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Chain of Death CHHADTOIEAFN
tnar Gllewxa Myb
RETPAHC.I
DETNALP.HTAED
M
Y TTSHI G DIDENALHTTnEoS
Manhattan. A chilly drizzle was
sthgil thgirb ehT .yab eht morf ni gnipeerc
de-in blazed and blinked Square Times of
ecnaif fo eht gnirehtag .gof sihTtcirtsid
deniatniam sti ecnaillirb etipsed eht-ele
ments.
ypmotuauhwsnnrAahh,go yii u sng gh
Broadwatyh rongst,u rnesdu ddenlahyse
sunebecnwaaotta rorhryefneaa de tn r c e
Forty-second Street. He stopped to pur-
chase an evening newspaper. His face twobetweceannm yaonn- made a through
showed keenly in the light. It was a well- .sgnidliub gnirewot
-eye krad ,kciht htiw ,ecnanetnuoc derutaef -fe egnarts a detaerc dah gof gniteknalB
itsas mustache pointed black, a and brows ehT .nattahnaM fo tcirtsid rewol eht ni tcef
featcuornessp.icuousm ost e l gzd nzaeiihmlrol dycin lhieicrvoameh
ashaggard, trifle a was face his Though morf eht .yrettaB tI saw deinapmoccayb
though from overwork, the young man ekil-tsim ni delriws taht sduolc gnignah-wol
showed no signs of weariness in his ac- fashion about the upper stories of closely
tion. As he stepped away from the news packed skyscrapers.
stand, he headed briskly for the subway Towering office buildings rose out of
entrancaenh du rriedldyi sappeareddo wn thrustthey stone, of mountains Like sight.
the steps. their shafts into the enshrouding fog.
A nezod setunim ,retal eht emasgnuoy smsahc ehT .wef erew teerts eht ni sressaP
man reappeared from a subway exit in a tnelis erew shtilonom evissam eht neewteb
different section of Manhattan. He had and almost deserted. The business day
spetstoof siH .aera teertS llaW eht dehcaer ended, this district seemed a city of the
again were hasty as they carried him dead.
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narrowthe of corner a at ahead, Straight laog sih ta ylraen saw eH .spets sih denrut
deraeppa taht gnidliub etihw llat a saw ,teerts when the stentorian voice of the watch-
morf deremmilg thgiL .gof eht yb deifingam ,nirg thgils a htiw ,gninruT .mih deppots nam
its open doorway. Above, at scattered in- the young man came back to the desk on
tervals, were the lights of offices, which . tefhetl
whomen business of presence the marked “Forgot all about it, George,” he re-
latew.ork rteom aihnaedd marked, as he picked up a pencil and be-
build-the where spots from higher, Still gan to sign the register book. “I was in a
sremmihs ,gof eht ni elbisivni saw flesti gni hurry. I come in and out so much during
erew taht seciffo rehto dekram thgil tniaf fo the day that I never think to register at
hugeThe unusual. not was Thiso ccupied. ”.thgin
won nam gnuoy eht hcihw ,gnidliuB htineZ .namhctaw eht delworg ”,thgir lla s’tahT“
approached, was one of the best tenanted ”.tegrof yeht nehw elpoep llet ot ereh m’I“
of skyscrapers. Every night found some eman sih ngis nam gnuoy eht dehctaw eH
taht seciffo ddo-dnasuoht eht ni sreyats-etal numberthe that after Norwyn; Howard as
toof-derdnuh-thgie sti nihtiw detacol erew going-3318.was he which to office the of
.sllaw asentry of time the marked Norwyn Then
-ger eht evoba kcolc a morf ti gnikat ,51:9
eht fo ybbol eht deretne nam gnuoy EHT .ksed noitartsi
Zenith Building. The place was scantily setunim neetfif sriatspu tnew ssob ruoY“
lighted. On the left was a desk, where a ago,” remarked the watchman. “Guess
right,the On duty. on remained watchman ”?he ,yrruh a ni er’uoy yhw s’taht
beyondwr,aaooe s wfl evatosrh afts. Norwyn nodded. He had read the name
One elevator door was open. It was to- of his employer, George Hobston, on the
ward this objective that the young man register. He had also noted the time of
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.kcolc’o enin sa lavirra s’notsboH ceoltrehrveaida scdot loooarrrbn s eg -ed
.rotavele eht ot deirruh nywroN drawoH hind him. He reached the door of 3318. It
Thechallenge. no had operator sleepy The saw eht ecnartne ot a .etius nO ehtssalg
man was standing slouched in the corner legend:the appeared panel
of the car; he took it for granted that any
one who entered had registered. The YNAPMOC & NOTSBOH
checking of names was the watchman’s TNSERMOTSSIEVVDNAI
.sih ton ,boj EGROEGNOTSBOH
The elevator reached the thirty-third TNEDISERP
Howardalighted. passenger lone Its floor.
