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|pocket, with Judge Brewster and the district attorney up at the top. "Good Lord! Where did they get him?" broke in Jack.
"Columbus avenue."
CHAPTER XVII. Molly ran down the street, re- volving the most preposterous Ideas In her mind. Slim Boynton had warned her against the Chi-
Red drew a box of cigarettes from cago gunmen. But Slim was his pocket, and passed them around, dreadful alarmist. Besides, she Rita noticed that his hand was hadn't hurt Mandinello. Why, trembling, and she wondered if it even Slim said the racketeers ought could be that Red was in love with to give Molly a vote of thanks Molly. She know that they were Stim, who had been so sure they working together on a play. She were going to shoot her,
looked quickly at Jark, to see if he, That horrible man was standing too, had noticed Red's extreme Low directly in front of the apartnervousness. ment. He had turned, and was "Dah was strolling along," Red facing her. There was nothing to wa: saying, "when he saw a couple do but to run past him. In an of cops, coming up the street to other moment she would be in the gether. When dicka travel in pairs lobby.
any gunman's apt to get nervous. She had reached the lowest step Well, Dopey Dan pulis an orange of the broad light that led to the from his pocket, and begins to suck apartment. And now she saw the on it. It's any enough to spot a man's face quite distinctly. His cokey. Hennessey and Dolan sized eyes were wide and hunted-the him up. soon as they clapped eyes eyes of a mad man. And his bear on him.. was dark and stubby..
Suddenly there was a shot. And another. And another.
But Molly heard only one. And that was so fused with the sting ing pain that sang through her shoulder that she could never quite separate them the shot and the
pain
It was Dolan "grabbed him. But the fellow got his gun out first. It's П wonder he didn't let the boys have it. But he turns it on himself, and takes a bullet through his heart.
The orange he was sucking was smeared with rat poison. Now if that ain't a classy way for a gun- man to kick off! You got to hand People came ruuning Someone it to the cokeys. They think up telephoned for the police. And the cutest little things.". someone else called an ambulance.
"Molly gets all the breaks,” affirmed Red. "Show the luckiest kid I ever knew."
It's a lucky thing he didn't try Jack was there, elbowing his way through the crowd. Bullying to slip any of his rat poison, to
Molly," declared Bob. the janitor, who sought to assUMA authority, Bullying even the police. when they arrived. And when the ambulance came, it was he who fted Molly and laid her gently on the stretcher, and sate beside her, and chafed her still hands.
Her clothes were drenched with the blood that flowed from her shoulder, Once she upened her eyes and moaned..
Excitement spread like fire! along the street where Molly lived, And presently Rita and Bob and Zip had heard the news, A girl shot in broad daylight! They ran cut and saw the crowd in front of Molly's apartment.
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women were
"Lucky!" scoffed Jack. "I sup- you call it lucky to get a couple of bullets in the shoulder?" "Sure," retorted Red, unruleik She might have got them in the"
Besides, see all the good it's going to do her."
heart.
"Good?" exclaimed Ritar "Sure. Publicity.. Didn't you know Molly's writing a play? Little advertising doesn't hurt a play- have her wright any, Molly'1
face on the front page all over the country to-morrow morning. And if that ain't a million dollars worth of advertising. I'll eat my shirt."
WEDNESDAY,
AMERICAN STOCKS.
"--:
CABLED QUOTATIONS. FROM
NEW YORK.".
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Provicus Latest Price. Price.
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OCTOBER 16, 1929.
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LETTER". GOLF SOLUTION.
Here is the solution to the puzzle on another nage.
BLUSH, BRUSH CRUSH, CRASH, CRASS, GRAMS, CLAMS,
SLAMS, SHAMS, SHAME
me can I keep it out of the paper!" No, Miss-there's a few things we can't any of us keep out of the papers. And one of them's that guy Lindergh. And another's go- prying to be Molly Burnham."
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"You don't mean began Rita, breathlessly.
A policeman was dispersing the ernwd. And some
"So you're the chap who'' picking up the flowers that Molly sunded her to take up filth? had dropped. For anuvenirs, oro-in Jack. bably. Even the rolls and straw-j Red dicked
"Oh, I don't mean she's got a an ash from his
life contract for front page adver- berry tarts she had carried were cigarette before replying, being garnered.
