The Washington times., 1916-08-20

mental force Of any sort to waste on
this situation. Whatever power or
saved now to meet the final moment
The life Of A little girl hung. as I
thought. in the delicate balance Of
mate ms eGms ms b. h soe al and Sateh
ful was the. only guerdon OF help l
had to offer Jean.
A Savage Captor.
] kept wishing Billie would not
Tight so desperately-he was wearing
himself out. Dear little hot-blooded
lad-he was only a lad after all. and
no one could expect him to think with
a mans efficiency!
Peter Raven eyed us savagely. NJ
found myself longing desperately
known a way out. Why couldn't kind
ly fate move the pieces on the chess
board In such fashion that Jimmy
would suddenly drop down from d.
vinely guided aeroplane?
over in the corner was the huddled
figure Of the little golden-haircd girl.
No victim In the arena Of savage days
was ever more innocent. Tho little lad
Cling more wildly than ever with his
captors They were HANDLING him
roughly. but he did not Vince or cry
for mercy. -
1t seemed to dispose OF us-fairH to
sweep us off the chessboard of life.
neglible pawns Of no Importance In his
eyes. 80
cd into his his pocket and took out a
heavy CUR. This he laid on the table.
For a moment his eyes held mine.
Then they wavered. but not before
they had conveyed TO me a threat : so Sc
time / must have covered away Le-
fore n. Now I was not aware Of my
self-only of Jean, little golden-haired
Jean. and the lad who had led me to
her. e.
A second later Peter Raven swung
away from his menacing contemplat ton
Of rue and pointed to Jean. Quick!
Let's get through with II"
he had nS, Sa s.sre weight sn, wss
must have been part Of his devilish
stage properties. This he fastGned 70
Jeans feet by heavy rope. Then he
and one OF the men nfted her IN th ;tI
heavy. shutter which barred the win
dow.
It. seems unbelievable-bu It happen
ed. The child could not protest. couit
not see her doom e9YSld mot mot a t,S q,
ieaped across the room to thu
table where lay that heavy gun ant
caught II in my hands. Then raised
It and took steady aim.
for az sSen not know sh Shas io% h sS
being, the odds against us were 81
heavy that could accomplish almos
nothing. But ! meant to shoot. =.
Before could pull the trigger IN
man who had been holding Billie leap
ed across the room and knocked III
gun from my hands.
And then I felt that the end of every
thing had come. There = was 'nothinl
more to be done. Little Jean must die
| what mine, did not dare to guess.
The window was open and In
hideous panorama I could see Pete
Raven and another man holding Jeai
a bale Of insensate goods in thei
hands. Suddenly her body hurtle'
through into space. My eyes turne'
with the desperation OF all hunted
things to Billie Dram.
On the boys face there was a lool
of other worlds. ! have never see'
any human being wear a more exalte,
expression OF self-forgetfuiness
All in the same ugly second 1 hear
a wild splash. The cold arms rms. OF tn
Ten hours before City Editor Barne
had given Jimmy. an assignment
which seemed very interesting to tina
dashing young reporter. " was
note scfawled In blurry pencil stroke,
Peter Raven escaped from Sing sine
Get after It," 49,,
And Jimmy proceeded at once t
He started on the trait of Pete
Raven by way OF the detective bu
reau, where his friend, the chief, ha
, received much the same assignment
as Jimmy's.. but from a differen
sourse-no less a person than tn
Jimmy over at the detective bureat
and the chief was glad enough t
include the young reporter In tn
circle of detectives to whom he wa
giving Instructions. .r
He will come to New York. &c
him before he starts anything. Whe
against him and .he Judge sent hir
: up the river. Raven said when h
got out he'd pay the district attorne,
A couple OF you men better tral
around after Morton.
stick around the court and folio,
him. Keep IN near ms fsr Office, too;
watch his house from a distance. Blu
the main thing is to get Raven-ah
I get him--pronto.'e
Jimmy attached himself to the de
tective who was going out to Morton
: house. -. ~ =
A Long Chase. 3r-'
} That decision OF Jimmy's led him IA
afield-on a long and devious chas,
But in the end 1t had strange result
When Jimmy and the detective al
|, rived at the, Morton residence the
, noticed heavily veiled woman 4
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