The Washington times., 1919-07-25
HEARTS OF THREE
By JACK LONDON.
Messenger From Sky Arrives in Time
to Save Francis and Friends
From PerilOus Situation

(syHOpEis Of PreeedInE ChapteFs.)
| Francis Morgan, descendant % Sir
! henry Morgan, historic buccaneer, de-
eidss to pass up activities Of city life Zoe
While ard plans 4 hshlng trip. Te
Alvarez Torres, q South American, VIE
announces he has a TIP on the location q
pirate DAYS. RsESp hSs an iasS-
Young Morgan sails FOR south Amer
Tea In pursuit Of ths treasure. rpoa
woman who appears 70 mistake him for
some one else. He n fred upon ~ three
natives ard seeks safety aboard his ves-
Francis learns he and Hg9ry. the myB-
isrious islRn3er. are beth descendants OF
Pirate Morgan.
Henry was responsible for his pseuliar
Erecting upon hrst landing on Soutn
american Territory. Francis sHeounisrs
death on FaiIsys ana Henry i arrested
N his place. Issoneia finds her taney
has Gtrayed from Henry to FrAneiA
Francis. oeonlea and Henry eluds
ineir enemies and 90 aboard i ns
vessel The AngelIaus = pursued doEn
the coast, Francis ana his party dselds
20 80 ashore to elude their pursusrS
They came upon treasure FraneiS an1
his friends again nnd Themselves pur,
enable others to escape
All members ,. TIE party srs az
tured Henry and Jene descend int
pit to play a strange game Francs
hnds custodian Of pirate treasure. Thsy
Old Priests Chant fails to bring key
to fortune from Chia's ear. francis
decides on exploration Of pit
decides on exploration Of pit. One OF
party falls to death Henry goes for
help. The friends are reunited in the
Valley Of Lost Souls Torres 10 ordered
to imbibe Of the drink Of death
And his eyes returned to Leon
cia's and expressed what he had
never dared express to her before
his full heart Of love. Apart, by
virtue OF the posts to which they
were tied and which separated
them, they had never been so close
together, and the bond that drew
them and united them was their
eyes
First OF all. the little maid, gaz-
ing into the sky for the sign. saw
II. Torres, who had eyes only for
the candle stub, nearly burned TO
it's base, heard the maids cry and
booked up. And at the same time
he heard, as all Of them heard. the
droning flight as of some mon
strous insect in the sky.
"An aeropIane," Francis muttered.
Torres claim 1t for the sign"
A New Arrival
But no need to claim was neces-
sary. Above them not more than q
hundred feet. it swooped and cir
cled, the FIRST aeropIane the Lost
Souls have ever seen, while from il.
like a benediction from heaven. de-
scended the familiar:
Back to back against the main
mast.
Hold at bay the entire crew"
Completing the circle and rising
to an elevation OF nearly a = u
sand feet, they saw an object e4e-
tach itself directly overhead, fall
like a plummet for 800 feet, then
expand into a spread parachute,
with beneath IL. like q spider sus-
pended on a web, the form Of a
man, which last, as II neared the
ground again, began to sing:
Back to back against the main
mast
Hold at bay the entire crew"
And then event crowded on event
with supremest rapidity. The stub
of the candle fell apart, the fam
ing wick fell into the tiny lake Of
molten fat. the lake famed. and the
oil-saturated faggots about Il
famed. And Henry. landing in the
thick of the Lost Souls, blanketing
a goodly portion OF them under his
parachute, in a couple OF leaps was
beside his friends and kicking the
blazing faggots right and left. Only
for a second did he desist- tbs was
when the Sun Priest interfered. A
right hook to the jaw put that aged
confidant down on his back. and,
while he slowly recuperated AMI
crawled to his feet, Henry slashed
clear the lashings that bound Le-
oncia, Frances and Torres. His
arms were out to embrace Leoncia,
when she thrust him away with:
Quick! There is no time for ex-
PLANTATION Down on your knees to
Torres and pretend you are his
slave-and don't talk Spanish; talk
English"
Henry could not comprehend and,
while Leoncia treasured him with
her eyes, he saw Francis PROSTATE
himself at the feet OF their common
enemy.
We'll" Henry muttered. as he
Joined Francis. Here goes. But
it's worse than rat poison"
Leoncia followed him. and all
the Lost Souls went down prone be-
fore the Captain Da Vasco, who re-
ceived in their midst celestial mes
sengers direct from the sun. All
went down except the priest, who,
nightly shaken. was meditattng
doing II, when the mocking devil
OF melodrama in Torres soul
prompted him to overdo his part
As haughtily as Francis had
coached him. he lifted his right foot
and placed it down on Henry's neck,
incidentally covering and pinching
most Of his ear.
And Henry literally went UP in
the air.
you can't step on my ear,
Torres" he shouted, at the same
time dropping him, as he had
dropped the priest, with his right
hook.
And now the beans are spilled,
Francis commented in dry and spirit
less disgust. The Sun God stun
Is finished right here and now"
The Sun Priest, eXultantly sig
mailing his spearmen. grasped the
situation. But Henry dropped the
muzzIe Of his automatic pistol to
the old priests midrif, and the
priest. remembering the legends Of
deadly missiles propelled by the
mysterious substance called gun
powder" smiled appeasingIy and
waved back his spearmen.
This is beyond my powers OF