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56 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx DOC SAVAGE xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx past the gates into the canyons. There is not much work, and the girls are pretty, and you die young if you do not live to be a hundred.” Tercio closed his eyes dreamily. “Here is everything a man could want,” he said. “There is peace and plenty inside the canyons, and if that palls on a man who is red-blooded, he can merely step outside the gates and have hunting.” Tercio smacked his lips. “And what hunting! You have see the dinosaurs, no?” “Yes,” Monk said. “And no more. I don’t like the things.” “You would not like to stay here?” Monk considered the point. The place had its advantages. “I might like to retire here some day,” Monk admitted. “But—well, it’s this way. I like my excitement sort of spread out. Not in big bunches.” Tercio shook his head sadly. “You are getting old.” “I’m just getting reasonable,” Monk corrected him. “I don’t mind hunting a bear, or even a lion—but these dinosaurs are a little too big for my caliber.” Tercio knew that they had moved Doc Savage’s plane—the one in which Monk and the others had flown inside—into one of the canyons where there was room for a take-off, and reassembled the craft. Tercio sought out Doc Savage. “You go back outside?” he asked. “If we can make it,” Doc admitted. “You make it. Flying out much easier than flying in.” Tercio hesitated, gnawing his lower lip miserably. “And after that—oh, hell!” He spread his hands. “Think of what will happen to this place.” “As far as we are concerned,” Doc said quietly, “no one will ever know this place exists.” Tercio stared at him with joy, but not understanding. “Why . . . why will you do that?” “This place is a treasure,” Doc Savage said slowly. “It is a treasure that we would like to give to some future generation of the world’s people. We say a future generation for two reasons. First, the human race has more archaeological discoveries today than it can classify. The need of explorers is not to find more wonders, but to classify and understand what has already been found.” The bronze man was silent a moment. “And the second reason: We are very dubious whether the human race is ready to receive a scientific treasure such as this place. It is possible that bombs and cannon would be rushed in to destroy the prehistoric animals that abound here. We are thinking of the buffalo that once roamed the Western United States by millions, and were slaughtered until now there are hardly more than a few zoo specimens. It would be horrible if something like that should happen here, for this—this world of sixty million years ago—should be preserved as a valuable thing, an incredible gift that has come down out of time to open to mankind the mysteries of other ages.” THE END
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE OTHER WORLD xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "THE ANGRY GHOST" You may not believe in ghosts; even if you do, you'll have some time convincing yourself that there is such a thing as an angry ghost. But, ghost or not, there was something that was creating havoc with our country; something that made our army and navy fear for what might happen next. This is the theme of the next Doc Savage novel. It's most unusual, and one that fits well with the turbulent times in which we now live. Be sure to get the next issue, so you will not miss your meeting with THE ANGRY GHOST in the February issue of 10 Cents-Everywhere Never before has there been such a group of altruistic adventurers as Doc Savage and his five companions. Raised from the cradle for his task in life, Clark Savage, Jr., goes from one end of the world to another, righting wrongs, helping the oppressed, liberating the innocent. With limitless wealth at his command if he needs it, Doc has the best of scientific equipment and supplies. He maintains his New York headquarters as a central point, but in addition has his Fortress of Solitude at a place unknown to anyone, where he goes at periodic intervals to increase his knowledge and concentrate. His “college" in upper New York is a scientific institution to which he sends all captured crooks, for there, through expert treatment, they are made to forget all of their past and start life anew. Fighting these battles with Doc Savage are his five companions. Ham is Brigadier General Theodore Marley Brooks, the most astute lawyer Harvard ever turned out; a faultless dresser, and as adept with his ever-present sword cane as he is with words. Monk, his "sparring" partner, though he looks tike a gorilla, is actually a most learned chemist—Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Blodgett Mayfair, one of the foremost chemists in the world. Ham, during the War, taught Monk some French words to use in flattering a French officer. The words weren't flattering, it turned out, and Monk spent some time in 57
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