The Shadow 098 The Third Shadow by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1936-03-15T22:57:13+00:00

The front way to the second floor was open. Silently, The Shadow ascended. He reached the darkened gambling room. He saw a glimmer of a light beyond. Advancing, The Shadow reached the door of the office. It was ajar; the sound of voices reached The Shadow’s ears.

“I’ll fix it all tomorrow, Duke,” The tone was Sparkler Meldin’s. “The place - the time of opening - the personnel. You had a tough break here last night. As manager of the Casino, you’ll receive a percent on the take. A chance to make a comeback.”

“But it will go against us, Sparkler.” The speaker was Hydon. “What chance have we got to make a cleanup, unless we have a roulette layout behind the front?”

“That’s just what we will have”, assured Sparkler. “But it won’t come right away, Duke. We’ll bluff Weston for a while; then we’ll open wide. I know plenty of tricks that will foul the wise commissioner.”

A chuckle from Duke.

“You ought to know them, Sparkler -

“All right. I’m in on it. When do you leave for Havana?”

“Three days from now. I’ll leave the train at Miami, spend a day there, and fly to Cuba. Meanwhile, Duke, I’ll make a complete list of the things I want done. The rest of the job is yours.”

THE two men were coming to the door. The Shadow drew back in darkness. Sparkler and Duke went by. Their footsteps faded upon the front stairway.

A soft laugh whispered through the gloom. The Shadow had checked upon what he had already surmised. Sparkler Meldin was planning a New York gambling house, with the proposed Casino Havanola as the blind.

Moving to the side stairs, The Shadow descended. He found the lookout door boarded shut. He pried away the inner fastening and stepped out into the night. The sequel had ended. The Shadow had placed the part that Sparkler Meldin had planned to play. The man from Havana could be forgotten for the present. The task of locating George Corbal was paramount.

In this assumption, The Shadow was not wrong. Yet he was only partially correct. Sparkler Meldin did intend to open the Casino Havanola, to turn it into a gambling den deluxe, ready for profits that would put the Club Torreo in the shade. His new place would be a blind, with Duke Hydon as its capable manager.

But there was another purpose behind Sparkler’s game; one so well veiled that it had slipped past The Shadow. That other purpose concerned the second Shadow. Sparkler had not forgotten the facts that he had learned by listening in on Jake Lassop. Nor had he failed to remember the amateurish deeds of the cloaked pretender who had raided the Club Torreo.

Another sequel came when Sparkler sat alone, in the bedroom of an elaborate hotel suite. By a window that opened high above Manhattan, the Havana big-shot reviewed a list of telephone numbers. Sparkler was working out the meaning of the word “Calakor.” He had marked out a circled diagram that represented the dial of a telephone.

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