2217  Time Zone V (EST) 7 Nov. 1970-NTC- "Pop\'s Place":
I was polishing a brandy snifter when the Unmarried Mother came
in. I noted the time-10: 17 P. M. zone five, or  eastern  time,
November  7th,  1970.  Temporal  agents  always notice time and
date; we must.

        The Unmarried Mother was a man twenty-five  years  old,
no  taller  than I am, childish features and a touchy temper. I
didn\'t like his looks - I never had - but he was a  lad  I  was
here  to  recruit,  he was my boy. I gave him my best barkeep\'s
smile.

        Maybe I\'m too critical. He wasn\'t swish;  his  nickname
came from what he always said when some nosy type asked him his
line:  "I\'m  an  unmarried  mother.  --  If  he  felt less than
murderous he  would  add:  "at  four  cents  a  word.  I  write
confession stories. --