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morning. l tell you l know saw
her only a few hours ago. She passed
us in a canoe with one of her guides,
while we watched in hiding on the
banks. Not that alone, but another of
her guides told mine she was here
with you. She had sent him to South
Portage for quinine. He stopped
there to get drunk-and that's how
my guide managed to worm the infor-
nation from him"
Alan passed a hand across his eyes.
81 don't understand" he said duly.
ut doesn't seem possible she
could"
A shot interrupted him, the report
Of rife from a considerable distance
upstream echoed and re-echoed by the
cliffs And at this, clutching fran
tically at his arm, the girl drew him
through the door and down toward the
river.
"Oh, come, comet" she cried wild
ly. There's no time!"
But, why? What was that?"
Judith is returning. l left my
guide up the trail to signal US. Don't
you know what it means If we don't
manage to escape before she gets
here?"
But how?"
According to the guide the rivers
the only way other than the trail"
The current is too strong. They
could follow-pot us at leisure from
the banks"
but downstream-the current with
US"
Those rapids?"
I'VE must shoot them!"
"Can it be done?"
at must bel"
Two more shots put a period to
his doubts and drove it home. He
offered no further objection, but
turned at once to launch one of the
canoes.
AS soon as IL was in the water, Rose
took her place in the bow, paddle in
hand, and Alan was about to step in
astern when a fourth shot sounded
and bullet kicked up turf within a
dozen feet. A glance discovered two
figures debouching into the clearing.
He dropped into place and, planting
paddle in shadows, sent the canoe
wen out with a vigorous thrust.
Two strokes took 1t to the middle
Of the pool where Immediately the
current caught the little craft in its
urgent grasp and sped 1t smoothly
through more narrow and higher
banks. A moment more and the
mouth of the gorge was yawning for
them.
With the clean balance of an ex-
perienced canoeman, Alan rose to his
feet for an instantaneous reconnois-
sance both forward and astern. He
looked hack first, and groaned in his
heart to see the sharp prov of the
second canoe glide out from the
banks. lie looked ahead and groaned
aloud. The rapids were wilderness
of ehostins waters, white and green,
worse than anything he had antici-
pated or ever dreamed Of.
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bers Of life in that wasted and move
less frame.
An impish malice glimmered in his
sunken eyes as he kept her waiting
upon his pleasure And when at length
he decided to speak, it was with a ring
of hateful irony in that strangely
sonOrous voice of his.
Rose" he said slowly-"my daugh-
teri am told you have today been
guilty of an act of disloyalty to me-"
She said coolly: you had me spied
upon"
Naturally, with every reason to
question your loyalty, l had you
watched"
She waited a significant moment,
then dropped an impressive monosyl-
liable into the silence: "Well?"
you have visited the man Digby,
and you love-"
She said. without expression: Eyes. "
Repeat what passed between YOU"
81 shall not, but on one condition"
and that is?"
Tell me first whether 1t was you
who sent the rose to Alan Law-and
more, where Judith has been during
the last fortnight"
II shall tell you nothing, my child.
Repeat"-the resonant voice rang with
inflexible purpose-"repeat what the
man Digby told you!"
The girl was silent. He endured her
stare for a long minute, spark of
rage kindling to flame the evil old eyes.
Then his one living member that
had power to serve his iron will, a
hand like the claw of a bird of prey,
moved toward a row of buttons sunk
in the wrlting-bed of his desk.
Il warn you l have ways to make
you speak"
With a quick movement the girl
bent over and prisoned the bony wrist
in her strong fingers. With her other
hand, at the same time, she whipped
open an upper drawer of the desk and
took from it revolver which she
placed at a safe distance.
"To the contrary" she said quietly,
you will remember that the time has
passed when you could have me pun
ished for disobedience. You will call
nobody: If interrupted, shan't hest
tate TO defend myself. And now"-lay-
ing hold OF the back of his chair, she
moved 1t some distance from the desk
you may as we'll be quiet while l
find for myself what l wish to know
For a moment he watched in silence
as she bent over the desk, rummaging
its drawers Then with an Infatuated
gesture of his left hand, he began to
curse her.
She shuddered little as the black
oaths blistered his thin old lips, dedi-
eating her and all she loved to sin,
infamy and sorrow; but nothing could
stay her In her purpose. He was
breathless and exhausted when she
Strengthened up with an exclamation
of satisfaction, studied intently for a
moment a sheaf Of papers, and thrust
them hastily into her handbag, togeth-
er with the revolver.
Then touching the push-button
which released a secret and little-used
door, without a backward glance she
slipped from the room and, closing the
door securely, within another minute
had made her way unseen from the
house.
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But there was now no escaping that
ordeal. The canoe was already spin.
ming between walls where the water
ran deep and fast with CLASSY sur
face.
The next instant 1t was in the jaws;
with grim determination, pitting cour-
age and strength and experience
against the ravening waters that tore
at the canoe on every hand, whose
mad clamor beat back and forth be-
tween the walls of the gorge like vast
bellowings of internal mirth.
He fought like one possessed.
There was never an instants grace
for judgment or execution; the one
