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him," said the officer.
It was dark on the bridge, except for a subdued glow from the binnacle. The navigating officer had been
intrigued by something queer in Lieutenant Toy’s voice. He now thumbed a cigarette lighter aflame and
held it to throw light on Toy’s features. The utter terror he saw there startled him.

"Lieutenant!" he gasped. "What on earth is wrong?"

Lieutenant Bowen Toy, in his nervous excitement, drew the revolver, which had been in one pocket, and
held it in his hand.

"I have just made an incredible discovery," he gulped. "The entire United States navy is menaced! No
telling how many ships will be destroyed! No telling how many men will be killed, before the thing can be
stopped! I’ll give you the whole incredible story in a minute! But first, I’m going to send a radiogram and
ask this Doc Savage to get started on the New York end of it!"

He bounded off, eyes darting warily from side to side, the gun held ready for defense.

The navigating officer stared after him and exploded, "I’ll be damned! Lieutenant Bowen Toy has gone
nuts!"

The officer was blissfully unaware that imminent events would convince him that he himself, if anybody,
was losing his mind.



LIEUTENANT BOWEN TOY went to the radio room, seized a blank and wrote:

DOC SAVAGE

NEW YORK

HAVE DISCOVERED AMAZING AND TERRIBLE THING ABOUT TO HAPPEN STOP GO TO
APARTMENT OF MY BROTHER CAPTAIN BLACKSTONE TOY IN PARKVIEW HOTEL
AND GET NOTES HIDDEN IN PICTURE OF MYSELF

LIEUT BOWEN TOY

"Send this to a commercial station," Toy directed, handing the operator the message. "And get that
message out instantly!"

"Yes, sir!"

Lieutenant Toy stepped out of the radio shack and walked warily toward the bridge.

Then, with stunning suddenness, he was flying headlong down the deck. He hit a stanchion, glanced off
that, fell and turned over and over. There followed a moment of brittle silence.

The ship had been traveling at about thirty knots a moment before. Now it was at a standstill.

Bells began ringing. There was a loud report amidships, followed by a shrill hissing. This meant a steam