The Shadow 099 by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

USING a road map by the glow of the dashlight, The Shadow formed an immediate conclusion. The crooks had certainly headed for Sheffield, for they had taken the direct route to that town. There was another turn off, a mile farther on, not quite as short as this one. The Shadow decided to use the second road.

He gave the coupe the gas. The car developed speed that it had not previously showed. All during this chase, The Shadow could have passed the crooks at any time, even though they had been driving the roadster to its limit.

The Shadow covered the mile to the next road in a space of fifty seconds. Jamming the brakes, he wheeled right; then opened up along a bumpy road.

Few drivers would have dared to travel over forty-five along this battered highway. The Shadow urged the coupe to almost seventy miles an hour.

The lights of Sheffield showed ahead. The Shadow knew the town as a city of more than thirty thousand inhabitants the focal point of a quarrying district. Though a railroad center, Sheffield was isolated from the main highways.

The Shadow’s road joined the one that the roadster had taken. As he slackened speed, The Shadow knew that he had beaten the crooks to the town. The road became the main street; The Shadow took time to study the business district of Sheffield.

On his right, The Shadow saw a decrepit building that looked like an old garage. Past the garage was a narrow street; then a pretentious old-fashioned structure that bore the name “Sheffield National Bank” above its wide doorway. A clock indicated a quarter of nine. The bank was open for late business.

The next building beyond the bank was a squatty stone-fronted structure with a wooden superstructure that showed rows of grimy blackened windows.

Looming above the roof was the beginning of a long train shed, chiefly of wood. A sign said “Freight Depot”; The Shadow recognized that this had formerly been a passenger station.

Through an alleyway next to the freight depot, The Shadow saw a line of railroad tracks that ran parallel to the main street. Those were the yards of the railroad that served the city of Sheffield.

Just after the freight depot, The Shadow came to a business block. This consisted of one large building, at least thirty years old. It was constructed of brick and wood. The ground floor showed store fronts, while the three remaining upper stories served as an apartment house.

As he neared the end of the block, The Shadow saw an important cross street. He decided to wait before he reached it, as the roadster was nearly due. There was a vacant space by a fire plug. No policemen were in sight. The Shadow pulled his coupe to the curb, turned out the lights, then watched from the cover of darkness.

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