The Shadow 179 The Isle of Gold by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1939-08-30T21:56:31+00:00

“Not a chance! But Orwin is out on that island digging up the dough for himself. That’s what he thinks”—Clink chuckled—”but what he’s doing, is digging it up for us. Just about the time the dough is ripe, we’re going to pull out from Freeport and take it from him!”

Clink spoke with a positive conviction that showed deep-laid plans beneath the brief facts that he had related. His listeners didn’t seem to worry about further details. They took it for granted that Clink had settled everything, as he always did whenever they made a foray to distant terrain.

“As for The Shadow,” added Clink, “if he mooches into things up here, we’ll fix him. This is one time I’d like The Shadow to be around. He likes the dark, don’t he? All right, this is one time we could leave him in the dark!”

The Shadow wasn’t in the dark any longer, so far as Clink was concerned. As at the smuggling conference, he had learned precisely what a band of crooks intended. This time, he had uncovered the tribe that he particularly wanted to find: those who offered a direct threat to the success of the treasure hunt that Roy Orwin had begun.

Again, The Shadow preferred a stealthy departure. It seemed the simplest of matters to remain hidden on the fire escape until Clink and his crew had gone their way. He lingered at the window, listening only because there was nothing better to do.

The Shadow was forming plans of his own—future methods that would counteract Clink’s game, when, suddenly, the situation altered with the speed of an exploding bombshell.

In a thrice The Shadow, along with his new-made plans, was placed in utter jeopardy!

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