The Shadow - 174 - The Three Brothers by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1939-04-30T22:00:00+00:00

sulphur brick, the various tubes of liquids, and the little metal tank. Gregg began to pack them in a large box, with the exception of the guinea-pig crate.

There were a few more exhibits, which he added; all bore labels that explained them. Remembering some articles in another office, Gregg went to get them. When he came back, he found that Cranston had removed some objects from the box, to make more room.

“You put those in your suitcase?” queried Gregg, referring to the missing items, as he noted the suitcase on the table. “Be very careful; some of these are highly inflammable.”

The Shadow thanked Gregg for the warning, and helped him pack the last packages in the box, which now had space for them. Gregg shouted for a secretary; a mouselike man appeared from another room.

The fellow had evidently replaced Walters, but he had certainly been in Gregg’s employ for a long time, for he had the beaten look that Gregg invariably forced his employees to acquire.

With the pitiful secretary lugging box and suitcase, while Gregg kept admonishing him to be careful, they went out to the elevator. When the box and suitcase were in the car, The Shadow quietly told Gregg that he would need the man no longer.

“My chauffeur will help me with the luggage,” he said, in Cranston’s style, “and in just about ten minutes, Mr. Caxter, you will see my plane leave the airport. Don’t worry about the cargo. I shall be careful when I land at Pennbury.”

Gregg smiled his approval, as he thrust forward his hand in a farewell shake. When the elevator door had closed, Gregg kept staring at it while the car rumbled downward. Returning to his office, he stared from the window, watching Cranston’s big car start off toward Newark Airport.

The chortle that came from Gregg’s lips brought a startled look from his pint-sized secretary. The man had never before heard a chuckle so filled with ugliness, yet evidently tinged with pleasure.

Perhaps that evil cluck meant that Gregg Caxter at last was satisfied that

he had sent an emissary - Lamont Cranston - who could treat with both Howard and

Philip, bringing both of them to terms. Or, possibly - as the uncertain secretary thought - Gregg’s venom, for some unknown reason, was actually meant for Cranston.

Whichever the case, The Shadow was embarking upon a mission fraught with hidden danger; a quest from which four men had failed to return. The Shadow had

accepted it, despite the hazard, that he might solve the riddle of mysterious crime.

One fact was certain. When The Shadow returned - if he did return - he would hold the key to the whole insidious game.

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