Grant, Maxwell - The Shadow 031 - The Red Blot by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Detective, Mystery, Crime, Suspense, Adventure, Thriller
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

A TELEPHONE began to ring. Noting that the directors were again engaged in conversation, Carmody answered it. Talk ceased while the others listened to the architect’s words.

“Mr. Pringle?” queried Carmody. “He’s here… Yes… I understand… Wait a moment - you say it has been waiting for him, and should be delivered now… At the desk… One moment, please…”

Carmody covered the mouthpiece and turned to the men at the large table.

“An odd message for you, Mr. Pringle,” the architect announced. “Someone says that he left a message for you at the desk, in the lobby; but it was not to be delivered until you call for it.”

“Who is on the wire?” questioned Pringle.

“I don’t know,” returned Carmody. “A voice that I never heard before. Insisting that you get the message at the desk.”

Pringle arose and came over to the telephone. He took the instrument from Carmody, and began to speak. He heard a voice cut off at the other end.

“This is Mr. Pringle,” the president stated. “Who are you?”

No reply.

Pringle looked puzzled. He jiggled the hook. The hotel operator responded. Pringle began to complain that his call had been cut off; then changed to tell the operator to give him the desk.

“Hello,” he said. “This is Dobson Pringle. You have a message there for me?… Very good… I was to call for it, eh?… Send it up to the twenty-fourth floor… Yes, where the Amalgamated Builders’ Association is holding its directors’ meeting.”

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