Norwyn paced along the gloomy marble Norwyn found the door unlocked. He
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opened it and entered a darkened outer burning in the small vault room. Its rays
.eciffo eH demees a elfirt .delzzup-idrO showedt hev ault,a lsoo penedw ide,w ith
siht tpek evah dluow notsboH egroeG ,yliran papers scattered everywhere. The vault
in-anf lriiolgmrlwh ouatoms mi nIatt ed. empty!was however, room,
ner room that allayed Howard Norwyn stood
A Personal
Norwyn’s worries. He -ive saw yrebboR .deifirtep
.noitcerid taht ni edorts ngis on saw ereht ,llits ;tned
egasseM
The inner office was tothfhe i ewIfin.al lda rm,
.nwo s’notsboH -me sih fo thguoht nywroN
From The Shadow
appaoNnioh nratwd-y n egroeG saw erehW .reyolp
youto
os ,reyolpme sih htiw tnem Hobston? Spontaneously,
he naturally supposed that The Shadow has a per- Norwyn looked about the
notsboH saw gnitiawasih sonal message for every llef seye siH .eciffo ymoolg
.lavirra tuB sa ehdehcaer reader of The Shadow on a figure that was
the door Norwyn paused chair.desk a in slouched
.enizagaM tI si fotsomtu
upon the threshold. He It was George Hobston.
wonk ohw lla ot ecnatropmi
stared straight across the -tsevni eht fo tnediserp ehT
,krow sih dna wodahS ehT
.eciffo renni dethgil ylmid ment company was dead.
ehT fo eno ni nettirw si ti dna
-rof delpmurc saw ydob siH
Shadow’s special disap-
OPPOSITE was the en- eno emos fi sa tsomla ,draw
.sdnuopmoc kni-gniraep
trance to a strong vault had placed it there. One
Ify ouw antt oh avet his
room where George ediseb yal dnah sselnoitom
Hobston kept all money message mailed to you, sA .ksed eht no enohpelet a
and securities. The vault sserdda dna eman ruoy dnes gniglub s’nywroN drawoH
fo rood evissam a dah moor plainly written, to The forth,and back stared eyes
,ti dnoyeb ;krowllirg latem ,wodahS 97 htneveS-vA they saw that George
eht ni tes saw flesti tluav eht Hobston’s back was on a
dna ,.Y.N ,krYoNew enue,
wall. This arrangement thgiarts enil htiw ehtnepo
lliw egassem s’wodahS ehT
made it possible for room.vault the of door
.yltpmorp uoy ot emoc
Hobston to guard himself Mechanically, Howard
while opening the vault, bulC wodahS ehT fo srebmeM :ETON Norwyn stepped forward.
era deksa ton ot dnes rie h,tsemansa
expedi-simple the through As he did, he sensed a
s’wodahS ehT no ydaerla era seman rieht
ent of closing the grilled file, and they are always the first to .mih fo kcab ni morf dnuos
receive notification from their master,
eht ta teY .mih dniheb rood .wodahS ehT He wheeled toward the
emas ,emit ria saw-niatbo dartokhueetn teeodrd o or
work.metal open the througha ble office. A man came springing from the
.desolc tpek syawla saw rood dellirg ehT upward,came hands Norwyn’s As gloom.
