Trey O’Hearts
BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
^ . Oie Episode Each Week
I
life* MB* M
hoagid dtrw (Mm tka bleak depth*
la tka aiiaalBw aarfaca of a eight
hanad peat.
Aad lor a Nttla aka lay wnsclrrlng,
kar halhaaafe wtu fumbling with
•hair bwstniss at raatwlag aeanalnt
•ao* with th« world.
agdaa her mraniiin. Thla rad*
*«■» af raagh plank walla and
■■Whitlva faralahtags; thU wide, hard
aowah ska aka rad with bar atlll a him
karWg alatar, Roe*; tka »l*w rwrwalad
hr «■ window at tbo bedside:
» (Mr fWimtltn of trse-dod moan
taka tkroagh which a wlda keeomad
aaayoi rollad dowa to aa emerald
y*»tn. natklag to fear total
Ah of aona epochal
dbaag i la tka habits and snoatml proo
oasas of.a roong HfoUmo, added to
Who waa (ha herself, this strung*
asaatnra who raatad her* ao ealmly
tejha side of taaal If aba ware
Jwdnh Trtoe hew came aka to be
«k*ra» Irrenoadlabl* opposites In
•wary pkaa* af akaiaatar, the staters
had sadaloudy asoMad eaaoctatlon
»f«k aaak other aror *h>e* childhood:
they had hot shared the shelter of
•oar wan* oversight sloe* ttma he
yaad the hoards af JadMh'a memory,
what. thaa. had aa ehaagwd than* both
that they tkoald ha taaad In sack
What. Indeed, had baaoma af the
••d thing. Judith Trtaa of yesterday*
taraiy ah* had Rule enough la com
mob w|tb I Me Judith of today, la
wheaa heart was no mors room for
Itlwm. so fBU *•< It of love which.
thnngh It was tocaaad apoa tha paraoa
af ana nan. aaaa tha laaa embraced
hi) tha world—even har at star and
rlral la that oaa man's af
had not coma npoa har
8be had bean al
■••t My awara of Its adrrat
through tha gtwdaal abftaalag of that
aM iadlth'a hard sad vengeful nature
ha tha some af tha last tow days,
■at aow that tha revolution waa no
snmpUahad, aha hardly knew herself—
too hardly knew tha world, indeed,
aa dtanatlf did aha regard It—act
allheal something af tha wide eyed
wpa farm act af a child to Sod all
thfaga aa aaw aM stowage aM haouti
faL
And this waa tha work af Lava!
Haw Ike chain of memoriae waa
gotta complete, so link lacking in Its
aaadaolty. tha roaallad clearly ovary
kdlut that had marhad tha slow
youth af this groat tori ska had tor
Aha Law, from that tru day. not yet
a month old. when he had eecaped tha
■ary deathtrap aha had sat tor him
aM repaid bar ooty by risking bis Ufa
anew to save bar from destruction,
down to this very morning when tha
Stream from a hydraulic anoxia had
■ aapt over tbs brink af a throe bun
dled-toot proniplea a crimson racing
eatoasofaHe containing two desperate
man bant upon compassing tha death
Of bar beloved.
By that act af shear self defense
tha world waa richer for the laaa of
tww Mack-hearted blackguards, aad
Alha LAW might aow be considered
sale from further pemscutlcn—since
there aow ramalual not one soul loyal
ewengh to Places Trine to prosecute
Ma private war af vengeance aguinat
determined Chat ha should
have any opportunity so
Una. toe knew, would
hood to hinder her
af action, aha. Judith,
•ah step# aa Ms perae
. If there ware any
Uta • thief aba (tola across tb*
•■bias Ooor to Alan's ltd*, hesitated,
bast bar band to hta and toaabad bar
Up* to hi* cheek—a caress to B(bl
•at bo atapt oa la Ignorance of It.
tbaa, aa aba lifted bar haad and
•food wet bosom ooamlaed »ttb
■Want aob*. aba tookad squarely lata
tb* moo of Iton.
| • •HAPTIH Ilk
Tb* Old Adam.
A load mtnote olapaad before either
warn morod or apoka.
