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THE TREY 0' HEARTS A Novelised Veriion of the Motion Pu lure Drama of the Same Name Produced by the Univcr! Film Company By LOUIS JOSF.1'11 VANCE Illustrated with Ihotofcrnphi fioni I hi Picture Production . . . . . 3 Copyriitht 1114 lV Loim Wph Vain h vtt.r y it- i I'll! t t ; (, air t.t Imp.- tli:ii il- 1,1. .ml hi-. 1.M1. thv t l.iiii u I" ti an n tinski'it measurably fv her SYNOPSIS t i I h.' .1 f lK.ii t i nt-i & IHtic in ttn uli his ihiutrhli i-i tfi Hi'il I . .1 (I'M til. H W. flirt II t v i..i,-nl wl.il iUK cl inf. ill If wsi.iiy. In (.11(1. T. 1 1" V iii'tri Hi'mlii-I A liiTl Law . V. Ii-ip ih.nl t Imiiv tu'l.i mm vit.k- l.ii tl.t ii i m.'i.t v (mil m ,'h' Ii lit it hv 1 1 iltsa i-riiilv. ti !, .1 .flu r. t T -a iti niiii il.uit-U-. ItiHrmtiif ft livr iN-t .RH.iMia.n ti,incl Alan- U-aven hti hum In hkI Tim, w Ik-m hlic ln-f!. I nrt'T itrmnutir drvuindamtw Alan m, .(u.itlti lite hiiiI win hr Ihw tmt taih.'f lit jifi.tU- tim i'tiii.tjini-y u- Hunt- iIxck J utliih in ht-r fl.il JlllW. CHAPTER IX. Forewarned. The tiling was managed wllh nn Itt reunify Hint Alan termed devilish - il was Indisputably M ii Inn v o II l il n 'I lie lovers I) at conic down from Hi" Nurtli in hot haste mul the shadow of ii at li Two ihvh nf steady Iraw'liug liy riiiin)., tiy woods trull, liv laUo Kti nm.tr forty eight bonis of 111111:110 HI11I Hlriiln Mimd liy tint one Instant's rcli.xutliin friiin Hit. high tension nf vigilance upon which llirlr very It v depended -wore to a culmination through thin tedious afternoon nn t.i.i traiil frnm Mooschead--H trap of phys ical lornicnl only made possible liy Aliin'B luck In k.'i tiring, through sheer accident, two nrl r ear roHt'ivntiunn turned bark nt the Inst moment de fine having Kineo Btiit inn. No inatinr Hih longest afternoon must have Its evening: the pokiest of trains rumen the more surely to Its declination; lu another hour or two they would be In Portland free at last to draw breath of ease In a land of law, order and sane living. Aa If In answer to this thought, tho train slowed down with whis'ling brakes to the last hill station, and as the trucks groaned and inured anew, a lout of a boy came galloping down the aisle, brandishing two yellow en velope und blading like a stray calf: "Mista I.awr! Mista 1-awr! Tel' grams for Mista Lawr!" Alan bad been expecting at every station a prepaid reply to bis wire for reservations on the night express from Pot t hind to New York. Hut why two envelopes superscribed "Mr. A. Iuw, Kineo train southbound, Oakland Hta?" He lore one open, unfolded the In- ; closure, and grunted disgust with He curt advice, opened the other and caught bis breath sharply as he with- ; drew part way only a playing card, 1 a trey of heaits. ! Thrusting It back quickly, he rial pod ! bolii envelopes together, tore them ; Into a bundled fragments, mid scat- ' tored them from the window. Hut ' tho lieiidish wind whisked one small j scrap back and only one! Into the lap of the woman ho lured. Vainly be prayed that she might lie asleep. The silken lashes trembled on her cheeks and lifted slightly, ills- j el using the dark glimmer of questloii- j il g eyes. And as shn clipped the scrap ' of carnlioaid between thumb and lore- j linger bo bent forward and silently took it from her one corner of tho j trey of hearts, but Inevitably a corner bearing the figure "3" above a heart. "The Pullman agent at Portland wires no res. 1 rations available on any New York train In thu next thirty-six ! hour," he said with lowered voice. "i.Vihln't we possibly catch the New j Y'ork boat tonight ?" ; He shook a glum head. "No I : looked that up first. It leaves before e get In." j She said, "Too bad," abstractedly, 1 reclosed her eyes, and apparently ' lapsed anew Into semi tomnolcnce but without deceiving hltn who could well guess what poignant anxiety1 