The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-12-03
TREY OF HEARTH.

uloue heh's ~" uano was tut rama OF
Rose. but the phraseology was not In
her spirit. lie examined II moro close.
ly and thought 10 detect beneath i,s
aemblance Of haste n deliberate and
carefully guided pen. He picked up
the envelope 10 compare the handwrit.
ina OF the address with that OF the en-.
closure-and shook out q trey OF
heArta.
This last was covered. AZ 10 its face.
with a plainiy.written message.
with the compliments OF Seneca
Trins TO Alan Law. We are due In
Chicago At eleven tomorrcw morning
and leave Immediately for the Pacific
coast via Santa 70 route"
Comparison between this and tho
message purporting TO be from Ross
distilled the conviction that the same
hand was responsible FOR both.
Alan shrugged. So he was 10 be
lured away from New York and Rose
BY this transparent trick. was hei No
feari
lie glanced as his watch, fnding tho
hour far too early to attemp, what he
had In mind.
With plenty OF tlms on his hands,
he gave the matter serious considora.
ton and concluded 20 take no chances:
II was Jus, possible that Urine had
taken Rose With him on hia western
trip. after all. In such case the only
possible way OF overtakinE the special
would b. BY air line
Promptly Alan called up tho Avia.
lion nelds AZ Hampstead Plains and
sot into Communication with a gentle
man answerinE 10 the surname OF
Coast: the same birdman who had
cone TO Alan's rescue with HE hydro.
aefoplane
Their arrangements were quickly
Contaminated. Coast Agreeing 90 wait
Zoe Alan with his blplane In Van cort.
landt park from midnight till day break.
prepared n need BE- 20 undertake a
tfansconiinentAl flight.
Thereafter Mr.. Law proceeded 10 70
hAbilltAte himself In decent clothinr
and bis own esteem. after bathing. he
dihsd alone In bis rooms from q travi
after dining he slsp, eoundly for THREE
hours-and may be thought 20 have
earned al least that much rest through
having been for four hours q passen'
gef In a hydroaeroplane lost In fogs
that whipped Long Island and all the
adjacent territory IN an impenetrabls
shroud.
Nor had this been all. Leaving Aaids
an that had led up 10 AlAns rescue by
Coast the forced landing Of the hydro
asroplAne for lack Of fuel had taken
PLACE on tho south shore Of the Great
soath bay: . search of hours had fol-
lowed before a boat was found TO con.
vey Alan and tho aviator 10 the malh'
land. and motor run Of sevcrAl hours
had followed that. conveying Coast "a
MS IIempsteAd hangars and Alan on
TO his hotel In New YORK.
Another man would have needed
twelve houu IN bed at the least "a
compensate for such q day; Mr.. Law
avAksned In a iAmbiiks temper when
called Al eleyen.thirty.
Az midnlght he committed an act Of
burglary. calmly and with determine
ton breaking his way into the house
oi seneca Trine through the area win
dowa aud basement
Ia this nefaEious business nothinl
hudered and none opposed him. Bu
Tor single lighted window In the up
per tier lbut not. he noted, the wlndcV
10 Rosee bedchamberl and one or tw'
lights which he found burning dim Il
the Kitchen offiees and other servants
quarters on the lower floor he woul
have thought tho HOUSE. empty. Tn
silence OF an abandoned place II
iormed Il ali-below the upper storl
but he was not TO DO satisfied Wit
such negative evidence; be explore
Tho dwelling infinitely. room by room
story by story. passing with little Il
ierest through apartments by ever
sign dedicated 60 the tendency Of hi
mortal enemy. intent on one obje'
only--to nnd Rose Urine. that on
woman whom he loved. or else mak
SURE abe was not there.
lie negotiated that last fight
steps which led 10 the topmost noC
With extraordinary stealth. advise
i hereto by q sound. or rather n seri'
Of sustained sounds. which had Their
'oiore been lnaudible 20 him. Possib
they had not TN then existed: possib
the man aarynnt whom he found eno