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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Goma's Follicles - -Author: John de Courcy - Dorothy de Courcy - -Release Date: February 27, 2021 [eBook #64646] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOMA'S FOLLICLES *** - - - - - GOMA'S FOLLICLES - - By JOHN and DOROTHY de COURCY - - New planets--new conditions ... unforeseeable, - difficult and dangerous to overcome. Granted. - Still, who'd have thought getting a haircut on - Procyon IV could be a matter of life and death? - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Planet Stories Summer 1948. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -The _Franklin_ was the newest and best ship of the Morgan Interstellar -Transportation Corporation. It was plain from the Captain's -pouter-pigeon stance that he too was aware of this fact. The only -jarring note in Captain Webster's mind was the unscheduled stop at -Procyon IV. He glanced again at the yellow blank in his hand, his lips -moving slightly as he re-read it. - -"Captain Webster, Commanding _S. S. Franklin_, enroute to earth. Make -contact with Procyon IV. Passenger for earth waiting at Iridium City. -Necessary time will be allowed on your schedule. Chief Dispatcher." - -Captain Webster crumpled the message into a ball and threw it on the -floor. - -"Whistle stop!" he growled. His anger was motivated by the fact that he -had hoped to set a new record with the _Franklin_ and the last thing he -desired was time added to his schedule. "If he isn't ready and waiting -when we land," the Captain muttered, "he can walk to earth!" - -The _Franklin_ came out of sub-space drive. The navigator had no -difficulty finding Procyon's fourth planet, but it took much studious -peering to find the tiny earth colony. It turned out to be a dot about -three miles in diameter, a mining settlement. In a few minutes, the -giant ship settled gently into a rickety landing cradle. A spaceman -pressed the unlocking studs and the passenger port opened with a hiss. -The gangway slid neatly out and made contact with the shaky steps. - -With obvious distaste, Captain Webster gathered his dignity about him -like a cloak and started across the gangway. His feet had no more than -touched the plastic tread when he stopped abruptly. A wild apparition -came charging up the stairway, long, unkempt hair streaming in the -wind. Down the gangway it ran and propelled the Captain violently -backward into his ship. - -Puffing and gasping for air, the Captain half lay in the arms of two -spacemen who had caught him just before he reached the decking. Nothing -of what the Captain said was understandable except the word "outrage" -which he repeated often and vigorously. - -"Now, now, now, please Captain," the long haired apparition pleaded. -"Compose yourself. Don't get excited. I can explain everything. I'm Mr. -Thurwinker of the Office of Colonial Development." - -"Oh, oh," the Captain grunted. "The OCD, huh?" His anger evaporated and -he struggled to his feet trying to look dignified again. "Well--I'm -sure--ah--that is--no doubt you have a good reason for your actions, -sir--ah--" - -"Oh yes, indeed," Mr. Thurwinker replied, hastily, "but I can't stop -now. I must impress on you, Captain, the urgency of your ship leaving -as soon as possible. Yes, yes it's imperative! And you must remain out -of sight. Don't show yourselves under any circumstances! I'll get your -passenger now." Without another word, Mr. Thurwinker scurried out of -the ship. He turned at the end of the gangway. "Remember Captain, don't -let anyone see you. Keep out of sight. Yes indeed, out of sight!" - -The open-mouthed Captain watched the OCD man scramble down the steps -and reappear a moment later carrying a suitcase. He was followed by -another man whose hair was also streaming down over his shoulders. The -Captain's mouth sagged open an additional half-inch as the strange -looking pair entered the ship. - -Mr. Thurwinker set the bag down and shook hands with his companion. -"Good-bye, Mr. Purcell. Have a nice trip home. We all regret seeing you -go, yes indeed, regret it very much." He darted out of the ship for the -second time. At the end of the gangway, he turned to face the Captain. -"Oh yes, Captain. I must tell you! It's imperative--" - -"I know!" the Captain roared. "And don't worry, Mr. Thurwinker! We're -leaving this asylum immediately!" - -Mr. Thurwinker jumped off the gangway as it began to roll into the big -ship. He waved cheerily to his friend just before the port closed. The -_Franklin_ began to lift almost at once. - - * * * * * - -Sam Purcell brushed his hair out of his face and extended a friendly -hand to the Captain. "How do you do, Captain. I'm Sam Purcell, your new -passenger." - -Captain Webster stared at the outstretched hand as though it were a -specimen from an anatomical laboratory. "Procyon IV's gain is my loss!" -he snarled. - -As the Captain stomped away, Sam turned his hand over to see if -anything was wrong with it. "Unfriendly cuss," he observed to the -spaceman beside him. - -The spaceman smiled. "Just be thankful he isn't your boss." - -Sam nodded. "I see what you mean," he replied. - -"Shall I take your bag to your stateroom?" the spaceman asked. - -"I'd be much obliged," Sam answered. "Is there a barber on this tub? I -want to get rid of this mop as soon as I can." - -"Yes sir," the spaceman said. "But wouldn't you like to go to your -cabin first?" - -Sam smiled. "No. I've been dreaming about this haircut for ages. Just -tell me where my cabin is and take me to the barber shop!" - -The spaceman nodded and picked up Sam's bag. Sam followed him down the -companionway to the barber shop. - -"Your stateroom is L-14, sir," the spaceman said. "It's the last cabin -on the left at the end of this companionway." - -"Thank you," Sam replied as he stepped into the shop. - -The barber closed the book he was reading and jumped up. "Yes sir. What -can--" He broke off in mid-sentence and gawked stupidly. - -"I don't want a manicure," Sam chuckled as he slid into the chair. - -The barber smiled sickly. "Ah--no, of course not," he agreed. He busied -himself bundling Sam up in a transparent apron and then stepped back to -view his client artistically. "Shall--I take--a little off the top?" he -asked, hesitantly. - -"Cut it off!" Sam