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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: The Time Snatcher - -Author: Randall Garrett - -Release Date: June 22, 2021 [eBook #65671] - -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 THE TIME SNATCHER *** - - - - - Tampering with events of the past could bring - disastrous results in the future. It was why - Brek was given a pair of six-guns to catch-- - - THE TIME SNATCHER - - By Randall Garrett - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy - February 1957 - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -"We're in a hell of a jam, Brek," the Councillor said. "If Sagginer -isn't stopped, he'll change history. The situation's desperate." - -Time Patrolman Brek Halliday nodded in agreement. It _was_ a tense -situation. Time travel, he knew, was possible only so long as the -traveller into the past did nothing that would change history -significantly; the time-stream itself would straighten out little -changes in the past so that overall history would remain the same. - -But a big change was something else again. If you stick your finger in -a river, there are a few ripples around it, but the flow of the river -remains the same. If you build a dam, though.... - -"_When_ is he?" Brek asked. "Do we know?" - -"Fortunately, yes. He forced one of our operators to use one of the -chronokinetic projectors, and then kidnapped her and took her with him. -But he didn't know that the power drain was measurable and had been -recorded on the meters. We know how much energy he used, so we know how -far into the past he went. We've got him pinpointed in the area of the -old United States, somewhere between 1880 and 1895." - -"Who was the girl he kidnapped?" Brek asked. - -The Councillor smiled apologetically. "Dori Clayton." - -The muscles of Halliday's jaw tightened. "I see," he said stiffly. -"When do I leave?" - -"We'll prepare you immediately. It's going to be a touchy job to get -both of them out of there, so watch yourself." - -"Don't worry," Halliday said quietly. "I'll manage it." He walked out, -eyes hot with rage, thinking of Dori in Sagginer's clutches. His hands -slowly clenched and unclenched as he headed down the long hall. - - * * * * * - -A Time Patrolman's first step in any excursion to the past is to learn -the language and the history so well that he can pass as a native. For -three days, Brek Halliday lay in the padded tank of a hypnorobot while -information was poured into him. - -Then he was given his clothes. They consisted of a pair of high-heeled -boots made of treated animal skin, a pair of tight trousers woven -of blue-dyed vegetable fiber, a shirt of similar material, and a -broad-brimmed hat. Other clothing and equipment went into a pack, and -a money-belt around Brek's waist carried gold coins that not even an -expert could have told from the originals. - -The thing that Brek liked best was the fact that he would be allowed to -carry weapons openly. Some civilizations of the past didn't permit a -citizen to carry guns, but where Brek was going, a man with a pair of -six-guns at his hips wouldn't look odd at all. - -Brek had ridden a horse three times--once in the Battle of Agincourt, -once at Chickamaugua, and once during a trip from Rome to Ravenna in -the Sixth Century. His fourth horse was saddled a little differently, -but he found it easy to handle. He trotted it onto the platform and -signalled the operator. There was a brief hum as the chronokinetic -projector warmed up. Then there was a sudden surge of power. - -Brek's surroundings seemed to vanish into greyness. - -Moments later, light swirled around him.... - - * * * * * - -Plata City, New Mexico, was enjoying a warm, lazy summer day. No one -paid much attention to the stranger who came into town on a very -ordinary-looking cayuse, pulled up before the Casa Loma Saloon, and -dismounted. He hitched his horse to the rail, looked up and down the -street casually, and then strode into the saloon. - -"What'll it be, mister?" asked the fat, mustachioed bartender. - -"Whiskey," Brek said. "And a little cold beer to follow it. That road -from El Paso is hot." - -The barman filled the order. "El Paso, eh? That's a right smart ride. -Been on the road long?" - -"'Bout a week. I don't believe in rushin' nothin'." - -"Hey, barkeep!" yelled someone down at the far end. The bartender went, -and Brek downed his whiskey. He sipped the beer reflectively, thinking -long and hard. - -Jon Sagginer had been convicted once for illegal use of a time machine, -and had been sentenced to ten years on Luna. Somehow, he'd managed to -escape and, by bluff and daring, actually get control of a Time Patrol -Chronokinetic Projector long enough to use it and kidnap the operator, -Dori Clayton. - -It was bad enough to use the machine, Brek thought darkly, but to take -Dori-- - -Brek clenched his fists. For kidnapping Dori, Sagginer would take his -punishment from Brek, not the law. - -The first thing to do was find him. Reading the power flow of a -Chronokinetic Projector could only give an approximate location. -Sagginer had landed within fifty miles of this spot, and at some time -within the past five years--but where was he now? - -And, Brek asked himself--did he still have Dori with him? _Five years -is a long time._ - -In the course of a year or two, Sagginer could be a long way from Plata -City, but Brek had a hunch that this was his goal. He didn't know he -could be traced, and he wasn't prepared for travel. - -But-- - -Suddenly, a finger tapped his shoulder and he whirled in surprise. He -saw a man wearing a big silver star prominently on his vest. - -"Stranger, you'll have to shuck them irons. City ordinance says a man -can't carry pistols inside the city limits." - -"I notice I ain't the only one with a full gunbelt," Brek said slowly. - -The man's eyes narrowed. "Them happens to be John Sager's men, mister, -and they all happen to be deputies." His pistol came out suddenly. "I'm -orderin' you to take 'em off." - -Brek shrugged and unbuckled the belt. - -"I ain't lookin' for an argument," he said, handing the gunbelt to the -sheriff. But as the sheriff reached for the belt, Brek lashed out with -one hand, slapping the other's weapon aside. It skittered across the -floor as Brek jerked one of his own guns from the belt and sent the -sheriff reeling backward with a blow in the chest. - -Several of the other armed men started to