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all that counterfeit money on some scatterbrain plan to disrupt the country's exchange system." Suddenly alert, the department chief snapped, "Where are you, Woolford?" "Outside the garages, sir. But I'm going in now." "You stay where you are," the other snapped. "I'll have every department man and every Secret Service man in town over there within twenty minutes. You hang on. Those people are lunatics, and probably desperate." Inwardly, Larry Woolford grinned. He wasn't going to lose this opportunity to finish up the job with him on top. He said flatly, "Sir, we can't chance it. They might escape. I'm going in!" He flicked off the set, dialed again and raised Sam Sokolski. "Sam," he said, his voice clipped. "I've cornered the Movement's leader and am going in for the finish. Maybe some of you journalist boys better get on over here." He gave the other the address and flicked off before there were any questions. ------------------------------------- From the dash compartment he brought a heavy automatic, and checked the clip. He put it in his hip pocket and left the car and walked toward the garages. Time was running out now. He strode into the only open door, without shift of pace. Two men were posted nearby, neither of them truckmen by appearance. They looked at him in surprise. Larry clipped out, "The password is _Judgment_. I've got to see Professor Voss immediately." One of them frowned questioningly, but the other was taken up with the urgency in Woolford's voice. He nodded with his head. "He's over there in the office." Now ignoring them completely, Larry strode past the long rows of sealed delivery vans toward the office. He pushed the door open, entered and closed it behind him. Professor Peter Voss was seated at a paper-littered desk. There was a cot with an army blanket in a corner of the room, some soiled clothing and two or three dirty dishes on a tray. The room was being lived in, obviously. At the agent's entry, the little man looked up and blinked in distress through his heavy lenses. Larry snapped, "You're under arrest, Voss." The professor was obviously dismayed, but he said in as vigorous a voice as he could muster, "Nonsense! On what charge?" "Counterfeiting, among many. Your whole scheme has fallen apart, Voss. You and your Movement, so-called, are finished." The professor's eyes darted, left, right. To Larry Woolford's surprise, the Movemen
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