MAD EYES by J.R.A

Author:J.R.A. [J.R.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-04-26T23:21:19+00:00

UNLIKE John Corbin, the watchman who dashed to his death, or Ham, the lawyer, Doc Savage did not appear greatly disturbed by what he might have been seeing.

Any one looking through the bronze man’s eyes at the moment would have missed seeing the eyes of the furtive rats. For the floor of the cellar had suddenly become filled with the most incredible vermin.

Some of these creatures were the size of men. Hideous, hydra-headed monsters crawled around Doc Savage’s feet.

Around his bound arms and legs were gigantic coiling serpents. Great pudgy beasts floated before the bronze man’s face. The single light in the ceiling had temporarily disappeared.

In its place were big, violent animals. They were of more terrible proportions than those of the prehistoric age.

It must have seemed remarkable that the scores of giant rats were not terrified. But all that seemed to hold these ravening rodents in check was the electric bulb.

Doc Savage could not now see his bronze man double. But he spoke clearly, quietly.

"I fear you have made one vital mistake," he advised. "Temporarily, no doubt, you have possession of Professor Lanidus Spargrove’s laboratories. But there must soon be metal replacements you cannot make. Ponderous machinery has to be moved."

Doc’s double laughed scornfully.

"You think we would be such fools as not to know all that before we started?" he mocked "We have taken enough of the new alloy from the Twentieth Century plant to keep all this in operation for ten years."

"But how could you remove tons of machinery?" asked Doc.

"No matter," said Doc’s double. "It has already been done. And that is as great a secret as your own. Combined, they give us the greatest power on earth. Already, we have a few men of great wealth who will contribute to our campaign."

"Men with wealth would not embark upon such an enterprise," stated Doc.

"Ah!" stated Doc’s double. "One such man has escaped us. He never will forget what he saw. Just now, you are seeing our pleasant little friends with the horns and the many heads. They do not affect you. But there are many persons who will not know the truth.

"In fact, Doc Savage, when it comes to telling the boys with millions where they get off, this beneficial device of yours is a devilish contraption."

Doc’s double stepped to the disk in the wall. He spoke a few words. Almost instantly the dingy cellar room became normal. The hydra-headed monsters vanished.

In their place were the green eyes of the gray rats, who still scurried about. They only awaited the extinguishing of that light in the ceiling.

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