,thgin-oT ti saw ediw .nepo A thgilsaw huskyf istsc aughth ist hroata nds enth im
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-dnuop kciuq trohs A .roolf eht ot drawkcab intoback slouch Norwyn observed he as it
eht nopu daeh s’nywroN degnab noitom gni .roputs a
thick carpet. Groggy, the young man dullthe In done. was workv illain’s The
.dehctertstuo smra htiw ,sselpleh delwarps ylno dethgil saw hcihw ,eciffo eht fo maelg
s’nywroN ,rekcatta a ,tes-kcihtgnireel pock-man’s thickset the lamp, corner a by
pleasedA work. his survey to arose rogue, ets showed heavy bulges that represented
grin showed on puffy lips. The man had sstemaoconlunaderep nmiy- at Tnih ees .
eH .thguos eh tahw dehsilpmocca yltnedive proached the dead body of George
seriouslynot had but Norwyn stunned had man-a inp ockettshf er iskedhH eo bston;
injured him. Within a few minutes, the enog ydaerla dah eh taht dewohs hcihw ren
.sesnes sih ot kcab emoc dluow nam gnuoy erus gnikam ylerem saw tub ,meht hguorht
nam teskciht eht ,ydob s’nywroN gnitsioH that his search had been complete.
erehT .moor tluav eht otni nedrub sih deirrac Placing his handkerchief upon the left
he propped Norwyn against the wall. He clampedruffian the man, dead the of hand
s’nam gnuoy eht ot feihcrekdnah a deilppa .reviecer enohpelet eht ot sregnif sselefil eht
.stnirp regnif fo emirg eht evomer ot ,taorht He used Hobston’s hand to knock it from
From his pocket, he drew a revolver. He hook.the
placedhaanndd kerchtiheef with it wiped With the revolver pointed to the open
htolc eht gnisU .dnah thgir s’nywroN ni ti windowo ft heo ffice,t hem urderers tood
as a covering for Norwyn’s fist, the man .reviecer eht hguorht skcilc rof ssenidaer ni
eht tuoba ylthgit dnah s’nywroN dezeeuqs li v.Eni rsguoic is vtdiewo hesc aefl isviH
weapon. .hpmuirt a deniag dah
-viled nam decaf-live eht ,kcab gnippetS .emirc tsrif s’nialliv siht neeb dah redruM
ered another leer. Howard Norwyn was Tchhroaeomdnbe b etTrhhysie.itr nedp
moving weakly. His eyes had not yet the sequence was under way. This man
opened; but it would be minutes only be- crookthis Hobston; George slain had who
fore he regained full consciousness. With ,efas s’relaed tnemtsevni eht delfir dah ohw
handkerchhaoiNnneod fr, w yant’tsa cker .krow s’gnineve sih etelpmoc ot ydaer saw
clanged the metal door shut. Through the ,ylpmiS tub htiw ,tfarc eh sawgnitnalp
-eef gnivom nywroN ees llits dluoc eh ,llirg his crimes upon Howard Norwyn, the
.ylb dniheb sselpleh gniyl saw ohw nam gnuoy
roomv!ault the of barlso ckedt he
FOR a moment, the man became cau-
tious. He had given Norwyn a loaded
weaponsa;u dderne coverwyo uledn able
the victim to fire from the vault room.
