The Washington times., 1919-08-20
HEARTS OF THREE
By JACK LONDON.
Jefe and Torres Face Death in Battle
But an Avalanche of Rock
Saves Them
,op,,, Of Pr.e.drnr Ch,ptsru0

ana plans a hshing trip. To Thomas
ReFan, stock operator, comes Alvarez
ne has q tip on the location Of treasure
buried BY Morgan in the old pirate dayA
ReEan has an idea
Young Morgan sails for South America
IN pursuit OF the treasure. Upon landing
ne encounters strange young woman mho
appears 10 mistake him for some one else;
seeks safety aboard his vessel the
Franeis learns he and Henry. the myS-
ferrous islander, are both descendants OF
Francis discovers his resemblance TO
Henry was responsible for his pecuhar
ETs.tisE ugon, Es' I2nGing s5.oSSt.r1 on STe51
Torres again. Francis 10 saved from oe9th
or galloWs and Henry Is arrested in his
place Lsoheia hnda her fancy mas stISy ray,
ed from Henry ts Francis. The two plot
20 save Henry.
Francis. Geonica and Henry elude their
enemies and 90 aboard Francis. vessel
Francis and his party decideto 90 aHhOrs
20 elude their pursuers. They came upon
treasure. Francis and his friends sgain
find themselves pursued and former bat
ties with foes 20 enable others to escape
All members Of the party are captured
Henry and JeHs descend into pit TO Play
q strange gama F-ancis hnds CUSTODIAN
Of pirate treasure. They fall into . trap.
Old Priests Chant fails g bring key 70
fortune from Chia'S ear. Francis oeeidso
70 death. Henry goes for help. Ihe
frieAos are reunited in the Valley OF Lost
eoull. Torrss is ordered TO imbibs OF
the dFtHk of death. Help comes from the
They meet the Queen. who informs
the one Of the party must become her
hubbard. eorres comes to life again.
francs and party return to the coast
Francis ElRFries the Q0ueen- Francis
takes his bride TO his home in New
FFaheis' wife learns Of her husbands
love fer Leoncia-
Francis wife leaves him mysteriOus-
~ ia Jealous 1t. He starts q search
tuT her.
"Its but a slide OF rock" he said:
"a superficial fault in the outer
skin Of the mountain that has
slipped, and it won't take US long
with cur dynamite to remedy IL.
Lucky we fetched a supply along"
But il did take long. For what
was the remainder Of the day and
throughout the night they toiled.
Large charges of explosive were not
used because of Henry's fear Of eX-
citing a greater slip along the vault
overhead. What dynamite was used
was for the purpose OF Ioosening up
tie rubbIe 80 that they could shift
81 hack along the passage. At 8 the
following morning the charge was
exploded that opened up TO them
the first glimmeT Of daylight ahead.
After that they worked carefully,
being apprehensive OF Earring down
fresh slides. At the last they were
bahIed by a ten-ton block Of rock
in the very mouth Of the passage.
Through the crevice on either side
OF it they could squeeze their arms
into the blazing sunshine, yet the
stones block thWarted them. No
leverage they applied could more
than culver IL, and Henry decided
on one fnal blast that would tOpple
Il out and down into the valley.
They'll certainly know visitors
are coming the way we've been
knocking on their back door for
the last hfteen hours" he laughed
as he prepared to light the fuse.
Assembled before the altar Of
the Sun God at the Long House the
entire population was indeed aware,
and anXioUsly aware. OF the coming
of visitors. So disastrous had been
their experience with their last
enes. when the dwelling had been
burned and their Queen lost to
them. that they were now begging
the Sun God TO send no more Wis
itOrs. But one thing-having been
pabsionately harangUed by their
priest-they resolved. namely, to
kill at sight and without parley
whatever newcomers did descend
upon them.
Even Da Vasco himself" the
priest had cried.
Even Da VascoT the Lost Souls
had responded.
All were armed with spears, war
clubs and bows and arrows. and
while they waited they continued
20 pray before the altar Every few
minutes runners arrived from the
lake, making the same reports that
while the mountain still labored
thUnderously nothing had emerged
from IT,
A little girl Of ten. the maid Of
the Long House who had enter
tanned Leoncia- was the hrst to spy
out new arrivals. This was made
possible because Of the tribes at
tention being fixed on the rumbling
beside the lake. No one expected
visitors out Of the mountain on the
opposite side Of the valley.
TOTFes on the Scene.
'Da Vasco!" she cried "Da
Vssco."
All looked and saw. not fifty
yards away. Torres. the Jefe and
their gang OF followers, emerging
into the open clearing. Torres
wore again the helmet he had
hlched from his withered ancestor
IN the Chamber Of the Mummies.
Their greeting was instant and
warm, taking the form OF a flight
or arrows that srched into them
and stretched two OF the followers
on the ground.
Next the Lost Souls. men and
women, charged, while the rifles OF
Torres men began TO speak. So
unexpected was this charge and
so swiftly made and with so short
a distance TO cover that. though
many fell before the bullets, a
number reached the invaders and
'ngsged in a desperate hand-to-
hand conflict Here the advantage
OF firearms was minimized and the
gendarmes and others were thrust
BY spears or had their skulls
cracked under the pondeFous clubs.
In the end, however, the Lost
Souls were outfoUght. thanks chief
ly to the reEolvers that could kill
iH the thickeEt OF the scuffIlng.
The survivors fed, but OF the in
yadeEs half were down forever. the
women having, in drastic fashion,
attended TO every man who fell
wounded. The Jefe was splutter-
Ing with rage and pain at an arrow
which had perforated his arm, nor