought O'Brien predated Poe."</p> - -<p>It was a mistake. Belcher said, "Not at all. O'Brien fought in the -Civil War. He was with the Thirty-seventh Georgian Rifles, I believe. A -captain. He—"</p> - -<p>I nudged Joey so hard he yelped, but he said, "I tell you I never -received any such story!"</p> - -<p>Then Mallison grunted and sipped his drink. He started to talk and -we missed the first few words. It's always that way with Mallison. -He's white-haired, incredibly ancient-looking, and he acts half dead. -He used to be in the navy so he writes sea stories now. They say he -acquired a peculiar disease in the tropics that makes him mumble most -of the time. He turns out a damned good yarn.</p> - -<p>Finally we figured out Mallison was calling Joey a liar.</p> - -<p>"Say, what is this?" Joey said indignantly. "Are you kidding?"</p> - -<p>Mallison mumbled something about Joey stealing a story of his that -never got paid for and never showed up. Belcher nodded and poured wine -from a bottle. He always drinks a cheap kind of stuff with the greatest -ostentation. He acts as though it makes you more important if your -drink comes out of a bottle instead of from a glass on a tray.</p> - -<p>He said, "I'll bet some mag paid two cents for it, Joey, and you're -holding out."</p> - -<p>Joey snorted. "You better look in your desk, Belcher. You probably -forgot to give me the yarn."</p> - -<p>Belcher shook his head. "I know I haven't got it. I can't think how I -lost it—"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>He broke off and glanced up at some people who were threading through -the restaurant toward our table. There came a man followed by a couple. -The lone man I knew, although I never remember his name. He's a quiet -little fellow who smokes what looks like his father's pipe. Joey says -he's past forty and still lives with his folks, who treat him like a -child.</p> - -<p>One of the pair was Jinx MacDougal. He turns out a fantastic quantity -of detective fiction. None of his yarns are outstanding; in fact -they're all on a consistent pulp level. That happens to be why he sells -so much. Editors can always depend on Jinx never to fail them.</p> - -<p>Jinx had a stranger with him. He was a tall, slender young man with -scanty, tow-colored hair. He wore thick glasses that made his eyes look -blurry and he was dressed in a sweater and ridiculously tight little -knickers. He smiled shyly, and I could swear his teeth were false, they -were so even.</p> - -<p>I said, "You've got a helluva nerve, Jinx, if this guy's an editor." -And I really meant it. Editors are taboo at the luncheon, it being the -only chance we get to knock them in unison.</p> - -<p>Jinx said, "Hi, everybody! This here's a white man that'll interest -you. Name of Dugan. Found him up in one of the publishing offices -trying to locate the pulp slaves. Says he's got a story."</p> - -<p>I said, "Pass, friend, and have a drink on us."</p> - -<p>Jinx sat and Dugan sat. He smiled again and gazed at us eagerly as -though we were the flower of American Letters. Then he studied the -table and it looked as though he were itemizing the plates and glasses -all the while Jinx was making introductions.</p> - -<p>Belcher said, "Another customer for you, Joey. Even if Jinx hadn't -given it away, I could have told you he was a writer. Land-sakes! I can -smell the manuscript in his back pocket."</p> - -<p>Dugan looked embarrassed. He said, "Oh no—Really—I've just got a -story idea, so to speak, I—"</p> - -<p>He said at lot more but I couldn't understand him. He mumbled something -like Mallison, only his speech was very sharp and clipped. It sounded -like a phonograph record with every other syllable cut out.</p> - -<p>Jinx said, "Dugan comes from your home town, Mallison."</p> - -<p>"Whereabouts?" Mallison asked.</p> - -<p>"Knights Road."</p> - -<p>"Knights Road? You sure?"</p> - -<p>Dugan nodded.</p> - -<p>Mallison said, "Hell, man, that's impossible. Knights Road starts -outside the town and runs through the old quarry."</p> - -<p>"Oh—" Dugan looked flustered. "Well, there's a new vention."</p> - -<p>"A new what?"</p> - -<p>"Vention—" Dugan stopped. Then he said, "A new development. That's a -slang word."</p> - -<p>Mallison said, "Why, man, I was back home less than a month ago. Wasn't -any development then."</p> - -<p>Belcher said, "Maybe it's very new."</p> - -<p>Dugan didn't say anything more. I hadn't listened much because I was -busy watching his fingers. He had one hand partially concealed under -the table, but I could see that he was fumbling nervously with an odd -contraption that looked like a piece of old clock.</p> - -<p>It was a square of metal the size of a match box, and at one end was -a coil of wire like a watch-spring. On both faces of the box were -tiny buttons, like adding machine keys. Dugan kept jiggling the thing -absently, and pressing the buttons. I could hear the syncopated clicks.