Norwyn’s attacker drew a revolver of his
own. He raised the weapon; then lowered
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CHAPTER II. tsomla saw redurtni eht ,kcalb dewohs pohs
elevator.the for headed he as invisible
MORF EHT.THGIN nem owt eht ees ot denrut namhctaw ehT
who had registered go toward the eleva-
W
-k aEtR ESWTNE VMEI REGLIH rehto eht devresbo eh ,tuoba gnigniwS .rot
eht ,roolf driht-ytriht eht no ecalp gni dessim eH .erutraped rieht gnikam nem owt
deniatniam llits gnidliuB htineZ eht fo ybbol a glimpse of the extra arrival who stood a
ni gniklaw emac nem owT .teiuq wolloh sti dozen paces from the elevators.
from the outer door; simultaneously, the It was when the watchman turned to-
rotavele eht taht decnuonna latem fo gnalc ward the outer door that the tall intruder
floor.ground the reached had sselesion ,kciuq siH .efil ot ylneddus emac
owT sregnessap .dethgila ekiL ehtowt devom eh ;rotavele eht ot mih thguorb spets
men who had entered, they went to the inttchojae ur tas ohstpe e ratwoaarbs o ut
registration desk to sign. The watchman doortshc.el oset o
per-two of names thec heckibnugs y, was The two men who had registered were
sons who had entered and watching the saw rotarepo ehT .noitasrevnoc ni degagne
sretraped etalubat eht emit taht yehterew sleepy and had no interest in his passen-
.gnivael ofcarrier the to put wasq uestion No gers.
Other eyes observed the cluster at the the briefcase. The operator closed the
.elbat esehT erew eht seye fo arehctaw doors. The elevator was ready for its up-
,llaw eht tsniaga gnidnatS .rood retuo eht ta trip.ward
thatfigure tall a was sidewalk, the from in tI saw ta taht tnemom taht eht-hctaw
inconspicuous.remarkably was neeb dah rezzub A .ytud rehtona dnuof nam
Dressed in dark suit, this spying visitor sounding beside the registration table. It
-kcalb eht morf dezilairetam evah llew thgim -hctaw ehT .eciffo na morf llac a detacidni
ened fog. He formed a shape that was al- otni delworg dna enohpelet a pu dekcip nam
most spectral. Brief minutes had passed .eceiphtuom a
since his arrival here; he moved inward .o l .l.eo Hl..“le”H.
througthh deo orI.bt e camteh feo romaf The watchman received no reply. In-
gninetsilg saw tius gnittif-esolc esohw nam stead, he heard a sound that startled him.
thgir sih nI .elzzird eht morf erutsiom htiw .revlover a fo troper eht emac eriw eht revO
briefcase.black a carried arrival this hand, groan.incoherent gargling, a gasp, a Then
There was something amazing in the ehT .deliaf tI .sdrow htuom ot deirt eciov A
stride of this tall personage. Where other thump of a falling receiver was the final
-roolf elbram eht nopu dekcilc dah spetstoof .nekot
ltohoibefnphb gaiy wcs,see wrsaie nf dt .o l.l e .H.“o l.l”e.H
theof side right the to Swinging noiseless. The watchman looked at the board. He
lobby, where the window of a darkened saw the number of the office from which
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eht llac dah :emoc .8133 eH gnuh pueht night.the of ture
.srotavele eht drawot deleehw dna reviecer It was The Shadow who was descend-
stuahprIawttdacesn radidlr g.o h nTteh e htineZ eht fo roolf htfif-ytriht eht morf gni
hthgie eht ta deppots dah ti taht dewohs laid .gnidliuB
.roolf emirC dah ydaerla kcurts ni ehthtineZ
Hereceiver. the up hung watchman The dluoc noitelpmoc sti fo drow oN .gnidliuB
waited for breathless seconds. Then he have reached The Shadow. Yet he was
rairtsehecede iwvsiehtrah k hiaannngdd here, in the building where one man lay
tup ni a llac ot eht .ecilop eH wenktaht prisoner,a held was another and murdered
emirc dah kcurts nihtiw eht htineZ-dliuB to have crime planted upon him. George
.mrala eht gnidnuos saw eH .gni -ytriht eht no saw seciffo fo etius s’notsboH
eht ta dethgila dah wodahS ehT .roolf driht
THE elevator was leaving the eighth thirty-fifth. His course had become a de-
erew yeht-ti tfel dah sregnessap owT .roolf dna roolf driht-ytriht eht dehcaer eH .tnecs
tmhweehhn rao ed g istered-aonndol nye therhseet opped.
