Frank M. Robinson

Name: You Don't Walk Alone
Author: Frank M. Robinson

You Don't Walk Alone

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“You Don't Walk Alone”, is a work by Frank M. Robinson. It explores elements such as Fred, bus and John Kelley.

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ You can see them on the street-car on their way to work. Half will sit with blank stares on their faces, reading the transitads, while the other half will sit with their noses buried in their papers. Watch them. If they looked alike you'd be reminded of the rockettes on the stage of the RCA Music Hall. Or walk into a bar when the fights are on and watch the customers with their faces glued to the TV sets. All with their glasses of beer in the right hand, all with the same rapt expressions on their faces.
You see, they're imitating human beings. And they've got an organization. ”

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ The young man with the bus had gone there earlier that evening to pick up his passengers.
The bus driver. The bus driver who had reminded me of a hundred other people I had known. Or two hundred. Or a thousand. And his curious-faced passengers, none of whom had gotten out to stretch their legs or buy a candy bar or chance a nickel in the coke machine or take advantage of the pause that refreshes.
I looked round the clearing again. Before they had gotten on the bus, they had changed clothes and then ... they had had a picnic. ”

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ It's one of the best fishing spots in the nation—everything from muskies to bullheads, bass to trout. You can take along a small fortune in flyrod for game fish, or you can have a lot of fun with a plain bamboo pole and bobber for pan fish. ”

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ Fred knew a lot of people, he had a lot of contacts, and I'm investigating them one by one. It isn't going to be too long before I meet somebody that Fred knew back ... home. And then I'll find out about the organization and I'll be on my way.
I already have a good idea whom I'm looking for. He's an average man with maybe a wife and a couple of kids, driving last year's car and living in a house that isn't all paid for. He likes TV and he drinks beer and he's drummed up a hell of a lot of interest in baseball games. ”

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ I killed Fred and buried him in the woods and loaded the car that same night.
When I started the car it kicked right over and I spun out of there, gravel spraying from beneath the wheels. I didn't breathe any easier until I was a hundred miles away.
I thought a lot about what I was going to do on the way back. I'm not the hero type but I just can't see them move in on Earth without fighting back. And I consider Fred only the downpayment on John Kelley's murder.
One important thing. I've found a flaw, a weak spot.
The invaders are imitators. The perfect imitators. They're a lot like Fred was. ”

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ Fred asked softly.
"It's the perfect time for it," I mumbled. "World's all mixed up, everything is in a state of flux. They could land and how could you tell? DP's come into the country every day. That's one reason why we never notice." ”

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ The old man glanced at the plug and then at Fred. "Two fifty, maybe."
Fred dug for the money and I said, "When isn't it dead around here?"
"Last night, for one." He pocketed the two fifty. "Lots of lights off in the woods a spell. Figured it was some city people. Local folks go to bed at a decent time of night."
I stood there looking at him and John Kelley's nightmare crawled out of the dim recesses of my mind where I thought I had buried it, and squatted right between my eyes, like a big, friendly collie dog making itself at home. Lights. Late at night lights. ”

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ I suppose there's a time in everybody's life when the chips are down and you have to react automatically, you have no room for thought. I let him have the bottle square in the face and then the poker glanced off my shoulder and he was on me. ”

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ I was thinking we might get some fishing in." He let it hang there and I almost changed my mind. You know how it is with fishing. If there's any daylight at all, you want to at least trail a hook in the water before hitting the sack.
The asphalt changed to loose gravel and I ground my teeth every time I thought of what the gravel and the dust were doing to the finish of the car. It took ten minutes to make those three miles. Then the gravel thinned out and we came to the end of the road in a small clearing rimmed with pine trees and other scrub timber.
Fred was surly. ”

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ There's probably thousands of Imitators in the government itself, weighing, analyzing, and surveying humanity so they can issue reports on how to act ... like a human being. Reports and pamphlets that are point for point instruction books for the new arrivals. ”

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ He came out of it, took my money, and leaned closer so even Fred, who was still fingering plugs at the far counter, couldn't hear. "You know, that young feller came by last night and that bus of his was empty. There's a fork in the road up ahead and he went to the right. Nothing up that away at all. The road just deadheads into the brush for about three miles and that's it. And I would've sworn that's where he came from just now. Didn't hear him go back last night and ain't seen him all morning. Don't know where all those people come from." ”

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Frank M. Robinson, You Don't Walk Alone

“ But not for somebody for whom washing dishes is a brand new experience. And there's another pamphlet that says younger married men and women own more sports clothes, older men wear hats, and older women have more fur coats. ”

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