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If Thorvald wanted to go island-hopping in chance of discovering what never had existed, Shann need not accompany him. And if the officer tried to use force, well, Shann was armed with a stunner, and had, he believed, more control over the wolverines.
"B'gosh! She's a stunner!" Kane, a good deal relieved at her departure and the success of his ministration, smiled benignly. The stranger again stared after the retreating carriage, looked around the shop, and even into the deserted surgery, and approached the counter confidentially. "Look yer, pardner. I kem straight from St.
"Sound off," he said cheerfully. "We've got a prize for you." "Stand by, we're boarding you," the Patrol sent back. "And put your weapons aside." Four scooters broke from the side of the Patrol ship. Greg activated the airlock. Five minutes later a man in Patrol uniform with captain's bars stepped into the control cabin, a stunner on ready in his hand. Three Patrolmen came in behind him.
The gist of it is that the Delavan Eyres have separated and a divorce is impending. You know, of course, who the Eyres are." "I've met Eyre." "That so? Ever met his wife?" "No," replied Banneker, in good faith. "No; you wouldn't have, probably. They travel different paths. Besides, she's been practically living abroad. She's a stunner. It's big society stuff, of course.
"It's all my fault . . . and I'm just as frightened as Jimmy Christopher's sister and Nessy MacLeod and Betsy Beauty . . . and I'm not a stunner . . . and you'll have to give me up . . . and leave me here and save yourself and . . ." But Martin stopped me with a shout and a crack of laughter. "Not me! Not much! We never leaves a pal when we're out asploring. Long as we lives we never does it.
Why had he not tried the stunner on the beast? He had just never thought of it when he had taken that leap into the role of dragon slayer. "Not that it would have done you any good to try the ray; it has no effect on fork-tail." "You tried it?" "Naturally. But you didn't know that, or did you pick up that information earlier?" "No," answer Shann slowly. "No, I don't know why I used the knife.
"I wouldn't anyway. You types are bound to have all the legal angles covered." "Sure," said Mihul. "Just thought I'd mention it. Have you used the Denton much on game?" "Not too often." Trigger had been wondering whether they'd left the stunner compartment loaded. "But it's a very fair gun for it." "I know. The other one's a Yool. Good game gun, too. You'll use that." Trigger swallowed.
"'Yes, I'm married, and his voice sounded queer. 'I've got a boy too, see. "He took a locket from his flannel shirt and opened it. A curly-headed, dimpled little youngster laughed out at me. "'Well, I'm d ! and then I took off my hat, for in the other side was a woman and, gentlemen, she was a woman! When I seen her it made me feel blushy and ashamed. Gee! She was a stunner.
Thinking back to that time, and all the incidents which he had thought so heroic and I so tragic, we dropped into the vernacular, and I called him "boy" and he called me "bogh millish," and at every racy word that came up from the forgotten cells of our brains we shrieked with laughter. When Martin spoke of his skipper I asked "Is he a stunner?"
One guard went along; the big one with the stunner stayed behind, eyeing his prisoners unpleasantly. The stunner was in his hand, the safety off. Johnny Coombs started across the room toward the kitchennette, passing close to the guard. Suddenly he turned, swung his fist heavily down on the guard's neck. The stunner crackled, but Greg had jumped aside.
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