These eight stories, two of novella length, are about people and their foibles more than about machines or schemes, although those may be involved with emphasis on the humorous elements. There is funny stuff going on in a train sleeper car, a doctor's office, a walnut grove, an office building lobby, and an unrented office. In "Surprise Moves" an eccentric bachelor inventor finds romance and some security for his devices that n ot even the operatives...