Read more from Leroy Yerxa
One-Way Ticket to Nowhere Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQueen of the Flaming Diamond Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCrossed Wires Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOne-Way Ticket to Nowhere Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to One-Way Ticket to Nowhere
Related ebooks
One-Way Ticket to Nowhere Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBorne of Thieves Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMurder in Hindsight Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Widow: The Detective Reynolds series, #3 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Born of Metal: The Rings of the Inconquo, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHorizon Highway Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlace of the Gods: Traps & Tricksters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEssex Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSingularity Minus Twelve Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUS Embassy Bangkok Confidential Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Nibelung Gold Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Girl in His Mind Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFelony Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCountdown to Atomgeddon: The Pacific War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSTARGATE SG-1 A Matter of Honor Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Innocent: The Luke Marshall Thriller Series, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNickle Brickle'Bee: In the Heart of EarthWorks: Nickle Brickle'Bee, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Stalk: Rove City, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Future of Zero Tolerance: The Collected Short Stories of Neil Baker Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJailbird: Alex Masters Series Vol. 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMurder on the Thirteenth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsElla Ever After: The People of Haven Book one Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAdolescents Only Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Demise of the Horse Fairy: Firehouse Family, #4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlueblood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Spirit Chaser the Final Haunt Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSkin Like Snow Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDemise of the Horse Fairy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNigerians in Space Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Warlords: The Soldier Series Book 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Reviews for One-Way Ticket to Nowhere
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
One-Way Ticket to Nowhere - Leroy Yerxa
The Project Gutenberg EBook of One-Way Ticket to Nowhere, by Leroy Yerxa
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: One-Way Ticket to Nowhere
Author: Leroy Yerxa
Release Date: June 9, 2010 [EBook #32754]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ONE-WAY TICKET TO NOWHERE ***
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
ONE-WAY TICKET TO NOWHERE
By LEROY YERXA
[Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from Amazing Stories December 1942. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
Blake forced the hatch up with all his strength. A few seconds delay would mean disaster.
Like a ghost in the night a whole Mono train vanished. And it was up to Jeff Blake to find out where it had gone...
Jeff Blake!
Holly O'Toole's knotted hand reached out and grasped the right hand of the passenger descending from the rocket transport. This is a hell of a night to come home, when a man's been away as long as you have.
Jeff Blake laughed, and swung down to his side to stand on the wind- and rain-swept dock. He towered above O'Toole, lanky and smooth skinned. His face was tanned a deep brown from space travel and little wrinkles curled out from the corners of his mouth. Wrinkles that indicated a willing smile. There was a cheerful warmth of sincerity in his voice.
Weather doesn't seem to bother me much any more. I've been in and out of a lot of it. This rain isn't much compared to those space turn-overs we've had around moon the last few weeks.
They walked together toward the lighted office. Once inside, Holly O'Toole tossed his coat across the warm elector-rad heater and turned admiring eyes on Jeff Blake's tall frame.
They sure made a man of you in space service,
he said. The last time you left Hope you were a half-baked kid with a yen for a ray gun.
O'Toole sat back comfortably as Blake removed his jacket and threw it over the heater. Blake was hard, and yet as Holly watched him, there seemed to be a touch of softness in his eyes that hadn't been there when Blake was a kid. A little more of Wade Blake, maybe. When two men were born identical twins, they were bound together in a lot of odd little ways.
The faintest suggestion of a bitter smile started across Jeff Blake's young face. Then he relaxed, sat down. Lighting a cigarette he sucked deeply and let the smoke drift from his lips.
The last time I saw you, O'Toole, you were a little red-headed Irishman who stirred up more trouble than my brother and I could get out of in a month. What is it now?
Holly O'Toole's dark face grew concerned. At once Blake knew his trip would be interesting. Knew that the trouble he had been expecting was close at hand.
It's your brother, Wade,
O'Toole went on. Wade's in hot water again, and he's in over his head.
That same sardonic smile flitted across Blake's face, and faded immediately. O'Toole was under a terrific strain. The man was only forty-five, yet the once brilliant battle flag of red hair had grown thin in spots. His eyes, once clear and snapping, were a washed-out blue.
Go on,
Blake said kindly. "When I got your