Grant, Maxwell - The Shadow 026 - Murder Trail by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Detective, Mystery, Crime, Suspense, Adventure, Thriller
ISBN: 9780515042801
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications
Published: 1977-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

THERE was a motion outside the window. The figure of The Shadow thrust a hand upward, and softly lowered the sash. The black shape moved back along the wall and stopped outside the window of Room 1108. After a brief interval of waiting, a hand came over the sill, and a figure slipped within the room.

A few minutes later, the cloak and other articles were back in the suitcase. A light glimmered by the writing desk. Henry Arnaud sat there, calm and unperturbed. Outside the room were whisperings in the hall. Henry Arnaud smiled.

As Henry Arnaud, he had come to the Dexter Hotel. He had deliberately incurred the suspicion of Bumps Jaffrey’s men, so that he could have them under surveillance when he required. They would think of him as Henry Arnaud.

But, as The Shadow, he had done other work. He had visited Victor Venturi’s room. He had learned the Italian’s secret. He had connected Venturi with the murder at Hartford. He had linked the name of Crix, the supercrook, with the killing of Winston Collister.

Venturi now knew that crime was under way. The Italian would try to thwart the scheme of the man called Crix. To-morrow night, perhaps. All depended upon the arrival of a reply to Venturi’s cablegram; and the Italian expected it surely.

The Shadow was ready to play a waiting game. As Henry Arnaud, guest of the Dexter Hotel, he could watch Venturi’s room; and as The Shadow, he could visit that place when the time came. The conflict with Crix was now impending. Venturi would be the lead to the desired struggle.

Henry Arnaud went softly to the door of his room and silently closed the transom. Back to the desk, Arnaud lifted the receiver of the telephone and quietly called a number. A voice responded:

“Burbank speaking.”

A whispered voice came from Henry Arnaud’s lips. The Shadow was issuing instructions for the campaign that was due to come - a campaign which would have its inception in gangland’s underworld.

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