snorted. "I want to look human again!" - -The barber set to work chopping off great chunks of hair. Several times -he opened his mouth to say something but the situation seemed to him -beyond the range of normal conversation. - -"I bet you're wondering how I got like this," Sam chuckled. - -"Why--yes," the barber murmured. "That thought did occur to me. Ah--I -don't suppose--ah--there are many barbers where you come from." - -"That's the funny part of it," Sam replied. "We used to have a barber, -a darn good one, too. Yup, he was one of the best in the business. I -guess that was Roy's trouble. He was too good." - -"But--but--how?" the barber interrupted. - -"The hair?" Sam asked. "I was coming to that. It all started three -years ago when we first landed on Procyon IV. A meteorite had plowed -in there some time in the past and that was what we were after. The -original survey had found fragments of nearly pure iridium in a crater -and you know how hard that stuff is to get. The survey figured that the -whole meteorite was composed of iridium and, as it turned out, they -were right." - -"Mr. Thurwinker, the government agent," Sam continued, "started out -right away dickering with the natives. It wasn't too hard to do cause -they look a lot like us, considering what most of the inhabitants of -other planets look like. Anyway, Thurwinker traded off half a ship load -of gew-gaws and we got the crater. - -"Our supplies started coming in and on the first ship was Roy, the -barber. We built up a little town, the typical mining settlement, and -got things pretty much underway. It took us about two months to get our -soundings all lined up and then we found that the meteorite had struck -the planet at quite an angle. It hadn't gone too far down but it had -gone so far to one side that the thing was completely outside the -crater. Mr. Thurwinker tried to bargain with the natives for the ground -directly over the meteorite, but he didn't get very far. They didn't -like him much and I can't say as I blame them. The natives let him know -that they wanted to be left alone so we stayed in our little town. - -"Well, there wasn't much of anything to do, so most of us just sat -around, waiting for Thurwinker to make some kind of a bargain. He -finally persuaded the Chief of the natives to talk the situation over -with him." - - * * * * * - -Goma growled deeply in his barrel chest. "You have land. Why want you -more?" - -Thurwinker hesitated, trying to phrase the proper answer in Goma's -language. "This land not good," he said, pointing to the crater. Then -turning, "this land, good. We want good land." - -"You cannot have land," Goma replied with classic simplicity. - -"I gave you many things for bad land," Thurwinker answered. "I will -give you more for good land." - -"I not want things," Goma stated. "I keep land." - -Thurwinker reverted to English. "My stars! How does the government -expect me to bargain with creatures like this! Sometimes I think I was -better off in the office. Yes indeed, much better off." - -Goma regarded him with an unwinking stare. "You make noise like infant." - -Thurwinker's lips compressed a little. "You give us land. We make you -Big Chief. Chief of all you see." - -"I am now Chief of all I see," Goma said. - -Thurwinker made several more suggestions without any sign of success. - -Goma stood up. "I go now," he announced. - -"But, Chief!" Thurwinker protested. - -Goma brushed him aside and strode out of the hut. He was joined by his -retinue which closed in about him, rudely shoving Thurwinker to one -side. In silence, the procession marched up the street, apparently -ignoring everything. They were nearly past Roy's barber shop when one -of the natives let out a screech and froze with one foot slightly off -the ground. The others turned to look through the barber shop window -and, as they did, emitted groans, yelps and gasps. - -Roy stopped his cutting and looked at the natives. He studied them for -a moment and then went back to snipping his customer's hair. As the -scissors closed on a lock of hair, a simultaneous groan went up from -the assembled natives. The expressions of horror became more and more -intense as the man's hair fell to the floor in little tufts. A tall, -muscular native quietly fainted. None of the others paid any attention -to him. Their eyes were riveted in terrible fascination on the gleaming -shears. - -Soon the man stepped out of the barber chair and smiled at Roy as he -slipped on his jacket. He stopped at the door and stared at the natives -curiously. They fell back as he approached and a low mutter ran through -the group. - -Thurwinker had drifted up sometime during the performance and stood -scratching his head. The man looked at Thurwinker with a puzzled frown. -"What are they doing here?" he asked. - -Thurwinker shrugged. "I don't know." - -Low mumbling ran through the group of natives. - -"What are they saying?" the man asked. - -"They say you are very brave," Thurwinker replied. "They seem to think -you're a big hero." - -The man shook his head and walked away bewildered. - -Thurwinker turned back to the natives and all of them were looking at -Goma. Goma glanced from face to face, fingering his shoulder length -hair. He shuddered and looked pleadingly at the others. Faint lines of -what Thurwinker thought was disgust began to appear on the group of -faces. - -Thurwinker smiled suddenly. "I think I know what they want," he mumbled -to himself. "Chief," he called. "You want--" He paused trying to find -the words. Then taking a piece of his own hair, he made cutting motions -with his fingers. - -Goma's beady eyes dilated and he shook visibly. - -"Come," Thurwinker urged, opening the barber shop door. - -Hesitantly, Goma took a step forward. - -"Come," Thurwinker urged again. "It won't hurt." He pointed to himself -and asked, "I go first?" - -"No!" Goma roared. He thrust Thurwinker aside and galloped to the -barber chair. Roy looked questioningly at Thurwinker. - -"It's all right," Thurwinker grinned. "Go ahead. This will put them at -ease. Maybe this is just the thing we've been looking for. Yes indeed, -just the thing. But be careful, Roy. Yes, yes, very careful." - - * * * * * - -Roy nodded and tried to run a comb through the Chief's matted hair. -Each time Goma was touched, he shivered. The other natives watched -through the