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"Dag-gone you, Ham!" howled Monk. "You quit runninтАЩ off at the mouth!"

"Holy cow!" boomed big Renny. "AnтАЩ Monk brought her up, he says!"



THE red-headed girl seemed to have a disposition like flash powder. The various remarks clearly had her
puzzled. Also they struck an angry spark.

"WhatтАЩs so funny about all of this?" she demanded. "YouтАЩre Mr. Savage?"тАФshe addressed Doc. "Well, I ran
onto this ugly baboon sneaking around on the stairway. I was coming up to see you andтАФ"

"DonтАЩt believe anything the redhead tells you!" interrupted Monk. "I caught her and this other pasty-faced
animal trying to get away, Doc! SheтАЩs carryinтАЩ two guns anтАЩ sheтАЩs got a hypo loaded with enough poison to kill
a hundred men! She gave it to this guy with her!"

The young woman slowly removed the automatic from MonkтАЩs neck.

"Then he is one of your men, Mr. Savage?" she said with disbelief. "I guess IтАЩll have to say IтАЩm sorry; I made a
mistake. IтАЩve heard about the one called Monk, but I didnтАЩt think any human being could look like that."

This elicited another howl from Ham.

"Neither did any one else," grinned the lawyer. "YouтАЩve got good judgment, lady, even if he canтАЩt help it."

"Listen, you danged shyster!" squealed Monk. "IтАЩll make you eat them words, or theyтАЩll pack you outta here in
pieces!"

Doc Savage disregarded the apparent deadly hate of the chemist and the lawyer.

"There seems to have been some misunderstanding," stated the man of bronze. "Undoubtedly you can
explain your presence here? What is this about a hypo filled with poison?"

The red-headed young woman looked from one to the other of the men. Professor Callus was observing her
closely.

"A hypo of poison?" he said. "Then perhaps my colleague has not been dead as long as it appears, orтАФ"

"If you mean the man who was lying out in the corridor," interrupted the young woman, "I know nothing about
that. I was coming to see Mr. Savage, with my brother. But when we saw the manтАФthe dead manтАФwe
thought perhaps it would not be a good time to enter. We have a hypodermic. I found it stuck into the wall of
the stairway between this floor and the one next below." Doc did not say whether he believed or disbelieved
the young woman.

"You had some definite purpose in coming to me?" he said.

"Yes, oh, yes!" exclaimed the red-headed girl. "You see Mr. Savage, I am Lora Krants. This is my brother,
Barton. We were informed you were seeking the cause of some unusual oceanic upheaval."