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the voice.

тАЬThis is Doc Savage speaking from New York City,тАЭ the voice said. тАЬA telegram to me was filed from
your office tonight, was it not?тАЭ
So gripping was the unusual voice that Leo Bell had to swallow twice to loosen his own vocal cords.

тАЬYes, sir,тАЭ he said.

тАЬWill you describe the sender, please,тАЭ Doc Savage requested over the telephone.

тАЬI c-can't,тАЭ Leo Bell stuttered. It was the first time he had stuttered in years.

тАЬWhy not?тАЭ queried the unusual voice.

The mysterious circumstances surrounding the appearance of the message then came out. Doc Savage
heard it through without comment, then advised, тАЬThere is probably no A, N. Onymous listed in your
directory.тАЭ

Leo Bell looked in the directory.

тАЬNo,тАЭ he said. тАЬThere is not.тАЭ

тАЬThe name was the result of a trick writing of the word 'anonymous',тАЭ Doc pointed out. тАЬThe dictionary
defines an anonymous work as one of unknown authorship, which seems to fit this case. Was there an
address of sender given on the message?тАЭ

тАЬThere was.тАЭ

тАЬWhat was it?тАЭ

тАЬ1440 Powder Road,тАЭ said Leo Bell, after consulting the message.

тАЬThere is no such address in Boston,тАЭ Doc Savage said, and hung up.

Leo blinked dazedly after the connection was broken, wondering how Doc Savage had known the
address was a fakeтАФand it was indeed false. Leo ascertained a moment later, upon consulting the street
directory. There was no such number on Powder Road.

Leo wondered vaguely if Doc Savage did not know as much about Boston as he did about the different
branches of science. Leo would have been surprised.

The two employees in the telegraph office discussed the happening through the remainder of their tour of
duty. It seemed as if something smacking of high adventure had touched them briefly, and they rather
liked the manner in which it spiced their humdrum lives.

They would have liked more of it. But this was, fortunately, or unfortunately, as near as they were to
come to the chain of horror and mystery which followed the sending of the strange message.

The affair really got under way the next day at noon.