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Beyond the wall

By Henry Leverage. The first of a remarkable series of underworld stories by the author of “Thirst” and “The Harvest of the Deep.” Few other writers have Mr. Leverage’s keen sense of drama and ability to describe swift action clearly. Chester Fay, a slender, keen-eyed, gray-haired young man,--clad in prison shoddy, serving life and fifteen years at Rockglen,--glanced through the rain and over the wall to where a green-cloaked hill loomed. “Charley,” he whispered, “we might as well try it this after