The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
Tie Trey O'Hearts
Romantic Tale ., loui. Joseph v.ne..
copyright 1874 BY tou,. Joseph Vance
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copvr,sh, 1914 BY tout. Joseph vsne.
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war Of Vengeance which. through the agency
passions like his own. no wages against
Aan aa% son Of the aead hS
n tsiS a ,oyes ao nd is Loved ~ Rose Judith.
her opposite. Judith vows to compass Aian's
death. but Alan saves her life under dra-
as s. ua,S as
inSt in turn by tho old hatred: the new
becomes aiiena:ed from her father through
her failure to carry out his, homieidai plans.
geanse of Trfne through S'' the ss'i m sa
judith md sarcus a ,send Of Hos Xian's 'n af
rouSa whit sIl.om tSs are halted by motor
sistance. ',- i5t
CHAPTER xC.-TIIE PEAcEMAKER.
lie got no farther: Judith's ears were
rs quick as his own; she. too, had
caught the sound of bells behind The
base of the hill. And of a sudden. with
ont another word, she turned and di.ng
away into the heavy thlckets OF UNDER
growth that masked all the canyon, tn
either side of the wagon-traiI. In a
twinkling she had lost herself to Wow
in their labyrinthine shadows.
Tho remainder OF that business was
transacted rapidly enough. There Z. ara
no preparations to be made: once Alan
had ridden up with his three burrus,
nothing remained but to mount and
make off without delay. FareweiIs
were not for Trine-though Barcus
didn't neglect to shake leg at him
before kicking his burro into motion.
AS for Judith. she kept herself In
visible; and though he looked about for
her, Alan was sensitive enough to
Roses tensity OF emotion and forebore
TO aggravate 1t by open search or call
Ing
Five minutes after his return the
three had ridden out of sight Of the
motor car. III as much time more they
had found the forking of the trails; and
by tacit consent, none questioning the
move, struck off on what the chauffeur
had termed the up-trail-tha town OF
I, Mesquite, whatever It's character and
wherever 1t might be, their goal
The trail mounted at a sharp grade
tho hilisidcs. seldom wide enough to
permit one burro to pass another at
nSe', not seldom sklrting the brink OF
some declivlty 30 sheer that by COM
mon instinct tho fugttives kept their
Leyes studlously 8yerted from tea abys.
) that yawned beneath their feet Burros
are notoriously sure-footed animals;
none tho less 1t was disturbing to
/; think what might happen II one of the
three should prove the rule.
But time-the lapse OF hours. the
frequency of such passages--hred :n-
difference In their sleepy m,sds, BE.
fore morning they were all riding like
so many hypnotized subjects, fatigue
hearing SO heavily on all their senses
that none spoke or cared to speak.
Barcns so often caught himself nod
j ding IN hte saddle that he had little
oouot he slept through long stretches
of that perilous way. And whom his
senses were clear enough he could see
Rose, next ahead. bowed low over the.
neck of her burro. and Alan, who led,
reeiing from side to side like a drunk
ard.
Broad daylight surprised them in this
state, still stubbornly travelling: and
shortly afterward showed them one
place so perilous that 1t shocked them
temporarily awake.
| This was simply a spot where the
trail came abruptly to an end one side
! of a cleft In the hills quite thirty feet
wide and several hundred I'm depth, and
was continued on the farther side. the
chasm being spanned by bridge Of the
simplest characterize more than q
footway of boards bound together with
ropes none too substantial In seeming,
with another rope, breast-h.gh, to
serve rs ahand-rail.
/ Even the simple contemplation of
! this frail and shaky affair demanded all
| their courage. But the trail was here
| too narrow to permit q camp; while the
sole alternative was to turn about and
retrace their steps over q ride of six
mortal hours. - 5ss. -
Alan tested the bridge cautiously It
how hi 10 rot, u
i cross, and with her once safely landed
| on the farther side, took his life In
his hands and, aided by Rarcus I'M
affectedly afflicted with qualms, some
Z how or other (neither ever knew pre-
cisely howl persuaded the burros to
cross.
After that. though the way grew
more broad and easy, and even showed
symptoms of decline. they had not
strength enough left to sustain through
another hour.
4 And what they thought good for
tune, OPPORTUNITY at this pass, brought
them to clearing dotted with the
buildings of an abandoned copper
mine. Not soul was In evidence
there. but the rude structures offered
ESQ ran their sleepy thoughts) they
might hide the burros and themselves
for few hours. and so obtain little
sorely-needed sleep Pursuit. II any.
might overlook them. go on In
Ignorance of their proximity.
None Tut men fatigued beyond tho
power of coherent reasoning would
have built hopes upon SO preposterous
q suggestion. But Rose and Barcus
had known little rest since the previous
dawn. while Alan, though he had slept
few hours on the desert, though ex
haustion added to the effects OF n stun
ming fall, had endured oven heavier.
drains upon his vitality thnn either OF
the others.
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