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"I have a friend employed in the Coast and Geodetic Survey," said the red-headed girl.

Monk appeared in the door of the laboratory.

"ItтАЩs hydrocyanic, and plenty of it!" he said. "And the needle has traces of human blood. It has been used
recently."

Doc SavageтАЩs short, trilling note suddenly startled the girl and her brother. Barton Krants had taken no part in
the conversation. His dark eyes had glowered at every one.

The young man seemed to have a suspicion his sister might not get fair treatment. Only when he looked at
Doc Savage was there any hint of friendliness in his features. And his face remained too white and pasty to
be natural.

Professor Callus apparently had taken a deep interest in the young woman. He moved to her side and
engaged her in conversation.

Long Tom came to the door of the library.

"Doc, I believe weтАЩve got it," he announced. "WeтАЩve eliminated everything but the blind spot in the short wave
radio contacts. It fixes an approximate latitude and longitude."



Chapter III. THE ABDUCTED COMMISSION
"COME into the laboratory," invited Doc Savage. "You will be interested in what we may have discovered."

It had been odd that Doc had made little further comment on the manner of Professor JassonтАЩs death. Nor
had he as yet informed the police. The body had been covered in the library.

Miss Krants and her brother joined Professor Callus in the laboratory. The professorтАЩs eyes gleamed with
appreciative interest.

"This is a treat," he said. "IтАЩve heard much of your equipment, Mr. Savage."

Doc Savage produced several sets of earphones.

"If you will listen," he said, "you will hear that which has upset the officials of the Coast Survey. Were it more
pronounced, it might be mistaken for the ordinary rumble of some undersea earthquake. But the seismograph
has not responded."

Doc explained, after they had listened to that faint murmuring. It was a sound distinctly of the sea. It might
have been that peculiar roaring effect produced when a conch shell is held over one ear.

The instruments showed there had been no unusual weather anywhere. The atmospheric conditions remained
normal practically all over the world.

"But something has been happening," said Long Tom, the electrical wizard. "Our own radio waves encounter
a blind spot at intervals."