"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 026 - The Spook Legion" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

Leo Bell leaned over the counter and his eyes popped. He licked his lips. Then he rubbed a hand over
his eyes. Finally, he walked around the counter. He thought a cat or a dog might have gotten into the
wastebasket. But there was no cat or dog.

Leo straightened the basket, then stood and scratched his head, trying to decide what had overturned the
basket, and failing to reach any satisfactory conclusion, he moved over to the counter. There, he got his
next shock.

The telegraph blanks there had borne no writing when he arranged them a moment before. But one now
bore a message printed in heavy but somewhat uncertain strokes. It read:

DOC SAVAGE

NEW YORK CITY

MATTER OF VITAL DANGER TO THOUSANDS MERITS YOUR ATTENTION STOP PLEASE
BOARD BOSTON TO NEW YORK PASSENGER PLANE OF EXCELSIOR AIRWAYS AT
NOON TOMORROW STOP GET ABOARD IN BOSTON STOP SUGGEST YOU USE
DISGUISE AND BE PREPARED FOR HIDEOUS AND AMAZING EXPERIENCE

A N ONYMOUS

(1440 Powder Road)

Leo Bell stared at the message, noting that it was marked to be sent collect at destination. He was
dumfounded. He felt as if cold water had trickled unexpectedly down the back of his neck. He eyed the
address on the message and shook his head, because he knew, from past experience, that a telegram
addressed to one man in a city as large as New York had very little chance of being delivered.

Leo carried the message back to the night manager.

тАЬI have here a straight telegram addressed to Doc Savage in New York City,тАЭ he told the night manager.
тАЬI think we should get a better address.тАЭ

тАЬWhere have you been all your life?тАЭ demanded the manager.

тАЬHuh?тАЭ Leo blinked.

тАЬI thought everybody had heard of Doc Savage,тАЭ said the other.



LEO asked, тАЬWho is this Doc Savage?тАЭ

The night manager opened his mouth as if to speak, but did not.

тАЬWait,тАЭ he said. тАЬI'll show you something.тАЭ

The night manager walked to his desk in the rear. The night manager was a studious individual. There