The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-13
The Trey O'Hearts
Romantic Tale By Louis Joseph vsses.
copvrirh. 1914 By Louis Joa.on Vance
SYNOPSIS.

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sn Sss Sh seneca IN the
va, Of vengeance; which. through the agency
passions like his 'u OWN. h ~0 Wages 81 ssSnas
A Ans ,n Law sEn Of the man ,now deadl who
es Trne hepess 'S Cripple iSf IL.
t Alqn loves and Is loved by Rose. Judith's
her opposite judith VOW. to compass o Alsns
death dealt, but Alan saves her life Under dra-
Wins her love-. Tsereafssr judith "'is Is as:
io2e an " turn by the old hatred the new
becomes aiienated from her father aS.oaRS
aed sasae.s to 81 ssarFy out his hocida plans.
Elan a.an In his flight With Rose from the ven.
81 Western Irias the
pursue them relentlessly.
CHAPTER xCvII.-THE SIGN AGAIN
he saw. clearly silhouetted against
the glowing oblong OF the window. tho
Mephistophelean profile, OF Seneca
trlne' distorted with Grimace of the
sruelest JOY that ever heart of man
conceived. He saw Marrophat APP
swasger and speech which. though
'ndfstinguishable to the unseen auditor.
"nquestionably afforded both OF the
other men ample excuse for ecstatic
elee. Toward It's conclusion Mr. Mar
rophat apparently capped the peak of
jubilation by fumblins in his coat
pocket and bringing forth something
which strongly resembfed single
blaying c..rd.
Now when ho had contrived to mas
ter his mirth, the cripple made a ges-
ture which eloquently abolished this
card. gesture which said quite plainly,
All that Is finished. The thing has
served Its purpose! To hell with IT,"
Whereupon, with smart Jerk Of his
wrist. Mr.. Marrophat sent the card
spinning and sailing out through the
open window to lose Itself in the night.
The watcher didn't see 1t fall and
though he spent an unconscionable
time searching for 1t in the deep dust
OF the roadway, he went his way In
tho end with curiosity unsated Fate
purpose.
Undisturbed. it lay where 1t had fall
len. face upward, not a dozen feet from
the front door Of the Mountain House,
until another day dawned on Mesquite
Then In the clear light,of that dawn,
tour more strangers struggled into
town--two weary and haggard men,
TWO footsore and bedraggled women.
one or these last was dressed In q suit
OF mans clothing. much tho worse for
wear. The other members of the party
one and all wore the look of people
.
the narrowest of Imaginable saueaks.
Their clothing. OF the most rough-and-
ready description though II was, had
evidently at some quite recent time
been sopping lwet, then rough dried on
It's wearers; every garment was warped
cut OF shape and cated with mud and
dust. Even their hands and faces wero
none too clean; abortlye efforts had
evidently been made to erase some OF
the grimo at mountain stream, but
lacking soap and towels the outcome
had not been altogether happy.
at sight OF the Mountain House the
party betrayed slight symptoms of
moro cheerful spirit; rejoicing In It's
promise of food and drinks and beds
withal wherein to sleep, the four quick
cned their steps.
But Of a sudden one of tho women
she who wore the garments of her
rex-paused, uttered q low cry. a-thrill
With terror. and clutching tho arm of
the man nearest her. pointed down to
the card that stared up from the dust
ut her feet.
It'was q Trey of Hearts.
oh, what Gun IL mean?" Rose whis-
pered brokenly. clinging to her low
er's arm. Surely you don't think 1
Surely II must be accidental
Surely Ii can't mean
I'm afraid 1t does" Alan Law re-
sponded gravely. eying the front OF
the Mountain House. Our luck holds
Observation-Disclosures nll It wouldn't be
us If we didn't pick out the one place
where Marrophat and Jimmy chose to
stop over night Fortunately. It's ear
ly: l doubt they're up. With half
show we ought to be able to find some
way OF putting a good distance between
us and this town before they waken
Tomv'
But Mr.. Barcus was already mt his
elbow In thorough sympathy OF AIans
Interpretation of the Significance to be-
attached to the card that trembled In
Roses hand,
"Sharp's the word!" he agreed. "And
there's motor car over there In front
OF the 'blacksmiths. Probably we can
hire her"
'Trine's Cart Alan calculated, swing
ing round and recognizing the automo-
bile at q glance. Then he's here, as
WELL"
Looks like It," Barcus admitted. But
SO much the better. Well just natur-
ally take the darn thing Oft his hands,
and I'll bet n dollar there Isn't another
car within n radius of fifty miles. Wen
be we'll out of these giudy mountains
long before he finds anything to chase
us with"