The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20
The Trey 0'Hearts
Romantic Tale by Louis Joseph Vance.
Copyright. 1914. by Louis Joseph Vance.


SYNOPSIS
by arrangement with the Universal Film
rcaJ THO Fey o mear,s'' IN 'fhc Times,
tho superior Theatre. iynopsi soi preceding
nr [%y of hsar'i Is h The dsais
war waecd by him through his daughter
low dead. '1 Irinc Blamed for the accident
ihni made him ripple Tor M" Law and
and Rose flies TO his assistance. Judith's
ne a saved by Allan, and she falls In love
tho lovers iuiplacabiy. Alter escaping death
sy .A at no %" Hsw 81 YORK % in "s seareh
81 Rose. who has heou brought home by
js5cd The lovers. los in jail at %c~ Bed
ford. Alan de,erniner 10 rescue l,osc and
climbs All unfinished building opposite h"r
l,ruec.
CHAPTER XIilI.-TlIE ASSASSIN
But at length he gained the gridiron
Of Orders on a plane with the lighted
window across tho way, and crept
along one of these, singcriy on his
hands and knees, until he came to its
end and might II no cared to. look
down hundred feet to the sidewalks.
That view, however, did not tempt.
nc kept his eyes level, and Was reward
ed with q bare glimpse or prcttily-
papercd wall. framed in the lace OF
half drawn curtains. something nov
ed Within the room, but beyond the
range OF his vision: ne saw AN indehn-
itc shadow flicker across tho wall but
more han that, nothing.
Tormented By his uncertainty, fear
iuE TO call ar whistle across that gulf
lest IL be overheard ana 50 thwart Il
plan that was awiftlv taking shape Of
Feasibility IN hiB mind. he waited in
Dr.nihicss suspense. through period
mat seemed intermiuahlc. oblivious TO
al else but that lighted little rectang-
lar. I'm az. 1ft.a
Behind him grim. ravcning death
stalkcd Alan in the darkness. He had
not the least suspicion that al! was not
well.
And OF sudden--whc,her through for
tu!ty, or Instinct. or the psychological
attraction Of his stcadfnst concentra-
tion-tho tenant Of the room came to
the window ana stood there for Il litte.
looking pcnsivcly out. altogether I'M
conscious Of tho watcher in his aerial
coign.
Again :, horrible uncertainty harraas
ed him Was the woman Rose or Ju-
dith2 That she Was one OF these he
could plainly sec. But which? Dared
no assume his hopes fulfilled?
tc dared nothing-not even TO stir
hardly much AZ 10 breathe-until
shc revealed herself NY an individual
gesture indelibly stamped on the tab
let's of his memory a slight gesture OF
grave dubicty. nngertips lightly touch
ing her lips and cheek. Enthusiastically
rot the gesture OF self-wii'"d. confident
Judith.
The woman in the window. then. wac
Rose.
with difficulty he detached his hun
CRY vision from her. and drawing from
his pocket a small notebook, tore out a
blank page placed this hat on the CIR
der found q pencil, and with the as
sistcnCe OF u ray or two OF moonlight
scraWled message OF almost stcno-
graphic hrcvlty.
rlr
Sitting up. astride the ,;irder. he took
hiss watch cheap affair lie had
picked up when reclothing himself in
the garments Of civilized society. at
Providence. that morning-opcned the
back Of tho case. ana closed il upon
the folded message
Then drawing back his arm. ne
broa,hod silent prayer 10 the god OF
all true lovers. and cast IL from him
with all his might-with such force
mat IL almost unseutcd him AT the end
81 tho swing bnt nothing icss would
have served to bridge ,!,at yawnins
chasrn.
And tho watch flew straight and true.
souarcly through the lighted window
and TO the further wall.
That much he saw; but whether the
girl came 10 the window after picking
4 up. ho never knew.
IN that very instant OF his "Nultation
oscr an obstacle overcome. he heard
sound behind him of heavy breathing.
The assassin had come that close
upou his prey when Alan turned and
discovered his peril,
crawling. as Alan had crawled. on
bands ana knees along the Girdcr the
uinu rad iuchcd up within yard with
out mal<int; AN audible sound--bcfore
hjs lubored respiration betrayed him.
The same uOoubcam which had aided
Nam IN the composition OF his meg
sage atruck across the others face, and
showed IT Ike a hideOus Chinese mask
Of deadly hatred with its cyebals
glarirg and its lips drawn back from
the naked blade gripped between its
tcoth-stilctto nothing short of a foot
iu length
with = sharp. startled movement
Nl0u swung himself bodily about, so
hat seated again astride tho Eirdcr
hr faced the assassin--but how he ac-
oiupliShcd this feat he never knew:
( was accomplished err nc realized it's
friehtful daugcr--else il might never
nave been executed At all.
But even now he was in little or no
ncttcr case than before. II he faced
ether ,han his bare hands. IIe had
hud there was N" avenue OF retreat
save into tho Jaws OF death more
rghiful than that which threatened
As these thoughts flashed athwart
he dark CONSERVATION of his mind
Tho assassin quickly initiated his cH-
amplo and sat w, straddling the girdcr
his fcct hooked beneath it--and the
stilctto poised in u lifted hand
ICoutiuuoi rn-inorrow.1