"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 252 - Judge Lawless" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

serve him as shields, Lawless hurled himself upon them, and in the melee,
Fleech broke loose.
Driving in from the other side, The Shadow was suddenly met by Fleech,
who
then - apparently for the first time - revealed his real purpose.
As only a condemned man could, Fleech battled far beyond his normal
strength. His energy, returned, he was a human wildcat as he grappled with The
Shadow.
Seeing Fleech as the adversary of the moment, The Shadow made the most of
it, reeling back into his corner dragging Fleech along. Nobody could get a
shot
at The Shadow without winging Fleech first, and the man's combat was so
vehement
that others preferred to let him continue it.
All thugs that could went dashing for the bloody angle at the far end of
the room, and Judge Lawless followed, dragging Dave along. Why they were
boxing
themselves in, in the worst place possible, Dave couldn't understand-until he
saw that the worst place was the best.
That angle wasn't merely part of a partition. It was a revolving door!
Swinging to the left, the door took men through in fours. As it swallowed
each quartet, another section came around to gobble another batch. Dave was
among the last, and after him came Judge Lawless, who threw a swift glance
over
his shoulder to see how The Shadow was making out with Fleech. With the look,
Lawless aimed his gun.
The move saved his life.
Already The Shadow had divined how matters stood with Fleech. He'd beaten
off the frantic man's attack and was shoving Fleech away. Making a quick
side-step, The Shadow was starting an elusive fade-out, knowing that Lawless
would never clip him with a hasty shot. Pivoting, The Shadow was about to
blast
his master foe, when Judge Lawless fired.
Wise as ever, Lawless didn't aim for The Shadow. He picked Fleech
instead.
The traitor jolted. His sideward spill, a chance result of the bullet
that
felled him, sent him right into The Shadow's path. The cloaked fighter was
forced to make another feint, and during it he lost his chance to reach Judge
Lawless.
Without waiting to see what happened, the gray-haired criminal hurled
himself through the revolving door after Dave and the others.
What surprised Dave was the fact that the door didn't carry them fully
through. Instead, it ejected them at the first quarter into a passage at the
left, behind the very partition that marked the limit of the courtroom.
Dragged by two men ahead, shoved by Lawless from the back, Dave could
only
hope that The Shadow would follow. If the cloaked fighter appeared, Dave
intended to delay the rush.
The Shadow didn't get through the revolving door to learn the secret of