The Shadow 257 by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

ON the fourth floor, The Shadow drew from sight as he saw the two detectives coming from Wight’s suite. Around the corner of the passage, The Shadow overheard their comments on their brief visit.

“Kind of a snooty guy, that Wight,” said one. “Just sat in his chair and gave us the cold stare over his newspaper!”

“Yeah, but the valet is all right,” returned the other dick. “What bothers me is why Wight told him to take those two suitcases downstairs.”

“We ought to report it to the inspector.”

“Go ahead. Use the hallway telephone. I’ll watch the door to see that only Henry comes out.”

Evidently, only Henry did come out, for when The Shadow heard the door open, he saw the detective give a friendly wave. But Henry didn’t come toward the elevators; instead, he must have gone the opposite direction, toward an inclosed fire tower that had a heavy door, latched from the inside.

Hearing a dull thud that could have been the tower door, The Shadow waited only until the lone detective had taken a few paces. Then the cloaked watcher moved from cover.

This time, the invisibility didn’t work in full. Swinging about, the dick caught a glimpse of fleeing blackness and drew his revolver.

A moment later, the headquarters man was performing an astonishing midair flip, somersaulted by a seemingly invisible force. The Shadow had faded into a low, forward drive and whipped upward, hoisting the amazed dick back across his shoulders.

Returning from the telephone, the other detective found his companion sitting, half dazed, in the middle of the hall. By then, The Shadow was gone.

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