thetoward looked operator The remained. min-four full A silent. was corridor The
briefctahsee .held pwehros otnaalgle eht ni namhctaw eht ecnis despale dah setu
.regnessap eht decnuonna ”,evif-ytrihT“ morf llac enohpelet eht deviecer dah ybbol
The operator nodded. The car sped up- 3318. The Shadow had been in the eleva-
thirrttTehyfhae-lec fohioIefrtdt.w h a rd. watwthhtgceeoahh nwriam o ndare ndd .
passenger alighted. The doors closed and nA citamotua deltsirb ni ehTs’wodahS
tridpo.wnwardi ts begealne vatort he fist as the black-garbed visitant stopped
A soft laugh came from the lips of the before the door of 3318. The free hand
visitor who stood in the corridor of the turnetdh ken obT.h Seh adoewn teretdh e
denepo sdnah etihw ,gnoL .roolf htfif-ytriht tfel sih ni deraeppa thgilhsalf ynit A .etius
foldsthe drew they it, Fbrroime fcasteh.e hand. It sent a shining disk of light about
cloth.black of otuhotefe fri ce.
overslipped which cloak a became This in-the to Striding empty. was room The
shoulders. A slouch hat settled on the ylmid siht taht was wodahS ehT ,eciffo ren
visitor’s head. Black gloves were drawn lighterdo ocmo ntainebsduai t n gloec cu-
over white hands. A brace of automatics pant. That lone man was dead. The body
cfabtrmrhoceideama ei n sfsde a ppeared eht erehw delwarps yal notsboH egroeG fo
clotahke. offob letdnhsee a th it.left hadm urderer
llams otni dellor saw flesti esac eht nehT
compass. It went out of sight beneath the nopu enohpelet eht was WODAHS EHT
kaolc sa eht llat tnatisiv devom ni eht-id -ni eht ediseb gniyl ,reviecer ehT .ksed eht
rectiono fas tairway.T hisb eingw hoh ad -pah dah tahw fo foorp saw ,flesti tnemurts
passed the watchman was indeed a crea- pened. The Shadow knew that a call had
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dah ,revoerom ,llac tahT .woleb edam neeb of his body; but had left the inspection of
minutes.four last the during given been .retal litnu moor tluav eht
de-Shadow The body, the Approaching A sound came upward from the street.
detcet gnihtemos .esle tI saw eht ecartfo It was the whine of a siren. A police car
-wop denrub fo rodo tniaf a ;ekoms revlover was arriving through the fog. Again, The
red taht saw tsom elbaeciton esolc oteht eh ,motnahp gnivil a ekiL .dehgual wodahS
swirlingthe saw eyes Shadow’s The desk. strode to the grillwork and worked upon
ehT .wodniw denepo eht morf gof yvaeh fo .kcol citamotua eht
Shadkontawehn wes wer. siH neek seye dehsalf sa yehtdeyevrus
desk.this by close fired been had shot A drawoH yb noitom fo kcaL .nihtiw mrof eht
Yet, as The Shadow viewed Hobston’s manyoung the that indicated had Norwyn
body, he could tell that the man had been ,dekrow wodahS ehT sa tuB .daed eb thgim
dellik morf a retaerg .egnar A tfoshgual nywroN .devom eH .deknilb eH deratsta
came from The Shadow’s hidden lips. It the grillwork; he could see the motion of
.htaed fo moor siht hguorht yldriew dednuos .ti dnoyeb ssenkcalb
Subtle in his conclusions, The Shadow re-a held he that realized Norwyn Then
could see factors that others would not washe as itself impressed fact The volver.
