Hunter Patrol by John Joseph McGuire;Henry Beam Piper
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stopped to check what he had found out.
The school's X-ray, an excellent one, had given him a complete picture of the molecular structure of the syrup. There were a couple of long-chain molecules that he could only believe after two re-examinations and a careful check of the machine, but with the help of the notes he could deduce how they had been put together. They would be the Ingredient Alpha and Ingredient Beta referred to in the notes. The components of the syrup were all simple and easily procurable with these two exceptions, as were the basic components from which these were made. The mechanical guinea-pig demonstrated that the syrup contained nothing harmful to human tissue. Of course, there were the warnings about heightened psycho-physiological effects.... He stuck a poison-label on the bottle, locked it up, and went home. The next day, he and Bill Myers got a bottle of carbonated water and mixed themselves a couple of drinks of it. It was delicious--sweet, dry, tart, sour, all of these in alternating waves of pleasure. "We do have something, Bill," he said. "We have something that's going to give our income-tax experts headaches." "You have," Myers corrected. "Where do you start fitting me into it?" "We're a good team, Bill. I'm a chemist, but I don't know a thing about |
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