The Washington times., 1916-02-05

lust you run around that corner. Mr..
Onicer. and run around II double quickl
Run. and keep on running!"
Patrolman O'Hara hesitated, his wits
stIl eefuddled, Eagan leveled the PTS
tol at his stomach. the weapons black
muzsle a bare three inches from the
pollceman's belt buckle. Patrolman
O'Hara, in sudden fright, did as ne was
bidden. He bolted down the alleyway
as fast as HIS long legs would carry
him.
Meantime. as Sam had foreseen. the
sound Of shots had brought people
from their homes on the jump. Several
men-a policeman among them-were
running along the next street, calling
confused questions as they ran.
EHgan set of in the opposite direction
TO that taken by Patrolman O'Hara.
Clearly there was no time to Bquander
in dreamy idleness. O'Hara, at the
alleys mouth. collided with a man who
was walking along the street from the
beach The officer. as he reeled back
from the collision, recognized Max La
maT-the great crime specialist who
had been pointed out to him one day in
the city.
"Quick" gurgled o'Hara. pointing up
the alley. Smiling Sam EaRan. there.
He got my gun and"
Lamar did not walt 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 Eagan vanishing around a house
corner.
Haiti" shouted Lamar, drawing his
| revolver and pursuing with all the
! skilled speed OF college sprinter.
Around the alley corner he ran. Ea-
gan, bare thirty yards ahead, heard
! him coming. Hating, Sam hid him-
self behind the jutting edge of a house
and fired. The bullet flew wide.
! Lamar answered with two shots.
One bullet grazed Sans ear. The
other flattened itself against a stone
! just above his head.
| Sam. stealylng his arm against the
| house edge. fired again. This time his
| shot found mark. but not that at
! which ne had fired. Patrolman OHara,
! charging along the alley to re-enforce
! Lamar. was so unfortunate as to catch
the ball in the calf of the leg. He
Most decidedly this was not o'Hara's
| lucky night.
Sam. aiming with better Judgment.
pulled the trigger again. The ham,
| mer fell with click upon an eXplod-
! ed cartridge. The pistol was empty.
Throwing 1t away, he took TO his
heels.
Lamar followed at racing speed,
halting only now and then to fre.
Up the alley came a second patrol
man ard 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 had disappeared, then
/ slumped to earth in a dead faint.
The hue and cry reached the street
at the alleys far end. looked ub and
down. saw no one in either direction.
! then ran valiantly to westward. La
| mar and his quarry had turned east
! Lamar more than once. in tho vague
moonlght and black shadows. missed
| sight Of the man he followed Once he
| completely lost him. and was about to
| give up the chase when glimpse of
something black. silhoueted 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