window and shook whenever Goma did. Roy isolated a small -section of hair and placing his scissors against the comb, he snipped -it off. With a scream of terrible agony, Goma's body convulsed in the -chair. He leaped upright, holding his head with one hand while he -looked wildly about. - -[Illustration: _Goma gave a scream of terrible agony._] - -Roy started over to Goma to remove the apron but Goma backed away -holding his hands before him as if to ward off a blow. Then he burst -through the door and out into the street, running as though the hounds -of hell were nipping at his heels. He didn't stop until he reached the -brush at the edge of the crater. - -The other natives watched him go with disgust. Two of them picked up -rocks and threw them after the retreating figure. When Goma was at last -out of sight, they assembled themselves in a group again and marched -out of town. - -Thurwinker watched the procession diminish in the distance. "Well, -that's that," he muttered. He turned on Roy. "I told you to be careful!" - -"I _was_ careful!" Roy protested. - -"Apparently you weren't careful enough!" Thurwinker snapped. "I don't -know what you did to him, but you sure fixed our chances for getting -any land." - -"But I tell you I didn't do anything, Mr. Thurwinker," Roy answered -hotly. "I hardly even touched him!" - -"Well, if I were you, I'd cultivate a lighter touch!" Thurwinker -cracked and, without waiting for Roy to reply, he turned and walked out -of the shop. - -During the next hour, Thurwinker composed twenty-six messages to send -back home explaining his failure. Twenty-six messages had been thrown -in the wastebasket as unsatisfactory. There really wasn't anything -to say. He knew that none of his excuses would be accepted. He was -a failure and so he wrote out his resignation. It was a foregone -conclusion that the Colonial Office would want it. Thurwinker groaned. -He could see himself being held up before the students in the OCD -schools as the horrible example. - -He was halfway through with what was to be message number twenty-seven -when the door opened quietly. Goma stepped in and walked unheard over -to Thurwinker's desk. - -"I Goma," he mumbled. - -"Yaaaaaaaah!" Thurwinker let out a whoop and leaped to the top of his -desk, quite convinced that Goma had come to destroy him. "Now, now, -now, Chief. Ah--you and I are friends!" - -Goma looked at him. "I am not Chief. I am called old female." He looked -away from the amazed Thurwinker and sagged into a chair. - -"What's the matter, Chief?" Thurwinker asked, climbing down off his -desk. - -"I am not Chief," Goma replied. "I will be Chief again soon when I...." -Goma paused and made cutting motions with his fingers. - -"You mean, when you get a haircut?" Thurwinker asked. - -Goma shivered and said in a small voice, "Yes." - -A crafty light came into Thurwinker's eyes. They bargained for half -an hour at the end of which time Goma agreed to give up a very small -plot of ground in addition to the crater. It wasn't much, but it was -something and Thurwinker accepted. - -They arose and walked silently out of the hut. The miners gave the pair -curious glances as they strolled up the street. When they reached the -barber shop, they found a crowd of natives numbering about one hundred, -men, women and children. Goma drew up in front of them imperiously. -He stared at them for a full minute and then struck his shoulder with -a closed fist in a gesture of bravado. The crowd watched him as he -marched up to the barber chair and sat down. - -Goma turned to Roy and held up his hand making the cutting motion. - -Roy looked at Thurwinker. "Is it all right?" - -"Yes, yes indeed! The Chief isn't afraid any more. Go ahead, Roy, but -be careful. Yes indeed, very careful!" - -Roy cautiously combed out a few strands of hair and holding them -gingerly in his hand, he snipped. A groan escaped from between Goma's -clenched teeth. Roy hesitated but Goma held up his hand again, making -cutting motions. Roy selected a few more strands of hair. As he cut, -Goma's breath hissed in sharply and his hands clutched the sides of the -chair. On the third cut, Goma's body relaxed and his eyes closed. - -Thurwinker rushed to his side. He looked at him for a minute and then -ran to the door. "Quick," he said to one of the miners. "Get Dr. Bowen!" - -The natives outside began to mutter angrily. Thurwinker dashed back to -the barber chair. "Go ahead," he hissed. "Keep cutting! Don't let the -natives think anything's gone wrong!" - -By the time Dr. Bowen arrived, Goma's hair was neatly trimmed. The -Chief was still apparently unconscious and breathing heavily. Dr. Bowen -made a hasty examination and then straightened smiling. "It's all -right," he said to Thurwinker. "He's only fainted." - - * * * * * - -Thurwinker heaved a sigh. In a few minutes, Dr. Bowen brought Goma back -to consciousness. The Chief stood up but his legs were a little shaky. -Shoving away the helping hands, he reeled toward the open doorway. -The native stepped back with looks of awe and reverence. With pride, -Goma strode away, the natives following at his heels like obedient and -worshipful dogs. - -"Now, Thurwinker," Dr. Bowen said, "what's this all about?" - -Thurwinker explained the situation while Dr. Bowen listened intently. - -"That's funny," the doctor muttered. "He didn't look like much of a -coward to me." - -"Well, you have to watch these natives carefully," Thurwinker babbled. -"You never know what they're going to do next. Goma insisted on getting -a haircut and I thought it was a good opportunity to get the land we -need." - -The doctor stirred a tuft of Goma's hair with the toe of his boot. -"Just the same, Thurwinker, you may get into trouble over this. We want -that land, but not if there's a war. You know what the Colonial Office -would say if trouble started." The doctor bent over and picked up the -bit of hair. "Hmmm. I wonder if this could be the reason." - -"Reason for what?" Thurwinker asked. - -"I don't know," Dr. Bowen replied, "but I'll make some tests." He -dropped the hair into his bag. "If I find out anything, I'll let -you know," he called as he started for the door, "and I advise you, -Thurwinker, to stay out of trouble." - -Thurwinker nearly wore a groove in the floor with his pacing. He was -a nervous wreck by the time Dr. Bowen arrived. He