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                               THE SHADOW


                                   BY
                            ARTHUR STRINGER


                                NEW YORK
                            THE CENTURY CO.
                                  1913

                          Copyright, 1913, by
                            The Century Co.
                       _Published, January, 1913_




                               THE SHADOW




                                   I


Blake, the Second Deputy, raised his gloomy hound's eyes as the door
opened and a woman stepped in. Then he dropped them again.

"Hello, Elsie!" he said, without looking at her.

The woman stood a moment staring at him. Then she advanced thoughtfully
toward his table desk.

"Hello, Jim!" she answered, as she sank into the empty chair at the desk
end. The rustling of silk suddenly ceased. An aphrodisiac