Frankenstein Lives Again (The New Adventures of Frankenstein) by Glut Donald F.; Maddox Mark D

Author:Glut, Donald F.; Maddox, Mark D. [Glut, Donald F.; Maddox, Mark D.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Pulp 2.0 Press
Published: 2011-02-26T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER IX:

A New Frankenstein?

When the old train crawled to a stop in the quaint German station, Dr. Burt Winslow was greeted by a small crowd of people.

He pulled open the freight car door and looked out from the darkness. There were approximately thirty-five townspeople standing at the end of the depot platform. None of them seemed to be smiling and a few carried picket signs with words scrawled hastily in English:

We Don’t Want Another Monster-maker!

Burt Winslow —Leave Ingolstadt!

Dr. Winslow — The New Frankenstein!

Yet, somehow Winslow’s gaze was drawn away from the group of scowling people and to a beautifully smiling face and shining mass of auric hair. Lynn was flanked by two men in gray work clothes, the two that he had arranged to be here waiting at the station, but he was concerned now only with the young woman. Her finely featured face and her trim yet shapely body seemed to be more perfect than he had fantasized during his lengthy journey back to Europe.

Winslow was sorry that Lynn had to be subjected to the villagers’ signs of protest. But, even though it was obvious, by the gap separating them, that the townspeople were also shunning her, the woman did not seem to mind. Her eyes enlightened the moment that she saw him and exclaimed joyously, “Burt! Oh Burt!”

“Lynn!” he returned, jumping from the boxcar.

They rushed toward each other, meeting somewhere between the train and the grumbling crowd. Immediately they embraced and Winslow crushed Lynn against him, feeling electrified as he felt her firm body press against his and smelled the familiar ambrosia of her favorite perfume. He let his face slides against the smoothness of her cheek. For a brief eternity, they looked longingly into each other’s eyes. Then, without a word, the two lovers, separated for so long, joined their lips in a passionate kiss.

When at last they parted, Winslow could hear that the complaints of the crowd had grown louder.

“Burt,” said Lynn, “you’ll never know how much I missed you. And I’m sure you’ve got so much to tell me.”

“I will, darling,” he answered. “But later. Right now, I think we have some company to deal with.”

The scientist had just noticed that Mayor Krag was also standing on the platform. The official’s roundish face bore the same expression of animosity that had been there when last he and Winslow met. His stance gave the impression of an army general ready to lead his soldiers on a charge against the enemy.

Holding Lynn’s thin waist and drawing her close to him, Winslow boldly walked toward the group. “Might as well bring this out in the open,” he said to Lynn almost in a whisper.

Self-consciously the heavyset Mayor cleared his throat.

“What’s all this for?” asked Winslow. “Mayor Krag, is this show really necessary?”

“I will not welcome you back to this town,” Mayor Krag replied with a cough. “And, as you can see, neither will my people. I could not prevent them from greeting you with their signs. And I will not deny that I agree with what they have written on them.

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