Fame and Fortune Weekly, No. 801, February 4, 1921

get in another effective blow, the man had him in his grasp, and a desperate struggle for the mastery took place between them. Over and over they rolled upon the rug, first one on top and then

andsome form stood fully revealed. She appeared to be nerving herself to go to the aid of the man who had represented himself as her husband. Gradually she entered the room, with an almost impe

's as strong as a yo

is man again. He saw the woman's dress and loo

ecognized the young clerk who had waited on her with s

act of delivering it as if she had sudden

king no move to upset the boy, but trying

not to have come here. I did not dream that he would. He

s power unless he is done up. Strike hi

woman, almost pathetical

eamishness! You

ans to silence him till

ashed some of the contents of the bottle on it. In the meantime the struggle between Dick and the man was renewed. Patterson succeeded in pulling the boy over on the rug again. As he held him there

" she said. "Oh, why did he

terson, allowing matters to take their co

t he is a nice boy, and he looks

! What has your brothe

he woman lifted the handkerc

dsome boy? And he treated me at t

son, which seemed doubtful after what had ha

ng, go and find a piece of line

im while I'm gone, will you

ed. When the servant returns in the morning she'll find the boy and liberate him. By that time we'll be a long way on our way West. We have cleaned up quite a stake since we've been here, and can liv

uch lest it should have ex

l over it. Go an

on the bed until well along in the evening, when the Pattersons were ready to leave the house for good, when Jim intended to carry him downstairs to the basement where the servant would find him in the morning when she returned. After the woman had completed the balance of the packing, she and Jim went out to their dinner. When they got back the expressman Patterson had arranged with early in the day to take their trunks

ch he judged was in the basement of the house. Walking toward the door, which he found standing open, he passed into the lower hall up which he went to the door that opened on to the small space within the area gate and directly under the stoop and the stairs to the sidewalk. Bending sideways a little, he seized the handle and turned, but it was, as he supposed, locked. He bent lower and felt for the

appeared to be a reasonable conclusion under the circumstances. They would hardly remain all night after what they had been guilty of. If they had fled the place, they had left

k so. Believing that he was probably alone in the house, after all, he became less cautious in moving about. He turned the knob of the parlor door and walked into that big room. He could see the

him to see if there was a telephone in the room. He believed that houses of that class were nearly always equipped with one. Whether Patterson had use for such a convenience or not he could not say. When the man rented the house there was a telephone in it, and though

irl ask for the number wanted he put h

e headquarters

e receiver again. Presently he h

olice head

me back t

f a pair of crooks, a man and a woman. The doors are locked so the officer will have to come prepared to force his entrance throug

wer returned, and the of

rop the length of its covered wire, and the telephone gir

it because my arms are bound. The circuit will have to remain open till the police get he

ining room in the front of the basement to watch for the coming of the policeman. In a short time he saw an officer come in sight and stop in

rotected by diamond-shaped iron-work. Through this they peered and could just make out the boy's face pressed against the pane. One of them took

They conversed a minute, then leaving the area, they went up to the front door and found no trouble in opening the outer portal. Flashing the light on the inside door, they saw the key standing in the lock