Show OUTSIDE THE LAW the Not Nat longer longor than two seconds hand cut through tho the light In Ballin's Ballins blackness g of ot tho the collar cellar A shout came from somewhere at his back but giving ing Ing- this no heed he gazed at the figure relief before him thrown Into bold boht upraised hand him with and f faring facing caught a fleeting lawyer Tho The young oung Impre Impression lon of or a low IlY hoa beamed of oC wheels ceiling a t. t curious assortment with the belts running running- over them an anIn and andin andin in front of or these tho the figure of ot the thoy had como come to find ln woman whom She had lost her coat the hat with Its clinging veil en ha had disappeared and she sho stood gazing straight Into the light t. t As fleeting as was the tho Impression felt a a. pang of or sorrow at his heart for tor the tho woman before him was his sister Jane Tane She was unmistakable and amI his worst fears Cears wore realized Tho The next Instant t the roar o of n n. zi pistol cut short his Impressions ho he felt Cell the light flash ripped from his ban hand and shut down own once again the tho darkness blacker more moro Intense than It had bo boun bosn n before Sho had shot the tho light out of his grasp rasp and now with only his re revolver revolver re- re volver olver clutched in his han hand ho he moved cautiously forward making for the spot whore where Jane Jano had stood All his love lovo for her hor ha had been been- snuffed out with tho shot from her gun UD It had been Intended for him She Sho was doing her hor best bost to kill 1111 him and now It had bad resolved Itself down to a fight tight to the death cath Sho She had become only onh a a. member of ot tho the underworld and his feelings toward her the same samo as ashe he ho would have havo ha h. any other member of or tho sangI gang sang I If It anyone had been lIeen thero there to observe him they would have havo seen seon that his mouth had set Into a n. hard lIne lino of or de determination do- do termination his brows wore wor drawn wn ra-wn to together together to- to gether in a n. frown Crown and his fingers clutched the tho butt of tho the gun un with a purpose that spoke ill for Cor the woman vho was somewhere in front of ot him Suddenly the tue revolver re again stabbing Ml tie the with darkness a flash lash of ot vivid fire the tho bullet thud thudded ed Into the opposite wall and Ballin leaped leape a yard to ono one sl side Ido o as tS tho the third shot ran rang rang- out In tho collar Jane ha had fired at tho the spot where ho ha had stood and missed Still crouching Baum Ballin rai raised ed his gun and pulled tho the trigger trigg-er ana with the light from the explosion he saw that Jano Jane had use used the tho same me caution of mo ig mog pg g after hor her shot and nl she escaped tho the bullet by a. a good two yards ar s On han hands s and knees cs Baum crawled away to the tho right then paused and considered This battle battIe in th the dark would lead nowhere His cartridges Ies would bo all gono gone and ho would find himself In the same position In which ho was at present Ho lie must hit upon something better But Dut what Dimly ho he wondered what had happened hap hap- pene pencil to Haggerty If It their calculations calculations had not gone gono astray the detective should be bc somewhere on tho the other side Of or tho the well e 11 somewhere at Janes Jane's back He must have o seen Baums Baum's lamp flash l mp and caught sight ht of ortho the woman Haggerty Hag flag gerty had a lamp flash-lamp of ot his own why didn't ho use It Like a hot stream of or fire Janes Jane's pistol broke the tho silence ono one shot tumbling close upon tho the heels of or another The gun was an automatic and she was firing Iring as fast bat as she could put her finger on the tho trigger Above the roar of tho gun Baum heard hearda a laugh which broke broko from her lips and 11 1 n 1 Bounding HUG iii-e LUU lU UL VA a. a woman Was Wa she cra crazy really ho lie asked himself and dl did this account for tor the queer twist in her nature that had led her into the tho underworld and hel held her ber there Even en in the tho excitement of or the moment with tho the bullets singing spitefully spitefully spite spite- fully tully oV o over his head Ballin Damn caught upon this explanation of or Janes Jane's actions with witha a ft glad almost thankful relief After all sho was not to blame blamo she ho had not been responsible for what sho she had dono done With this thought taking possession pos pos- session of him he held his fire Ire making making- up his mind If possible to capture her alive alivo and In some institution re restore restore restore re- re store his sister to her senses Frances Prances left with Judge Crane b bythe by bytho tho the steps ha had no such compunction for forthe forthe forthe the woman who was doing her heir utmost to kill Ballin and with a no wave of ot hatred sweeping sweeping- her ot off her feet teet she sho threw w off ocr Judge Cranow detaining hand han and moved rapidly away In tho the darkness darkness darkness dark dark- ness making for Cor the spot where she sho had seen Jane and gripping g the automatic automatic auto auto- matic which sho she had taken from the shelf shelt In the Ole storeroom some hours before be be- fore Core Possibly the tho girl realized something something- of or what was going on in Ballins Ballin's mind for she made no comment to herself at the tho silence of ot his gun bUn but but rather admired him for Cor refusing to shoot his own sister no matter what that sister slEter ha had done fo 0 o It Jane Jano had lI begun n to fire again an and Frances Francos raised her pistol but at lt that moment light flash dispelled dispelled dis dis- dis the blackness an and they saw aw Jane Tane a rigid figure standing on the thc brink of or a round dark ark hole Sho She vas was laughing bIDS with tho the mirth of or a crazy person her head bond was thrown b back cl one ono one arm pointed to the rafters of th tho 11 ceil ceil- in ing To Bo Be Continued Tomorrow Copy Copyright right l 1920 ThOmPSOn 1920 Thompson ThomIson Feature Service |