The Washington times., 1919-08-02
HEARTS OF THREE
Torres, Strangely Resurrected, Fol-
lows Dog Into Swirling
Subterranean Waters
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FysHeie Gsrsah. Descendant q slF asa-
- AorkAa, historic buccaneeT, deeld19 g
- - p aetiyitiss q eiiy lifs for z Sall: I'D:
Tosrea. ! ssutA 2rnspscIn. aasc @Ro 80 ahsosses.
h.:Ins he has slp O the leeAsien g .feessrs
YouhS Morgan sails for south America
In pursuit Of the treasure. Upon iAadins
appears TO mistake aim for some one else.
He is hred upon BY three natives aad
seeks hAfsty aboard his vessel the
FTaneis learns he ana Asnry. the mys.
tsrious islander, are both DESCENDANTS q
Pirate Morgan
Francis discoVafs hla resemoIaaes %
Hsary vas FeSpsnsibIe for his peculiaF
grseting UPON nryt landing on South
American territory. Francis encounters
TeFre9 again. Francis 10 saved from death
place Lsohoia dnds her fancy has stray.
ID from Heary to Francia- fhs I've plot
Francis. dSoniea ana Hsnry sluds thsIr
enemies And 80 aboard FranciI vessel
The Angelique IL pursued dewA the coast.
Francis aad his party aeeideto 50 ashore
treasure. Francis and his friends again
hnd themselves purBued and former BAT.
tle8 with foes to enable othsFo to escape.
H.ssy SsS Sss q ss iS.S srs ss 3 ssz
Of pirate treasure. They fall Int trap.
snI 9iS PT: tS cs sss ss s' E ISas sss s:3 =
On sEpleeaticn q pit ons o. party falls
,s.s: sssiA & EsaEy Fssf ,As soS T.s1 hs' AZ i::
tAs drink Of dsath. Help eomss fEem he
They NEE, the Queen. uAe Informs
husbSha- Torres comes to lifs sEAiA
But the dog landed and followed
with such fouf-fooesd certainty Of
speed that it swiftly overlook him
Torres turned At bay on the
eramped footing, cFouched, and
brandished the dagger against the
brute's leap.
But the hound aid not leap. In
stead, plAyfully. with Jaws wide
spread OF laughter, It sat down and
extehded its right paw in greeting.
As he took the paw in his hand and
shook II Torres almost collapsed In
the revulsion Of relief.
He laughed with exabePaat shRill-
ness that adVerttsed bemi-hysterfa
aud continued 20 pump the hounds
leg up and down, Whlle the hound,
with vide laws and gentle eyes,
laughed as exuber7ntlY back.
Pursuing the shelf, tho hound
contentedly at heel ard occasion-
ally shifting his calves, Torres found
that the narrow track. paralleling
the river, after an ascent descend
"a to Il again. And then Torres
saw two thInes-one that made
him pause and shu1daR. and Que
that made his heart beat high with
hope.
The first was thes und4rEronnd
river. Rushing straight at the wall
OF rock, it plunged int3 II In q
chaos Of foam and tuFbulenSs, with
stiRly sePfated and Spitafully spit
ting waves that advertised itS
sWiftness ana momsutun.
The second was an opAnlAg 20
ona side. through which streap1ed
white daylight Possibly tfteen
feet in diameter vas this openlng,
but aefossit was stretched q spider
web more naonstrou6 than any
product OF madman's fancy. Most
ouainous Of all was the debris OF /.
bones that lay beneath. The thrsads
OF the web were Of silver and cG
the thickness OF lead psncil.
he EhnddeFed IS he touched a.
thread with his hand II lclung to
his nesh like glue, and only by aa
e6ort that agitated the entire web
did he succeed b freeing his hand.
Upon his Ulothes and upon the eeat
Of the dog he rubbed on the. sticki-
ness from his skin.
The DEG CaRr1ea AWdS.
Between two OF the lower guys
OF the great web he saw that there
was space for him to crawl through
the opening to the day, but ere he
attempted u caution led him 70 test
the opening by helping and SHOW
ing the hound ahead OF him The
white beast crawled and scrambled
out Of sight. and Torres was about
to follow when IL returned.
Such was the panic haste % lSs
return that II eollided with him, and
both fell But the man nanaged to
save himself by clinging with his
hands to the rocks, while the four
footed brute, not able 30 to check
itself, fell into the ehurAing watAf.
Even as Torres reached q hand out
TO try to save Il the doS va ear
ried under the rock.
Long Torres debated. That far
ther subterrahean plunge OF the
river was dreadful to contemplate
Above was the open way to the day,
and the life OF him yearned toward
the day as q beet or . dowsr toward
the sun 1sI Wn8L nAQ Nne nouno
encountered to drive Il back In
such precipitate retreat?
As he pondePed he became aware
that his hand was resting on 4
rounded surface. He picked the oD-
ject up and gAzed into the eyeless.
noseless features OF a human skull
His frightened glAnces played over
the carpet OF bones and, beyond all
doubt, he made out the ribs and
spinal columns and thigh bones of
what had once been men. This in
clined him toward the water as the
way out, but at sight OF the foam
ing madness Of It pIunging through
solid rock he recoiled.
Drawing the Queens dagger. he
crawled up between the weh-guys
with infinite carefainess, saw what
the hound had seen, and came back
in such vertigo OF retreat that he,
too, fell into the water, and. with
but time to hll his lungs with air.
was drawn into tie opening and
into darkness
In the meanwhile back at the lake
dwelling OF the Queen events no
less portentious were occurring
with no less equal rapidity. Just
returned from the ceremony at the
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