gnawed at her heart. He could have ground his teeth In pxasieration the impish Insolence of that warning, timed so precisely to set their nerves on edge at the very mo- j shift, intuition, blind guesswork. . . , He limitli-d heavy hearted contirma thin of a surmUe slowly settling lnti: convict ion In hi" mind, that such cun iiiiik, such purpose and pertinacity could m l piissihly spring from u mind well balanced, that the woman, Judith' Trine, e'.ter to the Hose he loved sc well, was us mm! as that mounuianlac 1 . r falher, who sat helpless In bil mil of rllencn nnd shadows In New York, day alter duy, eating his lieait out with Impatience for the word that his vengeance had been consummated by Hie daughter whom be had luspiied to execute It. An hour late, In dusk of evening, the train lumbered Into Portland sta tion; and. heart lu mouth, Alan helped lio .. in m the steps. ehpuUered a way f.ir her through the crowd, Htid almost I lilted her Into a taxlcab. j "Het lintel In town," be demanded. I "Ami be iiiiik abniit It for a double tip " He ronitnutilcatcd bis one dcsiierato li heme, to the girl pu route, receiving In r indorsement of It. So, having reg-l-acrrd for her and seen her safely to ; tin door of the best available room In th - boiiKe within ready call of tho pub lic lobby and office, he washed up, gulled a hasty meal which Kose bad declined to share, pleading fatigue and hurried away into the night with 1 only Hie negro driver of a public hack, picked up haphazard at some dlstancu from the hotel, for his guide. th KI-!!H i f fatigue "I worried so I couldn't red," told lii in nu.irde.llv ,:s lie ilr.-w Sshl. ; 'r( 1 arose and gut ready, wutehc.1 from thu wlutlow liu I yrm drive up." j ITo acquainted her btlelly with hU fortune. Hut she seemed unable to echo bit conlidence or even to overcome the beaviiii'es or her splrils when their, cab. without misadventure, eel them down nt the wharf. 1 Here. A 1 1 11 had feared, was the cru-; clal point of dangrr If the inltiience cf the tr.y of hearts was to bring! rtisHMtor upon them It would be here,! In the hi.sh and darkness of this de-1 n No,! water front. And lie bore him ! self innst wariH as he helped the girl' from the car und to the gangplank of ;:4 r.o'.'icaliy wrong. Alan ' she had fired twice In tho air a sig ' nal to that blessed fisherman astern He was on deck again almost before ; there at least, they answered with he rubbed the sleepiness from bis, two toots of a power whistle and eyes, emerging abruptly from the half-1 changed course to run up to us. Look light of the cabin to a dazzle of sun-1 how she's gained already!" Putting asidi down again. the meifaiihniio, ho sat Not that I d dure fire till blunderbuss." lie confided, "wlln CHAPTER X. A-- -7.4 1 t ' . " . 4 ! 1 3 i tutmyt 1' W Oilliiiw LinQered Watchfully on Deck. Fortuity. He wasted the better part of an hour lu fruitless and perhaps 111 advised inquiries; then bis luck, such the Sear nture. Hut nothing bap 11s it was, led liim on suspicion down pened; vhlle Mr. Parens was us good 11 poorly lighted wharf, at the ex- us his word. Alan hud barely set foot treme end of which be discovered a on deck, follov lug the girl, when the lonely young man perched atop a pile, gangplank came aboard with a clatter, hands in pm h. ta, gaze turned to a j and the Seuveiiture swung away from tide whereon, now black night had ihe wharf. fallen, pallid wraiths of yachts swung j Hlil the distance was too great for just visibly beneath uneasy riding- even a th ing bap Alan lingered watch lighls. ; fully on deck. "Pardon me," Alan ventured, "but. At length. satMicd that all was well, perhaps you can help me out' I he relume! In Ihe cabin. "You've come to the wrong shop, my , "All right," he nodded; "we're clear friend," the young man Interposed of that lot. apparently : nnh..dv bat th with uioioso civility; "I couldn t help nmhody out of anything the way 1 am now." "I'm sorry," said Alau, "but I l5 A,r jDP'S!