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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-SHAKERтАЩS TRAIL
? Chapter VI. THE MAN WHO COULDNтАЩT TALK
? Chapter VII. MURDER TRICK
? Chapter VIII. IN TERRORтАЩS 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


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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.

"ItтАЩs cominтАЩ!" the man whined. "Listen, Velvet! ItтАЩs gettinтАЩ closer anтАЩ closerтАФ"

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 ainтАЩt got time to get clear beforeтАФ"

Velvet hit the fellow squarely on the blubbering mouth that was bisected by the knife scar.
"Maybe youтАЩll pipe down!" he snarled.