practically jumped -on him as he came in the door. "Now, doctor! What have you been doing? -What kind of tests were you talking about and why all this mystery?" - -"Calm down, Thurwinker," Dr. Bowen soothed. "There isn't any -mystery--at least, not any more." - -"What do you mean?" Thurwinker demanded. - -"I mean, you've been misled by the appearance of the natives. They look -like us except for that light orange color, but they've got at least -one fundamental difference. That stuff on their heads isn't exactly -hair." - -"What!" Thurwinker exploded. "What is it, then? It looks like hair!" - -"Under the microscope, there's quite a difference," Dr. Bowen -explained. "It has a hard covering just like our hair, the center is -hollow and contains a little fluid, but floating in this fluid is a -nerve." - -"A what!" - -"A nerve," the doctor answered, "just like in our teeth. I rather -imagine their hair is some kind of a sensory organ. I don't know what -kind, but I'm sending a sample back home and maybe they can find out." - -Thurwinker was stunned. "You mean--it hurts--to have their hair cut?" - -"It's just like pulling teeth," Bowen chuckled, "without an anesthetic!" - -"Oh, no!" Thurwinker groaned. "What have I done!" He paced the floor -again and stopped suddenly. "Still, we've got some land to work with. -Yes, maybe it'll be all right after all." - -But it wasn't all right. The engineers informed Thurwinker that they -had to have more shafts. "You just can't drill through iridium!" they -complained. - -Thurwinker shrugged his shoulders and resolutely set off to find -Goma, but Goma had disappeared and none of the natives knew where he -had gone. It was useless to try to bargain with them. Because of his -haircut, Goma was absolute Chief now. Thurwinker came back to the -crater after fruitlessly searching the surrounding country for six -days. He opened the door of his hut and plunked himself resignedly down -at his desk. - -At that moment there came a thump on the door. Thurwinker arose and -opened it. There stood Goma looking more down in the mouth than the -last time he had visited Thurwinker. Thurwinker stuffed the resignation -into his pocket and guided Goma into the hut. "I am glad to see you, -Goma!" Thurwinker exploded. "Yes indeed, very glad." - -Goma didn't understand the words, but he knew from the expression on -Thurwinker's face that he was welcome. - -"I want to see you," Thurwinker began in Goma's tongue. "I want more -land." - -Goma stared at him sadly. "I keep land. You bad man." - -"Huh?" Thurwinker asked, incredulously. - -"Look." Goma pointed to his hair. "It grow. When the people see it grow -they will not let me be Chief any more." - -"You mean--you want another--" - -"No!" Goma roared. He shuddered. "Not want haircut!" - -"Well, what _do_ you want, Chief?" Thurwinker asked, puzzled. - -"I am Chief. I am brave. Bad man hurt me. People say I am not brave. I -am not Chief any more. I am brave. I let bad man torture me. I am Big -Chief." Again he pointed to his hair. "It grow. People soon see it grow -and I will not be Chief unless I get haircut again." - -"Oh," Thurwinker nodded. "When your hairs grows out you'll have to get -another haircut or you won't be Chief. Is that it?" - -"Yes," Goma mumbled. There was a silence. Then Goma asked, -"Other--people--cut hair?" - -"No," Thurwinker informed. "Just barber." - -"Bar-ber." Goma turned the unfamiliar word around on his tongue. -"Bar-ber. I will fix," he grunted. "I kill bar-ber." He arose and -started for the door. - -"No, no, no! Wait, wait!!" Thurwinker jumped to block Goma's way. After -much persuasion, he got Goma back into his chair again. "Big Chief," he -said, slowly. "You are right. Bar-ber is very bad man." - -It was obvious that Goma agreed. "I kill?" he suggested, hopefully. - -"No, no," Thurwinker replied, craftily. "You can not kill." - -This puzzled Goma. "I can not kill?" he asked. - -"No. Bar-ber would cut hair." - -Goma closed his eyes and shook. "I can not kill," he agreed. - -"Maybe bar-ber go away?" Thurwinker suggested. "Far away?" - -Goma's eyes brightened. "You can make bar-ber go away?" - -"Yes," Thurwinker said, triumphantly. "If you give land, I make bar-ber -go away." - -"Other bar-ber come?" Goma asked. - -"No." - -"Bar-ber go away. No more cut hair. I will still be Big Chief, but will -not have hair cut. I will give land." Goma arose and marched out of the -hut. He was his old, imperial self again. - - * * * * * - -The ship's barber whipped the apron off Sam Purcell. "There, I cut -hair. I mean, it's all done." - -Sam glanced in a mirror. "Yup, and a good job too." He stood up and -reached for his jacket. "Well, that's about all there was to the -affair," Sam continued. "Thurwinker let the word leak out to the -natives that Goma had captured Roy. This made Goma a bigger hero than -ever. We marched Roy down to the first transport that came in as if -he was a prisoner and kept our guns ready until they took off just to -impress the natives. Of course, we had to let our hair grow but we got -the iridium and that's what we were after. Just as long as the natives -don't see anyone with a haircut, everything will be fine." - -The barber laughed. "I wouldn't have believed your story if I hadn't -seen your hair." - -As Sam prepared to go, Captain Webster entered the barber shop and -stared at Sam. "Haven't I seen you somewhere before?" he asked. - -"Maybe," Sam admitted with a hostile stare. "I'm one of your -passengers, if that'll help you any." - -"Of course," Captain Webster chuckled. "I don't believe I got your -name, though." - -"Purcell," Sam replied. "Sam Purcell." - -"Well, well!" Captain Webster replied, jovially. "I'm certainly glad to -meet you, Mr. Purcell. Webster's the name." 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Granted.<br /> -Still, who'd have thought getting a haircut on<br /> -Procyon IV could be a matter of life and death?</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Planet Stories Summer 1948.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>The <i>Franklin</i> was the newest and best ship of the Morgan Interstellar -Transportation Corporation. It was plain from the Captain's -pouter-pigeon stance that he too was aware of this fact. The only -jarring note in Captain Webster's mind was the unscheduled stop at -Procyon IV. He glanced again at the yellow blank in his hand, his lips -moving slightly as he re-read it.