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Safety Silver Town. The Shadow laMont Cranston, a man of wealth,
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a student of time, and amaster of other people's minds, devote his
life to righting wrongs, protecting theinnocent, and punishing the guilty using advanced
methods that they ultimately become available toall law enforcement agencies. Cranston is known
to the underworld as the Shadows,never seen only her as haunting, to
superstitious minds, as a goat,as inevitable as a guilty conscience. The
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identity of the Shadow is known onlyto his friend and aids, Margot Lane.
Today's story the fire Bove Wire reportedit Forth and Chestnut Street, Plaise
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and forth and shut Nuts. Firereported it Forth and Chestnut Street, Plaise
and Fourth and Chestnuts say back,taking off a sorry man. We can't
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let him there. You can findit death. That all right. I
gotta get through the sy I tellyou my brother and sister and the fire
get back. Hey, you'll getback to that guy. Follow. Oh
gee, how is the fire abovejust this time? Oh hello to misson.
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I had a notion that to bringyou out. Here's we can check
it. Three day and sick,badly burned. That's man, the idea
house started. It's the same storyas the last six tenement fires. Commissioners.
It starts in the hallway with anoil soap. Baby carriage, come
ahead. There's no doubt about it. We're dealing with a piromniac. The
sixth tenement houses fires all started inhallways and in an oil coake. Baby
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girl, I know that's what mightdepartment's been trying the hammer in your head
for the past ten days. What'sthe matter with your folly force? Can't
you pick up this crazy power bud? It's done her best, wounded up
every possible such back to the cityquestion, hundreds of them. Well,
the commissioner, I'm here to tellyou if something isn't done and done quickly,
the city council will have your joband mine too. Yes, I
know, cares what you take ofcome the couple reporters, Well, lesson,
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it looks like that crazy fire bugsput another one over on you.
What's the matter of Commissioner. Can'tyou find this nott who's running around with
a buck of matches and can ofkerosene. We're doing everything possible. Yeah,
and meanwhile a couple of dozen poordevils get burned to death. The
whole town scared, siff wondering whatthis maniac going to burn neck? Maybe
it's time you're called him. AThesians friend of yours called it Shadow Weston.
Yeah, why don't you get theshadow to help you. We'll catch
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to the maniac without the shadow's health. Look out, you know, Lamont,
I feel sorry for Commissioner Western.The newspapers are writing the life out
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of it right, listen to thiseditorial, enter the Shadow. Due to
the inability of our police force securedthe way of intendorism, dozens of innocent
persons in the tenement of our cityhave died. Weeks have passed, and
yet the fiendish criminal responsible for thesefires has not been apprehended. It would
appear that again the people are inneed of help from that mysterious figure known
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only as the Shadow. Yes,Margaret, and you said there's a treating
Western and his police force, butthey roughly there are many actually one of
the most difficult type of criminals todeal with the world. And for what
end of the Shadow? Yes,Margot, but this time is humanly comparable.
I'm going to see that Western getsthe credit of breaking this case if
it's Candida broken. Is that whywe're driving from the tenement section now?
Yes, Michael, I've been checkinga serial of mine for several days.
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Now, Yes, but only asthe mont Cranston, the amateur criminologist.
Well, here we are just anothertenement house as far as I can see.
Shifford has a third dealer's shop onthe ground floor. And wait here
for me, Mogol. I'm goingin. There won't be long. You
see a meat coat lying around somewhere, you might bring it out with you.
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It might make up for the agonyof court fee. And I can
tell you this month before I goin, Margo, in the last four
buildings fired by this pyromaniac. It'sin a third dealer's shop on the ground
floor. The man who runs theshop here had his establishment was the last
place that went up and flamed.Hm, well he sent me moved into
another fire, Margo, And I'mcurious to know why. Good right for
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your hat over your eyes, rollup your coat collar like that. It's
just that in case the shadow hasto visit this third dealer later, there
won't be any connection with the montCrimpston. Wait here, Margot, don't,
under any circumstance come in match shop. I alright, what can I
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do for you minute? I'm tryingto match a piece of sur You seem
to have quite a collection here.I don't still retail we send you?
Didn't you just have your shop overit for some chestnuts? I moved?
Oh yes, yes, that's righthere. Building you were in burnt down.
I hear several people burned to deYeah. So the paper said you
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lost all your stock? I sowere you covered by insurance? Okay,
I gotta not time to talk toyou. I say you better go match
you for some place out So waita minute, now, I'm so far.
