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THE telephone buzzed. Doc Savage swung over to the instrument. Johnny instantly made contact with an
extension. It was a device of Dr. SavageтАЩs which would allow an instantaneous check-back on the number
calling.

But this was Renny calling from the office of the government weather bureau. He had been sent with Long
Tom by the bronze man to keep an added check on the freakish storm. Doc Savage did not usually concern
himself with such matters as weather, but, before the beginning of the snowstorm, he had been given reason
to overlook no detail that might be of value.

"There will be a violent electrical disturbance," announced Doc, ending his conversation with Renny. "It is
Long TomтАЩs prediction. The weather officials dispute it, but it coincides with my own observations."

The bronze man took two yellow slips from the table. They were telegraph messages. Doc studied them
intently, as if he were reading something written between the lines.

One telegram had been filed in Los Angeles. This read:

DEATH THREATENS MANY PERSONS STOP DISASTER MAY MENACE WHOLE WORLD STOP WILL
YOU HELP US STOP ON MY WAY TO SEE YOU

SATHYRA FOTHERAN

The other message had been filed in Chicago only ten hours later. This stated:

HAVE LEARNED YOU ARE IN GRAVE DANGER STOP BEWARE VISITORS WITH DARK SKINS STOP
MUST GO TO SYRIA IN THE DESERT STOP BE ON GUARD UNTIL I REACH YOU STOP WATCH
CHANGE IN WEATHER CLOSELY

SATHYRA FOTHERAN

"
Sathyra Fotheran," said Doc aloud. "That would be Lady Sathyra Fotheran, the sister of Denton Cartheris."
Johnny eyed the telegrams intently. A quick gleam of interest showed in his keen eyes.

"Lady Fotheran?" he said. "She could be no other, with that peculiar cognomen. She is the sister of the
revelationist of pre-dynastic mortuary disembodiment of the ultra-civilization of the vanished Hittites." Then he
added in crude, concise English, "How I envied that guy, Denton Cartheris. WasnтАЩt there some question
about his death, Doc, or whether he had really died?"

"Denton Cartheris disappeared during a new trip of exploration after his discoveries in the ancient Hittite
capital," stated Doc. "But information received by his friends indicated he believed he was going to die and
had made preparations for his demise."

Lightning suddenly stabbed across the open window. Its vividness was that of a gigantic, slashing sword.
Thunder cracked instantly with an explosion that shook the skyscraper tower.

"And she said to watch for a change in the weather," mused Doc. "Recent reports show unprecedented