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a photographer -- the paper had known I was a winner before I did, which
didn't seem right.
They wanted pictures and I didn't mind.
I had an awful time getting into it -- dressing in an upper berth is a
cinch by comparison. The photographer said, "Just a minute, kid. I've seen 'em
do it at Wright Field. Mind some advice?"
"Uh? No. I mean, yes, tell me."
"You slide in like an Eskimo climbing into a kayak. Then wiggle your
right arm in -- "
It was fairly easy that way, opening front gaskets wide and sitting down
in it, though I almost dislocated a shoulder. There were straps to adjust for
size but we didn't bother; he stuffed me into it, zippered the gaskets, helped
me to my feet and shut the helmet.
It didn't have air bottles and I had to live on the air inside while he
got three shots. By then I knew that the suit had seen service; it smelled
like dirty socks. I was glad to get the helmet off.
Just the same, it made me feel good to wear it. Like a spacer.
They left and presently we went to bed, leaving the suit in the living
room.
About midnight I catfooted down and tried it on again.
 The next morning I moved it out to my shop before I went to work. Mr.
Charton was diplomatic; he just said he'd like to see my space suit when I had
time. Everybody knew about it -- my picture was on the front page of the
Clarion along with the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and the holiday fatalities. The
story had been played for laughs, but I didn't mind. I had never really
believed I would win -- and I had an honest-to-goodness space suit, which was
more than my classmates had.
That afternoon Dad brought me a special delivery letter from Skyway
Soap. It enclosed a property title to one suit, pressure, serial number so-
and-so, ex-US-AF. The letter started with congratulations and thanks but the
last paragraphs meant something:
Skyway Soap realizes that your prize may not be of immediate use to you.
Therefore, as mentioned in paragraph 4 (a) of the rules. Skyway offers to
redeem it for a cash premium of five hundred dollars ($500.00). To avail
yourself of this privilege you should return the pressure suit via express
collect to Goodyear Corporation (Special Appliances Division, attn: Salvage),
Akron, Ohio, on or before the 15th of September.
Skyway Soap hopes that you have enjoyed our Grand Contest as much as we
have enjoyed having you and hopes that you will retain your prize long enough
to appear with it on your local television station in a special Skyway Jubilee
program. A fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be paid for this appearance.
Your station manager will be in touch with you. We hope that you will be our
guest.
All good wishes from Skyway, the Soap as Pure as the Sky Itself.
I handed it to Dad. He read it and handed it back.
I said, "I suppose I should."
He said, "I see no harm. Television leaves no external scars."
"Oh, that. Sure, it's easy money. But I meant I really ought to sell the
suit back to them." I should have felt happy since I needed money, while I
needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ. But I didn't, even