The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-11-19
GEM PROGRAM TODAY

The thirteenth instalment of "The
Trey o. Hearts" is being seen today at
the Gem. After repairing the puhc-
tured tire, the chauffer drives on. The
motor car now contains Alan, Rose and
Barcus, in addition to Judith and Trine.
But it has gone only short distance
when the chauffer announces he can go
no farther. The party prepares to camp
for Ithe night. but Rose has learned
how Alan owes his life to Judith's de-
fense of him when the motor car over
hauled the two in the desert, and, fur
thermore. intuitively divines the Deep
ening interest in Judith which Alan is
beinning to feel, but will not acknowl-
edge even to himself. This, together
with Judith's apparent contentment
with the status of affairs. renders the
situation intolerable for Rose. She in
sists that they go on at all costs. Alan
returns to the prospector and purchases
from him three burros. Upon these
Alan, Rose and Barcus continue their
fight through the remainder of the
night. At dawn they come to a spot
where deep chasm is bridged only by
a shaky affair of ropes. Out of sight
of the suspension bridge they come
upon the clearings and outbuildngs
that surround the shaft of an exhausted
and abandoned copper mine. They de-
eide to camp here for few hours of
sleep.
At dawn, Marrophat, Jimmy and
Hicks (the latter two mounted on one
horse) ride up to the stalled motor car.
Without rousing Judith, Urine. Mario
phat and Jimmy confer. Trine urges
them after Alan and Rose. 1t is
agreed that Marrophat and Jimmy shall
pursue. They do so, taking the two
horses, leaving Hicks to care for Trine.
Judith wakens later and, finding Hicks
IN attendance, understands what has
happened. In rage she starts off
afoot after Marrophat and Jimmy,
haunted by visions of Alan being shot
down by Marrophat.
Alan's sleep is broken by dream
he sees Judith toiling up the mountain
side afoot, with every indication of
desperate haste: then he sees her look
ing at him steadfastly, her countenance
expressing love and fear for him; as
he looks, she draws a trey of hearts
from her pocket and holds it out to
him: it has Danger written on it.
Alan wakes up, the dream still vivid
in his mind. Alan leaves both Rose
and Barcus asleep and goes out to re-
connoiter. AS Marrophat and Jimmy
are passing the clearing of the mine,
their attention is attracted by the bray
in of the tethered burros. They inves-
tigatge, find Rose and Barcus asleep
and bind and gag them, then scout
about for Alan.
Arrived at the suspension bridge
some time after, Marrophat and Jimmy
have passed. Alan sees nothing to bear
out the warning of his dream, but is
struck by the idea of cutting down the
bridge. Marrophat and Jimmy spy him
from the bridge behind. Marrophat
makes flying leap to his shoulders,
overcomes him and with Jimmy's help,
binds him. They then start back TO the
mine with Alan. Msrrophat has con-
ceived hellish design.
From the foot of the mine shaft two
tunnels strike off, one at level slight
| ly higher than the other. At the June.
ton the powder room is situated. 1t
contains half keg of blasting powder,
few sticks of dynamite and some
fuse. With Jimmy's assistance, he
lowers Alan, Rose and Barcus to the
foot of the shaft. places them in the
lower level and shuts them in with the
bulkhead. Then he goes up and opens
the sluice gate of the reservoir, divert
ing the water into the ladder shaft.
Meantime Alan (who is not gagged
has, with his teeth, worried loose the
bonds about the wrists of Barcus; the
latter, his hands once freed. has wasted
no time in freeing Alan and Rose.