Show i JiT q t i k 3 P vf If WITHIN W THIN r THE TAE LAW F By y MARVIN DANA FROM THE TilE PLAY OFf OF t tA I- I f A i BAY BAYARD ARD I. I 1 co Copyright JOlt 1918 company b by the tb H. H n m Fly i 1 SYNOPSIS r w f S Mary Turner a department store clerk 7 le sentenced la-sentenced sentenced to prison for for a theft she she did did not commit jS f Edward dward Ilder owner oft e d department r F store consents to see see seo Mary before she sho goes foes to prison expecting her to confess It w Mary protests her Innocence to Glider Gilder and begs begat maim hIm to pay better wages to hie hiI II f 9 lp irk l to ave wave them the from temptation After three thre t years In prison i- i i t- t freed treed but the the police prevent her holding p- p positions She jumps Into the river to end ent I her life lite but Js la rescued by Joe Garson a n nL At ev L' L forger torger S t Mary Mary forms t a 1 partnership with Ganon Garro m fi r. r and and his hl j gang by which they mulct rich t. t victims In a a legal le I manner keeping with A In Inthe the law I 5 r Mary M ry Is Is' warned by the police p to leave town after she has formed the acquaintance acquaint acquaint- Vi j ance of ot Richard Gilder Glider her former employers em- em k son p. p Helen Morris Morns the tho girl who had commit commit- committed jp ted the theft thelt for tor which Mary was imprisoned on ed sees sees Mary and confesses her guilt Mary marries Dick Glider Gilder without his f fathers father's knowledge and then refuses to tort dot rt sail 8 for tor Europe with wit him f Joe Joa Garson against protest br s agrees with Eddie Griggs another crook to S to help h lp commit p ft II burglary in In Gliders Glider's i k i home 2 Edward Edw rd his Glider Gilder sees his tries to Induce Induce- induce hert herto to give up her hus her bei bus hus bust t r band bend Dick luses f 7 Defuses to leave her even eVEn r when she ahe tells him she la 18 an ex convict Inspector Burke calls on Gilder Glider and tells rf him Mm that a s burglary at his home that night has been arranged through Griggs i- i s a t stool pi pigeon n to trap Mary Turner and r- r her gangU gang t U 1 J and nd his gang break Into dilder's Gliders Glider's i y home hone and are followed by Mary who Is told of the proposed burglary While they are there Dick returns home 1 r Garson learns that Griggs bad had helped t i put up the job on him and h he kills GriggS with a noiseless revolver Inspector Burke 1 arrives finding only Mary and Dick with jf Griggs' Griggs boy body r. r CONTINUED S v nurse rs rose ro r n Ills nis feet feet- Ol His heavy t v face was fiR set In lit Its ItI sternest t mold 55 You You could OUd drive a II hearse through h b r r. the hole they bey made In hi said Cas- Cas assidy Rid sidy Burke wheeled d un on Mary and nud Dick DId So o he h. shouted now It its it's murder mar r Well hand It t over Where's Wheres the gun Fie HI nodded d DI Dirk Dick I. ashe as ns ashe he gave his hiI order Search Seurh him r Dick took the revolver from his fils pock pock- et a and d held held- held it It out ut At t this in this Incriminating crisis f for r tl the 5 son Hon the father hastily h strode Into Info the tilt Horary rIp Fie had hud been heen aroused by the th Inspectors Inspector's shouting and wa was evidently greatly en perturbed r W What ut I I nil all I this this this' he be exclaimed wd t Burke In a II moment like ilkI this was was n no resper respecter ter of or persons You Von can see sec for yourself our M 1 he said grimly to to the dumfounded magnate lAn So So he went on with JUb somber nh nIsh men bace b. b ace In hi his voice toll you ooh OU did It YO young voting men HN HE toward the deter detec- deterS S tt p.