![]() Understanding the grumbles, Murk silenced them. Maybe there would be larger shares, if thugs met up with The Shadow. They were figuring that Murk was playing into Castenago's probable argument that less money would be satisfactory, if each man received a larger share. Murk's followers hadn't forgotten what happened to their pals in Miami Beach. Perhaps it would have been better had The Shadow let the wooden egg fall to the floor. It made him think of the coming situation: a game within a game. As soon as the waiter had hurried away, The Shadow said to Margo: Margo had finished her first course, and the next was waiting, so Allard told the waiter to serve it and bring the rest along. ![]() As she left the table, she saw Treban approaching, and walked straight past him, looking toward the roulette players as though expecting to see Allard among them. Twenty minutes later, Allard was on his way and Margo was finishing her desert alone. It won't take us long to sell our idea to Big Chin Face. Castenago wants to have a session with us first, and let his regular stooges wait. "Treban says we'll have an hour before the council meeting. She still believed that Lamont Cranston had come to Libertad and had established contact with Kent Allard. Margo gained the impression that "somebody" was The Shadow, and that Allard intended to inform him of the brewing trouble. The gatomontes will be along the route, signaling if its clear. He'll flash back from his office when everything's ready. Murk was marked safe only through Castenago's aid. Besides, ten millions wouldn't have been worth ten cents, had he stayed in the United States after his crime, or even fled to any country other than Centralba. A million dollars was probably far beyond any of his crooked dreams. It wasn't surprising that Murk had settled for so little. Allard hadn't had much time yet to contact Cranston. Margo hoped he wasn't going to call Castenago. Treban cocked his head, looked at the table that Margo had left, and promptly went back to his office. The Shadow laughed softly as he replaced the wooden egg upon the shelf. Collect special treasures to unlock bonus high score mini games.A novelty of Japanese manufacture, popular years ago in America, and probably something new today in Centralba. ![]() ![]()
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