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"The Thev O'HeartH*? may now be
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"The Trey of Hearts" In this paper,
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SYNOPSIS-The 8 of Hearts is the
"death sign" used by Seneca Trine in
?he nrivate war of vengeance, which,
through his daughter. Judith, a wo
man of violent and criminal temper
and questionable sanity, he wages
against Alan Law, whose father (now
(lend) Trine held responsible for the
cripple. -Rose, Judith's twin and dou
ble learning of her sister's campaign
against Alan, leaves her home to aid
him, whom she loves. Under dramat
ic circumstances Alan saves. Judith's
life and so wins her love; but failure
to shake his constancy to Rose fixes
Judith in her purpose.
(Copyright, 1914, by Louis Jaseph
Vance.)
1?-Forewarned.
. The thing was managed: with an in
genuity that Alan tef-mcd Meyiliah; lt
was indisputably Machiavellian.
The lovers had come down from the
north in hot baste and the shadow of
death. Two days of steady traveling
by canoeo, by woods trail, by lake
steamer-forty eight hours of fatigue
and strain eased by one constant re
laxation from the high tension of vig
ilence upon which their very lives de
pended-wore to a culmination
through this tedious afternoon on the
train from Moosehea?; a trip of phy
sical torment only made possible by
Alan's luck in securing, through sheer
accident, two parlor car reservations
turned back at the last moment be
fore leaving Kineo station.
No mutter, the longest afternoon
must have its evening; the pokiest of
trains comes the more surely to its
destination; in another hour or two
they would be In Portland free at last
to draw a breath, of ease in a land of
law. order and sane living.
' As if in answer to this thought the
train slowed down with the whistling
brakes to the last hill-station; and
as the tracks groaned and moved
anew, a lout of a boy carny galloping
down the aisle, brandishing two yel
low envelopes and blating Uko a stray
calf:
"Mista Lawr- Mista Lawr! Tel'
grams for Mr. Lawr!"
Alan had been expecting at every
. station a prepaid reply to his wire for
reservations on the night express
from Portland to New York.
' But why two envelopes superscribed
"Mr. A. Law. Kineo train, south
bound, Oakland sta?"
He tore open and unfolded the
enclosure andi grunted disgust with
its curt advice, opened tho other and
va ugh ? his breath snarply aa with
drew-part of the way-a playing
card. The Trey of Heart a!
Thrusting lt back quickly, he cast
both envelopes togethttr, tore them
into a hundred fragments and then
scattered them from the window. But
'the fiendish wind whipped one small
scrap back-and only one-Into the
hip ot a woman he loved.
Vainly he prayed that she might be
asleep. The silken lashes trembled
on her cheeks and lifted slightly, dis
closhdnle dark glimmer ot question
to^ ?f?-? A* she dipped the scrap
of card ..4>etween her forefinger and
thunb, he bent forward end silently
took It from her-one cor? ?er of the
Trey of Hearts, but inevitably a corn
er bearing tho figure thVee above a
heart.
"The Pullman agett at Portland wires
no reservations avalas bte aa any of
the New york tra?na .'in the next 36
hours." be said with lowered voice.
"Couldn't we posai??ly catch the New
York boat tonight?*)
He shook a glam head-No, I ?ook
ed that up before I left, lt leaves be
fore we get lc"
Sh A M?ri; "??y> bsd" '*.'*""'._.
closed her eyes, sod'aparen tl y lapsed
anew Into ?fmi-r:jK-onaclousne*?-bot
without deceiving him Who could well
guess what poignant anxiety gnawed
at, ber heart. -
He could have ground his teeth in
exasperation; Use. Impish Insolence of
th?t.w?rnlB*' t?Bl6d *> Pwcwely to
set their net-v** edge at U?e ??>
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tating themselves upon the approach
of a respite!
The sheer insanity of the whole
damnable business-!
The grim, wild absurdity of it!
To think that this was America, I
this the 20th century, the Apex of the
highest form of civilization the world
has ever known-and still with the I
threats harried with the attempts at
assasination in a hundred forms-and
that by a slip of a girl with the cun
ning of a mad-woman, the heart of a
thug, the face of a charming child
the face of a woman that sat beside
him, duplicating its every perfect
feature so nearly that even he who
loved the one could scarcely distin
guish her from the other by instinct, |
intuition, bling guess work.
He nodded heavy hearted confirma
tion of a surmise slowly settling into j
conviction in bis mind, that such cun
ning, such purpose and pertinacity
could not spring from a mind well bal7
anced, that the woman, Judith Trine,
sister to the Bose he loved so well,
was as mad as her monomaniac
father, who sat helpless in his cell
m tho sUeu.ee and shadows ol 2?ew
York, day after day ! eating his very.j
heart opt w?tb fpipatieuce for the word
that tats vengeance had been cons um- ?
mated by one daughter whom he had |
inspired to execute it
An hour late in the dusk of tho
evening, , the train lumbered. Into
Portland station, and heart in mouth.
