Grant, Maxwell - The Shadow 011 - Double Z by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Detective, Mystery, Crime, Suspense, Adventure, Thriller
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications
Published: 1975-05-15T04:00:00+00:00

THE bright lights of the avenue confused him. He walked toward the corner, spied a drug store, and entered. As luck would have it, all the phone booths were occupied. Clyde decided to go elsewhere, but his legs seemed too weak. He sat on a stool at the soda fountain and rested, his head throbbing, all about him confusion.

Some one left a booth and Clyde staggered into the compartment. He dropped his nickel and tried to dial. There were black spots before his eyes. His finger slipped. He began again.

With great effort he managed to dial the number. He waited patiently, the ringing over the wire conflicting with the throbbing of his head. At last he heard a quiet voice, seemingly far away.

“B,” he said in response.

“Report,” came the word.

Clyde’s lips were to the mouthpiece of the phone. There was no opportunity for artfully worded phrases. His grogginess was coming on again in this stuffy booth.

“Bodine,” he said in a low voice. “Not at Goliath. At Maurice Apartments. Phony name - Andrew Davis. On their way to get him. Hurry.”

A word of understanding came over the wire. Clyde hung up the phone and sat with his head in his hands. There was a rapping on the door of the booth. Some one else wanted to make a call.

Clyde came out, made his way to the street, and leaned against a wall while the fresh air began to revive his sickened senses. It must have been fully twenty minutes after the men left the Club DeLuxe before he sent his message through. But now all was well.

He had reported to Burbank, The Shadow’s confidential aid. The message in turn would be relayed to The Shadow. Before Arnold Bodine’s enemies had arrived, The Shadow would be there - unless Clyde’s call had been too late!

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