"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 036 - The Isle of Doubt" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

Next, The Shadow noted a white-headed pin, which marked the meeting point to which тАЬPossumтАЭ Quill
was going at eleven thirty. The hands applied the time rule, gauging the interval between the Hotel Slater
and that appointed spot.

From another marked pointтАФdetective headquartersтАФThe Shadow measured the time required to reach
the spot marked by the white-headed pin.

A soft laugh came from The Shadow's lips.

The transfer point, where Possum Quill and тАЬLeftyтАЭ Hotz would be waiting, was ten minutes closer to
detective headquarters than it was to the Hotel Slater. The Shadow's laugh indicated that this fact was
useful to his plans.

Upon the map rested one ominous pin. In contrast to the bright heads of the others, this pin was colored
jet-black. Its location was quite near to the residence of Caleb WilcoxтАФless than fifteen minutes travel
distance separated the two spots.

The black-headed pin marked the location of The Shadow's sanctum, the very place where The Shadow
now was. With the marauding mob thirty minutes away from their goal, The Shadow could give them
leeway, and still beat them to their destination.

FINGERS plucked the pins from the map. The large sheet of paper disappeared. Only the clock
remained upon the table. Lingering seconds crept onward, until the sixtieth second of a sixtieth minute
brought a change to each circle on the dial of the timepiece. The strange clock now marked the hour of
eleven.

The Shadow waited. The supple hands were motionless. One minute moved by; two minutes; then eight
seconds of the third. A tiny bulb glowed from darkness beyond the table. The hands moved swiftly, and
produced a pair of ear phones. These passed into the nearer darkness. The Shadow listened.

тАЬBurbank speaking,тАЭ came the quiet voice over the wire.

тАЬReport,тАЭ ordered The Shadow, in an eerie whisper.

тАЬReport from Marsland,тАЭ announced Burbank. тАЬBaxton and the mob have started for the Wilcox
mansion.тАЭ

тАЬOther reports.тАЭ

тАЬNone.тАЭ

A pause; then came concise instructions from The Shadow's lips тАФwords that sounded weirdly through
the darkness.

тАЬSend tip-off to Cardona immediately after Vincent reports departure of Quill and Hotz,тАЭ ordered The
Shadow. тАЬThen call Wilcox residence and await my reply.тАЭ

тАЬInstructions received,тАЭ came Burbank's answer.

The ear phones slid across the table. An invisible hand clicked the switch of the blue light. The sanctum