The Death Triangle by Maxwell Grant & Walter Gibson

Author:Maxwell Grant & Walter Gibson [Grant, Maxwell & Gibson, Walter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Espionage, Fiction, Thrillers
ISBN: 9781596543089
Google: jI95AAAACAAJ
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1933-10-30T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XIII. THE SHADOW'S SEARCH

LONG minutes had passed since Miles Vorber had followed Howard Wycliff and Paul Marchelle up the stairs. Complete silence reigned throughout the darkness of the Wycliff mansion. A light suddenly glimmered in the lower hall.

The rays of a tiny flashlight centered themselves upon the library door. Something swished softly in the darkness as The Shadow approached the barrier. The invisible investigator - his presence revealed only by his light - listened intently before he began operations on the lock.

The lock was a formidable one. The Shadow, however, attacked it with skill that was equaled only by the amazing silence with which he worked. While a hidden hand held the little flashlight, gloved fingers crept into view. They carried a projecting pick of blackened metal.

With this instrument, The Shadow probed the lock. His sensitive hand seemed to feel the hidden tumblers. A tiny click came forth, its sound muffled. Another click.

The Shadow wedged the pick in a new position. The light focused downward. The visible hand moved to the knob. The door of the library opened.

The Shadow paused before entering. His flashlight was out. His keen ears were listening. Any sound within that mansion would have been audible to The Shadow. Satisfied that no one was about, the black-garbed being entered. The pick came from the lock. The door closed.

The Shadow was in the shuttered library. Nevertheless, he did not turn on the light. He preferred the rays of his electric torch. This search was to be a concentrated one.

The beam of the flashlight enlarged. The Shadow approached a heavy table.

The drawers of this piece of furniture had been searched. Yet The Shadow was not satisfied. Noiselessly, he opened each drawer. The light showed the interiors. The Shadow's hand made quick and effective tests.

This was not the blundering type of search that had been made by Howard Wycliff and his companions. The Shadow, using the skillful methods of one who knew every trick of concealment, looked for double bottoms and false backs.

Despite the thoroughness of The Shadow's search, his work was accomplished with surprising rapidity. The Shadow possessed the uncanny faculty of rejecting useless spots. He picked only those which might be of importance to him.

Within fifteen minutes after he had begun the search, The Shadow was finished with the chosen objects of furniture. His flashlight described a sweeping arc about the room, toward the bookcases with their rows of volumes. These were likely objects; they would follow the furniture after the searchers began their work upon the morrow.

THE SHADOW, however, left the bookcases for the moment. His flashlight gleamed upon the end of the room where the discarded furniture stood. Beyond those pieces was a shuttered window. The Shadow went in that direction.

The iron shutters were formidable. Drawn together, they were held in place by the simple expedient of a hinged bar that swung from one shutter into a receiving arm upon the other. The shutters overlapped; it would have required remarkable ability to open them from the outside.

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