Maxwell Grant - The Shadow 008 by The Black Master

Author:The Black Master
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-11-15T00:41:02+00:00

"No."

"What of the murder of Perry Warfield? Why was he killed? Why was Matthew Stokes murdered?"

Doctor Zerndorff shrugged his shoulders despairingly.

"There are many such killings in New York," he said. "It is incredible to me, Mr. Gage, that you should speak of them. Simply because they have happened soon after those big explosions is not a reason why we should connect them!"

Clifford Gage rose from his chair and walked slowly across the floor. He reached the window and stood there.

Doctor Zerndorff noted the slimness of his tall form and could not help comparing it with the curtain by the window. He could almost fancy the man within the folds of that hanging drapery.

Then his eyes dropped to the floor and he became interested in the long, weird shadow that stretched across the floor, almost a perfect silhouette of the standing man.

"The men who placed the bombs have been arrested," Gage was speaking in a thoughtful, faraway voice.

"They have virtually confessed. But not to any connection with either Sforza or Pecherkin.

"They have spoken of a mysterious master, who has controlled them all, as individuals. Who is this man, whom they know and yet do not know? Is he one - or many?"

"He is two," answered Zerndorff.

"Two?" questioned Gage.

"Yes! Two, yes! Sforza and Pecherkin!" Zerndorff raised his right hand and extended two fingers. "Those are two men; very bad men, yes. I have known of them before. They have worked in the dark, as the masters of those who have put the bombs where they would explode. That is the answer, yes!"

"Before Perry Warfield died" - Gage was leaning against the wall as he spoke - "in fact, when Warfield was dying, he spoke of a man whom he called The Master.

"He referred to him even more specifically. He called him The Black Master. It was The Black Master whom he feared.

"Did you know that, doctor?"

The criminologist shook his head. His chin was on his hand, his elbow on the arm of his chair. He was listening with intense interest. Clifford Gage was speaking in a voice that carried a most convincing tone.

"Perry Warfield was murdered by Killer Bryan," continued Gage. "He was shot at the very moment set for him to die. That is proof that Killer Bryan was an agent of The Black Master.

"Before he died, Perry Warfield revealed that another man was marked for death. He named Matthew Stokes. That man was killed the same night!

"Again the murderer was Killer Bryan!"

Doctor Zerndorff nodded slowly after the speaker paused. He was impressed by the words that Clifford Gage had uttered. His keen mind was working on these same problems.

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