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had arrived. There was no other available means of transportation to or from the island.

However, anchored offshore was the small ocean-going liner City of Tulsa, which had been run aground
during the course of the lately settled adventures, and which had been floated by a battery of tugs that
had come from Tahiti and other South Sea ports.

Having refloated the liner, most of the tugs had departed, but two of them were standing by to see that
nothing more went wrong. The radio apparatus of the City of Tulsa had been put out of commission
during the adventures, but the tugs, being large seagoing craft, both had powerful radio equipment.

Doc Savage used the radio equipment of one of the tugs to dispatch a radiogram to the newspaper La
Pluma, of Buenos Aires, asking if they employed a correspondent named Jones, who would be in the
South Seas at the present time. To make sure there was no error about Jones, Doc Savage included a
full description of the small man with the red vest. He mentioned the vest.
He waited for an answer.

The newspapermen, inclined to couple anything unusual with some spectacular feat by Doc Savage, were
not satisfied that the little man with the red vest had simply collapsed of heart failure.

Doc Savage did not say he had died of heart failure. But the bronze man did ask a number of questions
about the man's healthтАФif he had ever mentioned heart failure, fear of heart trouble, or any similar
malady.

тАЬTo tell the truth,тАЭ said the newspaperman he was questioning, тАЬwe did not know a lot about the little
guy.тАЭ

тАЬExcept Bear Cub,тАЭ interposed another newsman.

тАЬBear Cub?тАЭ asked Doc Savage.

тАЬThat reporter from the Melbourne Advertiser,тАЭ the newshawk explained. тАЬThe long and bony fellow,
you know.тАЭ

тАЬThe one with the eyebrows?тАЭ

тАЬYes. The black eyebrows.тАЭ

тАЬWhat,тАЭ asked Doc Savage, тАЬabout Bear Cub?тАЭ

тАЬOh, he seemed to take a liking to little Jones,тАЭ one of the others explained. тАЬShined right up to him.
Gave him cigarettes and sat around talking to him. Followed him around, in fact.тАЭ

The other newspaper reporter corrected, тАЬHe talked to Jones, you mean. Little Jones didn't do much
talking. Bear Cub did it all.тАЭ

тАЬYes, that's right, now that I think of it,тАЭ said the other member of the press.

тАЬJones did not speak very good English,тАЭ Doc Savage suggested.

тАЬHe spoke a funny kind of English,тАЭ agreed the newspaperman. тАЬCareful. No accent that you could