Alan helped Roue from the steps,
shouldered a way for her through the
crowd and almost lifted her into a
taxicab.
"Best botol in town, he demanded.
"And be quick about it-for a double j
tip-" 1
Ho communicated his one desperate I
sch ron e tn the girl enroute, receiving'
.he v..Joraement of it. So having reg
istered for ber and seen ber safely to j
cher door of the beat available room lu |
iie house within ready call of the pub
lic lobby and office, he washed up, j
sniped a hasty meat-which Boa? bad i
leclined to share, pleading fatigue
md hurried away Into the night with
mly the negro driver ot a public hack
licked np hap hazard at some dls
ance from the hotel, for his guide.
II-Fortuity.
He wasted the better part of an hour
ta fruitless and perhaps ill-advised
nquiriee; than his luck, auch as it
vas, led him on suspicion down a
loorly lighted wharf, at the extreme
?nd cd which he discovered a lonely
roun man perched atop a pile, hands
n pockets, gase turned to a tide
thereupon, now black night had tal
en, pallid wraiths of yachts swung
ust visibly beneath nneaey riding
igt its. j
..Pardon m?." Alan Tftntnred.
Marrbaps yon can help me ont-"
"You've come to the wrong shop, my
r-.end," /the young man interposed
vith morose civility: "I couldn't helo
in ynoo y out of anything-the way I
un now."
"I'm sorry, said Alana, "hut I
nought you might know where I could
Ind. a seaworthy boat to charter."
The yoting man slipped smartly
rom tala' perch. "If you dont look
harp," he said ominously, "you'll
harter the. Seaventure." He waved
ila hand toward a vessel moored be
ide the wharf; .'There aha la" he
aid, "and a better boat yon won't
nd anywhere; schooner rigged SO
set; over all, 25 horse power motor
urinary, twe state-rooms-all
y for as long a coastwise cruise aa
ou care to take. Come aboard."
He led briskly across the wharf,
own a gangplank, then along the
eek to a Companionway hy which the
wo men gained, a comfortable and
Domy cabin, bright with fresh, white,
same!.
Here the light of the iaVin revealed
> Alan's searching sc? at'ay a person
f sturdy build and ic ?cpe*:d*s? esr
l?ge, with a roughly modeled, good
moored face, radish !iair. and steady
tough blue ey?cs.
"Name, Bantus," t*e young man
ttrodat?ed hZsjssi: chseri?y; "ehrie
?nad Thoma*. Nativity, American.
tate ot Ufa, flat broke. That' the
tb." he laug toed and shrugged, shame
.ced. "I foo ad myself bard op this
>ring witta this boat on my hanOs,
ink every cent I had-and then so mo
fitting om on aa oral charter with
mon?rey*l blighter in New York,
ho was to have mei me toara r, ton
ghi ag?, He dkdn't-*sd ?dure 1
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am, ia pawn to the ship-chandler, des
perate enough for anything."
"How much do you owe?"
"Upwards ot a hundred."
"Say I advance that amount, when
can we sall?'', raj JP
The young man reflected briefly.
"There's something so engagingly id
iotic about this proceeding " he ob
served wistfully, "I've gilt-the strang
est kind of a hunch it's7 going to go
through. Pay my bills, and we can
be off inside an hour. ? \
He checked with an exclamation .ot
dismay, chapfallen: "I S may have
some trouble scaring up a crew on
short notice. I had two men engaged,
but they got tired of doing nothing for
nothing and left mc flat."
"Then, that's settled,, said Alan.
"I know boats. I'll be'your crew
and the better satisfied' to have no
body else aboard."
The erres of Mr. Harcus clouded.
"See here, my headlong friend,
what's your little game, anyway? I
don't mind playing the foo! on the
high seas, but I'll be no party to a
kidnapping or-"
"It's ?in sioperssst," Aten interrupt
ed on, inspiration. We ve simply got
tc' get clear cf Portland by midnight."
f "You're on!" Barcus agreed very
promptly, his face clearing. "God on
ly knows why I believe you, but I
do-and here's my hand!"
UL-Bine Water ?
Anxiety ate like an acid in Alan's
heart* If this shift to thc sea might
be thought a desperate venture, he was
a weathered salt-water man and un
dismayed; nothing would have been
more to hlB Ukin than a brisk coastwise
cruise in an able boat-under auspices
less foreboding.
