Why Call Them Back From Heaven by Clifford D. Simak

Author:Clifford D. Simak [Simak, Clifford D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, Fiction, Science fiction
ISBN: 9780413556004
Amazon: 041355600X
Barnesnoble: 041355600X
Publisher: Mandarin
Published: 1970-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

Frost nodded. “It figures. Papers tipped off to shut their eyes and rumors started to make it seem that I ran away. Do you think Center knows where I am?”

“I don’t know,” said Chapman. “I picked up a lot of talk while I looked for you. I’m not the only one who has been asking questions.”

It didn’t work the way they thought it would. They thought that after a day or two I’d go and apply for death.”

“Most men would have.”

“Not me,” said Frost. “I’ve had a lot of time to do my thinking. I always can go down to the vaults. As a last desperate measure, when I can’t stand it any longer, that is always left But not yet. Not for a while.” He hesitated, then spoke again. “I’m sorry, Chapman.

I didn’t think. I shouldn’t talk this way.”

“It doesn’t bother me,” said Chapman. “Not any more. Not now that the shock is over. After all, I’m no worse off than many men before me. I’ve gotten sort of used to it. I try not to think about it too much.”

“You’ve spent a lot of time hunting me. How about your job?”

“They fired me. I knew they would;”

“I’m sorry.”

“Oh, it worked out all right. I’ve got a TV contract and a publisher is paying someone else to write a book. Wanted me to write it myself, but I told him I couldn’t get the words down.”

“The dirty creeps,” said Frost. “Anything to sell the suckers.”

“I know,” said Chapman, “but I don’t mind. I know what they are doing and it’s all right with me. I have a family that has to be raised and a wife who should have something laid away before she dies. It’s the least I can do for her. I made them pay. I turned them down to start with and then when they kept after me I named a figure I thought they wouldn’t touch, but they did, and I am satisfied. The old lady will have plenty laid away.” Frost got up from the floor, searched for his bundle and found it.

“Man up the street, fellow at a restaurant, puts it out for me each night. I don’t know who he is.”

“I talked with him,” said Chapman. “Little scrawny man, old, all wizened up.

Said he saw you going through the garbage cans. Didn’t think anyone should have to get his eats that way.”

“Let’s go over here and sit down,” suggested Frost. “There’s an old davenport that someone left down here. I sleep on it. Springs busted and pretty badly beaten up, but it’s better than the floor.”

Chapman followed him and the two sat down together.

“How bad has it been?” asked Chapman. “Bad to start with,” Frost told him.

“Some Holies snatched me off the street, saved my Me, more than likely. Talked with a crazy old bastard who asked me if I read the Bible and believed in God.

Then Appleton and a bunch of his hoodlums raided the place. Appleton has been trying to catch some of the Holies’ ringleaders.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.