Shadow, the Mysterious Detective
ich he opened by aid of the pass-key taken from the capture
s was his light tread, so light that none but
ng it out, he had gained such additional knowledge as he required, which was principally that the movable a
ugh the floor behind the counter was
cellar, and there was guided forward by the light
suspicion of his proximity, and obtained a hasty althou
asy work, and had alre
f their number were engaged in bri
ow could not retreat without
d edging away, paused only when a d
lars passed, entering the
bank building. In this he was mistaken, for while one returned the other
tive was
otted the very minute a light was brought into the cellar. While it was dark, an
an attempt to reach the stairs and m
h, he took a step
ok one more step
not bee
anothe
he was u
l, he would glide along several feet. In this manner he had nearly reach
ay when compared with the tac
could not comprehend, but, as he heard no movement to
they
squeaked, notwithstanding h
ls so that they had not been heard, now perf
dging towar
ot, as Shadow reach
ight by hearing the sigh of relief which unconsciously
rush up-stairs by
ent of the stairs that Shadow had no ti
t on him, after which there was a grand rush at him,
aimed. "Poor Mrs. Morris-how h
e I was
to my pocket, and now
ea
ly said
e my eye lighted on, turned on the gas, and in less than five seconds from
f revolvers, before the rascals had ceased to gasp
de a rush toward the tr
n the counter, kneeling in a position
a bullet in his noddle!" I grimly told them, and they halt
e in,
to my
fairly cornered, and the wisest
ice. "We're almost as many as they are,
e men made a wild, although i
my men, and then aimed a
ver, was aiming at my h
r his, and I pul
ac
sank to the floor, wit
shoot every man who
did as d
heir leader completely demoralized the remainder, and dropping
minutes we had th
ick, I put up my revolver, but not before; and
moments of excitement like this through which I had p
on the floor at the farther side of the r
t! Poor
id just where I had last seen Shadow standing, in the
dy, and-it was n
feet and glanced about the room. But naught was to be
of the hall. Then, I thought, he
stairs, we could find
disap
o, not the wisest o
had escaped with his life, when