Norvell Page

Name: Wings of the Black Death — Nita Cries Vengeance
Author: Norvell Page

Wings of the Black Death — Nita Cries Vengeance (1933)

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“Wings of the Black Death — Nita Cries Vengeance”, published in 1933, is a work by Norvell Page. It explores elements such as the Black Death, Dick and Kirkpatrick.

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Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death — Nita Cries Vengeance (1933)

“ She sent it skimming over the roads, Apollo on the seat beside her, thrusting his head out from behind the windshield into the push of the wind. The swift drive over Queensborough bridge and out onto Long Island roads cleared her head.
Wasn't it possible that Wentworth had escaped? He was a superb swimmer and, unless he had been stunned in the plunge, unless he had wanted to die—Dick want to die? She laughed, and actual gayety crept into her voice. He would risk his life gladly in any just cause, but it was because he loved so to live that he got pleasure in thus defying death. ”

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Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death — Nita Cries Vengeance (1933)

“ It was an hour and a half later that she swung into the drive that twined, through trees, up to the home Dick had built on the hill, for the day, he had explained to Nita with a twisted smile, when some other man, stronger than himself and with an equal oneness of purpose, could take up his battle against the forces of evil. ”

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Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death — Nita Cries Vengeance (1933)

“ Pugh's wide mouth turned down wryly.
“The newspapers got another letter signed the Black Death. Even if the Spider is dead, the letter said, the plague will go on unless the money is delivered. Good Lord,” Pugh growled, striding on into the house. “As if the banks could shell out a billion dollars like so many rolls of pennies and not feel it. But they'll do it.” His face went grim. “They'll have to, or else...”
Nita's shoulders sagged slightly. She had been hoping against hope that there might be some new information about Dick. ”

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Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death — Nita Cries Vengeance (1933)

“ SPIDER ARRESTED FOR PLAGUE. KILLS SELF IN BRIDGE LEAP
Those black headlines screamed at Nita van Sloan when, with the morning sun warm in her face, she walked briskly along the drive with Apollo, joying in the fresh breezes that swept in from over the Hudson. ”

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Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death — Nita Cries Vengeance (1933)

“ Kirkpatrick eyed her shrewdly. “Yet you yourself quarreled with him, and I do not believe it was for the reason that the gossip columns of the newspapers reported. I believe it was because he could not explain...”
Nita laughed wildly.
“We quarreled. Dear Lord, we quarreled! Dick said that if we pretended to, over his leaving town, it would help convince his enemies that he had left. In which case he would be able to help you better to track down the Black Death... That was what he said!” ”

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Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death — Nita Cries Vengeance (1933)

“ She saw that Kirkpatrick had been plunged into the river with Wentworth. Surely from him then, she could learn the truth. She flagged a taxi, sat with whitely clasped hands while it twisted into the express highway, which, elevated on stilts, shot motor traffic down the bank of the Hudson. Once she threw back her head and laughed. But it was as if hands closed on her throat and the laughter stopped. Dead? Dick could not be dead. He could not be! He must not be... ”

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Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death — Nita Cries Vengeance (1933)

“ The horse jerked up its head from the ground, tried to maneuver its legs, flopped back and, breathing hoarsely a few times, died. Nita stared at it with startled eyes, then walked about its head, cried out and pointed at the gray forehead. ”

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Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death — Nita Cries Vengeance (1933)

“ She forced herself to drive slowly and, passing brick columns beside the road, saw the name of MacDonald Pugh on a mail box. On an impulse, she spun the wheel and drove in. This was where Dick had mentioned coming for the week-end. Perhaps in this part of the country he expected to find some clue to the Black Death. Perhaps she—
Grimly Nita van Sloan decided that if Dick had died, then she would devote the rest of her life, if necessary, to clearing his name of the smirching charge that he was the Master of the Black Death. For his identification as the Spider she had no apologies. ”

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