reach for their hips, but -Brek's icy voice stopped them short. "First man to touch a gun gets -lead!" - -The sheriff's face grew red. "You've got trouble, stranger." - -"Maybe. But them guns is mine." - -"You're trying to buck the law," said the sheriff. - -Brek grinned. "It's a damn fool law that needs so many men to enforce -it. If you was the only one packin' irons, I might be persuaded to -gie 'em to the barkeep here. But as long as everybody is carryin' -full holsters, I reckon I don't want to be out of style. I'd look too -conspicuous." - -Still holding his weapon, he buckled on his belt and walked over to -where the sheriff's gun had fallen. Without taking his eyes off of -anyone in the room, he squatted and picked it up. - -Then he walked back to the sheriff and shoved the six-gun into the -lawman's holster. "Don't aim to cause no trouble, sheriff. If you and -the rest of these gents will oblige me, I'll ask the barkeep to set us -all up a drink." - -There was a moment of silence, then the sheriff grinned. - -"Reckon I'll take whiskey," he said. - -Brek grinned back and put his weapon in its sheath. - -It was almost a mistake. As soon as his hand was well away from the gun -butt, one of the men at the bar snatched at his six-gun and brought it -up to fire. - - * * * * * - -No ordinary man with ordinary guns could have moved fast enough to -do anything. But Brek was no ordinary man, and his weapons were far -from ordinary; both man and guns were the product of a science far in -advance of the nineteenth century. - -Brek's hands blurred, and his weapons seemed to leap from their -holsters as the little robot mechanisms secreted in their butts -responded to the electroneural commands of their owner. - -There was a roar of sound as one of the guns spoke. - -The gunman's weapon seemed to vanish from his hand. It sailed across -the room, banged against the wall, and dropped to the floor. Brek had -no compunction against killing a man, particularly in self-defense, -but the death of one man might conceivably make radical changes in the -future. - -As the echoes of the gunshot died away, the gunman howled with pain. -The shock of Brek's bullet against the gun had sent needles of pain -racing up his arm. - -The room was silent. Then the sheriff walked over to the gunman, who -was massaging his aching, numbed fingers, and grabbed him by the shirt -collar. - -He said softly, "When I agree to take a drink with a man, I don't take -it lightly when one of my deputies tries to shoot him." - -"I figured you wanted to take him after what he had done," the man said -sullenly. - -"If I had, I'd of done my own gunslinging." He reached out and yanked -the small metal star off the man's vest. "You ain't a deputy any more. -If I catch you wearin' guns, I'll run you in--or shoot you, whichever's -handiest." - -Still holding his injured hand, the man turned and walked out of the -saloon. The sheriff turned around to Brek. - -"That was mighty fast and accurate shootin', son. What'd you say your -name was?" - -"I didn't say yet," Brek said, reholstering his weapons. "But as a -matter of fact, it's Ed Calhoun. As I said, I don't want to cause no -trouble, but I'm glad to oblige them that comes lookin' for it." He -laid a ten-dollar gold piece on the bar. "Here's an eagle, barkeep. -Let's have them drinks." - -One of the other men at the bar looked quizzically at the sheriff. -"Sheriff, maybe you hadn't ought to of done that to Cactus. How's the -boss gonna take it?" - -The sheriff looked at him for a moment. Then he looked at the others. -"Let's get one thing straight here. John Sager's an important man -hereabouts, and I don't deny it. He needs good gunslingers to guard his -property, and I'm only too glad to deputize 'em. But, by the Almighty, -if a man don't behave himself, if he ain't to be trusted with a gun, -then he ain't goin' to wear a badge as long as I'm sheriff." - -He turned to Brek. "I got to uphold the law, son. I asked you to turn -them guns in and you wouldn't do it. I'm damned if I'm goin' to' try -to take 'em away, so there's only one thing to do." He handed Brek the -star that he had taken from Cactus. "Hold up your right hand," he said. - - * * * * * - -Half an hour later, Brek found himself sitting at a table, drinking -beer and talking with the sheriff and a man named Chuck. He'd answered -questions about his past with the purely fictitious data that he'd -received from the hypnorobot, but all the time his mind had been on the -man who was "an important man hereabouts"--John Sager. - -_Sager. Sagginer._ It could be the same man. - -"By the way, Sheriff--who _is_ John Sager?" - -"Owns the bank," the sheriff said. "Got property up on Chloride Flats, -too. That's the silver mine district, you know. Bought out a couple of -men who was failin' in business and then put 'em to work managin' their -own stores for him. People around here have a right smart respect for -him." - -"Friendly sort of fella, eh?" - -"Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say that. He treats people well, -gives money to the church and the school, gives a man a job if he's -down and out, but I wouldn't say he was a likeable man personally." - -"He's odd," said Chuck. "A real queer one. Maybe I shouldn't say it -because I work for him, and he's done real proper by me, but--well, -he's a funny one." - -Brek raised an eyebrow. "Yeah--How?" - -"Well, for one thing, he seems so--well, _cold_. Like he was a -side-winder or a rattlesnake waitin' for a packrat to come by. He -always seems to be figurin'--calculatin'. He don't smile much, and when -he does, it don't look right on him." - -"That funny accent of his don't help none," the sheriff chimed in. "It -ain't that he can't speak good English, but it sounds funny, the way he -says it." - -"Been here very long?" Brek asked casually. - -"'Bout three years, is all. Done right well by himself, considerin' he -didn't have much when he came." - -Chuck said: "After bein' robbed and all, it's a caution how he done so -well." Then he laughed. "That was downright funny, when you come to -think of it." - -"Yeah," the sheriff said, grinning. "Him and his sister showed up one -night, naked as jaybirds. A couple of owlhoots had robbed 'em and -stripped 'em of everything they had. No horse, no clothes, no nothin'. -He was lucky, in a way, though. He had a money-belt on him that he -managed to hide in a mesquite bush while the bandits wasn't lookin'. - -"I was sittin' in my office that night, when I heard a knock at the -back door. I opened it, and there was John Sager, all dressed up in his -birthday suit and nothin' more. Course, I didn't know who he was--" - -Brek listened closely to the sheriff's story. It all fits in. Sagginer -hadn't had time to prepare himself for this era; his speech was -strange, and his clothes even stranger. So he'd taken off his clothes -and pretended to have been robbed. And his sister? - -"What's his sister like?" he asked. - -"Pretty," Chuck said, "but she's not too bright. Goes around in a daze -most of the time." - -_Hypnotized!