Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-26
EIGHTH IHsTALLsHET.

CG%ET up commanded Eaga1l'
menaclng him with the revolt
~ yer. sol Now just you run
around that corner. MF. officer. and run
around il double quick! Run. ana keep
on running!
Patrolman O'Hars hesitated. his wits
etill befuddled. Eagan levele6 lne pis-
toI at his stomach. the weapon blacA
muzzIe a bare three inches from the 20
ucsman's belt buckle Patrolman
o'Hara. in sudden fright. did as he was
hidden. He boIted down the alleyway
as fast as his long legs would carry
him
Meantime. as sam mad foreseen. the
sound of shots had brought people from
their homes on the jump. Several men
policeman among them-were run
ming along the next street, calling con-
fused questions as they ran.
Eagan set off in the opposite direc-
tfon TO that taken by Patroiman
O'Hara. Clearly there was no time to
squander in dreamy idleness. OHara,
at the alleys mouth. collided with
man who was walking along the street
from the beach. The officer. as he reel
ed back from the collision. recognized
Max Lamar, the great crime specialist,
who had been pointed out to him one
day in the city.
Quick gurgIed o'Hara, pointing up
the alley. Smiling Sam Eagan's there.
He got my gun and"
Lamar did not wait for the rest OF
the sorry confession At a bound he
was in the alley At its far end the
moonlight showed him the squat body
OF Eagsn's vanishing around a house
corner.
Haiti shouted Lamar. drawing his
inc vr-fFh al "a SKILL
ed speed of a college Splinter.
Around the alley corner he ran Ea-
gan, a bare thirty yards ahead. heard
him coming. Hating. Sam hid himself
behind the jutting edge Of 6 house and
fired. The bullet flew wide.
Lamar answered with two shots. One
bullet grazed Sans ear. The other flat
tened itself against a stone just above
his head
Sam. steadying his arm against the
house edge, fired again. This time his
shot found a mark, but not that at
which he had fired. Patrolman O'Hara,
charging along the alley 10 REINFORCE
Lamar, was so unfortunate as TO catch
the. ball in the calf OF the lief He
sprawled headlOng-
Most decidedly this was not O,Hara's
lucky night
sam. aiming with better judgment.
pulled the trigger again The hammer
fell with a click upon an exploded car
fridge. The pistol was exploded. Throw
ing IL away. ne took 20 his heels.
Lamar followed az racing speed. halt
ing only now and then TO fire.
Up the alley came a second patrol
man and several civilians. They halt
ed at sight OF the wounded O'Hara-
The latter raised himself on his hands.
stammered out the gist Of the story.
pointed in the direction whittier La
mar and Eagan has disappeared. then
sIumped to earth in dead faint
The hue and cry reached the street
at the alleys far end. he looked up and
down. saw no one in either direction,
then ran vaiiantly 10 westward La
mar and his quarry had turned east.
Lamar. more than once. in the vague
moonlight and black shadows. missed
sight OF the man he followed. Once
he completely lost him, and was about
10 give up the chase, when a glimpse
OF something black, silhouetted against
the skyline and moving heavily. like a
wounded bull. set him off in hot chase
again
BY this time they had left the village
behind them Sam. running with no
sense OF direction. found himself at the
shOreward base OF, the ridge that cul-
minated In the Ocean-Si0e Cliffs.
Up the ridge he scrambled. grunting
and heaving with fatigue. II was then
that Lamar. two hundred yards behind.
caught sight OF the broad. squat body
against the skyline.
Up the ridge toiled Eagan. seeking
some cavern or. rift or rock wherein to
hide until morning. Ever upward he
worked his way.
Clambering as nimbly as a cat, Lamar
swarmed up the steep slope behind him
Once only he paused. That was when
Sam. gaining the summit. halted and
stared dazedly around. Lamar, resting
his pistol barrel on a ledge OF rock.
pulled the trigger. The revolver was
empty. He dropped ii and continued
his swift climb.
Sam. gradually recovering his breath.
heard stone rattle just beneath him.
He wheeled about. as Lamar bounded
up 10 the flat sUmmit-rOck beside him.
No word was spoken. Breath was too
scant and too precious for that. The
two men sprang at each other
Unarmed. forced TO rely on natures
primal weapons. they came together
with a thudding shock that sent them
both 20 the ground
Gripping each other in a murderous
fury. they regained their feet. and. or