They were approaching that section of New York where gangsters convene; and Harry recognized places where he had been on previous missions for The Shadow.
Apparently, some one connected with the underworld was interested in what Stanley Berger was doing. Harry was eager to reach his destination; for he foresaw a meeting of those who were on Berger’s trail.
The cab came to a stop, and Harry alighted. He paid the driver, and looked about him.
There were lights in the second story of the old building before which he stood. The upper floor was reached by a stairway that showed in a dimly lighted entrance. Over the door was a sign: “The Pink Rat.”
Harry Vincent had heard of the place. He was not familiar with the dens frequented by gangsters, but he knew of this one. It was open to the public; but few persons other than the denizens of gangland entered it. He was positive that this was where the unknown man had gone.
Yet Harry hesitated before entering. He tried to formulate some plan; then decided that it would be best to trust to chance. Two men came along the street, and entered the doorway.
Harry Vincent followed them up the stairs to the Pink Rat.
CHAPTER VI
THE SHADOW INVESTIGATES
ABOUT an hour after Stanley Berger had left his apartment — in fact, at the very time when Harry Vincent was riding to the Pink Rat — a man alighted from a taxicab not far from Berger’s apartment house.