Looming larger as it neared the pier, the autogyro settled leisurely until its wheels seemed to pass on either side of the balanced figure in black. Two arms reached forward and upward. They grasped the shaft between the wheels.
Then, with renewed roar, the autogyro swept forward. Its descent ceased; its speed increased. The form of The Shadow raised. With cloak flowing in the breeze, the agile figure gained the bottom of the ship and disappeared up into the cabin!
That happened as the plane whirled above the spot where Chief Yates stood. The ship was rising in the air, roaring fast across the black waters of the ocean, sailing onward, upward, until it, then, was lost in the great beyond.
The Shadow’s work was ended!
The Shadow was gone!
CHAPTER XXIII
THE PAY OFF
THE rule of crime was ended. The crime kings were through!
All had ended in a burst of flame; an amazing finish, yet one which was outshone by the incredible climax which The Shadow had provided in his own departure.
From the battered speedboat, the police had reclaimed the wealth which Wheels Bryant had sought to gain from the wreckage of the schemes which The Shadow had frustrated.