</p> - -<p>"Captain Webster, Commanding <i>S. S. Franklin</i>, enroute to earth. Make -contact with Procyon IV. Passenger for earth waiting at Iridium City. -Necessary time will be allowed on your schedule. Chief Dispatcher."</p> - -<p>Captain Webster crumpled the message into a ball and threw it on the -floor.</p> - -<p>"Whistle stop!" he growled. His anger was motivated by the fact that he -had hoped to set a new record with the <i>Franklin</i> and the last thing he -desired was time added to his schedule. "If he isn't ready and waiting -when we land," the Captain muttered, "he can walk to earth!"</p> - -<p>The <i>Franklin</i> came out of sub-space drive. The navigator had no -difficulty finding Procyon's fourth planet, but it took much studious -peering to find the tiny earth colony. It turned out to be a dot about -three miles in diameter, a mining settlement. In a few minutes, the -giant ship settled gently into a rickety landing cradle. A spaceman -pressed the unlocking studs and the passenger port opened with a hiss. -The gangway slid neatly out and made contact with the shaky steps.</p> - -<p>With obvious distaste, Captain Webster gathered his dignity about him -like a cloak and started across the gangway. His feet had no more than -touched the plastic tread when he stopped abruptly. A wild apparition -came charging up the stairway, long, unkempt hair streaming in the -wind. Down the gangway it ran and propelled the Captain violently -backward into his ship.</p> - -<p>Puffing and gasping for air, the Captain half lay in the arms of two -spacemen who had caught him just before he reached the decking. Nothing -of what the Captain said was understandable except the word "outrage" -which he repeated often and vigorously.</p> - -<p>"Now, now, now, please Captain," the long haired apparition pleaded. -"Compose yourself. Don't get excited. I can explain everything. I'm Mr. -Thurwinker of the Office of Colonial Development."</p> - -<p>"Oh, oh," the Captain grunted. "The OCD, huh?" His anger evaporated and -he struggled to his feet trying to look dignified again. "Well—I'm -sure—ah—that is—no doubt you have a good reason for your actions, -sir—ah—"</p> - -<p>"Oh yes, indeed," Mr. Thurwinker replied, hastily, "but I can't stop -now. I must impress on you, Captain, the urgency of your ship leaving -as soon as possible. Yes, yes it's imperative! And you must remain out -of sight. Don't show yourselves under any circumstances! I'll get your -passenger now." Without another word, Mr. Thurwinker scurried out of -the ship. He turned at the end of the gangway. "Remember Captain, don't -let anyone see you. Keep out of sight. Yes indeed, out of sight!"</p> - -<p>The open-mouthed Captain watched the OCD man scramble down the steps -and reappear a moment later carrying a suitcase. He was followed by -another man whose hair was also streaming down over his shoulders. The -Captain's mouth sagged open an additional half-inch as the strange -looking pair entered the ship.</p> - -<p>Mr. Thurwinker set the bag down and shook hands with his companion. -"Good-bye, Mr. Purcell. Have a nice trip home. We all regret seeing you -go, yes indeed, regret it very much." He darted out of the ship for the -second time. At the end of the gangway, he turned to face the Captain. -"Oh yes, Captain. I must tell you! It's imperative—"</p> - -<p>"I know!" the Captain roared. "And don't worry, Mr. Thurwinker! We're -leaving this asylum immediately!"</p> - -<p>Mr. Thurwinker jumped off the gangway as it began to roll into the big -ship. He waved cheerily to his friend just before the port closed. The -<i>Franklin</i> began to lift almost at once.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Sam Purcell brushed his hair out of his face and extended a friendly -hand to the Captain. "How do you do, Captain. I'm Sam Purcell, your new -passenger."</p> - -<p>Captain Webster stared at the outstretched hand as though it were a -specimen from an anatomical laboratory. "Procyon IV's gain is my loss!" -he snarled.</p> - -<p>As the Captain stomped away, Sam turned his hand over to see if -anything was wrong with it. "Unfriendly cuss," he observed to the -spaceman beside him.</p> - -<p>The spaceman smiled. "Just be thankful he isn't your boss."</p> - -<p>Sam nodded. "I see what you mean," he replied.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus2.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>"Shall I take your bag to your stateroom?" the spaceman asked.</p> - -<p>"I'd be much obliged," Sam answered. "Is there a barber on this tub? I -want to get rid of this mop as soon as I can."</p> - -<p>"Yes sir," the spaceman said. "But wouldn't you like to go to your -cabin first?"</p> - -<p>Sam smiled. "No. I've been dreaming about this haircut for ages. Just -tell me where my cabin is and take me to the barber shop!"</p> - -<p>The spaceman nodded and picked up Sam's bag. Sam followed him down the -companionway to the barber shop.</p> - -<p>"Your stateroom is L-14, sir," the spaceman said. "It's the last cabin -on the left at the end of this companionway."</p> - -<p>"Thank you," Sam replied as he stepped into the shop.</p> - -<p>The barber closed the book he was reading and jumped up. "Yes sir. What -can—" He broke off in mid-sentence and gawked stupidly.</p> - -<p>"I don't want a manicure," Sam chuckled as he slid into the chair.</p> - -<p>The barber smiled sickly. "Ah—no, of course not," he agreed. He busied -himself bundling Sam up in a transparent apron and then stepped back to -view his client artistically. "Shall—I take—a little off the top?" he -asked, hesitantly.</p> - -<p>"Cut it off!" Sam snorted. "I want to look human again!"</p> - -<p>The barber set to work chopping off great chunks of hair. Several times -he opened his mouth to say something but the situation seemed to him -beyond the range of normal conversation.</p> - -<p>"I bet you're wondering how I got like this," Sam chuckled.</p> - -<p>"Why—yes," the barber murmured. "That thought did occur to me. Ah—I -don't suppose—ah—there are many barbers where you come from."</p> - -<p>"That's the funny part of it," Sam replied. "We used to have a barber, -a darn good one, too. Yup, he was one of the best in the business. I -guess that was Roy's trouble. He was too good."