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THE SARGASSO OGRE





A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson



(Originally published in "Doc Savage Magazine" October 1933. Bantam Books reprint July 1967)



To the world at large, Doc Savage is a strange, mysterious figure of glistening bronze skin and golden eyes. To his amazing co-adventurers -- the five greatest brains ever assembled in one group -- he is a man of superhuman strength and protean genius, whose life is dedicated to the destruction of evil-doers. To his fans he is the greatest adventure hero of all time, whose fantastic exploits are unequaled for hair-raising thrills, breathtaking escapes and bloodcurdling excitement.



THE SARGASSO OGRE



A ruthless attempt on the life of one of Doc's crew thrusts the Man of Bronze and his incomparable companions into a chilling new adventure. From the ancient skull-lined catacombs of Alexandria to a fantastic sea of floating primitive life where they unravel the centuries old mystery of the Sargasso, Doc Savage and his men once more pursue the perverse agents of evil!







Chapter I



THE "SINGAS" SONG





AN American man of letters once said that, if a man built a better mousetrap, the world would beat a path to his door.



Pasha Bey was like that. His output was not mousetraps, but it was the best of its kind. Being modern, Pasha Bey had become president of a vast organization which specialized in his product. The fame of Pasha Bey was great. From all of Egypt, men beat a path to his door, which was likely to be anywhere in Alexandria. They came to buy his product, of course.



Pasha Bey's product was murder!