"014 (B007) - The Monsters (1934-04) - Lester Dent" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

"He sees things, huh?"



"I reckon."



The visitor wiped his forehead with his palm, then swabbed the palm on his corduroy pants. Abruptly, he thrust a hand in his bulging coat pocket.



He brought out an enormous roll of greenbacks.



"You're the only honest man I know, MacBride," he said. "Want you to do me a favor."



Carl MacBride was a great mountain of a man, reddened by many winds, and with eyes as blue as Lake Superior itself. He eyed the money placidly.



"Sure, I'll do you a favor," he rumbled. "But I ain't takin' pay for it."



Bruno Hen placed the money on a table.



"Take it," he directed. "If anything happens to me, use this kale to hire the best detective in the world."



Carl MacBride batted his lake-blue eyes.



"I want the detective to investigate whatever happens to me," Bruno Hen went on. "I want the best damn detective there is anywhere! Plenty of money here to pay his bill."



MacBride eyed the currency. There were many thousands of dollars in the bank roil. He knew it must be Bruno Hen's life savings.



"What's got into you?" MacBride rumbled. "This whole talk don't make sense."