Grant, Maxwell - The Shadow 201 - Murder Genius 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

SNAPPER nodded, and left. Tony put on an expressman’s cap and overalls. He walked to the rear of the basement. The service elevator was located there. There was also a trunk in a dark corner.

Tony’s thick lips grinned. He placed the empty trunk on the service elevator and rode up with it.

He had no trouble getting into the kitchen of Millicent’s apartment. Marie had already tampered with the rear lock. It opened without any difficulty.

Tony lifted the empty trunk quietly into the kitchen. He closed the door. There was no sound from the front of the apartment. It was a large one, with plenty of intervening rooms. Besides, Tony knew that Millicent’s attention was riveted nervously on the front door.

Leaving the kitchen, Tony advanced with catlike stealth. He passed through a pantry and dining room. Advancing along a corridor, he reached a heavy set of velvet drapes. Beyond those drapes was the living room.

Moving them a hairbreadth, Tony peered. He licked his lips like a tiger watching its prey from a jungle covert.

Presently, Tony heard the front doorbell ring. Millicent heard it, too. Two longs and three quick shorts. Clyde’s signal! Eagerly, she darted to the door and opened it.

She found herself staring at the tight-lipped face of Marie.

Millicent recoiled. She sensed death in the face of her faithless maid. Her mouth opened to emit a scream.

But before she could utter a sound, Marie had her hand across Millicent’s lips. A shove threw the victim backward into the apartment. The door slammed shut.

Marie fought with tigerish strength. But Millicent was battling for her life and she knew it. She was getting the better of the maid, when Tony flung aside the velvet drapes.

His fist struck Millicent at the base of her neck. It was an awkwardly delivered blow over Marie’s shoulder. It toppled all three of them in a heap. But only Marie and Tony sprang to their feet.

Millicent lay on the rug like a crumpled lily.

“Is she dead?” Marie gasped.

“Dead? No! Leave this to me.”

Tony darted to the rear of the apartment, dragged in the empty trunk. When he raised the lid, he disclosed that the trunk was not quite empty. He took from it a horrible weapon.

It was an iron bar. Rubber had been wrapped around the bar, all except the few inches of metal that was used as a handle. The rubber had obviously come from the shoe of an automobile tire. The marks of the treads were clearly evident.

Marie flinched as she looked at it. But Tony’s thick grin merely hardened. He picked up the unconscious victim and carried her into the bathroom. Then he came back and got the rubber-wrapped bar.

The bathroom door closed. Marie waited. She knew what was going to happen. She was criminal enough to want it to happen. She thought about the locket around Millicent’s unconscious throat. Marie had plans about that locket - plans that didn’t include Tony.

Through the closed door of the bathroom came the sound of a horrible thud.

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