The Shadow - 113 - Partners of Peril by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1936-11-15T22:56:47+00:00

“You’re right!” Cardona grunted.

THEY walked across the wide yard area of the chemical plant, and the detective’s eyes scanned everything with interest. A dozen huge factory buildings. A maze of glittering railroad racks where tank cars stood in long lines loaded with chemicals.

In the centre of the walled grounds was the very heart of this busy empire

of industry. A two-story metal structure, painted a vivid warning red, rose from

inside the protection of a circular moat. The moat was filled with water. A small bridge gave access to this spot, but the bridge was lifted to permit no one to pass.

There was reason for this precaution. The scarlet building inside the moat

was crammed to the roof with high explosives. From a light metal tower on the roof ran a shining cable, on which an overhead bucket moved from building to building with its deadly cargo for the mixing vats. The bucket was sheathed with rubber. It would not do for a chance spark to be loosed here.

Merriweather smiled faintly, as he explained to Cardona the meaning of the

overhead wire and the building itself. He also pointed out, with the same curious smile, a tall steel tower on which was mounted something that looked like an enormous circular searchlight.

“Why the big light?” Cardona asked, curtly.

“Had a little trouble here recently,” the plant superintendent muttered.

He gave Cardona a hard, sidelong look. “Mr. Todd doesn’t like strangers here.”

He said no more, but led Cardona and Molly toward a small brick office building that adjoined the taller shape of a huge mixing plant.

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