Show Ug u I lM I OUTSIDE W THE TRE LAW By STUART RIVERS I It was was only by an nn effort cHort of or will that Frances l smothered the c exclamation of or astonishment that ro rose o to her lips Never for a moment had sho believed ed that the sick lck woman oman would prove proc to be be- beRe Re Reds Red's g but she was hardly pro pre pared to find Mrs Darrow here in this lonely house Theres Theros your our patient Jle Red repeated an and moving Into the room he hc paused by bythe bythe the thc fat womans woman's side sido and shook her herrou rou roughly b by tho the sleeve of oC her dress Wheres Sammy he ho asked sharply when the sleeper opened her eyes to stare thickly up Into his face tace se Whores horos heres here's I Sammy Keen 1 I The woman struggled out O of or the chair str stretched her fat Cat arms in a prodigious prodigious pro pro- dl ious yawn and nodded sleepily Hes lies gone out she returned Indifferently lie said this was worse than being boinS' in Jail Hos Ho's been gone fono since early earl this morning done Gone Larkin echoed blankly IY I Why hy h di didn't nt I know it then How should I know the thc other observe observed observed ob ob- ob- ob served Keens Keen's serve sourly I 1 aint Sammy Samm keeper If you'd out be bo a little more po polite polite po- po I lite lito I could coul tell you AOU that ho telephoned Alec lec Simpson an and Alec put him on somo Job joh that was pulled of off down in Williams street I dont don't know what It was but Alec knew Sammy went dO down n there Who is Sammy working for Red fled demanded sa ael savagely Alec or me Ask him was the womans woman's chucklIn chuckling chuckling chuck chuck- lIn ling answer and and a again she sho yawned half covered It with ono one of or her fat fat hands an and glancing up caught sight o of Frances Prances who stood in the doorway Her lIeI attitude un underwent a Bu sudden den tho thA fm into h hardness and she t took Jc a half l a lC step t c p for for for- ward vard pointed an and whispered ho s that What's she doln doing in here Susie sent her up Red fled explained abstractedly his mind still on the tho matter matter matter mat mat- ter of Sammy's absence going to take tal care onro of the old woman He lie HeIn In indicated Mrs airs Darrow V. V With an indifferent ferent motion of his hits hand Good job the fat wo woman exclaimed suddenly cordial as she turned turne to Frances Como Come in my dear she ad add add- cd ed Im glad lad to s st se you ou A woman likes another woman to talk to nn and it Its It's s been lonesome up hero without no no noone one My 1 names name's Flynn Sarah Srah Flynn but no one calls mo me anything but ut Mother Moth er Sarah Im I'm mother to everyone everone I Iam Iam Iam am all the tho boys 1105 an and girls They all come to me with their troubles Mn Aint t that so o o. o Re Red fled He lies lIos s one of or m my boys bos Frances could fully believe c the tue woman womans woman's wom worn an ans an's s statement but her face purposely carried an expression of or incredulity right ne Red admitted civil cl enough now since his first disappointment disappoint disappoint- ment had passed You tio tie up to Mother Moth Moth- er Sarah Anything sho she dont don't know about things aint worth knowing Shell Shil set you rl right ht lie He pause paused nn and turned to tho the woman Her name he lie explained indicating 1 Frances with a crooked thumb is Mary Saunders She's only just come from irom Chicago She's Sho's been working out Lb there ore The womans woman's smile was blandly oil oily as she moved across to Frances and took took- her lia hands ds in her own pu pudgy g grip rip Take o 0 off your hat deark she exclaimed ex ex- claimed J And nd make yourself comfortable comfort- comfort able You got ot a right lon lon- stay with me f it don dont don't t look like liko sho can get et well vell and it dont don't look like she sho can die so I dont don't know hafs going to happen j Frances rances removed remo her hat an and coat an and handed h them to the tho woman ornan who took the tho garmen s- s sonly only to toss them carelessly on a chair in tho corner Then sho she turned back to tho the girl Irl but 1 Frances had hall mo moved ed to the bed bed and antI and stood tood looking lookIng- down O n at the white face of or the tho old housekeeper housel Something must be done t to get set Mrs Mra Darrow out of ot the house and to a hos hio- hospital hos 1 pital where sho he could receive proper care caTe 1 nd attention It was as evident ent that that her ber condition was a serious and Frances felt Instinctively l that the other had but few tew hours more to live e unless she could coul get good medical assistance And then upon lipon second thought Frances realized how nearly nearh impossible it would be to accomplish this purpose Mother Sarah as she sho termed herself would woul never ne consent to Mrs Irs D Darrows Darrow's going Indeed Frances had little hope of gaining an ally in the r rat fat t woman It would have ha to be done without her hel knowledge an and without her c consent Somewhere in that t place there thero was a telephone Judge Crane when no tIo and l' l l-ances l had been locked locle together in ute tle room had hac used it and brought B Ballin to his n assistance If she could only find and better still if she could find finch an nn an opportunity to use it But what about tho fat woman woman woman-or or Red Lark Larkin in Fortunately enough the mans man's next words eliminated him him from the girls girl's schemes for ho tu turned to her and andas as asked asked- ed You all right now If you ou are arc I Im I'm m going going- to beat beal It back dO downtown Sue Sure bure Im I'm all right ht Frances an an- Only you OU haven't given mo me that mone money The man grunted passed passel a few bills Into her hand and after a a. short M mod d to the woman ho turned turne to the door and andl passed out onto The fat tat woman remained remained only only only the fat woman woman woman-to to be dealt calt with Continued Tomorrow Copyright 19 1919 9 Thompson L Feature Service I |