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

They left the telephone office, stood on the wooden sidewalk and debated their next move. It was not
too late, they concluded, to make some inquiries about the Jones brothers, who had drowned in the tidal
wave. The attendant at the soda fountain informed them that a cousin of the Jones brothers worked as
bartender in the tavern which was under the same roof as the big recreation hall.

The cousin was a fat, red-headed man with a prominent jaw and a free flow of words. He had known his
deceased relatives very well, he insisted.

An enemy? Not a chance. Not an enemy on earth. Ted and Ned Jones had been the friends of humanity
personified.

Monk and Ham and Johnny, listening, discounted the man's loquacity and read between the lines and
decided that Ted and Ned Jones probably had not had any enemies in actuality. At least not any enemies
who would be making tidal waves to murder them.

тАЬThey must have been innocent victims,тАЭ Monk said.

тАЬWe better wire Doc about this,тАЭ Johnny remarked. тАЬHe'll be wanting to know about it.тАЭ

The telephone operator, it developed, accepted telegrams at this time of night.

They wrote out a message to Doc Savage, a complete report that contained all developments, and gave
it to the operator.

тАЬWe'll stand here and watch you telephone it in,тАЭ Johnny told her dryly.

тАЬAll right, keep on thinking I'm a crook,тАЭ the girl said wearily.

She telephoned in the message.

тАЬThere,тАЭ she said.
тАЬGood,тАЭ Johnny said. тАЬDon't tell anybody about that, if you don't mind.тАЭ

тАЬOf course not!тАЭ the operator snapped.



THE man on the telephone pole had been very busy. He was a short and dark man. The telephone pole
was one that stood in the thick woods, and they had been using it to eavesdrop on the conversationsтАФall
of themтАФwhich passed over the wires which the pole supported.

It was an expertly efficient job of wire-tapping, and it had gotten results.

The man put the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth and made violent hissing noises.

A man below answered this signal with a тАЬYeah?тАЭ

тАЬCome up here and take over.тАЭ

тАЬSure, Stub,тАЭ the voice said. A man climbed a tree and stepped over onto a crude platform which had