"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 177 - The Angry Canary" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

тАЬBlack paper under the brown,тАЭ Fred said, pointing. He was surprised. тАЬWhy wrap it in black paper,
then put brown over that?тАЭ

Jim shrugged. тАЬI don't know nothing about canaries. Maybe they're like chickens. Sit still and roost when
they're in the dark. Or is it canaries in there?тАЭ

A shrill tittering came from the cage.

тАЬI never heard a canary make a noise like that,тАЭ Fred muttered. He leaned down and put an eye to the
hole he'd made. тАЬYeah, canaries. Two of themтАФтАЭ He stopped on a rather shocked note.

тАЬSounded like the canary giggled,тАЭ Jim remarked. тАЬBut like I said, what I don't know about the things is
plenty, and anyway it's none of our businessтАФsay, what's the matter with you?тАЭ

Fred was distressed. тАЬThey're fighting!тАЭ

тАЬYeah?тАЭ

Slapping a hand against the cage, Fred said, тАЬHere, here, stop that!тАЭ He jiggled the cage around. тАЬThey
won't stop!тАЭ

тАЬAw, the cage was probably wrapped that way to keep it dark so they wouldn't scrap,тАЭ said Jim
indifferently. тАЬCover up the hole, and they'll be all right. They'll settle down.тАЭ

Fred followed the suggestion quickly. He was upset. тАЬI never saw anything like thatтАФsuch hate. Such
viciousness.тАЭ He stepped back from the cage. тАЬI wish to God I hadn't messed with it.тАЭ

Jim laughed. тАЬWhy get worked up about a couple of birds pecking each other a time or two?тАЭ

But Fred was distressed and puzzled. тАЬWe keep three canaries at home,тАЭ he muttered. тАЬThey never act
like that.тАЭ He shook his head, adding, тАЬIt isn't a natural way to act.тАЭ

тАЬI can say the same thing about some people,тАЭ Jim said.



BOTH check-room attendants noticed the man named Plott before he indicated any intention of
approaching the checking concession. He was not anyone they had seen before, and they came to know
him as Plott only because that was the name he presently gave them.

тАЬHey, Fred,тАЭ Jim said.

тАЬEh?тАЭ

тАЬDay in and day out, a lot of funny-looking people pass here,тАЭ said Jim softly. тАЬBut take a look at that
skeezicks yonder. The one over by the newsstand.тАЭ

Fred studied the individual. тАЬI see what you mean.тАЭ Then he added, тАЬHe seems to be heading this way.тАЭ

The man was of average height, but there his claim to the average began and ended. He had perfectly