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 Knowing from Brad and Skeet that The Shadow had been at Lenning's when
death occurred and that Link Delvo had been near by when Sack Balban died,
Nobby was certain the murderer was The Shadow. And he was doubly sure, after
remembering Lamont Cranston had been the man to sell Radbourne the concession.
This made Nobby think that the mayor, in sending detectives to the hotel, was
sure Cranston was the head of Intimidation, Incorporated.
Nobby showed no hesitation. He ordered Brad and Skeet to the Dorchester
House, to check up on Cranston and find out for certain if he was The Shadow.
The Shadow was just changing to cloak and slouch hat when he saw,
reflected in the mirror of his make-up case, the face of Skeet looking over
the
transom. Then it disappeared. Conversation was heard in low tones outside the
door. Then silence.
When The Shadow jerked open the door, Brad fell in. It took but little
work on The Shadow's part to overcome him, bind him and carry him to a linen
closet off a little-used hallway.
Slinking down a back staircase, The Shadow overheard Skeet in a phone
booth, reporting to Nobby. Events happened more swiftly to Skeet than to Brad
-
and when The Shadow was finished, Skeet was trussed up in the phone booth,
lying
on the floor where he couldn't be seen. An "Out of Order" sign hung on the
door
assured that no one would enter.
The Shadow disappeared into the night.
When Nobby Kilgan appeared at the Dorchester House, thirty minutes later,
in answer to Skeet's phone call, he could find no signs of his two henchmen.


CHAPTER X

ATOP THE PENTHOUSE

THOUGH Nobby Kilgan was out to locate The Shadow, The Shadow had dropped
all thought of Nobby Kilgan. In his encounters with Brad and Skeet, The Shadow
had sized the situation perfectly.
The Shadow knew that Nobby had luckily found a connection between Link
Delvo and Lamont Cranston, and had, therefore, tried to enter as an individual
factor. There was no connection between Nobby and Intimidation, Incorporated.
The Shadow was out to defeat a master crook; he had no time to bother with a
puny crook like Nobby, who was a big-shot only by his own boast.
By bagging Brad and Skeet, The Shadow had effectively disposed of Nobby's
trailers. If someone released them, they would be unable to tell Nobby
anything
of importance. If Brad and Skeet were not released, The Shadow could attend to
them later.
At the present time, precisely eight o'clock, The Shadow was on the roof
of an apartment house near the center of Dorchester. He had reached this goal
without difficulty, for the apartment house was next door to an unfinished
office building that stood a little more than one story higher.