Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott

Name: The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action
Author: Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott

The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action (1933)

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“The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action”, published in 1933, is a work by Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott. It explores elements such as Grogan, Wentworth and Mortimer Mack.

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action (1933)

“ Wentworth's only answer was to swing the belt once more. The curving surface of the heaving stomach was becoming a bloody mess, and Grogan's face was turning purple with suppressed resentment. He was afraid to express that resentment in words, for fear of bringing down upon himself some even more severe torture. The man, who stood above him, seemed incapable of feeling any pity and appeared utterly fearless of the consequences of anything which he might do. Murder was in Grogan's heart, but he was physically incapable of the slightest retaliation. ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action (1933)

“ Inside the room a man's deep voice was commenting angrily, viciously, over the telephone. And he recognized it as the voice of Dan Grogan.
Suddenly the man in the room crashed the receiver into its cradle and rushed out into the corridor. He came so fast that there was no time for Wentworth to conceal himself. Then Dan Grogan, startled and scowling, came to a lurching halt as he looked into the muzzle of a pistol held by a man in evening clothes, a man who said nothing but seemed to smile very faintly as he indolently held the pistol. ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action (1933)

“ Dan Grogan was quick to unfasten the wire which bound his feet and to get into his clothes. He did not like to lie naked before a man who fired a pistol so carelessly, and who wielded a belt buckle with so little compunction. He felt that he would have at least a little more confidence in himself with his clothes on.
As a matter of fact Wentworth had denuded him of clothes for the very purpose of shaking his confidence and beating down his morale. A man, under our present day conventions, is weakened psychologically by being rendered naked. ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action (1933)

“ As he spoke there came, faintly through the window, the scream of a police siren. The great power and the cleverness of the New York Police Department was coming into play because of the astuteness of their remarkable head in paying a personal visit to the establishment of Mortimer Mack. With such a clever man in personal control of operations, there could not be long to wait before the members of the force would be overrunning every portion of the Mortimer Mack establishment, secret or otherwise.
"Hear the siren?" asked Wentworth as Grogan paused. "We've got to move fast." ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action (1933)

“ The rising hands stopped suddenly and fell as a bullet from Wentworth's pistol pierced the fat calf of Grogan's left leg. It was a pretty shot and well judged because of the slack of the trouser leg.
"All right!" groaned the big man in dismay as he leaned against the foot of the bed for support. "All right, Mr. Wentworth, I'll do it. Don't shoot again!"
"If you don't, I'll leave the two of you, dead together, for the police to find," retorted Wentworth, unconcernedly throwing the safety catch of the pistol off and on with his thumb. ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action (1933)

“ At the end of the corridor Grogan turned into a room. Wentworth followed him and found the room to be fitted out as a small office such as a man might use for his own personal affairs. But a secret means of escape was recognized by Wentworth after a single glance around. Another high, steel safe stood against the far wall, which must, he judged, abut upon the next apartment building.
Wentworth remembered the similar safe at the top of the elevator shaft and he remembered, too, the old iron box of a safe which sank through the floor of the back room in Grogan's Restaurant. ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action (1933)

“ If the girl is not there, I shall kill you. First I shall put a bullet through that fat stomach to give you a little pain.... After I lift this telephone you will die if you have not spoken the truth."
"Wait a minute'" Grogan half screamed under the influence of the threat which was made in such cold, slow words. "She isn't there, mister. I lied to you."
Wentworth, who knew that only brutality had any effect upon a man such as Grogan, swung the belt again. Once more the heavy buckle curved through the air and bit into the fat, heaving stomach, upturned upon the bed. ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action (1933)

“ The single syllable, which Wentworth uttered at the mention of his own name, was a syllable of raging hatred.
"Get rid of Buckley through the other house," Mortimer Mack continued. "Then go back to the restaurant and get rid of the girl. She's too dangerous to hold any longer." ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Spider In Action (1933)

“ The door of the safe had scarcely closed when the outer door fell inward under the impact of many sturdy shoulders, and half a dozen policemen rushed into the room, pistols raised, flashlights piercing the darkness. ”

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