Double StarOne minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was -- as usual -- in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars. |
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... drink in front of me did not attract me ; I simply wanted my host to come back so that I could leave politely . It suddenly occurred to me that he had glanced over that way just before he had left so hastily and I wondered if the ...
... drink in front of me did not attract me ; I simply wanted my host to come back so that I could leave politely . It suddenly occurred to me that he had glanced over that way just before he had left so hastily and I wondered if the ...
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... drink , sit down , and tell me about it . " I told him about it , every bit . It took more than one drink , and presently I felt better . He looked angry when I told him of the kidnaping , but when I told him what they had done to ...
... drink , sit down , and tell me about it . " I told him about it , every bit . It took more than one drink , and presently I felt better . He looked angry when I told him of the kidnaping , but when I told him what they had done to ...
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... drinking , or smoking , or both . Even Jimmie Washington was holding a drink while he listened to the re- turns . He was not drinking it ; he neither drank nor smoked . No doubt someone had handed it to him and he had kept it . Jimmie ...
... drinking , or smoking , or both . Even Jimmie Washington was holding a drink while he listened to the re- turns . He was not drinking it ; he neither drank nor smoked . No doubt someone had handed it to him and he had kept it . Jimmie ...
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