mg.cityofcrime-第31节

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rookedness　in　which　he　and　others　had　aided　Stephen　Ruthley。
　While　Lieutenant　Maclare　and　his　loyal　men　stood　stern　and　motionless；　Judge　Benbrook　turned　to　Louis　Wilderton。　Calmly；　the　gray…haired　jurist　reminded　the　district　attorney　that　the　meeting　hour　had　arrived。　It　was　time　for　them　to　depart　this　scene　and　carry　the　news　of　real　reform　to　honest　men　who　had　been　Stephen　Ruthley's　dupes。
　The　space　in　the　wall　was　blank。　The　Shadow　had　not　returned　to　it。　From　somewhere　off　in　the　depths　of　the　adjoining　vacant　house　came　a　weird；　mirthless　laugh　that　might　have　echoed　from　another　sphere　of　space。　The　eerie　tone　faded；　bringing　silence。
　That　laugh　was　The　Shadow's　final　triumph。
　It　marked　the　end　of　another　life…risking　battle　against　crime；　and　at　the　same　time　it　presaged　greater　difficulties　ahead。　The　Shadow；　who　escaped　death　a　million　times；　was　to　face　a　new　kind　of　death；　and　a　new　kind　of　crime；　in　Death　by　Proxy；　matching　his　wits　against　the　wits　of　a　master　villain；　and　stacking　his　two　guns　against　the　arms　of　dozens　of　hirelings。　A　strange　menace　hung　over　an　ancient　family　home；　death　struck　with　uncanny　regularity。　Into　this　scene　of　fear　and　danger　The　Shadow　must　enter；　here　he　must　fight　anew　that　justice　would　not　be　misled；　that　criminals　get　their　deserved　punishment　…　death；　real　death；　not　Death　by　Proxy。







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