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THE SILENT DEATH
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. EYES OF EVIL
? CHAPTER II. IN THE PENTHOUSE
? CHAPTER III. THE TRAP ACTS
? CHAPTER IV. THE SHADOW ARRIVES
? CHAPTER V. THE SHADOW DEPARTS
? CHAPTER VI. THE PROFESSOR PLANS
? CHAPTER VII. THE SHADOW LEARNS
? CHAPTER VIII. INTO THE TRAP
? CHAPTER IX. THE NEXT MOVE
? CHAPTER X. CARDONA INTERPOSES
? CHAPTER XI. THE SILENT OFFICE
? CHAPTER XII. THE QUIZ
? CHAPTER XIII. THE VILLAINS MOVE
? CHAPTER XIV. MOBSMEN STRIKE
? CHAPTER XV. THE HAND OF DEATH
? CHAPTER XVI. THE DEATH THAT LURKED
? CHAPTER XVII. THE LAST WORDS
? CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE LABORATORY
? CHAPTER XIX. ZONES OF DEATH
? CHAPTER XX. CARDONA ENTERS
? CHAPTER XXI. TUBES OF DOOM
? CHAPTER XXII. THE SWITCH OF DEATH
? CHAPTER XXIII. THE STORY

CHAPTER I. EYES OF EVIL
THE lights of uptown Manhattan cast a vivid, fantastic glow when viewed from the window of the little
office high in the towering Brinton Building. But the man who stood within the darkness of that
thirtieth-floor room was not concerned with the spectacle of man-made brilliance. His eyes were focused
upon the top stories of a huge apartment building across the street.

The apartment structure was capped by a penthouse, from which a few lights gleamed. One corner of the
penthouse, which rose flush with the sheer wall of the building, was the spot which this unseen observer
found most interesting.

A match glimmered in a cupped hand. As the flame ignited a cigarette, it showed a rough, hardened face.
The match went out, and the watcher puffed his cigarette. As the glowing tip descended from his lips, the
man emitted an evil snarl that went well with his countenance.

A rap at the door. The man by the window flicked his cigarette through the opening. He closed the
window and drew the shade. He hurried to the door and switched on the light just as a second furtive rap
was given. The man within the room opened the door, to admit a hasty visitor.

The new illumination plainly revealed the two men as characters of a strangely different type. The
individual who had been standing in the darkness was short and stocky a ruffian in all save dress. His