Trsnnflgpd bast 4* Alan's chair,
Handy ton baraatt vltb p hand apon It*
bosk. Judith ttarad at tb* Basra la
tb* doorway in a tern par at ooea dls
oombtad iM dsflant With this aba
enlaced a pbsaa of incredulity. was’
•oars* able |o permed* hereelf that
tMa woa truly Rosa who confronted |
bar bopo who** aw sat sad genu*
oabor* had aear tarred aa tba bitt'
of Jodttk’a aontsmpt and ratkleee
rt%nT W«t ram lotion with o renre
MM, wash fcoa* threatened sad
JsdHb ahronkt
n woa as If lb* woman bad a*,
abaopod aataraa while they tlepc
Tba aountaoaooa that Rosa showed
bar *Mar wag a thundercloud real.
by tb* lurid Hdfctntad of her angry
WOA Mar pea* wot taoa* sad alert. j
nb* tb* poae of to animal oat to
trbf. fa bar hand ban* a rtrahar.
tb* aamo (Jodttb'a band sought tba
boiatar at bar hip and found It empty)
that bar Meter hod worn and for-,
■•(law to rtooe* whan aba dropped, j
half da* It with fatigue, upon the bed.!
And slowly, toward tba and of that
tone, mute minute, tba girl’s grasp
tightened span tb* grip of tb* weapon {
and Its muni* lifted.
•temarsiog uu, a naan or Mr oae
tfma tamper quickened Judith. Of a
■uddan. with a start, ahs crowd ths ,
floor ha a single, noiseless strldo. sad
throw herself before her slater.
~WeU7' she demanded hotly. "What
are yoa waking for? Nobody's stop
ping yoo: why don’t you shoot*”
The upward moremeot of the kaad
waa shacked: tha weapon hung lerel
to Judith's breast—as level and «a-1
equivocal as the gtanee that probed
her eyes and tbe tone of Rosa's rotes 1
as the demanded:
“What were >om doing there7“
"If you mutt know from me what |
you already know on tha evidence of
your ay«o—I waa bidding good-by lo
lb* mu 1 love—hissing him without
hi* knowledge or consent before leav
ing him to you for good oad slip
"What do you mean 7“
That l‘m going away—that I cut
stand this situation uy longer. Marro
phat and Jimmy are dead, my father's
balpleap—and I mean to as* that ha
remains so. Noshing, then, stands la
tba way of year marrying Alan but
me. And such being tbe case—and
because bo's ts dear to me as he Is
to yoo—I'm going to toko myself off
and hoop out of the way."
‘For fear lest he find out that yoo
love him 7"
Judith's lip carted. "Do yoo think
him ao witless he doesn't know that
already T“
“And so yoo leave Mm to me out of
year charity1 Is that lit”
"Any way yon like. Rut If It's so
Intolerable lo you lo think that I data
love him sad confess It to yon—If
you begrudge me th* humiliation of
•looping to ktaa a man who doesn't
wut my klsaoo—If you Are so afraid
of losing him wills I live and leva
him—very wall. lb«a!"
With a passionate gesture Judith
tor* open tbe bosom of her waist,
offering her flub to the minis of the
revolver.
A cry broke from tbe tips of Rose
that waa like the cry of a forlorn child
punished with cruelty that passes Its
understanding She fell bark agatast
tha wall. The revolver swept up
through the sir—but its mark was
bar own head rather Ihu JidHk'a
Bat before her lager found strength
to pan the trigger the n» at the
table, startled from his sleep by the
sound ef angry votroe, leaped from
hie chair with a violence that sent U
clattertmg to the loor. and harled hlro
aeU baadlnng acroet the room. Im
prisoning the wrist of his betrothed
with oee hand white the ether wrested
the weapon away aad paaaad U to
JndMh.
"Hooe!“ ha cried thickly, “what does
this mean? Are yon mad? Judith—"
Dragging the boaom of bar walet
together, Jedlth thrust the weapoa
late Its holster ud turned sway.
-Be klad to her. Alan.* she said la
an «nr artel n votes: “Che didn't under
stand and—aad I Bonded her beyond
endurance r«n afraid Forgive me—
hot he kind te her alwaya!"
