"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 074 - World's Fair Goblin" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

"Reckon there’s any connection between Professor Uppercue and the so-called goblin?"

The girl jumped forward, gripped the skinny electrical expert’s arm.

"No!" she cried. "Wait. I—"

Long Tom and Doc Savage exchanged queer looks. Then they walked into the mine shaft where the
goblin had been seen.



AFTER they had gone a few paces, it was very dark and still. Doc Savage’s hearing was probably
developed beyond that of an ordinary man—he had spent almost two hours daily in regular exercise
routine since childhood, which was to a large extent responsible for his unusual physique.

The bronze man still had the flashlight that he had used to complete the brain operation in the hospital
amphitheater. He used this light now, and its beam ran over the rock walls like a gray ghost.

When the girl screamed, it startled them both. There seemed no reason for it. They had seen nothing.

"Maximus!"
the girl shrieked.
She would have run, but Doc Savage caught her. She struggled, trying to get away.

"What the blazes ails her?" Long Tom exploded.

Doc Savage did not know. He was puzzled. He held the girl and asked her, two or three times, what was
wrong, but got no answer.

Long Tom said, "You hold her. Maybe she saw something deeper in the mine. I’ll look."

The girl must have been so busy struggling with Doc Savage that she did not hear what the electrical
wizard said, nor notice what he was doing. But when Long Tom had progressed some distance down the
shaft, she understood.

"Wait!" she shrieked. "Stop!"

She was a little too late with her warning, for at that moment Long Tom let out a howl of astonishment, a
howl so astounded that Doc Savage released the girl and raced for the electrical wizard’s voice.

The earlier descriptions of the goblin had not been exaggerated. It was, as the cops had said, all of eight
feet tall, hunched in stature, and it had arms and legs. It gripped Long Tom closely, and the electrical
expert struggled and shouted.

The thing was fleeing down the tunnel and this, coupled with the fact that it struggled with Long Tom and
stirred up a cloud of dust, prevented Doc Savage from getting a clear view.

Fast as the bronze man was on his feet, the thing had gained. It rounded a corner. Immediately there was
a terrific crash, a sound that turned into a roar.