Today’s excerpt is from Sedona
Chip, Book #9 of the nine-book Janitors Series. General Bradley comes up with an idea on how
to feed the French more disinformation…and Jim wants to ask a favor of the
President. Enjoy and have a great day.
m.j.
“Stay
on him for now. In the meantime, ship me
that list of names of the spies you know about, and the companies they’re
trying to spy on.”
When
the list came in, General Bradley scanned it and smiled. An old friend of the Janitors who had helped
on several occasions—Bettencourt Industries—was on the list. An idea formed in General Bradley’s mind and
he called Jim. “Jim, I need you over
here as soon as you can make it.”
“Good. I wanted to talk to the President, anyhow, to
ask a favor. I’m on my way.”
“I’ll
see you when you get here.”
Next,
the General asked the President if he had time for a conference with Jim and
John Engle. Told that the President did
have the time, he called John and asked him to come over as quickly as
possible.
Later,
when all four men were seated in the Situation Room of the White House, General
Bradley opened the conversation, “This Maurice Lambourne guy is back from
France, Mr. President. John tells me we
are aware of several French industrial spies operating in this country, and many
have been fed false information…in some cases, for years. I asked John for a list of those spies, and
the companies they tried to penetrate.
On that list, I noticed Bettencourt Industries. They do quite a bit of work for the
military. In addition, in the past
they’ve been quite helpful to Jim and the Janitors. I’d say this is a perfect opportunity to
confirm the French misconception that we have our super weapon. Jim, would you like to add anything to that
thought?”
“I’d
say you’ve come up with a good idea, General.
Dan and Jan are very good friends with Steve Bettencourt and his wife,
Joyce, the former actress Billie
Jo Lane
The
President nodded. “I like it. John?”
“So
do I, sir. Great opportunity to mess
with the French still again. General,
any idea what type of thing Bettencourt has been making for the Sedona Chip
program?”
“Not
off the top of my head. Jim?”
“Easiest
thing would be to call Arnold Buchanan and ask him to come up with
something. He’s in on the ruse, and he
is a very good scientist. Hell, now that
we’ve given him the idea, he’s probably working on a way to come up with such a
weapon.”
The
President chuckled, “Okay, I’ll leave it to you gentlemen to come up with a way
to embellish what we’ve fed them so far.
Jim, General Bradley mentioned that you have a favor to ask.”
“Yes,
sir. It’s about a horse. I wonder if it would be okay if I had Wendy
fly it to Montana
General
Bradley rolled his eyes, but said nothing.
John
just chuckled.
The
President smiled. “Jim, anything you
want within reason—and I’d say flying a horse to Montana is not too big a bonus
for the work you’ve done for this nation.
But, would you care to explain just a bit about the horse?”
Jim
told where they found the horse and why he planned to add it to his stock,
presently being cared for by a neighbor.
When
he finished, the President asked, “You do know that any animal coming into the United States
“Yes,
sir.”
The
President flipped his hand. “Do what you
want. It’s fine with me if you fly it to
Montana
Knowing
that the President was a horseman, Jim nodded.
“Yes, sir. Bit of a bag of bones,
right now, but we can fatten him up. I,
of course, have no idea of his bloodlines, but—other than being much too thin—he’s
a nice-looking brute. If you can figure
a way to sneak away, we have him in the hanger for our 130 at present.”
General
Bradley again rolled his eyes, but the President replied, “I’d love to. As a matter of fact, I’m taking a short trip
tomorrow morning. Must shore up some
sagging conservative support for one of our senators. Do you mind getting up about six?”
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