Bomshnw. Mindly, she stumbled oel
ef the caMa kite (be opea. possessed
by a thought whose temptation wea
stronger than her powers of resist'
eaee. What Knee bad failed te ac
complish might now serve to resolve
Jadtth-s problem. . . . Hone, she told
herself, bitterly, woe Id seek to binder
bar. Bat aba taaaat so ta am age the
matter that aoae should see or see
poet and be moved to teterfere.
Honed the Moulder of the mourn
lain, na the road along the edge ef the
cliff, she wan sere af freedom from
nhaerenl hie
-JudMh* Tea haem Whet Ike deeSl
__... c «
WheroTo ye lM< Wkmtnlbna
phat and Jimmy r*
Digging tha nalla of bar Angara pate
fnl'l Into bar pa ha a aba braotbag
drop, Dgbung down hysteria. rnairt
lag bar art f-cootrol la ao abort a ipaoa
of time that bar rather failed ta ap
preciate that there was anything war
common la tba mlad of tba gtrt.
- Where r ha demaodad angrily ga
■be approached the ear. "urbsrn I
want to hoow, are Marropbat and Jim-'
my? Harao't yoa aooo or board aay
tbtng of them? They left mo at eti
o'clock this morning, to go after—“
•Dead!' Urn girl tntarnipted. saa
tbotlooa. eytleg him strangely.
"1 don't belters Ut" the old mao
screamed, aghast. "1 wont bolters tt.!
Tou're iytng to mm yoa lads' Tool*
tying—’
"1 am not." aha broho la coldly, "t
am telling you the plain truth . .
Tbay followed OS all morning la that
rad racer. Srtag at oa all tba wbOa.
Finally tbay sought up wttb ns horn,'
about oooo—cams op this road ah tot'
Ing over tba wtadahleld. It waa ear
Hero or tbstra. We turned the hydrate
Ho stream oa them sad washed the oar
over the ell*. If you don't ball ere
me, gat somebody to show you tbotr
fa era .'*
She Indicated with a goaturo two
forma that lay at a NtUa dlgfamoo
back from tba rood aids, aintinnlaao
beneath a ahaot of caaraa—the bodies
of Trine “a oraoturoa. reooearad by tba
mining gang and brought up Aar o
Christlaa banal
But Trias required ao mors ooaflrm
atloa of Jadlth'a word- The tight
•teksfwd sad died la hla aril old eyes;
hie atrtekoa oouatenanoe »at a mad a
boo ot pallor arte more In tense than
waa normal with It; a broken anno
Hawed tram hie trembling, thla. old
Dpi; gad bit chin ragged ta Us ebook
beery-weighted with despair that fob
lowed realization of the fact that ho
no longer owned seen oaa friend or
creature upon whose rmmriserolaoa
loyalty be might depend.
Tba last bitter drop that brimmed
hla cup of misery waa added when
Alan Law himself appeared, leering
the miners' cabin la company with
hla betrothed—Rose now soothed and
comforted, smiling through tba traces
of her raesut terra as aha dang to
her loser, nsailing la the hollow ot
hla arm.
To ▲loo. on tba ocher bond, thla
rencontre teemed to afford nothing
but the pleasantest surprise Imagin
able
Well l" ho cried, ralsoolafl Roes
•pd ranatag down to the ear. THere'e
lack) And at the vary mom oat when
I was calling my lucky star hard!
names! Hew caa I over reward ywurl
thoughtfahaeea, Mr. Trine? tt bsata
me how yoo do knap track of mo this'
through her loror** protestation •;
Jedlth loot Is pntMutat melancholy;
Trisa marring hla rag*, working him
•all ap Iota s silent far? show eoneo
gueatee were ta he more far-reaching
thaa area he dreemed ta hie wildest
BOMAU.
Ita Ont dereloomedt. tor all that,
waa deeper*te enough.
Tha agad monomaniac occupied tha
rlgbUhaad oornar of tha roar Met
Thaa Me one able hate waa wazt to
Judith, ta cloaa Juxtaposition to tha
ravolrar la tha bolster on bar hip.
Without the least warnlag hla laft
head cKhod upon tha weapon, with
draw It ate leveled It at tha he ok of
Alaa*a head.
