Show 1 I Outside the Law l Zy By St Stuart art River Rivers As Ballin held firmly to the knob of ot the tho door Judge Crane moved quickly h across the room to his si side sitIo do Good work ho exclaimed That was 9 tho the neatest thing 1 0 ever seen in all nU my life liCe It would have havo spoiled our plans in Jl JI jig time timo if It that door had hall opened But ut what are aro we wo going going going- Go Q outside the tho judge Interrupted See Seo who It Is Maybe Maybo its it's only a business business business busi busi- ness matter mattex but It It connects with wILh this lie he he waved hl hin hand In a n little BOS- BOS turo toward the tho desk and antI tho the body bod of oC Miss Willis You know what to tell thorn them Ballin nodded opened tho tine door only onh wide enough to pass through and found himself in the hall A quick sigh of oC relief relict escaped from tram his lips for Cor he was facing his sister thu the la last t person in the I world worM ho ha had expected to see sec ec What bat on earth is tho the matter sho she exclaimed Why h all tho th secrecy There has been a murder committed In my office Bailin Ballin answered briefly A girl was Avas killed A murder Jane gasped a p recoiling a stop Why Hour Henry this Is t terrible Irl Who ho was It I Quito b by instinct his mind reached out for or the tho truth and anti It was wat only upon second thought that ho lie checked ed him him- self sell After Arter all aU it was not alone none his secret It belonged cd to Frances more mor than titan to anyone anono else and he hu felt Celt called caned upon to protect her oven on from Jane June Do you ou remember meeting a girl irl last night ho he returned with hardly a n pause paute Sho She Wa way with me inc when you met us In tho the restaurant Jano Jane no nodded ded watching her brothers brother's face tace curiously she I offered her a Well WeIl It was as stenographer and just a a. position as my In m and anu time Um someone camo came short a ago o stabbed her in tho the back And Ana nd Fearful Jano Janno murmured ha haven't you ou any l Idea ea how It happened d. 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