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The bronze manтАЩs voice was low, reassuring, and conveyed an impression of kindly appreciation.

Hickey Older put his fists on his hips.

"What you going to do about this?" he asked.

"Investigate it," Doc said.

"What do you figure is behind it?"

The bronze man made a slight negative gesture.

"DonтАЩt you think it is a little early to form definite conclusions?" he asked.

"I donтАЩt see nothinтАЩ to form conclusions from," admitted Hickey. "This guy gets scared, tells his friends to
scram out of town, leaves himself. Nancy gets interested and calls me up, and some guy takes a pot shot
at her. It donтАЩt make sense to me. Does it to you?"

Doc said, "Does the name South Orion mean anything to anybody?"

"South Orion,"
said Hickey Older, "donтАЩt mean nothing to me."
"Nor to me," Nancy said.

Hickey sighed. "IтАЩm kinda disappointed in you," he told Doc. "I always heard you just had to snap your
fingers a couple of times, and everything was all fixed up."

Doc Savage made no comment, but moved to the window, where he stood in thought. Spread before the
window was a remarkable panorama of Manhattan buildings, the bay and, far in the distance, the sea.
Turning, Doc beckoned Hickey Older to his side.

"We have reason to suspect that Nancy might be in danger," Doc said. "I believe we should assign one of
my men to guard her."

"WhatтАЩs the matter with me?" Hickey asked. "You ainтАЩt seen me do no guardinтАЩ. IтАЩm pretty hot stuff, no
kidding."

"IтАЩm going to assign a man to work with you," Doc said. "Which one would you prefer, Monk or Ham?"

Hickey Older looked at Monk and Ham. He wasnтАЩt thinking which one would make the best guard. He
was wondering which one of those two clucks would be the least likely to try to steal his girl.

"Monk," he said. "Monk looks the strongest."

He neglected to add that, if any girl of his was dope enough to fall for a fellow as homely as Monk, he
might as well know about it now.

As a matter of fact, Hickey had made an error in his choice, and picked the one of the pair who usually
had the most success with femininity.