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THE MAN WHO FELL UP
A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. THE ONE WHO FELL
? Chapter II. IN A GREEN FOG
? Chapter III. ANOTHER WHO FELL UP
? Chapter IV. FAINTING SPELL
? Chapter V. HAM'S NECK
? Chapter VI. MONK VS. MONK
? Chapter VII. PLOT LABYRINTH
? Chapter VIII. FEAR IS A GOATHERD
? Chapter IX. SYZYGY WAS NO GOOD
? Chapter X. THE MONK COMPOUND
? Chapter XI. THE UNDERCOVER AGENT
? Chapter XII. THE FLYING MAN
? Chapter XIII. DECEIT
? Chapter XIV. BATTLE STATIONS SUBMERGED
? Chapter XV. THE WARSHIP
? Chapter XVI. THE FRIEND
Chapter I. THE ONE WHO FELL
THE word тАЬconcerned,тАЭ says the dictionary, means to be affected, disturbed, troubled or anxious.

One of the men was concerned.

The other man was just grim. So grim that his cheek muscles stood out in hard knots in front of his ears,
making him look like a large gopher with two walnuts in its mouth.

They stood on a street corner. The city was New York. There was nothing distinguished about the street,
except that George Washington had once stayed in a house in the next block. The street looked as if
nothing in the way of upkeep had been done to it since.

The green building had been built since the days of George Washington, of course, because it was a
skyscraper of sorts. Sixteen stories and a water-tank high. It still had most of its windows, except for the
first three floors above the ground. Three stories was about as high as the brats in the neighborhood
could pitch a stone. They were not very strong brats in this neighborhood. A surprising percentage of
them ended up in tuberculosis sanitariums, and some of the survivors graduated to the stone walls at
Dannemora or Sing Sing. One had even gotten as far as the little island in San Francisco Bay. It was
neither a healthy nor a wealthy neighborhood.

The concerned man and the grim man were gazing at the tall green building.
тАЬYou will go to your death!тАЭ said the concerned man.

The concerned man had lean strength and power and range. Timbre in his voice. Character in his face.
Muscles on the backs of his hands and in his neck. His suit was blue and good, and his face was shaved,
his hair cut.