- if. ,-j i S - ; .n.inimririM ,in.i..l.liii1..i.iiinr'Jf . tbought possibly you might know v her- 1 could find a seaworthy boat, to charter." 1 he young man slipped smartly down from his perch. "If you don't look sharp." ho said ominously, "you'll charter the Seavcnture." Ho waved '-is hand toward a vessel moored alongside the wharf: "There she Is, and a belter boat you won't find any-; where schootier-rioged, fifty feet ovei all, twenty-live horsepower, motor aux-' iliary, two stnterooms all ready for as long a coastwise cruise as you care tx take. Come aboard." He led briskly across, the wharf, do v,u a gangplank, then aft along the' deck to a coinpanlonway, by which the two nun gained a comfortable and looiuy cabin, bright with fresh white enamel. Here the light of the cabin lamp re ! xealed to Alan's searching scrutiny a pet son of I'tiinly build and Independent carriage, with a roughly modeled, good humored face, reddish hair, and steady though twinkling bluo eyes. "Name. Harcus," the young man In troduced himself cheerfully; "chris tened Thomas. Nativity, American. Mliite of life, flat broke. That's the tub," be laughed, and shrugged, shame ful eil. "1 found myself hard up this sluing wlih this boat on my hands, sunk every cent I had nnd then Rome tilting out on an oral charter with u moneyed blighter In New York, who was to have met me here a fortnight since. He didn't and here I am. In pawn to the ship chandler, desperate enough for anything." j "How much do you owe?" "1'pwards of a hundred." "Say 1 advanced that amount when can we sail?" The young man reflected briefly. "There's something so engagingly Idi otic about this proceeding," he ob served wistfully. "I've got the Strang- 1 est kind of a hunch It's going to gu through. Pay my bills, and we can be off inside an hour. That Is " ! He checked with an exclamation of dismay, cbapfallen. "I may have some trouble scaring up a crew at short notice. I had two meu engaged, but last week they got tired doing noth ing for nothing and left me flat." "Then that's settled," Alan said. "1 know boat; I'll be your crew and the better satisfied to have nobody else aboard." The eyes of Mr. Barcus clouded. light that filled the cup of day with rarefied gold, even as he passed from conviction of security to realization of Immediate and extraordinary peril. His tlrst glance discovered the wheel deserted, the woman with buck to him standing at the tnffrall, Harcus no where to be seen. The second con- firmed his surmise that the Beareuturn had come up Into the wind, aud now was yawing off wildly Into the trough of a stiff If pot heavy sea. A third showed him, to his amazement, the Gloucester fisherman overhauled with such ease that morning and now, by rights, well down the northern hurl- ton not two miles dlstaut, and stand ing squarely for the smaller vessel. ilewlldered, he darted to the girl's side, with a shout, demanding to know what was the matter. Hho 1 turned to him a face ho hardly recog- i ntzed but still he didn't understaud. The Inevitable luferenco seemed a thing unthlukable; hie brain faltered when asked to credit It. Only when he saw her tearing" frantically at the , painter, striving to cast It off and with It the dory towing a hundred feet or so astern, and when another wonder big glance had discovered the head and shoulders of Mr. Marcus rising over the stem of the dory as he strove to lift himself out of Ihe w ater - only then did Alan begin to appreciate , what had happened. Kven so, It was with the feeling that all the world aud himself as well had gone stark, raving mad, that he seized the girl and, despite her struggles, lore her away from the rail before she had succeeded lu unknotting the painter. ; "Rose!" he cried stupidly. "Rose! What's the matter with you? Don't you see what yuu're