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

тАЬWhat?тАЭ

тАЬI'm gonna find this Bear Cub and have a little nose-rubbing with him.тАЭ Long TomтАФhe was far more man
than he lookedтАФhitched his belt. тАЬI'll bet I get words out of him.тАЭ

тАЬWant any help?тАЭ

тАЬNo, thanks.тАЭ



LONG TOM left Johnny Littlejohn on the beach and walked into the jungle. The electrical expert was
excited at the idea of getting hold of Bear Cub. It was Long Tom's convictionтАФthe thought was
frequently shared by the bronze man's other associatesтАФthat Doc Savage's fist was not hard enough
when he dealt with fellows like Bear Cub. Long Tom liked action. He planned, frankly, to work Bear
Cub over with his fists and see what he could pound out of the fellow.

Bundled in his own thoughts, Long Tom walked into the end of a gun before he realized there was such a
thing about!

тАЬLooking for me?тАЭ asked the voice behind the gun.

Long Tom exhaled a deep breath. тАЬYou!тАЭ he said.

The voiceтАФit was not pleasantтАФsaid, тАЬGetting a long nose, ain't you?тАЭ

тАЬMeaning?тАЭ

тАЬThe little guy in the red vest, the rock that talked and so on.тАЭ
Startled, Long Tom blurted, тАЬYou knew about the rock and what made it talk?тАЭ

The other said quietly, тАЬThis is what made it speak. Here, look.тАЭ He held out a hand.

It was the oldest of fighting tricks. Get the other guy to look at something while you slug him. Long Tom
fell for it. He got a vague impression of somethingтАФprobably a hard flexible tree root shaped like a
blackjackтАФcoming around and down on his head. He knew, also, momentarily, that things were going to
turn black. And very black indeed was what everything became!



Chapter II. ABOUT A STONE
DOC SAVAGE proceeded with his investigation with what seemed to be too much leisure. He dawdled,
in the opinion of Renny and Johnny, who watched him with initial irritation. The bronze man browsed
around without a point, it appeared; and some of the time, it was not even evident that he was after
information.

Johnny and Renny became disgusted. Then, quite unexpectedly, they were ashamed of themselves. The
shame came when it was apparent that Doc Savage had been sneaking up on the quail, as it were.