note. Hobston’s dead left hand was -htiw doots ymene na taht gniknihT .gnisir
depmalc ot eht nellaf .reviecer siHthgir out, the young man emitted a hoarse cry,
hand, however, was loose as it stretched just as the door swung open in The
telephone.the toward grasp.Shadow’s
;ssap thgim srehto taht ycnetsisnocni nA nywroN desiar sih nug oot .etal ekiLa
tahw fo ecnedive saw ti ,wodahS ehT ot tey -peews emac wodahS ehT ,ehcnalava gnivil
eht htiw gninnigeB .derrucco yllautca dah uiibphnnloigA anm c .k enfeicdsl ti pped
scenotpf o wder-aond otrh awto ulsdo on Norwyn’s chin. The young man slumped
room-Thethe throughoudti sseminated be to the floor. The revolver clattered from
point.starting a gained had Shadow .dnah sih
A murderer, he knew, had deliberately The Shadow gained the weapon. He
given an alarm. Why? The answer must opentechdhe a mbaesnrpd i oeendme p ty
be here. Already, The Shadow was look- lipshis from came laugh soft A cartridge.
-dnuof eb dluoc ti erehw tops eht drawot gni evoba gnidnatS .nopaew eht detekcop eh sa
.moor tluav dethgil eht ot rood dellirg eht Norwyn’s slumped form, The Shadow
entrancethat observed had Shadow The .ydob s’notsboH ta dezag
Allbody. Hobston’s viewed had he before
secnalg neek gnidnes neeb dah eh ,elihw eht dah eno emoS .nialp saw noitautis EHT
toward the metal door. Howard Norwyn, hadkiller The Hobston. George murdered
-noitom saw ,krowllirg eht dniheb depmuls ,moor tluav eht otni nywroN drawoH tsurht
eniltuo eht despmilg dah wodahS ehT .ssel plantitgunhuphgenoi T g nmhr .ei llwork
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evah dluow tI .selohpool suoremun dereffo ftmrraoofpnmuoto batrhllloceies e c;o e
notsboH dellik evah ot nam a rof ysae neeb mtuhroduetgrhheewtsr he iacrhct hh,e to
.moor siht morf delayed.be would
Appar-plain. looked evidence false The Turning toward the vault, The Shadow
quarreled.had Norwyn and Hobston ently sih revo ydob s’nywroN desiar dna depoots
Hobston had managed to lock Norwyn in youngunconscious the Carrying shoulder.
the vault room. Then Hobston had put in edorts wodahS eht ,nedrub gnilfirt a sa nam
,sesnes sih ot kcab gnimoc ,nywroN ;llac sih toowtuoahtfreefd ri ce.
back.the in employer his shot had -itsevni dalc-kcalb eht ,noissessop sih nI
llams oot erew llirg eht ni sgninepo ehT -noc hcihw revlover eht gniyrrac saw rotag
nywroN ecneH .hguorht revlover a hsup ot tained the empty cartridge. The Shadow
could not have gotten rid of the gun until reached the corridor. It was as silent as
ehT erofeb devirra ecilop eht daH .desaeler before; yet The Shadow knew that any
Shadow, they would surely have arrested siht otni wal eht fo nem gnirb dluow etunim
Howard Norwyn as the murderer of .yawllah
.notsboH egroeG .yawriats eht deniag wodahS ehT ,yltfiwS
emac enihw s’neris a ,niagA !ecilop ehT .drawpu denrut eh ,nedrub sih gniyrrac llitS
cutting up through the foggy night. The As he did, a shuddering laugh of triumph
Shadow’s laugh was grim. The Shadow thealong died Echoes lips. his from came
could see the truth of what had happened hall. The Shadow was gone; Howard
mustNorwyn Howard that knew He here. theforre Siiglneendhc iem . witNho rwyn
swift-actingsome by overcome been have space of seven seconds.
foe. Then came the clang of the opening el-
The real murderer was gone. To leave evator doors. Three men leaped into the
the wrong man here for the police to quiz -daeh morf devirra dah sevitceteD .rodirroc
would be in keeping with the murderer’s enecs eht weiv ot ereh erew yehT .sretrauq
-mih rellik eht dneherppa ot etal ooT .erised visitao rthkanto nwo td icTdrh iemyoe f.
