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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 30454 ***
+
+   BLIND
+ SPOT
+
+   By BASCOM JONES, JR.
+
+   Illustrated by KOSSIN
+
+
+ _Everyone supported the Martian
+   program--until it struck home!_
+
+
+Johnny Stark, director of the department of Interplanetary Relations for
+Mars' Settlement One, reread the final paragraph of the note which he
+had found on his desk, upon returning from lunch earlier in the day.
+
+His eye flicked rapidly over the moistly smeared Martian scrawl,
+ignoring the bitterness directed at him in the first paragraphs. He was
+vaguely troubled by the last sentences. But he hadn't been able to pin
+the feeling down.
+
+    _... Our civilization predates that of Earth's by millions of years.
+    We are an advanced, peaceful race. Yet, since Earth's first rocket
+    landed here thirteen years ago, we have been looked upon as freaks
+    and contemptuously called 'bug-men' behind our backs! This is our
+    planet. We gave of our far-advanced knowledge and science freely, so
+    that Earth would be a better place. We asked nothing in return, but
+    we were rewarded by having forced upon us foreign ideas of
+    government, religion, and behavior. Our protests have been silenced
+    by an armed-police and punitive system we've never before needed.
+    Someday you will awaken to this injustice. On that day in your life,
+    you have my sympathy and pity!_
+
+Stark knew that the Settlement's Investigations Lab could readily
+determine the identity of the Martian who had written the note. But he
+hesitated to send it over. Under the New System, such troublemakers were
+banished to the slave-labor details of the precious-earth mines to the
+North.
+
+Crumpling the note in sudden decision, Stark dropped it into the office
+incendiary tube. The morning visi-report had shown that there were more
+than 17,000 workers at the mines. Only five had been Earthlings. Let the
+armed-police system find the Martian through their own channels. It
+wasn't his job.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A glance at the solar clock on the far wall reminded him there was still
+time for one more interview before the last bell, so he impatiently
+signaled his secretary to send in the waiting couple.
+
+Ordinarily, he liked his work and time meant little to him. He had
+jumped from interpreter to director in the ten years since the
+department had been created. But this day was different.
+
+Stark was to announce his engagement at the Chief's monthly dinner party
+that evening and time had seemed to drag since his lunch with Carol.
+
+When the door opened, he rose and nodded to the plump, freckle-faced
+girl who entered. The girl topped five feet by one or two inches, but
+she was no taller than the Martian man who followed her at the
+prescribed four feet.
+
+After the girl had seated herself, Stark and the Martian sat down. Stark
+opened the folder, which his secretary had placed on his desk earlier.
+
+"Your names are Ruth and Ralph Gilraut? And you want permission to move
+into Housing Perimeter D?" It was merely a formality, since the
+information was in the folder.
+
+When the girl nodded, Stark placed a small check mark in the space
+beside her name. Then he turned to the Martian.
+
+The large, single red eye set deep in the Martian's smooth, green
+forehead above the two brown ones blinked twice before he answered.
+
+He spoke deliberately. "As is required of all Martians under the New
+System, I have taken the name of one of the early Earthlings to write
+and pronounce." The large red eye blinked again. "My wife would like
+to move into Housing Perimeter D. By regulation, I respect her wish."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Stark placed a check mark by the Martian's name. He wiped the smudge of
+ink off his hand and said, "You both know, of course, that Perimeter D
+is reserved for couples who have intermarried and are about to have
+offspring?"
+
+The girl and the Martian nodded, and the girl passed Stark a medical
+report. Stark looked over the report and then made a notation on a small
+pink slip.
+
+He said, "This permit certifies that you are eligible to move from
+Perimeter E to Housing Perimeter D. It also certifies that your husband
+has no record as a troublemaker." Stark looked at the girl. "You
+understand that you may visit your friends in Perimeter E, but, by law,
+they will not be allowed to enter Perimeter D to visit you. And, of
+course, the new law clearly states that neither of you may visit
+Earthlings in Housing Perimeter A, B or C."
+
+The girl looked down at her hands. Her voice was almost inaudible. "My
+husband and I are familiar with the advantages and disadvantages listed
+under the section pertaining to intermarriage in the new law, Mr. Stark.
+Thank you."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Stark rose as they left. For a brief moment, he thought he had detected
+a sense of rebellion in their attitude. But that was not possible.
+
+The new law provided equality for all. And his department had been
+created to iron out relations between the two races--excepting
+complaints originated by troublemakers for the purpose of weakening the
+New System. In such cases, Investigations had stepped in and the Martian
+or Earthling troublemaker had been sent to the rare-earth mines.
+
+The reddish light filtering in through the quartz and lead wall of his
+office showed that it was almost time for the last bell.
+
+On the street below, shoppers were streaming out of the stores on their
+way to the various housing perimeters.
+
+Earthlings were climbing into their speedy little jet cars for the short
+trip to the recently modernized inner perimeters. Martians were waiting
+for the slower auto buses. The traffic problem had been solved, under
+the New System, by restricting the use of the Martian-built jet cars to
+persons living in the inner perimeters.
+
+As Stark watched, a black jet car impatiently hurtled out of the line of
+traffic, bowled through a crowd of Martians waiting for an auto bus, and
+skidded to a stop at the curb in front of the building.
+
+A tall girl got out. The red evening glow reflecting from her golden
+hair, made her breathing globe almost amber. Male Martians and
+Earthlings alike turned to stare in appreciation as she pushed her way
+through the crowd to the building's compressor lock. Carol was that kind
+of girl.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Almost at the exact moment that Carol opened the door into Stark's
+office, the yellow visi-screen of the vocal box upon Stark's desk
+flashed on brilliantly and the Chief's booming voice filled the office.
+The light from the screen picked up the highlights on the furniture and
+gave a sallow, greenish cast to Stark's features. Carol stepped back
+into the doorway to stay out of range of the two-way unit.
+
+"Stark!" The automatic tuner on the box corrected to bring the Chief's
+image in wire-sharp focus.
+
+"Yes, sir?"
+
+"About the dinner tonight. Just checking to make sure you're planning to
+be there. We want a full turnout. An inspection team has come up from
+Earth and we have two visiting dignitaries from Venus."
+
+Stark nodded and waited for the Chief to say something else, but the
+visi-screen blanked out.
+
+Carol said, "That was Dad, wasn't it?"
+
+Stark felt very depressed suddenly. "Haven't you told him yet?"
+
+"No. He's been tied up with those inspectors all afternoon. And you know
+how Dad is, Johnny. There's a right and a wrong time to tell him things.
+Right now, he's only interested in hearing about Earth."
+
+"But we're supposed to announce our engagement tonight at the dinner."
+He shook his head. "We can't go on forever with just a few stolen
+moments here and there, eating an occasional lunch or third meal
+together in little out-of-the-way places."
+
+Carol laughed, the youthful swell of her breasts against the soft,
+spun-glass material of her blouse. "Don't worry so, Johnny! I'm a big
+girl now. This is my eighteenth birthday. Dad's bark is much worse than
+his bite. I'll tell him about us on the way home."
+
+She moved closer to him, until he could feel the warmth of her body. He
+could see the warm, damp indentation where her breathing globe had
+rested against her shoulders and chest.
+
+She asked teasingly, "What did you get me for my birthday, Johnny?
+Something real nice?"
+
+"What did you want?" Johnny asked her gently.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+And suddenly she wasn't teasing any more. She put her arms around him.
+"Dad and my brother would say I'm crazy. But all I want, Johnny, is you.
+Just you! You know that."
+
+Stark had picked out her birthday present, but he wanted it to be a
+surprise for that night. He said, "I already saw one of your presents. A
+black jet car!"
+
+"How did you know that?"
+
+"I saw you drive up in it a few minutes ago."