Am ha palled the trigger Judith gang
hsreelf bodily upon the arm.
Vrta an. tha buffot found a goal,
though ta another thaa tha la lauded
victim. Tha maaeular forcerr* of tha
chaaffear raeofvad it
With a shriek of pain tha man ra
loaaod tha whool and a rasped hla
arm.
Before Alan ooald move to prevent
the disaster tha ear. running without
a guiding head, caromed off a low
emhaahmeat to the left ate shot full
tilt Into a shallow ditch oa the right,
aheMag Ita pet sen guru like peas from
a broken pod.
Alan catapulted a good twenty teat
through tha air and alighted with
each force that he lay etuaned for
serosal ■fools
Whoa ha eaase to. ho found Bareut
helping him to hit feat; a heavy aav
sa ptaaaagar touring ear halted tn tha
roadway Indicated tha manner la which
hla trtsal had arrived ea tha aeaas
of tha aaeldaat
Whan damagee warn aaaaaeed It
waa found that ooue of the party had
suffered sarioualy but the ebaeffaur
ate Baaaea Trine Mmeelf The former
had only hla wound to show however,
while Trine lay still ate MXMlsn at
a very eenaMerable distance from tha
wracked jtatoosobfle
Nothing bat a barely pcrooptIMe
resptrmrioa sad Intermttlaotly flatter
ing talas pert and ad them that tbs
Asms of NT* was not axil act In that
poor. otd, pals-rucked body.
- CMAWTffff LIII.
Tha I tat Tramp.
Toward tha area lag of tha third
day toUawlag tha motor tpin. Judith
■at In tha deeply twoaaaad window of
a bedchamber oa the toeond floor of
a hotel thaa tad ta the heart of Can
lorpmfguapags-ffrowtag lands.
• StWfc* »«Wff Trine sat, ap
parently arisen, la a wheeled tavmhd
ehatr.
There waa no occupant of tha room
Though he had lata nearly twq
days I* urn i. her father's subsequent
i 1
way—uppMUf along like (Us every,
time I aaad a ear tha went way ta'
tba world!"
'Drive oa!" Trtna ear earn ad ta tba,
chaaKear. "Drive oa. do yoa hearfi
Rat Jadltk bad stepped ap oa tha'
raaalag board aad wma ayalag the'
4 river so Idly, with see head etgaifl
eeatly resting oa tha batt ad tba!
weapon at bar ride Tba ear reputeod
at e standstill- I
Snlpharoei profaalty follow ad. a;
paaaanl atraam of vitnparadao that
was checked only by Jedith's bates
raptloa: "We've bad la gag yoo eoea
before, yoo know. If yoa want aaothar1
taita of that keep eat"
'Rot where*! Bareaar* Jodtth da
man ded whaa, altar helping Boon lata1
the ear end raaalag off to I keek their
boats. Also retarn*d bloeo to the ear.
' Hood ness only kaowe," tbs yaaag
man answered obaarfally. "Ka weald
toilet oa ratabllag eg down the San
yo* ta aaareb of aa alleged leva
abera wa could hire a asw ear —
aaaaawbara down than. I triad la,
■taka kin anderstaad that wa bad'
plealy of Urns, bat ba waa Mahan aa|
ba gaaaraBy te wbra ba gets a Mahrit
notion lata bis band. Sa I dbraaag!
well meal kim eg bln wag baab—or
alee relief somewhere by (ha road-1
■Mai*
Taking tha seat next ta tha dbnnb
tsar, ha gtaa tha word ta drive ear
aad they slipped away ha* tha In»!
tlon of thy mtaJgg ramp, eatated ip
r he ere from the mtnare
Tba road dtppad rimrpfy dawn tha
wwmm recovery oi bib tor
as! state had been rapid. Now. ae
eordtag (o a council of surgeon* aad
physicians who bad beep summoned
to deliberate oa his case, ha was la
a fbtr way to rosed oat tha average
spaa of a sound man's Hfatlme. Ha
had appareally suBsrad nothing la
eoaaaqusnaa of hta accident more
sertona Hess prolonged uuoonaoloee
aasa. Vbr tha last twenty-four hours
he had henn la (ail posseesloa of his
fhcalUas and (for soma reason I ns pee
slhle to, Judith to fathom) unoom
atoaly ebssrfuL
froa Ibis slreamttaaou tbs drew
a certs la Sanaa of mystlAed aaelety.
