Amazing Stories January 1950
Frances M. Deegan
THIS CURSE IS FOR YOU
"WHEN I was a child," Sibyl told me, "I used to put curses on people."
"You did?" I mumbled, chewing toast.
We were sitting at the breakfast table at the time. I had one eye on the kitchen clock and the other on the headline story about G. F. Grando.
"GRANDO ACCUSED OF BRIBERY," the headline said blackly.
"I guess I can still do it," Sibyl went on contentedly. "But of course it always costs something. The bigger the curse, the bigger the sacrifice I have to make. That's why I haven't done it for a long time. But I was so mad at Mr. Grando, I just did it."
"Huh?"
"He had no right to cancel our vacation plans at the last moment."
"Don't talk foolishness, baby. This is serious. G. F. has been accused of paying out half a million dollars to a bunch of politicians in order to corner all the highway construction the city is planning. It could ruin him."
"Then we can take our vacation," she said. "Don't forget to bring your Gladstone, bag home from the office."
