Grant, Maxwell - The Shadow 016 - The Ghost Makers by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Detective, Mystery, Crime, Suspense, Adventure, Thriller
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

RAJAH BRAHMAN paced slowly back and forth across the room. He was an incongruous figure, now, in his shirt sleeves.

He was thinking about something of importance - a matter which he wished to discuss with Martin Slade. But he was doubtful of the advisability. At last, he stopped and put his first statement into the form of a question.

“What else did the chief have to say?” asked the rajah.

“He talked about the copper stock,” said Slade. “It’s going great guns. He’s letting it out as fast as the brokers call for it. He says if it keeps on the way it’s going now, he’ll unload completely and start on another line.”

“He’d better be thinking about it pretty quickly, then,” declared Rajah Brahman. “When he dropped Consolidated Timber and started an Coronado Copper, it took a couple of months for the suckers to switch.

“They were still crying for the timber stock. That means a switch all along the line. Little Flower can’t begin to change her tune overnight, and there’s a flock of mediums working her overtime right now.”

“He’s going to speak to you about it,” said Slade.

“Did he mention anything else?” questioned the rajah.

“Nothing of importance.”

“Maybe he thought it would be best to keep quiet,” said Rajah Brahman, “but it’s up to me as well as to him. So I’m going to let you in on it, Slade.

“I was talking with the chief the other night. We were discussing that affair up at the Dalban. We thought - only thought, mind you - that maybe The Shadow was mixed in it.”

“The Shadow!” exclaimed Slade.

A change came over the man’s calm face. He glanced about him as though expecting a sinister form to emerge from the curtains of the anteroom. Rajah Brahman eyed his confederate closely.

“Did you ever see The Shadow?” he asked.

“No,” returned Slade. “I don’t want to see him, either! I’ve kept clear of him for a long while, Bert. They say he’s uncanny - that he can be everywhere at once. I don’t like it, Bert, if he’s in it -“

“Don’t talk foolishly, Slade,” argued Rajah Brahman. “We’re only discussing possibilities. It looks like The Shadow, and it doesn’t look like him. That’s enough, isn’t it? All it means is to keep your eyes open.”

“I’ll do that, Bert! If I get the least suspicion that The Shadow is wise to anything, I won’t be asleep a minute. I work smooth, Bert, and there’s only one man in the country who could get on my trail if he ever went after it. That’s The Shadow himself!”

“It doesn’t concern you, at present,” said the rajah quietly. “The Jacques affair was a mistake. It’s not linked with any of your doings. I’m only telling you, because you’re working in New York, right now. The Shadow doesn’t fool around the sticks. Cincinnati - Philadelphia - all the rest of them. The Shadow isn’t in those places.”

“That’s right, Bert,” said Slade, in a relieved tone.

“I’m the one who must be careful,” declared Rajah Brahman.

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