The Shadow 240 by Maxwell Grant

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

AN elevator platform showed how the truck could be lifted to the garage for a quick getaway to the street. The Shadow drove the truck aboard the elevator. He started the mechanism. The lift rose slowly.

At the top, he found thugs waiting for him. The whine of the ascending cage had warned the garage pals of Narvo. Their guns snarled.

The Shadow, crouched low in the truck’s seat, heard the whistle of bullets ripping dangerously close to his body. He gave his steering wheel a desperate whirl and fed the engine gas.

One of the thugs screamed as a heavy tire crunched over his foot. The rest ducked out of danger.

As his truck thundered toward the open front of the garage, The Shadow fired only a single shot. He fired at a crook who had raced to the side of the doorway. The thug was trying to lower the ponderous vertical door.

The Shadow’s bullet ruined that smart idea. The man at the doorway toppled with a wounded leg doubled under him. Before the steel barrier could descend, The Shadow and the stolen truck were out in the street.

With a roar of power, The Shadow drove westward.

Shooting had attracted the attention of a patrolman. He blew his whistle and raced toward the garage. Back of the garage, a red stain was spreading across the black sky overhead. The Shadow’s arson bomb had doomed the headquarters of Narvo.

Racing toward The Shadow, the cop thought he was dealing with a criminal. He fired as quickly as he could bring his gun into play. The Shadow, hunched low, drove his heavy vehicle in zigzags.

A ponderous rear wheel grazed the curb. The onrushing cop had to leap swiftly aside to save his life.

The Shadow swung around a corner. He fed gas to the powerful engine. The truck’s speedometer needle climbed.

It was high time. Squad cars, warned by radio, were on the move. The sirens of fire apparatus were audible as the red glow in the sky began to assume more threatening proportions.

The Shadow had no further use for his stolen truck. He got rid of it in a spot where police would be sure to recover it. He drove it off the end of an open pier into the Hudson River.

Just before the truck leaped from the stringpiece, The Shadow jumped to safety. He raced into the darkness of a water-front street.

Soon he was in another car. He had a definite goal to reach. He drove as fast as he dared without attracting attention. He was heading toward the apartment of a man named Howard Blair.

The Shadow knew that James Whorter, one of the two surviving heirs of David Barfield, was visiting Blair tonight.

He knew that Barfield, using his “invalid” alibi, had sneaked secretly from his mansion. Barfield was in league with Narvo’s mob. Barfield was also probably heading for the Blair home. Perhaps he was already there!

The Shadow had destroyed Narvo’s stronghold, but his achievement had wasted considerable time. The stage was set for another appearance by Blue Face.

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