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incapable suchwords. triedto peer
of uttering I intohermindbutit waslike tryingto readthe
fine printof a telephone through She smiledat me, her
directory a knittedwoolenshawl.
shapely graciously.
lipscurving
I said, Barcelona to havea lotof confidence myabilityto arrangethings.
seems in
Withthosedelicate sweetly, is willingto bet
lips stillcurved she said, Barcelona
money abilityas a manager.
on your
At this pointTomboy fishedanother stogieout of her hundred
Taylor Pittsburgh
dollar bit off pearly-white and stuffed
handbag, theendwitha quicknibbleof even, teeth, the
cigarin between lips.Shescratched
thearched a big kitchenmatchon the seatof her skirt
after raisingone shapelythigh to stretchthe cloth.She puffedthe stogieinto light and
becametransformed it
froma beautyinto a hag. My mind swore; was like paintinga
mustache
on theMonaLisa.
Outof the corner question:It helpsto
of her mouthshe repliedto my unspoken
keepgrippers
like youat minds length.
Thensheleftmealonewithmylittered buckfinal
cardtableand the eightthousand
pot the unhappy that Barcelona at something
and recollection had gottenupset Harold
Grimmer s flat by
had done,and he d gone into Grimmer place and bustedGrimmer
startingwithonelousybuckand lettingit ride through straight Thisfeatof
eighteen passes.
skill under nosesof abouteightoperators their
was performed the mental trainedto exert
extrasensory towardthedefeat whotriedto add paraphysics the
talents of sharpshooters to
lawsof chance.
Lieutenant of the Chicagopolicecamein an hourlater.He refused
Delancey my
offer anda smoke, I my
ofa drink, andthenbecausedidnt wavehim to a chairhe crossed
living roombrisklyand easedhimself
into my favoritechair.I think I couldhave won the
waitinggamebutthe prizewasnt goodenough me in playing.
to interest So I said, O.K.,
lieutenant, am I supposed be guiltyof?
what to
His smilewasveiled. Youre notguiltyof anything,
so far as I know.
Youre nothereto passthetimeof day.
No,I m not.I wantinformation.
What
kindof information?
Onehearsthings, he saidvaguely.
Lieutenant, whodunit
I said, youve been watchingone of thosehalluscene
dramaswhereeverybody of disconnected
standsaroundmakingwitty sayingscomposed
phrases. LurksIn TheMindsOf intonation.
Youll nextbe saying Evil Men, in a sepulchral
Let s skipit, huh?What
kindof thingsdoesonehearandfromwhom?
It startswithGimpy
Gordon.
Whose
mindmeanders.
He shrugged.GimpyGordon mindis wellunderstood
s meandering for whatit is,
he said. But whenit ceases longenough
to meander to followa singletrain of thought
frombeginning end, is
to logical thensomething up.
Suchas what,
forinstance.
Thelieutenant and staredat the ceiling. Wally, he
leanedbackin my easy-chair
said, I wasrelaxing Holliday Wepassed
in thecar withSergeant driving. a certainarea on
Michigannear Randolph the strongmental of someone
and I caught impression who in
this day and age, mind you hadhad the temerityto pickpocket wallet containing
a
twenty-seven Thesumof twenty-seven with the fact
dollars. dollarswas connected that the
rewardsmade the risk worth taking; there were distinct of playing that
impressions
twenty-seven nags at the Derby.The
bucksacrossthe board on three very especial
impression thetwenty-seven intoa mental a sack
of buckschanged visionofa handholding
of peanuts. wasindecision. he takemorerisk andrunup his available
There Should cashto
makea larger or wouldone JosephBarcelona attitudeif some
killing, take a stand-offish
outsider the trackoddsby bettinga bundle Moonbeam,
wereto lower on FlyingHeels, and
LadyGrace.
I said, Lieutenant, to is legal.
youve a pickpocket jug.Horsebetting
Sincewagering as of
on thespeedofa horsehasbeenredefined Thepurchase
one corporate onlyand redeemable
shareto be validfor onetransaction at a par valueto
be established of this aforesaid horsebettingis legal.
by the outcome singletransaction,
Thismakesyouan Investment short-term only, and removes
Counselor, transactions from
you the odiousnomenclature Bookie. However, me to pointout that the buying
of permit
and selling of horseflesh a license theoutcome.
of shares doesnotgrant to manipulate
Yousound youre accusing a
as though meof contemplatingfix.
Oh no.Notthat.
Thenwhat?
Wally, Moonbeam, by the National
FlyingHeels, and LadyGracewererefused
Association because health. I
OfDogFoodCanners of theirsubstandard If m notmistaken,
the DerbyAssociation haveto runtheraceearlythatSaturday
should afternoon.
Early?
Uh-huh. Y see,Wally, to
Early. thebluelawsof thebluegrassstatemakeit illegal
run horseraces hence be earlyenough
on Sunday, thestartof theDerbymust to letour three
platerscomplete midnight.
theracebefore
Lieutenant, a mathematical that
therestillstands probability
Thatthe rest as they lead our three
of the fieldwill catchthe MartianGlanders
dogspast turn?
theclubhouse
Lieutenant, me.
youare wronging
I havent saida thing.
Thenwhyhaveyoucomehereto bedevil If has ideas
me,lieutenant? Barcelona
of arranging fix
a
If Barcelona WallyWilson it.
hassuchnotions, wouldknowabout
Everybody,I said, entertains
notionsof cleaningup a bundleby havingthe
hundred-to-one EvenBarcelona havewild dreams
shotcomein by a length. must nowand
then
Comeoff he snapped.Something up andI want
it, s to knowwhats cooking.
Lieutenant, to youhowsomeone rig the
youre nowaskingme to describe might
Kentucky telepaths and manipulators,
Derbyin a worldfullof expert and perceptives a large
number well-paid power of
of whichwillbe rather to lendtheirextrasensory to the process
keeping
theDerbypure.
He eyedmesourly.Remember,
Fireman O Leary?
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