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The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25
Flames Licked Out All Over the
Schooner.

ing to the surface a good ten yards
from the Seaventure. For the next
several seconds they we're swimming
frantically, and not until three hun
dred feet or more separated them
from the schooner did either dare
pause for breath or backward glance.
Then the impact of the launch
against the Seaventure's side rang out
across the waters, and with husky
roar the launch blew up, spewing sky
wards a widespread fan of flame. Over
the Seaventure, as this famed and
died. pale fire seemed to hover like a
tremendous pail OF phosphorescence. a
weird and CHASTITY glare that suddenly
descended to the decks. There fol-
lowed a cracking noise, a sound as
of the labored breathing of a giant;
and bright flames, orange, crimson,
violet and gold, licked out all over the
schooner, from stem to stern, from
deck to topmasts.
II seemed several minutes that she
burned In this wise-it was probably
not so long-before her decks blew
up and the flames swept roaring to
the sky.
BY the time Alan and Barcus, swim
ming steadily, had gained a shoal
which permitted them footing In
vaist-deep waters. the seaventure had
burned to the waters edge.
To BID coNTLSUEDl
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25
Copyright, 1914. by Louis Joseph Vance

with the cunning OF a madwoman, the
heart of thug, the face OF charm
ing child-the face of the woman that
sat beside him, duplicating it's every
perfect feature SO nearly that even he
who loved the one could scarcely dis
tinguish her from the other but by in
stinct, intuition, blind guesswork. .
He nodded heavy-hearted confirma-
ton Of a surmise slowly settling into
conviction in his mind, that such cum
ming, such purpose and pertinacity
could not possibly spring from a mind
we'll balanced, that the woman, Judith
Urine, sister TO the Rose he loved so
well, was as mad as that monomaniac,
her father, who sat helpless In his
cell of silence and shadows in New
York, day after day, eating his heart
out with impotence for the word that
his vengeance had been consummated
by the daughter whom he had inspired
to execute It.
An hour late, in dusk Of evening,
ton; and, heart in mouth, Alan helped
Rose from the steps, shouldered way
for her through the crowd, and almost
lifted her into taxicab.
Best hotel in town." he demanded.
And be quick about it-for a double
tip"
He communicated his one desperate
scheme TO the girl en- route, receiving
her Endorsement of 1t. So, having reg
istered for her and seen her safely to
the door OF the best available room in
the house within ready call of the pub
lie lobby and office, he washed up,
gulped hasty meal-which Rose had
declined to share, pleading fatigue
and hurried away into the night with
only the negro driver Of public hack,
picked up haphazard at some distance
from the hotel, for his guide.
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and before I knew what was up-I
was slammed backwards over the
rail"
Il can't tell you how sorry l am"
Alan responded gravely. There's
more to tell-but one thing to be done
first"
And that?" Mr.. Barcus inquired
susplciously.
ITO get rid of the lady" Alan an
nounced firmly. Make that fisher
man a present of the woman in the
case. You don't mind parting with
the dory In a good ctuse-if pay for
it?"
Take 1t for Lothing," Barcus
grumbled. Cheap at the price!"
He took Alan's place, watching him
with a sardonic eye as he drew the
tender in under the leeward quarter,
made 1t fast, and reopened the COM
panionway.
AS the girl came on deck with
out other invitation, In sullen rage
that only heightened her wonderful
loneliness. Alan noted that her first
look was for him, of untempered ma
Lightly.
Friends Of yours, infer?" Alan
inquired civilly.
Judith nodded
Then It would save us some trouble
yourself included-if you'll be good
enough to step into the dory without
struggle"
Without a word, Judith stepped to
the rail and, as Barcus luffed, swung
herself oversize into the dory.
Immediately Alan cast off, and as
the little boat sheered off. Barcus,
with sigh of relief. brought the Sea-
venture once more back upon her
course.
For some few minutes there was ST.
lence between the two men, while the
tender dropped swiftly astern, the
woman plying brisk pair Of oars.
Then, suddenly elevating his nose,
Barcus shifted audibly. Here" he
said sharply, relieve me for a min
ute, will you? l want to go forward
and have look at that motor"
When Barcus reappeared it was
with a grave face.
THE devil and the deep She," he OBJ
served obscurely, coming aft, from
all their works, good Lord deliver us!"
What's the trouble now?"
Nothing much-only your playful
little friend has been up to another of
her light-hearted tricks. II you
should happen to want a smoke or
anything to eat when you go below.
just find a mirror and kiss yourself
good-by before striking the match.
The drain-cocks OF both fuel tanks
have been opened. and there are up
wards OF hundred and fifty gallons
OF highly explosive gasoline eloshing
around In the bllge!"
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25
She Whips Out Gun as Big as Cannon.

of than to take her place with the man
l loved? knew you'd never know the
difference-at least l was fool enough
for the moment to believe could
stand being loved by you in her name!
1t was only today, when I'd had time
to think, that l realized how impos-
sible that wasl"
A sudden slap OF the mainsail boom
athwartships and a simultaneous cry
from over the stern reused Alan from
his CONSERVATION to fresh appreciation
of the emergency. With scant consid-
Grafton he hustled the woman to the
companionway and below, slammed its
doors and closed her In with the slid
ing hatch-all in a breath-then
sprang to the taffrail, just in time to
lend a helping hand sorely wanted by
Mr.. Barcus in his efforts to climb
aboard. after he had pulled the dory
up under the stern by its painter.
He came over the rail In a towering
temper.
Il hope you'll pardon the apparent
impertinence," he suggested acidly,
az soon as able to articulate coher-
ently-"but may / inquire II that
bloody.minded vixen is your blushing
bride-to-ber
Alan shook a helpless head. The
thing dehed reasonable explanation.
He made feeble stagger at 1t with
out much satisfaction either TO him
self or to the outraged Barcus.
"No-it's all a damnable mistakei
She's her sister, mean. the right
girls sister-and her precise double
fooled me-not quite right In the head,
I'm afraid"
You may well be afraid. you poor
hati" Mr.. Barcus snapped. "D'you
know what she did1 Threw me over.
board! FactI Came on deck q while
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25
CHAPTER XII.
Down the Cane.

bOWIi h1C SoPCs
At four o'clock, or shortly after,
Alan was awakened by boot-heels
pounding imperAtively overhead, and
went on deck again, to stand both dog
watches-saw the sun lift up smiling
over a world of tumbled blue water,
crossed the wake OF Cunard liner In
bound for Boston, raised and over
hauled a graceful but businessllke fish
erman (from Gloucester, Barcus
opined when called to stand his trick
at eight and saw It a mile or two
astern when-still aching with fatigue
he was free to return to his berth
for another four-hour rest.
This time misguided consideration
induced Barcus to let his crew sleep
through the first afternoon watch. Six
bells we're ringing when, In drowsy ap-
prehension that something had gone
suddenly and radically wrong, Alan
walked.
He was on deck again almost before
he rubbed the sleepiness from his
eyes. emerging abruptly from the half
light OF the cabin TO a dazzle of sun
light that filled the cup OF day with
rarehed gold. even as he passed from
conviction of security to realization OF
immediate and extraordinary peril.
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25

His first glance discovered the wheel
deserted. the woman with back TO him
standing at the taffrail, Barcus-no-
where to be seen. The second con-
firmed his surmise that the Seaventure
had come up into the wind, and now
was yawing of wildly into the trough
OF a stifr II not heavy sea- A third
showed him. to his amazement, the
Gloucester fisherman overhauled
with such ease that morning and now,
by rights. well down the northern hori-
zon-not two miles distant, and stand
ing squarely for the smaller vessel.
Bewildered. he darted to the girls
side, with shout, demanding to
know what was the matter. She
turned to him face he hardly recog-
nized-but still he didn't understand.
The inevitable inference seemed a
thing unthinkable; his brain faltered
when asked to credit 1t. Only when
he saw her tearing frantically at the
painter, striving to cast 1t off and with
1t the dory towing a hundred feet or
so astern, and when another wonder
ing glance had discovered the head
and shoulders OF Mr.. Barcus rising
over the stern of the dory as he strove
to lift himself out of the water-only
then did Alan begin to appreciate
what had happened.
Even so, It was with the feeling that
all the world and himself as we'll had
gone stark, raving mad, that he seized
the girl and, despite her struggles, tore
her away from the rail before she had
succeeded in unknotting the painter.
"Rosel" he cried stupidity. Rose!
What's the matter with you? Don't
you see what you're doing?"
Defiance infiamed her countenance
and accents. Cant you ever say any
thing but Rose! Rose! Rose' Is
there no other name that means any
thing TO you? Can't you understand
how intolerable 1t is to me? / love
you no less than she-better than she
ever dreamed OF loving you-because
hate you, too! What Is love that
is no more than love? Can't you I'M
derstand?"
Judith" he cried In voice OF stu
pefaction. "But-Good Lordl-how
did you get aboard? Where's Rose?"
Where you'll not find her easily
again." the woman angrily retorted.
Trust me for that!"
What do you mean?" Illumination
came In a binding fash. do you
mean 1t was you-you whom brought
aboard last night?"
who else?"
you waylaid her there in the hotel.
substituted yourself for her, deceived
me into thinking you"
"Of course" she said simply. why
not? When saw her sleeping there
the mirror of myself, completely at
my mercy-what else should | think
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25

