"008 (B018) - The Sargasso Ogre (1933-10) - Lester Dent" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

"Let's pay this gentleman a visit!" Long Tom grunted. "He's got Cabin 17 on B deck, this record says."



They lost no time in getting to B deck.



Doc tapped imperatively on No.17.



No answer! The door was unlocked, a test showed. They entered.



The berth was rumpled, indicating it had been occupied during the night.



Long Tom glanced under the berth, into the wardrobe, and jerked out dressing-stand drawers.



"Not a speck of clothing or other stuff here!" he rapped. "The fellow must have deserted this stateroom!"



Producing a small cannister of gray powder, Doc sprinkled the doorknob, the light-switch. the shiny edge of the berth. Then be used the magnifying left lens of Johnny's spectacles to hunt finger prints. He found none.



"Wiped off! You're right, Long Tom -- the bird has flown the coop!"



In the corridor. Doc stopped the steward who attended this section of staterooms.



"What did the man in No. 17 look like?"



"A very large fellow, with a long white beard -- "



"That's enough!"