3 The World Outside By Harold MacGrath TIIK SUNDAY HER: OMAHA, OCTOKKIt 15, 1022. Ta Stuff The Wmr. fa.ntl lar, 'nl(r ,r,ricrt eoMrai la (a ul.ply Col l.agawi.od J.r.-mlh inriolt, who )ul Uikr,rli4 hi f.iliar'a (7 4i0,u ' .1 l lurlK "tha world oiilaiiia" ft r-lil4 .w Turk, with S .lltlr '"f $ 1 0,006. Tbs frrttlr II tpi Hm Kiuinm, end Jrrr jr of tha lonira.f ali lh"' Mnim J'i"r. ilii la ruih-ra uiytrloua niit, is Initial , K." In i,n of l! boK, srul a triarnorarotMiri read ing. ' i'aiil Kniinir In full" mint" dC" liv la Hoilvln to cwri k for iri' of "gennMi.'' I' ila tlml lh mlii!i Miawart rria- fcai mthing lnui n nllr mr'l'ty nail In plitlliig Hiinil him. On nia-l.l J'fix lnioiivl)r k !.. Janrtia Mall")', ft rnorua alrl, whom Ita la a crvrllri Soma, anil In onUtu ao 'Ilk' eovua tkat tt Ikvs bpnu'irul f liowrnan, ttvr ''hum, ft trroftiiway aciftii favorite, whir enea Wfta ft Jaroir ft! id aalo tint tllarovara ah P.Vaa him boifflatlv Jia mft'iclaa for it,a kiDM, nun-r flndiii hir . r.u.'J opaia, nDiolfl'itia ar vain, t'Of,iiit to Ira loarriail to Arthur t'ralg, bar-Mar of bar oimrtuit, but ra-pi-nt-t at Mia (.n-aioo-ta of a "iiion ijr li.nrrlnire" and brail. a a fmliMe t.ui.i for turn ao alia ruaf ra.utl t h'?r profoiaa, Jarr-y find u 4a-r m nuts tanaih hl pil low, Kir la aaci.riina: Nancy noma wlian vnJ of ruffian nlt him, km;vkntix inbtaij-mknt. Kevcbitlon. A Nancy moved about, getting flrt I'd neces ties, Ilig Kim; gut loped and cavorted, tried to catch her skirt, enatced kit b lit In love tricks to no avail; hi tu'stpess Ignored him utterly. Neither did lit rtiavn im tti lounicc uny ut- tf-ritlon to hlrn. At lcriKih ttin pup py went Into a ctrrtivr tJ pHeve, Thlii world wan full ot nurpr'nfK, and inrxit tit them hurt; tor Hum tIn cIobo to human ttnK, d!k rxvr niinllar fwt atxmt I fn, TJi nolithborly aurgeun am fiulckly, and d attnoaed Jttrry'a raaa a iil'crtit ntitiatin rrkA riaffrif. when hla brain bftan to atlr toward Ita normal functioning, would prob ably b out of h!i head for a wli'li, but in a few hour hn'd come to hi prcipor cnii:. No; It waaa't nucew aary to aind him to a fconpftal, but h ought not to bti moved until roorfi'ntf. Thn blow had fallen upon the toutfhi'ttt part of the kkull, for tunately; the aumo fore above th ear, and th conaequc.iicea would bava ln .-rlou. "I'll call early In the morning." Nanr-y'a relief filled her throat with hyatorla, and h was glad when the door cloaed upon the two men. She drew a cafr to the aide of the lounge and aat down to watch, her flngera tightly laced. Hhe could not hold her thought!) very well; they were out of hand and raced about eona'derably, but alwaya touched Jerry, the background out of wh'ch he camo and the aallrnta of li'a charantt-r. If'a utter ftrli-a-nwia In the f'glit. In whYh he had ncirncd to call for help, forr.td her to apeculute upon h'rn from a nw angle. Tt amazed her (ua well a gave her keen sat!fact!on) to learn that under the kindly manner, be hind thoao gentle gray eyes, that general a!r of boylnhrieaa, there waa I 1'on, vfgoroua and headstrong. No 1 wealthy young woman can Ignore aueh a character m'r, enpif; ally in a man alio Known, wnen. aa a mat- tor of fact, the I'on 1 ke In man la na tinirn n niioar rn hAi aa riiAiiro 1 waa to 8lr Daluhad. From time to time Jerry'a cheat moved Jerkily, aa If a Bob were atrurri;llng for utterance: then the agitation would anhftlde, and.lt did not aeem he breather! at nil. Once aha took hi hnnd In hem and held ft for a little: It wna enld and limp. Bhe wanted to rob It. . . The he.uBta! Forever and ever ahu would ee him billowing up through