+
+Carol giggled. "Dad gave it to me. Did you see me plow through that
+crowd waiting for the auto bus?"
+
+"Did your brother send you anything?"
+
+She nodded. "Three new outfits from Earth. They were on the same liner
+that brought the inspection team to the Settlement this morning. Oh,
+yes, and the captain of the liner brought me this."
+
+She showed him the tiny pin she wore attached to her collar. The pin
+itself was a carefully wrought but cruel caricature of an awkward
+buglike creature. A small ruby set in the center of its face served as
+its eye.
+
+Stark frowned. "Carol, you shouldn't be wearing that." He reached up and
+unpinned it. "That's the sort of thing our department is fighting."
+
+"But the captain said it was the latest rage back on Earth. They're even
+making toys like it. I'm sure they're not designed to ... to poke fun at
+anyone."
+
+Stark started to say something, but the last bell interrupted him. He
+said, "If you're going to take your father home and tell him about us
+before the dinner, you'd better hurry. I'll come early."
+
+Carol kissed him and said good-by. She left the pin on Stark's desk and
+was smiling at him as she closed the door.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+After waiting until the first rush of workers had gone and the building
+was quiet, Stark caught the elevator down. The overhead lights in the
+compressor lock were reflected in the twin rows of breathing globes. The
+green-tinted ones had to be used by Martians in the building, and the
+clear ones were used by Earthmen when they were outside in the Martian
+atmosphere. Stark stopped in at a little open shop down one of the many
+side streets. The sign said "Closed," but he rang the bell until a
+little, dried-up Martian appeared.
+
+The storekeeper handed him a small box. Stark opened it to examine the
+ring--Carol's birthday present. The single, large diamond set in the
+thin precious-metal band dated back to an all-but-forgotten custom
+practiced on Earth. Stark thought the engagement ring would please
+Carol, though.
+
+Standing in the compressor lock at the Chief's home later, Stark rubbed
+the diamond against the sleeve of his tunic. He fumbled with his
+breathing globe and then pushed the button that activated the door. The
+tele-guard beyond the opening door scanned him rapidly. As he stepped
+forward, a red light above the tele-guard flashed on and the door began
+to close again.
+
+Stark threw all his strength against the door and squeezed through into
+the house.
+
+Throughout the house, Stark could hear the alarm bell. A taped voice,
+activated by the tele-guard, said, "Do not enter! Do not enter!"
+
+He found Carol and the Chief in the library alone. Nearly purple with
+rage, the Chief drew himself up to his full six feet.
+
+The Chief bellowed, "Stark! Are you crazy?"
+
+The growing feeling of sickness spread through Stark.
+
+"Who do you think you are?" the Chief yelled. "Get back to your office
+and consider yourself under arrest as a troublemaker. Give you people an
+inch and you try to walk away with everything. Why, I wouldn't let you
+touch my daughter if you were the last living being in the Universe!"
+
+Carol didn't look up. She stood through it all, silently, without
+moving. Stark knew now where his blind spot had been. He turned and left
+them.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Back at his office, he waited for the police. Stark stared down at his
+reflection in the polished top of the desk. A yellow, moist film of
+sweat covered his face. The red eye set in his forehead blinked. But the
+pain visible just behind the surface of that eye was not over Carol or
+himself.
+
+The pain was for what he was seeing for the first time ... now.
+
+                                                   --BASCOM JONES, JR.
+
+
+
+
+Transcriber's Note:
+
+    This etext was produced from _Galaxy Science Fiction_ February 1955.
+    Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S.
+    copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and
+    typographical errors have been corrected without note.
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Blind Spot, by Bascom Jones
+
+*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 30454 ***
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+<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 30454 ***</div>
+
+<div class="bk1"><h1><span class="sp1">BLIND<br />
+<span class="sp2">SPOT</span></span></h1>
+
+<h2>By BASCOM JONES, JR.</h2>
+
+<p><b>Illustrated by KOSSIN</b></p>
+
+<p class="sp3"><big><b><i>Everyone supported the Martian<br />
+program&mdash;until it struck home!</i></b></big></p></div>
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">Johnny Stark</span>, director
+of the department of Interplanetary
+Relations for
+Mars' Settlement One, reread the
+final paragraph of the note which
+he had found on his desk, upon
+returning from lunch earlier in
+the day.</p>
+
+<p>His eye flicked rapidly over
+the moistly smeared Martian
+scrawl, ignoring the bitterness
+directed at him in the first paragraphs.
+He was vaguely troubled
+by the last sentences. But he
+hadn't been able to pin the feeling
+down.</p>
+
+<div class="bq"><p><i>... Our civilization predates
+that of Earth's by millions of
+years. We are an advanced, peaceful
+race. Yet, since Earth's first
+rocket landed here thirteen years
+ago, we have been looked upon as
+freaks and contemptuously called
+'bug-men' behind our backs! This
+is our planet. We gave of our far-advanced
+knowledge and science
+freely, so that Earth would be a
+better place. We asked nothing
+in return, but we were rewarded
+by having forced upon us foreign
+ideas of government, religion,
+and behavior. Our protests have
+been silenced by an armed-police
+and punitive system we've never
+before needed. Someday you will
+awaken to this injustice. On that
+day in your life, you have my
+sympathy and pity!</i></p></div>
+
+<p>Stark knew that the Settlement's
+Investigations Lab could
+readily determine the identity of
+the Martian who had written the
+note. But he hesitated to send it
+over. Under the New System,
+such troublemakers were banished
+to the slave-labor details
+of the precious-earth mines to
+the North.</p>
+
+<p>Crumpling the note in sudden
+decision, Stark dropped it into
+the office incendiary tube. The
+morning visi-report had shown
+that there were more than 17,000
+workers at the mines. Only five
+had been Earthlings. Let the
+armed-police system find the
+Martian through their own channels.
+It wasn't his job.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">A&nbsp;glance</span> at the solar clock
+on the far wall reminded him
+there was still time for one more
+interview before the last bell, so
+he impatiently signaled his secretary
+to send in the waiting
+couple.</p>
+
+<p>Ordinarily, he liked his work
+and time meant little to him. He
+had jumped from interpreter to
+director in the ten years since
+the department had been created.
+But this day was different.</p>
+
+<p>Stark was to announce his engagement
+at the Chief's monthly
+dinner party that evening and
+time had seemed to drag since
+his lunch with Carol.</p>
+
+<p>When the door opened, he rose
+and nodded to the plump, freckle-faced
+girl who entered. The
+girl topped five feet by one or
+two inches, but she was no taller
+than the Martian man who followed
+her at the prescribed four
+feet.</p>
+
+<p>After the girl had seated herself,
+Stark and the Martian sat
+down. Stark opened the folder,
+which his secretary had placed on
+his desk earlier.</p>
+
+<p>"Your names are Ruth and
+Ralph Gilraut? And you want
+permission to move into Housing
+Perimeter D?" It was merely a
+formality, since the information
+was in the folder.</p>
+
+<p>When the girl nodded, Stark
+placed a small check mark in the
+space beside her name. Then he
+turned to the Martian.</p>
+
+<p>The large, single red eye set
+deep in the Martian's smooth,
+green forehead above the two
+brown ones blinked twice before
+he answered.</p>
+
+<p>He spoke deliberately. "As is
+required of all Martians under
+the New System, I have taken
+the name of one of the early
+Earthlings to write and pronounce."
+The large red eye blinked
+again. "My wife would like to
+move into Housing Perimeter D.