What's be interested in? Some sersin wholes? A lot of the
prices? Right, you'll come backsome other time. I ain't got time
to talk to you. You don'tseem very anxious to do business. Could
it be that you don't care verymuch about you carry him stuck? What
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do you mean? Oh? Areyou anyway? What are you coming around
here asking a lot of questions fortrying to make me talk? What do
you want? Well? At themoment, I'd like to know why you're
the anxious to get rid of him. You're expecting someone what if I am
none of your business to get outof here? If you don't mind,
I think I'll just have a littlelook around. You haven't got what I
want to wear. A third,I won't come back. Nobody asks you
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to come here in the first place. I don't right. I see you're
all set up, and you know, Joe, I got a customer over
here and it's behind the right,Uh, I see Gota. I don't
know. He said he come inhere some match for he looks funny to
me. Chen Welly rolled out thefront door and pull down the black we'll
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we'll find out what he says.Okay, we better take him in the
or on sever clip at the brat. Snapple will do the dress. If
he works up a lot of him, he's right back to there. Yeah,
I don't see anybody all right rightin it? Hey, he ain't
here, but he was just acouple of minutes ago. I see him
go in between those two rights.Maybe he heard it talking and give it
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that the back way now he cando that. The door's locked. I
got the key in my pocket,and he's gotta be here somewhere. He
couldn't have got loud. What amout? You hear that? Yeah? You
heard it from back there in thecorner. Come on, look, Maybe
he's a con got a gun,Nola. I am not from the police.
I carry no gun but that boy'swaist. He came from the corner.
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But there's nobody there. Nothing,shut up. It must be somebody
there, no matter that. Youwon't come up with your hands up for
I'll pretty your fuller letter. Thingsin the shadows are that's left in the
shadows? Heman, Oh, whatare you doing here? What do you
want? I'm looking for a man, two men, perhaps more, will
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burned scores of innocent people to death, cause thousands of dollars damage to property,
and terrorize the whole city. Ithink I have yes, I know
you portrayed yourself. So why you'recoming on the right far out shoot.
I am the shadow, Hegman.It loose papers. For days now,
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they've been saying the shadow. Icould find out who's set the fire,
And now he's here here in theshop. Yes, Hegman. A bullet
with silence Forrelli. There's nothing youcan do can keep me from reading the
thoughts that are racing through your mind. You're caught and you know it reading
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our thought. You're crazy. Itcan't be done, Yes, it can.
I can read your mind. It'smaking pictures like the writing on a
sleep. You've given me the motivefor these crimes. You're a broker,
Sure that's right Hegman's book. Yes, Hegman. You write heavy insurance on
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the stock of men, like Forrelli, on stock that doesn't exist. You're
not reading my mind, shadow,you're just yesing. You're smart, but
you're not smart enough. And youwouldn't have walked into this place. And
I'm telling you here and now you'llnever walk out. The door's locked.
I don't care how much you know, because you'll never live. The telephone.
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Bullets from that gun won't save you. You've set your last fire.
Everything. What are we gonna do? I tell you what we're gonna do
a rally. Get me that canof Kerothene. But it's in the back
room. Boys, I'm afraid beforeas I tell you, your yellow livered
fool. So I've set my lastfire. I have my shadow, Yes,
your last fire. I really don'tsay to it. I tell you,
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get that Kerothine. Go on aboutthe shadow. I can't see you.
I don't know where he is,you fool. I've heard him at
that shadow. He has some trickof being able to appear in the room
without being seen. But he's here, all right. And if he lays
their hand on, if he tries, says, got your grab hold of
him, and I'll do the resthome on, I tell you. So,
you don't work alone, shadow,You've set that trap for who You've
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caught your own trap? Quick?Really get that terra? All right?
All right? Why don't your answershadow, I'll deal with you alone.
Hegman for the police can break andhere you'll be burning on the floor.
Throw someone else, right, hurryup. That girl's gone for the cop.
We go out the back way andlocked the door. Huh, and
then this shadowy died quick? Allright, shadow, Now you just try
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to come through this back door,and I'll finish off with a bullet before
the fire can get you. Comeon, bro, get back, get
ready to slam this door. Aminute, I touched match to this newspaper
signing your death. No shadow yours. Don't think it can break through the
front window and get out because it'scovered with steel wire. All right,
Come on, book, you goup quick? Hey both, what's that
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noise? Just a car on thestreet. Come on, we're getting out.
