Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 236 by Maxwel l Grant

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

CHAPTER XIII. HALF AND HALF

SO suddenly did crooks go diving, that the police wondered if they had vanished in the same amazing style with which The Shadow appeared from nowhere. There wasn't even the bark of guns to answer The Shadow's fiery stabs, for Griff's followers did not dare reveal their positions.

The Shadow was baiting them, as he drove toward the vault, ready to risk the few shots that might come his way. He wanted to bring the police into action.

The Shadow succeeded, too well. What the Lakedale force lacked in efficiency, it possessed in courage.

To a man, they were individualists. Sight of The Shadow, heading toward the vault where crooks had been a moment before, was enough to start the police in the same direction. Blindly, they reached their goal as soon as The Shadow.

Foemen surged to meet them. Only through a grapple could Griff's crew hope to protect themselves against The Shadow's fire. There was a tangle of struggling figures; then, The Shadow was whirling into the melee, slugging at his enemies. Crooks dodged and broke apart; yet, in their excitement, they didn't forget their duties.

Gabby sprang in Griff's direction to protect the leader who carried the spoils from the vault. The other thugs grabbed the Vapor Gun and tried to use it as a shield while dragging it toward the outlet that The Shadow had abandoned. The Shadow intoned orders that the police understood. The local constabulary

surged for the two men who were burdened by the heavy machine.

Griff was spilling bundles of cash as Gabby dragged him in the opposite direction. Gabby wanted to scoop them up, but Griff shoved him ahead. Coming upright, Gabby saw The Shadow right in front of him and tried to aim. The Shadow took Gabby's gun hand and twisted it behind him. With his other fist, The Shadow aimed a .45 at Griff, who now was holding only half of the loot, bundled in one arm.

Griff was turned about, using his other hand to whip something from his hip, and in a flash The Shadow knew that Griff wasn't going for a gun.

Sending Gabby sprawling across the floor, The Shadow suddenly reversed his tactics. Instead of helping the police, he hindered them, and in a vehement fashion. Like a streak of living blackness, he overtook them, flinging them like scarecrows lashed by a gale.

The Shadow's drive began just as the police were grabbing the men who lugged the Vapor Gun. When it ended, the officers were rolling toward the wall and the crooks had regained their prize.

For some reason, The Shadow had suddenly decided to let the thug's complete their getaway!

During those moments while The Shadow, like a black-clad thunderbolt, was sending men in uniform headlong, Griff Perrick stood waiting, his hand fully drawn from his pocket. Gabby saw what Griff held: a stick of Citrite.

After the affray at the packing house, Griff had decided to equip himself with some of the high explosive that he had used with such success the night when it was stolen.

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