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THE BLACKMAIL RING
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. THE SHADOW ACTS
? CHAPTER II. THE STORM OF DEATH
? CHAPTER III. THE HOUSE ON THE ISLAND
? CHAPTER IV. AT THE BURNHAM HOUSE
? CHAPTER V. A GUEST CHECKS OUT
? CHAPTER VI. A FIENDISH CRIME
? CHAPTER VII. DEATH AFTER DARK
? CHAPTER VIII. THE DEATH UNSOLVED
? CHAPTER IX. THE SHADOW AT WORK
? CHAPTER X. STUART GOES ON DUTY
? CHAPTER XI. DELMUTH PAYS A VISIT
? CHAPTER XII. STUART ENCOUNTERS TROUBLE
? CHAPTER XIII. THE MIDNIGHT MEETING
? CHAPTER XIV. DELMUTH SEES A SHADOW
? CHAPTER XV. THE DROP OF DEATH
? CHAPTER XVI. PLOTTERS UNHEARD
? CHAPTER XVII. WORD BY RADIO
? CHAPTER XVIII. THE STAGE IS SET
? CHAPTER XIX. WHAT THE SHADOW KNEW
? CHAPTER XX. AT MAYO'S LODGE
? CHAPTER XXI. FOUR MEN OF MURDER
? CHAPTER XXII. THE LAST FLIGHT

CHAPTER I. THE SHADOW ACTS
THE glittering lights of Paris were a glorious sight from the window of Suite 15 in the Hotel Barzonne.
But the man who sat beside the window had no interest in the spectacle. He was an American of
dignified appearance - a man perhaps forty years of age.

Resting on the table at which the man sat were small piles of newspaper clippings, and neatly tabulated
typewritten sheets. The man assembled them deftly.

As he worked, a strange, mysterious gem gleamed upon the third finger of the left hand, its light
producing weird, changing colors.

The gem was a girasol - a fire opal of rare value. There was no other like it in the world. The stone was a
clew to the identity of the man who owned it; but no one had ever learned that clew.

The gleaming girasol was the property of the mysterious man called "The Shadow!"

Comparing one stack of clippings with a corresponding sheaf of typed papers, the man at the table
laughed softly.

The clippings and the data referred to an amazing murder case in Germany. They told of an unsolved
mystery. With them was a small item that mentioned the finding of a body in the Seine. It had not been