+By regulation, I respect her
+wish."</p>
+
+<div class="figr"><img src="images/001.png" width="356" height="500" alt="" title="" /></div>
+
+<p>Stark placed a check mark by
+the Martian's name. He wiped
+the smudge of ink off his hand
+and said, "You both know, of
+course, that Perimeter D is reserved
+for couples who have intermarried
+and are about to have
+offspring?"</p>
+
+<p>The girl and the Martian nodded,
+and the girl passed Stark a
+medical report. Stark looked over
+the report and then made a notation
+on a small pink slip.</p>
+
+<p>He said, "This permit certifies
+that you are eligible to move
+from Perimeter E to Housing Perimeter
+D. It also certifies that
+your husband has no record as a
+troublemaker." Stark looked at
+the girl. "You understand that
+you may visit your friends in Perimeter
+E, but, by law, they will
+not be allowed to enter Perimeter
+D to visit you. And, of course,
+the new law clearly states that
+neither of you may visit Earthlings
+in Housing Perimeter A,
+B or C."</p>
+
+<p>The girl looked down at her
+hands. Her voice was almost inaudible.
+"My husband and I are
+familiar with the advantages and
+disadvantages listed under the
+section pertaining to intermarriage
+in the new law, Mr. Stark.
+Thank you."</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">Stark</span> rose as they left. For
+a brief moment, he thought
+he had detected a sense of rebellion
+in their attitude. But that
+was not possible.</p>
+
+<p>The new law provided equality
+for all. And his department had
+been created to iron out relations
+between the two races&mdash;excepting
+complaints originated by troublemakers
+for the purpose of weakening
+the New System. In such
+cases, Investigations had stepped
+in and the Martian or Earthling
+troublemaker had been sent to
+the rare-earth mines.</p>
+
+<p>The reddish light filtering in
+through the quartz and lead wall
+of his office showed that it was
+almost time for the last bell.</p>
+
+<p>On the street below, shoppers
+were streaming out of the stores
+on their way to the various housing
+perimeters.</p>
+
+<p>Earthlings were climbing into
+their speedy little jet cars for the
+short trip to the recently modernized
+inner perimeters. Martians
+were waiting for the slower
+auto buses. The traffic problem
+had been solved, under the New
+System, by restricting the use
+of the Martian-built jet cars to
+persons living in the inner perimeters.</p>
+
+<p>As Stark watched, a black jet
+car impatiently hurtled out of
+the line of traffic, bowled through
+a crowd of Martians waiting for
+an auto bus, and skidded to a
+stop at the curb in front of the
+building.</p>
+
+<p>A tall girl got out. The red
+evening glow reflecting from her
+golden hair, made her breathing
+globe almost amber. Male Martians
+and Earthlings alike turned
+to stare in appreciation as she
+pushed her way through the
+crowd to the building's compressor
+lock. Carol was that kind of
+girl.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">Almost</span> at the exact moment
+that Carol opened the door
+into Stark's office, the yellow visi-screen
+of the vocal box upon
+Stark's desk flashed on brilliantly
+and the Chief's booming voice
+filled the office. The light from the
+screen picked up the highlights
+on the furniture and gave a sallow,
+greenish cast to Stark's features.
+Carol stepped back into
+the doorway to stay out of range
+of the two-way unit.</p>
+
+<p>"Stark!" The automatic tuner
+on the box corrected to bring the
+Chief's image in wire-sharp focus.</p>
+
+<p>"Yes, sir?"</p>
+
+<p>"About the dinner tonight. Just
+checking to make sure you're
+planning to be there. We want a
+full turnout. An inspection team
+has come up from Earth and we
+have two visiting dignitaries from
+Venus."</p>
+
+<p>Stark nodded and waited for
+the Chief to say something else,
+but the visi-screen blanked out.</p>
+
+<p>Carol said, "That was Dad,
+wasn't it?"</p>
+
+<p>Stark felt very depressed suddenly.
+"Haven't you told him
+yet?"</p>
+
+<p>"No. He's been tied up with
+those inspectors all afternoon.
+And you know how Dad is,
+Johnny. There's a right and a
+wrong time to tell him things.
+Right now, he's only interested
+in hearing about Earth."</p>
+
+<p>"But we're supposed to announce
+our engagement tonight
+at the dinner." He shook his head.
+"We can't go on forever with just
+a few stolen moments here and
+there, eating an occasional lunch
+or third meal together in little
+out-of-the-way places."</p>
+
+<p>Carol laughed, the youthful
+swell of her breasts against the
+soft, spun-glass material of her
+blouse. "Don't worry so, Johnny!
+I'm a big girl now. This is my
+eighteenth birthday. Dad's bark
+is much worse than his bite. I'll
+tell him about us on the way
+home."</p>
+
+<p>She moved closer to him, until
+he could feel the warmth of her
+body. He could see the warm,
+damp indentation where her
+breathing globe had rested
+against her shoulders and chest.</p>
+
+<p>She asked teasingly, "What did
+you get me for my birthday,
+Johnny? Something real nice?"</p>
+
+<p>"What did you want?" Johnny
+asked her gently.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">And</span> suddenly she wasn't teasing
+any more. She put her
+arms around him. "Dad and my
+brother would say I'm crazy. But
+all I want, Johnny, is you. Just
+you! You know that."</p>
+
+<p>Stark had picked out her birthday
+present, but he wanted it to
+be a surprise for that night. He
+said, "I already saw one of your
+presents. A black jet car!"</p>
+
+<p>"How did you know that?"</p>
+
+<p>"I saw you drive up in it a
+few minutes ago."</p>
+
+<p>Carol giggled. "Dad gave it to
+me. Did you see me plow through
+that crowd waiting for the auto
+bus?"</p>
+
+<p>"Did your brother send you
+anything?"</p>
+
+<p>She nodded. "Three new outfits
+from Earth. They were on the
+same liner that brought the inspection
+team to the Settlement
+this morning. Oh, yes, and the
+captain of the liner brought me
+this."</p>
+
+<p>She showed him the tiny pin
+she wore attached to her collar.
+The pin itself was a carefully
+wrought but cruel caricature of
+an awkward buglike creature. A
+small ruby set in the center of its
+face served as its eye.</p>
+
+<p>Stark frowned. "Carol, you
+shouldn't be wearing that." He
+reached up and unpinned it.
+"That's the sort of thing our department
+is fighting."</p>
+
+<p>"But the captain said it was
+the latest rage back on Earth.
+They're even making toys like it.
+I'm sure they're not designed to
+... to poke fun at anyone."</p>
+
+<p>Stark started to say something,
+but the last bell interrupted him.
+He said, "If you're going to take
+your father home and tell him
+about us before the dinner, you'd
+better hurry. I'll come early."</p>
+
+<p>Carol kissed him and said
+good-by. She left the pin on
+Stark's desk and was smiling at
+him as she closed the door.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">After</span> waiting until the first
+rush of workers had gone and
+the building was quiet, Stark
+caught the elevator down. The
+overhead lights in the compressor
+lock were reflected in the twin
+rows of breathing globes. The
+green-tinted ones had to be used
+by Martians in the building, and
+the clear ones were used by
+Earthmen when they were outside
+in the Martian atmosphere.
+Stark stopped in at a little open
+shop down one of the many side
+streets. The sign said "Closed,"
+but he rang the bell until a little,
+dried-up Martian appeared.</p>
+
+<p>The storekeeper handed him a
+small box. Stark opened it to examine
+the ring&mdash;Carol's birthday
+present. The single, large diamond
+set in the thin precious-metal
+band dated back to an
+all-but-forgotten custom practiced
+on Earth. Stark thought the
+engagement ring would please
+Carol, though.</p>
+
+<p>Standing in the compressor
+lock at the Chief's home later,
+Stark rubbed the diamond against
+the sleeve of his tunic. He fumbled
+with his breathing globe and
+then pushed the button that activated
+the door. The tele-guard
+beyond the opening door scanned
+him rapidly. As he stepped forward,
+a red light above the tele-guard
+flashed on and the door
+began to close again.</p>
+
+<p>Stark threw all his strength
+against the door and squeezed
+through into the house.</p>
+
+<p>Throughout the house, Stark
+could hear the alarm bell. A taped
+voice, activated by the tele-guard,
+said, "Do not enter! Do not enter!"</p>
+
+<p>He found Carol and the Chief
+in the library alone. Nearly purple
+with rage, the Chief drew himself
+up to his full six feet.</p>
+
+<p>The Chief bellowed, "Stark!
