"Curtis Steele - Operator 5 - 3407 - The Melting Death" - читать интересную книгу автора (Steele Curtis)

"Operator 5."
From the public-address system the
speaker's voice was still booming:
". . .I am proud and happy now to present to
you, ladies and gentlemen, Governor Merwin. . . "
The fingers of J-9 clasped warmly those of
the younger man. "I have heard a great deal
about you, of course. . . ."
Jimmy Christopher smiled. "Forget it."
J-9 turned to watch the ceremony taking
place in the center of the huge span, standing so
that he could speak directly to Jimmy Christopher
without danger of being overheard. "I received
word a short time ago from Secret Intelligence
Headquarters SL in St. Louis that you would be
here, and I was given your signal. You've come
direct from Washington on special detail, haven't
you? My orders are to co-operate with you if you
wish."
"Direct orders," Jimmy Christopher nodded,
speaking in a low tone that could carry no farther
than J-9's ears. "I am here looking for Peter
Janover."
"Janover?"
"One of the most dangerous espionage
agents in the world-a spy of the Purple Shirts.
He has been traced to this country. I have
followed his trail as far as St. Louis. I'm positive
that he's here now-close to us, very likely, on
this bridge."
Appearing to listen to the speech of the
governor, and watching the little girl still standing
by the rippling ribbon, J-9 asked: "That means
trouble?"
"It means," Jimmy Christopher answered
quietly, "that the danger of implication in a war in
Europe has come straight to our door. Janover is
in this country for a definite purpose-he is too
valuable a man to the Purple Shirts to waste on
unimportant matters. We know that he has
already organized a secret espionage system in
America. Unless he is discovered and his system
destroyed-" Jimmy Christopher's eyes
narrowed- "either the United States will be
drawn into a new European war or we'll be
subjected to sabotage that will render us helpless
to defend ourselves-or both."
J-9's bushy eyebrows straightened. "It's no
secret, of course," he commented, "that this new
bridge has been constructed with an eye to