Show I OUTSIDE X THE LAW X I I I By STUART RIVERS It was on oh the tho tip of or the time girls tongue to ask her companion If IC tho the house in III I was wa-l really where they were headed but just in time she remembered I tiered that she was playing a part that I her name was no longer I Frances Tucker TuckI Tuck Tuck- I er to fled PoCI Larkin III the man beside her heron heron on tb the cushions of tho the car she was waR I lar I. Mary Saunders Frances Tucker ha badI had bad I been murdered at at least as far tar as Ked fled knew to the contrary So So instead of speaking ing the words worth I that on her er very ery lips she I closed her mouth and settled back hack against the tho cushion at her side of or the tho ho machine Gaining Gaining- Broadway once more they rushed rushe alon along un under er the elevated tracks of the suh subway ay until with a l sweep the they turned sharp to the left Idt and race raced for forthe the thc hill hut down which I Frances had hati taken that wild ild rl ride Je in Baums Baum's automobile There Thore wa was mm no doubt us as to their lr destination doe des now ito Though hough the road viewed I I In daylight a lIKht held Itch but little resemblance to I the wa way a she tho remembered bored it on tho timo I previous visit Isit Meeting tIme the byroad at last JaNt they traveled trav tra rat I oled this for a time lime kicking up a cloud cloudo o of dust that swirled after the time taxicab until lien whan Frances was as be beginning to 1 j think they thoy had missed d tho wa way tho time gate ate posts came camo In sight and they I turned into the tho private drive pulling to lo a stop before a bi big old I house which g ae gaea a first impression of It j being sadly In n need od of ot repair I All rl right ht Larl Larkin ln muttered softly Th This Thin It is 18 where we get out Frances without walling further instructions in- in I stepped lightly rom rein time the machine machine machine ma ma- chine and moved mo up the Pausing ill midway from the thC top tOll she taking this opportunity to scrutinize time the man mean who tho had driven l tIme the taxicab b. b He wa ivas all but hidden Jen in a hea heavy fur collared overcoat o but the time girl Irl from even cn this M m meager r view low gained a sudden dislike for him Ills Ilia eyes eyes eyes- probably from flom the wind win wind were were were red led and amid cold cohl an and u us as he lie moved mo hi his head lead lo to address a short hoTt word woid OI J to Red fled I Larkin she caught a u glimpse g of or a a. wide wille drooping mouth that shot his hits words out of or ono one corner and clo closed ed again Into something lil like hike a u sneer of or contempt Frances could not IlOt n conjecture who the tho man was He lie held no place arnon among the time brief Inventory of ot lied Larkins Larkin's Lar- Lar kinn linH tool Indeed from his attitude altitude he seemed to hold a 1 position somewhat higher than tho Ito gangster an It was more as us though ho was giving ln Red some somo or or- or ders ciers All 11 right rJ-ht Larkin answered You cun can go O spout it to her If It you ou want to to- to Did Dill I sn say an anything like that the time theother theother other barl barked c in sudden anger angor I said you'd better bettor be careful about oft off your face to lo cr c everyone ono you ou meet girl girl Irl IIi ills His voice olce was wa-s suddenly lowered ani and 1 the r rest st of tho the sentence reached Frances cars oars as ns a jumbled monotone Some Somo instinct toM told Frances that the driver would glance up UI at her an and she lio he turned away walking alJ the tIme rest of 01 the thc wa way up nit time the steps with witt slow Blow indifference ence once tn n a moment Red fled was tJ by her side Hide anti and with a key Itc which thich ho lie tool took from frum his imis pocket ct ho unlocked the door and amid It wide itle open Frances found hOrS herself lr after she sho crossed crosser tho threshold in an aim atmosphere as cold us IlS a tomb A musty unused smell liming hung in the tIme air all that lint ha had been heen lacking inching when she thc was taken to lo this same ame place PICCO ce with JUt Judge e Crane They had u used do door r. r sho tl decided ci Jed though she sho he could attach little Importance tance to fa fact t as Red Hell Paused Pause b by th time tho staircase and turned lo to her Shut that door door- ho lie ordered briefly nn and add added cd as though he would away time the that hung hun In Jn the lie thoa a air nir ir This place hs got ol to lo bo be aired out But wo we never nC use this entrance always como come in downstairs lIe He motioned her to lo follow rollow and passIn passIng pass- pass In lug Ing to the time rear of the hull huH clattered down some dark stairs that gt gave ac e Into a a. sort sorl of living JI room No Xo windows Jows were cut Into Inlo the blank walls walls-it it heln being c below helo the level 10 of the ground round but gained Its illumination from a t sin sin- f 11 t 1 P I h n r tem ler l t table l b-l on J which j l were h i piled ri s' s sonic some j I ne newspapers r and aHI s. cs I lie Hoy Anyone n here Tied Red Larkin in called pausing just Inside l c the lie door and raising his voice voice- No o answer r came canie to his heels heels heels-he ho crossed tile the room ant and threw open alien a door dool in the time opposite wall A A look of heu heavy heay suspicion rested J on omi the mans man's face but as he lie peered Into tho interior his features features' cleared and amid he hc turned to lo the time girl Irl bv by his side TheroH your our patient lm h by antI and Lra starin staring into the room saw sat a ann an nn l'- l' exceedingly fat at woman a stem In iii n a rock rocking elu Ic l' l an and beside beshle I I j her r. r lying i ln eu n a cheap heap white iron hc bed bed- I tead N nd d' d 1 the lie he- thin form forum and ghostlike i face ice of ofIn Mrs In Darrow Ju Judge go Cranes Crane's h J I Continued Tomorrow Copyright I 1919 93 5 Thompson Feature I I Service lct |