Jade Ogre by Kenneth Robeson

Author:Kenneth Robeson [Robeson, Kenneth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Doc Savage: #187 - "The Jade Ogre
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Doc Savage: #187- "The Jade Ogre"

XVII - The Missing

He went to a lobby writing desk and scooped up a sheaf of envelopes deposited there for the convenience of guests. They bore the hostelry's address and ostentatious crest. He divided these into 2

equal bunches and passed one to each member of Chick Alfred's crowd.

"Every half-hour," he instructed, "give one of these to a messenger and have him return to the front desk along with word of your whereabouts."

"What for?" demanded Shad O'Shea, idly fanning his pack of envelopes with a big paw.

"It is the surest method of ascertaining your safety," Doc explained. "If you fail to report in, we will undertake an exhaustive search for you using the last-known location as a starting point.

Chick Alfred grinned.

"Slick," he said approvingly. "You got brains, Savage."

Clutching their envelopes, Joe Knopf and Shad O'Shea headed out the back exit.

"If that were my cousin," Rex Pinks said pointedly to no one in particular, "I wouldn't let her sail off with that fussy little guy."

"If Pat were related to you," Ham Brooks sniffed, "you would soon come to understand that the young lady has a mind of her own."

"What's keepin' that Baird?" growled reedy-voiced Alva Nally who had thus far been silent.

Doc went to the front desk and inquired about the absent jewel merchant.

The desk man rang Baird's room. Obtaining no answer after several rings, he reported this to the

bronze giant.

"He must have gone out, Sir," the desk man stated in clipped British tones.

Doc thanked the functionary and got the others together. He explained the situation in brisk, economical sentences.

"We had best investigate this," he finished tightly.

There was a grim push in the direction of the elevators.

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