Shadow 168 - The Lone Tiger 02-15-39, 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

THE SHADOW was crediting Mileson with the entire discovery. His mind in a whirl, Mileson did not dispute the details. Instead, he nodded wearily, which made it appear that he agreed with Cranston’s testimony.

“Did Erwig phone here?” Weston asked Mileson. “At some time after eight o’clock?”

There was a negative shake of Mileson’s gray head.

“There was a call before eight,” said Mileson, “but I don’t believe that it came from Erwig.”

“I think it did,” objected Treefe. Then, apologetically, as he turned toward his employer: “You’ll remember that I answered it, Mr. Mileson.”

“I remember,” nodded Mileson. “Go right ahead, Treefe.”

“The fellow asked for Mr. Mileson,” explained Treefe, to Weston. “I said that Mr. Mileson wasn’t here - which he wasn’t, because he was downstairs. I said I’d get him, so I told the fellow to hold the line.

“Instead, he muttered funnylike. All I could make out of it was something about calling up later. Either he hung up on me, or the connection went sour. Anyway, he didn’t say where I could get hold of him.

“For the next ten minutes, I was trying to trace that call through the phone company, but I had no success. So I went downstairs and told Mr. Mileson that some guy had called him, and would call again.”

Mileson nodded his recollection.

“It may have been Erwig,” he admitted. “He could have become too eager to wait until eight o’clock, though I didn’t think so at the time. My error” - he shook his head sadly - “was in not telling Treefe to be ready for an important call.

“I forgot, too, that the mantel clock in my smoking room is sometimes slow. I didn’t realize that, until I said to Treefe: Why, it’s only quarter past seven; then he looked at his watch and told me it was ten minutes of eight.”

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