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THE SECRET OF THE SU
A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. THE SECRET OF SLOW JOHN
? Chapter II. FLOCK TOGETHER
? Chapter III. ESCAPE
? Chapter IV. PATRICIA
? Chapter V. PIER END
? Chapter VI. EVERGLADES
? Chapter VII. STRANGE SWAMP
? Chapter VIII. SU
? Chapter IX. MOCCASINS DON'T RATTLE
? Chapter X. THE SECRET WORLD
? Chapter XI. BAD ENDS
? Chapter XII. STAGE FOR DEATH
? Chapter XIII. SWAMP MAGIC
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Chapter I. THE SECRET OF SLOW JOHN

HE had a round, pleasant face, but he was a scared man. The round, pleasant faces of some men do not
have much character; they just look as if the owners had eaten too much. This round, pleasant face was
different. It was the face of a man who had done good things in life, worked hard, enjoyed his neighbors,
been enjoyed by them, in addition to eating well. But now the fright was the uppermost thing.

He stood on his front porch, beside the sign that said, Dr. R. W. Wilson. The sign was his shingle. He
was a doctor of medicine.

He had practiced thirty years here in Logantown.

His lips moved stiffly, for he was speaking to himself.

“It's fantastic,” he said. “Fantastic, such a thing happening to a man to whom nothing exciting has
happened in thirty years.”

He looked up and down the street. It was a pleasant street. There was nothing alarming about it. There
was nothing out of the way about the pleasant afternoon in a small town—Logantown, population
6,780— in the State of Georgia. But cold, uneasy sweat stood out on his forehead.

He walked around the yard, acting as if he were inspecting the shrubbery, the grass, and the flowers.
When he felt reassured, he went back into the house.

He picked up the telephone.
“Hello, Laura,” he said to the operator.

“I want you to get me a Dr. Clark Savage, Jr., in New York City.”