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sent directly into their account back home from his Swiss bank. The
people who worked for him did say that, although extremely odd and
fiercely protective of most buildings on his island, he did seem to be a
nice old man, and no one ever said that he was not generous when it came
time to pay them, so no one really minded doing work for him. Anyway,
one day after the turn of the new century, All of the radio links that
Prof.Russell used to occasionally keep in touch with the mainland suddenly
began beaming out a strong S.O.S. on many frequencies, interfering with
normal radio communication. Unable to contact Dr. Russell and almost
sure that something was wrong, a rescue team was sent to his island.
Upon arriving, they found that all of the power had been shut off to
the high-voltage electric fencing, electronic locks, and booby-traps
surrounding his compound., but not to the interior of the buildings
themselves., so it did'nt take them too long to get into his encampment.
They found Russell on the floor of the first building, hand clutching his
chest, radio control panel in his other hand, the long coiled cord snaking
up to the main unit. On the wall they noticed that the main switch on the
island's electronic defense panel had been turned off, probably b
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