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THE MAJII
A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. MAKER OF JEWELS
? Chapter II. MAKER OF HORROR
? Chapter III. CHOSEN OF THE MAJII
? Chapter IV. THE MAN ON THE STRETCHER
? Chapter V. THE CAUTIOUS FOE
? Chapter VI. MURDER ON THE LOOSE
? Chapter VII. SUSPICIONS
? Chapter VIII. THE NIZAM'S STORY
? Chapter IX. DOC HAS A WATERLOO
? Chapter X. LADY OF TRICKS
? Chapter XI. STAMPEDE
? Chapter XII. THE NIZAM SURPRISE
? Chapter XIII. THE LOOMING TERROR
? Chapter XIV. BLACK HOLE
? Chapter XV. MAGIC OF THE MAJII
? Chapter XVI. THE AIDING LADY
? Chapter XVII. ALADDIN'S CAVERN
? Chapter XVIII. THE DEAD MAJII

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Chapter I. MAKER OF JEWELS
"I AM about to, be killed," the woman said.

The taxi driver whom she addressed had been half asleep behind the wheel of his parked cab, but the text of
the woman's speech was not conducive to further slumber. He sat up straight.

The woman asked, "Have you ever heard of Doc Savage?"

"Who ain't?" growled the driver. "Say, what kind of a gagтАФ"

"You will take us to Doc Savage," directed the woman. "And hurry."

The driver looked beyond the woman, after which his mouth fell open and his cigarette dropped off his lip and
began to burn his coat front. The woman was veiled, but it was not that which shocked the hackman and
scared him.
It was the four men behind the woman. They were four very tall men who had heads like cocoanuts in color,
and who wore four of the most resplendent uniforms that the taxi driver had ever seen. Each of the four carried
a modern automatic military rifle which was not much less than a portable machine gun.

"Well," snapped the woman. "Have you a tongue?"