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THE SEA MAGICIAN
A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. THE KILLING SPOOK
? Chapter II. KING JOHNтАЩS CAPTIVE
? Chapter III. THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE
? Chapter IV. SOUTH AMERICA BOUND
? Chapter V. THE UNCLE IN INDIA
? Chapter VI. THE MAN OF BRONZE
? Chapter VII. THE GOLD MAKER
? Chapter VIII. THE SAMARITAN
? Chapter IX. SEA SPAWN
? Chapter X. THE KING JOHN TRAIL
? Chapter XI. THE PLANT IN THE MARSH
? Chapter XII. KING JOHNтАЩS GOBLET
? Chapter XIII. THE ATTEMPT TO KILL
? Chapter XIV. GOLD FROM THE SEA
? Chapter XV. ATTACK IN LONDON
? Chapter XVI. FLAME THREADS
? Chapter XVII. TROUBLE IN THE NIGHT
? Chapter XVIII. THE SCHOOL HOUSE
? Chapter XIX. KING JOHNтАЩS LOOT




Chapter I. THE KILLING SPOOK
THE item which really got Doc Savage embroiled in the fantastic affair was one which came out in a London
afternoon newspaper.

KINGтАЩS SPOOK KILLS

The good farmers in The Wash marshlands of Holland county are saying today that King JohnтАЩs ghost took
another victim last night in the person of Joseph Shires, the peasant farmer who staggered into his home,
mortally wounded.

Joseph Shires is reported to have gasped out that King JohnтАЩs ghost stabbed him; then he died.

The thing now puzzling the local police is that wounds in the dead manтАЩs body do look as if they had been
made by an ancient broadsword such as King John, English ruler who reigned in the thirteenth century, might
have carried.

Another puzzling thing is the tradepiece, or coin, dated 1216, which was found in Joseph ShiresтАЩs pocket
after he died. King John reigned in 1216.

Moreover, it is rumored that numerous persons in the vicinity of The Wash have recently seen a King John
apparitionтАФa towering ogre in armor, carrying a broadsword. King John is even said to have spoken to some,