"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 117 - Vengeance Is Mine" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

upon the amazing fact that his friend Cranston, without moving from the club,
had gained essential facts that had escaped the law.
While Weston still held to his theory that a lone terrorist was
responsible for Zanwood's death, he could at last see a motive for the murder.
It was possible that an enemy had risen from the shady past to strike down
George Zanwood.
Was that enemy Dudley Mook? Or was Mook another like Zanwood: a man whose
own life was jeopardized?
Weston balanced the two questions. He was still pondering when The Shadow
returned. The Shadow, too, seemed thoughtful, as though deciding whether or
not
to give the commissioner further information. At last, The Shadow acted in
Weston's favor. He approached and attracted the commissioner's attention.


"WHEN I learned of Dudley Mook," stated The Shadow, in a casual tone, "I
decided to locate him. I understood that Mook makes his headquarters in
Detroit. So I had a friend of mine - an investment broker named Rutledge Mann
-
make some long-distance calls to Michigan.
"Mann learned that Mook started for New York, a few days ago; that when
he
comes here, he stops at the Hotel Goliath. Mook must have changed his plans,
for
he was not at the Goliath when Mann telephoned there, today. However, I have
just heard from Mann. He tells me -"
"That Mook has arrived at the Goliath?"
Weston fairly blurted the interruption. His question brought a nod from
his companion.
"Yes," replied The Shadow. "Dudley Mook registered at the Hotel Goliath
one hour ago. He went out immediately afterward; but they expect him to return
at any time. His room number is 2549."
Weston was on his feet.
"We must go to the hotel at once!" he exclaimed. "Come with me, Cranston.
I may want you to act as spokesman when we meet Mook. Jove! You have made a
lucky find!"
The Shadow was smiling as they left the Merrimac Club. Calculation, plus
careful inquiry, had accounted for his discovery of Dudley Mook; but
Commissioner Weston was welcome to his opinion that the find had been sheer
luck.
If Weston had not appeared, The Shadow would have planned to visit Mook
alone, the moment that he learned of the man's arrival in New York. Since
Weston had come to the club, The Shadow had decided to give facts to the law.
That step had slightly delayed The Shadow's trip to the Hotel Goliath,
where Dudley Mook was still absent. The halt was so short that it seemed
unimportant, even to The Shadow.
Yet those few moments were to prove vital in the schemes of a master
murderer, whose hidden hand poised ready for another stroke!