Which Way to Die?
“15.
“You didn’t have to be so damned cheerful,” Corrigan said. “That girl’s no tart, Harry. It took a lot to make her admit she’d been in bed with you.”
“Oh, hell, a chick is a chick,” Harry Barber said. “They all love it so much they want to surround it with a great big curtain of mystery. Pat’s okay, or she will be when she grows up. If she ever does. Well, where do I stand?”
“I’m accepting your alibi for the time being unless something else turns up. Are you familiar with a device called the... Bell Aerosystems Rocket Belt?”
“The Buck Rogers belt? I saw it over at the New Jersey air show a few months back.”
“Ever use one?”
“Me?” Barber laughed again. “I was a doughfoot. The infantry doesn’t have fancy gizmos like that. We mainly crawled—when we weren’t slogging the terrain.”
Corrigan nodded. Barber sounded in the clear. “One last thing, Harry. I’d like to have a look at your shoes.”
Barber looked at him blankly; then he shrugged and went into the bedroom.MoreLess
“You didn’t have to be so damned cheerful,” Corrigan said. “That girl’s no tart, Harry. It took a lot to make her admit she’d been in bed with you.”
“Oh, hell, a chick is a chick,” Harry Barber said. “They all love it so much they want to surround it with a great big curtain of mystery. Pat’s okay, or she will be when she grows up. If she ever does. Well, where do I stand?”
“I’m accepting your alibi for the time being unless something else turns up. Are you familiar with a device called the... Bell Aerosystems Rocket Belt?”
“The Buck Rogers belt? I saw it over at the New Jersey air show a few months back.”
“Ever use one?”
“Me?” Barber laughed again. “I was a doughfoot. The infantry doesn’t have fancy gizmos like that. We mainly crawled—when we weren’t slogging the terrain.”
Corrigan nodded. Barber sounded in the clear. “One last thing, Harry. I’d like to have a look at your shoes.”
Barber looked at him blankly; then he shrugged and went into the bedroom.MoreLess
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