the Haying anna and lega. and then that gllmnao of hi turf, bloody find terrifying. Whv hadn't ahe gone for help ItiHtuntly InHtead of offer lug him a pair of wek hamUT Kite boiled angr'ly. but ailently. She to called nil the InxtriimeiitM of torture ahe had ever read ofthe beard who bad atruik her! rVveral inlinac lumMod In Milenet; all the noU.a of the night had dropned away, eri'.t the iKeititlonnl far-off clatter of the elevated Komi) thing touched her kneoa. and threw her Into a flniter of fear. Hhe lit tered a Kound ulilt h w.ta neliher audi nor lut.Ki aa nlitt t!uverd I.ing 'ko "My pui't'lV eha hlupered "My rHr fiilotteii puppy!" alu i niclit him up and rootled b'ln In the old i Ik loi 1. ng.iliiftt her tl,ro..t. "Ilunj:r. too. and alone all itu! Voui' loilieaa Ik a wrttrti" Mn wt ) in down, fill up M i f t tiietii ii hit. I pit-pind hi nolk hrr fct.ii.i- ttwtiiMliia. riiialiiiinlly tow iid n loiini.il llvoik f"t tlie pol l . all (i i hi it. , t,, (hi i hu:r, ii in t't.ie I i t-m a !.. i (.., tut I.. .no i tiu f. th i,i nr tril foi' l iit ift r a I nii tii li.a fi.,t. ik no rui iii.,u Itii ri , '6 i .. t t, . t, - ,, . (. ( r "No, no, nol" Jler band flew to her mouth to aupprea thn anton shod gimp and (1 acovered that her J pa wera throb b ng w tb pu 11. lint that wh.epcrod try, the uumt uncanny thing ah bad ever beard! It a (dent rally the aitM klie had heard In thn iiip ptr ball at Cra t'a. No, no noS wben ahe deliberately flui,g heriwlf Into llm abyaa, tiut of couian It bad been her conae ence that bad apoki n. There could not poa 1.1 have been fnental telepathy between her and Jury, not with the phono graph going at b!a eltow, Buch tb nga wera linag nat ve abnurdl tiea, Hut for all that, the- ulioel: wan greut. Jerry chuckled. "Tbo Oreat Ad vent ur company! , , ." Then a Jumbl of meaiiingleaa wonla ,ind phraaea. "IMgi:w! . , , M'-lo-drama! , , , ftcarft rn';? Not that way. , . , My father , , .and I'm goiiijf to jirova it! , , . Jer ern'ati ... I uaed to hate It, Nancy, but I don't now. , . . Jennie It'arHjd mo when w nt Jumpjig from the chair ehe at In. , . , All for 8. flog! , , , Nancy Jfow man! , , . Jennie, I didn't mean to , , , I'm aorry!" The effect of tha broken phreain mranliiglee eicept for whttt a'g nlf canr Nancy wlehed to Impowt upon them waa pecul'ar. Dagger and melodrama. Her imagination efr-ed upon thte and Khe n-ri,t atructed Jemn'ah (!oH'ngawoird lito Momirth'ng mynterloijaly profound. A woman w II take the moet trap parent of men and Invent b in with myatery and herolnin; aometlmcB It la the only pom Me way to fall in love with h'm. Hhe deludea her aelf in the beg'nning and reaenta the eulifteiii'iit d llualon, But a young man, proven in herolca, who unconac'ouhly d'ecovera that liia gu!leleaaieaa Is a conventional manic to myter'oua endeavors, would in tr'gue any romantically Incl'ned fe male m'nd, aa It now Intrigued Nancy'. She atfrred uneaa.'ly, f-ar-ing he might apeak words she ouplit rtot to bear, flio reached for his band again, and found it growing warm: more over, It automatically closed upon her and held It. Ha began to . mumble mutterlnga that died away In his throat. The poor boy, the poor boy! Presently lis) quieted down, except that he began to move bla head a little from aide to aide, with corrugated brow, per haps with the consciousness of pain, which is always the first step toward sensibility. Quarter of an hour passed, and he began to speak again. , "The beautiful old Iillla! , . . But why did h put his hand on my shoulder, Nancy? I would have loved h'm. . . Always ao still and STltorit! . . . And I was so