Chapter III

THE JUMP FOR LIFE As the woman leaped from the window, Ted Scott’s powerful right arm shot out and encircled her with a grip of iron. The impetus of the leap, together with the weight of the woman, made the shock tremendous. It drove Ted’s feet from the bough, and for a moment he hung suspended in space, his only support being the clutch of his left hand on the bough above. He felt as though his arms would be wrenched from their sockets. But he held on with the strength of desperation, while his feet felt for the b…