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r 1 \ % y * ; : * pTKeTrej I A Novelized Version of the Mo I . Produced by t I By LOUIS mf"Tk, Farlurm Hurter," DlaitrateJ with Pfcotogr Copyright, 1914, j CHAPTER IX. Forewarned. The thing wan managed with an genuity that Alan termed devillshwus Indisputably Machiavellian. The lovers had come down from t North in hot haste and tho shadow death Two days of steady traveli Ly canoe, hv woods trail, bv la steamer? forty-ei/ht hours of f.ati.t and strain < sod by rot one ! ' ? r.-lav Hon from t' h h i Vlgl!" ' ' * j l(1 1 AY !| lil if ' leal to ami u 1 v : fore leaving Kin ? station. No matter?tho longest altera o< mil I have its evenii : the pi i. it traiiiM ci ineti t ie m< "O tc ely to 1 destination; lit anoih'r hour or t\ they would be in F'ortland?tree last to draw breath of ease in a Iuj of law, order and sane living. As if iu answer to this thought, tl train slowed down with whistlii brakes to the last hill-station, and i the trucks groaned and moved sue a lout of a boy came galloping dov the atale, brandishing two yellow e velopes and blattlng like a stray cal "Mlsta Lawr! Mlsta I-awr! Te crams for Mlsta Lawrl" Ian had bean expecting at vrn station a prepaid reply to his wtre p rsssr rill urns on th? night sxprsss fro Portland fc> New York But why two envelopes superscribe "Mr. A. lav, Klnso train south boon Oakland Bta.T" Ha tors one open, unfolded the 1 cloenre, and grunted disgust with 1 onrt advice, opened ths other an caaght his breath sharply as he wit', dr?w:?part way only?a playing car a trey of hearts. Thrusting It back quickly, he clappe both envelopes together, tore thei into a hundred fragments, and sea tered them from tho window, ni the tlendlsh wind whisked one smu scrap back?and only one!?into tb ?y ui uu? woman no loveo. Vainly ha prayed that she migl ba aaleap. The silken laahea tremble on her ohaaka and lifted allghtly, dt closing the dark glimmer of queatloi 4 log ayes. And as aha clipped the acra of cardboard between thumb and fon fln?ar be bant forward and sllentl took It from bar?one oornar of tb tffr oi hearts, but Inevitably a oorm hapilng the figure "I" a bo re a bear The Pnltoen agent at Port lan wfires do wivatitms available on en JUsr York train la the aext thiftyel Wan," be said vtth lowered votes. "Otmldn't we possibly oateb the Tte< Tort boat toolghtr Ba shook a yhun head. "Nolooked that op first. It leaves befor we est ba." be said, "Too bad." abetraotedl; ritloiifl her eyes. and apparentl 1speed anew tato seml-eomnolenoebot without deoelvtng him who ooul well gnee what poignant anxlet gnawed at her heart. He could have ground hie teeth t exasperation?the implah Insolence c that warning, timed no precisely to mt their nerves on edge at the very dm floa H? Could Have Ground HI? Teeth ii in cut when they were cor.gratulatinj themselves upon the approach of i respite! The ahoer insanity of the wboli damnable bufllnea*?! The grim, wild absurdity of It! To think that this v s America, thli the twentieth century, the apex of th< highest form of civilization the worlt had ever known?and still a mat could be hunted from pillar to post haunted with threats, harried with at tempt* at aaaaaslnatlon in a hundre< / b r O' Hearts j Hon Picture Drama of tha Sauna Nam* i ha Unirarul Film Co. ^ JOSEPH VANCE '"The Bran Bocei." " The Black Aar,**. etc. if ka from th Pidire Prad actios , by Louts Joseph Vane a I forms?and that by a Blip of a girl | with the cunaliVK of a madwoman, the heart of a thus, the face of a charmin ing child?the face of the woman that -it eat beside him, duplicating its every perfect feature so nearly that eveu ho ho who loved the one could scarcely disof tinguish her from the other but by iung atinct, intuition, blind guesswork. . . . Ke He nodded heavy-hearted confirmsi.i < u of a snrmiso slowly settling into r conviction in hie mind, that such > gucli purpose end > ?-ti t id not po ob'y enrieg from n mind . 'ter to tlie >:o; he lo> an i the d -htcr h i 1. 