doing?" Defiance Inflamed her countenance and accents. "Can't you ever say any thing but 'Rose! Rose! Rose!' la there no other name that means any thing to you? Can't you understand -how Intolerable It Is to me? I love you no less than she better than she ever dreamed of loving you because I hate you, too! What Is love that Is no more than love? Can't you un derstand?" "Judith!" he cried In a voice of stu pefaction. "But Good Urd! how did you get aboard? Where's Rose?" "Where you'll not 11 nil her easily again," the woman angrily retorted. "Trust me for that!" "What do you mean?" illumination came In a blinding flash. "Do you mean It was you you whom 1 brought aboard last night?" "Who else?" "Yen vr: luid lief there, lu the hotel, v 1 ( fiMlill"'''J " 1,,' JIW)fc .,y - - Muni Wf Ti1? 4-4. i.f !Wflr--.. 1. .!, 'Ht' 1? i v j iJSBSJSSBiiP;. EE:.::..f.-d.E'. -t 1 1 1 "Hut how did she happen to throw you oveiboard?" "Happen nothlug!" Harcus snapiied, getllng to his feet. "She did it a purpose flew at me like a wildcat, and before I kuew what was up-1 was slammed backwards over the rail." "I can't tell you how sorry I am," Alau responded gravely. "There's more to tell but oue thing to be done first." "Aud that?" Mr. Barcus Inquired suspiciously. "To get rid of the lady," Alan an nounced firmly. "Make that fisher man a present of the woman In the case You don't mind parting with the dory In a good cause If 1 pay for It?" "Take It for nothing," Harcus grumbled. "Cheap at the prico!" Ho took Alan's plane, watching him with a surdonlo eye as he drew the tender lu under the leeward quarter, made It fust, aud reopened the com panion wuy As the girl came on deck with out other luvltatlon, In a sull-n rage that only heightened her wonderful loveliness, Alan noted that her first look was for him, of uulempered ma lignity; her second, for Harcus, with a curling lip; her third, astern, with a glimmer of satisfaction as she rec ognized how well the fisherman had drawn up on the Heaventure. "Friends of yours, 1 infer?" Alan Inquired civilly. Judith nodded. "Then It would save us some trouble yourself Included If you'll be good enough to step Into the dory without a struggle." Without a word, Judith stepped to the rail and, as Harcus luffed, swung herself overside into the dory. Immediately Alan cast off, and as the little boat sheered off, Barcus. - with a sigh of relief, brought the Sea venture once more back upon her course. ! For some few minutes there was si lence between the two men, while the tender dropped swiftly astern, the woman plying a brisk pair of oars. Then, suddenly elevating his nose, Harcus sniffed audibly. "Here," he said sharply, "relieve me for a min ute, will you? 1 want to go forward and have a look at that motor," In the time that he remained Invis ible between decks thu fisherman luffed, picked up the dory and Its occupant, and came round again In open chase of the Seaventure. j When Harcus reappeared It was with a grave face. "The devil and the deep She," he ob served obscurely, coming aft, "from all their works, good Lord deliver us!" "What's the trouble now ?" "Nothing much only your playful little friend has been up to another of her light hearted tricks. ... If you should happen to want a smoke or anything to eat when you go below, just find a mirror und kiss yourBelf good-hy before striking the match. The dralu-cocks of both fuel tanks have been opened, aud there ure up wards of a hundred and fifty gallons of highly explosive g" sol inn sloshing around in the bilge!" I . ' 1! 