</p> - -<p>"But—but—how?" the barber interrupted.</p> - -<p>"The hair?" Sam asked. "I was coming to that. It all started three -years ago when we first landed on Procyon IV. A meteorite had plowed -in there some time in the past and that was what we were after. The -original survey had found fragments of nearly pure iridium in a crater -and you know how hard that stuff is to get. The survey figured that the -whole meteorite was composed of iridium and, as it turned out, they -were right."</p> - -<p>"Mr. Thurwinker, the government agent," Sam continued, "started out -right away dickering with the natives. It wasn't too hard to do cause -they look a lot like us, considering what most of the inhabitants of -other planets look like. Anyway, Thurwinker traded off half a ship load -of gew-gaws and we got the crater.</p> - -<p>"Our supplies started coming in and on the first ship was Roy, the -barber. We built up a little town, the typical mining settlement, and -got things pretty much underway. It took us about two months to get our -soundings all lined up and then we found that the meteorite had struck -the planet at quite an angle. It hadn't gone too far down but it had -gone so far to one side that the thing was completely outside the -crater. Mr. Thurwinker tried to bargain with the natives for the ground -directly over the meteorite, but he didn't get very far. They didn't -like him much and I can't say as I blame them. The natives let him know -that they wanted to be left alone so we stayed in our little town.</p> - -<p>"Well, there wasn't much of anything to do, so most of us just sat -around, waiting for Thurwinker to make some kind of a bargain. He -finally persuaded the Chief of the natives to talk the situation over -with him."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Goma growled deeply in his barrel chest. "You have land. Why want you -more?"</p> - -<p>Thurwinker hesitated, trying to phrase the proper answer in Goma's -language. "This land not good," he said, pointing to the crater. Then -turning, "this land, good. We want good land."</p> - -<p>"You cannot have land," Goma replied with classic simplicity.</p> - -<p>"I gave you many things for bad land," Thurwinker answered. "I will -give you more for good land."</p> - -<p>"I not want things," Goma stated. "I keep land."</p> - -<p>Thurwinker reverted to English. "My stars! How does the government -expect me to bargain with creatures like this! Sometimes I think I was -better off in the office. Yes indeed, much better off."</p> - -<p>Goma regarded him with an unwinking stare. "You make noise like infant."</p> - -<p>Thurwinker's lips compressed a little. "You give us land. We make you -Big Chief. Chief of all you see."</p> - -<p>"I am now Chief of all I see," Goma said.</p> - -<p>Thurwinker made several more suggestions without any sign of success.</p> - -<p>Goma stood up. "I go now," he announced.</p> - -<p>"But, Chief!" Thurwinker protested.</p> - -<p>Goma brushed him aside and strode out of the hut. He was joined by his -retinue which closed in about him, rudely shoving Thurwinker to one -side. In silence, the procession marched up the street, apparently -ignoring everything. They were nearly past Roy's barber shop when one -of the natives let out a screech and froze with one foot slightly off -the ground. The others turned to look through the barber shop window -and, as they did, emitted groans, yelps and gasps.</p> - -<p>Roy stopped his cutting and looked at the natives. He studied them for -a moment and then went back to snipping his customer's hair. As the -scissors closed on a lock of hair, a simultaneous groan went up from -the assembled natives. The expressions of horror became more and more -intense as the man's hair fell to the floor in little tufts. A tall, -muscular native quietly fainted. None of the others paid any attention -to him. Their eyes were riveted in terrible fascination on the gleaming -shears.</p> - -<p>Soon the man stepped out of the barber chair and smiled at Roy as he -slipped on his jacket. He stopped at the door and stared at the natives -curiously. They fell back as he approached and a low mutter ran through -the group.</p> - -<p>Thurwinker had drifted up sometime during the performance and stood -scratching his head. The man looked at Thurwinker with a puzzled frown. -"What are they doing here?" he asked.</p> - -<p>Thurwinker shrugged. "I don't know."</p> - -<p>Low mumbling ran through the group of natives.</p> - -<p>"What are they saying?" the man asked.</p> - -<p>"They say you are very brave," Thurwinker replied. "They seem to think -you're a big hero."</p> - -<p>The man shook his head and walked away bewildered.</p> - -<p>Thurwinker turned back to the natives and all of them were looking at -Goma. Goma glanced from face to face, fingering his shoulder length -hair. He shuddered and looked pleadingly at the others. Faint lines of -what Thurwinker thought was disgust began to appear on the group of -faces.</p> - -<p>Thurwinker smiled suddenly. "I think I know what they want," he mumbled -to himself. "Chief," he called. "You want—" He paused trying to find -the words. Then taking a piece of his own hair, he made cutting motions -with his fingers.</p> - -<p>Goma's beady eyes dilated and he shook visibly.</p> - -<p>"Come," Thurwinker urged, opening the barber shop door.</p> - -<p>Hesitantly, Goma took a step forward.</p> - -<p>"Come," Thurwinker urged again. "It won't hurt." He pointed to himself -and asked, "I go first?"</p> - -<p>"No!" Goma roared. He thrust Thurwinker aside and galloped to the -barber chair. Roy looked questioningly at Thurwinker.</p> - -<p>"It's all right," Thurwinker grinned. "Go ahead. This will put them at -ease. Maybe this is just the thing we've been looking for. Yes indeed, -just the thing. But be careful, Roy. Yes, yes, very careful."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Roy nodded and tried to run a comb through the Chief's matted hair. -Each time Goma was touched, he shivered. The other natives watched -through the window and shook whenever Goma did. Roy isolated a small -section of hair and placing his scissors against the comb, he snipped -it off. With a scream of terrible agony, Goma's body convulsed in the -chair. He leaped upright, holding his head with one hand while he -looked wildly about.