THE AMBULANCE MADE TWO TRIPS

By MURRAY LEINSTER

Illustrated by Scoenherr

[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction April 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]



If you should set a thief to catch a thief, what does it take to stop a racketeer...?


Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald found a package before his door that morning, along with the milk. He took it inside and opened it. It was a remarkably fine meerschaum pipe, such as the sergeant had longed irrationally to own for many years. There was no message with it, nor any card. He swore bitterly.