the fendish wind whisked one small
scrap back-and only one!-into the
lap Of the woman he loved.
Vainly he prayed that she might
be asleep. The silken lashes trembled
on her cheeks and lifted slightly, dis
closing the dark glimmer of question.
Ing eyes. And as she clipped the scrap
Of cardboard between thumb and fore
finger he bent forward and silently
took 1t from her-one corner OF the
trey of hearts, but inevitably a corner
bearing the figure 80" above a heart.
THE Pullman agent at Portland
wires no reservations available on any
New York train in the next thirty-six
hours" he said with lowered voice.
Couldn't we possibly catch the New
York boat tonight?"
He shook a glum head. NO
looked that up first. II leaves before
we get in"
She said, TOO bad" abstractedly,
reclosed her eyes. and apparently
lapsed anew into semi-somnolence-
but without deceiving him who could
well guess what poignant anxiety
gnawed at her heart.
He could have ground his teeth In
evaporation.
To think that this was America. this
the twentieth century, the apex of the
highest form of civilization the world
had ever known-and still man
could be hunted from pillar TO post
haunted with threats harried with at
tempts at assassination In a hundred
fnrms-and that by a slip Of q girl
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25

ago. sweet as peaches-and all OF q
sudden whips out a gun as big as a
cannon, points II at my head and or
ders me to luff into the wind. Before
could make sure l wasn't dreaming.
she had fred twice-in the ARA sig
nal to that blessed fisherman astern
there-at least, they answered with
two toots Of a power whistle and
changed course to run up to us. Look
how she's gained already"
But how did she happen to throw
you overboard?"
Happen nothing!" Barcus snapped.
getting to his feet She did II a.
purpose-hew at me like a wildcat.
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25
SYNOPSIS.

The OF Hearts is the "death-slgn" used
by Seneca Urine In the private war OF
vengeance. through his daughter, Jul
temper and questionable sanity. he wages
Against Alan Law, whose father (now
dead Urine held responsible for the &C
cident which made him helpless cripple.
Rose, Judith's twin and double learning
OF her sisters campaign against Alan.
leaves her home TO aid him, whom she
loves. Under dramatic circumstances Alan
saves Judiths life and so wins her love;
but failure to shake his constancy TO Rose
nxes Judith In her purpose.
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25
CHAPTER x.
Fortulty.

