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THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
The Wrong Murderer
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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By HUGH CLEVELY
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SYNOPSIS': Terence Uahony is
determined to bring Ambrose Law
eon and hie gang of kidnappers and
dove runners to luettce He oatk
deliberately into a trap and ie nl
moat kilted by an Irteh butlu who
mistakes him tor a mysterious Mr.
Brown, Now Terence and the Irish'
man allies tor the moment, are
both fleeing trom the police. And
thev and the trapdoor leading to
the flat roof of the house securely
padlocked.
Chanter 31
FIGHT
"1-VA5INI" Bald Mahony.
"Here, lot mo come," aid the
Irishman.
He sprang up beside Mahony on
the ladder, and seized the lock. His
ugly features twisted in a lerocious
scowl. He braced hlmsolt, sotting his
teet firmly against the sides ot the
ladder, took a deep breath, and Sung
himself backwards, tugging the lock
with all his Immense strength.
There was a sharp, splintering
crack of woodwork and a heavy
crash as the Irishman fell bodily
from the ladder to the floor below.
But In bis hand he held the padlock,
still securely locked.
Mahony pushed tho door open and
mounted to the roof; the Irishman
made haste to follow him. From
where they stood a line of flat roofs
He took a deep breath and
flung himself backward
collided with a chimney stack, and
came to reBt.
Immediately after him came the
Irishman. He, too, cleared the dis
tance, but only Just: had not Ma
hony grabbed him, he would have
slipped back and fallen. And then,
with a defiant yell, the foremost of
the pursuing policemen essayed the
Jump.
It was a plucky effort, but It did
not succeed. As Mahony and the
Irishman turned to run, the police
man struck the edge ot the root with
bis knee, grabbed frantically at the
hard stonework to try to save him
self, and then fell with a heavy thud
to the ground thirty feet below
The other policemen hesitated.
Handicapped as they were by heavy
boots and uniform, they did not feel
Inclined to risk their comrade's fate
AHONY and the Irishman did
not see the policeman fall;
their backs were towards him, and
they were Intent on getting away.
But other people saw him; there
were cries of horror from the street
below, and a crowd began to gather.
Policemen forced their way
through the crowd, and a couple of
them laid their comrade on an im
provised stretcher. He was uncon
sclous and obviously badly Injured,
but he wae still living.
Mahony and the Irishman tra
p
stretched away on either side of
thorn. Thoy bogan to mako their way
quickly along the roofs away from
the trapdoor.
The police woro not far behind
them; as they were crossing the roof
of the house next door the foremost
emerged from the trapdoor.
"There thoy go," he ihouted, and
started In pursuit. Threo other po
licemen came hard on his heels.
Prom the stroet below came con
tinued sound of excited shouting;
poll's whistles were blowing shrilly.
They crossed about six roots ai top
speed, gaining slightly on the pur
suing policemen. Then Mahony
topped suddenly, and the Irishman
gave a shout of dismay.
In the darkness ot the housetops.
It was not possible to see far ahoad.
But even In that darkness their eye
sight carried far enough to show
them that a eouple of roofs farther
on the line of houses finished with
the end of the street.
With the police behind them, and
a drop ot thirty feet to the ground
about twenty yards ahead ot ihem.
It aeomed that their esrnpo was en
tirely cut off.
NE chance ot escape Mahony saw
v a allra chance. At the end of
the line of roofs along which (hey
were running, and at right angles to
it. waa another line of roofs covering
the houses in anothor stroet. Be
tween the end roof ol the row on
which they stood, arid the nearest
root In the row running at right an
gles to it, was a 'wide gap. Mahony
turned to the Irishman.
"Are you game to take a chance
on It T" he asked.
The Irishman noddea.
"I'm game," he answered.
From behind came an exultaii.
shout: the pursuing police had see
the predicament In which they stoc'1
Mahony laughed; he burled hlnm .
forward at top speed, roached the e
treme edge of the roof, and Jump,
for his life. For a moment be fr,
himself rushing through the air. be
low him he could see dimly the pu
tines of an untidy garden. Then hi'
ftt landed safely on the edge nt th
roof; he staggered a couple of Mr
versed four or five roofs, and then
paused. There waa no sign ot pur
suit on the housetops now, though
the stroet below was In a tumult;
from every house people had rushed
out to see what was happening. The
Irishman started to the side of the
roof to look over, but Mahony laid
restraining hand on his arm.
"Don't let yourself be seen from
the street," be said. "Listen, no on
can soe us at the moment: beyond
knowing that we're somewhere on
these housetops, no one can be quite
sure exactly where we are. If we can
bnly get down Into one of the houses
without being seen, and then get out
ot the front door and mingle with
the crowd In the street, we stand
some chanco of sllpptns; away In the
confusion".
