"We cleaned the slate!" Monk grinned. "Not a red-fingered warrior survived."King Chaac put in with a firm declaration. "The sect of red-fingered men will never be permitted to revive. Henceforth, we shall punish minor criminals by making them mine the gold. The most manly of our men will do whatever fighting has to be done."jovial did the Mayans feel that they insisted the ceremony of inducting Doc and his friends into the clan be picked up at once where it had been interrupted.rituals went through without a hitch.
"This makes us members of the lodge," Ham chuckled, eying the gaudy Mayan trappings they wore. Fresh clothing had been supplied., whom Doc had dispatched to check over their plane. returned.
"The ship is 0. K.," he reported. "And thanks to the big supply of gasoline we started out with, there's plenty left to take us to Blanco Grande."
"You are not leaving so soon?" King Chaac inquired sorrowfully.entrancing Princess Monja, standing near, looked as disappointed as a pretty young lady could.did not answer immediately. It was with genuine unwillingness that he had resolved to depart at once. This Valley of the Vanished was an idyllic spot in which to tarry. One could not desire more comforts than it offered.
"I would like to remain — always," he smiled at the Mayan sovereign. "But there is the work to which my life and the lives of my friends are dedicated. We must carry on, regardless of personal desires."
"That is true," King Chaac admitted slowly. "It is the cause to which goes the gold from the treasure-trove of ancient Maya. Have you any further instructions about how the wealth should be moved? We will send it by burro train to Blanco Grande — to whoever you designate as your agent — "
"To Carlos Avispa, President of Hidalgo," Doc supplied. "It would be difficult to find a more honorable man than he. I shall designate him my agent."
"Very well," nodded the Mayan.repeated the other details. "A third of the gold I shall use to establish a gigantic trust fund in America. It shall be for the Mayan people, to be used should they ever have need of it. One fifth goes to the government of Hidalgo. The rest is for my cause."for departure now got under way.Tom, the electrical wizard, at Doc's command, rigged a radio receiving set in the palace of the Mayan sovereign. The current for this was supplied by a small generator and water wheel which Long Tom installed beside the stream flowing from the pyramid top. He made the work very solid. The set should function perfectly for years. He left spare tubes.longlasting ink, Doc made a mark on the radio dial. This designated a certain wave length.
"Tune in at that spot every seventh day," Doc commanded King Chaac. "Do so at the hour when the sun stands directly above the Valley of the Vanished. You will hear my voice sometimes. But not always, by any means. I shall broadcast to you at that hour — but only when we are in need of more gold. Then you are to send a burro train of the precious metal to me."
"It shall be done," agreed the Mayan ruler.princess Monja was a sensible girl. She saw bronze, handsome Doc Savage was not for her. So she made the best of it. Bravely, she hid her disappointment within her bosom.even discussed it philosophically with homely Monk.
"I suppose he will find some American girl," she finished, with a catch.
"Now you listen," Monk said seriously. "There won't be any women in Doc's life. If there was, you'd be the one. Doc has come nearer falling for you than for any other girl. And some pippins have tried to snare Doc."
"Is that the truth?" Princess Monja demanded coyly.
"So help my Aunt Hannah if it ain't!" Monk declared.Monk got the shock of his eventful life. Princess Monja suddenly kissed him. Then she fled.stared after her, grinning from ear to ear, carefully tasting the young Mayan princess's kiss on his lips.
"Gosh! What Doc is passin' up!" he ejaculated.days later, Doc Savage and his five men took their departure. Their sturdy plane battled the air currents up out of the Valley of the Vanished.regret at leaving the idyllic paradise was assuaged by the thought of what was ahead of them. The yearning for adventure and excitement warmed them. Wealth untold was in their hands. It was ample for even their great purpose in life.parts of the world would see the coming of this bronze man and his five friends of iron. Many a human fiend would rue the day he pitted himself against them. Countless rightful causes would receive help from their powerful hands and superbly trained minds., these men were destined hardly to reach New York before new trouble struck them like lightning bolts.giant bronze man and his five friends would confront undreamed perils as the very depths of hell itself crashed upon their heads.through all that, the work of Savage would go on!
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