"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 120 - Waves of Death" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

тАЬA thing about a mysterious tidal wave in Lake Michigan. Drowned two.тАЭ
тАЬOh,тАЭ Ham said. тАЬIs Doc interested?тАЭ

тАЬEnough that he wants me and you to get on the telephone and see what we can dig up.тАЭ

тАЬBe right down,тАЭ Ham said after a moment.

Ham Brooks arrived wearing a morning outfit which would have done credit to an ambassador. He was
twirling the innocent black cane which was a sword cane. The chimp, Chemistry, followed him and made
an incongruous note which Ham didn't seem to mind. Chemistry was Ham's pet, and also Monk's pet
hate. He was a rather runt specimen of chimpanzee or dwarf ape, and Monk's dislike of the animal
sprang from Chemistry's remarkable physical resemblanceтАФmental also, Ham insistedтАФto Monk
Mayfair.

They got busy on the long-distance telephone and, two hours later, laid their findings before Doc Savage.

тАЬWe learned,тАЭ Monk explained, тАЬa lot that adds up to nothing. The thing seems to be a mystery.тАЭ

Ham said, тАЬI called Johnny, and he says there positively could not have been an earthquake large enough
to cause any kind of a tidal wave or it would have been recorded by his seismograph gadget.тАЭ

тАЬThere was nothing phony,тАЭ Monk contributed, тАЬabout the tidal wave. The darn thing was at least fifteen
feet high, which for a Great Lakes wave isn't a mouse.тАЭ

тАЬThere seems to be just one suspicious thing,тАЭ Ham said.

Doc Savage showed interest. тАЬWhat was that?тАЭ

тАЬA man turned up in Nahma,тАЭ Ham explained, тАЬand asked a lot of questions of the relatives of the two
drowned men. This fellow said he was a newspaperman. He told them he worked for the Escanaba
Press. It turned out he didn't. He was a fake.тАЭ

тАЬHow did you happen to dig up that item?тАЭ Doc said.

тАЬWell, in gathering information, I talked to the managing editor of the Escanaba Press as a matter of
course. He mentioned this thing about the stranger. It struck him as unusual.тАЭ

тАЬAny description?тАЭ

тАЬNot much. Short and dark. Fast talker. Smoked a short pipe.тАЭ

тАЬWhat happened to him?тАЭ

тАЬHe disappeared.тАЭ

Doc Savage was thoughtful.

тАЬYou two had better take Johnny, and fly up there and investigate,тАЭ he suggested. тАЬThat is, if you have
nothing more important to do.тАЭ