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                         THE FISHDOLLAR AFFAIR

                           BY R. M. McKENNA

         _With more courage than prudence, the ensign followed
         his star to the final (and delectably feminine) test
          of a young officer's honor.... A tender, ironic and
          funny story, by a new name you'll be seeing again._

           [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
              Worlds of If Science Fiction, October 1958.
         Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
         the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]


Subspace cruising never bored Ensign Stephen Welnicki. The ship's
computer rotated skew-quadro fields, inscrutably altering by threes
the twenty-seven positional variables--leaving the watch officer idle.
Thoughts were to be had for the thinking.

Thoughts came unbidden to watch officer Welnick