Jonathan Graham was dead! The millionaire had committed suicide by leaping from the window of his office on the thirty-eighth floor of the Farworth Building, at exactly five o’clock.
He had lived just one hour after his interview!
CHAPTER III
THE SHADOW KNOWS
A CHUBBY-FACED man was seated at a desk in his office in the Grandville Building. Before him lay a pile of newspapers. Through his spectacles, he was studying clippings that he had cut from the journals.
Some one tapped at the door. The man arose and opened it, peering into the outer office. It was the stenographer who had knocked.
“It’s nearly five o’clock, Mr. Fellows,” said the girl. “My work is finished. Is it all right for me to leave?”
“Certainly,” replied the round-faced man.
He closed the door and returned to his desk.
This man, despite his quiet and almost lethargic appearance, was in reality a very unusual person.