The Shadow 038 - Black Rock

Who knows what evil luck in the hearts of men. The Shadow knows the shadow mysterious characters, who wedspos in distress and. Helps the forces of law and order, is in reality Lamont Cranston, wealthy young man about town. Cranston's friend and companion, the lovely Margot Lane, is the only person who knows to whom the unseen voice belongs, the only one who knows the true identity of that master of other people's minds, the Shadow. Today's stories Black Rock. Rock down Ward. Okay, okay, the plane's all ready for takeoff, Martin and Water takeoff right straight through a watery graves. You only knew it lesson wards. You better not let bake it. Hey, you're shooting off your mouth like that. I ain't scared of that swing list. You ain't got nothing on me. Oh no, nothing at all, except that you're a pilot with all the licenses. Been making us living flying smuggle dope. So what I don't think I can't see what goes on. I know that backets swindle his stockholders out of a couple of million bucks, and now we skipping. On this plane. Well, what if he is You're getting paid plenty, and she said, yeah, shoot, oh old mister Bacon. Is the plane ready to take off? Yeah, he's fueled to the limits, fly fifteen hundred miles if necessary. The supplies are all loaded too. Boys. Well you know our course. We're heading for Nova Scotia. Yeah, mister bucket, Harvey, what are you doing here? I followed you here, you're going, mister bucket. I'll watch that to you, Harvey, I happen to know that you're upcoming with the company's fun I'll say, hey, Harvey, it's the bucket. You can't do this. Think what will happen to me? To the stockholders. Everyone, Harvey, I'm not running out on you. You don't know what you're saying. I do know what I'm saying. I know that in that suitcase you have. Too million dollars. If the company's funds you make me president and I'm responsible for those funds, I'll be ruined, ruined, do you hear? And now give me back that money. Let's go of that bag, Harvey. I mean, I say, you're stealing the company's money. What Martin take care of them? Will you give me out? I won't. I want that money. I want that money. Give it to him, Martin. That'll stop that. Nice work, Martin, throw him out of the plane. All right, okay, all right, let's get out of here. So you cleaned out your company and brigot rob your poor dead, trusting stack holder. I'm not supposed to know about this one. Oh no, not even the two million you get salted in that suitcase. You will hire the pilot this plane, and that's all. So get the plane off the ground. Okay, as long as I get my cunny not where. I want, you'll get yours. Looks like Josie Weather couple. That bog's rolling in thicker every minute. Okay, what do you expect on the grand Bank's? Mate? Hey, where do you reckon our position? About two hundred miles? Do you used to keep raised? Captain? Let me go for pork pole? Come, let you go for. Pork wreckage of the port bow. I cut the engine, mate, I said, what do you make it? Look out? Look? What the way. Of an airplane? Do you suppose it could be that plane that flew to see four days ago? So might be? Hey, that is. Easy, off of it. We'll drift down on it. I Look, there's the plane's number on the wing, sir, can you make it out. X one seven five two x one seven five to two that's the plane, Captain, I remember the number. I heard the radio broadcast about last night. That's what happened to. The poor devils lost their course and dropped. Into the sea. Look wire in that, lad, and the hand, and we'll hold that winger board. Get a line, liney, lad, till I get the doores over. Captains, not in this fog, we'll cruise about. I have a notion we'll find no trace of the. Three poort devils that were a bordered poor devils ledge devils you mean, sir, and get stole two million dollars from the poor stockholders of the company. Hey, all the money in the world will do them no good. And David Jones lucker heye, the rest of the plane is on the bottom of the banks. And then Rascal Sinner, I made lost, take my life on it, lost forever, and two million dollars of poor people's money lost with them. Hewindler's plane fountain, see Burger and companions to leave ground paper, paper, pleasing bank, hardly missing company, prisons for questing. The lord. You mean that the poor man really had nothing to do with the money being stolen. Absolutely nothing, Margot. That's why we're driving down here. Frank Harvey is an honest man. He was set up as president of the company by Burkett. Harvey thought it was a legitimate investment house. And why can't you tell that the. Police, because unfortunately that would never hold in a court