+Are you crazy?"</p>
+
+<p>The growing feeling of sickness
+spread through Stark.</p>
+
+<p>"Who do you think you are?"
+the Chief yelled. "Get back to
+your office and consider yourself
+under arrest as a troublemaker.
+Give you people an inch and you
+try to walk away with everything.
+Why, I wouldn't let you touch
+my daughter if you were the last
+living being in the Universe!"</p>
+
+<p>Carol didn't look up. She stood
+through it all, silently, without
+moving. Stark knew now where
+his blind spot had been. He turned
+and left them.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">Back</span> at his office, he waited
+for the police. Stark stared
+down at his reflection in the polished
+top of the desk. A yellow,
+moist film of sweat covered his
+face. The red eye set in his forehead
+blinked. But the pain visible
+just behind the surface of that
+eye was not over Carol or himself.</p>
+
+<p>The pain was for what he was
+seeing for the first time ... now.</p>
+
+<p class="rgt"><b>&mdash;BASCOM JONES, JR.</b></p>
+
+<div class="trn"><div class="figt"><a href="images/002-2.jpg"><img src="images/002-1.jpg" width="150" height="200" alt="" title="" /></a></div>
+
+<p><big><b>Transcriber's Note:</b></big></p>
+
+<p>This etext was produced from <i>Galaxy Science Fiction</i> February 1955.
+Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S.
+copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and
+typographical errors have been corrected without note.</p></div>
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Blind Spot, by Bascom Jones
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+Title: Blind Spot
+
+Author: Bascom Jones
+
+Illustrator: Kossin
+
+Release Date: November 11, 2009 [EBook #30454]
+
+Language: English
+
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+
+
+   BLIND
+ SPOT
+
+   By BASCOM JONES, JR.
+
+   Illustrated by KOSSIN
+
+
+ _Everyone supported the Martian
+   program--until it struck home!_
+
+
+Johnny Stark, director of the department of Interplanetary Relations for
+Mars' Settlement One, reread the final paragraph of the note which he
+had found on his desk, upon returning from lunch earlier in the day.
+
+His eye flicked rapidly over the moistly smeared Martian scrawl,
+ignoring the bitterness directed at him in the first paragraphs. He was
+vaguely troubled by the last sentences. But he hadn't been able to pin
+the feeling down.
+
+    _... Our civilization predates that of Earth's by millions of years.
+    We are an advanced, peaceful race. Yet, since Earth's first rocket
+    landed here thirteen years ago, we have been looked upon as freaks
+    and contemptuously called 'bug-men' behind our backs! This is our
+    planet. We gave of our far-advanced knowledge and science freely, so
+    that Earth would be a better place. We asked nothing in return, but
+    we were rewarded by having forced upon us foreign ideas of
+    government, religion, and behavior. Our protests have been silenced
+    by an armed-police and punitive system we've never before needed.
+    Someday you will awaken to this injustice. On that day in your life,
+    you have my sympathy and pity!_
+
+Stark knew that the Settlement's Investigations Lab could readily
+determine the identity of the Martian who had written the note. But he
+hesitated to send it over. Under the New System, such troublemakers were
+banished to the slave-labor details of the precious-earth mines to the
+North.
+
+Crumpling the note in sudden decision, Stark dropped it into the office
+incendiary tube. The morning visi-report had shown that there were more
+than 17,000 workers at the mines. Only five had been Earthlings. Let the
+armed-police system find the Martian through their own channels. It
+wasn't his job.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A glance at the solar clock on the far wall reminded him there was still
+time for one more interview before the last bell, so he impatiently
+signaled his secretary to send in the waiting couple.
+
+Ordinarily, he liked his work and time meant little to him. He had
+jumped from interpreter to director in the ten years since the
+department had been created. But this day was different.
+
+Stark was to announce his engagement at the Chief's monthly dinner party
+that evening and time had seemed to drag since his lunch with Carol.
+
+When the door opened, he rose and nodded to the plump, freckle-faced
+girl who entered. The girl topped five feet by one or two inches, but
+she was no taller than the Martian man who followed her at the
+prescribed four feet.
+
+After the girl had seated herself, Stark and the Martian sat down. Stark
+opened the folder, which his secretary had placed on his desk earlier.
+
+"Your names are Ruth and Ralph Gilraut? And you want permission to move
+into Housing Perimeter D?" It was merely a formality, since the
+information was in the folder.
+
+When the girl nodded, Stark placed a small check mark in the space
+beside her name. Then he turned to the Martian.
+
+The large, single red eye set deep in the Martian's smooth, green
+forehead above the two brown ones blinked twice before he answered.
+
+He spoke deliberately. "As is required of all Martians under the New
+System, I have taken the name of one of the early Earthlings to write
+and pronounce." The large red eye blinked again. "My wife would like
+to move into Housing Perimeter D. By regulation, I respect her wish."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Stark placed a check mark by the Martian's name. He wiped the smudge of
+ink off his hand and said, "You both know, of course, that Perimeter D
+is reserved for couples who have intermarried and are about to have
+offspring?"
+
+The girl and the Martian nodded, and the girl passed Stark a medical
+report. Stark looked over the report and then made a notation on a small
+pink slip.
+
+He said, "This permit certifies that you are eligible to move from
+Perimeter E to Housing Perimeter D. It also certifies that your husband
+has no record as a troublemaker." Stark looked at the girl. "You
+understand that you may visit your friends in Perimeter E, but, by law,
+they will not be allowed to enter Perimeter D to visit you. And, of
+course, the new law clearly states that neither of you may visit
+Earthlings in Housing Perimeter A, B or C."
+
+The girl looked down at her hands. Her voice was almost inaudible. "My
+husband and I are familiar with the advantages and disadvantages listed
+under the section pertaining to intermarriage in the new law, Mr. Stark.
+Thank you."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Stark rose as they left. For a brief moment, he thought he had detected
+a sense of rebellion in their attitude. But that was not possible.
+
+The new law provided equality for all. And his department had been
+created to iron out relations between the two races--excepting
+complaints originated by troublemakers for the purpose of weakening the
+New System. In such cases, Investigations had stepped in and the Martian
+or Earthling troublemaker had been sent to the rare-earth mines.
+
+The reddish light filtering in through the quartz and lead wall of his
+office showed that it was almost time for the last bell.
+
+On the street below, shoppers were streaming out of the stores on their
+way to the various housing perimeters.
+
+Earthlings were climbing into their speedy little jet cars for the short
+trip to the recently modernized inner perimeters. Martians were waiting
+for the slower auto buses. The traffic problem had been solved, under
+the New System, by restricting the use of the Martian-built jet cars to
+persons living in the inner perimeters.
+
+As Stark watched, a black jet car impatiently hurtled out of the line of
+traffic, bowled through a crowd of Martians waiting for an auto bus, and
+skidded to a stop at the curb in front of the building.
+
+A tall girl got out. The red evening glow reflecting from her golden
+hair, made her breathing globe almost amber. Male Martians and
+Earthlings alike turned to stare in appreciation as she pushed her way
+through the crowd to the building's compressor lock. Carol was that kind
+of girl.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Almost at the exact moment that Carol opened the door into Stark's
+office, the yellow visi-screen of the vocal box upon Stark's desk
+flashed on brilliantly and the Chief's booming voice filled the office.
