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"Juan Mindoro is a political power in the Pacific island group known as the Luzon Union. He is the most
influential man in the island. And you know what recently happened to the Luzon Union."

"They were given their independence," said Ham. "I remember now. Juan Mindoro had a big hand in
electing the first president after the island group became self-governing. But what could that have to do
with this?"

Doc shrugged. "It is too early to say."

He glanced at the television scanning disk . "The men who tried to bomb us are gone. We might as well
get under way.

The submarine arose to the surface. The pall of black smoke still hung over the Sound.

Doc pulled in the television box which had been trailing he boat. Then the sub put on speed. It ran low in
the water o escape attention from passing boats.

Once it dived to pass a launch loaded with newspaper reporters.

Chapter 3. THE MONGOL PERIL
PRACTICALLY every wharf in New York City was watched by newspaper reporters that night. The
return of a submarine which had ventured under the polar ice was big news. The fact that those aboard
the submarine wished no publicity made the story bigger. Each paper wanted to be the first to carry it.

Forty or so men had gone into the arctic - only six were coming back. A whale of a yarn! City editors
swore over telephones at reporters. Photographers dashed about, answering false alarms turned in by
news hawks who had mistaken rowboats and mud scows for the sub. Everybody lost a lot of sleep.

In a remote corner of the harbor, a rusty old tramp steamer swung at anchor. The captain of the ancient
hulk, who was also the owner, happened to be an acquaintance of Doc Savage.

Shortly after midnight, this captain turned all of his crew out of their bunks. They fell to and made the
submarine Helldiver fast alongside the tramp steamer. No one from and noted this incident.

A launch now sped ashore. It bore a small fortune in gold and diamonds - a load of the treasure Doc had
brought back from the arctic. An armored car and a dozen guards with drawn guns met the launch and
received the wealth. This also escaped the notice of the reporters.

The launch made more trips - until the whole treasure was on its way to an all-night bank.

Doc and his five men came ashore with the last load. Newspaper reporters would discover the
submarine tied alongside the tramp steamer in the morning, but the tramp captain would profess
mystification as to how it got there.

The whole arctic submarine expedition business was destined to be a mystery the news hawks would
never solve.

A taxicab took Doc and his five men uptown. Doc rode outside, barehead. standing on the running
board. He habitually did that when danger threatened. From this position, Doc's weird golden eyes
missed very little - a sniper had hardly a chance of getting a shot at them before he was discovered.