"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 037 - The Metal Master" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

TopsтАЩl Hertz and the others got the idea. The rocket in the Very could not very well help igniting the gasoline,
and the plane would then blow up, and it was pretty certain the Innocent would be set afire.

"Now," said the red-headed man, when the idea of the situation had soaked in. "Lower your boats, get into
them, and row away. Otherwise, IтАЩm going to pull the trigger of this Very, IтАЩm just mad enough to do it!"

"YouтАЩll kill your bloominтАЩ self!" gritted TopsтАЩl.

"I donтАЩt think IтАЩve got much of a chance of going living, if I come aboard," said the redhead. "I think I know
whom youтАЩre working for."

"WhoтАЩre we workinтАЩ for?" asked TopsтАЩl, who really would have liked to know.

"YouтАЩre mixed up with the Metal Master!" snapped Louis Tester.

This was new to TopsтАЩl. He had never heard of the Metal Master.

"Eh?" he muttered. "WhoтАЩs the Metal Master, bloke?"

The redhead snorted.

"Get in your life boats or IтАЩm going to shoot!" he snapped.

Punning Parker moved away from the rail to comply, although TopsтАЩl was still hesitating.

"Are our ears marooned," he murmured.

Punning Parker helped lower a life-boat, and they put it down on the opposite side of the ship. Punning
Parker and several others slid down the davit falls to the craft.

"You next!" ordered Louis Tester, looking at TopsтАЩl.

TopsтАЩl HertzтАЩs neck was red. He glared. He made grinding noises with his teeth.

"I wonтАЩt!" he choked.

"DonтАЩt be a fool," said the twin of Nan Tester. "IтАЩll give you a tow in the small boats. Maybe let you back on
board, after I figure out a way of keeping you quiet."

"I wonтАЩt!" screamed TopsтАЩl.

Louis Tester cocked his Very pistol.

A shot cracked. The Very pistol flew from Louis TesterтАЩs hand into the sea.



PUNNING PARKER was in the water, clinging to the after end of one of the planeтАЩs pontoons. He had, in
diving under the schooner and coming up unobserved to shoot the Very pistol out of the redheaded manтАЩs
hand, executed a nice strategy. The flash of his gun had not been enough to ignite the gas fumes.