"007 (B006) - The Lost Oasis (1933-09) - Lester Dent" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

Thoughtfully, Renny's big knuckles tapped the steering wheel.



"A ghost airship!" he muttered. "That's almost as fantastic as this million dollar reward business! I wonder if the two can have any connection? Probably not! Anyway, somebody up in Maine must have seen a cigar-shaped cloud and let their imagination get the best of 'em!"



This explanation of the spectral Zeppelin seemed the most likely one. Indeed, several newspaper reporters standing on the end of a pier were echoing exactly the same idea.



"Forget the Zeppelin!" one scribe snapped at his companion. The second news hawk was only a fledgling at the game, a cub newly out of journalism school.



"But the airship is a good story!" he objected. "Think of it! A mysterious Zeppelin! What could its mission be?"



"Maybe it's comin' down from the north pole to get a bunch of dumb cubs and take 'em on a visit to Santa Claus!" gritted the older head.



"But that Zeppelin - "



"Shut up!" roared the other. "When we get back to the city room I'm gonna drown you in a paste pot! Zeppelins! Zeppelins! Blazes with 'em! Here's the hottest story of the year, in case you don't know it! And it seems you don't!"



"Publicity stunt!" jeered the cub. "Probably this Doc Savage offered the reward to himself, just to get his name in the paper!"



The older reporter made a gesture of tearing out his hair in rage. "Am I burned up! Am I a cinder! Your head will never make anything but a paperweight!"



The cub was not fazed. "It looks like a publicity stunt to me! The idea of anybody offering a million dollars to get hold of any man is ridiculous!"



"Did you ever interview Doc Savage?" the other asked fiercely.