1 t-1 1-. pi I e execute U. a h ir 1; to, in < u . .-,f ev<? * i! i> luni. - ' ii i is t ; nil, heart i Month, Alan lielpi i id lt< so from the steps shouldered a way for her through the crowd, and almost tio i lilted her into a taxlcab. lg | "Host hotel in town," ho demanded, as , "And bo quick about it? for a double w, tip." m lie communicated his one desperate n- scheme to the girl en route, recoiviuir i f: her Indorsement of It. So. having rog]' lstered for her aud seen her safely to the door of the best available room in ry the house within ready call of the pubar lie lobby and office, be washed up, m gulped a hasty meal?which Rose had 1 declined to share, pleading fatigue? , 1 m and hurried away Into the night with | 6, only the negro driver of a public hack. 1 picked up baphasard at some distance n from the hotel, for his guide. 1 ts I id CHAPTER X. 1 hd. Fortuity. ' He wasted the better part of an 1 >d hour In fruitless and perhaps ill- ' m advised Inquiries; then his luck, such 1 t- as It was, led him on suspicion down 1 it a poorly lighted wharf, at the exJ1 treme end of which he dlecovered a ' ie lonely young man perched atop a pile, 1 hands in pockets, gaze turned to a it tide whereon, now black night had d fallen, pallid wraiths of yachts swung s- |ust visibly beneath uneasy riding- ' a- lights. ,p "Pardon ma," Alan ventured, "but j ' perhaps you can help mi out?' y "You've coins to the wrong shop, my I ' is friend,'* the young man interposed 1 sr j with morose civility; "1 couldn't help 1 t. anybody out at anything?the way I ' d %m now." I ' y "I'm sorry." Mid Alan, "hut I < x thought possibly you might know 1 where 1 oouM find a seaworthy bosk 1 w to Chatter." 1 The young asan slipped smartly 1 -I down from his perch. "If you don't e look sharp," he said ominously, "you'll . charter the Seaventure." He waved r. his hand toward a vessel moored y alongside the wharf: "There she Is, ? and a fetter boat you won't find any u wucrcy-ecnooner-rtgged, fifty feet orer T all, twenty-flve horucpower, motor auxiliary, two lUUroomR?all ready for n aaJong a roMtwtte crulae aa you oar* 11 td'taka. Com* aboard." * He led brlakly arroaa the wharf. >- 'down a gangplank, then aft along the deek to a companion way, by whloh the two men gained a comfortable and roomy cabin. bright with freab white enamel. Here the light of the cabin ieenp revealed to Alan** searching ecru tiny a pereon of eturdy build and Independent carriage, with a roughly modeled, good-humored faoe, reddteh hair, end eteedy though twinkling bine eyee. "Name. Bereue,** the young men introduced hlmaelf cheerfully; "ahrietened Thomee. NetiTlty. American. State at life. SeT bmke Theft the rob." ha hmh<4 Md ahnacsad, ?tw? I (aoed. "1 ftMBd myself hard up tth | prifcff wtth dlh boat or my hands. I Nak mrmry (Ml 1 had?end tW? MM I -40N ?t ? oral iterta dife 1 a bomi>< feRfMa la Nar Tort, *tw wm to tof* mat me hmm a tutid^a tooa*. Ito *m\ amd bar* I aag, la' fton to lb? stop ih?i^n. tonpavU * Muwib tar M/thlai " Hw Dteh do y<m o*#r o Tpvardl at a hundred." S "?Wt I tdtuin?d that amount?vhaa * oao wa aaiir* tl The younir mart reflected brteOy. "There's something eo engagingly tdl- ? otic about thlB proceeding," he ol>- '' Herved wistfully. "I've got the strangest kind of a hunch It'a going to |g> h n | through Pay my billa, and we can De I off inside an hour. That 1b?" ? He checked with an' exclamation of n X t diamay, ch&pfalien. ' "I may have soran ti i trouble scarliif^up a crew at short notice. I iiacT two men engaged, but ? , last week they got tired doing noth- r , ing for nothing and left me flat." ? I "Than that's sottled," Alan said. "I ? know boate; I'll be your cr? w?and tl>o ? i better satisfied to have nobody elso j, ? j aboard." 