by Keith Laumer
stacked like cordwood. The Mancji had stated that these wereslaves, or rather domesticated animals; they wouldn't have done you anygood."
"Well, you see, I didn't believe that," the Admiral said. "Because itwas an obvious lie. I tried to show some of the officers, but I'm afraidthey weren't being too rational just then.
"I went into the locker and examined those bodies; if Kramer had lookedclosely, he would have seen what I did. These were no tame animals. Theywere civilized men."
"How could you be sure, Admiral? They had no clothing, no identifyingmarks, nothing. Why didn't you believe they were cattle?"
"Because," said the Admiral, "all the men had nice neat haircuts."
THE END
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Notes and Errata | | | | This etext was produced from "Amazing Science Fiction | | Stories" April 1959. Extensive research did not uncover any | | evidence that the U. S. copyright on this publication was | | renewed. | | | | There is one instance each of "showdown" and "show-down". | | | | The following typographical errors have been corrected. | | | | |Error |Correction | | | |of of |of | | | |collant |coolant | | | |Kireschenbaum |Kirschenbaum | | | |syphillis |syphilis | | | |richochet |ricochet | | | |staccatto |staccato | | | |crystalization |crystallization | | | |taget |target | | | |ricocheted |ricocheting | | | |anniversay |anniversary | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+