1 y I CHAPTER XIII. Flames Licked Out All Over th Schooner. this reek of gasoline; but just for moral effect. Phew -w ! I'd give a dol lar for a breath of clean nlr; I've In haled so much gas lu the last few hours I'm dry-cleaned down to my silly old toes!" Gaining no respoiiBO from Alan, he observed critically: "Chatty little cus tomer, your are," and resumed tho binoculars. For thirty minutes nothing hap pened, other than that the sound of the fisherman's launch was stilled. It rested moveless In the waters, two figures mysteriously busy in the cock pit, tho Heaveliture's dory trailing be hind It on a long painter. Gradually these details became blurred, and were blotted out by the closing shadows. The afterglow In the west grew cool and faint. The crimson waters darkened, to mauve, to violet, to a translucent green, to blackness. Far up the coast two white eyes, peering over tho horizon, stared steadfastly through the dark. "Chatham lights," Harms said they were. Abruptly he dropped the glasses and Jumped up. "Hour that!" ho cried. Now the humming of the motor wan again audible and growing louder with every Instant; and Alan, getting to his feet lu turn, Infected with the excite ment of Harcus, could Just make out at some distunce a dark sluidow be neath the dim, spluttering glimmer of light, that moved swiftly and Bteadily toward the Seaventiiru. "What the devil!" ho demanded, puzzled. "You uttered a mouthful when you satd 'devil'!" Harcus commented, grasping his arm and hurrying hltn to the landward Bide of the vessel. "Quick kick off your shoes get set for a mile long swim! Devil's work, all right!" he panted, hastily divest- j lug himself uf shoes nnd outer gar ments. "I couldn't made out what they were up to till 1 saw them lash the wheel, light the fuse, start the motor, aud take to the dory. They've ; made on grand little torpedo boat out of that tender- He sprang upon the rail, steadying hlniBelf with a stay. "Heady"' he asked. "Look sharp!" liy way of answer, Alan Joined him; the two had dived as oue, entering the water with a single splash, and com ing to the surface a good ten yard from the Seaventure. For the next several seconds they were swimming frantically, and not until three hun dred feet or more sepuruted them from the schooner did either dare pausefor breath or a backward glance. Then the Impact of the launch against the Ssa venture's side rang out across the wuters, and with a husky roar the launch blew up. spewing sky- No Quarter. "Yes, yes." said Mr. Barcus indul gently, breaking a long silence. "Very 1 wards a widespread fan of flame Over Ho Could Hava Ground His Teeth In Exasperation. ment when they were congratulating themselves upon the approach of a luspltel ! Ihe sheer Insanity of the whole damnable buslmss 1 j The grim, wild absurdity of It! To think that this was America, this the twentieth century, the apex of tliu ! highest form of civilization the world , had ever known and still a man could be hunted from pillar to post,1 haunted with threats, harried with at-: tempts at assassination In a hundred , forms and that by a clip of a girl with tho cunning of a madwoman, the heart of a thug, the face of a charm ing child the face of the woman that sat beside him, duplicating lis every perfect feature so nearly that even he ! who loved the one could scarcely dls By midnight the Seaventure was "See bete, my headlong trlend, what's spinning swil'ly south southeast, close your little game, anyway? I don t , mind playing the fool on the high seas, but 1 11 be no party to a kidnaping or-" j "It's an 1 loHMiient," Alan interrupt ed on Inspiration. "We've simply got to get clear of Portland by midnight' j "You're on!" Harcus agreed prompT v, hl face cp-nrlnc. "Cnd only knowdi why I believe yon, but I do and here's my hand!" She Whips Out a Gun as Big as a Cannon. substituted yoursolf for her, deceived me Into thinking you!" "Of course." she said simply. "Why j not? V hen I saw her sleeping there , the mirror of myself, completely at my mercy what else should I think of than to take her place with the man 1 loved? I knew you'd never know the difference at least I was fool enough for thu moment to believe 1 could , stand being loved by you in her name! ; It was