The Shadow 106 The Broken Napoleons by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1936-06-30T22:00:00+00:00

“Why not talk to Gregg Lownden? He has as much money as my father. He might buy the Algerian properties.”

“Lownden?” snapped Surronne. “Paugh! He has no money!”

“He is immensely wealthy.”

“These properties would cost a million of your dollars.”

“Lownden has millions.”

“In holdings, yes.”

“That is the case with father.”

“True, Diana. But your father’s wealth is solid. His securities would be acceptable for transfer.

Lownden’s would not.”

The girl gave a startled exclamation.

“I mean it, Diana!” insisted Surronne. “Your father is unwise to treat with Lownden. I do not like to see them talk business together.”

“Lownden owns gold mines,” remarked Diana, soberly. “My father is negotiating for them. Do you mean, Louis, that the gold mines are worthless?”

“Worthless,” returned Surronne, “or nearly so.”

“But Mr. Lownden has insisted that he does not want to part with them.”

“Only because that impresses your father. It is what they call a ‘come-on’ in your American parlance.”

“Then Lownden is a swindler!”

The girl stepped toward the doorway. Curt was about to duck below when he heard Surronne stay Diana with a purred remark.

“I cannot say that he is a swindler,” declared the Frenchman. “That remains to be discovered. I say only that I believe his mines to be worthless.”

“Then I must tell my father so.”

“No, no. You must be more subtle. Mention my Algerian proposition. Turn your father’s thoughts away from Lownden’s mines.”

Diana made a comment that Curt could not hear. Surronne’s reply was audible, however.

“Certainement,” purred the Frenchman. “Most certainly. I give you time to consider what I have said.

Parbleu! It is a matter that can wait until to-morrow.”

Diana was moving toward the doorway. Curt took to the stairs. Reaching the bottom, he guessed that he would not have time to gain his cabin. Diana, however, was coming down the steps opposite the ones that he had taken.

Curt slipped back to the vacant stairs. The girl’s back was toward him; he saw her disappear, then heard her take the long corridor and open her cabin.

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