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Show "OUTSIDE THE LAW" BY TOD BROWNING. STARRING PRISCILLA DEAN. NOVELIZED B7 MAUD ROBINSON TOOMBS. circumstance., might hare coat him dt-ur. "A clue lo the Wpenoee ease, aen-tlcmen:" aen-tlcmen:" he .napped. "I ahall have to question this person alone." Satisfied that he wan perhap. a better bet-ter sleuth than they thought, the two dignlturie. left to give him a chance, a. they thought, lo administer the third degree. But when tiling I wa. admitted to the inspector', presence, the latter was more ready to fall on hi. neck with pure Joy than anything else . "la It? Have you " be babbled la his excitement. "Yea." aald Chang Lo, bowing hie bead gravely. Thank ;od!" breathed McManu. devoutly. "1 owe you a lot for thl.. Im- "Only thnt you keep your promise to me." answered the old philosopher. "Oh. as to that, don't let It worry you for one minute. I saw Spencer, and he'a so glad to silence his wife's I nagging that all he want. Is the neck-lai-e bark. 1 have the whole atory cooked up for the reporters, and If I needed anything more to .tall the boy. with. 1 just had a phone call from the Nob Hill district that liwyer had been found with hi., head busted open. He Is dying In the hospital, may he gone by. thla lime, and aaenr. Hlack Mike did it. Ko .f've sent out another a'lurm call for Hilva and we're going to pin all the goods on him." Chang banded the Jewel, to the Inspector, In-spector, and made tail way toward the door. "Wait a moment." chuckled the latter lat-ter in a hinh good humor, aa be ca-rensed ca-rensed the treacherou. necklace, which had nearly cost him all he held most denr. "How about that sporting chance you were about to give the gods, my friend about that man and that girl? But Pilky Moll, perched on her fath-er' fath-er' knee, was rumpling Ms hair In the dear uVliKhtful way he had no often dreamt of In prison. She told him the whole story once more, for he bud already heard mos of It trom Chang, only Molly put In the very peraonal tout-he which Chang I-o, philosopher though he wa, only suspected. At. the close of her story Silent took his daughter', flushed face in both hands and looked deep Into her eyes. What he saw there must have satisfied him, for though he niched, he kissed her long. and tenderly. Then putting her down from hi. knee. he turned hi. attention at-tention to Bullard, whose attitude by the door waa atill one of watchful waiting. "1 only have one daughter to make happy.JJ Madden spoKe with a certain cer-tain quiet dignity which appealed to Ballard. "Where are the Jewels?" With' a sigh of relief Papper Bill came forward and laid them on the table ta-ble before Chang and Moll's father. "We re . through. We're going straight!" 1k answered Madden', unspoken un-spoken question, looking him right In the eye. Silent gave him a moment's sharp scrutiny, and then stretched out his hand, remarking as he did so, "I am glad to hear you s:iy that, because 1 know that you mean It. and that is, the only way you could ever marry j my girl. A crook's daughter she may be. but she shall never be one herself nnd go throunh what I have, even though I have to break her heart to prevent her." Silky Moll pressed her soft check against her f.ither's rough one. "I have been a fool. Daddy, hut I didn't km.w 1 didn'-t inw wdnt 1 ! now!" she finished, looking up at Bill and flushing adorably. Chang l.o interrupted , the conversation. conver-sation. "Shall 1 take the Jewels to the Inspector, my friends?" said he. "The sooner the better!" Madden answered an-swered for them all. And .o, leaving hi. .hop by an underground un-derground passageway, Chang L,o finally' fi-nally' emerged safe and sound some distance away and called at headquarters headquar-ters bearing the precious necklace. It can easily be Imagined that he wa. not kept waiting. The Inspector was not having the most pleasant of conversations with a couple of high officials, but he got rid of them with an abruptness which, under ordinary iouii nave in Keep an eye on them, you know, as you promised. The next thing they do, they can't be let off so easy ! " Into the slanting eye. of Chang Lo came a twinkle which Is a. near a laugh aa a Cbine.e will Indulge himself him-self "The god. have had their sporting chance, my friend," he returned, "thanks to you. and the result la good. Tou will see the boy and girl no more, for In the fragrant orange grove, of southern California they will build a love nest of their own and neither you nor they need fear any more!" McVanua watched him go with a shake of hi. head. "Whet he calls the gods, and what I thank heaven can still call the little bit or good in hard boile men isn't it the same?" he muttered with a smile. Then sharply coming to himself "Hey Pat!" he yelled, "get that Idiot of a Spenoer on the phone and tell him I the necklace 1. found yes, found by ' Dwyer on Black Mike Kllva! And he'. ! to .top ringing tip thi. place and diiv. Ing me crazy, him and that wife of I his! Send out & general alarm for j Silva you'll find bia description in the , files and send In the reporters to me? "Come right In, boys! I've got a ! peach of a atory foryou!" he boomed i out genially, a. he ushered them in and .hut the door behind them. fTo be continued. |