only today, weu I'd hud time ; to think, that I realized bow impos sible that was!" A sudden slap of thu mainsail boom athwnrtrhlps and a simultaneous cry t from over the stern roused Alan from his consternation to fresh appreciation of the. fciuurgeiicy. With scant consid eration he hustled the woman to the oinpoiiionway and below, slummed Its doors and closed ber In with the slid ing hatch all in a breath then si'i'Hiig to the tuff rail, Just lu time to lend a helping hand sorely wanted by Mr. Parcus In his efforts to climb aboard, after be hud pulled the dory up under the t'ern by Its painter. reefed to a snoring sou'west wind j He came over the rail in a towering the fixed white eye of Portland head j temper. light last fulling astern. j "I hope you'll nordon tho alumroot j Impertinence." he suggested acidly. soon as able to articulate coher- three of us aboard. Now you'd boat turn in. H is is evidently to be rour stntciia'tn, tins one to port, and you'll have a I. i.g night's sleep to make up for what you've gone, through dear cat." He drew nearer, dropping his voico tenderly. A"d of a sudden, with a little lo.v cry. the girl ranie Into his arms nnd clung pasi.mnttly to him. "But you?" sioj murmured. "You need rest as much as I! What about you?" "Oli. no I don't" he contended, "re sides I'll have plenty of time to rest up unco wiie luirly ut sea. Harcus and I stand wutrh nnd watch, of course. There's nothing for you to do but he loiiiiiletely ut your ease. Hut you must let me go." I'.yea ha!l'-i loacd. lit r bend thrown back, slio seemed to (iiffer his kiss rather than to respond, then turned hastily away to lu r stateroom leav ing him staring with wonder at hur strangeness. Interesting. Very Interesting, Indeed I've Beldom listened to a more enter i tulnliig life hlBtory, my poor young I friend. But I tell you candidly, as i man to man, I don't believe one word 1 of It. It's all d n foolishness!" ' His voice took on a plaintive ac i cent. "Particularly this!" he expos ; tulated, aud waved an indignant bund, I compassing their plight. "The rest of your adventures are reasonable enough," he said, "they won my credulity and I'm a native of Missouri. But this last chapter is Im possible. And that's flat. It couldn't happen and has. And there. In a ' manner of speaking, we are!" j Against the western horizon a long, low-lying strip of sand dunes rested ; like a bar of purple cloud between the crimson afterglow of sunset in the sky and the ensanguined sea that mir rored it. I The wind had gone down with the 1 sun, leaving the Seaventure becalmed her motor long Bince Inert for want j of fuel In shoal water a mile or so ; off the desjlate and barren coast that Harcus, out of his abounding knowl-1 edge of those waters, named Nauset Beach. j Still another mile further off shore the so-called Gloucester fisherman , rode, without motion, waters as still j and glftsey. Through the gloaming, j with the aid of glasses, figures might j be soen uiovluj about ber decka; and ; as It grew still more dark she lowered a small boat that theretofore LMl ' swung In davits. A little later a faint I the Seaventure, as this flamed and died, pale fire seemed lo hover like a tremendous pall of phosphorescence. weird and ghastly glare that suddenly descended lo tho decks. There fol lowed a crackling noise, u sound as of the labored breathing of a giant; aud bright llano's, orange, crimson. violet and gold, licked out all over lbs schooner, from Btem to Btern, from deck to topmasts. It seemed several minutes that she burned In this wise It was probably not so long before her decks blew up and the flames swept roaring to the sky. By the time Alan and Harcus, swim ming steadily, had gained a shoal which permitted them footing In waist-deep waters, the Seaventure had burned to the water's edge. A . WORD ON SAFETY Conservative Banking has been the Policy of this Institution Since the First Day the Doors were Opened Our continuation of this Policy Is an Absolute Guarantee of Safety for your funds And it is on this Record of Conservatism that we have no hesitancy in asking for your Future Business The next installment of The Trey 0' Hearts will appear in the next is sue of this paper. 