must be synchronous with the other,
both instantaneous, or else-destruc.
ton.
The canoe wove this way and that
like an insane shuttle threading some
satanic loom. Now it hesitated, nuz.
cling a gigantic boulder over which
the water wove pale green and
glistening hood, now in the space Of
a heartbeat it shot forward twice its
length through a sea of Dreaming
waves, now plunged wildly toward
what promised instant humiliation
and cheated that only by the timely
plunge Of paddle, guided by luck or
instinct or both.
The one ray of hope in Alan's mind,
when he surveyed before committing
himself and the woman he loved to
that hideous gauntlet, sprang from
the fact that, however rough, the
rapids were short. Now, when he had
been in their grasp a minute, he
seemed to have been there hours.
His laborings were tremendous, un-
believable inspired. In the end they
were all but successful. The goal of
safety was within thirty seconds
more of quick, hard work, when Alan's
paddle broke and the canoe swung
broadside to a boulder, turned turtle
and precipitated both headlong into
that savage weller.
AS the next few minutes passed he
was fighting like a mad thing against
overwhelming odds. Then, of a sud.
den, he found himself rejected, spewed
forth from the cataract and swimming
mechanically in the smooth water of
a wide pool beyond the lowermost
eddy. the canoe floating bottom up
near by, and Rose supporting herself
with one hand on it.
Her eyes met his, clear with the
sanity of her adorable courage
He foundered to her side, painted in
structions to transfer her hand to his
shoulder, and struck out for the
nearer shore.
Both found footing at the same
time and waded out, to collapse, ex-
hausted, against the bank.
Then, with a sickening qualm Alan
remembered the pursuit. He rose and
looked up the rapid just in time to
view the last swift quarter of the
canoes descent: Judith in the bow,
motionless, a rifle across her knees, in
the stern an Indian guide kneeling
and fighting the waters with scarcely
perceptible effort in contrast with
Alans supreme struggles.
Like a living thing the canoe
seemed to gather itself together, to
poise, to leap with all its strength;
it hurdled the eddy in a bound, took
the still water with a mighty splash,
and shot downstream at diminished
speed, the Indian furiously backing
water
AS though that had been the one
moment she had lived for, Judith
lifted her rife and brought it to bear
upon her sister.
With a cry of horror, Alan flung
himself before Rose, a living shield,
anticipating nothing but immediate
death. This was not accorded him.
For a breathless instant the woman in
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friend, this side the water, as well
as his man of business"
He paused with an embarrassed ges-
ture. $50 | have ventured to request
this-ah-surreptitious appointment in
order to-ah--take the further liber-
ty of asking whether you have recent
ly sent Alan messenger"
Her look of surprise was answer
enough, but she confirmed it with Wig
orous denial: 81 have not communi-
Gated with Mr. Law in more than a
year,"
Precisely as / thought" Mr.. Digby
nodded. None the less, Mr.. Law not
long since received what purported to
be a message from you; in fact-a
rose" And as Miss Urine sat for.
ward with a start of dismay, he AIDED:
II have the information over Mr.. Laws
signature-a letter received ten days
ago-from Quebec"
Alan in America" the girl cried
in undisguised distress.
He came in response to-ah-the
message of the rose"
But l did not send it,"
Il felt sure of that, because" said
Mr.. Digby, watching her narrowly
because of something that accompa-
MED the rose a symbol of another sig
nificance altogether-a playing card, a
trey of hearts"
Her eyes were blank. He pursued
with openly sincere reluctance: 81
must tell you, see, that a trey of
hearts invariably foresignaled an at
tempt by your father on the life Of
Alan's father"
With a stricken cry the girl crouched
back in the chair and covered her face
with her hands.
That is why sent for you" Mr..
Digby pursued hastily, as If in hope
of getting quickly over a most unhap-
py business. "Alans letter, written
and posted on the steamer, reached me
within twenty-four hours Of his arrival
in Quebec, and detailed his scheme TO
enter the United States secretly-as
he puts it, by the back door, by way
of northern Maine-and promised ad-
vice by telegraph as soon as he
reached Moosehead Lake. He should
have wired me ere this, l am told by
those who know the country he was to
cross. Frankly, l am anxious about
the boy"
And =" the girl exclaimed pitifully
ITO think that he should be brought
into such peril through mel"
= You can tell me nothing?"
"Nothing-as yet. l did not dream
of this-much less that the message
Of the rose was known to any but Alan
and myself. l cannot understand"
Then l may tell you this much
more, that your father maintains a
very efficient corps of secret agents.
You think he spied upon me?" the
girl famed with indignation.
Il know he did" Mr.. Digby per-
mitted himself a quiet smile. 1T has
seemed my business, in the service Of
my employer, to employ agents of my
own. There is no doubt that your
father sent you to Europe for the sole
purpose Of having you meet Alan"
OH" she protested. But what
earthly MOTIVE"
That Alan might be won back to
America through you-and So"
There was no need to finish out his
sentence. The girl was silent, pale
and staring with wide eyes, visibly
mastering her wits to cope with this
emergency.
Il may depend on you" Mr.. Digby
suggested, ito advise me if you find
out anything"
For even more" The girl rose and
extended hand whose grasp was firm
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CHAPTER VII.
The MutIneer.

