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DEATH RIDES THE SKYWAY
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. SAN FRANCISCO NIGHT
? CHAPTER II. FLIGHT IN THE FOG
? CHAPTER III. DEATH TRAVELS EAST
? CHAPTER IV. THE SHADOW SUBSTITUTES
? CHAPTER V. DOUBLE-CROSSERS
? CHAPTER VI. DEATH AT DAWN
? CHAPTER VII. THE LONE CLUE
? CHAPTER VIII. THE CLUE REMAINS
? CHAPTER IX. THREE ARE SUMMONED
? CHAPTER X. DEATH ON THE SKYWAY
? CHAPTER XI. CARDONA SEEKS FACTS
? CHAPTER XII. THE HALTED CHASE
? CHAPTER XIII. CROOKS CONFER
? CHAPTER XIV. THE DECISION
? CHAPTER XV. A MIDNIGHT VISITOR
? CHAPTER XVI. THE NEXT NIGHT
? CHAPTER XVII. CARDONA'S TRAIL
? CHAPTER XVIII. FIFTEEN MINUTES
? CHAPTER XIX. THE SHADOW SURROUNDED
? CHAPTER XX. DOUBLE BATTLE
? CHAPTER XXI. THE CAPTURE
? CHAPTER XXII. THE FINAL TRIUMPH
? CHAPTER XXIII. THE SHADOW REWARDS

CHAPTER I. SAN FRANCISCO NIGHT
"PAGING Mr. Crofton!"

A square-built young man came to his feet as he heard the bell boy's call. Striding across the hotel lobby,
he stopped the attendant and acknowledged the summons.

"Miles Crofton?" he inquired.

"Yes, sir," returned the bell hop. "You're Mr. Crofton?"

Miles Crofton nodded as he passed the boy a quarter. The bell hop turned smartly about and indicated a
row of telephone booths past the clerk's desk. "Telephone call, sir. Booth four."

Miles Crofton sauntered to the booth. Stopping there, he looked quickly about; then entered and
removed the receiver from the hook. He gave his name to the switchboard operator. A click from the
wire; a quiet voice gave a hello.
"Miles Crofton speaking," acknowledged the young man. "You are calling me?"

A pause. Then came a sinister tone, a whisper that held a strange reverberation as it quivered through the
receiver at Crofton's ear: