He stood bewildered for a moment; then, with a start, he recognized his surroundings. The alleyway in which he stood opened on a lighted thoroughfare. Cleve hastened toward the street ahead. Arrived there, he turned sharply to his right, and slipped into an open doorway into the shop of Moy Chen!
Cleve Branch had been rescued from the dive called the Sun Kew. His phantom rescuer had brought him to a spot of safety. Amidst a horde of enemies, he had been aided by a friend.
These thoughts were amazing; but more startling was the knowledge that the strange shadow that had crossed his path was real and not imaginary.
Cleve Branch had seen The Shadow — seen, him and met him as a living man!
CHAPTER VIII
DARLEY OFFERS ADVICE
CLEVE BRANCH glanced at his watch. It was five in the afternoon. One could not gauge time without a watch, here in Moy Chen’s upper office, for the little room was windowless. Cleve Branch was himself now. The disguise of Hugo Barnes had been discarded.
Moy Chen smiled placidly as he saw Cleve rubbing his shoulder. The wound had been a nasty one; but Moy Chen had shown himself equal to the task of mending it.
Cleve had been living here since that eventful night at the Sun Kew, and now he was ready to sally forth in his normal guise.
“I shall be back, Moy Chen,” he said, as he arose from his chair. “I intend to visit Ling Soo, when the Wu-Fan holds its next meeting.”