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story about it looking as if a giant hand had seized the craft.

The other point was the most interesting.

One person was missing.

That there was a missing individual was realized immediately that it became known that fifteen persons had
sailed aboard the silver sloop for a dayтАЩs outing on the Sound. A check was made of the names of those
sailing.
Velma Crale was the missing name.

Velma CraleтАЩs name went into the newspaper headlines with a bang. Velma Crale was famous already; she
was the outstanding he-woman of the day. She had flown the Atlantic, the Pacific. She had brought legendary
white Indians out of the Amazon wilds. She had received the keys to New York City and had dined with the
president.

Velma CraleтАЩs latest exploit had been an exploration by air of the South Polar regions. This project had not
been so hot, apparently. There had not been the usual publicity upon Velma CraleтАЩs return, two weeks
previously. Velma Crale had simply announced that she had discovered nothing of value.

This was unusual. Velma Crale was known as a publicity grabber, a lens louse, a show-off who made a big
whoop and holler, even if she had not accomplished much. She maintained she could do anything better than
any mere man, and she was not backward about telling the world.

That Velma Crale should come back from the South Polar regions and say she hadnтАЩt done anything worth
while had simply floored the newspaper boys who knew her. They had once dubbed her "Thunderbird" Crale.
Now they wondered why.

Velma Crate had even seemed reluctant to let the cameramen shoot her really snappy profile.

And now Velma Crale was missing. Gone. And she had left fourteen dead madmen and madwomen behind!

The world began looking for Velma Crale. She was not accused of anything. In fact, it was thought that some
of the maniacs must have thrown her off the silver sloop during the holocaust. This theory gathered more
weight as time passed, and no trace was found of Velma Crale.

Then Doc Savage heard from Velma Crale.



DOC SAVAGE was known in many far corners of the world, and his was a name calculated to make certain
types of shady gentry have a good shake in their boots when they heard it.

Almost every one who had heard of Doc Savage knew that he practiced one of the most unusual professions
ever pursued by a man. Doc Savage was a modern Galahad. He went around mixing in other peopleтАЩs
troubles, aiding the oppressed, righting wrongs, meting out his peculiar brand of justice to evildoers.

This had not proved to be a very profitable profession for Doc Savage. He never took pay from those whom he
aided. But he had managed to amass wealth until no one knew how much he controlled.