Fortulty.
He wasted the better part OF an
hour in frultless and perhaps Ill
advised inquiries; then his luck, such
as 1t was, led him on suspicion down
a poorly lighted wharf, at the ex-
treme end of which he discovered a
lonely young man perched atop a pile,
hands in pockets, gaze turned to a
tide wherein, now black night had
fallen, pallid wraiths Of yachts swung
just visibly beneath uneasy riding
lights.
Pardon me-" Alan ventured, but
perhaps you can help me out
you've come to the wrong shop, my
friend the young man interposod
with morose civility; Il couldn't help
anybody out of anything-the way
am now"
I'm sorry" said Alan, but l
thought possibly you might know
where l could find a seaworthy boat
to charter"
The young man slipped smartly
down from his perch. IF you don't
look sharp" he said ominously, you'll
charter the Seaventure." He waved
his hand toward a vessel moored
alongside the wharf: There she is,
and better boat you won't find any
where-schooner-rigged, fifty feet over
all, twenty-five horsepower, motor aux
Hilary, two staterooms-all ready for
as long a coastwise cruise as you care
to take. Come aboard"
He led briskly across the wharf,
down a gangplank, then aft along the
deck to a companionway, by which the
two men gained a comfortable and
roomy cabin, bright with fresh white
enamel.
Name, Barcus," the young man in
troduced himself cheerfully; chris
tened Thomas. Nativity, American.
State of life, fat broke. That's the
rub" he laughed, and shrugged, shame
faced. II found myself hard up this
spring with this boat on my hands,
sunk every cent had-and then some
fitting out on an oral charter with
a moneyed Brighter in New York, who
was to have met me here a fortnight
since. He didn't-and here l am, in
pawn to the ship chandler, desperate
enough for anything"
How much do you over"
Upwards of hundred"
Say advanced that amount-when
can we sail?"
The young man reflected briefly.
There's something so engagingly idi-
otto about this proceeding" he OBJ
served wistfully. i've got the strang-
est kind of a bunch it's going to 20
through. Pay my bills, and we can be
OF inside an hour. That is"
He checked with an exclamation of
dismay, chapfallen. Il may have some
trouble soaring up a crew at short
notice. l had two men engaged, but
last week they got tired doing moth
ing for nothing and left me fat"
Then that's settled" Alan said. 81
know boats; I'll be your crew-and the
better satisfied to have nobody else
aboard"
The eyes of Mr.. Barcus clouded.
See here, my headlong friend, what's
your little game, anyway don't
mind playing the fool on the high seas,
but I'll be no party to KIDNAPPING
or"
Its an elopement." Alan interrupt
ed on inspiration. We've simply got
to get clear of Portland by midnight"
You're onl" Barcus agreed prompt
ly. his face clearing. God only knows
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25

up once we're fairly at sea. Barcus
and l stand watch and watch, OF
course. There's nothing for you to
do but be completely at your ease.
But-you must let me CO."
BY midnight the Seaventure was
spinning swiftly south-southeast, close
reefed to a snoring sou'weet wind
the fixed white eye OF Portland head
light fast falling astern.
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25
Wears MANY Crowns.

He-She's a thoroughly queenly
woman.
She-Yes; even her teeth have gold
crowns.-Town Topics.
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-25
Its Accompaniment

Its Accompaniment.
81 have an eye for the stage"
Then look out you don't get the
hook too"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-11-11
MORE ABOUT HOGS

IT HE COURIER-REPORTER along with several other publ
cations the Northwest have been at upon because they
have been prsmpe to point out that the hog industry
cannot thrive under present market conditions and to question
why Northwest prices should under the East
while the Eastern packers shipping their products
into the Northwest
editors publications have been plainly told by
the Portland Livestock Reporter the official of the Union
Stock company that they didn't know what they
talking about and of their being just ordinary
folk they had right write about the hog market In it's
of November the Reporter prints article which this and
other requested to copy The article report of the
sale of shipment of Idaho hogs the East After publishing
Denver quotations the Reporter says:
Now please take notice the above sales On the 18th they
sold at the 2st at the 22nd at $500 and the 23rd
$675 Going some isn't it And all of these days they
could netted much Portland Omaha Oct -
Two Idahos $845 Idahos $780, Idahos held to
the goth and sold at $3.50 Eighty cents drop day. and
that's drop, too believe mel!
them what's the matter with the hog market AS
number of newspapers the hog producing districts
the Northwest began point the spread of between
the Northwestern and Eastern markets. and shipment
western hogs sent rolling eastward eastern prices begin
hit the bumps at the rate eighty cents day and the Portland
market takes upward squirt of fifty cents in jump is
rather interesting however that the Idaho hogs
and their shippers had been safely slaughtered the Portland
ke lost its pep and prices settled back to the old level
Now very candid in this matter We free to admit
that know what's the matter with the hog market But
know that market conditions continue the hog
industry will continue in the Kennewck country
The Livestock Reporter has told the Idaho shippers
between the and of the market and
waiting further tell the Portland market
took such sensational advance just at the time the eastern
sensational decline? Tell Portland
settled back to old level
of the Northwest cities that the prices of all smoked
had advanced cents why the law of supply
and demand works with the hog long he has the hair but
fails to work after he has been picked
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-11-11