Closed the door locked, Ladies andgentlemen, there's the shadow on the
right track. The next few minuteswill give the answer right now. Motorists,
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remember this when you're attempted to trysqueezing the last thousand miles out of
a warm tire, watch out.You may say fifty cents a present tire
prices, but who knows the shadowknows? Spouse, you had a skid
a blowout while hitting it up alongsome fast, crowded highway, think what
it might cost you in repair bills, doctor bills, hospital bills. Take
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towel, the tires that give youthe skin protection of the sensational life saber
treads plus gold them fly blow outprotection at no extra. Car, My
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girl, that'll be the police chackingup on how my car happened to crash
into that first or it's the exactmoment the fire started. What are you
going to tell them? A monthI got away in the crowd before anybody
had a chance to see me,a soul that my car was being driven
by a young woman. Don't thinkso, Mango, I told him the
car was chilling, and that makesa criminal out of me, doesn't it
matters? Yes? So one timegrad you disobeyed my orders, Mango,
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but no, you better go inmy study and wait. I don't want
the police to find your heird,all right, and I hope they don't
get decisions? Is what really happened? And discover where the do? I?
Ah, good evening, Sargean comethen decided to kept you waiting.
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That's all right, that's uh,Crampston. I've just got a few routine
questions to ask you, in additionto the information you gave us over the
phone. Got you for really?Yeah? Quick? Let me get bossed.
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What you find out where that girlgo? I got around to the
fund like you told me. Boss, I see a stip out of the
car and I follow. She getin a TEXTI but she don't get away
from me? Where is she now? I follow? What the way she
lives? We get her tonight.If you take the boss, perhaps you'll
lead it to the shadow. Buthow do you know for sure the shadow
got away? Send the papers.They put the fire up before it spread
upstairs, and now the cops lookingfor you as the owner of the first
Hey, look, Boss, yousay you take care of me. You
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have the priest, get after me, you poor, don't worry about the
cop. I'll get set of townin a day or two. First,
we got to get the shadow.As long as he's alive, we're both
as good as in the deathhouse.Sure, but how are we gonna get
her? That girl? You're dope. We'll get her. Leave a note
for this guy the month he wascalling to before she drove that car to
the store, and I'll get youto the one. He's the shadow.
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When he comes together, we'll walkinto word trap he will get out of
and that's it for We get himhere in your place and make a big
fire down here in the tell himwe get rid of both of them.
Man, Yeah, come on,show me where this girl is. We
got to get a hold of herthe night of it. Maybe too late
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right here, this is the houseI sell the girls woo the window in
the bedroom there, she's got amate. But I think she's gone now.
Okay, he's had plenty of timeto get the street since that light
went out. I don't want towin. They went to her room and
get up her rally, but ofcourse she wake up. Maybe she's screaming
after this gag you're putting the mouthquickly enough. It's so with chloroforms.
You wait here and help me carryher down to the party case. I'm
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boss. Yeah, I wait righthere by the window while you're getting her
out, Pennis, note on thecurtains. I don't want to get that
windo what and get in there,Okay, I don't bump in anything.
Just grab her and clap a gagin them out and hold until the chloroform
doesn't stuff. All right, I'llget her. You what hell? When
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I came in a minute, Igot your message. What's wrong is this
margin? We're all this margat.She's gone, She's been taken my daughter.
Look, she's considered it the way. Do you know? Did you
see it happen? I know Iwas in my room and I heard a
scream and I run in here andthere was the bedroom. They have been
to the Heaven's ellen and this happened. Now to go and sin because it
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just du to you notify the police. No, I didn't care because I
read that note first and it saidnot to call the police. Mag did
right. I'm not calling the police. Allen Margo here in the track she
could lead them to me. Hold, you can't explain now, but listen,
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Ellen, if you want to helpyour mistress, you must do exactly
as I said. I know youwould. I just wanted to say,
here, don't talk to anyone.Don't tell anyone what happened to you here
for me. Do you understand?I understand. Wherever you go, I'm
going to do exactly as the notesays. Ellen, I'm going to find
miss Margo and bring up back withme. If I'm not back in two
hours, you haven't heard from me, tell her note of commission Western or
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the police department. Remember that.Even if I'm not back in two hours,
take that note to the Commissioner Western. Oh dear God, nothing happened
to him. Happened m m h, Sir, I have fine time a
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night to be calling hello, Helloyou? Why did you get my private
number, Shuttle? I've had itfor a long time. Oh no,
Western, I wanted at this time, I thought you've caught the firebugs.
