Tolliver's Orbit
By H. B. Fyfe
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was slow—but it wasn't boring. And
it would get you there—as long as
you weren't going anywhere anyhow!
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Title: Tolliver's Orbit
Author: H.B. Fyfe
Release Date: December 30, 2019 [EBook #61053]
Language: English
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TOLLIVER'S ORBIT
was slow—but it wasn't boring. And
it would get you there—as long as
you weren't going anywhere anyhow!
By H. B. FYFE
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1961.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
Johnny Tolliver scowled across the desk at his superior. His black thatch was ruffled, as if he had been rubbed the wrong way.
I didn't ask you to cut out your own graft, did I?
he demanded. Just don't try to sucker me in on the deal. I know you're operating something sneaky all through the colony, but it's not for me.
The big moon-face of Jeffers, manager of the Ganymedan branch of Koslow Spaceways, glowered back at him. Its reddish tinge brightened the office noticeably, for such of Ganymede's surface as could be seen through the transparent dome outside the office window was cold, dim and rugged. The glowing semi-disk of Jupiter was more than half a million miles distant.
Try not to be simple—for once!
growled Jeffers. A little percentage here and there on the cargoes never shows by the time figures get back to Earth. The big jets in the home office don't care. They count it on the estimates.
You asked any of them lately?
Tolliver prodded.
"Now, listen! Maybe they live soft back on Earth since the mines and the Jovian satellite colonies grew; but they were out here in the beginning, most of them. They know what it's like. D'ya think they don't expect us to make what we can on the side?"
Tolliver rammed his fists into the side pockets of his loose blue uniform jacket. He shook his