Shadow 053 - Tower of Death 05-01-34, The by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street and Smith
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

TURNING, Cranston found himself close to Jarvis Raleigh. The master of Montgard had stepped into the turret. While they were waiting for the bags, Cranston made a gesture toward the tiled floor.

“A remarkable bit of workmanship,” he commented. “Those characters around the outer border. Egyptian, I presume?”

“Yes,” responded Raleigh. “My father had this work done; he obtained the titles from some plant where work had been done for a museum. The inscription, I understand, was supplied by an Egyptologist.”

“What is its significance?”

“It is a rather somber message.” Jarvis Raleigh was cackling nervously as he pointed a scrawny finger toward the floor. “I do not know the individual characters; but the entire inscription” - his finger was describing a circle - “is to this effect:

“‘Ye living men who love life and hate death; ye who will pass by this spot shall sacrifice to me.’”

“Was there a hidden purpose in that message?” questioned Cranston, mildly. Jarvis Raleigh was moving toward the inner door. He paused there, his clasped hands doubled on his bosom. His tones were harsh as he stated this conclusion:

“My father, Mr. Cranston, was a man of sharp practice. He and I had nothing in accord. I never approved of his grasping methods. That explains why I have sought outside capital to finance my inventions.”

Quarley had arrived with the bags. Lamont Cranston’s tall figure appeared in the corridor, following Jarvis Raleigh. Behind the pair came Quarley. Stokes Corvin, standing at the door of the library, saw the tall visitor between the other two. He caught the flash of a pair of searching eyes as Cranston chanced to glance along the hallway toward the library.

Then Jarvis Raleigh and the visitor were gone along the central passage toward the stairs. Quarley remained to bolt the inner door. The servant picked up the bags and followed the path toward the stairs.

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