- p. Well Cassidy you yon cnn can take em both downtown That's Th pit nil The command aroused Dick to r re- re re- re against such sueh Indignity toward toward to- to 7 ward the woman he loved lo i Tot i t b her r be he cried Imploringly You don't dont want her Inspector This Is all wrong Dick Mary advised quietly dont talk please What do you expect Burke Burle inquired in In- truc truculently As a n nl l matter of ot fact lac th things thing's simple enough E young Joung man tuna Either yon you killed Griggs or sl she e did The Inspector with his made madei i w toward the corpse of ot the murdered stool pigeon Edward Gilder Glider loot looked d and saw th the o ghastly Inanimate Inanimate In In- animate 1 te heap of flesh and bone that had once onto been a u man He fairly reeled j I 1 I You could drive drove a hearse hoarse through th the e hole they made mado In irr him 1 at the spectacle then fumbled with a an an n outstretched hed hand until he laid hold hoM o on onn n t J n a chair Into which he sank 1 helplessly i gU lather Either the voice I 1 you pl killed him repented repeated gratingly I or she he did Well then young voting nun man did she kill him Good God Jod no nol I Dick shouted i aghast t. i e Then It was you t No no lie Be didn't Marys Mary's words came Burke UIa rc reiterated the accusation t i P l of you von II I killed Griggs Which one one-of lId it t Ho s scowled at Dick Did site 1 kill n 7 o I t A l v r. r i 11 jf oJ rh f i Ali lA l' l W LY s vA I told you no Well yell then be blustered to the girl did be he kill Him The nod of his bead was toward Dick Then as us she remained silent Im Tm talking to you joul I he he snapped Did he kill him The reply came with a n soft distinct distinctness ness that was like Ilko a crash of or destiny Yes Dick turned to his wife in reproach reproach- ni amazement Mary be he cried cried Incredulously swear bo ho killed him Burke asked briskly Why not r she be responded respond Id I'd listlessly At this intolerable assertion as bo he deemed It Edward sat Glider r. r s t erect In hi his hI chair God Cod he be riled cried d despairingly And Ancl that's your vengeance I 1 dont don't want ven vengeance vengeance vl no now she said But they'll try my boy for murder the magnate rem Oh Ob no no they cant can't anU came arne came the rEJOinder re re- Joinder the rel reason on we cant can't Burke storme stormed d. d Because r my husband merely killed d da a burglar He Flo shot him in defense of his home home- 1 f a a t tIn In his office office- next nest morning Inspector Burke was fuming over the the- failure of his hla conspiracy He had hoped through this plot to vindicate ate hI his bis authority authority au au- so sadly flaunted by G Garson I and Mary Iary Turner Instead of or this I much to be desired result from from hl his scheming the outcome had been nothIng noth Ing less than disastrous Some one had bad murdered Griggs gs the stool pigeon The murd murder r could not go O unpunished The slayers slayer's identity must be determined To the discovery of this Identity the inspector was wa at nt the present moment devoting himself lf by adroit questioning of Ducey unc Chi Chicago ca cago o Red Red- who bad been arre arrested In one of ot their accustomed accustomed- haunts Come across now he be admonished HI His nis vol voice e rolled forth like that of ot a It bu bull I of of- Ele He was on hl his fp feet t facing th the two thieves His head was WU thrust forward menacingly and hi his eves eyes e. e I 1 dont don't know Chicago voice Reds voice was between a a. a snarl and anda a whine Aint I been telling you on that to for tor over an hour Burke gave gave Dacey who chanced to tobe tobe tobe be the nearer of the tr a n e that t sent the fellow staggering I across the room under tinder r its Impetus Dacey DuCey bow how lon long have you hewn heen hpE I tit out T A A week weep Want Wait to go back for for another r stretch h God no Who shot Grigs ii's The reply was a n from chorus horns bor 1 from rom the tbt two I 1 dont don't know know honest I dont don't I In hi his eagerness Chicago ngo H Red fled d moved pd toward his questioner I Honest to I dont don't know noth noth- in about It If The In Inspectors Inspector's fist list shot out toward Chicago o