Show OUTSIDE THE LAW Haggerty's Hag Hag- few breathless For For a continued to gertys gerty's arm and hand searching searching search search- sweep about wout in the darkness h had d ing ins for lor Ballin Tho The Prances Frances throat shifted his hands from Crom who she WJ was now after discovering ho was holding her erect ono one arm about her waist explained Hes gone fone ho finally Baums Ballins gone bone but even evenin evenin I Gone Frances repeated in her excitement she remembered the danger they faced raced and her hr voice oice was anger scarcely a a. whisper Where here di did he hecor go cor goV in detective returned II You ou got Jot tn me the moment later lator I suppose ho added a lIe ito went ahead with our plan I was Voas Ito to start out to the right until I 1 got gotto gotto to tho the wall then I was going to tho the left until I ct came cameto to to a cor corner r of the 1 I j I I I I I i I J J Ji t i 1 I i I i i i room I told Ballin to go 0 in mo u uy- uy but it gave mo a n. at direction start when I didn't find Ind him I 1 didn't to start quite so think he was going soon Boon Again aln the detectives detective's es e's arm Im out onto In the darkness and this time ho touched Judge Cr Crane ne who was standing stand stand- lag Ins near the flight lIght of or steps holding himself in readiness ee every nerve of ot othis his body tingling with excitement Yes YeSo ho asked moving closer to tho the detective e What it Is What's tho the matter Miss Tucker Is down hors here Haggerty Hag Hag- her here Sho She gerty answered I have havo followed us down o and Ballin's Ballins gone ono gasped G Gone no the tho judge I 1 mean Incan hes he's gone over Into the corner corner cor cor- ner ncr of or tho the room like we planned theother the tho other man explained You ou keep Miss Tucker with you T Try TO to get her to back upstairs it wouldn't do for tor her herto herto herto to get set hurt hurL Turning TurnIng- to the girl irl and speaking Into her ear car the detective repeated his Instructions and after almost lifting her Into Judge Cranes Crane's arms he ho turned abruptly to tho the left and moved noiselessly noiselessly noiselessly noise noise- lessly awa away ay in the blackness Ballin Baum had not waited to nn find out I what hat had caught IL muffled exclamation that as close cose as ns he was to the man had barely reached his cars ears Their plan of or action had boon been decided upon and he proceeded Immediately immediately immediately imme Imme- to carr carry it Into effect supposIng supposing ing inS of or course that Ha Haggerty orty was al already at- at ready on his way toward the opposite wall Ho advanced ld w with ith cautious tread feeling before eore him for solid ground before ho put his weight ht on his foot foot- In n tho the darkness he had helped in this respect and at last paused suddenly conscious of or the fact that ho was not at all suro that he was still walking in the proper direction h h Confound it U no ne cu Im too far over o to my right If It Im I'm not careful Ill I'll be walking In a 1 cir circle cir cir- cle Baum Ballin was very ven much alive all to the dangers of ot tho the cellar Into which the they had seen Been the tho veiled cUed woman disappear i iI I If sho she was still alive and had escaped the cIte belts an and the tho poison polson well that Red fled Larkin had described sho was then a lars largo factor in n the thc danger er that at any moment might strike out of or the tho dark dark- i Iness ness If might on the 10 other hand she sho had been eliminated b by the devilish scheme which she had constructed for others and had fallen a l victim icUm to tho the well with its it's poison gas gas there still sUB re remained remained re- re tho the chanco chance of or following her Into that certain death Something of oC these thoughts passed rapidly rapid through Bahlin's mind as he paused doubtful of his direction and trying to once more moro get his bearings If It ho he had hall l kept in a 3 straight lino line from tho the stairway he should bo somewhere near the wall his objective but If he had wandered to the right the danger dang of ot stepping into the well ell was very ery near at hand Well this wont won't do ho told him him- self Belf Ill have to take a chance Again ho he moved mo forward with the same caution pausing between each step his ears strained as ho he tried to catch some somO sound In tho the black void vol which surrounded him Ills His hands had been groping out be before belore be- be tore lore him in tho the dark ark and now no he hc touched something that moved moed In that moment he ho knew what cold unadulterated fright ht really was va Waves aYes of or heat and chill swept through his body from Crom head hea to foot Coot and it was all aU he lie could do to chol choke e back the Cr cry that rose roso to his hiB lip Before ho ha had time to think his hand was clutched b by cold clammy fingers that felt like death itself and he lie was jerkey forward Stumbling he lost his balance but even as he fell ho he realized what was happening and with a mighty effort he threw throw himself to one ono side freed his hand from tho the clinging fingers and rolled away from the edge of or a hole holo In the ground of which he was conscious conscious conscious con con- more through Instinct than ac actual actual actual ac- ac knowledge of how near near he lie had to falling down the tho welt well He lie was wag on his feet in an instant then crouching and throwing hi his hla arm ho snapped on the tho flashlight To be bo continued Monday Copyright 1 1920 1020 Thompson Feature Sc Service E EMPLOYED En WOMEN I IEN QUIT When Akron 0 O. employed three v women omen as mall carriers because there I were no men available five lYe of f t the regular mailmen resigned Tho The cause cause I I seems to bavo ba been the same as Is s al always always at- at 1 ways the thc case case when women first enter I any line lino of or work nork which has been mo monopolized monopolized mo- mo b by men the men mon complain compla mO I because the women are given better pa pay better opportunities or bettor better I working conditions than the thc men have been heen accustomed to In this Instance I tho the men complained because tho worn worn- wom-I wom om omen en cn wore were receiving receiving- CO cents an hour while a Do postal for fl fifteen teon or twenty y years years' ser service ico cannot get more or than 55 cents an hour |