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Station MXDO and can use the air to denounce Balban. I have money and
influence; if need be, I can do as much as any.
"By identifying Sack Balban with Intimidation, Incorporated, we have
paved
the way to a finish fight. It will not be long before someone visits the
racketeer, to notify him that his crooked game is ended. Just how soon that
visit will come, however, is something that I cannot predict."


THE car stopped at the hotel where The Shadow had registered as Lamont
Cranston. Leaving Radbourne, The Shadow entered the hotel and went up to his
room. Dusk had settled; through the opened window, The Shadow could hear the
shouts of newsboys, already selling papers, that told about the stadium
contract.
Concentrating a light upon a mirror, The Shadow opened a make-up box. He
began to press his face with his fingers, changing its contour; he added
waxlike fills that reduced the hawklike appearance of his visage. The Shadow's
lips changed expression; they took on a twist that resembled a leer.
No one would identify this new face with either Lamont Cranston or The
Shadow. Certainly, Sack Balban would not guess the connection. The Shadow was
preparing a bluff of his own; one that would deceive the crook whom others
believed to be the man behind Intimidation, Incorporated.
Newell Radbourne had predicted that Sack Balban would soon be visited by
someone who might handle him. The Shadow intended to schedule such a visit
earlier than Radbourne or any of his associates had planned it.
If Sack Balban chanced to be the crook behind the game of bluff, he would
soon learn that two could play at such a hand.


CHAPTER V

CROOKS WELSH

IT was not difficult to find Sack Balban. The racketeer, knowing the
loop-holes of the law, appeared quite openly on the streets of Dorchester. To
see Sack privately, however, was a ticklish task. The big-shot was particular
about receiving visitors.
There were two methods of approach, both well-known but seldom used. The
first was to visit Sack's office, for the racketeer had a sumptuous suite
where
he handled his business. The trouble with that route was the necessity of an
appointment. Only persons who made arrangements beforehand could expect to
find
Sack at his office.
 The other approach to Sack Balban lay through a devious channel. It meant
forming an acquaintanceship with lesser crooks who dwelt in Dorchester.
Actually, they were Sack's tools, for the big-shot controlled the underworld
of
Dorchester.
Sack was always ready to shake hands with rival big-shots who visited