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"That is correct," stated Doc Savage.

Behind him, Ham murmured to Renny, "And I thought this thing was somewhat of a government secret."

"Then you are the daughter of Cyrus Krants," said Doc, instantly. "We are indebted to your father for many
discoveries of importance. His new form of bathosphere has penetrated to unusual depths of the ocean."

"Oh, IтАЩm glad you do know about him!" said the girl. "We have been told you are informed on nearly all
subjects. So perhaps you can give us some information that will help."

The young woman had spoken the truth. There were few subjects on which Doc Savage was not fully
informed.

"If you will tell me in what way I can be of assistance," Doc suggested.

The red-headed girl spoke more softly and with deep feeling.

"ItтАЩs about my father," she said. "He has been missing now for more than a week. The last word we had was
a radio message from his yacht in the vicinity of the lower Florida Keys."

"Yes?" said Doc. "We will go into that in just a moment, Miss Krants. Long Tom, you and Renny had better
continue checking at once on the radio short waves. If you can fix the latitude and longitude of the
broadcasting blind spot, IтАЩm sure we will be getting close to something."

Doc then spoke again to the red-headed girl.

"And if youтАЩll permit Monk here to examine that hypodermic, we then may know the character of the poison
which probably has been employed for murder."

"YouтАЩll have to trust the big ape," suggested Ham, dryly. "He is good for one thing, Miss Krants, and thatтАЩs
why we keep him around."

Monk glared speechlessly. Now that her first fear and her anger had subsided, Lora Krants was undeniably a
very pretty young woman. Monk was extremely susceptible.

"That is strange about your father," said Professor Callus. "I am quite well acquainted with him, Miss Krants.
But I never had the pleasure of meeting his daughter, or his son."

"Tell us more about this radio message," suggested Doc.



"THERE isnтАЩt much more to tell," said Lora Krants. "More than a week ago, we had a radio message. It
seems the boat engines were disabled then for no reason the engineer could discover. And another message
said that while the trouble was being traced, the motors suddenly resumed functioning."

"And you have not heard from the yacht since then?" questioned Doc. "No radio or other messages?"
"None, Mr. Savage. The yacht seems to have vanished. We have wired all possible ports."

"I imagine he may be all right," said the man of bronze. "How did you know of the work we are doing?"