"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 009 - Mobsmen on the Spot" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

"It's putting me in a tough spot, because once a job like this flops, the suckers get cocky, and it takes a
lot of teaching to get them back where they were. Now they'll be on the lookout for trouble. They're
going to get it, just the same!

"The storage racket will be bigger than it ever was, when I'm through with them!"

"Yeah?" responded Shires. He was challenging now. "Well, half your mob got smashed to-night. But I'm
game! I'm ready, too! I'll get busy with the rest of the mob!"

"Listen, tough guy!" said Waldron. "You said these were my gorillas. You're right! They are! Ten of
themтАФthat you know about.

"But I've been holding out on you. I've got twenty more and they're tough! Dock wallopers, some of
them. Brooks is going to get it, and so are his pals! Quick, too!
"I know this racket; and it'll be dead if I let it ride ten days. Then none of them will pay!

"But they're all going to pay! I'm giving them the worksтАФturning my whole mob loose. One man at the
head of all of them. How do you like that?"

A thin, wolfish smile crept over the face of Ernie Shires. His animosity was forgotten. He scented big jobs
ahead, with more pay if he should prove successful.

"You're giving me all of 'em, eh?" he asked. "That's the stuff, Tim! That's the stuff! We'll knock 'em off!
And I'm out to get that guy that queered things to-night, too!"

"You think you know who he is?"

Ernie's triumphant expression faded suddenly. He glanced again toward the window. He approached Tim
Waldron and sat in a chair close to the racketeer.

"Listen, Tim"тАФErnie's voice was lowтАФ"this guy was dressed all in black. All in blackтАФget me?"

"Mourning for somebody, I guess," came the sarcastic reply.

"All in black," repeated Shires. "And when he leftтАФhe laughed!"

"No wonder. He had plenty to laugh about!"

"I'm serious, Tim! This ain't no joke!

"There's only one guy could fight like he didтАФonly one guy who could laugh like that. And if he's trying to
hurt your racket, you'll need all them gorillas you're going to give me. All of 'em!"

"Why?"

"Because I think that guy was The Shadow!"

Tim Waldron leaned back and laughed. He glanced at Ernie Shires, and when he saw his henchman's
serious expression, Tim laughed again.