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HI Hil , I f-SS LKHI DANKER, SATt'RDAY, yoVBMjBll 14, 1914 J J I The Trey O' Hearts A NorelUed Verton of the Motion Picture Drama nf .. c . A Produced by the Universal FlCco? m Nttmo V I By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE I ;, Aift"rU Fortun. HurUf.""Th, BnuDot.""TU ntl iut. IllttitrttcJ with Phototr.p,, from tie Picture Production 11 ' J Y. Oopyriaht, 1SU, by Louis Joseph Vauca""3""" r. H ' 8YN0P8I8. B The J of Henrts Is the "death sign" em- k .tivJ by Eoneca Trlno In tho prlvnto war 1 H B veimeance which, through his dnUKh- ,,. Judith, a woman of violent passions 3 H like l)l own, he wages against. Alan Law, l H inn of the man (now dead) whom Trine ' i. responsible for tho accident which 2 !ial4 him a helpless cripple. Koae, Ju 1 H dlth'a twin a"'1 double, loves Alan, nnd a lUrnlnK of her sister's campaign Hgnlnit I H him leaves homo and Joins her fortunes H to nr Under dramatic circumstances H Attn saves Judith's life nnd so wins hor H love, but failure to nhnko his constancy H to Koio kindles Judith's Jealousy and set- ilei her In her homicidal purpose Hho Is sB largely responsible for a shipwreck in H Vantuckrfs sound, from which Hose and HI Alan racnpo with their friend Ilnrcus, Ju- HI Slth pursuing In a chartered schoonor H th a crew of cut-throuts. I CHAPTER XVIII. HJ Stranded. H Mr. Thomns HnrcuB picked himself I ip from tho bottom of tho lifeboat, I HJ where ho had boon violently prcclpl- H tated by tho lmpael of grounding, )S I hllnked an(I wiped tears of Paln from HJ bit eyes, BollcltoUBly tested his noso end seemed to derive llttlo It any com I fort from tho discovery that It was not HJ broken, opened his mouth , . . and HJ remembered tho prcsonco of n lady, y, HJ "Poor Mr. Darcus!" Bho said gently. , HJ "I'm no sorry. Do forget I'm here xl HJ ud say It out loud I" j HJ Mr. Ilnrcus dropped his hands and I 'roPPCa n,fl hcnJ at tho samo time. te I "U cant bo Uld'" ho cmplnlncd In mt 'mt)ltl,!rHl resignation; "tho words i a I liaTe nover ocon '"vented . . ." . H In the bows Mr. Law (who had ') H barely saved lilmsolf a headlong H plungo overboard when tho shoal took it I ,a8t ho'd of tllci ko1' 'elt tenderly o( lal I D'a cxcoriat(1(1 B,ins, then, rising, com . H pasted tho sea, sky and shoro with an H anxious gaze. 00 H In the oiling tlicro wns nothing but la I the flat' "mlllcH8 oxpaiiBO of tho night- H bound tide, near at hand vaguely sit rered with tho moonlight, In tho (lis ... H lances blending Into shadows; novor a light or shadowy, stenllng anil In ., that quarter to Indlcato pursuit. "Where nro wo?" ho wondered aloud. "Ask tno nn eiiBy one," Ilnrcus re- piled; "somowhero on tho south shoro tal I of "10 cav U"'CB8 somebody's been lied I tmH!r,nK wlth llo Iny of this Intnl. itl I Tbal'8 K"tnou8o over yonder." Alan took soundings from tho bows. m I "Ilarely wo feet," ho announced. rac I wlthu'ravvlnK -"o oar from tho water, jre. "and eel-grass no end." oad I "0hl" Ilnrcu8 ejaculated with tho tide I KCcnt of cn,K-tcnment; and leaving th motor, turned to tho storn, ovor Ma- I hlcl1 ll0 drnI,C(l hlmsolf In highly un ian. I ecorallvo fashion whllo groping un- der nter for tho propollor. ,hn, I "That's tho answer," ho rejcnted; one. I ''hero's a young bnlo of tho said col mat I f88 wroppcil round tho wheel. you I Wn,cn I supiHJso, means I've got to to ovcrbonrd and clear It nwny." ider I "" you've nothing hotter to-do, my tho "Mca frlond," ho observed as ho Hooped to hnck and tear at tho niasB tf weed ombnrrnBBlng tho propollor, "you might step out and glvo us a i --m Mm dab ffrVP y tit Du lnt0 Hli Money Det' jflM hovo, Don't Rtraln yourself ,u" aco " you can novo hor." Mr I bml bU(1i:c'1 'it " Inch but ill', i H foet dld' PIliiK on tho I ihn, !r?UH I,,Ul1 boUo" with tho up- u.h ,'"" :!owllfn: with a mighty ien, . . ,,,8lP)nrca niomontarlly ,;' ,nt ' u, wurfitco and left his torn- Sm ir bi-iuiui him when ho emerged. hulZ Mr" ,5nrcus. ho suffered llkti muri. ."" "Vo mlnutci.. when, with ' v the u'i . Mui Pamlico having freed V I iou.m . ' ho ""h''d nboard and 1 liSoS"!!"