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Title: The Time Traders

Author: Andre Norton

Release Date: August 29, 2006 [EBook #19145]

Language: English

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THE TIME TRADERS

BY ANDRE NORTON

_Science Fiction_

THE STARS ARE OURS!

STAR BORN

THE TIME TRADERS

_Historical Fiction_

YANKEE PRIVATEER

_Edited by Andre Norton_

BULLARD OF THE SPACE PATROL

SPACE SERVICE

SPACE PIONEERS

SPACE POLICE

_Andre Norton_

THE TIME

TRADERS

CLEVELAND AND NEW YORK

THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY

_Published by_ The World Publishing Company 2231 West 110th Street,
Cleveland 2, Ohio

_Published simultaneously in Canada by_ Nelson, Foster & Scott Ltd.

_Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 58-11154_

SECOND PRINTING

2WP759

Copyright (c) 1958 by The World Publishing Company All rights reserved. No
part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written
permission from the publisher, except for brief passages included in a
review appearing in a newspaper or magazine. Printed in the United
States of America.

Transcriber's note:
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the copyright on
this publication was renewed.

THE TIME TRADERS

CHAPTER 1

To anyone who glanced casually inside the detention room the young man
sitting there did not seem very formidable. In height he might have been
a little above average, but not enough to make him noticeable. His brown
hair was cropped conservatively; his unlined boy's face was not one to
be remembered--unless one was observant enough to note those light-gray
eyes and catch a chilling, measuring expression showing now and then for
an instant in their depths.

Neatly and inconspicuously dressed, in this last quarter of the
twentieth century his like was to be found on any street of the city ten
floors below--to all outward appearances. But that other person under
the protective coloring so assi