_ Brek thought. That settled it. - - * * * * * - -Twenty-four hours later, Brek had all the information he needed. - -Sagginer had a double plot in mind--one which would both set him up -permanently and at the same time eliminate any danger from the Time -Patrol. Sagginer knew, of course, where the Great Silver Vein was -at Chloride Flats. It wasn't due to be discovered until 1973, but if -"Sager" found it, he'd not only be a rich man--he would so change -history that the Time Patrol would be unable to reach him. He would -divert the time-stream radically by the discovery of such a vast amount -of silver. - -Brek had presumably spent the night at the Murray Hotel, but he had -actually slipped out of his room unseen and made an excursion on foot -up Palo Alto Mountain to the big house Sager had erected there. - -It was tightly guarded. There would be no chance of getting in there -without creating a major disturbance. Cautiously, he crept completely -around the house, looking for a break in the guard network. There -wasn't any. - -In order to get inside, he'd have to get himself invited in. But how? - -He returned to the Hotel, headed from there to the Casa Loma, and was -sitting in the bar drinking a beer, mulling the problem over, when -Chuck came in. - -"Ed," the slim man said softly, "it really ain't none of my business, -but I thought you ought to know that Cactus is gunnin' for you." - -"Thanks, Chuck," Brek said, as Chuck walked over to the other end of -the bar, as if not wanting to be seen with Brek. - -It was easy to see what had happened. Cactus had told Sager-Sagginer -what had happened in the bar yesterday, including, no doubt, the story -about the blinding draw from the hip. Sager probably suspected that -Brek was a Time Patrolman and had sent Cactus to shoot him. - -Brek moistened his lips, got up, and dropped a coin on the bar. Then -he tipped his hat to Chuck and pushed his way through the batwings, -heading for Sager's bank. - -He knew the game. Sager didn't care whether Cactus got killed or not; -what he wanted to do was watch Brek's gunwork, which would give him -away as a Patrolman if he depended on the robot pistols. - -Brek would have to take a chance. - -He reached down and turned off the robot armament. All he had now was -a pair of ordinary pistols. Overhead, the noonday sun was coming down -strong and hard, and he began to sweat. - -Casually, he sauntered down the wide, unpaved street toward the bank. -There were a few people strolling idly in the other direction. He moved -up against the row of shops, looking in all directions. - -No sign of Cactus. He frowned. Brek knew of Cactus' fear of his -lightning draw, and suspected that Cactus would try an ambush. Brek -glanced uneasily across the street, over at Bishop's Livery, where a -cowpoke was hitching his reins to the rail. It wasn't Cactus. - -Then, suddenly, a gun spoke. Brek felt a hot bolt of lead blast its way -into his arm, and he staggered dizzily. He glanced up as he struggled -to regain his balance, and saw gunsmoke drifting out an open window in -the second floor of Sager's Bank. _Cactus_, he thought. He leaped back -as another bullet raked the dirt near him. His left arm was warm with -his own blood. - -The street was silent. Brek leaned against the cool glass of a shop -window, waiting, holding his breath. - -In a few minutes, a head peered cautiously out the second-story window. -Brek tugged at his gun--it seemed to take forever to get it out with -the robot armament shut off--and fired once. - -A man tumbled out the window, bounced off the awning in front of the -building, and dropped heavily to the ground. He lay still. - -Brek mopped the blood from his arm. His head was starting to swim with -pain, and new worries assailed him. He had killed a man, now. Would it -change the past? Would he ever reach Dori again? He didn't know. All he -knew was the blinding pain in his arm. - - * * * * * - -He was in fairly good repair an hour later, though the arm still -throbbed a bit. He'd taken it to a local doctor; Sagginer would -be suspicious if he'd used Quik-Heal on it. He stood in front of -the Murray Hotel, methodically packing his few belongings into his -saddlebags. - -Chuck walked up. "Ed, the boss would like to see you. Sager." - -"Sager? What does _he_ want?" - -"Wants to apologize for what Cactus done. He fired Cactus as soon as -he heard about the run-in with the sheriff, so he wants you to know he -ain't responsible. Cactus had no business layin' for you from that bank -window." - -Brek shrugged. "Might as well go," he said. "I never figured Sager was -behind it anyway." - -He headed to the bank. Sager was sitting behind his desk, flanked by a -couple of his gunmen. He was a lean, long-nosed man with cold eyes and -a narrow, thin-lipped mouth. - -"You are Ed Calhoun?" - -Brek nodded. - -"I want you to know that I am sorry for what my ex-employee did. I do -not like that sort of thing." Sager's speech was stiff and formal, Brek -noted. - -"I figured he was on his own," he said easily. "I didn't know of -nothin' you might have against me." - -"There is nothing, I assure you. I understand you are leaving Plata -City." - -"Yep. I'm headin' for Arizona--cattle country. I'm a cowman by trade." - -"You are also a very good man with a gun. I need men like you. How -would you like to work for me?" - -_It had worked_, Brek thought exultantly. Pretending to be about to -leave town had removed all suspicion from Sagginer's mind. - -"Why, I reckon I might stay if the pay was good," Brek said -thoughtfully. "Long as a man makes a livin', it don't matter much -_what_ he does." - -"I will make it well worth your while, Mr. Calhoun." - -Brek drew his breath in sharply, fighting the temptation to shoot Sager -where he sat. It would eradicate one considerable blotch