Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 006 by Maxwel l Grant

Author:Maxwel,l Grant
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf

Macklin waited. He could seek vengeance on the Chicago men later. Now he had a score to settle with The Shadow.

A POLICE siren sounded from the head of the street. It could not have arrived so quickly if the shots had brought it. Something must have happened in that house.

The answer flashed through Macklin's brain. The Shadow had overpowered Louie Seligman at work and had called up the police. Then he had mocked the men in the alley, laughing at them from the room within the building.

The shots had been fired through the window by Goldman and Brill, but they had been foolish, wasted shots.

The approach of the patrol only served to encourage. Macklin. He felt sure The Shadow would come out before the police arrived.

Here, in the darkness, he felt safe for the moment. Still, he would leave nothing to chance. He slipped the car into gear and placed his foot on the starter.

He saw a shadow across the street. It seemed to grow from the sidewalk in front of the alley. It was taking on a human shape, moving toward the building away from the Hoetzel house.

The patrol was coming closer.

Gunner Macklin started his car. It rolled from the parking space, and he shot it into high gear. He steered with his left hand, bearing directly toward the spot where he could still see the moving shadow. The front wheel grazed the curb on the opposite side of the street.

Macklin, his teeth clenched in triumph, leaned suddenly from the side of the car, his automatic in his right hand. He fired once—then again—and his bullets were flattened against the wall of the building. It was then that he saw The Shadow.

The headlights of the car illuminated the blackness of the wall. Revealed in the glare was a man in black—a silent, motionless figure, garbed in long cloak and broad-brimmed hat.

There was a sparkle beneath that hat-brim, as though the headlights were shining into two brilliant eyes.

By a strange twist of fate, Gunner Macklin had accomplished the unexpected. He had disclosed The Shadow, that dread phantom of the underworld. For the first time in the annals of gangdom, The Shadow had been unable to slip into some black crevice where the eye could not discern him.

The Shadow was on the spot!

Gunner Macklin, of unerring aim, had found his opportunity. His only mistake had been his first two shots. They had served as a warning.

Already, as Macklin was swinging his automatic directly at The Shadow, there was a motion of one of the black-clad arms. A flash of flame came from the wall. A second bullet. Then a third.

The first shot struck Gunner Macklin's wrist just as his finger pressed the trigger of his automatic. The

hand dropped as the bullet left the gun.

The second shot struck Macklin's forearm. The third messenger from The Shadow's pistol buried itself below Gunner's shoulder. Then the car swung by the spot where The Shadow stood.

No longer was the sable-clad figure outlined against the wall.

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