SHADOWED MILLIONS
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. THE SECRET MEETING
? CHAPTER II. LEGIRA ANSWERS QUESTIONS
? CHAPTER III. WATCHERS OF THE NIGHT
? CHAPTER IV. THE SHADOW SEEKS
? CHAPTER V. THE EYES OF THE SHADOW
? CHAPTER VI. A THOUSAND A WEEK
? CHAPTER VII. LEGIRA'S DOUBLE
? CHAPTER VIII. LEGIRA'S PROPOSAL
? CHAPTER IX. THE LAST WARNING
? CHAPTER X. THE SHADOW SPEAKS
? CHAPTER XI. HENDRIX DECIDES
? CHAPTER XII. DEATH IN THE DARK
? CHAPTER XIII. THE SHADOW KNOWS
? CHAPTER XIV. LEGIRA PROCEEDS
? CHAPTER XV. THE SHADOW HEARS
? CHAPTER XVI. THE SHADOW'S THEORY
? CHAPTER XVII. THE SHADOW'S PLANS
? CHAPTER XVIII. THE MAN HIGHER UP
? CHAPTER XIX. CARDONA RECEIVES INSTRUCTIONS
? CHAPTER XX. DESMOND SCHEMES
? CHAPTER XXI. ZELVA DECIDES
? CHAPTER XXII. BEFORE NINE
? CHAPTER XXIII. THE SHADOW'S FIGHT
? CHAPTER XXIV. A TRAITOR'S TRIUMPH
? CHAPTER XXV. THE DOUBLE CROSS
? CHAPTER XXVI. THE COMPROMISE
? CHAPTER XXVII. THE JUST REWARD
CHAPTER I. THE SECRET MEETING
THE lobby of the Hotel Corona was thronged with an after-theater crowd. The big clock above the desk
showed twenty minutes before twelve. The passive clerk blinked quietly at the gay host of visitors, who
were on their way to the popular roof garden which this hotel maintained.
The Corona was known as one of the brightest spots in Manhattan. Big men of business frequented this
place. The clerk had noted many well-known faces among to-night's gatherers. Each elevator that went
to the roof was filled with patrons. Business was always good at the Corona.
A tall, middle-aged man entered the lobby. He cut an excellent figure in his immaculate evening clothes.
He strolled along, swinging a light cane and staring about him with a bored expression. His pointed
mustache gave him a sophisticated air; his keen eyes indicated a shrewdness that his manner masked.
The clerk bowed courteously as the arrival glanced in his direction. This man was a most desirable patron
of the Hotel Corona. The clerk recognized him as Alvarez Legira, consular agent of the newly formed
republic of Santander.
The clerk smiled as Legira acknowledged his greeting with a curt nod. Such guests as this wealthy South
American added to the prestige of the hotel's popular roof garden. Legira was a frequent visitor at