Within the hour Rose Urine stood
before her father in that somber room
wherein he wore out his crippled days,
in that place OF silence and shadows
whose sinister color-scheme of GRIM
son and olack was the true livery of
his monomania-his passion for ven
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SYNOPSIS.

The OF Hearts is the death sign"
used by Seneca Urine in the private war
of vengeance. which, through his daugh-
ter, Judith, a woman Of violent and Grim
inal temper and questionable sanity he
wages against Alan Law, whose father
(now dead Urine held responsible for the
accident which made him a helpless Grip
circumstances saves the life Of Judith,
her twin sister. and unwilHngly gains
her love. also.
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compound L was III a
dreadfully rundown
state of h e al tn,
h ad internal trou-
bles, and was so ex-
tremely nervous and
Frustrated that if /
had given in to my
f e e lin gs l would
have been in bed.
AS it was / h ad
hardly strength at
times to be on nv
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Every Woman
Can Use

and ought to use occasionally,
a proper remedy for the
headache, backache, languor,
nervousness and depress-
ion to which she may be
subject. These troubles and
others are symptoms of debil-
ity and poor circulation caused
by indigestion or constipation
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WOMAN WOULD
NOT Give UP
Though Sickand Suffering; AT
Last Found Help in Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound.

Richmond, Pa. =" When / started
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-26
HOGUE LEADS IN CITY BILLIARD TOURNEY |
BEECHER TO SUB FOR WHITE IN TONICHTS co |

Strange and things ns,Ie
demonstrated the last public Seattle several
weeks Tonight win another opportunity
for tho Willie Beecher almost
lucky lift lightweight from the head
Freddie Welsh OF ouous cir
Charley White expected clash with Welsh is
Beecher training with tho fast
ghtweghts OF tho East opportunity OF lifetime
Champions their titles carefully and OF Welsh will
self But been lad looms from nowhere
tins In the imelght described by Fullerton this
today in which unheaof huns knockout waop on
the chin OF Mexican Joe Rivers.
A championship by a fluke by fsvoriusm OF the
referee
Welsh regarded only half champion when the conditions
which he lifted Rtehle's considered
safe bet that Welsh end tonlehs
will be shifting title. buhls unknown
have something that the fans Of He have just
the Kick and just skin TO land the right
time and place Stranger things have happened From an un
and class, willie Beecher omor
be hailed lightweight champion and all OF the bouts
20 be changed
take 6eeeher Into tho reckoning.
That Richie s has hopes Of winning back tho title shown by
OF preparation for his proposed bout with Welsh
hopes Nelson did Ad wogas So all OF them
lose the hope springs eternal in tho breast of tho
it's highest point tho breast OF tho fallen
monarch
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CONTINUED
FROM PAGE /
5000, 900 WORTH
Of BUILDING UNDER
way IN SEATTLE