! ce0UBl"' u ru",,"'e,, ,mo " I brrl,lJ,,l!,"U B.nlimlloii nt IuiirII. fed I UbJJJ"' . I u. ra for koeP" I!i 1 tml , '!ot Hni,a ahoroJM Roao Trlno 1 k4 , mm tT ' plaoo shu I light, n.?4 lH ,h8 "" In order to J I "ThLr WOre W8tlBlM "Mil Ui auiy HullH0o remark ICO1 I hats been uttered by any party to Us lunatic enterprise Bnce yoa hovo within earshot of mo, Mr. Law," said Mr -Darcus. "Respectfully eubmltted." BtnmL? VCrd'Ct f th0 ,ower co"t gravely. nP,'r0VCd" A'an rcsPo"ed wnrlDLh0 '" n 8en8 '" Ml88 T-'no wading, narcus BUggested. "Wo'ro Si" a" U l8' and 8h0'B t0 , "VqI, what then?" "Wo can carry her, can't wo?" CHAPTER XIX. Ocol' ho grunted frankly, when oftor n toilsome progress from tho boat, Roso at length slipped from tho seat formed by tho clasped hands of tho two men. "And It was mo who suggested this!" Tho girl responded with a quiet laugh of tho most naturnl effect Imag Inablo until It ended In n sigh, and without tho least warning sho crum Pled upon herself, nnd would lmvo fallen heavily, In a dead faint, but for Alan's quickness. "Good Lord!" Darcus exclaimed, ne Alan gently lowered the Inert body of the girl to tho sands. ",And to think I didn't undorBtand sho was so nearly all In dialling her like that! I'd llko to kick myaolf!" "Don't bo Impatient," Alan advised ferlmly; "I'm buBy Just at present, but . . Meantime, you might fetch somo water to rovlvo hor." It was nn order by no means eaBy to fill; Ilnrcus had only his cupped hands for a vcwsel, nnd llttlo wator remained In them by tho tlmo ho hud dnshed from tho shallows: back to tho spot where Hobo lay unconscious, whllo tho fow drops ho did manago to sprlnklo Into her faco nvnllcd noth ing townrd rousing her from tho tranco-llko slumbers of oxhauBtlon Into which sho puBsed from her fainting fit. . . ., In tho end Alan gavo up tho effort. "She's all right," ho reported, releas ing tho wrist whoso pulso ho had been timing. "Sho fainted, right enough, but now she's Just asleep and needs It, Ood know a I It would bo kinder to let hor rest, at least until I seo what sort of a reception that lighthouse Is Inclined to offer us." Ilnrcus nodded. Ills faco waB drawn and gray In tho moon-glnro, "Thank Godl" ho breathed brokenly, "you're nblo. I'm not." Ho sat down suddenly and rested his head on his knees. "Don't bo longer than you can help,'1 ho muttored thickly. Ho had come to tho headland of tha lighthouse Itself before tho ground began to sholvo moro gently to tho bench; and wbb on tho point of ad dressing hlmsolf to tho dnrk and silent cottngo of tho llghtkeoper when ho paused, struck by sight of what till then had been hidden from him. Tho promontory, ho found, formed tho eastern extremity of a wldo-armed If shallow harbor where rodo at moor Ingu a considerable number of small cntft pleasure vessels nRsorted about equally with fishing boats. And barely an eighth of a mile, on, long-legged wharves stood knoe-deop In tho water, llko tentacles Hung out from tho sleepy llttlo llshlng vlllago that dotted tho rising ground a community of por haps two hundred dwellings. Nor wns this all oven as Alun hovo In view of tho vlllago ho heard a scrlea of staccato snorts, tho hnrsh tolling of a brazen boll, tho