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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Model of a Judge, by William Morrison 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: The Model of a Judge Author: William Morrison Illustrator: Burchard Release Date: May 19, 2010 [EBook #32431] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MODEL OF A JUDGE *** Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE MODEL OF A JUDGE By WILLIAM MORRISON Illustrated by BURCHARD [Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from Galaxy Science Fiction October 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] [Sidenote: _Should a former outlaw become a judge--even if he need only pass sentence on a layer cake?_] Ronar was reformed, if that was the right word, but he could see that they didn't trust him. Uneasiness spoke in their awkward hurried motions when they came near him; fear looked out of their eyes. He had to reassure himself that all this would pass. In time they'd learn to regard him as one of themselves and cease to recall what he had once been. For the time being, however, they still remembered. And so did he. Mrs. Claymore, of the Presiding Committee, was babbling, "Oh, Mrs. Silver, it's so good of you to come. Have you entered the contest?" "Not really," said Mrs. Silver with a modest laugh. "Of course I don't expect to win against so many fine women who are taking part. But I just thought I'd enter to--to keep things interesting." "That was very kind of you. But don't talk about not winning. I still remember some of the dishes you served for dinner at your home that time George and I paid you a visit. Mmmmm--they were really delicious." Mrs. Silver uttered another little laugh. "Just ordinary recipes. I'm so glad you liked them, though." "I certainly did. And I'm sure the judge will like your cake, too." "The judge? Don't you usually have a committee?" * * * * * He could hear every word. They had no idea how sharp his sense of hearing
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