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Fanfare, whole no. 10, December 1943

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   "Wonderful!" he cried. "We were just speaking of you. "Come - sit down. Commander Hanson* is going to tell a story.
   Alicia stared with interest at the big bewhiskered man who rose clumsily to his feet as she approached. He towered far above the little Englishman, but his black uniform was shabby & his eyes looked rather vacant. 
   "Pleased to meet ya," he mumbled.
   Rap took the situation in hand. "HG," he said, "get your tymachine going while Alicia listens to the Swede's yarn. We've got just about time enuf to make that party."
   "But surely that can't matter with a time-machine," protested Alicia  Wells' face darkened.
   "Don't show your ignorance!" he snapped. "You need steam for a steam engine don't you? How would you like to run out of time halfway there & have to age home? If there isn't time enuf, we can't go."
   But John Hanson was already talking.
   "Ay bane Yon Hanson," he announced. "Ay got vun gude agzendt, budt Seavall Wridt can't wride idt. Mabbe Ay batter dalgk Anglish. Ja?"
   "Ja!" Alicia was emphatic. He smiled apologetically. 
   "Some people like it," he told her. "Especially children & scientists. They say it's picturesque." Then, without pausing for breath, he plunged into his story. 
   "I was just a raw lad of sixty at the time," he began. "Man & boy, I've never had a greater adventure. You see, it was the Baron Munchausen's Cousin Hugo** who started it. He's an editor. He published the Baron's adventures once, # but after that 'Skyhook IV' affair he's steered clear of us."                        **Gernsback
   "You see, the Baron had been going in for the deep stuff - Einstein & DeSitter & Heisenberg & all the rest. & then the nite beer came back, he hit on a great idea!
   "The universe is a big sphere, & it's swelling up like a balloon. So all he had to do was anchor his ship to the outside surface of the universe, & when it expanded it would yank him right off the Earth!
   "It was a grand idea! Hugo tried to patent it, but they shut the door & sent for a doctor. He had to crawl thru the keyhole & disguise himself as an editor. Keyholes are extra large in Washington y'know - so diplomats can write books.  *of SPWright in Calyton Astoundings.

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26 "Wonderful!" he cried. "We were just speaking of you. "Come - sit down. Commander Hanson* is going to tell a story. Alicia stared with interest at the big bewhiskered man who rose clumsily to his feet as she approached. He towered far above the little Englishman, but his black uniform was shabby & his eyes looked rather vacant. "Pleased to meet ya," he mumbled. Rap took the situation in hand. "HG," he said, "get your tymachine going while Alicia listens to the Swede's yarn. We've got just about time enuf to make that party." "But surely that can't matter with a time-machine," protested Alicia Wells' face darkened. "Don't show your ignorance!" he snapped. "You need steam for a steam engine don't you? How would you like to run out of time halfway there & have to age home? If there isn't time enuf, we can't go." But John Hanson was already talking. "Ay bane Yon Hanson," he announced. "Ay got vun gude agzendt, budt Seavall Wridt can't wride idt. Mabbe Ay batter dalgk Anglish. Ja?" "Ja!" Alicia was emphatic. He smiled apologetically. "Some people like it," he told her. "Especially children & scientists. They say it's picturesque." Then, without pausing for breath, he plunged into his story. "I was just a raw lad of sixty at the time," he began. "Man & boy, I've never had a greater adventure. You see, it was the Baron Munchausen's Cousin Hugo** who started it. He's an editor. He published the Baron's adventures once, # but after that 'Skyhook IV' affair he's steered clear of us." **Gernsback "You see, the Baron had been going in for the deep stuff - Einstein & DeSitter & Heisenberg & all the rest. & then the nite beer came back, he hit on a great idea! "The universe is a big sphere, & it's swelling up like a balloon. So all he had to do was anchor his ship to the outside surface of the universe, & when it expanded it would yank him right off the Earth! "It was a grand idea! Hugo tried to patent it, but they shut the door & sent for a doctor. He had to crawl thru the keyhole & disguise himself as an editor. Keyholes are extra large in Washington y'know - so diplomats can write books. *of SPWright in Calyton Astoundings.