"There's sense to that," said the
Irishman.
"What we have to do Is to find a
trapdoor that we can break open
from the outside pretty easily," went
on Mahony. "Come on, and keep your
eyea open."
Luck was with them; the next
house they came to had better than
a trapdoor leading to the roof; It had
a skylight. The Irishman put one
massive foot down hard on It twice;
with a sharp tinkle the glass caved
Inwards, falling down Into the
house. Mahony and the Irishman
dropped through the opening to the
landing at the top of the house.
Swiftly, but cautiously, they made
their way down a dark, narrow stair
case towards the ground floor. Luck
was still with them; all the Inhabi
tants ot the house except one had
gone out Into the street to see the
fun.
The one porson loft In the house
was a very old woman, crippled with
heumatlstn; she came hobbling to
-ie door ot a downstair room lust as
ty gained the nail. Her feeble
hrlck of alarm waa lost In ths
imor from outside They opened
:,n front door qulotly and slipped
t. mingling with the excited orowd
" the squalid. Ill-lit street
fCcpvriaM ti. Hugh Clsrsly;
Tomorrow, Tsrenca and hit Irish
man And a frlond In tho street.
4 Burn To Death
In Farm Residence
WALL, 8. D., Oct. 28. (AP) Four
persons, including the bed-ridden
mother of a soven-day-old baby,
burned to death today when their
tsrm home woe destroyed by tire.
The dead: Wealey Oslbrnlih, ad;
hta wife. 2a; two children, ages five
and 3, daughters of Mrs. Grace Hem
neas, sister of Oalbralth. who madt
tier home at tlie larin.
Mrs. llemuess rescued the oaby of
iter sister-in-law. but her own chil
dren, trapped on the second floor
could nut be reached.
Kdio Divorce Afrked.
BRNO. Nev. Oct. 38. (AP) Divorce
suite tiled here today Included : Rose
8. Bragdon vs. Jeretta Brandon; mir
rled oranu rase, Ore., November 11.
lt30: separation for mory than fire
years.
Tuue in Ksl cvi-iv evening
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Body Of Missing
Captain Is Found
NEW LONDON, Conn., Oct. 38.
(APIThe body of Captain James
V. OUfln. S, master of the freighter
"ooldtn Mountain." lay In a morgue
here today pending funeral arrange
menu by the San Francisco man',
family.
Reported missing from the vessel
auna.ay, captain omin's body was
found at Waterford yesterday.
Dr. Prank M. Dunn, medical exam
iner of Waterford. performed an au
topsy and said heart disease caused
death.
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Natural Tunnel.
Situated fur back in the rugged re
gions of Powell mountain, tho extt-
enc of the huge natural tunnel In
southwest Virginia has In the past
been little known.
Cut through solid walla of lime
stone by a small stream. It required
countless centuries for nature to com
plete her work. The entire length of
the tunnel, including a naturally
formed amphitheatre and a smalt ad
joining tunnel, is 16S7 feet. The
tunnel's height varies from 100 to
200 feet. Through the natural pas
sage runs a railroad, telegraph line
and a good alscd stream. Stock creek.
Its railroad, originally the South
Atlantic and Ohio, waa put through
In 1683 and now forms part of tho
Southern Railway ayatcm. Roads re
cently constructed through the dis
trict afford an opportunity for auto
mobile travelers to visit the nnturnl
formation.
Walking Fish.
The quadruped bat fish (Malthe
VAspertllllo) a native of Central
American and Cuban waters, is a truo
fish, In spite of Us strange leg equip
ment, believed to bo undupllcated In
all flahdom.
Science declares that In no way
doe the queer denizen of the deep
represent a link between ordinary flh
and amphibious animals such as f rogs I
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and beavers. 1
A bottom feeder, the bat fish walks
along the ocean floor, now and then
using Its powerful hind-legs to spring
upward and forward while its tail fin
performs lateral swimming move
ments. Strongman at 63. .
George Elliott Flint gave striking
illustration of the physical fitness a
man may retain at an advanced age
through a lire of strict training hab
its. On August 28, 193a, the Long
Beach oldster pushed up two 80
pound dumb-bells 13 successive times
without Jerking them In any way.
January 10, 1036. at the age of 66,
Flint performed the same feat 17 suc
cessive times with two 70-pound
dumb-bells.
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covery of otl-aoakn rags lm forrst
officials to blame Incendiarism for s
down flare-upa near Oold Ueach. All
blanks were checked alrnost Imme
diately. rwieral aenU are In the vicinity
rliecslnj up on alleged firebug scilvt-
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