on the human -race, but it would also involve killing others and it still wouldn't -get Dori out of that house. - -"Reckon I'll listen to your proposition, anyhow, Mr. Sager." - - * * * * * - -It was three days before Brek was asked up to the house. He knew his -time was running low. If Sager actually started mining operations on -his property, his death or disappearance wouldn't stop it. Someone -else would find the Great Silver Vein, and the time-stream would be -unalterably diverted, causing incalculable change in the world of the -future. - -Brek's opening was a lucky one--a prowler had been caught, a Mexican -itinerant shot and killed by a guard. It had apparently scared Sager, -who probably suspected the Mexican might have been a Time Patrolman, -and so he had decided to increase the guard around his house. Brek was -called from his bank duties and taken up Palo Alto Mountain to the -Sager mansion. His job was to patrol the grounds. - -That evening, as dusk fell, Brek strolled around the grounds, going -from one of the posted guards to another. - -"Sam? It's me, Ed." - -"Howdy, Ed. Seen anything?" - -"Not a thing. You?" - -"Nope. I think the boss is just jumpy." - -Brek poured tobacco into a cigarette paper, rolled it deftly, and put -it in his mouth. "Got a light, Sam?" - -"Sure." - -As the guard struck the match, Brek leaned forward to light his -cigarette--and, at the same time, he put his hand on the other's -shoulder. Automatically, a little device in his palm silently and -painlessly injected hypnotene into the man's blood stream. - -After a moment, Brek said: "How do you feel, Sam?" - -Sam blinked slowly. "Just fine." - -"You'll do anything I tell you--won't you, Sam?" - -"Why sure, Ed. Whatever you say." - -Brek grinned savagely. "You won't hear any noise from the house." - -"No noise from the house," Sam agreed. - -"No matter what happens, you won't hear anything out of the ordinary, -or see anything out of the ordinary. This will seem just like any other -night to you." - -Under the influence of the drug, Sam nodded in agreement. - -"And you won't remember what I just said. All you'll remember is that I -bummed a light and went on." - -Again Sam nodded. - -"Well, so long, Sam." - -"So long, Ed," said Sam tonelessly. - -The same process, with variations, was repeated with the rest of the -guards. When he was finished, Brek fired his gun into the air and -strode boldly up to the front door. He rapped. - -"Who is there?" asked a voice from within. - -"Ed Calhoun, Boss. We just killed another prowler. You want to take a -look at him?" - -A pause. Then, "Are you sure he is dead?" - -"Bullet through his head," Brek said. - -"What does he look like?" - -"Ordinary. Might be an Indian." - -The door opened, and Sager stepped straight into a right upper-cut -which bowled him back through the opening. Brek charged in after him, -but the man lay limp, his eyes closed. - -Brek stood over him for a moment, debating what to do. Then he heard -footsteps on the stairway. - -_Dori._ - -She stared at him, no recognition in her eyes. A chill of horror ran -through him as he saw what Dori had become. - -"Who are you?" Her voice was dull, uncaring. - -He walked over to her and looked at her eyes. Burning fury rose in him. -Using hypnotene, Sagginer had made Dori only the shell of the girl he -had loved. - -"Who are you?" she asked again. "I do not know you." - -"You once did," he said tightly. "You--" - -He felt a sudden blow on the back of his neck, and his knees sagged. -Sager had been feigning unconsciousness, and now had returned to the -struggle at a moment when Brek was unprepared. - -A fist smashed into his side, and he ducked away, blinking away -the pain. He turned and advanced toward Sagginer, while Dori moaned -wordlessly in the corner. - -Sagginer jumped forward and drove a fist toward Brek's jaw, but Brek -countered and felt knuckles crash through the time-jumper's teeth. -As Sagginer rocked, Brek hit him below the heart, and he grunted and -folded up. - -This time Brek made sure of the job. He continued pummelling Sagginer's -senseless body until he was out of breath, then stood up and looked at -Dori. - -She was huddled helplessly in a chair, sobbing in terror. Brek scowled -as he remembered the girl he had once known, and gave the unconscious -form of Sagginer another kick. Then he slid his gun out of its holster -and pressed a button on the underside of the robot gunbelt. - -The time-scoop closed around the three of them. - - * * * * * - -When the greyness cleared away, Brek stumbled out of the time-scoop and -saw the Councillor waiting for him, smiling. - -He shook his head to clear it. "Here I am," he said. "And here's your -time snatcher. Mission accomplished, sir." - -"Very fine job, Brek. Very fine." - -Brek looked at the Councillor. "There's one problem, though. The girl, -Dori--" - -He saw the Councillor blink apprehensively. "Oh, I brought her back, -all right," he said quickly. "But--but--she's been badly treated, sir. -I don't know if the damage Sagginer's done to her mind can ever be -repaired. I--" - -The Councillor's eyes widened. "What are you talking about, Brek? What -has happened to Dori? I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean." - -"Why, she's right here--unconscious, in the back of the Time-Scoop," -Brek said, puzzled. "And--" He turned to find the girl. "Why--she -_isn't_ here!" - -"Of course not," said the Councillor. "She's been right here, all the -time. Where else should she be?" - -Dimly, Brek began to realize what had happened. Some act of his--the -shooting of Cactus, perhaps--had altered the future, his present, ever -so slightly. Just enough so that in _this_ present, Sagginer had gone -back alone--_without_ Dori. - -A door opened, and a girl stepped out, clad in a white lab smock. 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It was why<br /> -Brek was given a pair of six-guns to catch—</p> - -<h1>THE TIME SNATCHER</h1> - -<h2>By Randall Garrett</h2> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy<br /> -February 1957<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>"We're in a hell of a jam, Brek," the Councillor said. "If Sagginer -isn't stopped, he'll change history. The situation's desperate."</p> - -<p>Time Patrolman Brek Halliday nodded in agreement. It <i>was</i> a tense -situation. Time travel, he knew, was possible only so long as the -traveller into the past did nothing that would change history -significantly; the time-stream itself would straighten out little -changes in the past so that overall history would remain the same.