Twice la the course of the mornlag
she bad oasgbt his eye following bar
wttb a gleets of aardoale amltaney,
as though ha surged tome secret of
ertmordtoary potewUnluiee.
Aad rat (sbs argued) it waa quite
lapsteWs that he ebould hare some
fresh sabsma brewing for I be eaaassta
alien of Alan. Mot a soul had had any
sort Of eotntnunlcallnn wlu him Haas
his rasorsi) bat the attending aur
geon. A ssas of gatapaacbabla char
eeler, a meek-mannered trained norsa,
end barsnlt Judith Under aach «tr
euTiulannuu be simply uould not bars
•at a new oonsptracy afoot
Aad y«t , . She was oppressed
/
dreaead mm end women, the paati
Invited to the wedding of Rota Trine
end Alan Law
Within another ten minute* tbo
man Judith loved with all hur body
and aou) would be the buaband of her
niter
She bad told haraelf aba was re
signed; but ahe was not, and ah*
would never be. Her heart waa break
ing In her bosom a* ahe aal there,
watching, waiting. Ilatmlng to the
aver heavier dotonatlon* of the ap
pmarling thunderstorm and to th*
juMUat pealing of a greet organ down
below.
The had told horaetf that, though|
resigned, aba could not bear to wit-,
neaa Iba ceremony. Now aa the mo
ment drew near when the marriage
would be a thing llatahed, flxed.
Irretrievable, ahe found beraelf un
able to mdarw th* strain alone.
■lowly, against her will, aha roaa
and atol* across th* Boor to her fa
ther1* chair.
Hla breathing waa alow and regu
lar; beyond doubt be alopt; unquoe
tloaably (bar* waa no reason why ah*
should not laava btm for tan minutes:
area though b* waked It could not
harm him to await her return at tbs
and of Ibnt scant period.
Like a guilty thing, on feat aa nolae
)*aa aa any ansak thief*, aha crept
from the room, slowed the door si
lently, ran down tb* ball and de
scended by a back wajr. a llrtle-uaad
stalrcaae, to the lower ball, approach
lag the scene of the marriage
Constructed la Imitation of an old
Spanish tale*ten chapel. It contained
one of tb* asset organa In tb* world.
ii tui clot* rang* iu daeptbroatsd
too** Tied with the warnings of the
•term Jadlth, larking In a passage
way whoa* op*e door revealed the
altar steps and chancel, was shaken
to tha vary marrow of her being by
tha saajsettc rarer he rations of tha
music.
Since they had regained contact
with dvtllaalloo la a section of Ihs
country where tha Law estate ted
vast holding* of land, the chspol was
thronged with men sad women who
had known Alan's father and wished
to honor his son. . . ,
Above stairs, In fh* room Jadlth
had quitted. Booses Trtna opened
both ayes wide and laughed a sflect
laugh of navaga triumph when the
door dosed behind hts daughter
At last he was left to hit own de
vtoea—and at a time the most fitting
Imaginable for what ha bad In mind
With a grin, Senses Trtna raised
both arms and stretched them wide
apart.
Then, grasping the arms of his
chair, ha lifted himself from It and
stood trembling upon bla own fset tar
the first time In almost twenty years.
□rasping the back of tha wheeled
chair, ha need It aa a crutch to guide
bla feeble end ascertain movement*.
But thaw* became momentarily
stronger sad mors confident
This. then. was tbs secret he had
hugged to hts embittered bosom, a
•acral uasaspected area by the at
tending surgeon: that through the
motor aoddent three days ago ho bad
regained the use of limbs that bad
been stricken motionless—etrangaty
•sough, by a motor oar—nearly two
decades since
Howty but surely moving to the
bureau In the room, he opened oco
at Its drawers and took out some
thing be had. without her knowledge,
seen Judith pot away there while aha
thought be slept.
Then, with this hidden In tha
Pocks* of his dressing gown ho
red a straight If very deliberate
course to the door, let himself out.
and Ilka a materialised specter or the
mao ha oaoa had been, navigated the
corridor to the bead of the broad
ouutral staircase and atop by slap,
clinging with both hands negotiated
tha descent.
