The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-14

read The Trey o. Hearts in fhe Time.-
Dispatch and ALSO to see /, IN pictures a,
Ing chapter: Seneca Urine. a wealthy Grip
pie Of New York: has cnticcd Alan Law back
purpos. OF destroying him becaus. Of the
hatred Urine bore Laws father. Law IS In
Twin sister. judith is frine's ssen, in plot
ting against Law. Judith and treacherou.
the woods Of Maine by binding hin, "a and lsav.
Ing him in the path OF forest fre.
CHAPTER vI-JUDITHs RESCUE
1t would have been easy enough. act
ing on instinct, TO snatch his limbs
away. but another thought was in his
mind: he did not move more than 10
strain his feet as far as their bonds
permitted Conscious Of scorching heat
even through his cowhde hunting
boots, he suffered that torture for an
other minute: and minute sufflced;
up, wrapped itself round tho thick
hempen cord, and ate 1t through.
Immediately Alan kicked his feet
free, lifted to knceling position, and
craWled from the pyre.
AS for HIS hands-Alan's hunting
knife was still in Its sheath belteo
TO the small OF his back Tearing
frantically at the belt with his ham
percd hnsera. he contrivcd to shift II
at the belt-loop over his left hip. with
In comparatively easy reach With
drawing and conveying the blade to
his mouth, he gripped 1t firmly be-
tween his teeth, and sawed the cords
round his wrists against the razor
sharp blade.
Already the internal glare was sill
houetting the trees not hundred
yards from the funeral pyre Before
Alan could turn and run he saw a van
guard OF flames bridge nifty yards at
a bound and start a dead pine blazing
like torch.
And then he ~as peltinE like a mad
man across the smoke filled clearing.
Presently the trail. broad. now we'll
beaten foothpath. branchcd right and
left: Alan darted TO the lef, at ven
ture. and In less than two minutes
broke from the forest 10 the pebblv
shore OF wide -bosomed lake. it's for
est bound farther reaches yelled IN
smoke. and within a few hundred fee,
of the dam that chokcd Its outlet-a
substantial dam. we'll banked and tim
hercd (after the fashion In numbering
countries) through whose spill-way
a heavy volume of water cascaded with
q roar rivaling that of the forest
FIRE itself.
Two quick glanccs showed Alan two
things: that his only way Of escape
was via the dam; that there was
solitary canoe at midlake, bearing
swiftly 10 the farther shore Judith
Urine and the Indian--the latter WELD
ing the paddle.
In the act of turning toward the dam
he saw Jacob turn his head sharply and
drop the paddle. The next instant
bullet from Winchester 80 kicked
up a squirt OF pebbles only few feet
in advance Of Alan.
,;,,1s l,;o hut
bullet fell closer II behind him. while
the third actually bit the earth be-
meath his running feet rs he gained
the dam.
Exaspcratcd, he pulled up, whipped
out his pistol and fired without aim.
AT the same time. he noted that the
distance between dam and canoe had
lessened perceptibly. thanks to the
strong current sucking through The
spillway.
His shot few wide. but almost in
stinctively his finger closed again
upon the trigger. and coincident with
the report he saw the paddle proppcd
up on the bow of the canoe snap in
twain. its blade falling overheard.
And then the Indian fred again, his
bullet droning past Alan's car.
AS he fired in response Jacob started.
dropped his rife into the lake. clawcd
wildly AT his throat, and crumplcd up
in the bow OF tho canoe.
Simultaneously earth and heavens
rocked with a terrific clap of thunder,
and involuntarily Alan lowered his
pistol and turned a startled eye to tho
sky: a binding fare dazzlod him. and
the shock OF thunder was echoed in
greatest volume.
He turned again and ran swiftly
along the dam. toward two heavy tim
bers that bridsed the torrent of the
spillway.
Then r. glance aside brought him up
with thrill Of horror: the suck of the
overflow had drawn the canoe within
a hundred yards of tho spillway. The
dead Indian In It's bows. the living
woman helpless in Its stern. II swept
swiftly onward to destruction.
A moment later Alan found himself
at the brink OF the spillway, staring
down into dark chasm fully thirty
feet in depth, at wherein the cascade
boiled and screamed over huddIe OF
Jagged boulders.
His next few actions were wholly
He was beyond con
sidering that the woman going to GER
tain death had all but succeeded in
causing him to be cremated alive; he
was conscious only of her helplcssncss,
her white, staring face. her strange
likeness to tho woman that he loved.
He ran out upon the bridge, threw
himself down upon the inncrmost tim
her. and calculated tho drop to tho