</p> - -<p>But a big change was something else again. If you stick your finger in -a river, there are a few ripples around it, but the flow of the river -remains the same. If you build a dam, though....</p> - -<p>"<i>When</i> is he?" Brek asked. "Do we know?"</p> - -<p>"Fortunately, yes. He forced one of our operators to use one of the -chronokinetic projectors, and then kidnapped her and took her with him. -But he didn't know that the power drain was measurable and had been -recorded on the meters. We know how much energy he used, so we know how -far into the past he went. We've got him pinpointed in the area of the -old United States, somewhere between 1880 and 1895."</p> - -<p>"Who was the girl he kidnapped?" Brek asked.</p> - -<p>The Councillor smiled apologetically. "Dori Clayton."</p> - -<p>The muscles of Halliday's jaw tightened. "I see," he said stiffly. -"When do I leave?"</p> - -<p>"We'll prepare you immediately. It's going to be a touchy job to get -both of them out of there, so watch yourself."</p> - -<p>"Don't worry," Halliday said quietly. "I'll manage it." He walked out, -eyes hot with rage, thinking of Dori in Sagginer's clutches. His hands -slowly clenched and unclenched as he headed down the long hall.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>A Time Patrolman's first step in any excursion to the past is to learn -the language and the history so well that he can pass as a native. For -three days, Brek Halliday lay in the padded tank of a hypnorobot while -information was poured into him.</p> - -<p>Then he was given his clothes. They consisted of a pair of high-heeled -boots made of treated animal skin, a pair of tight trousers woven -of blue-dyed vegetable fiber, a shirt of similar material, and a -broad-brimmed hat. Other clothing and equipment went into a pack, and -a money-belt around Brek's waist carried gold coins that not even an -expert could have told from the originals.</p> - -<p>The thing that Brek liked best was the fact that he would be allowed to -carry weapons openly. Some civilizations of the past didn't permit a -citizen to carry guns, but where Brek was going, a man with a pair of -six-guns at his hips wouldn't look odd at all.</p> - -<p>Brek had ridden a horse three times—once in the Battle of Agincourt, -once at Chickamaugua, and once during a trip from Rome to Ravenna in -the Sixth Century. His fourth horse was saddled a little differently, -but he found it easy to handle. He trotted it onto the platform and -signalled the operator. There was a brief hum as the chronokinetic -projector warmed up. Then there was a sudden surge of power.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Brek's surroundings seemed to vanish into greyness.</p> - -<p>Moments later, light swirled around him....</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Plata City, New Mexico, was enjoying a warm, lazy summer day. No one -paid much attention to the stranger who came into town on a very -ordinary-looking cayuse, pulled up before the Casa Loma Saloon, and -dismounted. He hitched his horse to the rail, looked up and down the -street casually, and then strode into the saloon.</p> - -<p>"What'll it be, mister?" asked the fat, mustachioed bartender.</p> - -<p>"Whiskey," Brek said. "And a little cold beer to follow it. That road -from El Paso is hot."</p> - -<p>The barman filled the order. "El Paso, eh? That's a right smart ride. -Been on the road long?"</p> - -<p>"'Bout a week. I don't believe in rushin' nothin'."</p> - -<p>"Hey, barkeep!" yelled someone down at the far end. The bartender went, -and Brek downed his whiskey. He sipped the beer reflectively, thinking -long and hard.</p> - -<p>Jon Sagginer had been convicted once for illegal use of a time machine, -and had been sentenced to ten years on Luna. Somehow, he'd managed to -escape and, by bluff and daring, actually get control of a Time Patrol -Chronokinetic Projector long enough to use it and kidnap the operator, -Dori Clayton.</p> - -<p>It was bad enough to use the machine, Brek thought darkly, but to take -Dori—</p> - -<p>Brek clenched his fists. For kidnapping Dori, Sagginer would take his -punishment from Brek, not the law.</p> - -<p>The first thing to do was find him. Reading the power flow of a -Chronokinetic Projector could only give an approximate location. -Sagginer had landed within fifty miles of this spot, and at some time -within the past five years—but where was he now?</p> - -<p>And, Brek asked himself—did he still have Dori with him? <i>Five years -is a long time.</i></p> - -<p>In the course of a year or two, Sagginer could be a long way from Plata -City, but Brek had a hunch that this was his goal. He didn't know he -could be traced, and he wasn't prepared for travel.</p> - -<p>But—</p> - -<p>Suddenly, a finger tapped his shoulder and he whirled in surprise. He -saw a man wearing a big silver star prominently on his vest.</p> - -<p>"Stranger, you'll have to shuck them irons. City ordinance says a man -can't carry pistols inside the city limits."</p> - -<p>"I notice I ain't the only one with a full gunbelt," Brek said slowly.</p> - -<p>The man's eyes narrowed. "Them happens to be John Sager's men, mister, -and they all happen to be deputies." His pistol came out suddenly. "I'm -orderin' you to take 'em off."</p> - -<p>Brek shrugged and unbuckled the belt.</p> - -<p>"I ain't lookin' for an argument," he said, handing the gunbelt to the -sheriff. But as the sheriff reached for the belt, Brek lashed out with -one hand, slapping the other's weapon aside. It skittered across the -floor as Brek jerked one of his own guns from the belt and sent the -sheriff reeling backward with a blow in the chest.</p> - -<p>Several of the other armed men started to reach for their hips, but -Brek's icy voice stopped them short. "First man to touch a gun gets -lead!"</p> - -<p>The sheriff's face grew red. "You've got trouble, stranger."</p> - -<p>"Maybe. But them guns is mine."</p> - -<p>"You're trying to buck the law," said the sheriff.</p> - -<p>Brek grinned. "It's a damn fool law that needs so many men to enforce -it. If you was the only one packin' irons, I might be persuaded to -gie 'em to the barkeep here. But as long as everybody is carryin' -full holsters, I reckon I don't want to be out of style. I'd look too -conspicuous."