(SA) A Life for a Life

Adventurer! Tonight's story by Terrence Kerwin is entitled,

A Life for a Life. Are you Edwin Till? Yeah?

You then, you're replacing? Yes. Oh, Jessup didn't tell me a line he would be taking over my job. How long have you been again? I settled here with my family six weeks ago. Oh, Jessup, as you call him, didn't tell me it would be so cold here either when I applied for the job.

Oh, wait until the snow comes, Father. You'll freeze to death and those English clothes. Take my step, get yourself a real quick overcoat near most. You'll need them, I got it, you'll. Oh, I'm shivering at the thought.

How much experience have you had as a traffic controller, sir? Three years, it may have put me a blackpool. Been here fifteen years now. Gotta like the old place, then. Gats real busy sometimes. Six planes a day?

How's that? Oh, not bad. The one in England got eight. So I beat you. I guess you do it that. But did you ever get a real way out of emergency happen up there? Not really.

Of course we had the odd excitement now and then, like guiding planes down in a fog, but nothing much else. But something tells me though, you've had the real weirdie, as I called them back home.

Am I right? Yeah, you sure are, Father. Come on, I'll tell you about it over a cup of coffee. We've got a can of tea in here, it's not much, but it makes good coffee.

And just, were you bad? I'll be glad to hear anything I can about the place. Let's see if I'll be working here. Okay. Hey, take over Harry, I'm off now. Hey, watch out for Doc Stevens. He's doing any time now.