The Shadow - 252 - Judge Lawless by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1942-07-31T22:00:00+00:00

The Shadow already knew the prize that Judge Lawless wanted. It consisted of the funds in the cash box, but it would be wise to learn if there was anything else. Moreover, The Shadow had another reason for examining the contents of this safe; namely, he mistrusted its owner, Moyland.

The Shadow had watched Moyland open this old steel crate and had tabulated

the motions of the man’s elbow. Practically duplicating them, The Shadow transferred the elbow motions to his hand and hit the numbers with only one miss. A second try corrected the variant, and the safe came open.

So did the cash box, when The Shadow worked its pivot hinges free with the

use of a very tiny gimlet. One look into the box and The Shadow considered the effort well worth while.

The box didn’t contain a thing that looked like cash or bonds. Nor did the

safe reveal anything of more than picayune value when The Shadow gave it a thorough search.

Putting everything back just as Moyland would want it, The Shadow mirthed a low, sibilant laugh. Gliding in a fashion that befitted a ghost, he reached the sunporch; where The Shadow made a low-toned call to Manhattan over the plugged-in phone that Tobias had not removed.

Leaving the sunporch, The Shadow followed an invisible route along the driveway and contacted Harry’s car outside the grounds, to head for Manhattan.

Of one thing, The Shadow was certain: Homer Moyland wouldn’t be a target for robbery; at least, not tonight. Moyland just wasn’t worth it.

It was money, not the man, that made the target. Since Moyland hadn’t been

worried while looking through his safe, it was obvious that he had personally disposed of the hundred thousand dollars. Its absence fitted The Shadow’s analysis of the deal that had duped Tharn.

The money that Helmbroke produced to aid Moyland’s bluff belonged to Helmbroke, and had therefore been returned to him, probably on demand, since crook wouldn’t trust crook.

Helmbroke, as present holder of that wealth, would therefore be the target

of Judge Lawless. Which was why The Shadow was speeding into Manhattan as fast as Harry could drive there. This time, The Shadow wanted to be ahead of Judge Lawless - and The Shadow calculated that it would take speed to accomplish it.

Particularly when Judge Lawless had acquired an ace who had a gift for speed; an ace in the person of Dave Channey who, tonight, was working blindly against The Shadow, the personage Dave would have preferred to serve.

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