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

Renny, Long Tom and Johnny stood with Doc Savage beside the lifeboat. Johnny made sputtering
noises, finally got out an excited, тАЬI'll be superamalgamated! Let's see that speaking stone!тАЭ

Doc Savage handed him the round blue rock. Johnny immediately clamped it to his ear. But nothing
seemed to happen.

The bony, big-worded archaeologist and geologist looked up. тАЬI don't hear anything. Did it really talk?тАЭ

тАЬIt really talked,тАЭ Renny said.
Johnny listened to the stone for a while. Then he lowered it. He frowned. тАЬNow, lookтАФthat's too
screwy! A talking stone. Don't give me that!тАЭ

Renny compressed his lips, turned slowly to Doc Savage. тАЬWhat about it, Doc?тАЭ

тАЬThe stone spoke,тАЭ the bronze man said.

That, as far as Johnny Littlejohn was concerned, settled the point of the stone speaking. It had spoken, if
Doc said so.

тАЬAll right,тАЭ Johnny said, тАЬexplain how a rock can talk, somebody?тАЭ

The bronze man did not answer. He was examining the red vest. The fabric was unusual. It did not seem
to be fabric at all, but some other substance that was closely akin to a plastic.

Then, abruptly, the bronze man rolled the vest into a small package. He took off his coat and bundled the
vest inside that, then handed it to Renny Renwick. тАЬTake care of this,тАЭ he said.

Puzzled, Renny asked, тАЬYou meanтАФnobody is to look at it?тАЭ

тАЬRight.тАЭ

The newspaper reporters approachedтАФthat was obviously why Doc had hastened to get the vest out of
sightтАФwith a barrage of questions: What had killed Jones? What was going on? How had Jones died?

тАЬThe little man was named Jones?тАЭ Doc Savage asked.

тАЬYes, that was right. Or so he had said.тАЭ

тАЬWhat newspaper did he represent?тАЭ

тАЬHe worked for La Pluma, of Buenos Aires, South America,тАЭ someone said.

The long string of bones with the mice for eyebrows was staring at Johnny Littlejohn. тАЬWhat's the idea of
holding that rock to your ear?тАЭ he asked.

Johnny tried not to look foolish and took the stone away from his ear.

THE situation on the island was this: On the island was a home and apparatus for taking plankton from
the sea. This plant had been erected by a scientist for experimental purposes, and it was the cause of the
trouble that had just been settled. Also on the island was a plane, the one in which the newspapermen