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    The Sword
    The Sword
    The Sword
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    The Sword

    By Tom Beecham and Frank Quattrocchi

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Sword - Tom Beecham

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Sword, by Frank Quattrocchi

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

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      Title: The Sword

      Author: Frank Quattrocchi

      Illustrator: Tom Beecham

      Release Date: June 5, 2010 [EBook #32697]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SWORD ***

      Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      THE SWORD

      By Frank Quattrocchi

      Illustrated by Tom Beecham

      [Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction March 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

      There were but three days in which to decipher the most cryptic message ever delivered to earth.

      George Harrison noticed the flashing red light on the instrument panel as he turned onto the bridge to Balboa Island. Just over the bridge, he pulled the car to the curb and flipped the switch with violence. Harrison, he muttered.

      How's the water, fella? asked the voice of Bob Mills, his assistant.

      There was a beautiful moon over the island. The surf lapped at the tiers of the picturesque bridge. Soft music was playing somewhere. There was a tinkle of young laughter on the light sea breeze.

      Harrison was vacationing and he viewed the emergency contact from Intersolar Spaceport with annoyance.

      What do you want, Bob?

      Sorry, George, Bob Mills said more seriously. I guess you got to come back.

      Listen— protested Harrison.

      Orders, George—orders from upstairs.

      Harrison took a long look at the pleasant island street stretching out before him. Sea-corroded street lamps lit the short, island thoroughfare. People in light blue jeans, bronzed youths in skipper caps, deep-tanned girls

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