The Shadow 065 The Chinese Disks by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781932806526
Amazon: 1932806520
Goodreads: 616298
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1934-11-21T23:00:00+00:00

But the disguising features which The Shadow had chosen were ones that he seldom used. He had not come here as Lamont Cranston; nor was he utilizing other physiognomies that he had worn frequently in the past. The Shadow had arrived as a nameless personage.

Farrow shifted mechanically in his chair. A flood of impressions gripped him. Dave had gone out a while before. That had paved the way for The Shadow to enter unseen. Yet Farrow, himself, was surprisingly alert. It seemed impossible that any one could have entered without discovery.

“You were wondering about Karl Joland.” The Shadow spoke in an even tone, his words slow, but clipped. “Your expression betrayed that fact. Therefore, I gave you the true reason why the police seek Joland. Because of the disk.”

“Joland had a disk?” inquired Farrow, finding his voice.

“You have read the newspaper report,” replied The Shadow. “It includes all the details except one. The newspaper states that Joland discarded one suit for another. It was in the pocket of the discarded suit that Detective Cardona found a Chinese disk.”

Farrow nodded. He had read the facts thoroughly. The arrival of the telegram. The time that Joland’s train departed. The fact that the secretary did not take the train. Even the point regarding the front light that Gorwin had failed to turn on before half past nine. The story had also included mention of Joland’s note, found in Gorwin’s pocket.

“I see,” said Farrow. “The secretary was a logical suspect. The only trouble is that he is a bit too logical.

He might have planned things better, if he were naturally a crook. He might have done worse if he were inexperienced at crime. But since a disk was found in his pocket -“

Farrow paused to stare at The Shadow. He caught the flash of the eyes that shone from the immobile face. He saw a slight smile on the almost artificial lips; an expression that seemed fixed there.

“The disk makes Joland a crook,” exclaimed Farrow, suddenly. “It puts him in league with men of crime.

It proves him to be capable of murdering the butler. It shows that he could have engineered the robbery.”

“Then you believe,” decided The Shadow, steadily, “that Joland is guilty.”

“Guilty of complicity, perhaps,” said Farrow. “Probably the criminal; but backed by another man. One whom we both know. Diamond Bert Farwell.”

SLADE FARROW, like Joe Cardona, had reached a verdict. Yet the sociologist, after delivering his decision, began to rub his chin. Farrow realized the existence of a mysterious presence in this room; something that Cardona had not detected when Fritz had entered his office. Perhaps it was that presence; the unknown stranger whom Farrow believed to be The Shadow; possibly, Farrow possessed a keenness that Cardona did not have - whichever the case, Farrow suddenly began to reconsider his decision.

“No!” exclaimed the sociologist. “It doesn’t fit! There is something missing! If Joland were actually a crook, he would not have blundered as he did.”

“Name the points that impress you,” stated The Shadow.

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