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Tin' ph of c.i! ra*;: a corresponding; to ff-fh Installment** ?i ??Wc Trer o '?<. Mis*' moy n?? be soc? nt tin* lend ir- i>i(n'r.;r picture ilicnlcr->. Hy Ibis nr^f<r*r errnngcinei'l with Hit* ITnlver? f: 1 Film Mfg. t o. lt IK therefore not or .>. robbie fo road "Thc Trev O' I?C?T?S** In this imper, but ni*? to POP ?nth lofHo'InioMt <>f it ol Hie nnnimr ;>.!. ??re llriMUr*"*, (Copyright. 3*>3.*. b7 ithala Joseph Vance.) t-*-THE MESSAGE O.F THE HOSE. I.upped d -op In Hie Ica'hcr-hnii'id it.- in v of on iiTupio lounge-chair, 'wallen apart from tHo world by tho vOUfel tillie solitude of the library of London's most exclusive club. Mr. Alan Law uprawlod (largely on thc i::>M'' o Hie neck) ami squintinc dis contentedly down his nose, admitted that he was exhaustively bored. Now the chair ho filled io graec Icsly stood hy an open Window, porno twenty feet below which.lay a sizable walled garden, an old English garden In full flower. And through Gie win. dow. now and then, a- half-hearted breeze wafted gusts of warm ntr, snave and enervating with tho heavy fragrance of English roecs. * Mr.. Law drank" deep ot lt. and In Bpite of his spiritual unrest, sighed slightly and ,;hut his eyes. < Au unspoken word . troubled thc depth of Ids consciousness, so that old memories stirred and struggled to Hs surface. Th e.word'was "Hof?e" ami for thc time seemed to be the name neither ol a woman nor of a flower, but oddly of both, as though tho two tilings were one. Hi* mental vision, bringing thc gap. of a year, conjured up Hie vihi jn of a lithe, sweet sil houette in whltCf with red roses at her belt, posed on a terrace of the Hivicra ngainst thc burning Mediterranean biuc. . - ,..-.> Mr. Law was dully conscious that he ought to be sorry about something. But he was really very drowsy In deed; and so, drinking dcop o? w?-ii secnt or r?sese he fell gently asleep. The clock was striking four when lia awoke .ind before closing hi eyes lie had noticed that its hands Indi cated ten minutes to four. So bc could j not mave slept very long. For tome few seconds Alan did not -nove, hut rested as he was, incredu lously regarding a ro.u' which hod ma- ' terinlized mysteriously upon the little' table-at his elbow. He was quito sure! lt, had not been there when bc closed his eyes, and almost as sure tbat it waa. not real. | ?niT'tn ? that Instant of awakening tbe'mbgir- Tra'gr?n?o' of ."thc rose-gar." don teemed to be ovon moro ti?TOUR ??'il living : weet than OV?T. Thon lin put out a gingerly hand an ! diivov.crcd that it waa real beyond all n.itcstion. A warm rod rove, treslic*; rj'eltMi, il rc pu of water trembling and spar .lin:: Uko tiny dian |udfl ntl thu : .'-.ri of its fleshly pelais. And when ?I.ipui-..\.<iv in- took it hv til? pteni, hu , ditjuvyrcd ? HUH? imiifpittahln tiiorn which dUl ; ervlie Tor the traditional jitich, I << nvlncud (hat lt? wasn't dreaming. I Alan transferred the rone to kio Ljund I hiind. anil meditatively Buckled Wu thumb. Then lio jumped np rrom Ibu ;hnir and dared. ampiciauWy around the room ll was true that a practical Joke in that solemn atmosphere were a thing unthinkable, nilli, there wa3 j thJ rose. Tlirre was no one but. himself lu the library. Perplexed to exar.peratiou. Alan' fled the club, only pausing on tho way out to annex the envelope ho found addressed lo him In th? l?ttor-ra?k. It wis *a blank white envelope of good quality, thc addrosa typewritten, tho stamp English, ann boto a Loudon postmark half Illegible. Alon tore the envelope open In ab sent-minded fajhjan-and started as if stung. The enclosure was a simple play lu g. card-a trey of hearts! . . . , \a for Alan Law, he wandered homewards in a str.te of stupefaction. He could* read quite well thc message ? of the rose. He could not ?con forgot that year-old parting with the Rose of the Riviera: "You say you love mc bul may not marry mc-and we must part. Then promise thia, that If ever you change your mind, you'll send for me." And her promise: "I will aend you a rose." But the year had lapsed with never a sign from her so that he had grown accustomed to the unflattering belief that she had forgotten him. And now tho sign had come-hut what thc deuce did thc Trey of Heurts mean? When morning cante l?out?ou had tuc* Alan Law. No man of his ac quaintance nor any woman-had re ceived thc least warning of his dis appearance. He wau simply and Bufll cieutly removed from English k.