lonely! , , . When you cam in out of the storm, I loved you, but I did not know tt then." Startled, wide of eye, Nancy tried to release her bond. O, she mustn't hear this; she mustn't! Hhe had been tortured enough this day. It all came back to her, the bitter cup of shame she must drink to morrow. Here, In this very room, she would tell Craig what a base thing aha was. And now Jerry had to turn about and add a new burden to her rlaing m'snry, without knowing what he was doing! With her free hand she tried to unlock the fingers pressing upon the im prisoned hand. She wanted to get out of hearing before he spoke again. Hut her efforts to release tier hand were futile, loon the babbling started again: and aha had to remain beside him, territk-d aa to what might come next. She would have to hurt him, too, Una was never going to marry any rnun, Ixive. . , . Why couldn't they leave her alone? "Untoward accident or miachanr , . . Kimy enough, if he wants to gdt rid of mo. , . . Haiti, murder and sudden death! . . . Hut. dear Ood, the motive, the mo tive! If I could only get a glimmer. , , . Hlng to me, Nancy. . . , The al loy ... out of the alley, viinn I wasn't wiitehlng! ... My head'" His band relaxed and Namy van free. Hut. strangely enouuii, she did not rmo, she did not want to run aay. Ho was In danger; wimotliing was threatening hlin. ut of tin- alley, wlirii tie .v4n.ii t vuitrlilng' What did that tui.tfy but that be lid H vied (I.uihi r from t!t source? He hud kepi h" trfty's look upon his face, when nil the vilu I be bad walked with the aliil of iliftlli lual'le ho, i' II. f own Until ! f"'il itoulj a j.i. tli. piarii ntoii ioahiiitule of )! it. .iih. m . waiu t fof loo te of !1icm fienlo. Ma that l.e totr M f t I tr- . I . I ,. .. . In IUr. in n.. n l . i fi upon I hi I mysterious Jeremiah had a com, pelllng InUieH fir and above that which he hml previously afforded her. It wasn't Hie curloaily, hu waa hop I nn that she might l,i Ip him, lens fulll.-ly than ahs bad to. night. Hut it fell out tas fate gen erally decides It shall! that Jiny babbled no mors. What had he donatio Jonny that he hadn't meant to do and was sorry for? llm that Imaginative atom which wt call a ae-d full upon her heart and thrived. Nancy need no defense. Hhn was highly talented, honestly and not artificially temperamental, and she would always tat magnifying her Joya and disappointments nine diam eters: h would not run any length of timo In the medium, but would alternate the peaks and the abysses, fllie flew at rather than approached bur biixlears fiamM Ingly. Things that Jenny (who wan without talent) ahruggd her shoul ders over and conjured away with a i.nllo were objects against which Nancy flung herself desiierately with the s.ime mental shock as that which the athlete takes physically when, believing he is hitting at sub stances, be hits nothing but air. It d.d not mutter at all that ahu was a born eomednnij; -very In st net in her ro up in proleal a lint the comic stage which she lolorned. Hho bad set her gist! b.gh, the class e. opera; and she had gone toward It, body and soul. Hhe was no Alalan'.a, to be tr eked by golden apples. Hhe was only 20. Hut, ah; If Nancy mago f ed her d.sppo;nt meiits u;ne d ameters, so woubl she. magnify the objects of ber love. There came a knock on the door, Nancy rose and answered It, alb.