THE PERSON FROM PORLOCK BY RAYMOND F. JONES Borge the chief engineer of Intercontinental glanced down at the blue-backed folder in hishand. Then he looked at the strained face of Reg Stone. his top engineer. quotIts no usequot said Borge. quotWere canceling the project. Millens report is negative. He findsthe BW effect impossible of practical application. You can read the details. yourself.quot quotCanceling---quot Reg Stone half rose from his chair. quotBut chief. you cant do that. Millenscrazy. What can he prove with only a little math and no experimental data Im right on theedge of success. If I could just make you see itquot quotI have seen it. I cant see anything that warrants our pouring out another twenty-fivethousand bucks after the hundred and fifty your project has already cost the company.quot quotTwenty then. Even fifteen might do it. Barge if you dont let me go on with this yourepassing up the biggest development of the century. Some other outfit with more guts andimagination and less respect for high-priced opinion in pretty folders is. going to comethrough with it. Teleportation is in the bag—all weve got to do is lift it outquot quotMajestic and Carruthers Electric have both canceled their projects on it. Professor MerrillHanford who assisted Bots-Wellton in the original research says that the BW effect will neverbe anything of more than academic interest.quot quotHanfordquot Reg exploded. quotHes jealous because he doesnt have the