+The light from the screen picked up the highlights on the furniture and
+gave a sallow, greenish cast to Stark's features. Carol stepped back
+into the doorway to stay out of range of the two-way unit.
+
+"Stark!" The automatic tuner on the box corrected to bring the Chief's
+image in wire-sharp focus.
+
+"Yes, sir?"
+
+"About the dinner tonight. Just checking to make sure you're planning to
+be there. We want a full turnout. An inspection team has come up from
+Earth and we have two visiting dignitaries from Venus."
+
+Stark nodded and waited for the Chief to say something else, but the
+visi-screen blanked out.
+
+Carol said, "That was Dad, wasn't it?"
+
+Stark felt very depressed suddenly. "Haven't you told him yet?"
+
+"No. He's been tied up with those inspectors all afternoon. And you know
+how Dad is, Johnny. There's a right and a wrong time to tell him things.
+Right now, he's only interested in hearing about Earth."
+
+"But we're supposed to announce our engagement tonight at the dinner."
+He shook his head. "We can't go on forever with just a few stolen
+moments here and there, eating an occasional lunch or third meal
+together in little out-of-the-way places."
+
+Carol laughed, the youthful swell of her breasts against the soft,
+spun-glass material of her blouse. "Don't worry so, Johnny! I'm a big
+girl now. This is my eighteenth birthday. Dad's bark is much worse than
+his bite. I'll tell him about us on the way home."
+
+She moved closer to him, until he could feel the warmth of her body. He
+could see the warm, damp indentation where her breathing globe had
+rested against her shoulders and chest.
+
+She asked teasingly, "What did you get me for my birthday, Johnny?
+Something real nice?"
+
+"What did you want?" Johnny asked her gently.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+And suddenly she wasn't teasing any more. She put her arms around him.
+"Dad and my brother would say I'm crazy. But all I want, Johnny, is you.
+Just you! You know that."
+
+Stark had picked out her birthday present, but he wanted it to be a
+surprise for that night. He said, "I already saw one of your presents. A
+black jet car!"
+
+"How did you know that?"
+
+"I saw you drive up in it a few minutes ago."
+
+Carol giggled. "Dad gave it to me. Did you see me plow through that
+crowd waiting for the auto bus?"
+
+"Did your brother send you anything?"
+
+She nodded. "Three new outfits from Earth. They were on the same liner
+that brought the inspection team to the Settlement this morning. Oh,
+yes, and the captain of the liner brought me this."
+
+She showed him the tiny pin she wore attached to her collar. The pin
+itself was a carefully wrought but cruel caricature of an awkward
+buglike creature. A small ruby set in the center of its face served as
+its eye.
+
+Stark frowned. "Carol, you shouldn't be wearing that." He reached up and
+unpinned it. "That's the sort of thing our department is fighting."
+
+"But the captain said it was the latest rage back on Earth. They're even
+making toys like it. I'm sure they're not designed to ... to poke fun at
+anyone."
+
+Stark started to say something, but the last bell interrupted him. He
+said, "If you're going to take your father home and tell him about us
+before the dinner, you'd better hurry. I'll come early."
+
+Carol kissed him and said good-by. She left the pin on Stark's desk and
+was smiling at him as she closed the door.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+After waiting until the first rush of workers had gone and the building
+was quiet, Stark caught the elevator down. The overhead lights in the
+compressor lock were reflected in the twin rows of breathing globes. The
+green-tinted ones had to be used by Martians in the building, and the
+clear ones were used by Earthmen when they were outside in the Martian
+atmosphere. Stark stopped in at a little open shop down one of the many
+side streets. The sign said "Closed," but he rang the bell until a
+little, dried-up Martian appeared.
+
+The storekeeper handed him a small box. Stark opened it to examine the
+ring--Carol's birthday present. The single, large diamond set in the
+thin precious-metal band dated back to an all-but-forgotten custom
+practiced on Earth. Stark thought the engagement ring would please
+Carol, though.
+
+Standing in the compressor lock at the Chief's home later, Stark rubbed
+the diamond against the sleeve of his tunic. He fumbled with his
+breathing globe and then pushed the button that activated the door. The
+tele-guard beyond the opening door scanned him rapidly. As he stepped
+forward, a red light above the tele-guard flashed on and the door began
+to close again.
+
+Stark threw all his strength against the door and squeezed through into
+the house.
+
+Throughout the house, Stark could hear the alarm bell. A taped voice,
+activated by the tele-guard, said, "Do not enter! Do not enter!"
+
+He found Carol and the Chief in the library alone. Nearly purple with
+rage, the Chief drew himself up to his full six feet.
+
+The Chief bellowed, "Stark! Are you crazy?"
+
+The growing feeling of sickness spread through Stark.
+
+"Who do you think you are?" the Chief yelled. "Get back to your office
+and consider yourself under arrest as a troublemaker. Give you people an
+inch and you try to walk away with everything. Why, I wouldn't let you
+touch my daughter if you were the last living being in the Universe!"
+
+Carol didn't look up. She stood through it all, silently, without
+moving. Stark knew now where his blind spot had been. He turned and left
+them.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Back at his office, he waited for the police. Stark stared down at his
+reflection in the polished top of the desk. A yellow, moist film of
+sweat covered his face. The red eye set in his forehead blinked. But the
+pain visible just behind the surface of that eye was not over Carol or
+himself.
+
+The pain was for what he was seeing for the first time ... now.
+
+                                                   --BASCOM JONES, JR.
+
+
+
+
+Transcriber's Note:
+
+    This etext was produced from _Galaxy Science Fiction_ February 1955.
+    Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S.
+    copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and
+    typographical errors have been corrected without note.
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Blind Spot, by Bascom Jones
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+<div class="bk1"><h1><span class="sp1">BLIND<br />
+<span class="sp2">SPOT</span></span></h1>
+
+<h2>By BASCOM JONES, JR.</h2>
+
+<p><b>Illustrated by KOSSIN</b></p>
+
+<p class="sp3"><big><b><i>Everyone supported the Martian<br />
+program&mdash;until it struck home!</i></b></big></p></div>
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">Johnny Stark</span>, director
+of the department of Interplanetary
+Relations for
+Mars' Settlement One, reread the
+final paragraph of the note which
+he had found on his desk, upon
+returning from lunch earlier in
+the day.</p>
+
+<p>His eye flicked rapidly over
+the moistly smeared Martian
+scrawl, ignoring the bitterness
+directed at him in the first paragraphs.
+He was vaguely troubled
+by the last sentences. But he
+hadn't been able to pin the feeling
+down.</p>
+
+<div class="bq"><p><i>... Our civilization predates
+that of Earth's by millions of
+years. We are an advanced, peaceful
+race. Yet, since Earth's first
+rocket landed here thirteen years
+ago, we have been looked upon as
+freaks and contemptuously called
+'bug-men' behind our backs! This
+is our planet. We gave of our far-advanced
+knowledge and science
+freely, so that Earth would be a
+better place. We asked nothing
+in return, but we were rewarded
+by having forced upon us foreign
+ideas of government, religion,
+and behavior. Our protests have
+been silenced by an armed-police
+and punitive system we've never
+before needed. Someday you will
+awaken to this injustice. On that
+day in your life, you have my
+sympathy and pity!</i></p></div>
+
+<p>Stark knew that the Settlement's
+Investigations Lab could
+readily determine the identity of
+the Martian who had written the
+note. But he hesitated to send it
+over. Under the New System,
+such troublemakers were banished
+to the slave-labor details
+of the precious-earth mines to
+the North.</p>
+
+<p>Crumpling the note in sudden
+decision, Stark dropped it into
+the office incendiary tube. The
+morning visi-report had shown
+that there were more than 17,000
+workers at the mines. Only five
+had been Earthlings. Let the
+armed-police system find the
+Martian through their own channels.
