"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 116 - Intimidation,Inc" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

calmly, as though they were a natural sequence to yesterday's occurrence in
the
courtroom. While Clewiss was still with Wrightley, a call came from the
detective stating that they had found nothing but ordinary luggage in
Cranston's room.
After Clewiss left, Wrightley called Bursard, then Radbourne, to give
them
the details that they had not already received. All four men expressed
absolute
agreement with one another, in that Intimidation, Incorporated, was again
active. All were of the opinion that they must sit tight until after Hugh
Bursard had talked with judge Hancock Noy.


EVENTS had shaped precisely as The Shadow planned them. The transfer of
the funds had all the earmarks of a deal swung by Intimidation, Incorporated,
even to the newspaper account of Radbourne's concession purchase, which bore
obvious significance to any one who knew the ways of Intimidation,
Incorporated.
Yet, of the four men who had agreed about the matter, there was one who
had not been deceived by The Shadow's ruse. That one man, though he had
smoothly covered his real feelings, was fuming over the defeat that he had
encountered. That man was the supercrook who posed as Intimidation,
Incorporated.
Though confident that his identity had not been learned, the master
criminal knew that he could expect stiff opposition in the future. For the
first time, someone had found a way to crimp the game. The Shadow, by using
the
supercrook's own method, had moved in ahead. He had gained and safely carried
away the funds that Intimidation, Incorporated, had expected to gain by
threat.
The Shadow had changed the game of strength into one of weakness. His
challenge was one that could not be overlooked. More than that, a clash was
imminent. There was a reason why The Shadow would have to return to Dorchester
by nightfall.
That reason concerned Judge Hancock Noy. The jurist had declared his
intention to expose the methods of Intimidation, Incorporated. The word had
gone around the circle. The hidden crook knew it. Danger would threaten Judge
Noy.
Only The Shadow could nullify that menace.


THE SHADOW returned that evening, at six o'clock, to Dorchester by plane.
He went to his room - 312 - in the Dorchester House. And it was there Nobby
Kilgan trailed him.
Nobby had been in conference that afternoon with his lieutenants. They
had
brought him word that the mayor had detectives spotting the Dorchester House.
This news had come from a stoolie. It was then that Nobby put two and two
together and came to the conclusion that Link Delvo was The Shadow.