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    Monkey On His Back
    Monkey On His Back
    Monkey On His Back
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    Monkey On His Back

    By Charles V. (Charles Vincent) De Vet

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Monkey On His Back - Charles V. (Charles Vincent) De Vet

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Monkey On His Back, by Charles V. De Vet

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      Title: Monkey On His Back

      Author: Charles V. De Vet

      Release Date: September 10, 2008 [EBook #26569]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MONKEY ON HIS BACK ***

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      Transcriber’s note:

      This story was published in Galaxy magazine, June 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

      135 By CHARLES V. DE VET

      monkey on his back

      Under the cloud of cast-off identities

      lay the shape of another man—

      was it himself?

      Illustrated by DILLON

      HE was walking endlessly down a long, glass-walled corridor. Bright sunlight slanted in through one wall, on the blue knapsack across his shoulders. Who he was, and what he was doing here, was clouded. The truth lurked in some corner of his consciousness, but it was not reached by surface awareness.

      The corridor opened at last into a large high-domed room, much like a railway station or an air terminal. He walked straight ahead.

      At the sight of him a man leaning negligently against a stone pillar, to his right but within vision, straightened and barked an order to him, Halt! He lengthened his stride but gave no other sign.

      136 Two men hurried through a doorway of a small anteroom to his left, calling to him. He turned away and began to run.

      Shouts and the sound of charging feet came from behind him. He cut to the right, running toward the escalator to the second floor. Another pair of men were hurrying down, two steps at a stride. With no break in pace he veered into an opening beside the escalator.

      At the first turn he saw that the aisle merely circled the stairway, coming out into the depot again on the other side. It was a trap. He glanced quickly around him.

      At the rear of the space was a row of lockers for traveler use. He

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