Maxwell Grant - The Shadow 006 by The Death Tower

Author:The Death Tower
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-11-15T00:41:00+00:00

There Doctor Palermo was seated in his Oriental throne, as silent and impassive as the bronze image of Chong that rested in the corner.

The physician smiled at his visitor. The girl was beautiful in the soft light of the Oriental room. The jet-blackness of her hair made her face seem molded of ivory.

She typified all that was alluring in femininity. The daring lines of her stylish gown added to her seductiveness.

Approval gleamed in Palermo's eyes, and Thelda, detecting the man's expression, rewarded him with a sophisticated smile as she seated herself close beside him.

"It seems a long time since I was here," said Thelda softly. "Yet actually it was but a few nights ago. You told me then—you told me that it would not be long before—before you and I would—"

She paused, and gazed at the impassive face of the man beside her.

"It will not be long, I hope," replied Palermo. "Still, we must wait. That night, when you were here, I had an unexpected visitor."

The girl seemed to sense something ominous in Palermo's words. She gripped his arm in momentary alarm, but the man remained as impassive as before.

"But you sent for me, tonight," protested Thelda.

"Only to tell you of our danger," was the reply. "The man who came here called himself The Shadow."

"I have only heard of The Shadow," said Thelda, "but I know that he is a strange, unaccountable man of mystery. No one has ever found him."

"I have." There was a note of pride in Palermo's voice. "I have found him. I can destroy him. But I need your aid."

"It is yours."

"The Shadow," said Palermo, "works with the daring of a criminal. He is not a man of the underworld.

He belongs to the highest realm of society.

"Knowing this, I have studied my complete records. They contain data concerning all those who move among the Four Hundred. One by one I have eliminated possibilities, until I have discovered the only name which cannot stand full analysis.

"The Shadow, when he chooses to mingle with the elite, appears under the name and person of George Clarendon."

The name meant nothing to Thelda.

"George Clarendon," continued Palermo, "will be at an exclusive affair tomorrow night. It will be held in the ballroom of the Larchmore Hotel.

"You will be escorted there by Mr. Herbert Archer, a young society man. You will be introduced to George Clarendon.

"If you are as beautiful tomorrow night as you are tonight, Clarendon will respond to your charms."

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