low for certain classes OF buildings
this fact is due 10 a scarcity oi
money rather than any oversuppiy
OF accommodations.
II there is 4 thorough-going pes
simist left In Seattle. he ought q
take such a ride as was enjoyed yes
terday afternoon by a Star reporter
and Staff Photographer Jacobs.
IL would cure him OF the belief
that there was nothing doing In the
building line here Mt present.
stuart Building Nearly Finished
At Fourth and University. Grant
Smith A Co.'S men are rapidly fin
ishing the $500. 900 Stuart building
which this spring will add ESQ OF
fees 10 the newer business district
A block down hill. Hans Peterson
n pouring the concrete for the root
and cornice OF the $4,000 Pan
tages theatre and office building.
The immense five-story court
house Is fast assuming form on the
block between Third and Fourth
ayes. James and jefferson SITS. To
day the concrete men are starting
on the fourth floor.
Contractors Ditiefsen a GERMS
are Just nicely squared away for the
erection OF i0-story fireprooi
hotel at sl5 Jackson St The work
Is to cost the Rainier Heat & Power
Co. 100000.
Build Mammoth Structures
The Port OF Seattle Is the builder
OF two mammoth new structures. q
five-story. reinforced concrete stor
age warehouse at the foot OF Bel
St and a 100000 grain elevator nj
III West Hanford st. Both are vel
under way.
Next TO tho courthouse. from the
standpoint OF cost. is the nine-story
mercantile establishment Just start
ed at 24i9 Utah st. for Sears. Roe
buck & Co. The foundations are
practically all laid over the entire
240x330-foot area. and within few
weeks Contractors Grant. Smith a
Co. will have II bulking large In this
wholesale district on the south end
filled tract The cost is to be $3.50.
900. The Seattle Terminal Co. will
own the building.
One OF the prominent new build
ings I'm the newer retail district Is
the O'Shea loft structure at Fifth
and Pine. opposite the Alhambra
theatre and the Wesuake market
II is costing the owners 100000
and soon will be ready to receive
tenants.
Many Others Going Up
In addition to these jobs running
into six figures. there are many
contracts being carried out for
medium-priced business buildings.
For instance. there Is the new
Grand Trunk Pacific dock. which
will cost $4,000: the Commercial
Clubs $4,000 addition to the Ar.
cade Annex, tho w. @. Barnes rein
forced concrete garage under con
struction by the Long Building Co.
at 1912 Eighth ave-, and a 100000
addition OF five stories TO the
Fischer building. This latter will
be devoted to music and art studios
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WHITE TOO ILL
TO BOX WELSH:
BEECHER TO co

NEW YORK. Jan. 26.-WlilIo
6eeehor. lightweight. will meet
Freddie Welsh, lightweight
champion, In a scheduled ten
round bout here tonight Instead
Of Charlie White. the Chicago
serspper. who 10 III with q Sc
we're cold. While Beeeher has
never been considered Of cham.
pionship ealiber. he 10 strong
and rugged and capable OF put.
ting up a hard battle.
White. u was announced TO-
day, Will be unable 20 resume
training for two or three weeks.
His Illness 10 due primarily TO
an Intestinal disorder, compll-
Gated with a severe cold.
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HOCUE WINS
OPENERS IN
CUE TOURNEY

With a crowded gallery at both
afternoon and evening exhibitions
az Brown & Hulen's billiard hail
yesterday. the first days play OF
tho city is2 balkiine billiard tour
nament was staged. and II was GER
tainiy an "on- day for Ray Hogue.
who beat ID. T.. Stevens at the after
noon session, 200 To 50. and came
right back In tho evening and wal.
loped Charley Hulen. 200 TO i23.
As a result OF bis performance
yesterday. Hogue In now picked ~
the probable winner OF the city
serious" and the man who VIII 70
against the experts from Tacoma.
Spokane. Portland and Everett. in
tho Northwestern tournament
Hoguo struck HIS stride almost
with his first shot in tho afternoon
contest and made high runs OF 20
and - and up TO tho 3ath inning
averaged s and 1888. Even In prac-
,ice games Stevens put up much
better exhibitions than he made
yesterday afternoon. and he was un.
able TO get off on the right foot In
the evening contest Hogue went
like q house afire. starting with
runs OF 80. 81. 81 and 90 and run
ming out In 81 innings with run
OF Is. When the score stood iis TO
ts against him. Hulen negotiated a
run Of So. which gave him n tenn
porary life. but Hogue came back
with some good runs In the next
three innings and had no difficulty
In slowing away HIS opponent.
This afternoon at 1880 James
Loveland viii go against Stevens.
and tonight at 3 o'clock Peter
Rlineschmidt will tangie with Char
10y Hulen.
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WINS WITH WALL0P

