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

тАЬWhere are you going, Lugger?тАЭ questioned Cliff.

тАЬDunno,тАЭ gulped the dock walloper. тАЬUptown, maybe. Got a car outside. Wanna come along?тАЭ

тАЬSure thing.тАЭ

CLIFF arose. Lugger tried to follow suit. He staggered. Cliff caught him. Bracing the dock walloper's
shoulders, he piloted the big fellow toward the street door while watching mobsters grinned.

Lugger Gates was on another bender and Cliff Marsland was giving him a lift. That was all.

Lugger staggered sidewise as they reached the street. Cliff guided him toward an alley which the dock
walloper indicated. A coupe was parked beside the curb. Cliff yanked open the door on the driver's side
and shoved Lugger in beside the wheel. Lugger's big paw went to his forehead.

тАЬWait a while, Cliff,тАЭ suggested Lugger. тАЬI ain't drivin' yet. Shay тАФthat booze was lousyтАФтАЭ

тАЬTake it easy, Lugger.тАЭ Cliff shoved the dock walloper sidewise across the seat. тАЬTake it easy. We're in
no hurry.тАЭ

тАЬUh-huh.тАЭ

Lugger closed his eyes. He sprawled comfortably across the seat. Cliff watched for a moment, then
closed the door quietly and strolled away. Reaching the corner, The Shadows agent quickened his pace.
He reached a small cigar store. He entered and found an obscure telephone. He dialed a number.

тАЬBurbank speaking.тАЭ

Cliff responded as he heard the quiet tones across the wire. Burbank was The Shadow's contact man.
He relayed messages to the hidden chief.

тАЬBurnetti and a mob", informed Cliff. тАЬTwo cars by the Majestic Theater, on Forty-sixth Street.
Watching for Dirk Halgan to bring a victim into a taxicab. On their way now.тАЭ

тАЬReport received,тАЭ returned Burbank. тАЬAwait instructions.тАЭ

Cliff hung up. Minutes ticked by while The Shadow's agent strolled over and purchased some cigarettes
from a mild, wizened old storekeeper. As Cliff was lighting a cigarette, the telephone rang. Cliff stepped
over to answer it, apparently assuming that the call was for him.

тАЬCorner west of the Majestic,тАЭ came Burbank's statement. тАЬJoin Vincent in his coupe. Follow the two
cars.тАЭ

тАЬInstructions received.тАЭ

Cliff Marsland sauntered from the store. He walked along a side street, quickened his pace as he passed
beneath an elevated structure and reached an avenue that fringed the badlands. He hailed a passing cab
and ordered the driver to take him to an address on Forty-sixth Street.

Cliff Marsland was on his way. With Harry Vincent, another agent of The Shadow, Cliff was to follow