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MERCHANTS OF DISASTER
A Doc Adventure By Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. A MYSTERY MESSAGE
? Chapter II. A CALL FOR HELP
? Chapter III. VISITORS ARRIVE
? Chapter IV. A FEMININE RAIDER
? Chapter V. A KIDNAPING
? Chapter VI. THE THIN MAN LEADS
? Chapter VII. MONK FINDS HIS FIGHT
? Chapter VIII. DOC GETS A MESSAGE
? Chapter IX. TRAPPED
? Chapter X. A BLAZING TOMB
? Chapter XI. SNOW MEN
? Chapter XII. DEATH STRIKES AGAIN
? Chapter XIII. KILLERS AT WORK
? Chapter XIV. A STRANGE TRAP
? Chapter XV. DEATH SENTENCE
? Chapter XVI. AN AMBUSH FAILS
? Chapter XVII. CHEMISTRY CAUSES TROUBLE
? Chapter XVIII. A SECRET REVEALED
? Chapter XIX. MERCHANTS OF DISASTER
? Chapter XX. A NEW REMEDY NEEDED
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Chapter I. A MYSTERY MESSAGE
JOE GOOPY encountered it first. Two of his companions saw it happen. Those companions didnтАЩt
believe what they saw and took the attitude that it didnтАЩt matter much anyway. Joe probably would have
agreed with them. He was rather tired of living.

The three were making their way to the hobo jungles outside Washington. Not one of them was sober.
Panhandling had been better than usual. They had bought some canned heat, squeezed the alcohol out
and gulped it down.

That was one reason JoeтАЩs companions believed their eyes had deceived them. They had seen strange
things before when under the influence of canned heat.

It was just after dusk when it happened. Joe had plunged on ahead of his drinking partners, was weaving
his way along the railroad tracks.

JoeтАЩs once tall figure was bent. His faded blue eyes were blank. He kept putting one foot in front of the
other only because his subconscious mind told him to do so.

Then he paused suddenly. His skinny arms beat the air about him and he tried to run.

Behind him, his two companions had halted, mouths open. There was a faint burning odor in the air, and