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THE GREEN DEATH
A Doc Savage Adventure By Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. JUNGLE DOOM
? Chapter II. THE CURSE FULFILLED
? Chapter III. A RAID
? Chapter IV. MONK FINDS TROUBLE
? Chapter V. GANGSTERS ATTACK
? Chapter VI. A STOWAWAY
? Chapter VII. A DESERTION
? Chapter VIII. FALSE TRAIL
? Chapter IX. A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD
? Chapter X. DISASTER STRIKES
? Chapter XI. TOMB OF THE DEAD
? Chapter XII. MONK TUMBLES
? Chapter XIII. RAIDERS ATTACK
? Chapter XIV. A PRINCESS COMMANDS
? Chapter XV. INTO THE ARMS OF DEATH
? Chapter XVI. BETWEEN TWO FIRES
? Chapter XVII. CRIMSON WATERS
? Chapter XVIII. CLOUDS THAT PASS
? Chapter XIX. A DIRIGIBLE FALLS
? Chapter XX. THE REAL GREEN DEATH


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Chapter I. JUNGLE DOOM
DEATH was abroad in the jungle. The moist hot air was ominous, as the sun beat in vain on matted trees
and vines, unable to pierce the gloom beneath.

Through that gloom a man raced.

He was a very tall, very thin man, with a peculiar sallow complexion that now was literally streaming with
perspiration. His eyes, behind the glasses he wore, were worried. Occasionally he would dart a quick
glance over his shoulder, then he would plunge on, even though he knew escape was impossible.

The attack had come just at dawn. All the natives who had made up his party had either been killed or
had fled, panic-stricken, in that first attack.

There had been soft puft sounds, and death had arrived in the form of poisoned arrows.
The tall, thin man had snatched a gun and fired recklessly toward the foes he could not see; then he, too,
had run. There had been nothing else to do.

That had been hours ago. The sun was high now. And hour after hour he had kept up a steady jogging
pace, never seeming to tire. But he had not shaken off pursuit. Only minutes ago a single poisoned arrow