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Dan did not rise from the floor. The instant he heard the man ap- proaching he swung about and placed — knee upon Kelly’s chest. ‘In this position he received the attack. ' With his left arm he warded off the = Mow aimed at him and with his right he _— struck out at his foe. ‘The latter, following the force of his : own blow, brought his head low down. He mig ht have rushed right over Kelly and Dan 6 the latter had not caught him squarely on the. forehead with one of the 2 ‘Stee el Semesinis sat was a much more stunning blow than Dan could have given ' with his fist the man to aad ‘sideways. = , Seeing that he had made a good start a m jumipe Iped the 1 man 1 along ped up and he y giving ‘him a rattling | with his fist. _ _ Naturally enough, Kelly took advant- age “of this to spring up. _-- He made for the door. ae Dan, seeing that Kelly’s friend had tus nbled in a heap in a corner where he e ¥ couldn’ t be of much use to himself or body else, leaped after Kelly. ae — a le caught the crook at the very } ead 4 ‘the stairs. oe. y turned, and licsine ‘that Dan agair to erapp him about the aim adage at Ge = a warded of eg ‘blows but in so una wsesait to get in “another at nught Sook a savage. ; *S In the room h all w here ae. iateie place, and "tic - ig, . e ee: om Ps — 4 i ——? on the side crack on - getting contro! of the fellow. _of the t get hold of Sen so ee the sont rdetec- ‘tive | was not t dragged cR WEEKLY. 27 Every one of them would try to help Kelly. They would fight all the more desper- ately 1f they suspected that Kelly was in trouble with a detective. As Dan fought he was surprised at the force with which the crook resisted him. ‘‘He knows what I want him for,”’ ‘thought Dan. It seemed as if a small regiment of men was running down the stairs from above, and at the same moment there were steps rapidly ascending the stairs from the eround floor. Another second and Dan would be en- tirely surrounded by desperate enemies. This would not do. _ It was hard enough to overcome this one man to say nothing of fighting a houseful. Dan knew that under ordinary condi- tions he would have no great difficulty in Something would have to be done to avoid fighting all the other tenants in the building. | As he was struggling, he felt that his foot was over the edge of the top stair. - This gave him an idea. | He acted on it instantly. Making a desperate grab for his man in the dark- ness, Dan got hold of his shoulders and yanked him with all his foree in the di- rection of the stairway. | Kelly’s foot went clear over the edge step. He stumbled, and Dan gave him a push that sent him headlong down the flight. © Two men who were e half way up were combled t to the botte m with | hi ca : Boe. also li s in 1 about two ears, |