+It wasn't his job.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">A&nbsp;glance</span> at the solar clock
+on the far wall reminded him
+there was still time for one more
+interview before the last bell, so
+he impatiently signaled his secretary
+to send in the waiting
+couple.</p>
+
+<p>Ordinarily, he liked his work
+and time meant little to him. He
+had jumped from interpreter to
+director in the ten years since
+the department had been created.
+But this day was different.</p>
+
+<p>Stark was to announce his engagement
+at the Chief's monthly
+dinner party that evening and
+time had seemed to drag since
+his lunch with Carol.</p>
+
+<p>When the door opened, he rose
+and nodded to the plump, freckle-faced
+girl who entered. The
+girl topped five feet by one or
+two inches, but she was no taller
+than the Martian man who followed
+her at the prescribed four
+feet.</p>
+
+<p>After the girl had seated herself,
+Stark and the Martian sat
+down. Stark opened the folder,
+which his secretary had placed on
+his desk earlier.</p>
+
+<p>"Your names are Ruth and
+Ralph Gilraut? And you want
+permission to move into Housing
+Perimeter D?" It was merely a
+formality, since the information
+was in the folder.</p>
+
+<p>When the girl nodded, Stark
+placed a small check mark in the
+space beside her name. Then he
+turned to the Martian.</p>
+
+<p>The large, single red eye set
+deep in the Martian's smooth,
+green forehead above the two
+brown ones blinked twice before
+he answered.</p>
+
+<p>He spoke deliberately. "As is
+required of all Martians under
+the New System, I have taken
+the name of one of the early
+Earthlings to write and pronounce."
+The large red eye blinked
+again. "My wife would like to
+move into Housing Perimeter D.
+By regulation, I respect her
+wish."</p>
+
+<div class="figr"><img src="images/001.png" width="356" height="500" alt="" title="" /></div>
+
+<p>Stark placed a check mark by
+the Martian's name. He wiped
+the smudge of ink off his hand
+and said, "You both know, of
+course, that Perimeter D is reserved
+for couples who have intermarried
+and are about to have
+offspring?"</p>
+
+<p>The girl and the Martian nodded,
+and the girl passed Stark a
+medical report. Stark looked over
+the report and then made a notation
+on a small pink slip.</p>
+
+<p>He said, "This permit certifies
+that you are eligible to move
+from Perimeter E to Housing Perimeter
+D. It also certifies that
+your husband has no record as a
+troublemaker." Stark looked at
+the girl. "You understand that
+you may visit your friends in Perimeter
+E, but, by law, they will
+not be allowed to enter Perimeter
+D to visit you. And, of course,
+the new law clearly states that
+neither of you may visit Earthlings
+in Housing Perimeter A,
+B or C."</p>
+
+<p>The girl looked down at her
+hands. Her voice was almost inaudible.
+"My husband and I are
+familiar with the advantages and
+disadvantages listed under the
+section pertaining to intermarriage
+in the new law, Mr. Stark.
+Thank you."</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">Stark</span> rose as they left. For
+a brief moment, he thought
+he had detected a sense of rebellion
+in their attitude. But that
+was not possible.</p>
+
+<p>The new law provided equality
+for all. And his department had
+been created to iron out relations
+between the two races&mdash;excepting
+complaints originated by troublemakers
+for the purpose of weakening
+the New System. In such
+cases, Investigations had stepped
+in and the Martian or Earthling
+troublemaker had been sent to
+the rare-earth mines.</p>
+
+<p>The reddish light filtering in
+through the quartz and lead wall
+of his office showed that it was
+almost time for the last bell.</p>
+
+<p>On the street below, shoppers
+were streaming out of the stores
+on their way to the various housing
+perimeters.</p>
+
+<p>Earthlings were climbing into
+their speedy little jet cars for the
+short trip to the recently modernized
+inner perimeters. Martians
+were waiting for the slower
+auto buses. The traffic problem
+had been solved, under the New
+System, by restricting the use
+of the Martian-built jet cars to
+persons living in the inner perimeters.</p>
+
+<p>As Stark watched, a black jet
+car impatiently hurtled out of
+the line of traffic, bowled through
+a crowd of Martians waiting for
+an auto bus, and skidded to a
+stop at the curb in front of the
+building.</p>
+
+<p>A tall girl got out. The red
+evening glow reflecting from her
+golden hair, made her breathing
+globe almost amber. Male Martians
+and Earthlings alike turned
+to stare in appreciation as she
+pushed her way through the
+crowd to the building's compressor
+lock. Carol was that kind of
+girl.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">Almost</span> at the exact moment
+that Carol opened the door
+into Stark's office, the yellow visi-screen
+of the vocal box upon
+Stark's desk flashed on brilliantly
+and the Chief's booming voice
+filled the office. The light from the
+screen picked up the highlights
+on the furniture and gave a sallow,
+greenish cast to Stark's features.
+Carol stepped back into
+the doorway to stay out of range
+of the two-way unit.</p>
+
+<p>"Stark!" The automatic tuner
+on the box corrected to bring the
+Chief's image in wire-sharp focus.</p>
+
+<p>"Yes, sir?"</p>
+
+<p>"About the dinner tonight. Just
+checking to make sure you're
+planning to be there. We want a
+full turnout. An inspection team
+has come up from Earth and we
+have two visiting dignitaries from
+Venus."</p>
+
+<p>Stark nodded and waited for
+the Chief to say something else,
+but the visi-screen blanked out.</p>
+
+<p>Carol said, "That was Dad,
+wasn't it?"</p>
+
+<p>Stark felt very depressed suddenly.
+"Haven't you told him
+yet?"</p>
+
+<p>"No. He's been tied up with
+those inspectors all afternoon.
+And you know how Dad is,
+Johnny. There's a right and a
+wrong time to tell him things.
+Right now, he's only interested
+in hearing about Earth."</p>
+
+<p>"But we're supposed to announce
+our engagement tonight
+at the dinner." He shook his head.
+"We can't go on forever with just
+a few stolen moments here and
+there, eating an occasional lunch
+or third meal together in little
+out-of-the-way places."</p>
+
+<p>Carol laughed, the youthful
+swell of her breasts against the
+soft, spun-glass material of her
+blouse. "Don't worry so, Johnny!
+I'm a big girl now. This is my
+eighteenth birthday. Dad's bark
+is much worse than his bite. I'll
+tell him about us on the way
+home."</p>
+
+<p>She moved closer to him, until
+he could feel the warmth of her
+body. He could see the warm,
+damp indentation where her
+breathing globe had rested
+against her shoulders and chest.</p>
+
+<p>She asked teasingly, "What did
+you get me for my birthday,
+Johnny? Something real nice?"</p>
+
+<p>"What did you want?" Johnny
+asked her gently.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">And</span> suddenly she wasn't teasing
+any more. She put her
+arms around him. "Dad and my
+brother would say I'm crazy. But
+all I want, Johnny, is you. Just
+you! You know that."</p>
+
+<p>Stark had picked out her birthday
+present, but he wanted it to
+be a surprise for that night. He
+said, "I already saw one of your
+presents. A black jet car!"</p>
+
+<p>"How did you know that?"</p>
+
+<p>"I saw you drive up in it a
+few minutes ago."</p>
+
+<p>Carol giggled. "Dad gave it to
+me. Did you see me plow through
+that crowd waiting for the auto
+bus?"</p>
+
+<p>"Did your brother send you
+anything?"</p>
+
+<p>She nodded. "Three new outfits
+from Earth. They were on the
+same liner that brought the inspection
+team to the Settlement
+this morning. Oh, yes, and the
+captain of the liner brought me
+this."</p>
+
+<p>She showed him the tiny pin
+she wore attached to her collar.
