The Shadow 218 The White Column by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1941-02-28T23:00:00+00:00

It was a short cut and a necessary one; but it nearly took the life of The

Shadow. When he staggered to another window above a dark extension roof, his robe was ablaze. Grimly, he beat the fire from his cloak. A leap carried him downward through the smoke to the pavement of the factory yard. He raced unseen

toward Kirk’s garage.

Another leap took him inside. His gloved hand slammed the door.

There was a man in the garage, but he wasn’t hooded or masked. Nor did he hold the stolen dispatch box with the plans for the bomb sight.

The man was Peter Kirk! He lay in a huddle on the floor. There was blood on his head. Near his limp hand lay a chisel smeared with crimson.

As Kirk saw the black-cloaked intruder, he sprang to his feet, seized the bloody chisel and attacked The Shadow. His voice rose in a frantic shout.

“Help! The Shadow! In the garage!”

His shouts were heard. Men raced to Kirk’s help. But when the door of the garage was flung open, Kirk was alone.

He was lying on the floor. At the rear of the garage, a window was smashed. The Shadow had escaped just in the nick of time from a maddened mob of

Americans who would have torn him to pieces.

They found no trace of The Shadow. Fireman and police combed the entire neighborhood of the flaming plant, without avail.

In the garage, Peter Kirk continued to babble hysterically.

“The Shadow! He rushed into the garage while I was trying to save my car from the flames. He struck me down with a chisel. He stole the bombsight plans!”

The statement Kirk made was not true - whether because of his confusion, or because he had deliberately lied.

But it was a statement that no man doubted. The Shadow was branded with the guilt of treason!

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