WORK Mr. c. L. Perkins, who managing the Courier
Reporters subscription contest has afforded him opporun
ty study conditions small in nearly every
section of the country In speaking of the relationship existing
between the merchant the and the people, Mr. Per-
kins says:
There to be statewide movement just in
doing further the interests of the small
merchants efforts the maorder
build business anywhere and everywhere has cut into
profits of the small merchants but the slogan
ing Support Wherever
You Cam If this campaign properly waged undoubtedly will
result increased profits for the home merchant and that
business for town that stands back of it's local
mercantile houses. la
tsemens their home paper Do you want the stores to shut
up shop and quit usness Do want the community to lose
half it's population No. Well them do not buy goods out OF town
by mail Boost your home town. Some of over ad
vereens of foreign and then send lot OF money 10
cut of town merchants You led to do this very largely by
the advertisements of these merchants who employ experts
to attract your attention.
"Gve your home store show-a plain DEAL Give
them hearing by reading have offer in their adver
tisements will admit that the odfashoned advertising is
mighty poor reading and trying to bring the merchants
the smaller towns country to realize this am trying
get the value of using the pages OF your nome
to tell you have sell and the prices they
asking. -
When Won read in the weekly that store headquar
tiers dry goods you have not been much
the business You this store for long ume and
when Won observe in thier they claiming to be
headquarters they should tell you some reason iUf Tue
am hoping these merchants and tell you what they
are doing Watch for he may tell you ABOUT tnose
tratve new waists coats suits he has just len
one they are better quality than you can BUY out OF
town for you Will MAKE you are
apt to find they better bargains ose Dy
Cash-In Advance or NoReturns of Goods Company
.Read the advertisements in your nome paper Keep in
touch people who pay taxes III ~ Wv" anu are part
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-11-11

of our community what they doing to help the commercial
service Some of you people believe everything read the
catalogues doubt the statements OF your home merchants
We'll Won know the Prophet not without honor his own
country and Barnum said that the American people liked to
humbugged large grain of truth in both of these
assertions"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22

Holmes stories came ous 1891 So great
was the demand that - lbshed second
book of the unique mysteze stories two years
later. and has given us two more volumes OF
the remarkable feats of the hero Holmes. He
wrote the justification OF the Boer War from
the British viewpoint, and the book was trans
Hated into twelve langua ges and distributed free
Throughout the world. Many other books came
from his busy pen. several of which were well
lrcceived. His recreations golf cricket and
cycling, He has mixed somewhat in politics.
land once Campaigned as a tariff reformer. He
was knighted in 1909.
DR.. James A. B. Scherer. president OF Throop
College Of Technology, Pasadena Is forty five
years old today.
Madame Nazimova distinguished Russian
DIR. Jacob Gould Schurman, president of Cor
nell University, is sixty one years old today
Charles Fl, Markham, president of Illinois
Central Railroad, is fifty-four years old today.
Dr. Meyer Gerhardt German statesman who
has been campaigning for American sympathy,
is forty-seven yeras old today.
Prince Leopold. of Battenberg, grandson of
Queen Victoria, is twenty-six years old today
Brigader- General Horatio G. Gibson, IT, S.
A.. retired, veteran of the Mexican and. Civil
Wars is eighty EIGHT years old today.
James Austin, infield of the ST. Louis Amer-
can League team, is twenty-seven years old
today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22
GENERAL DIPLOMATIC AGENT.

Your Uncia Sans diplomats abroad
seem to be standing up under unusual stress
with remarkable credi. to themselves and their
country. despite the widely advertised difficulty
In securing men to accept the positions. In
every belligerent country they represent
the affairs of the warning nations, and
in Belgium American direction of the relief
work has won praise throughout the world.
Another place where notable success was
achieved in Paris, while in Berlin. although
we imagine his position is about as arduous as
that Of Ambassador Won Bernstorf at Wash
ington, Mr. Gerard seems to have successfully
Stunned the errors into which the German dip
lomatic agent has fallen here. For one thing
Mr. Gerard has not had the weight of bern
burg dragging upon him nor the aggressive
ness OF a pro-German propaganda to inspire
him. Neither of these would be tolerated
either by Mr. Gerard, nor by the American ad-
ministration, and certainly not by the Kaiser.
All in all We have good cause to be gratified
by the showing of our foreign representatives.