At smoker staged by the Odeon
club, 1904 First ave. last night
kid" Bill Sadick knocked out Art
Mandels In the third round OF their
scheduled four-round contest
sadick had It on his opponent all
the way and was never In distress.
Mandels is asking for n return
match at the next smoker. w. G.
Burns refereed the contest
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-26
SPORTING
FLAS HE =

First and third places In the Pa
cific Coast field trials derby stake
at Bakersfield, Cal. were won yes
terday by MeroHe Rod and Molrote
Chief owned by John Considine Of
Seattle. Shasta Maid owned by
Frank Rlthstaller OF Sacramento.
was second. Considlqe took first
place Ia the membership stake race.
with his dogs first and third In the
derby. The work OF Melrose Chief
was handicapped by the scarcity OF
birds.
Hugh A. Meklnnon, general
agent OF the Federal baseball
league. has announced that a meet
ing has been called for New Haven.
Conn. next Saturday for the pur.
pose OF organizing an eightteam
Federal minor league in the New
England states.
a bill was introduced In the Ne
vada legislature yesterday 10 per-
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CAN BEAT A FISH

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2s.-
Duke Kahanamoku. the Honolulu
swimming champion. has lowered
his own worlds record for the 100
yard swim. according to a repor, re
ceived hero from sydney. n. 8. w.
which says tho Hawaiian covered
tho distance in 53S seconds. beat
ing all records on either a turn or
stralght-away. His former record
was 552s seconds.
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Relieved OF military obligation
because OF severe injuries sustain.
cd In the French aviation service,
Rene Thomas. winner of the 1914
5O0.mile race. has cabled announce
ment that no would again compete
In the indianapolis contest. With
the presence of Thomas and several
other European drivers who are
expected TO hand In their entries
shortly. the success OF the next
Hoosier sweepstakes Is thought AS
sured.
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and promises 10 be one OF tho
novel. new structures OF Seattle.
New homes OF all sorts are going
up In every part OF tho city. partic-
ulariy In the University district.
TIMES DisCouHA0iNcf WELL,
NOT IN THE CONSTRUCTION
LINE, AT LEAST.
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SYRACUSE MAY
PLAY VARSITY

Word comes from Murray 8. Sted-
man. graduate manager OF Syracuse
university. who will bring his foot
ball squad TO the Coast next fall to
play the Oregon Aggies at Port
land. November 30. that no Is con
sidering a proposition made by the
athletic management OF the Uni
vergity OF Washington for game
in Seattle. There is a probability
that the game will DO scheduled.
Murray says that the Washington
State college has also asked for a
game with his team, and that, while
he is considering both propositions,
the Syracuse eleven will play but
two games in the Northwest one
with the Aggies and the other prob
ably with Washington
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SYRACUSE FOOTBALL TEAM TO PLAY u. OF w.
FULLERTON TELLS OF REAL TRAGEDY IN RING

init racing and betting on the races
under the Parl-mutuel machine gys-
TEN, under tho control OF a state
racing commission.
Pat Dorian, the nIediewelaht box
er. who, under the wing OF his
brother. Bill. had some interesting
ing sessions with men OF his weight
In the Northwest last year. has
been handed a solar plexus by
Cupid and will take tho count to-
night. when he will become the hus-
band OF Miss Vivian White OF Seat
tie. For several months past the
ianky scrapper has been In San
Francisco In the employ OF the Pa
cific Navigation Co. and will leave
for that city with his bride tomor-
row.
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The orsys wers victorious In q
clash with tho Blacks on tho Scat.
tie Athletic club alleys last night.
by n score OF s.70i 10 2.S0T. Gard
ner OF the winning team was there
with ths high score OF 235 and high
average OF 2o1.
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TO MANAGE Richie

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 26.---
Willie Richie announces that here
after DIR. Il. +. Jeffery will assist
him In managing his pugilistio AZ.
fairs. "Dr. Jeffery." Richie said.
will not act exactly as my man
ager. But he will attend to my
training and tender his advice and
experience. He will accompany me
to New York II my match with
Welsh goes through"
II has been decided that the next
National Motorcycle. Bicycle and
Accessories show will be held 10
the Coliseum In Chicago. Sept. 20
25
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.Do~lins&|

In the gIks' club bowling tourney
last night. team No. Z. captAined
by CslohAn. beat Capt Drskos team
No. by ono pin. The score was
2.3f5 20 ,.3i4. Lilly OF tho Sevens
BOWED high schore OF s3i and high
average OF III.