"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 053 - Tower of Death" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

тАЬThat's the place,тАЭ informed Mallet.

тАЬLooks like a spook joint,тАЭ commented Speedy.

тАЬMaybe it is,тАЭ affirmed Mallet. тАЬAccording to Luskin, there were guys who never came out of the place
after they went in.тАЭ

тАЬAnd he knows whyтАФтАЭ

тАЬSo he says. But that's only part of it. The dough is what we're after. Luskin says we can get itтАФand
we're going to try if we have to shoot the works.тАЭ

Mallet took back the card from Speedy. He stared at the picture, then read two lettered words in the
lower cornerтАФthe name of the old mansion and its location.

тАЬMontgardтАФGlenwoodтАФтАЭ

Mallet tore the card to fragments. He lighted the pieces with a match, held them as they burned and
finally dropped them in a large ash tray.

тАЬAn old bloke named Windrop Raleigh built the place,тАЭ mused Mallet. тАЬhe made it like a fort, so Luskin
saysтАФand Luskin was a servant there for years. Luskin knew more than the old man thoughtтАФbut he
kept mum and hung on hoping he'd get rewarded when the old geezer crooked.тАЭ

тАЬFaithful servant stuff.тАЭ

тАЬThat was it. But Luskin had a wrong steer. He got the grand bounce along with a couple of other
servants when Windrop Raleigh went the voyage. Jarvis Raleigh, the old man's son, took over the old
house.тАЭ

тАЬThat was a few months ago?тАЭ

тАЬYeah. Luskin watched the place like a hawk. He wanted to get at the dough. He lived in an old house in
the woods, half a mile from Montgard. But he couldn't figure a way to get in.тАЭ

тАЬPlenty of windows in the house.тАЭ

тАЬYeah? Did you see those little panes? I'll tell you what Luskin said about them. Those aren't window
slats between the little panes. They're steel rodsтАФlike bars.

тАЬThe only way to get in is through the front doorтАФin the big tower. They keep it boltedтАФand there's a
second door within. Luskin knew all that; he knew he didn't have a chance to crack the place. That's why
he gave up the idea of working it alone. He came to New York, looking for a bimbo with a rep. He
found me.тАЭ

тАЬSay,тАЭ laughed Speedy, тАЬLuskin has spilled the whole story, hasn't he? How come he doesn't figure that
you might try the game alone?тАЭ

тАЬHe probably figured it,тАЭ returned Mallet, with an odd laugh. тАЬBut he knows he has me. Suppose I did let
him down. You know what he'd do, don't you?тАЭ