rumble, of a train pulling out from n station. And then ha saw Its Jewel-string of lights flash athwart tho landscape and vanish as Its nolso dlod nwny diminuendo. Where one train ran another muBt. Ho need only now secure something to rovlvo Hose, help hor somehow up tho bench, nnd In another hour or two, of a oortalnty, they would bo speed ing uorthwnrde, up tho cape, toward Doston nnd tho land of law and order. Such thoughts as these, nt least, mado up tha texture of his hopes; tho outcome proved them somewhat too presumptuous. Ho Jogged down a qulot village street nnd Into tho rail road station Just ns tho agent was clos ing up for tho night. A surly citizen, this agent, Ill-pleased to havo hit) plans disordered by chance flung strnngors. Ho greeted Alan's breathless query with n grunt of In grained churlishness, "Null," ho nvorred, "they nln't no moro trains till mornln'. Can,'t y' seo I'm shuttln' up?" "Hut surely tUoxo must bo a tolo graph station " "You bni your llfo they is right hero In tt.is depot, An' I'm shuttln' It up, too,'' "Han the operator gono for tho nlr-.ht?" Ho'a going. I'm tho op'rntor. No ImalnoBs transacted after nlftc hours. ChII raouud at ohjljt o'clock tomor row mornln'. Now if you'll Jest stop nut of that door, l'l say g'dnlght to you." "Hut I must Bon.l a tolegram," Alan prottwtnd. "I tell you. I must. It's a matter of llfo and death." "Hiiro, young ftllor. It always la after bualneas hours." "Won't you open up again' m "I toll you, no!" In desperation Alan rammed a hand Into his trousers pockot. "Will n dol lar Influenco your bettor Judgment?" he suggested shrewdly. "Let's seo your dollar," tho othor re turned with no less craft opon In credulity Informing his countonnnco. And, surely enough, Alan brought forth nn empty hnnd. "Make n light," ho Bald sharply. "My money's In n belt round my waist. Open your office You'll got your dol lar, all right." "All right," ho grumbled, reopening the door of tho telegraph booth and making a second light Insldo. "Thero's blanks nnd a pencil. Write your mes sage It nln't often I do this but I'll mako nn exception for you." Alan delayed long enough only to mako a few lnqulrlos, drawing out tho information that, for ono who had not patlenco to wnlt tho morning train northbound, tho quickest way to any city of Importance was by boat across Iluzrard's bay to' Now Dedford. Addressed to dlgby, his man' 'of business In Now York, It roqulrod that gentlemnn to arrango for a motor-cor to bo hold In waiting on tho wntor front of Now Dedford from 3:00 a. m. until cnllod for In tho name of Mr. Law, as well as for a special train at Providence, on similar provisions. Dut now, though ho was all uncon scious of tho fact, ho went no moro alone. Ills shadow In tho moonlight kept him company upon tho sands; and above, on tho edgo of tho bluffs, an other shadow moved on parallol courso and at a paco sedulously pat terned after his. Ho found IiIh sweetheart and his frlond much ns ho had Iofi them, with this dlfforcnco that Mr. Darcus now lay flat on his back and snoring lustily. Ho was wakened quickly onough, however, by Alan's nows. Dut when It was tho turn of Itose they faltered. Sho lay so still, bei trayed her exhaustion so patontly In every lino of her unconscious posture, an well ns In tho sharp pallor of hor faco upturnod to tho moon, that It seemed scarcely less than downright Inhumanity to disturb hor. Nono tho less, It had to bo dono. Alan hardened his heart with tho re minder of their urgent necessity, nnd whllo tho promised rowboat f Mr, Dreed drew In, nt most leisurely paco, to meet them. Aboard and away from tho wharf, the burden of Alan's sollcltudo