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The Yellow Band
By Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. MIAMI MURDER.
? CHAPTER II. THE HALTED HORDE.
? CHAPTER III. THE LOST LINK.
? CHAPTER IV. THREE OF A KIND.
? CHAPTER V. THREE NIGHTS LATER.
? CHAPTER VI. THE SECOND CIGAR.
? CHAPTER VII. CRIME'S FATAL THRUST.
? CHAPTER VIII. ANOTHER ALIBI.
? CHAPTER IX. THE SHADOW'S LINKS.
? CHAPTER X. CRIME TO COME.
? CHAPTER XI. CROOKS GIVE ARGUMENT.
? CHAPTER XII. UNDER ARREST.
? CHAPTER XIII. THE LOST HOUR.
? CHAPTER XIV. AT THE BANQUET.
? CHAPTER XV. THEFT DISCOVERED.
? CHAPTER XVI. SHIFTED BLAME.
? CHAPTER XVII. CARDONA CONFERS.
? CHAPTER XVIII. THE SHADOW'S PROXY.
? CHAPTER XIX. CROOKS COMBINE.
? CHAPTER XX. GATHERED SPOILS.
? CHAPTER XXI. THREE IN A ROW.
? CHAPTER XXII. THE BAND UNITED.
? CHAPTER XXIII. FINAL TRIUMPH.


CHAPTER I.. MIAMI MURDER.
THE lull of a moonlit, tropical night lay over Miami. Balmy contentment prevailed in those suburban areas
remote from the rush of traffic. Such was the scene upon the quiet street where stood the residence of
Howard Dorsan.

Flanked by lines of sprouty palm trees, Dorsan's Spanish-type home had an excellent setting. The place
spoke of wealth; and Dorsan had it. The man was a retired millionaire, a widower who spent his winters
in Florida with his daughter, Ethel.

A taxi stopped in front of the Dorsan residence. From it stepped a tall passenger. As the cab rolled
away, moonlight filtered through the palm branches to show the face of Dorsan's visitor. The glow
intensified a hawklike countenance, its features as immobile as those of an Aztec god.
There were many persons in Miami who might have recognized that visitor as Kent Allard, noted
explorer, who had stopped off in Florida during a trip to Guatemala. None, however, could have guessed
the other identity that he possessed.

Kent Allard was The Shadow.

Master-fighter who battled criminals, The Shadow had come to Miami because of recent crimes in this