The lobby of the hotel eras deserted.
As the osrsmoajr approached its anil
•vary guest and servant In the house
was crowding the doorway to tha
chapel. None opposed the progress
of this ghastly vision to dressing
gown and sUppersd feat, chuckling
Insanely to klmaelf aa ha tottered
through tha empty halls aad esrrt
dore. fiadta* an almoet supernatural
strength to aaatala him till ha found
hlmaalf face to taoe with bla eboeer.
enemy and victim.
The first that blookcd hla any lato
tha ahapal, a bellboy of tha hotel,
lookad round nt tha flrat touch of tha
atow-lfte hand upon hta shoulder and
•break hack with n cry of terror—a
cry that waa eeboed from half a
doten throats within another Instant.
Aa If from the path af soma grisly
visitant from tha world beyond tha
Crave, tha throe* preaasd back and
cleared a way for Betters Trine, fa
ther of tha bride.
Aad as tha way opened and ha
leaked ap toward tha altar aad mw
Alan ftaadtad band in hand with
Raaa whUa the mtatater Invoked a
Masala* span the union that had b*-n
hut that Instant cemented. added
atransth, tha etreugth af the Insane
was given to Boases Trisa.
Whan Alan, mtaoyed by the 61a
tarhaaoa to Aa body od the ehapel.
looked rouad. It waa to aaa tha aged
maniac atoadta* within n doten fast
of Mm; aad aa ha leaked aad cried
•kt la weadsr. Trine whipped a re
volver toons Aa pocket of hla dressing
•awn and tuna* ft etaedtly to bear
upon Alan's head.
At that taatant Aa atsrm broke
wtA la torus] fury span the load
A trash of thoader *o heavy and
pKiniid that It seem ad to rook tha
very bafldla* upon Its foundations.
platnl In tha hand of Seneca Trine,
discharging tha waapoa even aa It
■truck him deed.
As he fall tha boh sir err ad and
■track taro others down—Alan Law
and tha woman who had Juat hsao
made bia wife.
CHAPTER UV.
Again three __ paad; and Ju
dith, returning from the . doable fu
neral of her father and sister, doffed
her mourning for a gown leas somber
and more suited to the atmosphere of
a sickroom, then relieved the nurea
In charge of Alan.
Ho remained aa he bad been ever
since tbo falling of tha thunderbolt—
In absolute eons
Rut ha Used, and- -or tbe physicians
Hod—must soon ragaln consciousness.
Kneeling beside his bedside Judith
prayed long and earuaaCty.
Whan aha arose It waa to answer
a Up upon tbe door. She .admitted
Tom itarcua and suffered him to lead
her Into the recesa of tbo window,
where they conversed In guarded
tones In spits of the fact that tho
subject of their communtcatlens could
not possibly have heard them.
"I've come to tall yon something."
Herons announced with characteristic
awkwardness. 'Tvs known It for
three dare—aver slues tbs wadding,
la fact—and kept It to myself, not
knowing wkather 1 ought to tall you
yet or not."
He paused, eyeing bar uncertainly,
nnlihppUr
” am prepared. Judith assured
him calmly.
"You're nothing of the sort." be
coentcred. argumentative You
eooldn t be. It's tbo most smssfos
thing Imsglnabls. . . . tee here . . "
-Welir
"Yon understand, don't you, that
Alan mttst sever know that Roes- vai
killed by that lightning stroke V
"What do you mean?"
"I mean.* the man Hoaoderud mis
erably. "you see, he loved her to—I
thought—I'm sure It would be best—
If yoo ran bring yourself to ft—to let
him go on bettering It wasn't Rose
who wss killed, but Judith And that's
skating so dose to ths troth that 1t
makes no difference, the Jndlth Alan
know and the Judith I knew tn tha
beginning Is gona as completely as
though she and not Roee had been
killed."
After a long pause, the girl asked
hha quietly: T understand But le
; It possible you don't understand that.
