"027 (B020) - The Secret in the Sky (1935-05) - Lester Dent.XT" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

He read the newspaper headlines, the galleys of type beneath, but there was nothing on his features to show that he was perusing anything of importance.



The skyscraper which housed his headquarters was, in size and architecture, probably the most impressive in New York City. A private high-speed elevator lifted him to the eighty-sixth floor. He passed through a door that was plain, except for a name in small bronze letters:



CLARK SAVAGE Jr.





The reception room inside had large windows, deep leather chairs, a strange and rich inlaid table of great size, and an impressive safe.



An automatic pistol lay on the floor. A pig, a shote with long legs and ears like boat sails, walked around and around the gun; grunting in a displeased way.



A man sat in a chair. He was a very short man and the chair was huge and high and faced away from the door, so that only red bristles which stuck up straight on top of the man's head could be seen.



The man in.the chair said in a small, childlike voice, "Shoot off that gun, Habeas, or I'll tie knots in all your legs."



With an uncanny intelligence, the pig sat down, inserted a hoof inside the trigger guard, and the gun went off with an ear-splitting report.



"Swel!" said the man in the chair, "Only you better stand, Habeas. Next time, the gun might be pointed at your posterior and there might not be a blank in it."



Doc Savage said, "Monk."



"Uh-huh, said the man in the chair. "Sure, Doc, what is it?"



"Willard Spanner was a friend of mine."