Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 010 by Maxwel l Grant

Author:Maxwel,l Grant
Language: eng
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WITH his warning cry came a sharp revolver shot. It startled the chauffeur as well as the man who had stopped him.

Craig turned his head and saw the glint of a revolver. Another shot burst the silence.

The man at the door of the limousine fell into the road.

The leader—he with the badge—uttered an enraged command. Instantly a group of men appeared from beside the road. Craig saw the leader level his automatic. The chauffeur realized that he was the helpless target for the man's gun.

But before the trigger was drawn, another shot came from the opened door in the back of the car. The leader's arm dropped; his gun fell to the ground.

The attackers were shooting into the back of the limousine. Craig flung himself flat on the front seat.

He was more amazed than the attackers. They had fancied that they were dealing with an elderly, unarmed man; but Craig thought that the car was empty. He could not imagine who was returning the gunfire.

The firing ceased as the two men staggered forward into the glare of the headlights. They did not realize that they were making targets of their bodies; they were only hoping to escape that deadly trap in the rear of the car.

Then a voice spoke from the darkness, beside the car.

"Craig," it said, in a low whisper.

The chauffeur arose, startled by the mention of his name.

"Drive ahead," said the voice.

As the chauffeur obeyed, one of the men lying on the ground raised his arm to fire. There was a spurt of flame two feet away from the chauffeur. The rising man fell.

Craig threw the car in gear and the huge limousine shot ahead. Craig could not understand what had happened; he only knew that he had been saved from a mass attack of armed men.

He heard wild parting shots as he sped away; then above them, the sound of a long, wild laugh—a laugh that was filled with eerie mockery as it seemed to come from the blackness of the surrounding woods.

The weird laugh was chilling. Craig shuddered at the echoes of its gibing tones. He drove madly ahead, so rapidly that he had no fear of pursuit.

He fancied that his mysterious deliverer was safely in the car; that he was carrying the man with him.

The limousine shot in between the gates of Thaddeus Westcott's estate.

Craig did not pause until he had reached the door of the garage. Then he turned and looked into the back seat.

It was empty! The dome light of the car revealed only the marks of bullets. There was no sign of the unknown passenger.

Craig wondered what had become of the man, and the thought made him uncomfortable. Had he abandoned his rescuer to the thugs, back on the road?

Craig could only ease his mind with the recollection that he had followed orders. It would be folly, now, to return to that scene.

BACK on the road through the woods, a group of crippled men were entering their car. Two of them were badly shot.

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