seomed to grow lighter with every squeal of the greaneless oarlocks, with ev ery dip and splnsh of tho blndcs which, wielded by a crow of villainous countenance, brought them nenror tho hnndsomo motorboat which Mr. Dreed designated as his own. It was not until Alan looked up suddenly to find Mr. Dreed covering him with a re volver of most vicious character that ho had tho least apprehension of any danger nenror than tho offing, where Judith's ochoonor might bo lurking, waiting for Its prey to como out nnd be devoured. "I'll tnko that money-bolt of yours, joung foller," Mr. Dreed nnnounccd, "and bo quick nbout It not forgetting what's In your trousers pocket!" In tho passion of his Indignation Alan neglcctod entirely to play tho game by tho rules. Tho lndlfforence ho displayed toward tho weapon was positively unprofcsBlonnl for ho knocked it aBldo ns If It had boon nothing moro dangerous thnn a straw. And In tho samo flutter of an oyolnah ho launched himself llko a wildcat nt tho throat of Mr. Dreed. Deforo that ono know what was hap pening ho had gono over tho stem nnd had involuntarily disarmed him self ns well. Tho other two men mado a sad busi ness of attempting to overpower Mr. Darcus. In Iobb thnn n mlnuto they wcro both overboard. "And Just for this," Alnn said boforo getting out of earshot "I'm going to treat my party to a Joy-rldo In your protty powerbont." He concluded this speech abruptly ns Ilnrcus brought thorn up under tho qunrter of tho power cruiser. Within two minutes tho motor wna spinning contentedly, tho mooring hnd been slipped, and tho motorboat was heading out of tho harbor. Within five minutes sho had left It well astern nnd wns shooting rapidly westward, making nothing of tho buf fets of n very tolerable sea kicked up by tho freshening southwesterly wind. 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Detween them, thoy helped hor up tho beach, past tho point, and at length to tho door of tho hotel, whore reani mated by tho moro promlso of food Hoso disengaged tholr arms and en tored without moro assistance; whllo Darcus was deterred from treading hor hools In Ills own famished eager ness, by tho hand of Alan falling heav ily upon his arm. K "Walt!" tho latter admonished In a half-whlBper. "Look thoro!" Darcus followed tho direction of his gesture and was transfixed by tho sight of a rockot spearing into tho night-draped sky from a point InvlB lblo beyond tho headland of tho light house. The two consulted ono another with stnrtled and fearful eyes. As with ono voice thoy murmured ono word: "Judith!" To this Alan added gravely: "Or somo spy of hers!" Then rousing, Alan released his friend, with a smart shove urging him acroes tho threshold of tho hotel. "Go on," ho InslBted, "Join Hoso and get your supper. I'll bo with you ns soon ns I can nrrango for n bont. Tell hex nothing moro thnn that that I t'.iought It unwise to wait until every body wns abed beforo looking round." Ho turned to And his Inndlord ap proaching from tho direction of the hotel barroom. And for tho tlmo It seemed that tho wind of their luck must havo veered to a favoring quar ter; for tho question was bnrely ut tered boforo the landlord lifted a will ing volco nnd hnllod n fellow towns man idling near by, "Hoy, Juke -como hero!" Introduced as Mr. Dreed, Jako pleaded guilty to ownership of tho fnstwtt and Btanchest iwwer-crulser In tho adjucont waters, which ho was avariciously keon to chnrtor. Thoy obnorvod hosto religiously; within ten mlnutoB thoy stood upon a float at tho foot of a (light of woodon stops down tho sldo of tho town wharf, whothor abed or at the hands of thoso who dlsllko us; but rather to bo