Arm of the Law
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Harry Harrison
HARRY HARRISON (1925-2012) was the Hugo Award-nominated, Nebula Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Stainless Steel Rat, Deathworld, and West of Eden series, as well as Make Room! Make Room! which was turned into the cult classic movie, Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson. In 2009 Harrison was awarded the Damon Knight SF Grand Master Award by the Science Fiction Writers of America.
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Arm of the Law - Harry Harrison
ARM OF THE LAW
Harry Harrison
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arm of the law
ARM
OF
THE
LAW
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IT WAS A BIG, COFFIN-SHAPED plywood box that looked like it weighed a ton. This brawny type just dumped it through the door of the police station and started away. I looked up from the blotter and shouted at the trucker’s vanishing back.
What the hell is that?
How should I know?
he said as he swung up into the cab. I just deliver, I don’t X-ray ‘em. It came on the morning rocket from earth is all I know.
He gunned the truck more than he had to and threw up a billowing cloud of red dust.
Jokers,
I growled to myself. Mars is full of jokers.
When I went over to look at the box I could feel the dust grate between my teeth. Chief Craig must have heard the racket because he came out of his office and helped me stand and look at the box.
Think it’s a bomb?
he asked in a bored voice.
Why would anyone bother—particularly with a thing this size? And all the way from earth.
He nodded agreement and walked around to look at the other end. There was no sender’s address anywhere on the outside. Finally we had to dig out the crowbar and I went to work on the top. After some prying it pulled free and fell off.
That was when we