</p> - -<p>I thought, <i>This guy is really soft in the head. He plays with things.</i></p> - -<p>Belcher said, "Sure you're not a writer?"</p> - -<p>Dugan shook his head, then glanced at Joey. Joey smiled a little and -turned away because he's very shy about ethics and such. He doesn't -want people to think he runs around trying to get writers on his string.</p> - -<p>Mallison said to Jinx, "Well, what in hell is this story?"</p> - -<p>Jinx said, "I don't know. Ask him."</p> - -<p>They all looked at Junior G-Man. I wanted to warn him not to spill -anything because pulp writers are leeches. They'll suck the blood right -out of your brain. You have to copyright your dialogue at the Tuesday -luncheons.</p> - -<p>Dugan said, "It's—it's about a Time Machine."</p> - -<p>We all groaned and I didn't worry about Dugan's ideas any more after -that.</p> - -<p>Joey said, "Oh God, not that! The market's sick of time stories. You -couldn't sell one with Shakespeare's name on it."</p> - -<p>Dugan actually looked startled.</p> - -<p>"What's the matter?" Belcher asked, showing off his erudition. "You -got a manuscript with Shakespeare's name on it? Discover a Shakespeare -autograph on a pulp story?" He laughed uproariously as though he'd -cracked a joke at my expense.</p> - -<p>Dugan said, "N-no—only that's the story. I mean—" He faltered and -then said, "I wish you'd let me just tell you this story."</p> - -<p>We said, "Sure, go ahead."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>"Well," Dugan began, "perhaps it isn't very original at that, but -it's what you might call provocative. The scene is the Twenty-third -Century—over three hundred years from now. At a great American -university, physicists have devised a—a Time Machine. It's a startling -invention, of course, just as the invention of electric light was -startling; but its operation is based on sane physical laws—"</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>"Never mind the explanations," Belcher interrupted. "We've all alibied -a Time Machine at one time or another. Land-sakes! You don't even have -to any more. You just write 'Time Machine' and the readers take the -rest for granted."</p> - -<p>"When the story begins," Dugan continued, "the machine has been in use -for several years. But for the first time it's to be used for literary -purposes. This is because back in the first half of the Twentieth -Century there lived a great writer. He was so great that modern critics -call him the New Shakespeare. He's called that not only for his genius, -but because, like the original Shakespeare, almost nothing is known of -his life."</p> - -<p>Mallison said, "That's impossible."</p> - -<p>"Not altogether," I argued. "It's conceivable that wars and -unprecedented bombings and fires could destroy records. Why even today -there are gaps in the lives of contemporary artists that will never be -filled up."</p> - -<p>"To hell with that!" Mallison said. "I still say it's impossible."</p> - -<p>Dugan gave me a grateful look. He said, "Anyway, that's about what -happened. The literature department of the university is going to send -one of its research men back through time to gather material on the -life of the new Shakespeare. This man is an expert in ancient English. -He's shuttled back into the Twentieth Century, equipped with camera and -stenographic devices and all that. In the short period at his disposal, -he attempts to get hold of his man."</p> - -<p>I said, "It's a cute idea. Imagine going back to the old Mermaid Tavern -and buying Marlowe a drink."</p> - -<p>Mallison said, "It's a helluva dull story."</p> - -<p>"I don't know about that," Belcher said. "I did something of the sort -a couple of years ago. Got a cent and a half for it, eh Joey? Also a -bonus."</p> - -<p>Joey said, "Say, Dugan, you're not cribbing Belcher's yarn, are you?"</p> - -<p>"Certainly not!" Dugan looked shocked. "Well, the research man had -less than a day. There was some trouble locating the new Shakespeare's -address, and when he did, it was already late at night. Now here's the -first little surprise. The man lived in the Bronx."</p> - -<p>We smiled back at him because most of us live in the Bronx. Maybe it -was a kind of sour smile, but we appreciated the irony. No Bohemian -Greenwich Village, no romantic New England retreat—just unadulterated -Bronx.</p> - -<p>Dugan said, "He lived in an ordinary apartment house, one like a -million others. The research man hadn't time enough for formality, so -at three in the morning he learned how to operate the self-service -elevator, went up to the apartment, and broke in to snoop around.