Tom W. Harris

Name: The Fall of Archy House
Author: Tom W. Harris

The Fall of Archy House

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“The Fall of Archy House”, is a work by Tom W. Harris. It explores elements such as projections, Archy and scrambler.

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Tom W. Harris, The Fall of Archy House

“ Archy, June and Otto were still in Washington, and the President had called another conference. Of all the projections, the one of himself distressed Archy the most. They were insufferably arrogant. One had tried to pilot the plane that took him to the capital. Dozens had congregated at Full-Projection Studios, issuing orders to the staff. Twice, one had talked his way into a Presidential conference. "The only way you can tell they aren't real," said a guard, "is to poke them. I should poke somebody coming to see the President?"
"Can't people tell they aren't me by the way they act?" ”

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“ Mice—in my studio! Number two—how soon can you have a scrambler going?"
"Fifteen minutes," said Otto proudly.
"Make it ten. Buzz me in the studio. We'll cut right into the program."
Back in the elevator, Archy crowed. "That's it, Baby—Archy House in action, everything taken care of."
"No credit for Otto?"
"You kidding. Otto's smart enough to work for me, but I'm smart enough to hire him. So who's smartest?" He juggled the mouse in his hand, reflectively. "Without me, Otto'd be nowhere. Somebody else'd have his idea. The smart guys are the promoters, chick. Why not marry one?" ”

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Tom W. Harris, The Fall of Archy House

“ The cowboy hero projections are fighting the villains in a million bar-rooms. Fortunately they can't use real guns, but customers aren't convinced."
"Who cares about a bunch of drunks?" said Archy. Everybody scowled.
"The Pixie Owens projections I needn't dwell on. They've caused thousands of auto wrecks just by appearing along highways.
"The clowns and jugglers have put the circuses out of business by invading at show time. The jugglers get into ping-pong tournaments, juggle the balls. Nobody can keep them out. ”

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Tom W. Harris, The Fall of Archy House

“ The Archy projections are organizing them. They've horned into every village, town, city, state, and national governmental conclave.
"Projections hunt audiences. They have disrupted every stage show in the country. They put on shows in people's living rooms, in parks, in the middle of the street. A few got jobs with stock companies, in movies, and so on, but they can only play one part—the one they were doing for Full-Projection."
"I'm entitled to a percentage of their earnings," said Archy.
"They've all been fired," said Otto. ”

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Tom W. Harris, The Fall of Archy House

“ Archy asked June. "Cheeky, bossy—OBVIOUSLY they aren't me."
"Obviously, huh?" said June. "Let's go, or we'll miss the conference."
President Conklin opened the discussion with general remarks.
"In the first place, the Attorney-General informs me that Mr. House is legally responsible for the behavior of these projections—they are his agents, insofar as they are beings; his possessions, insofar as they are things. If Mr. House cannot rid the country of them, he is liable to extremely grave consequences."
"Hold on," blurted Archy, with a dark glance at Otto. "My master-scrambler was sabotaged. ”

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Tom W. Harris, The Fall of Archy House

“ The conference moved to another room. "Better chink the door," said Otto.
The Secretary of the Interior began anew. Archy listened closely; there would be a chance to trip this guy up.
"It's estimated that 500,000,000 projections are at large," said the secretary. "Here are some things that have happened:
"Throngs of the cowboy projections are heading west. They get on horses and chase cattle. The horses buck them off, they climb right back on. Half the horses in the country are so crazed they'll be useless forever. Villain projections are hiding all over the nation. ”

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Tom W. Harris, The Fall of Archy House

“ Basically a projection is a replica of the person being projected. Pixie, for instance, has never strip-teased on one of the shows...."
"I should hope not!" snuffed the Secretary.
"... but the projection Pixie does what the real Pixie has implicit in her nature. Our friend the armadillo, being only a cartoon, is different. About all he can do is repeat commercials.
"Physically, the projections eat no food. ”

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Tom W. Harris, The Fall of Archy House

“ The skipper of a battleship said his men proposed tossing all projections overboard, and he wanted to know if this would constitute murder.
Archy said it wouldn't, instructed his staff to take no more calls, and went to find Otto. June went with him.
June was a person with a knack for making you think of something else no matter what crisis you were embroiled in. In the elevator, Archy slipped an arm around her. "I've got an idea," he whispered.
"I'll scream," she warned, "and this shaft is like a megaphone."
"That's not the idea—anyway, an elevator is too cramped. My idea is ”

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Tom W. Harris, The Fall of Archy House

“ An experimental commercial goofed. Stay tuned; we'll have the scramblers on in ten minutes."
"You'd better," crackled President Conklin. "I have guests—this could be an international incident. And don't call me Pops."
"Sit tight. And now excuse me, Ben, I'm going on the air. ”

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