room. The head of the firm, he is directly responsible to the people for their stolen money. Where did you say you'd meet him? Hiding down by Miller's Creek? Is that right, Johnny's Road? It's I think it's this third cottage here, and let's get out to see all right. Lamon, Hey, there's someone in the window. He's waiting for us to come in. Yes, it's Harvey. We go in the side door. How long has he been hiding here? About a week, I believe, mister Cranston. Hello, Harvey, are coming with you? Thank you? This is Misslaves. How do you feel? How do you do? I'm so glad you could come here, mister Cranstorm, and I hope I can be of service. Well that's a pretty full on hope. I guess what with Burkett, presumably at the bottom of the sea, presumably, mister Harvey. Yes, you see, I can't make myself believe that he's dead. I am inclined to agree with you on that you are why the man? Well, for one thing, Margot, their bodies were never. Found the man. I don't like to be stubborn, but the Atlantic. Is a mighty big pond. Yes, but I also know that when Burkett planters get away, he wouldn't have figured on flying across the ocean in a plane with a cruising range of only six hundred miles. They were flying to Canada and got off their corn. Yes, that's true, No, Harvey war although Crooked was an excellent pilot, he was an expert navigator in you blind flying. Then, since you think they're alive, how did their plane crash two hundred miles at sea? Fly itself? Fly itself? Margaret, you give me an idea. It's the only thing I haven't been able to figure out. What are the things you have figured out. Mister Cranston, I'm afraid I can't tell you right now. But if they work, the missing money will be returned to the stockholders and your name will be cleared. Mister Harvey, what do you expect to. Find at the airport at this time as. Night, Lamont, I'd like to take a look around the hangar where Burke had kept his plane, Margo. So what can you learn there? I'm going to stake everything on a shot in the dark. There's no one in that hangar but the watchman. He doesn't know anything, or if he does, the police and the g man didn't get it out of him. So how can you hope? I'm going to ask him one question, Margo, how could a ghost airplane fly two hundred miles and crash. Into the sea? And do you expect an answer from him? Not? I But the shadow does look look through those windows. Hm, there's the watchman. He's asleep. I won't wake him, Margo. It'll be easier for the hypnotic powers of the shadow. The force is a conscious mind to answer the question. I'll wait out here, Lamon. In a few minutes, we'll know if Burkett really went to his death in the red plane. M You sleep soundly, Jeff. Casson, alone here in the empty hanger. Burger, Burger, Burken, That name troubles your sleep, doesn't No, Burger, No. No, you mustn't wake up sleep. Let your subconscious mind, hear me. M I am Burkett, M I am burken Kur. You will remembering recalling the things I paid you to forget. Yeah, I paid you, didn't cost yes, and you paid thousand dollars. Why why did I pay you? M Mm? So I wouldn't tell about the extra fuel tank and the automatic pilot? Sleep sleep ramon, No, I don't tell anybody. I won't tell anybody about those long flight you took, mister Burckett. And where did I go on those trips? Cost? Remember? Now? Mm? Black Rock Black Cross? No, no, I won't tell you. Why did I install an automatic pilot? Why the fly black Rock m thousand miles and lands and then warm Wars was to take the ship up, and that the automatic pilot realized. So that's a ghost plane phone by a robot pilot cruising sea. Right? Yeah? Where is black Rock Rock? Where is black Rock? Whack Rock? Black Rock is twenty five miles off the course? Right A right? What am I saying? We must be getting near black Rock? Lamnyes Margo. I hope we reach it before it gets too dark to land the plane. You've come a long way since you left New York. This morning. It's exactly one thousand miles of black rock? How far off the coast of Labrador, about twenty five miles. Cregets certainly picked the secuted spot, just the dot of an island on this mare, Margo, hand me the glasses. I think I see lands where lamon triggerhead. Yes, that's it, Margo, a low shaped black rock. There's supposed to be a small cove to the landward side. How can this seaplane land with all. This ice in the water. Now, I've got to hope for enough open water, Margo. The month's working in his gang are on black rock. They'll hear the play. God be helped if it's possible to land. I'm going a shorter night. You want me to stay in the plane. Yes, you'd better keep this rifle in case they try to pot the plane while I'm