The R Document by Irving Wallace

Author:Irving Wallace
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-05-23T01:50:28+00:00

On a hot, dry late Friday morning in early June, they had converged on Phoenix, Arizona, by air, from three different places.

Chris Collins, his plane reservation made in the name of C. Cutshaw, had arrived from Baltimore’s Friendship Airport - via Chicago - at the Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix on a 727 jetliner at eleven seventeen. He was the first.

Shortly after, Donald Radenbaugh, traveling under his new name of Dorian Schiller, had arrived from Carson City, via Reno and Las Vegas, on a DC-9. He was to have been the first, arriving at ten twelve, but his flight had been delayed an hour and fifteen minutes.

Finally, Chief Justice John G. Maynard, answering to the name Joseph Lengel, had been scheduled to arrive from New York City on a 707 at eleven forty-six.

It had been agreed in advance that Collins and Radenbaugh would not wait for Maynard, that it would be unwise for the three of them to enter Argo City together and register at the Constellation Hotel together. It had been agreed that Collins and Radenbaugh would proceed to Argo City at once, to be followed by Maynard after his later arrival.

Collins had waited impatiently in the air terminal until

the announcement that Radenbaugh’s delayed flight had

landed. He had not recognized Radenbaugh until the other

had been almost fully upon him. The plastic surgeon in

Nevada had done his work well. Something had happened

to Radenbaugh’s nose, which was still slightly swollen.

When Radenbaugh had removed his oversized sunglasses, it

could be seen that the bags had been removed from beneath

his eyes, replaced by bruises that were fading, and the eyes

themselves were smaller and almost Oriental. His entire

appearance had been altered considerably.

‘Mr Cutshaw?’ he said with amusement.

‘Mr Dorian Schiller,’ said Collins, handing Radenbaugh a manila envelope. ‘Your official baptism is in there. The people in Denver were very efficient. Anything you’d ever want to know about Dorian Schiller is in that envelope.’

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.’

‘Not half as much as I appreciate where you’re taking us today. I hope it proves to be what you heard it was. Then it’ll be completely up to John Maynard.’ He had glanced at the terminal’s wall clock. ‘He’ll be here in about twenty minutes. He’ll be taking a taxi to Argo City.’ Collins gestured toward the exit. ‘I have a rented Ford outside.’

They had driven southwest, through the broad green fields with their glistening rows of irrigation ditches, before reaching the expanse of desert. They had driven steadily in the direction of the Mexican border.

Presently they had come upon the yellow road sign with the black lettering:

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