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THE MOUNTAIN MONSTER


THE MOUNTAIN MONSTER
A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
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Chapter I. TERROR STRIKES
Chapter II. THE MONSTER KILLS
Chapter III. PERIL PURSUES
Chapter IV. DOC TAKES CHARGE
Chapter V. SEEING DOUBLE
Chapter VI. A TRAP
Chapter VII. CHEMISTRY PLAYS GUIDE
Chapter VIII. DEATH CHAMBER
Chapter IX. BACK FROM HELL
Chapter X. ARCADIA VALLEY
Chapter XI. A COLONY OF FEAR
Chapter XII. AN INDIAN RAID
Chapter XIII. A SACRIFICE IS TAKEN
Chapter XIV. BEAUTY IN DISTRESS
Chapter XV. THE GIRLТS STORY
Chapter XVI. TRAPPED
Chapter XVII. REBELLION
Chapter XVIII. BACK FROM THE DEAD
Chapter XIX. THE MONSTER DINES


Chapter I. TERROR STRIKES
"THE MONSTER" came without warning. It came as Indian legend had said it would
come, in the night and while a storm raged. It brought terror and horror to
peaceful Arcadia Valley. It transformed an Alaskan paradise into a
panic-stricken, fear-blanched hell.
Arcadia Valley had been chosen as the site for one of the governmentТs
settlement projects. The land was fertile, water was plentiful. Cabins sprang up
swiftly as modern pioneers saw realization of long-cherished hopes almost within
their grasp.
John Alden was one of the government engineers. His cabin was at the upper end
of the long valley, his closest neighbor two miles away.
And it was there The Monster first appeared!
Rain hammered on the tin roof of the cabin. Thunder cracked in the near-by
mountains. John Alden tossed on his cot.
Then came the scream.
John Alden jerked bolt upright. The shrill echo of that scream rang in his ears.
Then it came again. It was high, sharp, not the scream of a man in pain, but the
scream of a man whose nerves have given away.
The scream ended on a high note. It was cut off short, almost as if a giant hand
had crunched about the throat from which the sound came.