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00000120: 20 66 69 6C 6C 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 6E 73 | filled with ins|
00000130: 61 6E 65 20 69 64 65 61 73 2E 20 48 65 20 68 61 |ane ideas. He ha|
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00000150: 20 74 6F 20 72 75 6E 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 6D 70 | to run the comp|
00000160: 61 6E 79 20 69 6E 20 61 20 70 72 6F 66 69 74 61 |any in a profita|
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00000180: 61 64 20 74 6F 20 67 6F 2E 22 00 22 48 65 20 77 |ad to go."."He w|
00000190: 61 73 20 50 72 65 73 69 64 65 6E 74 20 6F 66 20 |as President of |
000001A0: 47 69 64 65 6F 6E 20 45 6E 74 65 72 70 72 69 73 |Gideon Enterpris|
000001B0: 65 73 20 61 74 20 6F 6E 65 20 74 69 6D 65 2E 20 |es at one time. |
000001C0: 49 20 68 65 61 72 64 20 68 69 6D 20 74 65 6C 6C |I heard him tell|
000001D0: 20 53 63 68 69 6D 6D 69 6E 67 20 68 65 27 64 20 | Schimming he'd |
000001E0: 67 65 74 20 65 76 65 6E 20 77 69 74 68 20 68 69 |get even with hi|
000001F0: 6D 20 73 6F 6D 65 64 61 79 2E 22 00 22 4D 72 2E |m someday."."Mr.|
00000200: 20 47 69 64 65 6F 6E 20 77 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 | Gideon was the |
00000210: 66 6F 72 6D 65 72 20 50 72 65 73 69 64 65 6E 74 |former President|
00000220: 20 6F 66 20 47 69 64 65 6F 6E 20 61 6E 64 20 4D | of Gideon and M|
00000230: 54 43 2E 22 00 22 49 20 64 69 64 20 73 6F 6D 65 |TC."."I did some|
00000240: 20 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 20 77 6F 72 6B 20 66 | computer work f|
00000250: 6F 72 20 68 69 6D 20 61 74 20 4D 54 43 2E 20 48 |or him at MTC. H|
00000260: 65 20 73 65 65 6D 65 64 20 6E 69 63 65 20 65 6E |e seemed nice en|
00000270: 6F 75 67 68 20 74 6F 20 6D 6F 73 74 20 70 65 6F |ough to most peo|
00000280: 70 6C 65 2C 20 62 75 74 20 49 20 63 6F 75 6C 64 |ple, but I could|
00000290: 20 74 65 6C 6C 20 68 65 20 64 69 64 6E 27 74 20 | tell he didn't |
000002A0: 6C 69 6B 65 20 46 72 65 61 6B 73 2E 22 00 22 4A |like Freaks."."J|
000002B0: 2E 20 53 61 69 6E 74 20 47 69 64 65 6F 6E 20 69 |. Saint Gideon i|
000002C0: 73 20 61 6E 20 65 6C 65 63 74 72 6F 6E 69 63 73 |s an electronics|
000002D0: 20 67 65 6E 69 75 73 20 61 6E 64 20 61 20 67 6F | genius and a go|
000002E0: 6F 64 20 66 72 69 65 6E 64 20 6F 66 20 6D 69 6E |od friend of min|
000002F0: 65 2E 22 00 22 4F 6E 63 65 2C 20 77 68 65 6E 20 |e."."Once, when |
00000300: 49 20 77 61 73 20 69 6E 20 54 6F 6D 20 47 72 69 |I was in Tom Gri|
00000310: 66 66 69 74 68 27 73 20 6F 66 66 69 63 65 2C 20 |ffith's office, |
00000320: 68 65 20 74 6F 6F 6B 20 61 20 63 61 6C 6C 20 66 |he took a call f|
00000330: 72 6F 6D 20 73 6F 6D 65 6F 6E 65 20 6E 61 6D 65 |rom someone name|
00000340: 64 20 47 69 64 65 6F 6E 2E 20 54 6F 6D 20 77 61 |d Gideon. Tom wa|
00000350: 73 20 75 73 75 61 6C 6C 79 20 71 75 69 74 65 20 |s usually quite |
00000360: 61 72 72 6F 67 61 6E 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 6D 6F |arrogant with mo|
00000370: 73 74 20 70 65 6F 70 6C 65 2C 20 62 75 74 20 68 |st people, but h|
00000380: 65 20 74 72 65 61 74 65 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 67 |e treated this g|
00000390: 75 79 20 77 69 74 68 20 72 65 73 70 65 63 74 2E |uy with respect.|
000003A0: 22 00 22 47 69 64 65 6F 6E 20 69 73 20 6A 75 73 |"."Gideon is jus|
000003B0: 74 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 75 73 2E 20 48 65 20 77 61 |t like us. He wa|
000003C0: 6E 74 73 20 74 6F 20 67 65 74 20 72 69 64 20 6F |nts to get rid o|
000003D0: 66 20 61 6C 6C 20 74 68 65 20 70 65 6F 70 6C 65 |f all the people|
000003E0: 20 74 68 61 74 20 6D 61 6B 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 | that make this |
000003F0: 63 6F 75 6E 74 72 79 20 77 65 61 6B 2E 22 00 22 |country weak."."|