</p> - -<p>Still holding his weapon, he buckled on his belt and walked over to -where the sheriff's gun had fallen. Without taking his eyes off of -anyone in the room, he squatted and picked it up.</p> - -<p>Then he walked back to the sheriff and shoved the six-gun into the -lawman's holster. "Don't aim to cause no trouble, sheriff. If you and -the rest of these gents will oblige me, I'll ask the barkeep to set us -all up a drink."</p> - -<p>There was a moment of silence, then the sheriff grinned.</p> - -<p>"Reckon I'll take whiskey," he said.</p> - -<p>Brek grinned back and put his weapon in its sheath.</p> - -<p>It was almost a mistake. As soon as his hand was well away from the gun -butt, one of the men at the bar snatched at his six-gun and brought it -up to fire.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>No ordinary man with ordinary guns could have moved fast enough to -do anything. But Brek was no ordinary man, and his weapons were far -from ordinary; both man and guns were the product of a science far in -advance of the nineteenth century.</p> - -<p>Brek's hands blurred, and his weapons seemed to leap from their -holsters as the little robot mechanisms secreted in their butts -responded to the electroneural commands of their owner.</p> - -<p>There was a roar of sound as one of the guns spoke.</p> - -<p>The gunman's weapon seemed to vanish from his hand. It sailed across -the room, banged against the wall, and dropped to the floor. Brek had -no compunction against killing a man, particularly in self-defense, -but the death of one man might conceivably make radical changes in the -future.</p> - -<p>As the echoes of the gunshot died away, the gunman howled with pain. -The shock of Brek's bullet against the gun had sent needles of pain -racing up his arm.</p> - -<p>The room was silent. Then the sheriff walked over to the gunman, who -was massaging his aching, numbed fingers, and grabbed him by the shirt -collar.</p> - -<p>He said softly, "When I agree to take a drink with a man, I don't take -it lightly when one of my deputies tries to shoot him."</p> - -<p>"I figured you wanted to take him after what he had done," the man said -sullenly.</p> - -<p>"If I had, I'd of done my own gunslinging." He reached out and yanked -the small metal star off the man's vest. "You ain't a deputy any more. -If I catch you wearin' guns, I'll run you in—or shoot you, whichever's -handiest."</p> - -<p>Still holding his injured hand, the man turned and walked out of the -saloon. The sheriff turned around to Brek.</p> - -<p>"That was mighty fast and accurate shootin', son. What'd you say your -name was?"</p> - -<p>"I didn't say yet," Brek said, reholstering his weapons. "But as a -matter of fact, it's Ed Calhoun. As I said, I don't want to cause no -trouble, but I'm glad to oblige them that comes lookin' for it." He -laid a ten-dollar gold piece on the bar. "Here's an eagle, barkeep. -Let's have them drinks."</p> - -<p>One of the other men at the bar looked quizzically at the sheriff. -"Sheriff, maybe you hadn't ought to of done that to Cactus. How's the -boss gonna take it?"</p> - -<p>The sheriff looked at him for a moment. Then he looked at the others. -"Let's get one thing straight here. John Sager's an important man -hereabouts, and I don't deny it. He needs good gunslingers to guard his -property, and I'm only too glad to deputize 'em. But, by the Almighty, -if a man don't behave himself, if he ain't to be trusted with a gun, -then he ain't goin' to wear a badge as long as I'm sheriff."</p> - -<p>He turned to Brek. "I got to uphold the law, son. I asked you to turn -them guns in and you wouldn't do it. I'm damned if I'm goin' to' try -to take 'em away, so there's only one thing to do." He handed Brek the -star that he had taken from Cactus. "Hold up your right hand," he said.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Half an hour later, Brek found himself sitting at a table, drinking -beer and talking with the sheriff and a man named Chuck. He'd answered -questions about his past with the purely fictitious data that he'd -received from the hypnorobot, but all the time his mind had been on the -man who was "an important man hereabouts"—John Sager.</p> - -<p><i>Sager. Sagginer.</i> It could be the same man.</p> - -<p>"By the way, Sheriff—who <i>is</i> John Sager?"</p> - -<p>"Owns the bank," the sheriff said. "Got property up on Chloride Flats, -too. That's the silver mine district, you know. Bought out a couple of -men who was failin' in business and then put 'em to work managin' their -own stores for him. People around here have a right smart respect for -him."</p> - -<p>"Friendly sort of fella, eh?"</p> - -<p>"Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say that. He treats people well, -gives money to the church and the school, gives a man a job if he's -down and out, but I wouldn't say he was a likeable man personally."</p> - -<p>"He's odd," said Chuck. "A real queer one. Maybe I shouldn't say it -because I work for him, and he's done real proper by me, but—well, -he's a funny one."</p> - -<p>Brek raised an eyebrow. "Yeah—How?"</p> - -<p>"Well, for one thing, he seems so—well, <i>cold</i>. Like he was a -side-winder or a rattlesnake waitin' for a packrat to come by. He -always seems to be figurin'—calculatin'. He don't smile much, and when -he does, it don't look right on him."</p> - -<p>"That funny accent of his don't help none," the sheriff chimed in. "It -ain't that he can't speak good English, but it sounds funny, the way he -says it."</p> - -<p>"Been here very long?" Brek asked casually.</p> - -<p>"'Bout three years, is all. Done right well by himself, considerin' he -didn't have much when he came."</p> - -<p>Chuck said: "After bein' robbed and all, it's a caution how he done so -well." Then he laughed. "That was downright funny, when you come to -think of it."</p> - -<p>"Yeah," the sheriff said, grinning. "Him and his sister showed up one -night, naked as jaybirds. A couple of owlhoots had robbed 'em and -stripped 'em of everything they had. No horse, no clothes, no nothin'. -He was lucky, in a way, though. He had a money-belt on him that he -managed to hide in a mesquite bush while the bandits wasn't lookin'.