-nt-ly. Jenny stepped within. "Wha,t are you do:n' up ao late? , , , Oawd!" Jennie cried, ber hands flying to her throat at the sight of Jeremiah's art .11, battered face, . "O, Jenny, they cam out of the alley, four of them. They nearly killed him!" Jenny ran to the loungo and knelt. Agony pinched ber heart. "TV alley?" she sa'd. "He was alwaya aunl-V mo post' em, I thought it was a joke. An' ao they got him! But why? What'a he done? What did you do?"fierce!y, "I tried to help him, Ixxik at my lips. But he Isn't a boy, Junny; he's a man." "Jus' find that out?" aald Jenny, dryly. For a moment blue eyes and hazel clashed; but It was metal against metal, there noth'ng within to Ire seen, A sight from the pat'ent broke the tableau, for which blue eye and .hazel were grateful. The two young women leaned forward expectantly, but there waa no re currence at tliat time, .. "Is he badly hurt?" "The surgeon next door says be'll Ire all right In the morning; but ha must k-ep still for a couple of days." . "How' you code t' get struck? "I tried to pull one of them away. He struck me, and I ran for h'si." "Good girl! But If 'Id 'a Teen there!" "And what could you have done that I failed to do?" with a shade of truculenca, "I'd killed a couple with my hat pins." "Hatpins?" "Hure. A woman can bust up a riot with a couple hatpins. I've told you that a hundred times. Hut alleys! Hornet hln' 'a goln' on here that you an' me ain't wise about, Nancy." "Jenny, some one Is threatening bla life. He'slreen babbling a tittle." "Somebody tryln' V kill him? What for?. What's th boy done?" "I don't know; but he spoke of alleys and battle and murder and sudden death, and I don't know what else." "Why, that poor kid wouldn't hurt a fly, Nancy," "Who wilil he would? Some one wants to hurt htm; and he doesn't know why, either, from what I gathered." All at once Nancy knew that Jenny must be got out of the room. If Jerry babbled again about love, tt would m:ik confusion all around, It would not he fair to any une of the tlireo. "Jenny, what did he do to you tbat he was sorry for?" Hhn shot this bint to tinharraas her friend. Jenny got up, "He Md ma In th' hail one night. You know kid stuff He marly strsngted loe. Ha wan siared sit iff after bed d"Ce it. H ild It ilMit I no mi It an' mk a. iry, I didn't mind, knowln' whit ji ,ta Hotnettnt you don't Inlint Ju' Hint one, rtevef tried It ssuln or on ni..l.f I It Why. I .l .li't Ibll.k lo 'd sti r !.. l a voting oimn lfor. He's a (nwt tuy Wi: mo ( sol all .' Mim yl Wii,i I . .(.,' ht'e . woik hi' 'tb wilting a l.tlin somi iS tif " t i , .ii. !" r.o I( lo .r ii to flgura put Imw to drive Jenny from the room v. n limit offending her. "Iitln your f.rsimy!" jeered Hit. kept ml one, "I jit In don't buy lol.atirs. He don't let til' wallet put ovi r or.) lion', but he's no tightwad," "IIm'n spending Ills cupltal. Ho told u that be Inherited a little," "Hut slbyii an' murder an' sud ileu death-bow about that? Th' morn think o' hliu, th' further Im gets away. rf'p'Siliig' he's some body tn?" "Hut I saw him In bis own boms, In the country. The old house keeper called hlin Jeiry, That part of It Ui clear, h may Ire something lis iks fallen Into ulni'O .he tume to town." 'I ilon't mil bow. Ilea Imtn with lis nearly every iiitht. I gueas w Iretter give It up. lie's th' kind that'll toll us when th' llmo (vines. What sort o light did he put Up?" . aiked Jenny slyly, "He waa a lion, Jenny! I don't bow hs did it. If bo's had his back to a wall, they couldn't buv hurt him. f didn't dream ha was so strong. Hut they got trt-hind htm. It waa all my fault. The Sight fascinated me; I'd never seen men fight Iwfore, He shouted to ms to run, If I had, probably I'd have saved him thin, (Jo to bed and come back early In the morning." Nancy (Uncovered that she was very tired. "Hed nothfn'!'' replied Jenny, towing aalde ber hat