00000400: 49 20 66 65 65 6C 20 49 27 76 65 20 62 65 65 6E |I feel I've been|
00000410: 20 71 75 69 74 65 20 73 75 63 63 65 73 73 66 75 | quite successfu|
00000420: 6C 20 69 6E 20 6C 69 66 65 2E 20 42 65 66 6F 72 |l in life. Befor|
00000430: 65 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 62 |e I was in the b|
00000440: 75 73 69 6E 65 73 73 20 77 6F 72 6C 64 2C 20 49 |usiness world, I|
00000450: 20 77 61 73 20 68 65 61 64 20 6F 66 20 42 72 69 | was head of Bri|
00000460: 74 69 73 68 20 69 6E 74 65 6C 6C 69 67 65 6E 63 |tish intelligenc|
00000470: 65 2E 20 41 66 74 65 72 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 |e. After that I |
00000480: 66 6F 75 6E 64 65 64 20 47 69 64 65 6F 6E 20 61 |founded Gideon a|
00000490: 6E 64 20 64 65 76 65 6C 6F 70 65 64 20 6E 65 77 |nd developed new|
000004A0: 20 77 61 79 73 20 6F 66 20 68 65 6C 70 69 6E 67 | ways of helping|
000004B0: 20 74 68 65 20 67 6F 76 65 72 6E 6D 65 6E 74 2E | the government.|
000004C0: 20 53 63 68 69 6D 6D 69 6E 67 20 73 65 65 73 20 | Schimming sees |
000004D0: 47 69 64 65 6F 6E 20 61 73 20 6A 75 73 74 20 61 |Gideon as just a|
000004E0: 20 62 75 73 69 6E 65 73 73 2E 20 49 20 6C 6F 6F | business. I loo|
000004F0: 6B 65 64 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 6D 70 61 |ked at the compa|
00000500: 6E 79 20 61 73 20 61 6E 20 69 6E 73 74 69 74 75 |ny as an institu|
00000510: 74 69 6F 6E 2C 20 70 72 6F 74 65 63 74 69 6E 67 |tion, protecting|
00000520: 20 6F 75 72 20 77 61 79 20 6F 66 20 6C 69 66 65 | our way of life|
00000530: 2E 22 00 22 47 69 64 65 6F 6E 3F 20 41 73 6B 20 |."."Gideon? Ask |
00000540: 6D 65 20 61 62 6F 75 74 20 47 69 64 65 6F 6E 20 |me about Gideon |
00000550: 45 6E 74 65 72 70 72 69 73 65 73 2C 20 69 66 20 |Enterprises, if |
00000560: 79 6F 75 20 77 61 6E 74 20 74 68 65 20 77 68 6F |you want the who|
00000570: 6C 65 20 73 74 6F 72 79 2E 20 54 68 65 6E 20 79 |le story. Then y|
00000580: 6F 75 27 6C 6C 20 6B 6E 6F 77 20 77 68 6F 20 74 |ou'll know who t|
00000590: 68 65 20 72 65 61 6C 20 4D 72 2E 20 42 69 67 20 |he real Mr. Big |
000005A0: 69 73 21 22 00 |is!". |
. (.).E.F.....3..... ...1...............
..."HE LOST THE PRESIDENCY OF HIS COMPAN
Y, GIDEON ENTERPRISES, TO FRANK SCHIMMIN
G. HE'S AN OLD GEEZER ABOUT 80. YOU'LL F
IND HIM IN BEVERLY HILLS AT (NC 3891)...
"I REPLACED MR. GIDEON AS PRESIDENT A YE
AR AGO. HE WAS A SENILE OLD MAN IN HIS E
IGHTIES, FILLED WITH INSANE IDEAS. HE HA
D LOST THE DRIVE TO RUN THE COMPANY IN A
PROFITABLE MANNER AND HAD TO GO."."HE W
AS PRESIDENT OF GIDEON ENTERPRISES AT ON
E TIME. I HEARD HIM TELL SCHIMMING HE'D
GET EVEN WITH HIM SOMEDAY."."MR. GIDEON
WAS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF GIDEON AND M
TC."."I DID SOME COMPUTER WORK FOR HIM A
T MTC. HE SEEMED NICE ENOUGH TO MOST PEO
PLE, BUT I COULD TELL HE DIDN'T LIKE FRE
AKS."."J. SAINT GIDEON IS AN ELECTRONICS
GENIUS AND A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE."."ONC
E, WHEN I WAS IN TOM GRIFFITH'S OFFICE,
HE TOOK A CALL FROM SOMEONE NAMED GIDEON
. TOM WAS USUALLY QUITE ARROGANT WITH MO
ST PEOPLE, BUT HE TREATED THIS GUY WITH
RESPECT."."GIDEON IS JUST LIKE US. HE WA
NTS TO GET RID OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MA
KE THIS COUNTRY WEAK."."I FEEL I'VE BEEN
QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. BEFORE I WAS
IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, I WAS HEAD OF BRI
TISH INTELLIGENCE. AFTER THAT I FOUNDED
GIDEON AND DEVELOPED NEW WAYS OF HELPING
THE GOVERNMENT. SCHIMMING SEES GIDEON A
S JUST A BUSINESS. I LOOKED AT THE COMPA
NY AS AN INSTITUTION, PROTECTING OUR WAY
OF LIFE."."GIDEON? ASK ME ABOUT GIDEON
ENTERPRISES, IF YOU WANT THE WHOLE STORY
. THEN YOU'LL KNOW WHO THE REAL MR. BIG
IS!".
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