"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 129 - The Secret of the Su" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

“That's a hundred and fifty you owe me,” he said. “I'll buy a quarter interest in the company for that.”

Dr. Light said, “You're being childish, Snuffy.”

“Yeah? You've got something, eh?”

Dr. Light nodded slowly.

“It was the strangest thing,” he said.

“This afternoon, I just mentioned casually something about a newspaper clipping. It was at the Lions club
luncheon down at the Loganhouse Hotel. I mentioned to Dr. Wilson about reading this clipping, and I
saw an expression come over Dr. Wilson's face. You know how Doc Wilson is, always kind of a
composed guy. Doesn't have many strong feelings, apparently. Well, the feeling I saw on his face was
plenty strong. And then, I remembered that Dr. Wilson once did some research down in the Everglades.”

Snuffy nodded, for the fact that Dr. Wilson had once done research in the Everglades was common
knowledge in Logantown.

The town was small enough so that most of the inhabitants knew quite a bit about everyone else.

“Dr. Wilson was in the Everglades trying to find a cure for malaria fever, before he set up practice in
Logantown,” Snuffy said.

“That's what I remembered,” Dr. Light agreed. “So when Dr. Wilson left the luncheon in a hurry, I trailed
along, but didn't let him see me. I got into his house, into the attic, and I listened to him talk to that
Indian.”

“Slow John?” Snuffy asked.

“That's right.”

“I heard Slow John came from Egypt,” said Snuffy. “I heard he wasn't an Indian at all.”

“He's an Indian, all right,” said Dr. Light.

“Or at any rate, he's a Su.”

“What's a Su?”
Dr. Light eyed Snuffy dubiously. “You wouldn't believe it, Snuffy. And if you did, it would be a little
beyond your mental ability to assimilate.”

“Go ahead and insult me, doc,” Snuffy said. “I'll just raise my price ten dollars.”

“Ten dollars!” Dr. Light said, somewhat contemptuously. “That's all right. What's ten dollars?”

Snuffy whistled. “Quite a change come over you, Light. Ten dollars used to be just your right eye, that's
all.”

Dr. Light leaned back and eyed the fellow.