</p> - -<p>"He expected, at least, to find something different—to see in the -furniture and decorations and books an outward sign of the new -Shakespeare's great talent. But it was just a plain apartment—so plain -that it needs no description. When I say that there are a million -others like it, I've described it down to the ultimate detail."</p> - -<p>"What'd he expect," Joey asked, "genius?"</p> - -<p>"Isn't that what we all expect of genius?" Dugan countered. "Certainly -the research man was disappointed. He sneaked a look at the sleeping -genius—and saw a dull, undistinguished person thrashing ungracefully -about on the bed. Nevertheless, he crept about silently, taking motion -pictures and—"</p> - -<p>"At three A.M.?"</p> - -<p>"Oh well," Dugan said, "cameras of the Twenty-third Century and all -that, you know."</p> - -<p>"Could be," Jinx said. "Infra-red photography."</p> - -<p>The little guy with the pipe bobbed his head as though he'd invented -infra-red rays.</p> - -<p>"Then," Dugan went on, "he went to the new Shakespeare's desk and -gathered all the manuscripts he could find, because in his time there -were no surviving manuscripts from his hand. And now—here's the final -surprise."</p> - -<p>"Don't tell me," Jinx said. "He'd gone to the wrong apartment?"</p> - -<p>Belcher said, "No, that's what I used."</p> - -<p>"The surprise is," Dugan said, "that the research man is doing this -work for his doctorate, and he knows he'll never get his degree because -even coming back to the time of the new Shakespeare he can't gather -enough material!"</p> - -<p>Dugan looked around expectantly, but it'd laid an egg. There was an -uncomfortable pause while Mallison mumbled bitterly to himself. Jinx -was very unhappy and tried to say complimentary things. I suppose he -felt responsible.</p> - -<p>Only I wasn't doing much supposing because I had the most peculiar -sensation.</p> - -<p>I believed Dugan's story.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>I was thinking of that manuscript that'd blown out the window and I was -trying to remember whether I'd used a paper weight to anchor it down. I -was thinking of that gadget with buttons and I was realizing how this -mysterious Dugan'd slipped from one tense to another—which is a thing -all writers are conscious of and which began to have psychological -import for me.</p> - -<p>But the most convincing thing of all was how the others were -looking at Dugan. Belcher was staring keenly from under his black -eyebrows—Belcher, who wrote that sort of stuff and who should have -been sophisticated. The little guy with the pipe was absolutely -electrified. I knew it couldn't be the story because the story was -lousy even for pulp.</p> - -<p>Finally Dugan said, "That's all there is. How d'you like it?"</p> - -<p>Mallison said, "It stinks!" and probed in his pockets for cigarettes.</p> - -<p>"What was this new Shakespeare's name?" Belcher asked slowly.</p> - -<p>Dugan said, "I haven't decided yet."</p> - -<p>The little guy took the pipe out of his mouth. "What was the name of -the story he took?"</p> - -<p>Belcher said, "Yes, what was it?"</p> - -<p>Dugan shrugged and smiled. "I haven't decided yet. It's not really -important, is it?"</p> - -<p>I said, "Dugan, when was that manuscript taken?"</p> - -<p>I know it was foolish, but I had to ask—and none of the others seemed -to think it peculiar. They leaned forward with me and waited for -Dugan's answer. He looked at me, still smiling, and as I stared at -those blurry eyes behind the vast thick lenses, I began to shake with -uncertainty. In all that blur there was a strangeness, a something—Oh, -hell!</p> - -<p>Suddenly Belcher began to laugh. He laughed so hard he overturned his -wine bottle and we all had to scurry out of the wet. When it came time -to sit down again, the spell was broken. Anyway, the luncheon was over.</p> - -<p>When I got outside, Joey was standing there with Dugan. He was saying, -"I'm afraid you haven't got much of a yarn there."</p> - -<p>Dugan said, "I suppose so." Only he didn't seem put out. He shook hands -with us cheerfully, said he hoped he'd see us again, and turned toward -Broadway.</p> - -<p>We all waved once, just to be polite, and then lost all interest. We -turned on Joey to see if we could get the price of that lunch out of -him, and we kidded Jinx about the lousy stories he picked up. Maybe it -was because some of us felt a little self-conscious. I know I glanced -over my shoulder and felt guilty when I noticed Dugan standing on the -corner. He was watching us intently and adjusting his glasses with both -hands.</p> - -<p>Then I stopped haggling with Joey and turned around because—well, -because it occurred to me that cameras of the Twenty-third Century -could be so small you couldn't see them at that distance. All that -flash and glitter couldn't be coming just from Dugan's glasses. 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