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THE KING MAKER
A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. RICHES, RAGS, AND TERROR
? Chapter II. EXPLOSION IN THE NIGHT
? Chapter III. DEATH TIES A TONGUE
? Chapter IV. THE PRINCESS
? Chapter V. THE “OLD WOMAN”
? Chapter VI. THE RIVER STYX
? Chapter VII. THE FAT RESCUER
? Chapter VIII. MYSTERY EXPLOSION
? Chapter IX. THE MAKER OF KINGS TALKS
? Chapter X. THE “SEAWARD” TROUBLE
? Chapter XI. CASTAWAYS
? Chapter XII. THE PLANE
? Chapter XIII. BAT SHIP
? Chapter XIV. THE BRONZE MAN PLANS
? Chapter XV. THE CHINESE BUZZARD
? Chapter XVI. THE CALBIAN TOUGH GUY
? Chapter XVII. BOTEZUL TAKES CHARGE
? Chapter XVIII. THE TERROR CACHE
? Chapter XIX. THE SHOCK
? Chapter XX. TALE OF DECEIT
? Chapter XXI. THE DEATH STEEPLE CHASE
? Chapter XXII. LOCKED ROOM
? Chapter XXIII. THE HUNDRED PERILS
? Chapter XXIV. THE FIRE
? Chapter XXV. THE PLOT MASTER




Chapter I. RICHES, RAGS, AND TERROR
SIXTY or seventy pedestrians probably saw the silk-hatted gentleman get out of his resplendent town car in front of
New York's finest skyscraper. Out of the sixty or seventy, nobody seemed to catch the significance of the man's pale
face and lips drawn so tightly that they were blue.

“The lucky stiff,” some onlookers possibly reflected.

Taking snap judgment on the silk hat and costly town car, most of the onlookers would have swapped places willingly
with the top-hatted personage. In New York, such trappings signify an individual of importance, a somebody.

Had they known the truth, no amount of money would have inveigled an onlooker into changing places.
Maybe some of the spectators noted that the man's face was pale and grim. If so, they may have decided he was a
business magnate with pressing responsibilities.