Reds Red's jaw The thief went ut to his bis knees ImEs under the blow Now w. w get t uj up III mid and talk Burkes Hurkes 1 voice ole came with unrepentant noisiness S against t the thc stricken ln man Chicago n Red fled d obeyed d as al far tar as liS the getting to 10 hl his feet was con on onCE on CE While ht hf gut got slowly t to hl his bis feet he Iw took care to keep at lit II a. respect respectful ful full distance from froth the lilt official Ily i entered rt d the th In Inspectors Inspector's oldies office to II announce the II arrival of t the hI district a III i Send Semi Mm list in p directed He HOt made II gesture toward the doorman n and added d. d Take Take 1 lle gym em hack hack I 1 came m. as liS soup soon 11 its I gut got your mss sage the dl district t y said as liS he hI j I seated himself In a n liy ly time the desk And Ive I've sent ClIt word to Mr It 1 Gilder Hl er Now then Burke lets let's have re this ibis I hl thing quickly The fhe Inspectors Inspector's explanation nation n Will was as con on- concise else cise Joe G Garson son Chicago u Red and Dacey along with Griggs broke i Edward Gliders Gilders rs r's hOIl house e last t night t it tew V iv the trick k was going oln to be bye pulled c off nil and soI so soI soI I planted Cassidy ns ld and l U a pie coi-pie CHI t of other other oth oth- er men II Just out outside ld the room where I the haul wu was to be mad made Then ll I went Vent away and lifter after something III like half an nu hour boor I rime came back to make the arrests m myself When I 1 broke Into lulo the room roomI room roomI l lI I found youn young Gilder Glider alone with that Turner woman w woman he married and they were Just talking together I found Gri Griggs Js lying on the floor floor- dead The Turner says young Gilder Glider shot Griggs because he broke Into pate the house Aint that the limit limitT What dOtH does the fife hoy boy say sayf Nothing Weve We've got Chicago Red Hed II and nd DI Dacey and well we'll hll have t n arson II 1 Cn before be hl tore fore the days day's over And oh yes e fhe They're Fe picked ked up H n young girl at the Turner woman's womans place And weve we've got one I teal real al clew for hm for once o He Hl opened n a drawer of the desk e l and und took out Garson's Gar Gar- sons son's pistol to which tb the silencer was WIlS was still You never lr saw a gun like Uko that be hc fore eh he III exclaimed Demarest admitted ad mitred the fact Ill bet bet you yen In never ne did That thing on the end Is a II Maxim silencer There are thousands of them In to use on rifles but hut they've e never UP been Llen able to use ule them on ou revolvers before That thing J Is UlU absolutely noiseless l. Pvc Ive tried It h Well lell you nn H. H see dill It'll be an easy ts easiest st thing In the world world world-to to e that hat er er attachment worL working Dr on tin that butt end cud of the ilia ov uV ow CHAPT CHAPTER R XVI Who Shot Griggs OR a few minutes lon longer er th e FOR F two non men n discussed the details detail s of the the crime theorizing over nr the hauling baffling event event- Then n Cas Cas- i t 1 t r 1 c ft J I got the th factory at nt Hartford on 1 the h. h wire he be explained u and lid they 11 gave me Mr Maxim himself Elf Fie It said this I Ivas was vas surel surely a II special gun n b was WI-I made mado for forthe use U-lt of ot Henry Sylvester one of ot the professors at met Yale U He lie wanted It for dm demonstration n purposes c. c Mr Ir Maxim said ald the things hll have bare Ve nl never Ver VerLen been Len put on the market and that they never neter will be hI I got this man Syl Syi- vester rester Cassidy Cus went on on on the phone too He lIe says that his hou house bouse t was wall robbed d about eI eight bt weeks ago ugo and among other things the silencer was stolen etolen la Is 18 there any tiny chance that young Gli Glider HI- HI ii- ii der did shoot Griggs asked Demerest Demerest Demer Demer- es est You Vou can search me