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TREASURE TRAIL
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. DEATH DEFERRED
? CHAPTER II. CRIME'S VICTIM
? CHAPTER III. PAST LINKS
? CHAPTER IV. THE MAN IN THE DARK
? CHAPTER V. TASPER TALKS
? CHAPTER VI. WESTON'S BLUNDER
? CHAPTER VII. REVEALED BY THE SHADOW
? CHAPTER VIII. ABOARD THE BARGE
? CHAPTER IX. GHOSTS FROM THE PAST
? CHAPTER X. THE LAW INTERVENES
? CHAPTER XI. THRUSTS AT DUSK
? CHAPTER XII. THE SHADOW DICTATES
? CHAPTER XIII. FROM THE DEPTHS
? CHAPTER XIV. THE LIVE GHOST
? CHAPTER XV. DEATH'S SILENCE
? CHAPTER XVI. TRAIL OF GOLD
? CHAPTER XVII. THE SHADOW'S PROOF
? CHAPTER XVIII. TRAILS TWIST
? CHAPTER XIX. THE GOLDEN LURE

CHAPTER I. DEATH DEFERRED
THE man who stopped inside the doorway of the Cobalt Club was stubby in build, shabby of attire. His
plain face looked weather-beaten beneath his grizzled hair. He had taken off his hat - awed, perhaps, by
luxurious surroundings of New York's most exclusive club.

Strong, squatty fingers clutched the hat against the buttons of a threadbare overcoat. Colorless eyes
peered from the man's flattish face, scanning everywhere, for someone the man expected to see.

The desk attendant questioned sharply:

"Is someone expecting you here, sir?"

That query was the usual opening to get rid of undesired visitors. The grizzled man did not catch its irony.
Bluntly, he replied:

"I must see Mr. Cranston. Mr. Lamont Cranston."

The statement brought a gape from the attendant. Few members of the Cobalt Club would ever expect
so shabby a visitor as this one, and Lamont Cranston least likely of all. Cranston was a reputed
millionaire, who favored only the most select circles.
Recovered from his surprise, the attendant decided that the shabby man was either a crank or a
masquerader. He was ready to dismiss him curtly, when he remembered standing instructions concerning
Mr. Cranston.