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Fanfare, whole no. 10, December 1943

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   "Tell Alicia," she crooned maternally.
   "I've lost my atom!" he wailed. "I put it down to go play in the jungle & now it's gone! Oh why didn't I stay with Edison?"*
   Alicia pricked up her ears. She shook him until his teeth clattered.
   "Answer me!" she ordered. "Did Edison invent your time machine?"
   He gulped and nodded. "He invented the reducing drug too," he added mournfully. "&the gravity ship. & all the rays. He wanted to go into the future & live. He said the girls were prettier there. So I took them all & ran away. I did it for the world! & now he's dead & there's no one to invent me any more machines. & I've lost my atom....."
   He laid his head on her shoulder & wept bitterly. The parrot winked.
   "Von Hetzdorp!" it remarked knowingly.
   Alicia pushed him away. He was getting her shoulder wet. He looked at her reproachfully thru his tears. 
   "Have you been playing with Von Hetzdorp? Can't you stay in your own books? she demanded.
   He hung his head. "Got tired of 'em," he pouted. "They never change. Know 'em all by heart - the atom, the future, Mercury, the 4th dimension. I had a meteor once, but it was damp & smelled fishy. So I went into the jungle to play, @ & Hetzie stole my atom!"
   He was ready to break down again, but Alicia forestalled him.
   "What were you doing with him?" she asked sharply. 
   He winced. "Don't" he pleaded. "You sound like an editor." Between sobs he told his story. 
   "It was the firls," he explained. "They're all so sweet & Victorian. They don't wear much, but that doesn't make any difference. They're all just too - darn - perfect!" He wept loudly. "I never meet any interesting ones. Merritt has 'em all, & that chemist, Smith. Hetzie--" his voice sank to a whisper, "Hetzie promised he'd introduce me to Yolara!"**
   Alicia sniffed. "I knew these women would get someone into trouble!" she declared. "That Lur!# & Norhala##
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**Moon Pool. *#Dweller in the Mirage. #@Insect Invasion. ##Metal Monster. *That's what we'd like to know!

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11 "Tell Alicia," she crooned maternally. "I've lost my atom!" he wailed. "I put it down to go play in the jungle & now it's gone! Oh why didn't I stay with Edison?"* Alicia pricked up her ears. She shook him until his teeth clattered. "Answer me!" she ordered. "Did Edison invent your time machine?" He gulped and nodded. "He invented the reducing drug too," he added mournfully. "&the gravity ship. & all the rays. He wanted to go into the future & live. He said the girls were prettier there. So I took them all & ran away. I did it for the world! & now he's dead & there's no one to invent me any more machines. & I've lost my atom....." He laid his head on her shoulder & wept bitterly. The parrot winked. "Von Hetzdorp!" it remarked knowingly. Alicia pushed him away. He was getting her shoulder wet. He looked at her reproachfully thru his tears. "Have you been playing with Von Hetzdorp? Can't you stay in your own books? she demanded. He hung his head. "Got tired of 'em," he pouted. "They never change. Know 'em all by heart - the atom, the future, Mercury, the 4th dimension. I had a meteor once, but it was damp & smelled fishy. So I went into the jungle to play, @ & Hetzie stole my atom!" He was ready to break down again, but Alicia forestalled him. "What were you doing with him?" she asked sharply. He winced. "Don't" he pleaded. "You sound like an editor." Between sobs he told his story. "It was the firls," he explained. "They're all so sweet & Victorian. They don't wear much, but that doesn't make any difference. They're all just too - darn - perfect!" He wept loudly. "I never meet any interesting ones. Merritt has 'em all, & that chemist, Smith. Hetzie--" his voice sank to a whisper, "Hetzie promised he'd introduce me to Yolara!"** Alicia sniffed. "I knew these women would get someone into trouble!" she declared. "That Lur!# & Norhala## ___________________________________ **Moon Pool. *#Dweller in the Mirage. #@Insect Invasion. ##Metal Monster. *That's what we'd like to know!