ashore. Rock gets large as we get nearer. How will you find them? They may hide until we go. This shadow will find them, Margo. There can't be many places to hide. I don't see a sign of life, not even a half or ten. According to explorer's reports, there are several large sea caves. They may be using one of those. There's the inlet on the land which side the man. It's easily free of eye. Yes, I said, hold on, Margo, you've gotta try the land. In that open water. Heaven helps if we hit any park eys. Get on to light. Reservers, Johnson Cave. We've raised that the back water. Noney, you made it a mot you made it. Yes, and now the shadow puts. Do the rest? Come on. Don's path leads to the coal. Hi hold that last higher, will you? I can't see? All right? That's better. Hey, I'm sure you know where I can hit that boat here in. That little cave like by the edge of the water. Shoot that lanping up with you want me to break my neck? I hold him any higher work it'll see it. I'll let him see it. I'll kill him if he tries to keep. It from getting off. Get blast and rock that time. Baker will kill us if he catches it's trying to get that plane in the cold. Hey, what he had sposure? It is after us all the way. It's the plane, isn't it? Chance to get away from Baker? And I ain't leaving without that money, not after the way he stopped us, kicked us around. My dog all right, all right, we'll. Get the plane. Didn't we'll take care of butcher. All right, here's the cold. Look I told you we plant it the night. Yeah yeah, come on, yeah, Well what are we waiting for. I let's pull out to that plane. Oh, we gotta get that. Shut up on listen. I heard something like somebody laughing, laughing us. I yet crazy. It's the wind. Oh you know, somebody's close to us watching us. Get down the. Babies, pushashi, I heard it too. Put out the land quick. It's no use, I'm not burget. You cannot hide from me in the darkness some guy from that plane. Alright, come on in the light and be quick about it. Fella, come on with your gun button it can't see him. I am standing in the light close to your but you cannot see me. What do you want. I've come for you. It's the cops. W it's the cops. They found Oh it's not the police, mister Martin. Then who are you? You've been in prison, both of you. Haven't you ever heard of the shadow? The shadow? And ain't nobody's ever see you? Not, not the shadow, not on this forsaken rock. The end of the world is not far enough to hide you for me. War that voice I've I can't talk about it. It's him, he's here. There's been a slip. He's comfort us. Yeah, all right, kid, missus another thing that don't come near me? Shadow brilliant. Even if I can't see. You, I'll take you when the time comes. But first I mean to get Burkett and the two million dollars he stole and clear the name of Frank Harvey. Well, you can have bike it, but you'll never get that two million shadow. Not one of you will escape. You find us that watchman squeal didn't he I wan't bake it. Come on ward, we gotta find Bucket. He'll know what to do. Yes, go to Burkett, Warn him the Shadow is here. Tell him you'll never leave black Rock alive, never. Live to spend the fruits of your crime. Bigger? Are you having a k What is the matter with you? Martin? Where have you been been around at the cove watching that plane? Do you know who is in it? Yes? Yes, of course I know that. A girl and she won't give us any suble. I've seen to that a girl and he didn't come along. Know what you fools are talking about? Food didn't come along? The shadow? The shadow is hurn black Rock is shadow. Well you're crazy. No, No, he's here. He said we'd never leave the island alive. Oh how did the Shadow know that we didn't carry for the plane? Could watch mert the airport much a squeal? So the shadow trailed at a thousand miles to this sports they can hide away and played right into our heads? What's so funny? What do you mean? Like? Over there? See who's gagged and tied to that cot? What look he's got the girl? How did you do it? How did you get around of the plane? I went out on the boat, and I merely gave her the choice of coming ashore, having the plane's pontoons with bullets. The Shadow was on the rock here looking for us. We'll let him find us. We'll give him the choice of giving himself up with seeing his girlfriend, putting one of the lower sea caves until the tide comes in sadness, the might, I shouldn't bother you. You and Ward have been watching for a chance to murder me ever since we came. To Black Rock. You know why don't you? Because you've been starving us to test for your own goods, your foods. We've got seven months of winter ahead of us. The food gives up