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THE MONSTERS





A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson



(Originally published in "Doc Savage Magazine" April 1934. Bantam Books reprint June 1965)







Chapter 1



THE PINHEADS





ON THE fifteenth of the month, Bruno Hen did the thing which was actually his first step toward disaster -- a disaster that was to affect not only himself, but many others as well.



Bruno Hen sold his furs on this date.



Most of the pelts were muskrats, cunningly stolen from the trap lines of Bruno Hen's neighbors, the chief loser being big, honest, slow-witted Carl MacBride. The thefts were slyly executed, for Bruno Hen was as foxy a half-breed as the North Michigan woods held.



Ox-like Carl MacBride never suspected.



Not that Carl MacBride liked Bruno Hen. One day big MacBride had come upon Bruno Hen killing a chicken for dinner. The breed had been choking the chicken to death and taking great glee in prolonging the fowl's death agonies. After that, Carl MacBride held a suspicion that no more cruel a breed than Bruno Hen ranged North Michigan.



The fur market was strong the day Bruno Hen sold. His pelts brought more than he had expected. So he decided to celebrate.