"012 (B043) - The Man Who Shook The Earth (1934-02) - Lester Dent (b)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

somethinТ that shakes the earth!"
It was rarely that Doc showed any emotion whatever, but now he frowned.
"What?" he demanded.
"ThatТs all we know, boss," the other whined. "The Little White Brother has got
somethinТ to do with the earth shakinТ. I dunno what the thing is, but IТve seen
Velvet and Biff get as white as if they was about to be killed when they heard
the rumble of a subway train, or the shock of blastinТ, or somethinТ like that."
Doc Savage asked a few more questions, but he learned nothing of value. He kept
at it until he was convinced that the prisoners had told all they really knew.
They were merely hirelings.
Doc Savage produced his hypodermic needle again. He went to each of the captives
in quick succession, and jabbed the needle into every man. The last two screamed
and tried to flee. Monk and Renny caught them. The men all sank to the floor and
became motionless.
They were only sleeping, however. The drug in DocТs needle merely produced
unconsciousness.
The prisoners were now carried out and placed in the sedan. To get all seven in
the rear seat, it was necessary to pack them sardine fashion.

NONE of DocТs aids asked what disposition was to be made of the unconscious
prisoners. They knew.
Crooks who fell into the hands of Doc Savage were handled in a peculiar fashion.
They were taken to an institution Doc maintained in the up-State section of New
York. Here they underwent a delicate brain operation, which completely wiped out
all knowledge of their past.
Then they received training in the ideals of upright citizenry, and were taught
a trade.
Monk and Ham took charge of the sedan. Doc, Long Tom, and Renny trailed them in
the roadster. The trip back into New York City was made in quick time.
The prisoners were left in a small room in a shabby section of the city. The
windows of the room were barred, and there was a rear door which opened upon an
obscure alley.
The captives would sleep for many hours yet. Long before they awakened, an
ambulance would appear. Silent, grim attendants would load them aboard. They
would be whisked away into the blizzard.
Months later, seven honest citizens would walk away from the grim walls in
up-state New York.
Doc Savage placed a long-distance telephone call from the room. The call was to
summon the ambulance which would carry the men away.
That task done, Doc and his men drove directly to the skyscraper which housed
the bronze manТs headquarters.
As Doc drove up to the garage door, it opened mysteriously.
Monk, noting this, scratched his head vigorously. He still did not understand
why those doors swung ajar at DocТs approach.
The doors of the high-speed elevator also slid back as Doc approached. The cage
lifted them. It started off with a shock that jerked every one except Doc to
their knees. It raced up at an incredible speed. Its stop was so abrupt that it
seemed certain that they would go sailing on up through the ceiling.
The door of DocТs office opened itself for him.
The panel, swinging ajar, revealed the sprawled body of a man. There was not