"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 156 - Seh-Pa-Poo" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

they whipped near the edge of gullies, young canyons, as much as a hundred feet deep and with
absolutely perpendicular walls. The magical coloring, the symphony of chromatism that had given the
Painted Desert its name, was everywhere about them.

тАЬHow far?тАЭ

тАЬSixty miles.тАЭ

тАЬAs the crow flies?тАЭ

тАЬNo, the way we go.тАЭ

тАЬA little more than an hour, then?тАЭ

Grunts snorted loudly. тАЬTake hell of a lot longer than that. We ain't in tough going yet. Wait and see.тАЭ

тАЬIs it a camp?тАЭ

тАЬDiggings.тАЭ

He surmised this meant that Wanderers, Inc., was engaged in some sort of exploratory activity entailing
excavation.

He asked, тАЬCliff dwelling?тАЭ

Cliff dwelling was the logical guess, because this shockingly arid country was fertile territory for cliff
dwelling ruins. Mesa Verde, the Manhattan of all cliff dweller ruins, was far to the north across the
Colorado border, but in between, and scattered over many thousands of square miles, other ruins had
been found yielding up archaeological information the equal of, and often times excelling, that of Mesa
Verde.
тАЬThat's right,тАЭ Grunts said.

The Indian settled himself to driving, and for the next hour said nothing, guiding the station wagon with
skill and concentration.

The country changed. The way became rougher, more difficult. The engine labored, heated repeatedly,
and Grunts had to stop to allow cooling. Twice he poured water from his waterbag into the radiator, and
once he drank from the waterbag, a couple of swallows.

Suddenly they stopped.

The Indian switched off the motor, turned and dug around in the back seat, coming up with an ordinary
mirror in a gilt frame, a mirror about a foot in diameter. He offered no explanation. He got out and began
climbing a sharp ridge.

Doc Savage changed his dress shoes for the serviceable brogans he had brought for desert use. He
followed the Indian, overtaking him without difficulty. The climbing was quite difficult and the Indian
seemed disappointed at being overtaken so readily.

At the top, the Indian said, тАЬKeep head down.тАЭ