4 * The oyeg of Mr. Bareus clouded, t "See here, my headlong friend, what'* n, < your little game, anyway? I don't y, 1 mind playing the fool on the high aaaa, THE LANCASTER NEW 0 'N ' . I on ill'- ' - ? ? ; >t to ? <'t < ! i!" of Portland 1 . r. iIkIU." "You'ru i<n!" IJarcus :: od promptly, liis faro cluarin wl ot'y knows why T bolirve you, but i do?and bore's iny baud!" CHAPTER XI. Blue Water. Art*W>ty ate like an acid at Alan's heart. If thla shift to the sea might be thought a desperate venture, he was a weathered salt-water mac and undismayed; nothing would have been more to hts llkiug than a brisk oc-aetwise cruise in ao able boa*? under auspices leae forbidding. But when be re-entered the hotel one surprising thing happened that pare him new heart?momentarily It seemed almost as If bis luck had turned. For, am he paused by tha desk of the cashier to demand his bill, the plevator gate opened and Rose came out eagerly to meet him with an eager air of hope that masked measurably the signs of fatigue. "I worried so I couldnt rest," she told him guardedly as he drew her aside; "so I arose and got ready, and watched from the window till I saw >ou drive up." He acquainted her briefly with his fortune. Hut aha as am ad unable to echo his onfldenou or erun to ovarcome the aearlneas of her spirits wheu their :ab. without misadventure, sat them lown at tha wharf. Hare, Also had feared, was tha cm dal point of dan#er?1/ tha influence )f tha troy of' hearts was to bring Ileaster upas tbaa It wouM b? here, a the hush sad darks*** of this 4s lertod water frost. And ho born him elf moot warily so he helped ths girl idd the car sod to the gangplank of i-tweaaad <Nii>M; mm Daofc. ha li?i Uiiw. Bat xitW^ h**?Mi; *bl)? Mr. B*rooa *m m flood m Mi word iM had bar*ij aat foot ft dock, fbllovlnc the (trl, whan tbo an* plank urn* aboard with a clatter, nd too Baaventure i?ruo( awa/ from be wharf. Until tha distance wu too great for ven a (lying leap Alan lingered watch ully on deck. At length, Hatlafled that all wan well, o returned to the cabin. "All right," he nodded; "we're clear f that lot. apparently; nobody bat tbe brae or ub aboard Now you'd best ; urn In. Thi? ih evidently to be your' Intercom, ;> j one lu port, and you'll nvi' a I ,! >.* 1 ight's ' i op to make uf> r ul ut you vo y mo through ilisu-j t." Ho drew nearer, dropping his voice ndorly. And of a sudden, with a ttle low or>, the girl came into h!a una and clung patdonatcly to him. , "Hut you?" she murmured. "You red rest a? much aa I! What about ou?" "Oh. up 1 don't" be contended, "Be-1 * / rS NOVEMBER 10, 1914. on e we're iai' i SlUUtl Wilt ll : I. ur There's nothing [oi >ou ?i > uia be omplvtuly at j- ur <a .'lit? o I nitiul l?t IMC CO." Evas helf-elosed. her head throe back, she Boomed to suffer his k: rather loan to respond, then turn hastily away to her stateroom?leav lng him staring with wonder at he I strangeness. By midnight the s**aventure whj spinning swiftly south-southeast, closi n-?i??u u> a snoring sou'west wind? the fixed white eye of Portland heat light feat falling aatern. CHAPTER XII. Down the Cape. It four o'clock. or shortly after Alan was awakened by boot-heeli pounding Imperatively overhead, aut went on deck again, to atand both dog watches saw the sun lift up smllinf over a world of tumbled blue water crossed the wake of a Cun&rd liner in hound for Boeton, raised and over hauled a grac-ful but businesslike fish otiuan (from Gloucester. Harcui opined when colled to aland his tricl nt eight) and saw it a mile or twt i>terti whan?ptill aching with fatlgui he vas free to return to his bertl tot another four-hour rest. This time misguided conslderatloi Induced Barcus to let his crew sleei through the first afternoon watoh. SB bells were ringing when. In drowsy wg> prehension that something had gon< ' suddenly and radically wrong, AJaz waked. He was on desk agala si most brfon | he nibbed the sleepiness Crocs bti ?f?, emerging abruptly from the half light of the cabin to a dees le of ion light that flUtd the oay of day with rarefied gold, trw as be paeeed from ooBTtettoc of eecurtty to aaallzatton ol Immediate and <utraordinary peril Hla drat glance discovered tb? wbaal deserted, tho woman with back to him standing at tba taffrall. Bar cue?no