lay very still. her eves' Ji,?. 0,u'?
half-carried. half supported ? ''S h"
waiting rah. Tanner couM, * ,ho
she was unconscious. lvp sw?rn
?'Q" started tho t-ivi ??? n?
"f coniinand. Hastwa'rd .j ''s ""rd
H? a? venue, it ' V'*"
- irE? Vy^
ground. r?mg to tho
s,r-1
rJ'Wiiir.'i':*
drenin. Ilo could nivo .m ! i
ilio M,??* isiwitii i Pionilslng that
7?':!?;fr?r "?coun
Then Harold, leaving: A1 ward on card
at 1. la y ton s studio, went to his o Uo
'?'/ 1,1 s ?'??"ly in the oven
Stanley glanced upward to soo if
iImmo \v?*ro a liirht {*? i*i ..
, 1 .. r 1 layton s win
ligrnro silhouetted agalnat'lhe niJhTskJ
zz ;vr,,?z s
ii--. as if about to dive into the street
Without a word Stanley rushe.l up
j" tail's toward the roof. Alwar.l foN
lowed. hut. not divininp Harold's pur
pose. rsiu Clayton's to,, ,,?nr 'stu
, , Prosently. finding: Stanley
had gone t.. the rnnifT. he. toi^el.mi
the enil of ihe topmost hallway.
Stanley, gaining: the roof, behold
' layton. still swaying perilously tlio
pa ra pet edge as if trying: to nerve
h Imself for the leap. He hurled him
self forward and seized the artist Just
s'mco 't,0r 'a unclied himself into
With a mighty heave Stanley drair
red < layton hack to safety. Clayton,
like a jiiait newly aroused from sleep.
I I'l liking uncertainly at him. He- i
roro either of them could speak \1
ivard Joined them. Clutching the ar
nan snid pho",,,or- tho plain clothes
* Vo'' ~.r? "n',or arrest for the mur
V. . lruxton Lambert."
luMy""k'-r-i "?rrC8t?" Rtamniered Clayton J
"What fioos this mean?" asked Har
>ld ill the same breath.