hanged as common pirates," "You havo tho courage of Igno rance," Durcus replied coolly; "If you'll take tho trouble to glancu astern 1 promlso you a sight that will movo you to suspend Judgment for the time being." At this Alan ant up with a start. Hack against tho loom of tha Kllta betli islands through which thoy had navigated whllo ho nodded, shone tho mllk-whito sails of an able schooner. Sheets all taut and every Inch of canvas fat with thu beam wind, sho footed It merrily In their wake a sil ver Jet spouting from her cutwater, CHAPTER XX. Hell-Fire. Dut by this stage In his history Mr. Law had arrived nt a sthto of mind Immuno to surprlso nt tho discovery that he had onco moro failed to cludo tho vigilance nnd pertinacity of thu woman who sought his llfo. Ho viewed tho schooner with no moro display of emotion thnn resided In nnrrcwlug eyelids and n tightening of tho muscles about his mouth. ".Much farther to go?" ho Inquired presently, In u colorless volco. "At our present puce say, two hours." "And will that enable us to hold our own?" "Just about," DarcuB allowed, squint ing critically, nt tho chase; "she's somo footer, that schooner; nnd this Is Just tho wind sho likes bout." "How much lend linvo wo got?" "A mllo or so nono too much." "Anything to b douo to muud mat ters ?' "Nothing but pray, If you ruinom bor how." In tho end thoy made it by n narrow margin. The fuce of Judith Trlno was distinctly revouled by thu chill gray light of early dawn to tho aboard tho power cruiser as she swupt up through tho reaches of Now Dedford httrbpr and nlmcd for tho first wharf tfint promised n fair lauding on tho main wntorfront of tho city. Thoro was neither a policeman nor n watchman o? any sort In sight. Nor wns there, for nil his hopes and prnyors, baaed on tho telegram to Dlgby, n sign of n motor car. Still, not much of tho street was revealed. Tho docks on cither hand wcro walled and roofed, cutting off tho view. If they ran for It, thoy must surely bo overhauled. Somothlng must bo dono to hinder tho crow of tho schoonor from landing. "Hero I" ho cried ahnrply to Darcus. "You tnko Uoso and hurry to tho atrcot nnd find that motor-car. I know Bho's thoro. Dlgby novor failed mo yet!" "Dut you" "Don't wnsto tlmo worrying about mo. I'll bo with you In throo shnkes. .I'm only going to put a spoko In Ju dith's wheel. I've got a schema!" As for his schomo ho hnd nono other thap to glvo them battlo, to sac rill co himself If need bo, to mako sure tho escapo of Hose. Sheer luck smiled on him to this extent, that In turning his eyo lighted on a four-foot length of stout, throo lnch scantling, an excellently for mldnblo club, Dut Boon, dhinrmed, his enso was desperate and thoro wore two al ready safo upon tho dock and others madly scrambling up to relnforco them. Wildly ho cast about for somo sub stitute wenpon, ho lenped toward n small pyramid of llttlo but heavy kego, and Belzlng ono, swung It overhead and cast It full forco Into tho midriff of his nearest cnomy; so that this ono doubled up convulsively, with a sick IbIi grunt, and vanished In turn ovor tho end of tho wharf. Ills follow followed with loss Injury. Dut Alan had no tlmo to wonder whether tho man had tripped and thrown himself In his effort to escape a second hurtling keg, or hnd turnod coward and fled. It wns enough that ho had returned, precipitately and heavily, to tho schoonor. Tho keg, mooting with no resistance, pursued him oven to tho deck, whero tho forco of Its Impact split Its scams. Nona of tho combatants, howovor, Alnn lenst of all, noticed that tho pow der that filtered out waa black and coarso. In tho samo breath ho heard n friendly volco