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    The Observers
    The Observers
    The Observers
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    The Observers

    By G. L. Vandenburg

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      The Observers - G. L. Vandenburg

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      Title: The Observers

      Author: G. L. Vandenburg

      Release Date: January 30, 2010 [EBook #31123]

      Language: English

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      THE OBSERVERS

      By G. L. VANDENBURG

      You can't be too suspicious when security is at stake. When everybody who is after a key military job wears a toupee, it is obviously a bald case of espionage.

      A job as laboratory technician with the Army Weapons Development Center carried about as much prestige as a bat boy in a World Series.

      George Fisher was a laboratory technician.

      He was a shy but likeable fellow, a diligent worker and trustworthy. He didn't talk. He was rarely talked to. He had no burning ambition to push himself ahead in the world. Being an assistant to the brains was good enough for him. He had a commendable talent for minding his own business.

      In a security job these qualities counted ahead of scientific knowledge.

      One day George Fisher turned up dead. The initial shock and concern experienced by his superiors was soon overcome by the coroner's finding. Suicide.

      Harry Payne was the Civilian Personnel Director of Fort Dickson. It was his job to find a replacement for George Fisher.

      Miss Conway! Harry's voice lashed into the intercom.

      There was an interminable pause. He cursed under his breath.

      Then, Yes, Mr. Payne?

      Where the hell were you? Never mind. Bring me the file on George Fisher.

      George Fisher? Miss Conway was in her favorite state of mind ... confusion. But he's dead, isn't he?

      Harry let out a deep anguished groan. Yes, Miss Conway, he's dead. That's why I want his file. That answer your question?

      Yes, sir. Be there in a jiffy!

      Harry could tell she was bubbling over with smiles as she spoke. A few more centuries would pass, he thought, before they manufactured another broad as dumb as Miss Conway.

      He stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked out the window. Across the parade ground he could see the Army Weapons Development Center. He had no idea what new bomb they might be working on behind those heavily guarded fences. He didn't care.

      He was only concerned with the people who worked there. The rest of Fort Dickson used mostly Civil Service Personnel. But the barricaded security jungle across the parade grounds was more particular about its hired help. A person's record had to be spotless almost from the day of his conception ... or a person could not even gain entrance.

      Harry had never been inside Weapons Development. He had once been to traffic court as a roaring juvenile eighteen years before. That was enough to bar him from even visiting. He realized, though, that the army couldn't afford to take chances.

      Hiring new technicians required an arduous screening process. Harry loathed it. He was thankful that the personnel at Weapons Development were highly paid and usually permanent. He never had

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