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THE ROAR DEVIL
A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. THE DEVIL IN THE WOODS
? Chapter II. CALAMITY
? Chapter III. THE BRONZE MAN
? Chapter IV. THE PERIL PUZZLE
? Chapter V. RENNY AND THE SIREN
? Chapter VI. A NIGHT FOR TRADING
? Chapter VII. WATERLOO FOR TWO
? Chapter VIII. THE DEAD MAN'S VOICE
? Chapter IX. THE DEVILS COLLIDE
? Chapter X. TRAIL
? Chapter XI. HIS HONOR
? Chapter XII. THE WRONGED INVENTOR
? Chapter XIII. ONE BY ONE
? Chapter XIV. CANDIDATES FOR DEATH
? Chapter XV. THE BREAK
? Chapter XVI. THE UNSUCCESSFUL SURRENDER
? Chapter XVII. MAYOR RICKETTS
? Chapter XVIII. RENDEZVOUS
? Chapter XIX. CACHE
? Chapter XX. HELL IN A ROCK BOX
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Chapter I. THE DEVIL IN THE WOODS
THE flat-faced man looked tough. He also gave the impression of one who had been around a bit. Yet
he was deceived by a very simple ruse.

He had been looking into the radiator of the gray car to see how much water there was, and when he
straightened, he saw the purse and the wrist watch.

He should have realized they had not been there a moment before. He didn't.

He had been a fighter once. There were mounds of gristle about his eyes, his nose was flat and his ears
did not have their original shape. He looked evil, but not stupid.

The flat-faced man rubbed his jaw with the back of his hand, which held a stubby black pistol, then he
walked over to the hand bag and the watch and examined them.

The hand bag looked expensive, but it was hard to tell, because the makers of imitations have become
skillful. Six diamonds around the wrist watch dial sparkled in the afternoon sun in a manner which could
not have been equaled by glass. That was not cheap.

Then the man made his mistake. He pocketed his gun, so as to pick up both bag and watch at once. It
was hard to say why he did that. Greed, possibly. He got his hands on the articles.