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Title: The Ultroom Error

Author: Gerald Allan Sohl

Release Date: February 22, 2010 [EBook #31357]

Language: English

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This etext was produced from Space Science Fiction May 1952. Extensive
research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this
publication was renewed.

[Illustration]

THE ULTROOM ERROR

_by_ JERRY SOHL

Smith admitted he had made an error involving a few
murders--and a few thousand years. He was entitled to a
sense of humor, though, even in the Ultroom!

* * * * *

_HB73782. Ultroom error. Tendal 13. Arvid 6. Kanad transfer
out of 1609 complete, intact, but too near limit of 1,000
days. Next Kanad transfer ready. 1951. Reginald, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Laughton, 3495 Orland Drive, Marionville,
Illinois, U. S. A. Arrive his 378th day. TB73782._

Nancy Laughton sat on the blanket she had spread on the lawn in her
front yard, knitting a pair of booties for the PTA bazaar.
Occasionally she glanced at her son in the play pen, who was getting
his daily dose of sunshine. He was gurgling happily, examining a ball,
a cheese grater and a linen baby book, all with perfunctory interest.

When she looked up again she noticed a man walking by--except he
turned up the walk and crossed the lawn to her.

He was a little taller than her husband, had piercing blue eyes and a
rather amused set to his lips.

"Hello, Nancy," he said.

"Hello, Joe," she answered. It was her brother who lived in Kankakee.

"I'm going to take the baby for a while," he said.

"All right, Joe."

He reached into the pen, picked up the baby. As he did so the baby's
knees hit the side of the play pen and young Laughton let out a
scream