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been rigged for the eavesdropping on the tapped telephone wires. He wore a net and heavy gloves,
complained, тАЬWhoever said these mosquitoes were as big as eagles was a liar. They're not much larger
than robins. But they're sure fierce.тАЭ

Stub said, тАЬDoc Savage's men just filed a telegram to Savage. A report.тАЭ

тАЬIt get through?тАЭ

тАЬOf course not. I pulled the little switch here and cut the wire, and made the telephone operator think the
telegram had gone through O. K.тАЭ

тАЬThen Savage won't get it?тАЭ

тАЬNot unless he gets it by mental telepathy.тАЭ

тАЬAnd his men won't know it had been intercepted?тАЭ

тАЬI don't see how they'll find it out.тАЭ Stub pulled in a deep breath. тАЬStick on these wires. Watch
everything.тАЭ

тАЬWhere you going?тАЭ

тАЬWe're going to have to get rid of Savage's men.тАЭ

тАЬHave they got any idea what is behind this yet?тАЭ

тАЬNo, but with their luck they're going to find out,тАЭ the man called Stub said. тАЬWe'll have to shut off their
water while we can.тАЭ

He went away through the timber.



Chapter III. THE SCARED CLAY
TWENTY years or close to that ago this country had been logged over, so that trees which grew now
were second growth, none much more than a foot in diameter, most of them six inches. And thrusting up
everywhere was the short verdant undergrowth, springing rank out of a mulch of dead leaves that was
like walking on a mattress. Mosquitoes and night bugs swarmed in multitudes and there was the sound of
animals feeding or hunting.

The man called Stub kept walking with grim purpose, using a flashlight with a blackout lens at times,
cursing the bushes which whipped at him and the trees against which he jarred.

Suddenly, in the darkness, a man had a gun against his chest and was saying, тАЬWho is it?тАЭ

тАЬListen, don't be so damned free with the guns,тАЭ Stub snarled. He was irritated at the thought that the gun
might be cocked, might have been jarred into exploding. тАЬSuppose I was just some local citizen.тАЭ

The other said, тАЬO. K., O. K., I guess I'm nervous.тАЭ