"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 004 - The Red Menace" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

PRINCE ZUVOR was silent. So was Berchik. Both men listened. They could hear sounds from the
street outside the house the throbbing of a motor came to their ears.

Were Berchik's pursuers waiting there?

"Where do you wish to go?" asked Prince Zuvor suddenly.

"To Australia," replied Berchik. "If I can elude these Soviet agents, I can easily gain safety. Then I can
communicate with the American to whom I gave the jewels."
Prince Zuvor nodded.

"He should be warned," he said. "But is it right that you should leave? He may be in danger, and may
need your advice."

"It is dangerous for me to stay here," objected Berchik.

"That is true," replied Prince Zuvor. He seemed to be formulating a plan.

"Perhaps I can help you—to escape. Perhaps I can also—keep a guarding eye upon this American
whom you have mentioned."

A smile of relief appeared upon Berchik's face. The Russian servant seemed to be freed of his former
anxiety. His appeal to Prince Zuvor had been successful.

"What is the American's name?" questioned Prince Zuvor quietly.

"Bruce Duncan," whispered Berchik. He drew a slip of paper from his pocket, and scrawled some
words upon it. "This is his address. Can I count on you to protect him, your excellency?"

"Certainly," replied Prince Zuvor, with a smile. "Now for your escape, Berchik!

"Unknown to any one, I have devised a plan whereby I can flee from here at a moment's notice. That
plan will be utilized to-night; but it will be you who will escape. You have money, you say?"

Berchik nodded.

Prince Zuvor went to a handsome mahogany writing table, and inscribed a series of directions. He
passed the paper to Berchik. The servant read the words, and smiled. Prince Zuvor shook hands with
Berchik, as the latter rose.

"Go!" he said. "Ivan will start you on the way to safety."

He rang the bell, and the dull-faced man entered. Berchik followed him, and was conducted to the cellar.


There, Ivan, with amazing skill, placed make-up on Berchik's face that gave an entirely different
appearance to Berchik's features. Then Ivan supplied him with a new overcoat, of different pattern than
his own.

Prince Zuvor's servant opened a door, and Berchik found himself in a concealed alleyway that led to the