+The pin itself was a carefully
+wrought but cruel caricature of
+an awkward buglike creature. A
+small ruby set in the center of its
+face served as its eye.</p>
+
+<p>Stark frowned. "Carol, you
+shouldn't be wearing that." He
+reached up and unpinned it.
+"That's the sort of thing our department
+is fighting."</p>
+
+<p>"But the captain said it was
+the latest rage back on Earth.
+They're even making toys like it.
+I'm sure they're not designed to
+... to poke fun at anyone."</p>
+
+<p>Stark started to say something,
+but the last bell interrupted him.
+He said, "If you're going to take
+your father home and tell him
+about us before the dinner, you'd
+better hurry. I'll come early."</p>
+
+<p>Carol kissed him and said
+good-by. She left the pin on
+Stark's desk and was smiling at
+him as she closed the door.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">After</span> waiting until the first
+rush of workers had gone and
+the building was quiet, Stark
+caught the elevator down. The
+overhead lights in the compressor
+lock were reflected in the twin
+rows of breathing globes. The
+green-tinted ones had to be used
+by Martians in the building, and
+the clear ones were used by
+Earthmen when they were outside
+in the Martian atmosphere.
+Stark stopped in at a little open
+shop down one of the many side
+streets. The sign said "Closed,"
+but he rang the bell until a little,
+dried-up Martian appeared.</p>
+
+<p>The storekeeper handed him a
+small box. Stark opened it to examine
+the ring&mdash;Carol's birthday
+present. The single, large diamond
+set in the thin precious-metal
+band dated back to an
+all-but-forgotten custom practiced
+on Earth. Stark thought the
+engagement ring would please
+Carol, though.</p>
+
+<p>Standing in the compressor
+lock at the Chief's home later,
+Stark rubbed the diamond against
+the sleeve of his tunic. He fumbled
+with his breathing globe and
+then pushed the button that activated
+the door. The tele-guard
+beyond the opening door scanned
+him rapidly. As he stepped forward,
+a red light above the tele-guard
+flashed on and the door
+began to close again.</p>
+
+<p>Stark threw all his strength
+against the door and squeezed
+through into the house.</p>
+
+<p>Throughout the house, Stark
+could hear the alarm bell. A taped
+voice, activated by the tele-guard,
+said, "Do not enter! Do not enter!"</p>
+
+<p>He found Carol and the Chief
+in the library alone. Nearly purple
+with rage, the Chief drew himself
+up to his full six feet.</p>
+
+<p>The Chief bellowed, "Stark!
+Are you crazy?"</p>
+
+<p>The growing feeling of sickness
+spread through Stark.</p>
+
+<p>"Who do you think you are?"
+the Chief yelled. "Get back to
+your office and consider yourself
+under arrest as a troublemaker.
+Give you people an inch and you
+try to walk away with everything.
+Why, I wouldn't let you touch
+my daughter if you were the last
+living being in the Universe!"</p>
+
+<p>Carol didn't look up. She stood
+through it all, silently, without
+moving. Stark knew now where
+his blind spot had been. He turned
+and left them.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">Back</span> at his office, he waited
+for the police. Stark stared
+down at his reflection in the polished
+top of the desk. A yellow,
+moist film of sweat covered his
+face. The red eye set in his forehead
+blinked. But the pain visible
+just behind the surface of that
+eye was not over Carol or himself.</p>
+
+<p>The pain was for what he was
+seeing for the first time ... now.</p>
+
+<p class="rgt"><b>&mdash;BASCOM JONES, JR.</b></p>
+
+<div class="trn"><div class="figt"><a href="images/002-2.jpg"><img src="images/002-1.jpg" width="150" height="200" alt="" title="" /></a></div>
+
+<p><big><b>Transcriber's Note:</b></big></p>
+
+<p>This etext was produced from <i>Galaxy Science Fiction</i> February 1955.
+Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S.
+copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and
+typographical errors have been corrected without note.</p></div>
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Blind Spot, by Bascom Jones
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+Title: Blind Spot
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+Author: Bascom Jones
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+Illustrator: Kossin
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+Release Date: November 11, 2009 [EBook #30454]
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+   BLIND
+ SPOT
+
+   By BASCOM JONES, JR.
+
+   Illustrated by KOSSIN
+
+
+ _Everyone supported the Martian
+   program--until it struck home!_
+
+
+Johnny Stark, director of the department of Interplanetary Relations for
+Mars' Settlement One, reread the final paragraph of the note which he
+had found on his desk, upon returning from lunch earlier in the day.
+
+His eye flicked rapidly over the moistly smeared Martian scrawl,
+ignoring the bitterness directed at him in the first paragraphs. He was
+vaguely troubled by the last sentences. But he hadn't been able to pin
+the feeling down.
+
+    _... Our civilization predates that of Earth's by millions of years.
+    We are an advanced, peaceful race. Yet, since Earth's first rocket
+    landed here thirteen years ago, we have been looked upon as freaks
+    and contemptuously called 'bug-men' behind our backs! This is our
+    planet. We gave of our far-advanced knowledge and science freely, so
+    that Earth would be a better place. We asked nothing in return, but
+    we were rewarded by having forced upon us foreign ideas of
+    government, religion, and behavior. Our protests have been silenced
+    by an armed-police and punitive system we've never before needed.
+    Someday you will awaken to this injustice. On that day in your life,
+    you have my sympathy and pity!_
+
+Stark knew that the Settlement's Investigations Lab could readily
+determine the identity of the Martian who had written the note. But he
+hesitated to send it over. Under the New System, such troublemakers were
+banished to the slave-labor details of the precious-earth mines to the
+North.
+
+Crumpling the note in sudden decision, Stark dropped it into the office
+incendiary tube. The morning visi-report had shown that there were more
+than 17,000 workers at the mines. Only five had been Earthlings. Let the
+armed-police system find the Martian through their own channels. It
+wasn't his job.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A glance at the solar clock on the far wall reminded him there was still
+time for one more interview before the last bell, so he impatiently
+signaled his secretary to send in the waiting couple.
+
+Ordinarily, he liked his work and time meant little to him. He had
+jumped from interpreter to director in the ten years since the
+department had been created. But this day was different.
+
+Stark was to announce his engagement at the Chief's monthly dinner party
+that evening and time had seemed to drag since his lunch with Carol.
+
+When the door opened, he rose and nodded to the plump, freckle-faced
+girl who entered. The girl topped five feet by one or two inches, but
+she was no taller than the Martian man who followed her at the
+prescribed four feet.
+
+After the girl had seated herself, Stark and the Martian sat down. Stark
+opened the folder, which his secretary had placed on his desk earlier.
+
+"Your names are Ruth and Ralph Gilraut? And you want permission to move
+into Housing Perimeter D?" It was merely a formality, since the
+information was in the folder.
+
+When the girl nodded, Stark placed a small check mark in the space
+beside her name. Then he turned to the Martian.
+
+The large, single red eye set deep in the Martian's smooth, green
+forehead above the two brown ones blinked twice before he answered.
+
+He spoke deliberately. "As is required of all Martians under the New
+System, I have taken the name of one of the early Earthlings to write
+and pronounce." The large red eye blinked again. "My wife would like
+to move into Housing Perimeter D. By regulation, I respect her wish."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Stark placed a check mark by the Martian's name. He wiped the smudge of
+ink off his hand and said, "You both know, of course, that Perimeter D
+is reserved for couples who have intermarried and are about to have
+offspring?"
+
+The girl and the Martian nodded, and the girl passed Stark a medical
+report. Stark looked over the report and then made a notation on a small
+pink slip.
