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

Long Tom reached them out of breath.

тАЬGot a radio answer from that South American newspaper,тАЭ he gasped.

тАЬYes?тАЭ

тАЬThey don't have any correspondent named Jones, or anyone who answers the description of the small
man with the vest,тАЭ Long Tom explained.



LONG TOM ROBERTS and Johnny Littlejohn held a private conference that evening. They sat on the
beach with long white waves crawling up and creaming on the sand at their feet, with fish jumping in the
lagoon, with lights of the steamer dancing spots of gold out across the sea.

Long Tom strained sand through his fingers. тАЬThere is something mysterious behind this business,тАЭ he
said. тАЬI can tell by the way Doc is acting. You can always tell when Doc gets wind of something big and
probably fantastic.тАЭ

Johnny grunted. тАЬJones had nothing in his baggage that a newspaperman would have. Apparently, he
wasn't a newspaperman, at all.тАЭ

Johnny was using small words. He did not often do this unless he was too preoccupied or too
excitedтАФthough it was not often he got too excited to think of large words.
тАЬThe red vest,тАЭ said Long Tom, тАЬis what narrows my eye. What do you make of it?тАЭ

тАЬUnusual material.тАЭ

тАЬNot cloth. You know, I sneaked it out of Doc's coat and gave it a good looking over. I even put it on.тАЭ

тАЬFeel anything when you had it on?тАЭ

тАЬNo, of course not. But I did notice several things. First, of course, it's made of some stuff that is like
plastic glass, but probably it isn't. The coloring isn't fast. It kind of rubs off on youтАФnot much, but a
little.тАЭ

тАЬRenny still have that rock?тАЭ

тАЬNo. That is, he doesn't have it now. I saw Doc ask him for it just before dinner.тАЭ

тАЬYou figure that rock really said anything?тАЭ

тАЬDoc said it talked, didn't he?тАЭ

They were silent. The moon was a silver tint on the horizon. Behind them in the bushes, two tropical birds
got involved in a quarrel that sounded like two hags fighting.

тАЬJones asked for Renny,тАЭ Long Tom finally reminded. тАЬAnd neither Renny nor anyone else has said what
the speaking stone said to him. And this reporter guy, this Bear Cub, as they call him, is behaving
strangely.тАЭ Long Tom abruptly got to his feet. тАЬYou know something?тАЭ