The Washington times., 1919-08-18
HEARTS OF THREE
Francis Discovers His Wife's Depart
ure, and Starts Search
To Find Her
By JACK LONDON.
Csynopzis Of Preceding ChnpterE-l

Csynopsis Of Preceding ChhpterS.l
Francis Morgan, descendant OF Sir Hen
~ Morgan, historic buccaneer' decides 20
and plans q fishing trip. To Thomas
Regan, stock operator, comes Alvarez
Torres a South American, who announces
he has tip on the location 9I reGsuLe
buried by Morgan in the old pirate oayA
Regan has an idea.
Young Moran sails for South America
in pursuit OF the treasure. Upon landing
he encounters strange young woman Wno
appears to mistake him for some one else:
seeks safety aboard his vessel. the
Francis learns he and Henry, the myS--
terious islander, are both descendants OF
Pirate Morgan.
Francis discovers his resemblance to
Henry was responsible for his peculiar
E,sstiGs upon FIRST ISB6 Snd9s s5eoSHtsr1 on SG9f1
Torres again. Francis Is saved from death
on gaIlows and Henry is arrested IN MS
place. Leoncia finds her fancy has stray
ed from Henry TO Francis. The two plot
10 save Henry.
Francis, Gsonica and Henry eIude their
Tbe RnreiiGus h6T IS Is pGFsusd aRTaI d6wn the coast
Francis and his party decideto go ashore
20 elude their pursuers. They came upon
treasure. Francis and his friends agaln
ind themselves pursued and former bat
ties with foes to enable others TO escape
All members OF the party are captured
q strange game. Francis finds custodian
OF pirate treasure. They fall into trap
Old Priests Chant fails to bring key TO
fortune from Chta's ear. Francis decloes
on exploration Of pit. One Of party fails
% death. Henry goes for help The
friends are reunited In the Valley Of Lost
Souls. Torres iE ordered to imbibe OF
the drink Of death. Help comes from the
0ky.
They meet the Queen. who informs
the one OF the party must become ner
husband. Torres comes to life again
Francis and party return to the coast.
Francis marries the QQueen. Francis
takes his bride to his home in New
York.
Francis wife learns Of her husbands
love for Leoncis.
The latter's eyes opened for
second, betraying the Incompetent
sion of the sleeper, suddenly awak-
ened, then lighting with recOgni-
tion and memory of the waking or
der he had left the previous night.
Time to get up" the valet muir
INJURED,
(which is ever an i'll time"
Francis yawned with a smile.
He closed his eyes with Let me
lie a minute. Parker, il I DO so
shake me-"
Parker shook him Immediately.
You must get up right away sir.
think something has happened to
Mrs. Morgan. She is not in her
room. and there is a queer note and
a knife that may explain. don't
know, sir
Francis was out Of bed in a
hound. staring one moment at the
dagger and next drawing 1t out
reading the note over and over as
II its simple meaning, containing
two simple words, were too abtruse
for his comprehension.
.sAdios forever" said the note.
What shocked him even more was
the dagger thrust between Leon
cia's ewes made in the thin card
board. it came to him that he had
seen this very thing before. he
remembered back to the lake-dWeil-
ing OF the Queen when all hao
Eazed into the golden bowl and seen
Leoncia's face on the strange Ilqulo
metal with the thrust between the
eyes.
The exclamation was obvious. The
Queen had betrayed jealousy Of
I,eoncis. from the first, and here in
New York, finding her rivals photo
graph on her husbands dresser, had
not more missed the true conclu-
sion than had she missed the pic
tuTed features with her point OF
steel But where was she! Where
had she gone-she who was the
veriest stranger that had ever en-
tered the great city, who called
the telephone the magic of the
flying speech, who thought Of Wall
Street, as a temple and regarded
business as the New York mans
god. For all the world she was as
unsophisticated and innocent Of
great city, as had she been a trav-
eIler from Mars. Where and how
had she passed the night. Where
was she now? Was she alive?
Visions OF the morgUe with its
unidentified dead and Of the bodies
drifting out to sea on the ebb
rushed to his brain. II was Parker
who steadied him back to himself.
"Is there anything I can do, sir?
Shall call up the detective bureau?
Your father always
Yes, sir" answered Francis in
terrupting quickly. There was one
man he employed more than all
others, a young man. Do you re-
member his name?"
''Birchman, sir" Parker answered
promptly, moving away. I shall
send for him at once"
And thereupon in the quest after
his wife. Francis, entered upon a
series OF adventures that were to
him, a born New Yorker, a liberal
education in conditions and phases
OF New York, Of which. up to that
time, he had been profoundly ig-
norant. Not alone did Birchman
search, but he had at work a score
OF detectives under him who tooth
combed the city. while in Chicago
and Boston he directed the activi-
ties Of the similar men.
Between the battle with the un-
guessed enemy Of Wall Street and
the frequent calls he received to 60
here and there and everywhere, on
the spur of the moment to Identify
what might possibly be his wife,
Francis led anything but a bore
some existence.
He forgot what regular hours Of
sleep were, and grew accustomed to
being dragged from luncheon or
dinner, or of being routed out Of
his bed to respond to hurry calls
10 come and look over new found
missing ladies. No trace Of one an
sWering her description who had
left the city by train or steamer
had been discovered, and Birch
man assiduously pursued the fine
toothcombing, convinced that she
was still In the city.
Thus, Francis took trips to Black
wells Island and the Tombs and the