-n. II-THE S OF THE THREE. Out-of-doo ;~h brazen noon, a doy in :;prin. clamorous life ,of New York mum 'a'fluent as quick silver through Its . .il liant,st roots. V.'ithin-doors, neither sound nor r.unbeam disturbed a perennial quiet that was yet not peace. Thc room was a. wide', deep well of night, tho hanni oj teeming shadows and sinister alienees., r ..."Jr-\ 1.?..... CTHearts ?yLou?s Jose "AND THEN. IT CAME TO PASS THAT WE BOTH LOVED ONE WOMAN Little, Indeed, was visible beyond tho ponely shapo that brooded over it, thc ?ii;ure of an old man motionless in a .reat, leather-bound < hair. His hair was a3 white as his heart fas black. The rack of his bones, clothed in a thick black dressing-gown rith waist-cord of erringen silk, from the thighs down was covered by a T)lack woolen rug. He stured unblink ing at nothing: a man seven-eights ?dead, completely paralyzed but for his ? head and hi's left arm. 1 lYesontly a faint clicking signal dis Uurbed the stllluec:?. Seneca Trine put forth his- left.htihd and touched ono of a row of criuiiicn but/Loua embedded in the desk. Spra.ejfllng el io clicked-thl? ifiuf a lat?h? 'i-heve was the faultest ppaaibic noise o', n dosing door, ami a smallish man stoic noiselessly into thc ligiit, pair ed beside the desk and wailed respectfully for leave lo speak. ..Well?" "A telegram, slr-from England, "(?ivo it inc!" Thc old mon rei/.cd the Blie?l of . i low paiwrr scanned it hungrily, and crushed it in bis tremulous claw with a gesture of uncontrollable emotion. "Send my daughter Judith hore!" Two minutes later u yoting woman in street dress waa admitted to the chamber of shadows. "You tient Tor me, father?" "?"it di-.?;!." Sliv found ned plated a rhnlr ut. the desk, and Qbodjiently settled herself in it..' ; . ts ?. ite? -" ' ?--- - i!h Yance - -? _,_ BE "Judith-toll wc-what day ls tM?fa I "My li rth?ay. I aiu tweuty-oue." ? j "Ami y ouf Hinter's birthday: Rq$c, Icu, la I ?-.?.lity-utu.-." ? "Yea.*' I "Von ppukj have fo.|;otton that," tho Old mau pm ned almost mockingly. "Ito you n ally dirlikc your twit eistef ao Intyneely?'' The ulrl'i voice trrmhlcd. "You know." she enid, "WP have nothing lu common - hcyoit? parentage and ihre at.niipiiaMe renemblawce. Our natures differ a Hrdil from darkness." "And which would you s?.y was light?" .. ?fyi "Hardly my own; I'm no hypocrite, ilo. e 1B everything that they toll ino my ?'other wa?, while I"-thc girl am) I strangely- "I think-I am m.';: : jct daughter than my mother's." A nod of (he white head confirmed tho suggestion, "lt ls true, i have watched you closely, Judith, perhaps moro closely than oven you know, Re fur'fl 1 WUH brought to this"-tho wast-" cd hand mude a significant gesture "I was a man af strong passions. Your mother never loved, but rather feared mc. And Rose is thc mirror of her ! mother's nature, gentle, unselfish*) sympathetic Rut you, Judith, you axe Uko a second self to mc." I fir's Au occxuit of profound satisfaction Informed his voice.'Tho girl waited in a silence that was tensely expectant*.., "Thon, ir on this your 'birthday T I were to oak s service of you thst mtfh't Injuriously effect -#10 happiness"^ your sister-?" 1'lie girl laughed briefly: "Only ask If" ., ,. "And how far would you go to do my will?" . Where would you stop in thc sur Vico of one you loved?" , Seneca Trine nodded gravely. And aler n brief pause, "Rose ls in love," he announced. "Oh. I know -I hnow!" tho lather affirmed with a faint ring of satisfac tion. "I em old. a cripple, prisoner ?f Uilii living lomb; but all things uhould know-somehow-I como to know tn courso of time!" "It's, true-that Englishman she erajied acquaintance with OD thc Riviere Inat year-what's his nsmewS'" Law. Alan Law" j?5P In tho main," the tither correctjRfc ? mildly, "you aro right. Only, he's not English. Ills .father, was WclllngQto L-.w.-oY'Law & Son." Rho knew' better than to Interrupt, but her fleeming patience waS bolled by * the whitening Knuckles of a hand that ' law within tho pool' of blood-red light. And presently tho deep voici) rotted nti: "Law and I were once friendo; tbcn^lt--ckc^'jf?'J^^ qne wbmah'. your mother. I won,lier (Continued tit?Vi?aSoven I ' IA Classified Business Directory! jj_Of Firms That Will Endeavor to Deserve Your Patronage 1' f^^W^B ? A^OMOBILES. l-l j BARBERSHOP, j / | "ggjgT | i~] f^^^g ? st' T13ho-criiito a" ^bbl^shZ Todd Talks: Complexlon_Bfi?3?tjfifirs white "TiVfip Qro^ ^ "m ~ 3 ~ kliere he sat in a leather buUom- f/Wlt ?-il fe, US ^tHF .The Rt^fl frA?? B == ed chair, and sowed and tacked ~?~ Flaky IOU AHE * "C *XT . VT?*, S SSS sole into the uppers of men's, There'? war going on in Europe Nourishing A Ul S womens' and children's shoes and but you wouldn't know ?t t?o way 1 tte . ?Al ?U x in J?? K ^"?J" OELIttOL'8 DRINKS SS boots, without fear or favor. You Forde are aelling. 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