+
+He said, "This permit certifies that you are eligible to move from
+Perimeter E to Housing Perimeter D. It also certifies that your husband
+has no record as a troublemaker." Stark looked at the girl. "You
+understand that you may visit your friends in Perimeter E, but, by law,
+they will not be allowed to enter Perimeter D to visit you. And, of
+course, the new law clearly states that neither of you may visit
+Earthlings in Housing Perimeter A, B or C."
+
+The girl looked down at her hands. Her voice was almost inaudible. "My
+husband and I are familiar with the advantages and disadvantages listed
+under the section pertaining to intermarriage in the new law, Mr. Stark.
+Thank you."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Stark rose as they left. For a brief moment, he thought he had detected
+a sense of rebellion in their attitude. But that was not possible.
+
+The new law provided equality for all. And his department had been
+created to iron out relations between the two races--excepting
+complaints originated by troublemakers for the purpose of weakening the
+New System. In such cases, Investigations had stepped in and the Martian
+or Earthling troublemaker had been sent to the rare-earth mines.
+
+The reddish light filtering in through the quartz and lead wall of his
+office showed that it was almost time for the last bell.
+
+On the street below, shoppers were streaming out of the stores on their
+way to the various housing perimeters.
+
+Earthlings were climbing into their speedy little jet cars for the short
+trip to the recently modernized inner perimeters. Martians were waiting
+for the slower auto buses. The traffic problem had been solved, under
+the New System, by restricting the use of the Martian-built jet cars to
+persons living in the inner perimeters.
+
+As Stark watched, a black jet car impatiently hurtled out of the line of
+traffic, bowled through a crowd of Martians waiting for an auto bus, and
+skidded to a stop at the curb in front of the building.
+
+A tall girl got out. The red evening glow reflecting from her golden
+hair, made her breathing globe almost amber. Male Martians and
+Earthlings alike turned to stare in appreciation as she pushed her way
+through the crowd to the building's compressor lock. Carol was that kind
+of girl.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Almost at the exact moment that Carol opened the door into Stark's
+office, the yellow visi-screen of the vocal box upon Stark's desk
+flashed on brilliantly and the Chief's booming voice filled the office.
+The light from the screen picked up the highlights on the furniture and
+gave a sallow, greenish cast to Stark's features. Carol stepped back
+into the doorway to stay out of range of the two-way unit.
+
+"Stark!" The automatic tuner on the box corrected to bring the Chief's
+image in wire-sharp focus.
+
+"Yes, sir?"
+
+"About the dinner tonight. Just checking to make sure you're planning to
+be there. We want a full turnout. An inspection team has come up from
+Earth and we have two visiting dignitaries from Venus."
+
+Stark nodded and waited for the Chief to say something else, but the
+visi-screen blanked out.
+
+Carol said, "That was Dad, wasn't it?"
+
+Stark felt very depressed suddenly. "Haven't you told him yet?"
+
+"No. He's been tied up with those inspectors all afternoon. And you know
+how Dad is, Johnny. There's a right and a wrong time to tell him things.
+Right now, he's only interested in hearing about Earth."
+
+"But we're supposed to announce our engagement tonight at the dinner."
+He shook his head. "We can't go on forever with just a few stolen
+moments here and there, eating an occasional lunch or third meal
+together in little out-of-the-way places."
+
+Carol laughed, the youthful swell of her breasts against the soft,
+spun-glass material of her blouse. "Don't worry so, Johnny! I'm a big
+girl now. This is my eighteenth birthday. Dad's bark is much worse than
+his bite. I'll tell him about us on the way home."
+
+She moved closer to him, until he could feel the warmth of her body. He
+could see the warm, damp indentation where her breathing globe had
+rested against her shoulders and chest.
+
+She asked teasingly, "What did you get me for my birthday, Johnny?
+Something real nice?"
+
+"What did you want?" Johnny asked her gently.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+And suddenly she wasn't teasing any more. She put her arms around him.
+"Dad and my brother would say I'm crazy. But all I want, Johnny, is you.
+Just you! You know that."
+
+Stark had picked out her birthday present, but he wanted it to be a
+surprise for that night. He said, "I already saw one of your presents. A
+black jet car!"
+
+"How did you know that?"
+
+"I saw you drive up in it a few minutes ago."
+
+Carol giggled. "Dad gave it to me. Did you see me plow through that
+crowd waiting for the auto bus?"
+
+"Did your brother send you anything?"
+
+She nodded. "Three new outfits from Earth. They were on the same liner
+that brought the inspection team to the Settlement this morning. Oh,
+yes, and the captain of the liner brought me this."
+
+She showed him the tiny pin she wore attached to her collar. The pin
+itself was a carefully wrought but cruel caricature of an awkward
+buglike creature. A small ruby set in the center of its face served as
+its eye.
+
+Stark frowned. "Carol, you shouldn't be wearing that." He reached up and
+unpinned it. "That's the sort of thing our department is fighting."
+
+"But the captain said it was the latest rage back on Earth. They're even
+making toys like it. I'm sure they're not designed to ... to poke fun at
+anyone."
+
+Stark started to say something, but the last bell interrupted him. He
+said, "If you're going to take your father home and tell him about us
+before the dinner, you'd better hurry. I'll come early."
+
+Carol kissed him and said good-by. She left the pin on Stark's desk and
+was smiling at him as she closed the door.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+After waiting until the first rush of workers had gone and the building
+was quiet, Stark caught the elevator down. The overhead lights in the
+compressor lock were reflected in the twin rows of breathing globes. The
+green-tinted ones had to be used by Martians in the building, and the
+clear ones were used by Earthmen when they were outside in the Martian
+atmosphere. Stark stopped in at a little open shop down one of the many
+side streets. The sign said "Closed," but he rang the bell until a
+little, dried-up Martian appeared.
+
+The storekeeper handed him a small box. Stark opened it to examine the
+ring--Carol's birthday present. The single, large diamond set in the
+thin precious-metal band dated back to an all-but-forgotten custom
+practiced on Earth. Stark thought the engagement ring would please
+Carol, though.
+
+Standing in the compressor lock at the Chief's home later, Stark rubbed
+the diamond against the sleeve of his tunic. He fumbled with his
+breathing globe and then pushed the button that activated the door. The
+tele-guard beyond the opening door scanned him rapidly. As he stepped
+forward, a red light above the tele-guard flashed on and the door began
+to close again.
+
+Stark threw all his strength against the door and squeezed through into
+the house.
+
+Throughout the house, Stark could hear the alarm bell. A taped voice,
+activated by the tele-guard, said, "Do not enter! Do not enter!"
+
+He found Carol and the Chief in the library alone. Nearly purple with
+rage, the Chief drew himself up to his full six feet.
+
+The Chief bellowed, "Stark! Are you crazy?"
+
+The growing feeling of sickness spread through Stark.
+
+"Who do you think you are?" the Chief yelled. "Get back to your office
+and consider yourself under arrest as a troublemaker. Give you people an
+inch and you try to walk away with everything. Why, I wouldn't let you
+touch my daughter if you were the last living being in the Universe!"
+
+Carol didn't look up. She stood through it all, silently, without
+moving. Stark knew now where his blind spot had been. He turned and left
+them.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Back at his office, he waited for the police. Stark stared down at his
+reflection in the polished top of the desk. A yellow, moist film of
+sweat covered his face. The red eye set in his forehead blinked. But the
+pain visible just behind the surface of that eye was not over Carol or
+himself.
+
+The pain was for what he was seeing for the first time ... now.
+
+                                                   --BASCOM JONES, JR.
+
+
+
+
+Transcriber's Note:
+
+    This etext was produced from _Galaxy Science Fiction_ February 1955.
+    Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S.
+    copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and
+    typographical errors have been corrected without note.
+
+
+
+
+
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