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Bolden's Pets, by F. L. Wallace
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Title: Bolden's Pets
Author: F. L. Wallace
Illustrator: Diehl
Release Date: March 31, 2009 [EBook #28460]
Language: English
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Bolden's Pets
By F. L. WALLACE
Illustrated by DIEHL
The price of life was a life for a life--which was all the reward the victim looked for!
His hands were shaking as he exhibited the gifts. If he were on Earth, he would be certain it was the flu; in the Centaurus system, kranken. But this was Van Daamas, so Lee Bolden couldn't say what he had. Man hadn't been here long enough to investigate the diseases with any degree of thoroughness. There were always different hazards to overcome as new planets were settled.
But whatever infection he had, Bolden was not greatly concerned as he counted out the gifts. He had felt the onset of illness perhaps an hour before. When he got back to the settlement he'd be taken care of. That was half a