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Bahin turned his eyes from the blank wall through Jh which th they had elter back to the gangsters gangster's s face and i a smile slowly cur curved hl his lips hips as he met et Red Larkins Larkin's c eyes c all right ho he answered r Th The Thedoor door lOa may be closed But you ou can hav hu have the pl pleasure asure of or opening It again for lor us Larkin shook his h head a an expression of or entire seriousness g from rom his e eyes es Nothing doing ho exclaimed We W c cant can't open it from front the Inside No o Baum Ballin laughed Then jhen maYbe your 11 0 friend n can cnn I 1 tell teU you rou It can cant can't t bo be opened fr from rom m I the time Inside I Larkin flared There Th re I aint no switch on the thic inside IMide ro You You c cant can't l open It I Then who closed It itT UT You did was the surprising an In I 1 J guess Uess when you ou fell teU through lh th the lid 1111 of that chest you ou made mado a no arab rab ab for something an and lit lil on that thal bar lh that t runs across the tho room Didn't you our i Yes n ans' ans answered rell briefly V What of oC it itT r I what closed close I n It Red fled nodded Your weight on out the bar pulled th the thedoor thedoor door up J Then you ou think there Is no means means' of or escape Not ot a chance the tho gangster angster smiled Ut sourly Go Jo find one If you OU think you youcan ou can n. lie was wa still watching Damn ai al a cat cal watches n a mouse waiting for tor tho tb least Inattention an and l Frances rances realizing ing log this touched Dahlia on tho the arm Dont believe him she exclaimed UFo uro ro only wants want you ou to search March then ho will try tr- to do o what this other man t tried dc Baum lau laughed hed Well fix it that he exclaimed an and hacking backing up a tc few fc- steps he lie reached down and gathered d a coil coll of or rope in his right hand Deftly DeWy he made u. u slip knot and advancing ad to lo tho men men li he ho slipped tho the rope over s shoulders then over O Alecs Alec's body tying them at last tightly tight U 1 ly 1 together hack back to back Now Battin said when his tack taik was wai completed an and the time gangsters were standing helpless in th the corner well find If there is a t. wa way out of or this th room We could stop top that machinery downstairs down down- stairs Frances suggested I 1 8 saw saw- how they started It As 5 she he spoke shu she walked lo to the tho spot on the floor that was as raised from the surrounding boards by possibly half hat an Inch and pressed It with her foot toot The Tho sound ot or grinding stopped to tobe tobe be followed by complete silence I So Bo much for that Baum observed Now for a a. look around Absolutely nothing rewarded re their search Tho room aside from th the I table the chairs and th the chest the time lid of or which ha had m mysteriously swung back into place was aa as bare as a a. room can well beIt be If It there wasn't a wa way out Ballin mused to lo himself finally coming carnine to a ahalt ahalt halt by tho the table Those two would have c been more nervous and not nol co to dead anxious to get cl the tho best of oC me Now ow where In tho the deuce deuce- His voice trailed off ort into an exclamation exclamation tion of plea pleasure and striding acro across s the room he bent nt to the tho b baseboard and opened a little door In the wall The Time recess thus disclosed was something some some- timing thing liko like a foot toot and a. a half hal high and about l Eighteen Inches across It w wa nothing more mora than a cupboard but It contained an object that Baum Ballin caught up imp with a lau laugh h breaking from rom bi his hla lips lipsA A telephone he ic exclaimed So Now I well we'll find out If IC we have havo to stay star here for the rest of or our lives Still smiling ho lie lifted the receiver front from rom the hook hoole and to his satisfaction heard the welcome voice of or the op r. r number please with th the ator atom say 53 though lie Ite same casual ual inflection as ns had been speaking from a 3 public telePhone telephone tele- tele Phone booth hooth lIe Ho gave ga Judge Cranes Crane's number and waited ailed smiling over o the tho instrument at t Frances the tho call There was no answer to The Time operator Informed him that there no answer was as What hat shall shah we do now no he ho asked exclaimed Could Trat Tracy 1 Frances et him t p. p ou get you r Balm Ballin ran the number of or the rang that Tracy TraC rac informed garage aras- aras but was was out with Mr r. r Ballin's Ballins car cu Ditched Baum exclaimed I 1 and f anyone else dont don't like to lo trust the thc police will think were we're crazy crar r D DelvIng Delv- Delv I exclaimed Frances It It I 1 1 have ha the In lag Ing Into her she shO prod produced her which Tracy had bad given II car card Tommy Tomm Burke she explained Tract Trac were sai said if it we ice nee needed e anyone we i ito to call caB him l To be continued tomorrow Copyright 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