"So you're the chap," he restarttising, like Lindy," admitted Red. Bob reached the policeman, who led insultingly, "Who loves her in was waving his arms and #hout a big way?” ing, "Move on, canteha? Move on. Jack doubled his fists furiously, and his white, et face, erimsoned We are friends of the girl who with rage. It was Zip who stood was shot," began Bob.
"Don't know nothin' about it."between them. Zip, with his eyes still red with grieving, and .. hia growled the officer.
"But where have they taken boyish mouth swollen from weep-
ing. her?"
"Cut it out!" he told them stern- "Bellef station." The policeman softened. "Didn't know you was. "You're acting like a couple really a friend of hers, Bo. That's of guva in a book." "what everybody says when they
say
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me
want to know something. They Red grinned sheepishly. "Suit- didn't get her. Bullet through the ors Fight for Love of Gird Re shoulder, as near as I could make porter." he gibed. "Jealous Swain out. She'll be all right, I guess. Threatens Police Court Man..... Grab a taxi, and hop down to the Don't worry, old chap. I'm not in Relief station, why don't you?" the running. Molly's told
Molly was on the operating table, about you. She's a real little and two surgeons were probing for square shooter." bulleta, Jack was walking nervous- Jack Lugged at his collar en- ly up and down the long corridor.barrassedly. "Sure-she's told me Rita saw him from a distance, and fabout you, too. I didn't mean to her heart seemed to stand still with act like an e Sort of off my fear. Bob and Zip had stopped to head. The shooting had me sear speak to a group of newspapermended to death, I'm sorry, old man.
*** | Molly' told me at the door.
about the play "She's on the danger list." one of you're writing." them said..
It's hot stuff." Red assured
"It was that gung from Chicago them: "Molly's hell-bent to be a did it," added another. "The stuff great girl,"
she wrote on the Mundinello trial
"Sure. Molly's a great kid. was as good ni asking to he shot low scon do you suppose she'll be The door of the operating rannut of the ether" Zip was try opened, and the surgeons walkeng to change the subject.
"I'll And out." Red swang
out, followed by a nurse. They down the corridor. were all in' white, and wore rubber, "Well, what do you think of that. gloves. One of them slapped fuck guy?" demanded Bob.
on the back.
"
"He must be all right," respond-
"In all right, young fellow," he led Jack generously. "Molly likes haid heartily "We got 'em both, { him." Nent as n wh’atle,”
Red was back in moment,
"Can I see her?" demanded fack. The nurse says she'll see Mr. "Oh, she's still under other," ru-Wells," he announced. "They've plied the surgeon casually, "and I taken her upstairs. The office
ALL GUARANTEED. kop she's not going to feel he gave orders for a private room and
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receiving for a whila. But there's a private nurse. They'll see that nothing to worry about. One of the everything's okay. I'll be busting nurses will let you know when you along now.. Got a lot of stuff to can see her. They'll be moving ten of." her out of there in a few minutes."! "Oh, Mr. Flynn." Rita smiled. beguiling smile.
her most
Another man had joined the "Couldn't you keep this out of the porters' group. A tall, thin chur with red hair and rounded hout paper? Molly's parents will at ders.
about die if they hear about it.".
Red gazed at her open-mouthed.. "Look! Rita gräbbet Jack's
Unbelieving. arm. "That's Red Flynn-from
"Keeping it out of the paper!" Molly's office. Ilaven't you ever he repeated. "Why, girlie, overy heard her speak of him? Let's as paper in the country "is going to lead with it. I guess you don't
him what he knows about it."
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Red was already talking with understand, you people. Why Bob and Zip, and in a moment Molly's going to be the most talk. they came to join Jack and Rita. ed of girl in the world this time Red was very pale, and Rita no-to-morrow. They've already tele- ticed the way his freckles stood photoed her picture. Every civiliz out. Bi brown freckles, like ed sheet in the world is going to Wesley Barry's.
play, this story. Shot by Gunman. Beautiful College Girl. Martyred "They've got the man who did Young Reporter. Gad, can't you it," he told them brusquely, get that? I tell you, she can get "Doney Dan, a bonhend that used in the movies after this, it sho to be with the Mandinello gang. wants. With her face, and her Crazy as a bedbug. Popped Molly bulld-and the advertising she's off for target practice, I guess. going to get! Boys and girls, They found a list of names in his what a breski... And she asks
"But she's going to get her little share of it to-morrow, friends And the old folks out in Sno- grass, why they'll just eat it up
A nurse approached them. "Is Mr. Wells here?" she asked.
(To be Continued.)
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