Аннотация
Kenneth Robeson
The Land of Terror
Chapter 1. THE SMOKING DEATH
THERE were no chemists working for the Mammoth Manufacturing Company who could foretell future events. So, as they watched white-haired, distinguished Jerome Coffern don hat and topcoat after the usual Friday conference, none knew they were never to see the famous chemist alive again.
Not one dreamed a gruesome right hand and a right forearm was all of Jerome Coffern’s body that would ever be found.
Jerome Coffern was chief chemist for the Mammoth concern. He was also considered one of the most learned industrial scientists in the world.
The Mammoth Manufacturing Company paid Jerome Coffern a larger salary than was received by the president of the corporation. It was Jerome Coffern’s great brain which gave the Mammoth concern the jump on all its competitors.
Jerome Coffern plucked back a sleeve to eye a watch on his right wrist. This watch was later to identify the grisly right ...
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