The Third Shadow by Maxwell Grant & Walter Gibson

Author:Maxwell Grant & Walter Gibson [Grant, Maxwell & Gibson, Walter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Espionage, Fiction, Thrillers
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1936-03-17T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XII. THE LINK TO CRIME

FIVE nights later. The Casino Havanola was holding its gala opening. Thanks to Duke Hydon, Sparkler Meldin had gained a New York night club much sooner than he had expected. The Club Galaxy, an old Manhattan bright spot, had been losing business. Duke had arranged for its purchase.

Since the Club Galaxy was already licensed, Sparkler Meldin encountered no red tape in the transfer. Almost overnight, the place was transformed into a new establishment. Its glittering sign proclaimed it as the "Casino Havanola." Spanish entertainers, already in New York, had been engaged for the opening performances.

Sparkler Meldin had presumably left for Cuba, via Miami. Duke Hydon believed that the big-shot had gone; so did The Shadow. For both had every reason to suppose that Sparkler had found the opportunity he wanted. The Shadow, moreover, had received a report from Clyde Burke. The Classic reporter, on a special assignment in Washington, had interviewed Sparkler when his train stopped at the capital.

That had been two nights ago. The next day, Sparkler had been interviewed in Miami. A brief item to such effect had been wired to New York. Presumably, Sparkler had taken a plane to Havana. But therein lay the flaw. Though Sparkler had actually left Miami by air, his plane had secretly turned northward, instead of making for Cuba. As it was a private plane, its course was not noted.

Tonight, the big-shot was back in New York. Though he had spent the last few years in Cuba, Sparkler was an old resident of Manhattan. Familiar with every quarter of the city, he had chosen several places where he knew he could dwell unnoticed. The first of these was an apartment in Greenwich Village, catty-cornered across from the Tyrone Drug Store.

MEANWHILE, The Shadow had continued with his quest. A lull had followed George Corbal's raid at the Club Torreo. Evidently, the pretender had decided that his next move could wait. He had learned that he needed craft as well as nerve.

The underworld had been perplexed by this sudden change of policy. Men of crime wondered what The Shadow's next move would be.

They still thought that Corbal had been The Shadow. Moreover, the killing of Jake Lassop had left a tinge of mystery. Presumably, aids of The Shadow had attacked the side door of the Club Torreo while The Shadow, himself, was gathering the swag. Jake Lassop's intervention had given the bribed lookout a clean bill. No one suspected that Jake had been serving the man who had killed him. Corbal had worked a smart trick when he had shot down his excited hireling.

In consequence of the Torreo affray, crooks had ceased their criticism of Louie Zutz, the lookout at the old Hilo Club. Zutz had been under suspicion; for it was conceded that he had ducked for cover after the raid by the pretended Shadow. Gradually, the opinion had grown that Zutz was hiding out because he feared The Shadow - not because he had served that foe of gangdom.

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