"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 101 - The Gray Ghost" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

it finally when he had drawn the boat up from the water. Tossing it, outspread, from the bow of the boat,
the Gray Ghost had stepped upon the canvas to draw the boat after him. Thus he had gained rocky soil,
where footprints would not show.
He had also shaken the canvas well before wadding it into the rowboat. There were no footprints upon
the canvas. To an extent, the Gray Ghost had nullified his trail. Nevertheless, The Shadow could easily
picture the killer's course.

A guest at the club dance, the Gray Ghost had left. He had taken the rowboat and made a trip to
Windler's. Following his action there, the murderer had rowed back along the shore of the Sound. But he
had not stopped at the beach. He had kept on to Debrossler's.

After perpetrating robbery as his second crime, the Gray Ghost had rowed back to the club beach. Oiled
oarlocks, noted by The Shadow, proved that the trip had been made in speedy silence.

The Gray Ghost had returned to the dance at the club house. He might be there yet. Possibly he had left
with departing guests. One thing certain, the Gray Ghost's identity could be better established if more
clues could be obtained.

A whispered laugh sounded in the darkness, as The Shadow returned toward the coupe. Before he
sought the Gray Ghost in person, The Shadow intended to search a spot where other evidence might lie.

The Shadow planned an immediate visit to the home of Martin Debrossler.

CHAPTER V. MISTAKEN IDENTITY
HARRY VINCENT stopped the coupe some fifty yards from Debrossler's house.

The place was ablaze with light. Cars were parked outside. Moving figures could be seen at the
illuminated windows of the enclosed porch.

The police had left Debrossler's; but evidently the people there were still concerned about the Gray
Ghost's daring crime.

Harry had, of course, extinguished the lights promptly. He heard a whisper; he guessed that the coupe's
door was opening, even though he could not hear it. Harry conjectured that The Shadow intended a new
investigation, despite the fact that people were about at Debrossler's.

Harry was correct.

A stealthy shape was gliding through the darkness of Debrossler's ample lawn. Silent and unseen, The
Shadow reached the house wall directly below the window of the banker's study. A flashlight glimmered;
then went out.

Certain factors were apparent to The Shadow, as he stood beside the looming house wall. The Gray
Ghost had taken an easier leap from Debrossler's window than from Windler's. The tilt of the ground
made that evident. Windler's bedroom had been above the lower side of the lawn, where the ground
sloped downward. Debrossler's was on the upper side. Here, the crook had taken little hazard in
dropping to hard ground.

Offsetting this was the matter of entry.