wbaro to ba Man. The second con firmed hla surmise that the Heaventure had coma np Into the wind, and now waa yawing off wildly Into the trough of a stiff If not heavy sea A third showed htm, to his amaceroent, the Ulouoester fisherman overhauled with such ease that morning and now, by rights, well down the northern horlson?not two miles distant, and standing squarely for the smaller vessel Bewildered, he darted to the girl's side, with a shout, demanding to know what was the matter. She turned to him a face he hardly recognized?but still be dldnt understand. The Inevitable Inference seemed a thing unthinkable; hla brain faltered when aaked to credit It. Only when he aaw her tearing frantically at the painter, striving to cast It off and with | It ths dory towtng a hundred feet or so astern, and when another wonderI If: ff glgntv* Ka/4 A aeew^o-A u J aud shoutdsrs mt Mr. Butui rlalnc over the tern of the dory as b? strove to im klmidlf o?t of. Uw vater ?alj the? did i)u twftn to ?ppr?rtet? whet bod happ?ed Fran so, U vm with th? fMiinf Umu oil tho world ood him?If ? well bod |om stork, ravtog Mod, tbot bo sad sad tho flrl ood. d?p4to bar struggles. tor* bor owoy from tb? roll before she hod uoeesdsd In unknotting the pointer. "Ross!" be cried stupidly. "Rose! Wbot's the matter with you? Don't you see what you're doing?" Defiance Inflamed her oountenanrs and accent*. "Can't you ever Bay anything hut 'Rose! Rose' Rob?!' Is 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 site?better than she ever dre uncd of loving y*u?because 1 hate you, too! What is love that is no more than love? Can't you understand ?" "Judith!" he cried lr. a voico of stupefaction. "Hut* Good I^ord! how did you got aboard? Whore's Hose?" "Where you'll not fli.d her easily again," llio woman angrily retorted. "Trust me for that!" "What do you mean?" (Humiliation came In a blinding flash. "Do you mean It was you?you whom i brought aboard Iwt ulghtf" WHENEVER Y91 t A GEHERAL 1 The Old Standard Grove's T Valuable as a General Tonic Drives Out Malafla the Whole System. For G You know what you ere taking when as the formula is printed on every label tonic properties o' ?>l'ININIS and IROl totiic and is in Tasteless Tortn It lias Weakn ss, general debility an<l loss of Mothers and I'ale, Sickly Children. Relieves nervous dcptcssion and low sp purifu - the blood. 'ATru-- T< mic and Su No family should be without it. Gu&tant ' "Who el < ?"" "Y< w laid hep there in iho hot ' ji' .1 i ijt r ii all bourn lum ov Lho atom roused Ahui from in eon lernotiou to fresh appreciation <?t' tho emergency. With scant consid ration he hustled tho woman to tho a i mipan ion-way and below, slammed Its ' -ore and closed her In with the Slid > tig hatch?all In a breath?then r snTwng to the tafTrail, Just in time to lend a helping hand sorely wanted by * Mr. Bareua In his efforts to afimb B nbasMl. dtnr h? K?i1 up under the stern by Its paInker 1 9i cam* ovar tbe rati In a towering temper. "1 bop* yoe'U fardoa the ?s?aaat imperMnanee." ha a^paatad MAy. aa aooa aa aUa to art too tot* coherently?"but may I Inquire If fh?U bloody-minded vtiaa la your blushing bride-to-be?" 1 Alan shook a helpless head. Tbe thine defied reaaonable explanation. I He made a feeble stagger at tt with. out much satisfaction either to himaelf or to the outraged Barcua. "No?It's all a damnable mistake! - She's her sister?I mean, the right i girl's sister?and her precise double? t fooled me not qtilte right In the head, ' I'm afraid." 9 "You may well be afraid, you poor i flat!" Mr. Harcus snapped. "l>'you know what she did? Tbrew me overt board! Pact! Came on deck a while > ago, aweet aa pear bee?and all of a t sudden whlpe out a gun as big aa a - oaonoD, points It at my head and ort dara me to luff Into the wind. Before i I could make sure I wasn't dreaming. aha had fired twice?In the air?a tig ) aal to that bleaeed fisherman astern i there?at leaet, they answered with - ' two toots of a power whistle and - changed course to run up to ue. Look i how she's gained already!" l ' "But how SIS ilu ?? you overboard?" "Happen nothing'" Rarrua snapped. 