"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 166 - Crime Rides The Sea" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

Raydorf's footsteps were still echoing from a companionway when The
Shadow
glided into Trame's cabin.
The documents that Raydorf had signed with Trebble's name were
comparatively unimportant. They were papers sent to the Marmora by Trebble's
lawyers. They had to be returned with Trebble's signature; but there was no
rush about them.
In the top drawer of the desk, however, The Shadow found a batch of
correspondence that explained the matter that had puzzled him. Most of those
letters were a year old, written before Pointer Trame ever had met Jerome
Trebble.
From those letters, The Shadow learned that Trebble had disposed of
nearly
all his vast estate. He had cracked it into gifts and endowments to friends
and
institutions, with the understanding that the donations should remain
anonymous
until after his death. He had put the small remainder of his wealth into an
ironclad trust fund, simply to support himself and cover the upkeep of the
yacht Marmora.
In meeting Jerome Trebble, Pointer Trame had not found a master of many
millions. He had simply come across a man who had foresworn the world, and was
living on a comparative pittance!
By taking Trebble's place, Trame had acquired possession of the yacht
Marmora, and nothing more. Whatever money came from the managers of the trust
fund was immediately swallowed up by current expenses. No wonder Trame had
found it necessary to play some other game! He would be glad when he could
chuck the part of Jerome Trebble entirely.


DIGGING into another drawer, The Shadow found more papers. These were a
discovery of a different sort, but quite as valuable as the first. They were
letters and other documents, carefully arranged in order of date, all signed
with the name of Hugh Barvale!
Some of the papers bore the letterhead of Barvale & Co. and every
document
told a story. First, there were letters and receipts pertaining to the
shipments
of delicate machinery, with references to when and how those shipments should
be
taken from storage.
Next were letters that covered the transfer of the platinum shipment,
brought in from Colombia and held for a few days before it was sent to Europe.
There were letters, too, arranging for an armored truck to carry Barvale's
strong box to the pier where the freighter Ozark had been moored.
Finally, The Shadow read a most important letter, addressed to a concern
called the Waterways Transfer Co. The body of the letter read:

In accordance with my previous instructions, you will dispatch
the auxiliary lugger Welcome to acquire whatever cargo may be