The Shadow - 52 - Crime Circus by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1934-03-31T22:00:00+00:00

“Yeah. I’m leaving on the next train. But I’m not telling Stuffy where I’m going.”

“Why not, Tex?”

“Because he don’t know how to keep his mouth shut. He’s all right with the folks on the lot, but he begins to talk if anybody important shows up.”

“Like Jonathan Wilbart?”

“Yeah.”

“I see.” Cap sat down and nodded speculatively. “You’re expecting Wilbart, are you?”

“I am,” announced Tex. “That’s why I’m leaving tonight. I want to be out of here when he comes around.

I’m going to tell Stuffy to let him talk to you. Remember that proposition, Cap, that we were talking about when we got sore in Marlborough?”

“About my saying I’d sold out to you, Tex?”

“That’s it. Well - there’s no papers to show it, but you stick to the story, will you? Maybe you’re still sore at me, Cap, but just the same -“

“I know. We’re both showmen and Wilbart ain’t. I get it, Tex. Well, I’m agreeable on that score. If we’ve got a grudge, it ain’t big enough to keep us from helping the other guy kid Wilbart. That’s settled, Tex.

What do you want me -“

Cap stopped as the door slid open. It was Stuffy. Another man was following the general agent into the office.

TEX LARCH stared as he saw Jonathan Wilbart. The circus magnate had arrived sooner than Tex had expected.

“Good evening,” greeted Wilbart. “Am I interrupting a conference?”

“No,” growled Tex. “Slide out, Stuffy. Stay here, will you, Cap? Sit down, Wilbart.”

“It doesn’t look so good on the midway,”’ observed Wilbart, as he settled in a seat. “I told you this would be a bad town, Tex.”

“We had a red one,” returned Tex. “We’re due for a bloomer. How about it, Cap?”

“Maybe this town won’t turn out bad,” was Guffy’s comment. “You can’t never tell, Tex.”

“You are both optimists,” decided Wilbart. “Well - if you feel that way, Tex, I suppose there is no use trying to buy your show tonight.”

“Not tonight or any night,” retorted Tex. “I’m staying in the business, Wilbart. With this show, too. In fact”

- he shot a look toward Guffy - “I’m doing some buying of my own.”

“What?” exclaimed Wilbart. “Another circus?”

“A sideshow,” answered Tex. “Cap Guffy’s. I’m taking over his Ten-in-One. I’ve got an option on it.”

“Where’s the money coming from?” questioned Wilbart, narrowly.

“I’ve got all I need,” returned Tex.

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