and cloak, "It'a tionsensa for Imth of us to watch. There's Very little to do." "Vou go t' bed an' let ln watch," "Hut 1 couldn't sleep!" "All right; w'il troth watch," said Jenny, wondering what It su that Nancy did not want her to hear, should Jerry begin to babbie again. All this exchango was carried on In strained whispers. Ho they both watched, not only the patient, but covertly each other, until the window shades whitened In tho breaking dawn, Bancroft's first sens.tlon tbat be could recollect was of the sea. He was far down; hardly any light above. lie eaw strange fish, sunk en ships, and Iron bound trerumre chests, half burlwl in the snail. He vaguely wondered If he could ever find the p!ac again, Science spoke of terrific pressures at this depth, but he suffered no particular dis comfort: except that hla head wasn't exactly between his shoul ders. He tried to raise bis hands to rectify the mistake, and couldn't. That was odd for he had no diffi culty walking over the wimpled sand. By and by It occurred to him that he had belter be getting out; soma of the flah began to as sume threatening aspect. 8o kick ing out lustily against the resistant he begarr to rlic; slowly at first, then with Increasing rapidity (due probably to pressures), until ha falrty shot out of the water, , . . into his own bed, hi wrist held by a strange elderly man, and beyond the footboard Nancy and Jenny, with tense expressions on their faces! "M-rn-m!" he aatd meaning that tils bead stilt required some ad justment. "Back to earth, ch?" aald the elderly man rising. "You keep your bed today, young man, and the house tomorrow. You Just es caped going to the hospital, with Nip and Tuck for your doctors. He's In your bands now, young la dles. Just a look In once In a while." After a few mora advisory comments, tho rioighliorly aurg'ion took himself off. "Well, well!" said Jenny banter Ingly to cover up ber rHf. "IJttle of Doug Fairlranks In Th' Wliech amacalllt! You jmor nut, wny didn't you run, with homo on'y 10 steps off?" "I did think of it, whan it was too lute," answered the culprit, with painful slowness. Jenny's out line was rather blurred. "Maybe I ate too much turkey." "You're not to talk," Interposed Nancy. Turkey! , . . Craig! . . . The bitter aslns she must this day taste! "Would you like Mug oo for company?" "Yes. Hut them's , . , one thing t . . . want to t.now." "What?" "Who , , , pushed tb Wool north . . . over on met'' his good eye twinkling. Jiinny luui.tod. "It t all rtabt, Noti.i nMy pushed It back ao yrnj wouldn't know It'd been stirred. Nuw can th' i batter, Wa'ra golu' t' gut a bite f rat." "My laitd' but 1 d.srt'l want any thing in tat!" "Well, you're golif t' Jus' th' aaiiia," Jenny Uk)hm emphatically, ' Th' iliB tul lmt yoil ovef ' U ' "I'm nr," he aatj, nieftklng l Kuncy. rue what?" s.i' luriilnts to flgl.t, lt. I l o t IH'ia to rn. IUt loiKhii I b-1 1 fit tip In (..ft , , , 'tl. til r. " "Wv're all burr, so don't worfy, WVII I back st nine. Come along, Jenny," in lie list) the two girls paused and stared sob innly Into cm Ii oihir's ryes, and shook their binds, "A dngger, In tli' doorjatiib, in Shis bis roooi!" "Hotnelaxly with beysl I'm glad tho surgeon did not iw-ti It, Hut what ar w going to do, .b.nny? 