1 , getting to hie feet "8h* did It ai purpoee?flaw a* me lib* a wildcat, and before 1 knew what vu up?I waa slammed backwards over t ha i rail." "I can't tell you how sorry 1 am," lan responded gravely. "There's more to tell?but one thing to b* done . flret" "And that?" Mr. Barrns Inquired suspiciously. "To get rid of the lady." Alan announced firmly. "Make that fisherman a present of the woman In tha case. You don't inind parting with the dory In a good cause?If 1 pay for It?" "Take It for nothing,'' Harcus grumbled. "Cheap at the price!" He took Alan'a place, watching him with a sardonic eye as he drew the tender In under the leeward quarter, roads It fast, and reopened tha <<om panlon way. Aa the girl caine on deck with out other Invitation. In a Button rag* that only heightened her wonderful i loveliness. Alan nntad that h?r flrat look wan for him. of nntempered malignity; bar aeeond. for Barous. with a carting Up; bar third, a at am. with a (Unmar of satisfaction a* ah* recognised ho? wall th? fisherman had i drawn up on tba Heaventure. "TVlende of yours, 1 inferV Alan Inquired cirllly Judith nodded "Then it would aave ua aoinr trouble ?younielf Included -If you'll be good enough to atep into the dory wlthont a | struggle." Without a word. Judith stepped to the rail and. as Barcua luffed, swuiik herself overside Into the dory. Immediately Alan cant off. and aa thp little boat aheered off. Barcua, with a sigh of relief, brought the Boa venture or.ro more bark upon hrr course. For onnio few minutes there was silence between tin two men, while the tender dr , pod swiftly astern, tho w. i, in ! 'ng a brisk pair of oars. Then, suddenly elevating his nosi , Burma sniffed aui' bl . "Hero," ho snld sharply, "relie-o me for a minute, will you? I want to go forward and have a look at that motor." In tho time that he remained lnvls- j Iblo between decks the fisherman luffed, picked up the dory and Its occupant, and came round acaln In | 7 IEE1 IIC TAKE GROVE'S astclcss chill Tonic is Equally because it Acts on the Liver, les the Blood and Builds up town People and Children. you take Grove's Tasteless chill Tome showing that it contains the well knows It is as strong as the strongest hitter no equal for Malaria, Cllills and Fever, apyetite. Gives life and vigor to Nursing R^nioves Biliousness with* ut purging, irits. Arouses the !iv r ' > cti< :i mil re Appetizer. A Complete Strt ngth-- ,or. ;ee<l bv your J>rv ;ist. V. . 10cn; s i;l ihe S -ii\ oiituro. ' was ob )Ul yful i nits up* ll- ms . ? , \ * li'tg f,r .-I (I 1 C o hi! p.'." (Co; th uoi! i . . . i 1 ie.1 | BLE?r'N3 TilE REFUGEES Bsr^TI Iff Hi When the inhabitants of MalLnes and its suburbs were floeing In terror from the advancing Germans this priest stood in a cart and gave them hi* blessing besides helping them to remove their belongings SERVIAN LAD A FIGHTER ^^^^<*3|PI0U^^K^^Bf ^Kv^V iSVvx^H^ BBB|BHfWB|K^a^B?/ ffijcfr fcr ^^>?^i-->i /^^^^Bi^Ei^^^Elr^H^SBs t trr x?1 iininn^r YmMW Tbis t ?*lTe-rMr-?l(] Servian boy fought hard In th* rift* pit* at B*L in4?, and proved himself a flrat rat* hot H* U th* p*t of th* widi?r? aad ihtfM their hardships and perils. ritlafc Giant Load In Germany. I ondon.? Tha United States diplomatic consular serrlee now haa added to its multifarious other duties that of finding a British giant who Is at large somewhere In Germany. A circus agency which booked the Briton for a German tour last spring, Informed Consul General Skinner it should be easy to locate Teddy Bobs, as the giant is known perfectly bocause "he is rai. a conspicuous figure, being eight feet tall and having a lame loft leg" TRY SOMKAI>VI,!iTlSIN<i No. Six-Sixty-Six This is a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER. Five or aix doaea will break any caec, and if taken then aa tonic th: Fever will not return. It acta on the liver better than Calomel aod doaa not gripe or aickea. 25e