The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-20
HEARTS OF THREE
A1HIl ~ - VI 4AIIVAH
By JACK LONDON.
Breaks Out in Jail as Francis
and His Party Arrive to
Free Henry

and the broken bottles will be evil
dence sufficient"
The uproar grew as the liquor d.
minished. One Eendarme quarreled
with Ignacio over a forgotten debt
OF ten centavos. Two others sat
upon the floor, arms around each
others necks. ana wept over the
miseries Of their married lot. Au-
gustinO, like a very spendthrift OF
speech. explained his philosophy that
silence was golden. and Pedro Zurita
became sentimental on brotherhood.
Even my prisoners" he maun-
dered, Il love them as brothers. Life
Is sad" A gush OF tears in Ma eyes
made him desist while he took an
other drink. My prisoners are nv
very children. My heart bleeds for
them. Behold! 1 weep. Let Us share
with them. Let them nave a mo-
ments happiness - Ignacio, dearest
brother OF my heart. Do me a favor.
See, 1 weep on your hand. Carry a
bottle of this elixir to the GrinEo
Morgan. Tell him my sorrow that
he must hang tomorrow. Give him
my love and bid him drink and be
happy today"
And as Ignacio passed out on the
eTrand the gendarme who had once
leaped into the bull ring at Santos
began roaring:
I want bull, 1 want a buII!"
He wants it, dear soul. that he
may put his arms around il and love
1t. Pedro Zurita explained, with A
fresh access OF weeping. 1T, too.
love bulls. 1 love all things. I love
even mosquitoes. All the world Is
love. That is the secret Of the
world. L should like to have a lion
to play with. ="
The unmistakable air Of Back
to Back Against the Mainmast"
being whistled openly in the streer.
caught Henry's attention, and he
was crossing his big cell to the
window when the grating Of a key
in the door made him lie down
quickly on the floor and feign sleep
IgnaciO staggered drunkenly in.
bottle in hand. which he EraveIy
presented to Henry.
With the high compliments Of
our good jailer. Pedro Zurita," he
mumbled. He says to drink and
forget that he must stretch your
neck tomorrow"
My high compliments to Senior
Pedro Zurita, and tell him from me
TO go to --, along with his whis-
key Henry replied.
The turnkey Strengthened up
and ceased swaying, as if suddenly
become sober.
A short Fuse.
Very well, senor." he said, then
passed out and locked the door.
In a rush Henry was at the win
dow, just in time to encounter
Francis. face to face. and thrustinz
a revolver through the bars.
Greetings, camarada," Francis
said. Wen have you out of here
in jihfy." He held up two sticks
of dynamite, with fuse and caps
complete. Il have brought this
pretty crowbar to pry you out
Stand well back in your cell, be-
cause real pronto there's going to
be a hole in this wall that we
could sail the Angeliqus through.
And the Angelique is right OF the
beach waiting for you. Now, stand
back. I'm going to touch her OF.
It's a short fuse
Hardly had Henry backed into a
rear corner of his cell when the
door was clumsily unlocked and
opened to a babel Of cries and inn
precautions, Chiefest among which
he could hear the ancient and in
war cry Of Latin-America.
xiii the Gringo.'
Also. he could hear Rafael and
Pedro as they entered babbling-
the one. He is the enemy Of broth
eTly love- and the other, He said
/ was going to -. Is not that
what he said. IgnaCiO?"
In their hands they carried rifles.
and behind them surged the drunk
en- rabble. variOusly armed from
cutlasses and horsepistols to hatch
cts and bottles. At sight of Hen
rvs revolver they halted, and Pc
dro, lingering his rifle instead
lily. maundered sOlemnly:
"SenOr Morgan. you are about to
take up your rightfUl abode in the
neither world
But IgnaciO did not wait He fired
wildly and widely from his hip,
Henry by half the width
of the cell and going down the next
under the impact OF Hen
rvs bullet The rest retreated pre-
into the Jail corridor,
where. themselves unseen. they be-
gan discharging their weapons into
the room.
TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROw.l