"020 (B026) - Death in Silver (1934-10) - Lester Dent" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

"No," said Monk, irked because the locust swarm of scribes were keeping Ham and himself from investigating. "Keep Doc out of it."



The tabloid reporter ran to a telephone and informed his city editor, "Two of the famous Doc Savage's men are on the spot and working on the mystery explosion. They deny that Doc himself is interested, but we don't need to mention that. Doc's name in this will make it all the bigger."



"Our pals," Monk growled.



Modern newspapers function with breath-taking speed, and while the reporters were still harassing Monk and Ham, extra editions of their sheets arrived.



Monk snatched one of these and retired with Ham to a stock room, the walls of which were hung with the work of old masters, to see how much Doc had been brought into the affair.





THEY expected to see the blast story occupying a whole page of the tabloid, but to their surprise, it divided honors with another yarn.



"I say," said Ham, who affected a pronounced Harvard accent whenever he thought of it. "Those Silver Death's-Head beggars have been acting again."



They read the big black headlines and the news story below them. The thing was almost childishly dramatic, as written.




SILVER DEATH'S-HEADS STRIKE;


MYSTERY MEN ROB ARMORED CAR




Get a Quarter Million In Loot


Vanish As Usual