before we can leave here next summer. We'll die by slow starting. That is just how you will die, unless you tell me the hiding place of the two million dollars bucket. The shadow, he's here in the sea case. He following us. I'm glad you're here. Shadow. Now we can settle this. I'll make a bargain with you. The shadow doesn't bargain with criminals. Burcuit. I've got the. Girl who came with you. This is look at it. I'll give you two minutes to come out of the shadows and give yourself up. Give myself up to be murdered, drowned in the lower seat caves. Oh no, buket, you have no choice. We're down the girl. Listen to me. Would you have the murder of an innocent girl on your conscience in your last days and hours, when you are slowly starving to death on this battle island. You can't scare a shadow. We've plenty of food. You had plenty of food buckets. But look at it now. Look at the chests of food you were so carefully hold it. Look at them. Wake it. Look the locks of smash, the chest of an operate one waking. Look the farm the drive made. It's so so for our Kerocyes, no, this chest. Is the same. We can't eat it. But what about the can stuff? The can stuff? You couldn't spoil that? Get away? Her nose chases Martin. Oh you know you're not gonna keep what's left for yourself. I'm taking the rest of. This fool, and I'm going to the main layer. Now, put down that chase, Martin, put it down. I tell you, joy gon help me the den. You crooked rabble, all right, Barton, you won't stop it that now, you won't dive. But you didn't even give him a chance. You shot him in cold blood. You're telling the shame of me. If I let you help me a fool of water. Put down that gun. I listen, there's enough food for Rush, and I need you. If I couldn't stay here alone, I'd go crazy. I show't need food enough for one man bicking. And I'm gonna be that man. No, you don't want to go wing. Me, wing me a devil, go on, finish the job. Fis me better than stopping at that? I had enough? Would would? I only meant to scare. Wood? Is not that bucket. You're a bullet in his shoulder. Shuck hunger, that's all. No, what kind of a bargain will you make? I make no fergins with your shadow. Remember I've still. Got the girl, nor a burket. He's gone. Look on the cut of robes are cut. She's gone. Gone. You you're gonna lose. Yes, while you fought each other, I. Could only see you, and I'll never left to see another human face. If you don't give yourself up. No, I sacrifice everything with that two million dollars, and I'll never give it up. You've got to give it up, Burket. Do you want to stay here, starving, freezing your death for nothing? Now tell me where have you hidden the money? No? Tell me, I say, well, someone who's told from the thousands of poor in trusting people. You betraying. They'll never a good burk what you martin? You? But you don't seem to realize I have the power to make you a baby. Don't move, Burket. That's see stare into space, Keep staring into the shadows. No rapping that gun the birket, drop that gun. M your fingers. Can't hold it, can't hold it, drop that gun? Cop it? Now, where have you hidden the money under? You're a fool, burke it like all criminals. You've told me what I want to know. Buggle bugger. Take the ropes from the cotton tie circuit's hands behind him. He can't move right. Hurry, m hurry, throw his hands behind his back, tie him night night. Now. Now I'll go get out, get back to the plane. Hurry hurry, No, shut him shadow, don't don't let me ahead of time. As you want the money, I'll go. Back and sad times burgers, you'll give up the money that was never yours. You'll go back and stand. Trial, both you and ward. I wrecked your boats. You can't escape. And tomorrow, of course, God cutter of a North Atlantic Ice Patrol will pick you up. They'll take you back to pay. For your crimes. Lamon, do you think the ice patrol will believe your method? I have the planes radio tuned in on their regular bands. They'll notify their show base. They're preceding the black Rock. Ice Patrol cutter calling there It is no Hello, Hello, Ice patrol cutter perceiving the black Rock under fourth club preceiving the Black Rock on the fourth. I believe you, Lamont, they believe the shadow. That's your course, Homeward Marco. Our job is finnishing all the months. Think what it means. All those poor people will get their money back and will stopping, They won't lose their homes and let the Harvey's name. Will be cleared. Yes, Margo, and this would be a warning to others that even the best laid plans of the smartest criminals can tail. There is no perfect crime. The weed of crime bears. The fruit crime does not pay. The shadowlord. Oh