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MURDER TRAIL
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. THE STOWAWAY
? CHAPTER II. THE SHADOW OBSERVES
? CHAPTER III. MYSTERY SUPPRESSED
? CHAPTER IV. THE TRAIL
? CHAPTER V. IN THE SANCTUM
? CHAPTER VI. THE FALSE EMISSARY
? CHAPTER VII. THE MYSTERIOUS INVESTIGATOR
? CHAPTER VIII. IN THE UNDERWORLD
? CHAPTER IX. THE MEETING
? CHAPTER X. WORD FROM ABROAD
? CHAPTER XI. GANGSTERS START
? CHAPTER XII. ON THE WALL
? CHAPTER XIII. CRIX CALLS
? CHAPTER XIV. THE SHADOW AIDS
? CHAPTER XV. THE SHADOW HEARS
? CHAPTER XVI. THE ANTIDOTE
? CHAPTER XVII. MOBSMEN PREPARE
? CHAPTER XVIII. FARADAY'S VISITOR
? CHAPTER XIX. VENTURI EXPLAINS
? CHAPTER XX. ENTER CRIX
? CHAPTER XXI. CRIX DECREES
? CHAPTER XXII. THE SHADOW ANSWERS
? CHAPTER XXIII. JUSTICE PREVAILS

CHAPTER I. THE STOWAWAY
HEINRICH VON WERNDORFF, captain of the Munchen, was seated at the tiny desk in his cabin
aboard the mammoth dirigible. The big airship was resting in its hangar at Friedrichshafen. From the
window of the cabin, the captain could see the gloomy ground below, where occasional workmen
passed back and forth. This was the night before the air liner's scheduled voyage.

Captain von Werndorff was nervous. That was quite unusual. A veteran of numerous transatlantic flights,
now commander of the newest and most airworthy dirigible that had ever been constructed, there was no
apparent reason for Von Werndorff to be apprehensive.

Nevertheless, the captain's heavy-jowled face wore a serious expression that indicated anxiety.

A rap at the door of the cabin. Von Werndorff swung in his chair. In a low, guttural tone, he ordered the
visitor to come in. A young man, trim in uniform, entered and saluted with military procedure. This was
Lieutenant Fritz von Salzburg, second in command aboard the Munchen.
Von Werndorff watched while his subordinate closed the door of the cabin. The lieutenant approached
and leaned upon the table, to whisper these words close in the commander's ear:

"The man has arrived, Herr Captain."