</p> - -<p>"I was sittin' in my office that night, when I heard a knock at the -back door. I opened it, and there was John Sager, all dressed up in his -birthday suit and nothin' more. Course, I didn't know who he was—"</p> - -<p>Brek listened closely to the sheriff's story. It all fits in. Sagginer -hadn't had time to prepare himself for this era; his speech was -strange, and his clothes even stranger. So he'd taken off his clothes -and pretended to have been robbed. And his sister?</p> - -<p>"What's his sister like?" he asked.</p> - -<p>"Pretty," Chuck said, "but she's not too bright. Goes around in a daze -most of the time."</p> - -<p><i>Hypnotized!</i> Brek thought. That settled it.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Twenty-four hours later, Brek had all the information he needed.</p> - -<p>Sagginer had a double plot in mind—one which would both set him up -permanently and at the same time eliminate any danger from the Time -Patrol. Sagginer knew, of course, where the Great Silver Vein was -at Chloride Flats. It wasn't due to be discovered until 1973, but if -"Sager" found it, he'd not only be a rich man—he would so change -history that the Time Patrol would be unable to reach him. He would -divert the time-stream radically by the discovery of such a vast amount -of silver.</p> - -<p>Brek had presumably spent the night at the Murray Hotel, but he had -actually slipped out of his room unseen and made an excursion on foot -up Palo Alto Mountain to the big house Sager had erected there.</p> - -<p>It was tightly guarded. There would be no chance of getting in there -without creating a major disturbance. Cautiously, he crept completely -around the house, looking for a break in the guard network. There -wasn't any.</p> - -<p>In order to get inside, he'd have to get himself invited in. But how?</p> - -<p>He returned to the Hotel, headed from there to the Casa Loma, and was -sitting in the bar drinking a beer, mulling the problem over, when -Chuck came in.</p> - -<p>"Ed," the slim man said softly, "it really ain't none of my business, -but I thought you ought to know that Cactus is gunnin' for you."</p> - -<p>"Thanks, Chuck," Brek said, as Chuck walked over to the other end of -the bar, as if not wanting to be seen with Brek.</p> - -<p>It was easy to see what had happened. Cactus had told Sager-Sagginer -what had happened in the bar yesterday, including, no doubt, the story -about the blinding draw from the hip. Sager probably suspected that -Brek was a Time Patrolman and had sent Cactus to shoot him.</p> - -<p>Brek moistened his lips, got up, and dropped a coin on the bar. Then -he tipped his hat to Chuck and pushed his way through the batwings, -heading for Sager's bank.</p> - -<p>He knew the game. Sager didn't care whether Cactus got killed or not; -what he wanted to do was watch Brek's gunwork, which would give him -away as a Patrolman if he depended on the robot pistols.</p> - -<p>Brek would have to take a chance.</p> - -<p>He reached down and turned off the robot armament. All he had now was -a pair of ordinary pistols. Overhead, the noonday sun was coming down -strong and hard, and he began to sweat.</p> - -<p>Casually, he sauntered down the wide, unpaved street toward the bank. -There were a few people strolling idly in the other direction. He moved -up against the row of shops, looking in all directions.</p> - -<p>No sign of Cactus. He frowned. Brek knew of Cactus' fear of his -lightning draw, and suspected that Cactus would try an ambush. Brek -glanced uneasily across the street, over at Bishop's Livery, where a -cowpoke was hitching his reins to the rail. It wasn't Cactus.</p> - -<p>Then, suddenly, a gun spoke. Brek felt a hot bolt of lead blast its way -into his arm, and he staggered dizzily. He glanced up as he struggled -to regain his balance, and saw gunsmoke drifting out an open window in -the second floor of Sager's Bank. <i>Cactus</i>, he thought. He leaped back -as another bullet raked the dirt near him. His left arm was warm with -his own blood.</p> - -<p>The street was silent. Brek leaned against the cool glass of a shop -window, waiting, holding his breath.</p> - -<p>In a few minutes, a head peered cautiously out the second-story window. -Brek tugged at his gun—it seemed to take forever to get it out with -the robot armament shut off—and fired once.</p> - -<p>A man tumbled out the window, bounced off the awning in front of the -building, and dropped heavily to the ground. He lay still.</p> - -<p>Brek mopped the blood from his arm. His head was starting to swim with -pain, and new worries assailed him. He had killed a man, now. Would it -change the past? Would he ever reach Dori again? He didn't know. All he -knew was the blinding pain in his arm.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>He was in fairly good repair an hour later, though the arm still -throbbed a bit. He'd taken it to a local doctor; Sagginer would -be suspicious if he'd used Quik-Heal on it. He stood in front of -the Murray Hotel, methodically packing his few belongings into his -saddlebags.</p> - -<p>Chuck walked up. "Ed, the boss would like to see you. Sager."</p> - -<p>"Sager? What does <i>he</i> want?"</p> - -<p>"Wants to apologize for what Cactus done. He fired Cactus as soon as -he heard about the run-in with the sheriff, so he wants you to know he -ain't responsible. Cactus had no business layin' for you from that bank -window."</p> - -<p>Brek shrugged. "Might as well go," he said. "I never figured Sager was -behind it anyway."</p> - -<p>He headed to the bank. Sager was sitting behind his desk, flanked by a -couple of his gunmen. He was a lean, long-nosed man with cold eyes and -a narrow, thin-lipped mouth.</p> - -<p>"You are Ed Calhoun?"</p> - -<p>Brek nodded.</p> - -<p>"I want you to know that I am sorry for what my ex-employee did. I do -not like that sort of thing." Sager's speech was stiff and formal, Brek -noted.</p> - -<p>"I figured he was on his own," he said easily. "I didn't know of -nothin' you might have against me."</p> - -<p>"There is nothing, I assure you. I understand you are leaving Plata -City."</p> - -<p>"Yep. I'm headin' for Arizona—cattle country. I'm a cowman by trade."</p> - -<p>"You are also a very good man with a gun. I need men like you. How -would you like to work for me?"</p> - -<p><i>It had worked</i>, Brek thought exultantly. Pretending to be about to -leave town had removed all suspicion from Sagginer's mind.</p> - -<p>"Why, I reckon I might stay if the pay was good," Brek said -thoughtfully. "Long as a man makes a livin', it don't matter much -<i>what</i> he does."</p> - -<p>"I will make it well worth your while, Mr. Calhoun."