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus1.jpg" alt=""/> - <div class="caption"> - <p><i>Goma gave a scream of terrible agony.</i></p> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Roy started over to Goma to remove the apron but Goma backed away -holding his hands before him as if to ward off a blow. Then he burst -through the door and out into the street, running as though the hounds -of hell were nipping at his heels. He didn't stop until he reached the -brush at the edge of the crater.</p> - -<p>The other natives watched him go with disgust. Two of them picked up -rocks and threw them after the retreating figure. When Goma was at last -out of sight, they assembled themselves in a group again and marched -out of town.</p> - -<p>Thurwinker watched the procession diminish in the distance. "Well, -that's that," he muttered. He turned on Roy. "I told you to be careful!"</p> - -<p>"I <i>was</i> careful!" Roy protested.</p> - -<p>"Apparently you weren't careful enough!" Thurwinker snapped. "I don't -know what you did to him, but you sure fixed our chances for getting -any land."</p> - -<p>"But I tell you I didn't do anything, Mr. Thurwinker," Roy answered -hotly. "I hardly even touched him!"</p> - -<p>"Well, if I were you, I'd cultivate a lighter touch!" Thurwinker -cracked and, without waiting for Roy to reply, he turned and walked out -of the shop.</p> - -<p>During the next hour, Thurwinker composed twenty-six messages to send -back home explaining his failure. Twenty-six messages had been thrown -in the wastebasket as unsatisfactory. There really wasn't anything -to say. He knew that none of his excuses would be accepted. He was -a failure and so he wrote out his resignation. It was a foregone -conclusion that the Colonial Office would want it. Thurwinker groaned. -He could see himself being held up before the students in the OCD -schools as the horrible example.</p> - -<p>He was halfway through with what was to be message number twenty-seven -when the door opened quietly. Goma stepped in and walked unheard over -to Thurwinker's desk.</p> - -<p>"I Goma," he mumbled.</p> - -<p>"Yaaaaaaaah!" Thurwinker let out a whoop and leaped to the top of his -desk, quite convinced that Goma had come to destroy him. "Now, now, -now, Chief. Ah—you and I are friends!"</p> - -<p>Goma looked at him. "I am not Chief. I am called old female." He looked -away from the amazed Thurwinker and sagged into a chair.</p> - -<p>"What's the matter, Chief?" Thurwinker asked, climbing down off his -desk.</p> - -<p>"I am not Chief," Goma replied. "I will be Chief again soon when I...." -Goma paused and made cutting motions with his fingers.</p> - -<p>"You mean, when you get a haircut?" Thurwinker asked.</p> - -<p>Goma shivered and said in a small voice, "Yes."</p> - -<p>A crafty light came into Thurwinker's eyes. They bargained for half -an hour at the end of which time Goma agreed to give up a very small -plot of ground in addition to the crater. It wasn't much, but it was -something and Thurwinker accepted.</p> - -<p>They arose and walked silently out of the hut. The miners gave the pair -curious glances as they strolled up the street. When they reached the -barber shop, they found a crowd of natives numbering about one hundred, -men, women and children. Goma drew up in front of them imperiously. -He stared at them for a full minute and then struck his shoulder with -a closed fist in a gesture of bravado. The crowd watched him as he -marched up to the barber chair and sat down.</p> - -<p>Goma turned to Roy and held up his hand making the cutting motion.</p> - -<p>Roy looked at Thurwinker. "Is it all right?"</p> - -<p>"Yes, yes indeed! The Chief isn't afraid any more. Go ahead, Roy, but -be careful. Yes indeed, very careful!"</p> - -<p>Roy cautiously combed out a few strands of hair and holding them -gingerly in his hand, he snipped. A groan escaped from between Goma's -clenched teeth. Roy hesitated but Goma held up his hand again, making -cutting motions. Roy selected a few more strands of hair. As he cut, -Goma's breath hissed in sharply and his hands clutched the sides of the -chair. On the third cut, Goma's body relaxed and his eyes closed.</p> - -<p>Thurwinker rushed to his side. He looked at him for a minute and then -ran to the door. "Quick," he said to one of the miners. "Get Dr. Bowen!"</p> - -<p>The natives outside began to mutter angrily. Thurwinker dashed back to -the barber chair. "Go ahead," he hissed. "Keep cutting! Don't let the -natives think anything's gone wrong!"</p> - -<p>By the time Dr. Bowen arrived, Goma's hair was neatly trimmed. The -Chief was still apparently unconscious and breathing heavily. Dr. Bowen -made a hasty examination and then straightened smiling. "It's all -right," he said to Thurwinker. "He's only fainted."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Thurwinker heaved a sigh. In a few minutes, Dr. Bowen brought Goma back -to consciousness. The Chief stood up but his legs were a little shaky. -Shoving away the helping hands, he reeled toward the open doorway. -The native stepped back with looks of awe and reverence. With pride, -Goma strode away, the natives following at his heels like obedient and -worshipful dogs.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus3.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>"Now, Thurwinker," Dr. Bowen said, "what's this all about?"</p> - -<p>Thurwinker explained the situation while Dr. Bowen listened intently.</p> - -<p>"That's funny," the doctor muttered. "He didn't look like much of a -coward to me."</p> - -<p>"Well, you have to watch these natives carefully," Thurwinker babbled. -"You never know what they're going to do next. Goma insisted on getting -a haircut and I thought it was a good opportunity to get the land we -need."</p> - -<p>The doctor stirred a tuft of Goma's hair with the toe of his boot. -"Just the same, Thurwinker, you may get into trouble over this. We want -that land, but not if there's a war. You know what the Colonial Office -would say if trouble started." The doctor bent over and picked up the -bit of hair. "Hmmm. I wonder if this could be the reason."</p> - -<p>"Reason for what?" Thurwinker asked.</p> - -<p>"I don't know," Dr. Bowen replied, "but I'll make some tests." He -dropped the hair into his bag. "If I find out anything, I'll let -you know," he called as he started for the door, "and I advise you, -Thurwinker, to stay out of trouble."