If I were to consent to tUt proposi
tion. lend myself to a deception which
I must maintain through all my Ilfs
to oome—Alan would consider me bis
wlfer
"Welt, but—you see yon are his
wife. . . . Oh, don't thlak Pm off my
hat. I'm felling you the plain, unvar
nished truth. You are Alan’s wife.
. . . No. listen to me. You remem
ber that day In Ntw York when yon
; substituted for Rose, when Alan tried
to elope with her. and yon went with
, him to Jersey City, sad stood up to be
married by a preacher-guy named
Wright—and Marrophst broke tn Just
at the critical moment and basted up
■ ths party?"
"Well?" she demanded breathlessly.
Barcue produced a folded yellow pa
per from his* coat pocket and prof
fered It.
"Read that It was handed to me
as beet man. fast before the cere
mony. Seeing ft was addressed to
Alan and knowing be was la no frame
of mind to be bothered by telegrams.
I Slipped It late my pocket and forgot
af! about It temporarily. When I
came to find It I took the Kberty of
reading It But reed It for yourself
The typewritten lines of the long
message blurred and run together al
most lodedpberably In Judith's vision.
None the less, she Contrived to (reap
ths aubetanco of Its meaning.
"WHY DIDN'T YOTT WIRE MX
SOONER." H ran: "MARRIAOE TO
rose rMPoasiRui rev. mr.
WRIGHT INTORMED MB YOUR
MARRIAO* TO JTinrru i iqt
WEEK HAD DONE TOO FAR WHEN
MARROPHAT INTERRUPTED. JU
DITH I. BO ALLY YOUR WIFE.
WOULD HAVE ADVISED TOU
SOONER HAD TOU LET ME KNOW
WHERE TO ADDRSBS TOU. UOPE
TO HEAVEN THIS OBTS TO TOU
> BEFORE TOO LATE."
Tte »mi|» wu ii(nd «Hk the
i Bam* of Alas'* eooftdcntlal mas at
baslneea la flaw Tort.
Whan Judith looked ap aka waa
alos* la th* room, but tor th* atlaat
patient on hla oooeh.
■lowly, almost fearfully, ah* Bract
to kla bad aid* aad Mood looking dowa
Into th* fao* of bar hoabaad.
And white aha looked Alen a laaba*
Battered, hla raaptratton quickened. a
fatnt color crept late hla pallid abaeka
—and hla ayes opened wide aad
looked Into bom.
Hla lips moved aad breathed a word
of recognition: •
"Jadltht*
Witt a low ory of taadontoee. tbo
gtrt sank to ker knaaa aad oaclrcted
kla kaad with km arms.
"Jndlth." ake wktaparad. hiding km
fkaa to hla bonne*. -Jndlth Is no
mere . . •
A paaaa; aad the* the feeble votes:
"Than. If I waa mistaken. If roe
aren't JndRh. yon moat be Ease my
»We?"
She said eteadlly: "I am yoer wife"
■la heads fumbled wttt bar fees,
closed span bar Bute. lifted km
head aatS bar era* mna* look tarn
Aad for many mtnTIm be held hm
•WjMMag dee* late the aael ef the
Then qmstly be *md t "I knew .
VWUWt. . •■■■Ok _,
WATCH THU COLUMN FOR
MISSIONARY ITEMS
HOME MISSIONS—TO CONSERVE
OUR COUNTRY'S IDEALS
Our* li • land of natural splendor I
From ocean to ocean; from the great
lake* to the Gulf, and our Aster Re
public of Mexico, A spread, out a
grand panorama of gifts of nature,
bestowed on us by the lavish hand of
Our Creator- Moees said to the Is
raolitae just before his death. “And
He hath brought ua into this place,
and hath given ua this land, even a
land that flowcth with milk and hon
ey." Can we not trace in our history
dealings of Providence with ns, simi
lar to those with the children of Is
real? Among tho nations of the
earth, at present, we stand out n
Christian nation. Since our begin
ning we've had a group of activities
to conserve the most cherished ideals
of the United Stats* -we Southern
er* uniting first In efforts to Chris
tianise the African slaves (brought
to us through no effort of our own)
a* wall as joining with our Northern
home missionaries in the western ex
tension of religious influences keep
ing pars with our geographical ex
tension. Wherever the pioneer struck
his tent the itinerant followed, ever
looking back to tho home-chourch for
support ‘TTls West," however, wa*
"ever stationary, moving year by
year toward the sotting sun. until tho
frontier was lest in the Pacific. Now,
as thsra U no more territory to occu
py, no more titintivc work our homo
mi**K>ni Kart bccoo« intunjivc,
icokin* to keep our country true to
Its God-given ideals.