</p> - -<p>Brek drew his breath in sharply, fighting the temptation to shoot Sager -where he sat. It would eradicate one considerable blotch on the human -race, but it would also involve killing others and it still wouldn't -get Dori out of that house.</p> - -<p>"Reckon I'll listen to your proposition, anyhow, Mr. Sager."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It was three days before Brek was asked up to the house. He knew his -time was running low. If Sager actually started mining operations on -his property, his death or disappearance wouldn't stop it. Someone -else would find the Great Silver Vein, and the time-stream would be -unalterably diverted, causing incalculable change in the world of the -future.</p> - -<p>Brek's opening was a lucky one—a prowler had been caught, a Mexican -itinerant shot and killed by a guard. It had apparently scared Sager, -who probably suspected the Mexican might have been a Time Patrolman, -and so he had decided to increase the guard around his house. Brek was -called from his bank duties and taken up Palo Alto Mountain to the -Sager mansion. His job was to patrol the grounds.</p> - -<p>That evening, as dusk fell, Brek strolled around the grounds, going -from one of the posted guards to another.</p> - -<p>"Sam? It's me, Ed."</p> - -<p>"Howdy, Ed. Seen anything?"</p> - -<p>"Not a thing. You?"</p> - -<p>"Nope. I think the boss is just jumpy."</p> - -<p>Brek poured tobacco into a cigarette paper, rolled it deftly, and put -it in his mouth. "Got a light, Sam?"</p> - -<p>"Sure."</p> - -<p>As the guard struck the match, Brek leaned forward to light his -cigarette—and, at the same time, he put his hand on the other's -shoulder. Automatically, a little device in his palm silently and -painlessly injected hypnotene into the man's blood stream.</p> - -<p>After a moment, Brek said: "How do you feel, Sam?"</p> - -<p>Sam blinked slowly. "Just fine."</p> - -<p>"You'll do anything I tell you—won't you, Sam?"</p> - -<p>"Why sure, Ed. Whatever you say."</p> - -<p>Brek grinned savagely. "You won't hear any noise from the house."</p> - -<p>"No noise from the house," Sam agreed.</p> - -<p>"No matter what happens, you won't hear anything out of the ordinary, -or see anything out of the ordinary. This will seem just like any other -night to you."</p> - -<p>Under the influence of the drug, Sam nodded in agreement.</p> - -<p>"And you won't remember what I just said. All you'll remember is that I -bummed a light and went on."</p> - -<p>Again Sam nodded.</p> - -<p>"Well, so long, Sam."</p> - -<p>"So long, Ed," said Sam tonelessly.</p> - -<p>The same process, with variations, was repeated with the rest of the -guards. When he was finished, Brek fired his gun into the air and -strode boldly up to the front door. He rapped.</p> - -<p>"Who is there?" asked a voice from within.</p> - -<p>"Ed Calhoun, Boss. We just killed another prowler. You want to take a -look at him?"</p> - -<p>A pause. Then, "Are you sure he is dead?"</p> - -<p>"Bullet through his head," Brek said.</p> - -<p>"What does he look like?"</p> - -<p>"Ordinary. Might be an Indian."</p> - -<p>The door opened, and Sager stepped straight into a right upper-cut -which bowled him back through the opening. Brek charged in after him, -but the man lay limp, his eyes closed.</p> - -<p>Brek stood over him for a moment, debating what to do. Then he heard -footsteps on the stairway.</p> - -<p><i>Dori.</i></p> - -<p>She stared at him, no recognition in her eyes. A chill of horror ran -through him as he saw what Dori had become.</p> - -<p>"Who are you?" Her voice was dull, uncaring.</p> - -<p>He walked over to her and looked at her eyes. Burning fury rose in him. -Using hypnotene, Sagginer had made Dori only the shell of the girl he -had loved.</p> - -<p>"Who are you?" she asked again. "I do not know you."</p> - -<p>"You once did," he said tightly. "You—"</p> - -<p>He felt a sudden blow on the back of his neck, and his knees sagged. -Sager had been feigning unconsciousness, and now had returned to the -struggle at a moment when Brek was unprepared.</p> - -<p>A fist smashed into his side, and he ducked away, blinking away -the pain. He turned and advanced toward Sagginer, while Dori moaned -wordlessly in the corner.</p> - -<p>Sagginer jumped forward and drove a fist toward Brek's jaw, but Brek -countered and felt knuckles crash through the time-jumper's teeth. -As Sagginer rocked, Brek hit him below the heart, and he grunted and -folded up.</p> - -<p>This time Brek made sure of the job. He continued pummelling Sagginer's -senseless body until he was out of breath, then stood up and looked at -Dori.</p> - -<p>She was huddled helplessly in a chair, sobbing in terror. Brek scowled -as he remembered the girl he had once known, and gave the unconscious -form of Sagginer another kick. Then he slid his gun out of its holster -and pressed a button on the underside of the robot gunbelt.</p> - -<p>The time-scoop closed around the three of them.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>When the greyness cleared away, Brek stumbled out of the time-scoop and -saw the Councillor waiting for him, smiling.</p> - -<p>He shook his head to clear it. "Here I am," he said. "And here's your -time snatcher. Mission accomplished, sir."</p> - -<p>"Very fine job, Brek. Very fine."</p> - -<p>Brek looked at the Councillor. "There's one problem, though. The girl, -Dori—"</p> - -<p>He saw the Councillor blink apprehensively. "Oh, I brought her back, -all right," he said quickly. "But—but—she's been badly treated, sir. -I don't know if the damage Sagginer's done to her mind can ever be -repaired. I—"</p> - -<p>The Councillor's eyes widened. "What are you talking about, Brek? What -has happened to Dori? I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean."</p> - -<p>"Why, she's right here—unconscious, in the back of the Time-Scoop," -Brek said, puzzled. "And—" He turned to find the girl. "Why—she -<i>isn't</i> here!"</p> - -<p>"Of course not," said the Councillor. "She's been right here, all the -time. Where else should she be?"</p> - -<p>Dimly, Brek began to realize what had happened. Some act of his—the -shooting of Cactus, perhaps—had altered the future, his present, ever -so slightly. Just enough so that in <i>this</i> present, Sagginer had gone -back alone—<i>without</i> Dori.</p> - -<p>A door opened, and a girl stepped out, clad in a white lab smock. 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