The Shadow - 119 - Loot Of Death by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1937-01-31T23:00:00+00:00

Steadily, The Shadow went through the records, continuing a search that Marquette would have given up as hopeless. At last, he drew out a typewritten sheet and gave it to the T-man.

The record bore a photograph of a man named Fred Hady, a long-nosed, short-chinned man whose eyes showed shrewdness even in the picture. Hady’s profile was a graphic index to his character.

“Observe these.”

The Shadow’s finger pointed to a record of Hady’s latest activities. In North Carolina, Hady had tried a green-goods swindle on a tobacco wholesaler; but the dupe had shied off, keeping the money that Hady had given him.

“Trying the racket with some hundred-dollar bills!” Exclaimed Marquette, as he noted the serial numbers mentioned in the record. “That was going after it in a big way. Usually, those birds stick to fives and tens. Say, Hady must have plenty of cash, handing a fellow a handful of hundreds and telling him to try them at the bank -“

“If Hady is the contact whom we seek”, inserted The Shadow, “he was probably paid in money from the actual reserve fund of the Northwark National.

That would account for his possession of large bills.”

“I get it,” acknowledged Marquette. “We’ll locate Hady. He’s the key-man to the big-shot that the police are after and the counterfeiter that the department wants. You’ll hear from me when we locate him.”

THE SHADOW had risen. He stepped from the range of light. Marquette followed him toward the door and waited for The Shadow to depart. Three minutes

passed; Vic spoke, and received no answer. He pressed the light switch.

The Shadow was gone. He had unlocked the door, stepped out and closed it so silently that the T-man had not heard him. Marquette opened the door, saw that the corridor light was shining again. With a smile, Vic closed the door, locked it and went to stow away his records.

Vic Marquette had forgotten one thing only: that this was a game of cross-purposes, in which crook had swindled crook. Such a game was due to bring

quick shifts of action that could nullify the best of plans.

Even the plans of The Shadow.

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