I suppose you all set to makea monkey out of me and the all
police for the newspapers have done youand your force a grave injustice. Commissioner.
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It is not my doing so whatwhat is you worth? The lost
for a few hours sleep? Ifyou can trap the firebus before morning?
Commissioner, where are they? Ihave an appointment with him? With him
the next hour. I'm finished withhim? Are yours? If you're ready
to take me with them? Youcan have the honor and credit of ending
their reign of terror? Commissioner,what am I supposed to do? Wait
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here and tutto my tombe throw acordon of police around the district founded by
forced street of the River and fromFruit to Medley Square. Oh crazy,
that'll take halfway forward? It allright? What's then? You've in touch
with headquarters? You've not heard fromme? By force? Here notes will
be delivered to you telling you whereto find the firebug, the body of
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the shadow less than you. I'mgonna give you one more chance to talk.
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Whatever you'll think different after I've burnedyour fingers with a few more matches.
Won't tell you. I won't whoit's a shadow worth he talks?
Or this is only a taste ofwhat you'll get it you know like that?
Oh no, I won't tell you. I ain't gonna tay up there
in the dock anymore. I'm scared. I don't work no more for somebody.
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I can't get back up that really, get up there away, I
tell you you don't. I'll giveyou something to be scared of. But
it's dark. I can't see youall the time. In the dark.
I ke'pt hearing the noise. Itsounds just now. I think I hear
somebody least, of course somebody.Something flimmed it all. So we meet
again the shadow here? Shut up? Sure he's here, and that's just
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what I want. Less and shadow, don't come near me. I'm warning
you. I've got a gun pressedagainst this girl's head. One false move
of you and I'll pull a trigger. Go on, you tell him I'm
not bluffing. Why did you come? They use me to get you here,
to make you walk into a deathtrap. They're going to kill you.
They'll kill us both, all right, Margo, maybe we kill stand
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by that door. If the shadowtries to get out, lose your nice
Remember if he gets away, you'llgo to the chair, all right,
boss, I watch, I'm sorry. This is my for my now that
I'm here, heigmuan, what doyou want? I just wanted to hear
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shadow. That's all I see youprepared another trap, another fire trap.
You'll get it, and this timethe girl won't get you out of it,
because you'll be right down here inthe cellar with you. Come on
the boat to quick. We gotout. Now lock the door in by
the fire anyway over, Really,don't open that door. I say,
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yes, listen to him. Doit. Hegman orders you, and you
live a few minutes longer. Thenyou die with a bullet in the back.
That your boss. No, no, the boss will not do that.
Your lying is shadow. He plansto kill us because we know too
much about him. But you youfor relly no more. Not until you're
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dead, will he be safe?It may be a few minutes, an
hour. See what do you mean? Shadow told he's thinking about killing you.
I'm not. I'm not gonna killyou. Can trust, leave you
forget. I can read Hegmann's mind, believe just to get your boss.
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He can read the mind in theshop. He said it. No,
no, I tell you you're myfriend. You know too much about Hegman.
For Shadow is right, why nottoo much? Only when I'm dead
will you be saved? Both toocan keep a secret only when one is
dead. For really, when oneis dead, for Relly, listen to
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me when one is dead, Whenone is dead, when one is dead,
listen to that sis when one isdead. I really keep away way,
don't listen to me. The tideyour mind. That's another one of
the shadows. John O Brother allright, yeah, yeah, I meant
to kiddy Brolly. I was gonnado it a minute. We got rid
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of the shadow and this girl.But I don't need you now. I
got them Crapp and I'll give youyours now here you you'll come. But
before I die, I've got youboth. Get you. I said you
would before regressed further. Here,got your and get out of this place.
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Go back to the apartment. Ifthat no from Ellen to destroy it.
The secret of a shadow from mainsecret more time with his tea.
There's nothing more can be done here. Yes, the firebugs have said there
last fire. One more thing tobe done. What's there? And it's
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getting touched with Commissioner Western. Ipromised him I'd give him the credit for
capturing the criminals. He and halfthe police force of the city of Waiting
out there in the streets. Theshadow always keeps his words. You have
a listening to a dramatized version ofone of the many copyrighted stories which appear
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in the Shadow magazine. So wedon't cry, m there's bitters who crimed,
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not they the Shadow nose. Allthe characters and all the places named
are physician and the similarity the person'sliving or dead is your legal incident.
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Uh him a