</p> - -<p>Thurwinker nearly wore a groove in the floor with his pacing. He was -a nervous wreck by the time Dr. Bowen arrived. He practically jumped -on him as he came in the door. "Now, doctor! What have you been doing? -What kind of tests were you talking about and why all this mystery?"</p> - -<p>"Calm down, Thurwinker," Dr. Bowen soothed. "There isn't any -mystery—at least, not any more."</p> - -<p>"What do you mean?" Thurwinker demanded.</p> - -<p>"I mean, you've been misled by the appearance of the natives. They look -like us except for that light orange color, but they've got at least -one fundamental difference. That stuff on their heads isn't exactly -hair."</p> - -<p>"What!" Thurwinker exploded. "What is it, then? It looks like hair!"</p> - -<p>"Under the microscope, there's quite a difference," Dr. Bowen -explained. "It has a hard covering just like our hair, the center is -hollow and contains a little fluid, but floating in this fluid is a -nerve."</p> - -<p>"A what!"</p> - -<p>"A nerve," the doctor answered, "just like in our teeth. I rather -imagine their hair is some kind of a sensory organ. I don't know what -kind, but I'm sending a sample back home and maybe they can find out."</p> - -<p>Thurwinker was stunned. "You mean—it hurts—to have their hair cut?"</p> - -<p>"It's just like pulling teeth," Bowen chuckled, "without an anesthetic!"</p> - -<p>"Oh, no!" Thurwinker groaned. "What have I done!" He paced the floor -again and stopped suddenly. "Still, we've got some land to work with. -Yes, maybe it'll be all right after all."</p> - -<p>But it wasn't all right. The engineers informed Thurwinker that they -had to have more shafts. "You just can't drill through iridium!" they -complained.</p> - -<p>Thurwinker shrugged his shoulders and resolutely set off to find -Goma, but Goma had disappeared and none of the natives knew where he -had gone. It was useless to try to bargain with them. Because of his -haircut, Goma was absolute Chief now. Thurwinker came back to the -crater after fruitlessly searching the surrounding country for six -days. He opened the door of his hut and plunked himself resignedly down -at his desk.</p> - -<p>At that moment there came a thump on the door. Thurwinker arose and -opened it. There stood Goma looking more down in the mouth than the -last time he had visited Thurwinker. Thurwinker stuffed the resignation -into his pocket and guided Goma into the hut. "I am glad to see you, -Goma!" Thurwinker exploded. "Yes indeed, very glad."</p> - -<p>Goma didn't understand the words, but he knew from the expression on -Thurwinker's face that he was welcome.</p> - -<p>"I want to see you," Thurwinker began in Goma's tongue. "I want more -land."</p> - -<p>Goma stared at him sadly. "I keep land. You bad man."</p> - -<p>"Huh?" Thurwinker asked, incredulously.</p> - -<p>"Look." Goma pointed to his hair. "It grow. When the people see it grow -they will not let me be Chief any more."</p> - -<p>"You mean—you want another—"</p> - -<p>"No!" Goma roared. He shuddered. "Not want haircut!"</p> - -<p>"Well, what <i>do</i> you want, Chief?" Thurwinker asked, puzzled.</p> - -<p>"I am Chief. I am brave. Bad man hurt me. People say I am not brave. I -am not Chief any more. I am brave. I let bad man torture me. I am Big -Chief." Again he pointed to his hair. "It grow. People soon see it grow -and I will not be Chief unless I get haircut again."</p> - -<p>"Oh," Thurwinker nodded. "When your hairs grows out you'll have to get -another haircut or you won't be Chief. Is that it?"</p> - -<p>"Yes," Goma mumbled. There was a silence. Then Goma asked, -"Other—people—cut hair?"</p> - -<p>"No," Thurwinker informed. "Just barber."</p> - -<p>"Bar-ber." Goma turned the unfamiliar word around on his tongue. -"Bar-ber. I will fix," he grunted. "I kill bar-ber." He arose and -started for the door.</p> - -<p>"No, no, no! Wait, wait!!" Thurwinker jumped to block Goma's way. After -much persuasion, he got Goma back into his chair again. "Big Chief," he -said, slowly. "You are right. Bar-ber is very bad man."</p> - -<p>It was obvious that Goma agreed. "I kill?" he suggested, hopefully.</p> - -<p>"No, no," Thurwinker replied, craftily. "You can not kill."</p> - -<p>This puzzled Goma. "I can not kill?" he asked.</p> - -<p>"No. Bar-ber would cut hair."</p> - -<p>Goma closed his eyes and shook. "I can not kill," he agreed.</p> - -<p>"Maybe bar-ber go away?" Thurwinker suggested. "Far away?"</p> - -<p>Goma's eyes brightened. "You can make bar-ber go away?"</p> - -<p>"Yes," Thurwinker said, triumphantly. "If you give land, I make bar-ber -go away."</p> - -<p>"Other bar-ber come?" Goma asked.</p> - -<p>"No."</p> - -<p>"Bar-ber go away. No more cut hair. I will still be Big Chief, but will -not have hair cut. I will give land." Goma arose and marched out of the -hut. He was his old, imperial self again.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The ship's barber whipped the apron off Sam Purcell. "There, I cut -hair. I mean, it's all done."</p> - -<p>Sam glanced in a mirror. "Yup, and a good job too." He stood up and -reached for his jacket. "Well, that's about all there was to the -affair," Sam continued. "Thurwinker let the word leak out to the -natives that Goma had captured Roy. This made Goma a bigger hero than -ever. We marched Roy down to the first transport that came in as if -he was a prisoner and kept our guns ready until they took off just to -impress the natives. Of course, we had to let our hair grow but we got -the iridium and that's what we were after. Just as long as the natives -don't see anyone with a haircut, everything will be fine."</p> - -<p>The barber laughed. "I wouldn't have believed your story if I hadn't -seen your hair."</p> - -<p>As Sam prepared to go, Captain Webster entered the barber shop and -stared at Sam. "Haven't I seen you somewhere before?" he asked.</p> - -<p>"Maybe," Sam admitted with a hostile stare. "I'm one of your -passengers, if that'll help you any."</p> - -<p>"Of course," Captain Webster chuckled. "I don't believe I got your -name, though."</p> - -<p>"Purcell," Sam replied. "Sam Purcell."</p> - -<p>"Well, well!" Captain Webster replied, jovially. "I'm certainly glad to -meet you, Mr. Purcell. Webster's the name." 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