'J'bls Is no Jirke: he is In dnngor, If some one fun get Into bis room, ' as easily us this." We'll make him trail with u at night; iiobialy will trouble him In th' daylight. Hut I'm golrf to ak hlin why." "And thn nest morning find hlin gons, for fear be might drag us Into It! No; must not let him suspect, , I'-ut It's rnaildenlnr! Who could wsnt to hurt him?" "Hosrch me," aald Jenny, bearing -or Imagining she bearda new nota of tenderness In Nsncy's vote. "Hotter get th' swellln' out o' those lips, or you'll hav trouble tonight, Whrtt'll we give him t' cat?" "!ocna: be won't car to chew anything." Jenny laughed at that, "I sen nothing to laugh at," said Nancy, bridling. "it Hounded funny, though. Hut I wish I'd 'a' bon there with my hatpins!" vindictively, "In two minute I'd 'a' bunted up that light, lulleve me!" "And I didn't ba tho bralna lo think of It!" "Aw!" said Jenny, as slit put out her arms, "What you did was braver than I'd 'a' done. Tou piled in bar hundi-4. You poor kid!'' They stood tenderly embraced for a minute, loving and doubting, and ashamed of their douots. Nancy doubted as to the true merits of that stolen kiss. (Not that it really mattered) And Jenny was hesitant to belleva that Nancy bad been frank atiout Jeremiah's babbling. Hut Jenny would always be first to recover from a -iitlmnlal wave. "Th' Two Orphans," she said. "AU we need's a little paper comlrf down an' th' orchestra goln' pink a punk. You aoaka a coupla piece of toast fin' I'll see t' th' cocoa. We'll show 'er.i. You've never nursed anythln' but a Ik pup, an' I tieVer nursed anythln' but grudges; but we'll have this Jeremiah uptkladdy In Jig time. Kay!" pushing free of the embrace, "I wits always guy In' blm When I catted blm Jeremiah; but now. darn It. it sounds, like a reg'Iar name. Huh? Jeremiah clover an' hay an' all that, stuff we never saw except through car windows. Y' know, that's been th' trouble with you arf me, we never had anythln' t' fuss over. - Your Iraddy Bowman was always fussln' over you. He was that crazy about you, I don' think he ever wanted you t' And your folks. "He was too honest td wi that." "Sure. Hut love's a funny thing." "What do you . . ." Nancy broke tit Inquiry In two, realizing that It was at once unkind and danger ous. But Jenny was quick. "Wont do I know about It? Klnc you ask mo, quit a lot. So I wear extra hatpins. I'll have lb' cocoa goln' In two shakes," she said turning toward her door. "You're a hotter girl than I am " "What a noise, what a nobte!" Bancroft studied the walls. Two hot thumbs seemed to tie pressing down against his eyeballs, He could not breathe comfortably throuicb his puffed nirse. There was an abid ing sens of nausea, too, and ha was suie th bandiigo kept hi fool head from bursting, So th ftrcjit Adventuro company bad begun ac tion? Hut why hadn't they killed hlin? Kuddenly he reallwd, as all the old questions csm clamorlnff back for answers, that he hsd a horror of death, to die without knowing what It wns all about! Never to know whether It wo tha linchatited Helmet of Mitmhrlno or the Burner's Basin whether bis father waa a true nisn or a Nine! Ho ha must hang on to hla life; no morn venturing against unequal mill, mill, ho had enjoyed himself up to the moment tha Wool worth bad fllen over on hlin, Hn clinch, led, flow easUy b f.-ll into Jenny a Itntm! Could b ti i li liia clullii'S ml t;et tiack to bed? lis must try. Ha with Infinite, csutioti bs slid out of bed and stood up. Ifa took no step, but waited for the bellying walls to sober down and th vlnlnnt hsm inuring m: lii"t bis skull to sut sl.ta a little. It would tkw threw steps to reach th rhatr. Its bfc thre steps, bis ya cloned, and went throuah his tkta blindly; It wa easier that way, Pseept f-a? th keyring, tbet was nothing la tHMkf: vn til dollar wntca wa ui.i.a It ataNr4 hack to bed. falling ui- n It la half a rulnl With final eff.irt h gl Uii t th a era M trta not t thlea Hf s1 , aw4lMa - fan wira