Othdf nro«i/U#l #a. ika - - A
of the who]# human rare, making In
dividual salvation contingent on per
sonal acceptance of HU coalitions;
but both sacred and secular history
go to prove that nations are judged
«ul punished hare and not hereafter,
larma] was his first chosen nation—it
failed! Shall weT Many of our
clearest and moat consecrated schol
ar* units in tha opinion that the
United States of America is now
committed the evangelisation of the
world. Shall wt fail t With God’s
help, not Let us unite is evsry ef
fort to conserve our Cod-given ideals.
lx» ord«r to b* God', in.trum.nt w.
In order to b. God', instrument wo
must “do his commandments’*—those
given by God Himself, nt Mb Bmai,
end re-enacted by Christ while oe
“Not one jot or one tittle shall
pees from the law„ were his words.
The fourth then In the decalogue,
Remember the Sabbath Day to hoop
it holy, etc ” "One day in every seven
must bo a day of rent from worldly
t«bor. rest for all; employ^ eo,.
ptoyuee, women, ehildren. servants,
even beasts under our control. The
Jewish Sabbath was on Saturday,
closing each week with a rest from
its labors. How much more algniA
***** our "on* day in seven" com
memorating the resurrection of our
Lord! Christ, Himself, on that first
Easter Sunday, consecrating it as
the day for the spread of the gospel
(or good new*) to all; bearing those
good tiding* in five separata appear
ances on that day—to Mary, to the
other woQjcn. to Pstsr; to two dis
ciple. on the way to Emma us, and to
all the disciple* save Thomas. Hit
message that day of "Our Risen
Lord" and His injunction “Go tell my
disciples" com* sounding down the
**•*1 making oar Sunday not only a
day of ran from worldly colors and
a Umo for tha reading of tha Scrip
turns, but morn, much more than this
• day sat apart for tha hearing
toUrng of Ih, Gospel; end education
day, getting knowledge for end of
the hereafter. Shell w. com* to it
froah and vigorous, with bodies rest
'd »"d minds alert for the lessons
of the day! If „ our sver^
work must stop at a reasonable time
on Saturday. Soma of our mere heats
have already pledged to cioee their
place* of business at 10 o'clock oo
Saturday night—cant all loin la
'*• oar busy boucmwivM
a»k* their arrangement* on Batur
d*)r. leaving Ihemeelv.. ^
aervaota fra* to attend Sonday
School and all the regular errvleae of
Sunday? W01 all huabaada rise
early enough on that day to avoid
being e hindrance laatead of a halp?
One thing more! Some of our boy.
end girli have grown into the habit
of .Lnging .eng. not fit for the wor
■Wp of thU eecrod day; evan playing
Jig* and "rag-tima"—navor elevat
!ng, but poottlroly etnfut, on Sunday!
*21 of yoa “Leaguer."
Bright Jewel.,“ "Chriotlan Badeev
or. or Young People'. Societiaa" take
thle hi hand end gat all our young
poeple aad children to kelp In making
oar pait of oar United BUta* Ckrto
(lan in reality aa wall a* in name?
0, that all ChrleUatia would unite la
a petition ta the government to atop
by law each deeeeratlone of our Sab
bath day, a* running of Sunday
iraina; the epealng af pUeae of
amuaoment, etc, a* wall aa oaforao
taw, already .elating egeinet all Op
*a place, of budaeeal
Staag.
"1 would like to got a warrant far
a men who obtained money under
tale* proton***," announced the Ba
rry man.
“S'hat ta the trouble?" Baked the
clerk.
"A follow add m* a half Intaroet
la a petticoat factoryreplied thj
tagry man.
“Well, what ta *a matter with pa>
liooatoT** aakad tha dark.
“Thor* ain't ao each “ ra
tiled the angry -aa. 2