the Inspector answered My men were Just outside the door of ot the room where I Iddie dle Griggs was shot to death and find none of ot em beard heard a sound Round Its It's that infernal silencer thing Of or course coune I know that all the gang was waK In the bous bouse Did you go goin oin in f No I didn't dIdn but ut Griggs gs Griggs ts Is dead Burke Youre You're V onre up against It You cant can't prove that Garson liar Gar arson ar- ar son or Chicago Red or Dacey ever vcr entered entered en n that house bouse Well Veil then Ill I'll charge young youn Glider Gilder with murder murder and nd call the Turner woman woman woman wo wo- man as a witness You cant can't question her bel on the wit witness ness stand The law doesn't allow you to make n a wife testify lI against her ber husband bus bus- hn band No Burke your only chance hance of ot getting the murderer of Griggs Is is' is by bya a confession Then Ill I'll chur charge e them them both both with the murder the Inspector growled vindictively And by the thet both go to trial unless somebody comes rotes through If Ir its it's my last act on E earth Im I'm going to get et the man who shot Eddie s. Griggs Burke after atter the lawyer had bad left him watched the door expectantly for forr tb the coming of A Aggie e. e whom whom hart he-hart ordered brought before him Butt But when at nt last Dan appeared and stood aside to permit her passing Into the thc theoffice theoffice office the inspector the inspector gasped at nt the unexpectedness unexpectedness un nn expectedness of the vision The fhe next instant the Inspector forgot his sur stir surprise prise in a II sincere almost ardent admi admi- ration The girl iri was rather short but of or a II slender elegance of ot form that was wa ray fishing Her costume coRtume J had bad It an indubitable air a 11 finality of ot perre perfection tion In Its kind On another it ml might bt have ha appeared perhaps the the- merest er st t tri trl trifle lie garish galish But that fault was made Into a virtue by tb the correcting inno limo once ence of the girls girl's face It was a n childIsh child child- Ish face childish In Ip the t E exquisite smoothness of the soft R ft pink pint skin childish child chUd childish ish In the wondering stare sture of ot the blue blueeyes blueeyes eyes now so RO widely opened In n dismay childish in t e w wistful drooping ot of the Ihl rosebud mouth Now then my UlY girl Burke said Kald roughly I want to know There caine came a II change ban e. e wrought inthe In Inthe Inthe the twinkling of an nn eye tye The tiny trimly shod foot of the girl ro rose e and fell in a II wrathful stamp What do you mean menn by this out outrage outrage rage she stormed Her lien voice voll-e war warlow WI v low and rich with a charming roan s ness that seemed the ver very ba hallmark I arl ni I i gentility I d demand my ray Instant j iv re lease Wait Walt art eel ed n tI mI I You Yuu walt wait she cried violently Yon Just jut wait I tell you until m my papa bears hearS of of this Who is III j our papa I Y 1 shant shan't tell you yon enl cane came the petit petti lant font retort from the girl You would probably give my name to the report reporters ers If it ever got into the newspapers newspapers pers my family would die of or s Now the emi c sr way put out for r 1101 bolh hoth h hor of or us Is for you to tell me nee Just who you are You see young lady Indy you were found in n tl tI t house off ofa ii n notorious crook 1001 Ho How perfectly absurd I was call calling tug ing oa on Miss Mar Mary Turner How Holy did you come to tu meet t her any any- anyhow anyhow how I was IU Introduced to tu Miss Ii Turner by by MI Richard Gilder Perhaps illS you yo have heard of ot his father the owner of ot the Emporium Oh yes es Ive I've beard of his hiM father r and of him him too Then you must s see e at fit ounce once that you lire are mistaken In this ibis matter You Vou see young Ind lady the fact is that even if Ir you you were yere |