"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 112 - The Speaking Stone" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

Savage. Doc was a celebrity, a man of great accomplishments, a man of mystery. All of that was in the
attitude of the newspaper writers. They were courteous to Savage. They were very polite to him. A
thorough newspaperman is usually courteous only to the leaders of religious faiths and the President of
the United States.

The тАЬred vestтАЭ seemed deeply pleased by this evidence that Doc Savage was not run-of-the-mill.

The newspapermen went away, and the little man went with them.

He came back later, alone.

He stood in front of Doc Savage.

тАЬRenny Renwick?тАЭ he asked. He spoke as if the name was hard for him, and he had put a great deal of
time on saying it over and over, so that it would be very perfect.

Colonel John Renny Renwick was one of a crew of five specialized assistants which Doc Savage
maintained.

тАЬOver there,тАЭ Doc Savage said, pointing. But the bronze manтАФDoc Savage was a giant man of
bronzeтАФwatched the small man intently.

Renny Renwick had two identifying tagsтАФa going-to-a-funeral face and a pair of fists that could have
been subdivided into a half dozen pairs of normal fists.

The little man with the vest looked at Renny, then took something out of his pocket. They did not notice
the object, except that it was pale-blue and round.

The little man looked at Renny. Then he screamed. There was the quality of ripped-out lungs in his
shriek.

He turned and ran.

Renny Renwick was gap-mouthed with surprise. Then he began laughing. тАЬHoly cow!тАЭ he said. тАЬWhat
kind of a gag is this?тАЭ

But then the little man with the red vest fell dead!



THERE was no mark on his body. That was the first thing that they noticed. And so they thought he was
not dead; that this was just more of a joke. A peculiar joke, but surely a gag. All but Doc Savage, that is.
The bronze man's features were so devoid of expression that they were a little strange.

Johnny LittlejohnтАФJohnny was William Harper Littlejohn, another of Doc Savage's five assistants, a
renowned archaeologist and geologistтАФheld the small man's wrist for a while. He dropped the wrist.
Bewildered, he looked up. тАЬDoc, is heтАФ How could he be?тАЭ

Doc Savage examined the small man. The others watched. Doc was a man of many abilities and many
surprises, with the greatest of his skills being in surgery. There probably was not a great surgeon in the