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THE MAN WHO SHOOK THE EARTH


THE MAN WHO SHOOK THE EARTH
A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
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Chapter I. THE FAKE NEWSPAPERMAN
Chapter II. THE MYSTERIOUS JOHN ACRE
Chapter III. THE GIRL AFRAID OF EARTHQUAKES
Chapter IV. MISS MAN-SNATCHER
Chapter V. THE EARTH-SHAKERТS TRAIL
Chapter VI. THE MAN WHO COULDNТT TALK
Chapter VII. MURDER TRICK
Chapter VIII. IN TERRORТS SHADOW
Chapter IX. MOVER OF MOUNTAINS
Chapter X. CUT WIRES CLEW
Chapter XI. SOUTHWARD DASH
Chapter XII. DEATH UNMIXED
Chapter XIII. A SUSPECT KILLED
Chapter XIV. MASKS THAT DISSOLVED
Chapter XV. PRISONERS FOUR
Chapter XVI. A GATHERING SINISTER
Chapter XVII. THE DEATH SHAKE




Scanned and proofed by Tom Stephens

Chapter I. THE FAKE NEWSPAPERMAN
THE man looked as tough as sin. But he was crying. He whimpered. He bubbled at
the mouth like a child half crazed with horror and fear. He perspired, although
the night was cold.
"Hear it?" he moaned.
A rumbling was coming out of the innards of the earth. The sidewalk vibrated
feebly. There was steady, hollow uproar.
"ItТs cominТ!" the man whined. "Listen, Velvet! ItТs gettinТ closer anТ closerЧ"
His ears were tufts of gristle. They looked as if they had been chewed upon in
the past. A groove a quarter of an inch deep slanted across his face. It
explained itself. Some one had once tried to cut his throat, but he had ducked.
The knife that had made the groove had sheared off the end of his nose. His
nostrils were two fuzz-rimmed holes opening straight out in his face.
He gibbered: "We ainТt got time to get clear beforeЧ"
Velvet hit the fellow squarely on the blubbering mouth that was bisected by the
knife scar.
"Maybe youТll pipe down!" he snarled.
Velvet was dressed in evening clothes, but he had tied a large black