Get Smart 9 - Max Smart and the Ghastly Ghost Affair by William Johnston

Author:William Johnston [Johnston, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Tv Tie-Ins
Publisher: Tempo Books

7.

MAX AND 99 picked themselves from the floor of the jail, where they had landed when Madame DuBarry, the mule, had disappeared.

“The poor thing,” 99 said. “The way he comes and goes, I guess he has no control at all over when he appears and disappears.”

Max dusted himself off. “If you want to believe that, 99, you may,” he said. “But it’s my guess that that mule knows exactly what it’s doing. Why is it that— Whooooooooops!”

Max was suddenly lifted off his feet and thrust upward. His head cracked against the ceiling. The mule had abruptly reappeared beneath him, and now he was seated precariously astride its neck.

“Max! Are you all right?” 99 cried fearfully.

“Yes . . .” Max replied, rubbing his skull, looking pained. “Don’t ask me about the mule, though. I think I would be wise, from now on, to withhold comment on all animals. Unfortunately, I seem to be able to communicate with them.”

“Well . . . at least, he’s back, Max. Now, we can follow through on your plan to ride him to the saloon. And, you’re already on his back—so, in a way, his sudden reappearance was a blessing.”

“99, stop looking at the bright side. There are times when looking at the bright side is harder to take than getting batted against the ceiling by a reappearing mule. Now, get up here with me, and— 99, what are you looking at?”

99 had gone to the doorway and opened the door a crack. She was peeping out. “I thought I caught a glimpse of movement out the window,” she replied, keeping her voice low. “It was Arbuthnot and the other assassins. They’re leaving the hotel!”

“Don’t tell me they’re coming over here!” Max said.

“No, they’re not.”

“You’re a good wife, 99. I told you not to tell me that, and you didn’t. I just wish I could get that kind of cooperation from the KAOS agents. Do you suppose if I married— No, nevermind . . . Where is Arbuthnot going?”

“They seem to be headed . . . Yes, they’re going into the bank, Max,” 99 reported.

“That fits in with what that assassin who brought our breakfast to us told us,” Max said. “The morning meeting is being held in the back. That’s perfect! It will give us plenty of time to search the saloon for the Coolidge-head penny. What’s happening now, 99?”

“The last one just entered the bank, Max. Now, the door is closing. I think it’s safe for us to leave.”

“Good. Open the door, 99, so the mule can get out. Then hop up here behind me.”

99 opened the door. Immediately, the mule began moving. He strolled through the doorway and across the porch—with 99 alongside, trying to mount.

“Hop up, 99!”

“I can’t, Max. He won’t stop.”

“Then skip!”

“I can’t do that, either.”

The mule ambled down the porch steps, then out into the street.

“Jump up, 99!”

“Max, I can’t hop up, I can’t skip up, and I can’t jump up. As long as he’s moving, there isn’t any way I can get on him.

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