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                           CALL HIM NEMESIS

                         By DONALD E. WESTLAKE

                 Criminals, beware; the Scorpion is on
               your trail! Hoodlums fear his fury--and,
                   for that matter, so do the cops!

           [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
             Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1961.
         Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
         the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]


The man with the handkerchief mask said, "All right, everybody, keep
tight. This is a holdup."

There were twelve people in the bank. There was Mr. Featherhall at
his desk, refusing to okay a personal check from a perfect stranger.
There was the perfect stranger, an itinerant garage mechanic named
Rodney (Rod) Strom, like the check said. There were Miss English and
Miss Philico