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ONCE OVER LIGHTLY
A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I
? Chapter II
? Chapter III
? Chapter IV
? Chapter V
? Chapter VI
? Chapter VII
? Chapter VIII
? Chapter IX
? Chapter X
? Chapter XI
? Chapter XII
Originally published in Doc Savage Magazine December 1947

Chapter I
OUT of a clear sky came this telegram. It read, MISS MARY OLGA TRUNNELS: IF YOU ARE
MAKING LESS THAN HUNDRED A WEEK QUIT YOUR JOB. I HAVE BETTER ONE FOR
YOU. FINE SALARY, LOVELY SURROUNDINGS, WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

It was signed, GLACIA.

That didn't sound like Glacia should sound somehow, so I wired back. HAVE YOU TAKEN TO
DRINK?

This should have drawn a sassy answer, but it didn't. It got this:

WIRING YOU TRANSPORTATION. JOB IS SUPERB. HONEY YOU MUST
COME.тАФGLACIA.

The telegrams were coming from a place named Sammy's Springs, California, and it did not seem to be
on the map. A place called Sammy's Springs sounded as if it belonged in California, but it still wasn't on
the map. I looked.

Being a conservative girl sometimes, and also still feeling that all this didn't sound quite like Glacia, I tried
the telephone. The operators seemed to have no trouble finding Sammy's Springs.

тАЬGlacia,тАЭ I said. тАЬWhat has gotten at you? Have you married a monster, or something?тАЭ

Glacia had a voice that went well with champagne and little silver bells, and she used it to tinkle
pooh-poohings at me. Then, speaking rapidly, she told me in five different ways that it was a wonderful
job out there, and asked me four different times to come out in a hurry.
тАЬI'll rush down and wire you a plane ticket this instant,тАЭ Glacia said.

тАЬWhy should you wire the ticket? Why not let the purveyor of this wonderful job do that. And by the