The Shadow 095 Death Rides the Skyway by Maxwell Grant
Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1936-01-31T23:00:00+00:00
Just as his coupe was almost on the blockers, The Shadow saw opportunity. The inbound cars had halted at sound of the crash between truck and sedan. A few ahead had been moving slowly; a twelve-foot gap had widened in the double line.
The Shadow swung hard to the left. Tires whined as the coupe raised on its two right wheels. Releasing the brake momentarily, The Shadow piloted the car through the opening, his speed cut to below thirty miles an hour. Then, with a terrific pull of the wheel, he skidded right, to gain the far shoulder of the road.
The embankment there was lower; moreover, the shoulder was not crowded by the widened bulk of a crashed truck. The right wheels of the coupe hung to the road, while the left tires pounded along sloping ground. Controlling the coupe despite its crazy tilt, the indomitable driver brought the car to a safe stop.
The left rear tire had blown at the finish, taking the final strain of the swift-twisting maneuver. Startled inbound drivers were staring from behind their wheels. Traffic here had gapped as well as up ahead. The Shadow did not choose to linger.
He started the coupe forward, slowly; then, reaching an opening, he pulled the edge-clinging car in from the side of the road. Cutting between cars, he regained the outward traffic lanes.
The chase was off. The murderous vandals who had wrecked the filling station had gained a full two miles through The Shadowâs forced delay. With flattened tire, the coupe was useless for further pursuit. The Shadow spied an obscure road that led off a hundred feet ahead. Piloting his limping car along the outbound highway, he reached the turn and veered off to the right.
DARKNESS huddled over the jouncing coupe as The Shadow watched for a secluded space where he could stop to change the tire and begin a return trip to Manhattan. He knew that he would not be troubled during his stay on this isolated byway; excitement back on the highway would be concentrated on the damaged truck and the half-wrecked sedan.
Circumstances had once again blocked The Shadow in his search for murderers. He knew that those fiends of the road had come out from hiding at the order of an evil chief. The trail of crime had centered near New York, as The Shadow had expected.
As in Chicago, the necessity of rescue had forced The Shadow to give enemies a chance to make their getaway. Meanwhile, another well-planned murder had been accomplished. Like Seton Hylap and Gifford Barbridge, Hosea Selger had been slain.
Last nightâs murder on the highway had brought The Shadow to this present quest. Balked in pursuit, he was ready to seek new trails. For The Shadow could see further murder in the offing. To prevent new crime, he must press hard upon his task.
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