shout warning fnr up tho dock, and know that IlarcuB was coming to his nld. A glanco over-shoulder, too, discov ered tho cause of tho warning; two men who had thus far escaped his atteuttpns wcro maneuvering to fall upon him from behind. Tho bound required to efBda them brought him fuce to faco with Judith as Bho lauded on tho dock. "Oh," sho cried, "I hato you, I hato you " "So you'r said, my dear, but " Ills flnnl uordu wcro not nudlblo oven to hlmsolf. In his confldonco (now that Ilnrcus was taking enro of tho others) nnd his tmpntlenco with tho womnn, and In his porhaps un worthy wish to domonBtrato conclu sively how cheap ho hold her, Alan had tossed tho pistol ovor tho end of tho whnif. It was an old-fashioned weapon, und tho forfjo with which It struck thu deck rnlensed tho hammer. Instantly tho .44 cnrtrldgo blazed Into tho opon head of a broken powder keg. And with a roar llko tho trump of doom nnd a mighty gust of llamo nnd smoke tho decks of tho schoonor wcro rlvon and shattered; hor masts tot tered und fell . . . CHAPTER XXI. Anticlimax. Alan camo to himself supported by Darcus his senses still reeling from tho concussion of that thunderbolt which ho had so unwittingly loosed the cloud of sulphurous smoko and yet dissipated by the wind. Judith lay at his feet, stunned; nnd round about other llgurcs of men In sensible, If not, for all ho could say, dead. And then Darcus was hustling him unceremoniously down tho wharf. "Como! Como!" ho milled Alan "Pull yourself together und keep n stiff uppor Up. Hoso la waiting In the car, and if you don't want to bo nrrosted you'll stir your stumpe, my son! That explosion Is going to bring tho worthy burghers of Now Dedford buzzing round our ears like a swarm of hornets!' Ills prediction wns Justltlod even beforo It was made; already tho near by dwellings were vomiting half clothed humanity; already a scoro of peoplo were galloping down townrd tho head of tho wharf; nnd In their number a pollcomun appeared as if by magic. And whllo tho man hesitated Alan grabbed him by tho shouldor, throw him bodily frrni tho car, droppod Into his seat, cried n warning to Hobo, nnd throw In tho clutch. Tho machine re sponded without a Jar; they wore a hundred feet distant from tho sceno of tho accident boforo Alan was fairly settled In his place. As ho grow more nnd more calm, ho congratulated himself on having drawn an oxcollent car In tho lottery of chanco, Yat hi congratulations worn prema ture; thoy were not ten minutes out of the envlroiw o' Hio olty when Hoso left hor sout and knelt behind hl. to communicate the Intelligence that thoy were alroady being pursued. A heavy touring oar, she twld It was, 1 driven by man, a woman In the goat by his sldo Judith tho latter, the ssfssssssTsslssssssssssssWisssHlslilMi man an old employe of her fwtha' . JBH by tho nnma of Marrophat. j jH Marrophntl HI Alan romomborcd that one. Bfl He could only tnibt lr. hi (.'kftl si ' m n driver, nnd ektll Is tho losser factor In such a rnce, 'sflfl For his own part, ho drovo like an 'asisssi exceptionally cunning madman. . . sssH And then, quite clearly, ho roc or- H"fl nlzcd tho tlmo nnd tho plnco and thn I j"H charactor of tho road that lay before HiH him as tho car sped llko n dragon-fly ' TlH down a slight grade iM From tho bottom of tho grndo It 9sl swung awny In a wldo, gracotul curve, fli bordered for somo distance by railroad ! BB tracks on n slightly lower lovol. KM Ho had guossod tho fiendish plan ol S9 tho othor driver only too truly. H As thoy nppronchod at express sBS speed tho stretch where tho road pr- MB - 1 ft 1BBBBBI VhSBIIIlSHE SU rti SfllBlfW ' OBBBll koMS44i I 1 TaWkSdTWBBBl