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"I have asked you to tell me about that."

Bill Browder grunted and wheeled. "Better than that, IтАЩll show it to you." He walked toward the rear of
the house. "ItтАЩs due around here about this time."

Doc Savage strode beside him. "What is due about this time?"

"The blue dog," explained Bill Browder.



Chapter II. STRANGERтАЩS WARNING
DOC SAVAGE strode along with Bill Browder until he saw that the young man was going to leave the
house. Then the bronze man got in front of Browder and said, "I think you had better tell me more about
this right now."

Browder pointed at the back door. "The dog will be out there." He consulted a wrist watch. "Yes, itтАЩs
almost ten oтАЩclock. The dog comes around ten every night."

Doc stood aside. "A blue dog?"

Stepping to the door, Browder said, "Yes."

He opened the door. There was a brick stoop outside. It was very dark. Browder went out on the
porch.
Doc followed him. The bronze man was alert. "The dog is blue, you say. You mean that there is
something unusual about the color."

Browder closed the door behind them, and it was darker than ever. "IтАЩll say the dog is unusual."

Doc Savage stepped to one side. It was no accident that his back was against a brick wall. He gave his
opinion. "This has stopped sounding unusual and begins to sound silly."

"Wait until you see the dog. ThatтАЩs the silliest thing of all." Browder fumbled around in the darkness.
"HereтАЩs a chair. We might as well sit down. We may have to wait a few minutes. The dog doesnтАЩt come
exactly at ten everyтАФ"

He stopped. "Sh-h-h-h!" he warned.

Doc already had heard the sound. It was out somewhere in the backyard. An animal. Judging from the
sound, the animal was exploring a garbage can.

Browder came swiftly to DocтАЩs side. "IтАЩve rigged up a homemade floodlight," he whispered. "ThatтАЩs so
you can see the dog. IтАЩll turn it on."

"You think that is the dog?"

"Yes, it must be," Browder whispered. "Wait. HereтАЩs the switch."

The next instant, light spouted over the scene. The backyard was a mediocre one with untrimmed