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MURDER LAKE
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. ECHO CAVE
? CHAPTER II. WANTED BELOW
? CHAPTER III. CREATURES OF BLACKNESS
? CHAPTER IV. GONE WITHOUT TRACE
? CHAPTER V. ANOTHER WAY OF MURDER
? CHAPTER VI. PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
? CHAPTER VII. SETTING FOR CRIME
? CHAPTER VIII. THE SHADOW INTERVENES
? CHAPTER IX. WALL OF DOOM
? CHAPTER X. ARRIVAL IN REDLAND
? CHAPTER XI. CRIME'S CONSEQUENCE
? CHAPTER XII. CLINCH FINDS A FRIEND
? CHAPTER XIII. MASKED BATTLE
? CHAPTER XIV. GONE WITH THE NIGHT
? CHAPTER XV. THE DOUBLE TRAIL
? CHAPTER XVI. ONE RIDDLE SOLVED
? CHAPTER XVII. CRIME'S COMEBACK
? CHAPTER XVIII. THE SHADOW'S COMPROMISE
? CHAPTER XIX. CALLING ALL KILLERS
? CHAPTER XX. DEAD MEN'S LAIR

CHAPTER I. ECHO CAVE
HUBERT ENDORF shifted his cigar and gave his visitor a calculating stare. In a tone that was the
counterpart of his blunt features, he demanded:

"Did you know Tobias Morgan well?"

Lamont Cranston nodded.

"Quite well," he replied in a casual tone. "I met him in New York a few years ago. He wanted me to
invest in this department store."

It was Endorf's turn to nod. As he did his eyes became reflective.

"I remember when Morgan went to New York," he said. "He thought he needed outside capital to give
Dalebury a really big department store. But he couldn't make a deal except on a chain-store basis, which
was something he didn't want. So he came back and took me into partnership with him."

A big gong sounded as Endorf finished. It was five o'clock, the closing hour at Dalebury's leading
emporium. Swinging in his swivel chair, Endorf stared moodily from the window toward the big sign that
bore the names:

MORGAN AND ENDORF