Blll' SMIBIr tfMKSsW ySC&W'iW bY ,4 xuSSI IS The Face of Judith Was Distinctly ', I EH Revealed. r mm i . HjH nllolcd tho tracks Alan sought to hug flj thu left-hand sldo of tho road, but In ' iffl vnln. KM Honrlng, with Its mufllor cut out, tho ffffl pursuing car Bwopt up and bafllod hliu, ' 99 bringing Its right forwnrd whool up 1 SO bcsldo tha left rear wheel of his enr, SI then moro slowly forging up until, ; HI with Its weight, bulk nnd auporioi J MM power, It forced him Inch by Inch to 1 HI tho right, townrd tha tracks, until hit ' , $1 right-hum! whools loft tho road and i 99 ran on uneven turf, until tho left-hand I 911 wheels ns well lost grip on tha rond ' , Hji metal, until tho car began to dip on i 9E tho slopo to tho tracks. ' jB Thero followed a maniac moment ' iH when tha world was upstdo down M jjflE Alan's enr slipped und Bklddod, swunj flj jKn sldownys with frightful momentum I; HM townrd tho railroad tracks, caught Iti -Hfl whcclH agalnnl tho tlos, nnd ... K ral Tho sun swung in tho heavens llko a KI bnll on n string. Thoro was a crash, s 'Kl roar . . . Thero tvus nothing ob- HI Uvlon . . . jl Tho enr hnd turnod turtle, pinning ,HM Hoso nnd Alnn bonMth It. HI "Alnn I" sho gasped. "You aro not HI killed?" 1H "No not oven much hurt, I fancy," HJ ho replied. "And you?" ,! "Not much" , K3 Tho doop-throntcd roar of tho loco- itj!sHl motlvo bellowing dnngor silenced him. ,jflj Ho closed his eyes. JHJ Then nbruptly tho weight wns lifted k!nl from his chest. Ho saw a man drag- ; ,HJ glng Huso from under ILo lnnchlno, ,9H nnd saw that thn mnn wns Marrophat. t 9M And almost ImmedinMy somoono lift- HJ ed his head nnd shoulders, caught him H'Ih1 with two hands boneath his arm pits V!ih1 und drew him clenr of tho machlno. ItiiliMi And tho faco of his rescuer wns tho rX f jffl faco of Judith Trine. , HJ The crash ho hnd expected, of thu ,,' IH car being crumpled up by tho oncom- h1 9J ing locomotive, did not follow. SiHsl An ho scrambled to his foot, hln first Sj-THs! glanco was up tho track, and dlscov- fHHsl ered tho train slowing to n halt. uf HJ His next wns ono of wonder for tha MiHs! countonnnco of Judith Trlno ns sho S'wjSwJ stood, nt n llttlo distance, regarding inffl him; hor look almost Illegible, a curl- fik3 nus compound of pusslons coloring It SMlHl rollof, regret, hatred, lovo . . . rl Ills third glanco descried boyond "Jr.'HJ her tho figures of Murrophat carrying; lH-fl Hobo In his arms, stumbling us ho ran "K H toward his car on tho highroad. VvJ Ho moved precipitately to pursue, 3VHR but found his way burred by Judith. ' &f "No!" sho cried violently. "No, yot l!H shall not!" XMk1 Her hand sought tho grip of n ro- HJ volver that protruded from her pocket. fBJ With a short, hysterical gusp, ho bo- HJ gau to luugh. i HJ Tho hot blood mantled her oxqulslte. ' HJ faco llko red II ro. Sho caught hor EH breath with a sob, then flung wildly " DJ nt him: 5-ImM "Well, If you must know it's true, iHsl 1 can't bring myself to kill you. I HJ would to God 1 could. Dut I can't ,' HJ For all that, you shall die I could not 1 HJ savo you It I would I And this I prom- HJ Iso you you shall novor boo Hose HI again boforo you die!" ' HJj And whllo ho stood gaping, slia H swung from him nnd ran, quickly cov- iIHssI erlug tho llttlo dletanco botwoeu him $flj and tho oar. IHii As she jumped Into this nnd droppod tJHsI down uon thu seat beside her half- NHsi consoloua sister, Marrophat swung tha rHJ car nway. HJ It vanished In n dust-cloud as u W3 throng of railroad employes surround- ed and assailed him with olauioroua flj questions. HJ JTO UB CONVINUEOJ RJ MmWm ISmWmWmWmWmW-'''!'- - IsHHAftv .. , ffR 'mmmmmm't'