The right hand wrote new words on a piece of paper. They formed a column as follows:
Green — Vincent. Blues — Burbank. Gold — Burke. White and Black.
That was all. Yet those brief statements formulated The Shadow’s plan; they were the outline of his campaign.
Three of his trusted agents were named. Vincent was connected with the green pin, and such a pin marked the old homestead of Theodore Galvin.
Burbank was designated to two blue pins, for blue was the color of the twin pins that showed Hiram Mallory’s home and the house which adjoined it.
Burke’s name, with the gold, indicated that the newspaperman was delegated to the spot most recently marked on the map.
White and black, with no name following, could mean but one thing: that The Shadow, himself, had chosen to watch over the refuge where he had put Betty Mandell in safety, and that he was to find the place to which Bob Galvin had been taken.
The fingers toyed with the brown pin that marked the abode of Moose Shargin. The mind in the dark was speculating. At last, it must have come to a satisfactory solution, for the movement of the fingers stopped. Finally, the hand picked up the black pin and placed it with the brown.
Here, again, was a significant action. It meant that The Shadow had decided that Moose Shargin was the key to Bob Galvin. It would be his duty to watch the gang leader who was so closely identified with Hiram Mallory’s schemes.
The map was removed from the table, the pins still in place. The light went out. A low laugh sounded through the room. The Shadow was gone.