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