Show I i I I I I I I t t. t a 1 i 1 S C OUTSIDE LAW LAW LAWI In I STUART Un The telephone message from fron rom the bt room of oC Larkins Larkin's cant candy storo store t through h the regular channels SC e operators handled It rushing I rushin rushing i In tb little plugs of or their Indifferent Interest horn born switchboards of ot wi Wi long im- im Not ot one ono of or them realized what It what to lo the man and the thc girl leli shut u up in the room with time the two gangsters A A 1 plug was shoved In 1 bi In a girla girls f pressed little button a n buton and a T 1 attached to tho smoky wall wal of or a gara r nl sent out Us its warning InS InS' Is war call call in alo re regular ular cadence tho the ring wa vaa as repel until yawning mightily a man maa r rc u from rota an art armchair that had b been n agal against the wa wall wail and stumbled slow alow along the slippery sUpper floor I to the iho rear reat- rear r the building Hello Helo ho asked gruffly angA 1 the receiver d down from tho h AVI What Wlm t do kl you ou wan want t The I buzzed buzed and whined In hi his hla h at nt being aroused front from sleep the man make mako out only an shouting Shut up shut up up ho ha exclaimed hn patiently How do I know what talking about Again aln he then hung the receiver back In Its l c and with is a grunt or of disgust back huck to his chair For a time the tho telephone l then again Its waa WU sie silent call whined t lh the cal out through 5 E gloom oom demanding attention All Al rl right ht ring the tho man exclaimed exclaimed aloud SeC See Who who'll get Ct et tired fl or you tred first t m ins lie le paused and glared l red back In direction of or the telephone then a tle 1 to one ido to escape a a. machine machin that camo Caine tearing Into Inlo tho the garage garag up UI with wih a a whine of brakes gr and pulling a litti skid almost almot against the opposite Look hero herd wal you Jimmy Burke the t t. doorman exclaimed A A few more ore n 0 c them kind o o. o tricks and ill i'll break In two Jl r you yon youA t d 1 A young man climbed from 9 r r the wheel I el of ot tho the taxicab and exposing PO Ig an even esen set et of cC f white i teeth e h Suddenly ho lie paused listening and In instead in l I stead or of the other mans man's threat threat jerked his thumb In the time ditc- ditc tion of or the wall wall 41 you OU mean to answer that tha he asked asked I did answer I I It the other returned J gruffly That telephones telephone's broke cant can't hC hear nothing over it r o cr it t You ou mean youre you're OU re too lay lav Ja Jato to try Jimmy exclaimed with Ith a a touch touch ot i on anger er How Jow do o you expect u us fellers feller to make a if Ie you dont don't answer feler the tho COI calls IS M He lie wheeled walked to the telephone and held heM the time receiver to his ear he asked ed What Is it er I want to speak to Jimmy Burk Burke came the answer Get Gel him as quick as you can will wil you v F This Is Jimmy Burke he be answered Who ho arc are you you's 7 ji s My I names name's Baum the yoke voice replied Do D you know a a man by the name of T Tracy rac 1 f 7 Sure Jimmy said quickly his eye eyed Ce opening in sudden interest iou you s say your names name's Baum You aint making any mistake about that j 1 abut arc are you you ou b by the lie seo pa papers rs that body has been found In the river all al right tho the voice reassured reassured reas reu- him That stor story was part put of ot the tho game gme I r want to know where I Ican I. I can Cn find Tra Tracy or at least leat where you youcan youcan can find him for Cor inc mc Do you know Maybe Jimmy considered considered What do you OU want him for Cor o 4 Iss ss Tucker and myself are ue locked In a back room of oC Red Larkin's Larkins lkins cand candy store on Hester heater street Il its it's a little place with wilh wih a n dull dul red front front ne next t door to a a baker bakery Tell Tracy he cant can't miss ml it It I r want him to come como down hero and let us out He lIe can open the door tl by pulling down lown on one of or the shelves la In lathe the storeroom behind tho the shop DI Did you get Set all aU that tha And nd if I he be cat r come or you OI cant can't find him I want to como come yourself And one thing more mort tell Trac Tracy to call cal up Judge Crane Crane and say that m my sister Jane Janc Is I the tho per perSOn perSon person son weve we've o e been looking for Now No do you OU think you ou can Cnn do o that that f- f For Fr A moment moment Jimmy hesitated gar gaz In Ing with doubtful eyes at his dim re reflection r- r re- re In tho the little round rund piece of ott metal behind tho the mouthpiece of tho In In- In strument strument He Ho had ha had Imad strict orders ordera If if-bC if h from Tracy to move on the jump he ha had word from roam Baum Damn but the message Je he had received over the wire was us be beyond DJ bee D J yond ond all nJ reason The Tho man ma wb who bo WaS waa waS talking to him was wa a a. a nut nut someone wh t was wa putting up a game gae on en him or oring try he wasn't going go go- ing Ins to kid him anyway want lag ing Ing to fall for itCo It I. I Go Co Go tell tel that that stuff to the time he ho exclaimed I 1 dont don't know who bo you arc art but you OU cant can't ki kid me mo that that es easy op v vAnd cleverness cleverness clever- clever And with a chuckle at his own ness wih he hung up the receiver and walked awa away from the phone phone lightings In in pleasant disregard of or the fire law lawa a a as n he moved slowly towa toward the tho door 1 J To Bo lie Continued Tomorrow f. f Copyright 1920 Thompson F Feature atu e fl I 4 |