self, The Shadow, at least, could balk the thebme.afrorriev ehda d night the from
.semehcs s’lanimirc dah ,evisiced dna tfiws ,wodahS ehT roF
The Shadow had a double opportunity. left no trace of his mysterious presence.
hisfrom Norwyn Howard release to First, mohw no nam eht yawa deirrac dah eh teY
look-police the leave to second, dilemma; thehim, with and planted; been had crime
mtfiuhonrergd erkwmTeihahrlone.l ed weatpmthouhanret d eduhretsae-oedr d
George Hobston could not have gone far. death.liver
-es ;gnidliub eht ni llits saw eh ,sseltbuoD
cure in the thought that murder would be
blamed upon Howard Norwyn. The
Shadow saw a way to save an innocent
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CHAPTER III. Easing downward, The Shadow gained
a gnitoof no eht pot fo eht .rotavelesiH
EHT.ERUTRAPED strong arms stretched forward and drew
Howard Norwyn into the shaft. The
T
EH SEVITCETED DAH TFELeht Shadow rested the young man on the car;
opera-The open. elevator the of door shudto.orst hee asehda gnldo vehdi s
ni gniregnil saw ,suorougnal regnol on ,rot In the midst of solid blackness, The
the corridor until their return. He did not Shadow crouched to the top of the eleva-
no emac sevitceted owT .tiaw ot gnol evah firma in NorwyHno wagrrdi pped and tor
3318.from run the .psarg ehT ecaps saw ;elpma os gnolsa
“A guy’s been murdered.” one of them TShhea dhoeNwlo drhp woirynsen c ari-
nwod em ekat ot gniog er’uoY“ .demrofni ous perch, no harm could befall the man
to the lobby, so I can bring up the rest of whoh adb eenr escued.
searcha start to have Say-we’ll squad. the Yet The Shadow was not a second too
”.gnidliub demalb elohw siht fo prepcaoh-mipsl ehtee d haHda rsdoloyn .
er’uoY“ ”,thgir denruter eht rehto.kcid srood eht fo gnalc delffum eht erofeb noitar
ybbol eht ni hctaw esolc a peek me‘ evaH“ -le ehT .roolf driht-ytriht eht morf dednuos
mur-the for way no There’s while. the all evator began a record drop on its way to
derer to get out of this building except by .roolf dnuorg eht
eht .srotavele s’tahT a”.hcnic The Shadow clutched Howard Norwyn
-er ”,gninnur s’taht rac ylno eht si sihT“ tightly during the three-hundred-foot de-
marked the operator. “The others are all .tnecs siH pirg saw mrif sa eht racemac
basetmheen t.i”n down .niaga degnalc srooD .ybbol eht ta pots a ot
.evitceted eht detnemmoc ”,dooG“ Footsteps shuffled from the elevator; but
way,under was conversation this While lobby.the in heard be not could voices
afrbleSootahhvohcaaTerehddh. e oedw ,revewoh ,gnitnuoc saw WODAHS EHT
At a spot directly over the heads of the edis eht revo gnidilS .lavretni rehtona nopu
detectives and the operator, he had laid of the car, he slipped downward until his
sdnah gnortS .roolf eht no nywroN drawoH thatelevator an of top the upon rested feet
were at work on the closed doors of the was on the basement level. From this ad-
,leets fo tnemurtsni na htiW .tfahs rotavele hcaer tsuj dluoc wodahS ehT ,tfahs gninioj
pried between the sliding metal barriers, s’nywroN .teef eH werd eht gnuoynam
The Shadow released the catch. ylpmil emac ydob s’nywroN sa mih drawot
The doors opened; peering downward, from above. The Shadow caught it and
ThSeh adoswa twh teo optf h eel evatoar rested the stupefied man upon the lower
ofsound no hear could He below. feet few .rotavele
;klat rof eht rotavele saw a dilos ractaht Seconds passed; then doors clanged. A
.tfahs eht fo noitrop sti dellif yletelpmoc whirr of air as the first elevator sped up-
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