'UIIIUIQ I11LCI fJl tJlCU. L.UUllIlg IU i presume, sociable lot. what installment at the Peoples a t make out Is why they seem to CHAPTER XII. aiiifiillsh bet from, thg other buj by la . uracd. Fcr. aa blMUied by. tlifl.desU CHAPTER XI. Blue Water. Anxiety ate like en acid at Alan's heart. If this shift to the sea might be thought a desperate venture, he was a weuthercd salt-water man and undismayed; nothing would have been more to his liking than a brisk coast-wis- cruise In an able boat under auspices less forbidding. Hut when he re-entered the hotel one surprising thing happened that gave lym new heart momentarily It seemed Almost as if his luck had Down the Cape. j At four o'ih k. or slmrtl;- nftlT. I Alan was awaluued by boot heels i pounding liiiperi.tlvcly ovei li"ii.l, and j went on deck again, lo stand both dog- watches- saw the sun lilt up smiling ; over a world of tumbled blue water, i crossed lh wake of a Ciinard liner In- 1 bound for Boston, raised and over j hauled a graceful hut lmvlno.like fish- ( erman I from Gloucester, I .amis I opined when railed to stand h'S trick at eight I and siw It n mile or two! astern when--still aching with fatigue ! he wns frc to return to his berth ! for another tour-hour rust. j This time ndi (Tuhlei, consideration, Induced Harcus to let his crew sleep! Unough the tlrst afternoon watoh. Bu bells were ringing w hen, In drowsy ap prehension that Bometulng had ou eutly "but Way 1 inquire if that blc-.'v mlndij y'rec !s V'jur lilus!:l" bile-to-be?" Alr.n shook a helpless head. Th' thing defied reasouuble explanation He made a feeble stagger at it with out much satisfaction either to him self or to the outraged Barcus. "No It's all a damnable mistake! She's her sister I mean, the right humming nuka drtftui! Bm.a tho tAa "Power tender," the owner of the Moving pictures of this KtiavAiituru Intarnfulorl "PhIiib tn ! call, I can't bsck ,0. ,ow ur ?ory Theatre tomorrow (Satur- back. ITnniuiv mniu- nnm tunvhe i He lowered the binoculars and day) night, glanced inquiringly at bis employer, j who grunted his disgust, and said no more "IWt take It so harj, old lop," bar cus advised with a change of note i from irony to sympathy. Then he rose and dived down the companion way, presently to reappear with a mega- j phone and a double-barreled shotgun. "No cuttlng-out parties In this out. fit," he explained, grinning amiably. "None of that old stuff, revised to suit your Infatuated female friend once aboard the lugger and the man is girl's Bister and her precise double fooled me not quite right In the bead, 1 mne! I m atrald. I Ot..lnnliiir hlm-olf mt fk. A glowing , sunset sky, he brandished the shot gun at arm's length above his head, ! and bellowed stertorously through the ' megaphone: ! know what she did? Threw me over- beard! Fact! Came on deck a while ago, sweet as peaches aud all of a I Budden whips out a gun as big as a cannon, points it at my head and or- j dera me to luff Into the wind. Before i The FirfJt National Bank of Roanoke Rapids By the Way If you like this Story, rv i rass it on - l.et your neighbor read it and help us to get him for a regular subscriber, - ,;V ; y" r""! " hl ngure would show Itt'li,!! nil; , flat!" Mr. Barcus snapped. "D'you , eharp illhouette ,galnst the glow) Herald Publishing Lo. Publishers of Your Home Faper Conservatively Managed Government Supervised "Keep off! Keep off I This means ' you! Come within gunshot aud l'U , I wuld makaaitra I wa4ft't dreaming, blow your m feeadg off, ow.. " Aa
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