But when he reentered the hotel,
one surprising thing happened that
gave him heart; momentarily it seem
ed almost as if luck bad turned. For
as he paused at the desk of the cash
ier he demanded his bill and the ele
vator gate ope .ed and Rose came
cut eagerly io meei him, with an
eager air of hope that masked
measurably the signs of fatigue.
"I worried so I couldn't rest," she
told him guardedly as he drew her to
one side, "so I got up and ready and
watched from the window till I saw
you drive up."
He acquainted her briefly with his!
fortune.
But she seemed unable to echo his i
confidence even to overcome the heav- j
[ness of her spirits whn the cab with
out misadventure set them down at
the wharf. |
Here, Alan had feared, was the cru
stal point of danger: If the influence of
rho Trey of Hearts was to bring dis
aster upon them, lt would be here. I
In the hush and darkness nf thia Aa. I
lertea wate? front . And he boro]
himself most warily as be helped the |
girl from the car and to the gang
plank of the Seaventure. But noth
ing happened; while Mr. Barcus was I
is good as his word. Alan had barely
wt foot on the deck, following the
rbi, when the gangplank came aboard
frith a clatter and the Seaventure
iwung away from the wharf.
Until the distance was too great fori
wren a flying leap, Alan lingered1
watchfully on d?ck.
At length, satisfied that all waa well
ie returned to the cabin.
"AH right," he nodded; "we're clear
>f that lot apparently: nobody but the
bree ot ns aboard. Now; you'd best
urn in. This is evidently to be your
itateroom. this ona to pert, and you'll
lave a long night's sleep to make np
'or what you've gone through-dear
He drow nearer dropping his voice
enderly. And of a sudden, with a lit
is, low cry, the girl came Into his
inn?? and clang passionately to him.
"But, you?" sh? murmured. "Ton
teed rest aa much aa II What about
-Oh, no I don't,' he contended. "Be
iden ni have plenty of time to rest
ip once we fairly at asa. Barons
od I stand watch and watch, of
ourse. There'? nothing for yon to
lo but be completely at your ss
lot-you must let me go;"
Kyee half-closed, her head thrown
eek, ahe seemed to suffer his kiss
?ora than respond, then turned haatl
f away to her stateroom-leaving bim
taring with wonder at her att*ange
ea*.
By iRMaigit th* S^Tcntnre yrs
I shinning swiftly southeast. close
? reefed to a snoring southwest wino:
I the fixed white eye of Portland head
(light falling astern.
IV-DOWN THE CAPE.
I At four o'clock, or shortly nun,
I Alan wa3 awakened by boot-heels
I pounding imperatively overhead.
I and went on deck again, to stand both
j dog-watches-saw the sun lift up
I smiling over a world of tumbled blue
I water? crossed the wake of a Cunard
J liner inbound for Huston, raised and
I overhauled a graceful but business
lltke fisherman (from Gloucester, Bar
leus opined when called to stand hts
I trick at eight) and saw it a mlle 01
I two astern when still aching witli
J fatigue-he was free to return to bit
J berth, for .another four-hour rest,
j This time misguided conslderatlot
J induced Borcus to let the crew sloej
{through the first afternoon watch
I Six belli were .ringing when, in drow
1 sy apprehension that something hm
I gone suddenly and emphaticall;
(wrong, Alln waked.
He was on deck again almost befor
I he rubbed the sleepiness from hiB ey
I emerging abruptly ?rom tho half llgl:
lof the cabin to a dazzle of aunlihf
I that filled the cup of day witli rar?
I field gold, even as he passed froi
I conviction of security to reallzatlc
lof immediate and extraordinary perl
I His first glance discovered that tl
I wheel was deserted, the woman wil
I back to him standing at the taff rs
I BarcuB-nowhere to be seen. Tl
I second confimed his surmise that tl
I Seaventure had come up into the wii
I and was now yawing off wildly ?n
I the trough of a stiff if not heavy sc
IA third showed him to his amazeme
I the Gloucester fisherman-overhaul
I with such ease that morning and no
J by rights, well down the northern t
I rizon-not two miles distant, a
I standing squarely for the smaller vi
I se!.
Bewildered he darted to the gil
I side, with a shout, demandlpg
I know what was the matter. She tu:
I ed to him a face he hardly recoge
Jed-but still he didn't understa
I The inevitable inference seemed
(thing unthinkable; his brain falte
( when asked credit for lt Only wi
( he saw her tearing frantically at
( painter, striving to cast it off i
(with it the dory loving a hund
( feet or so astern, and when anot
[wondering glance had discovered
j head and shoulders of Mr. Bar
Irising over the stern of the dory
Ike strove tp lift himself out of
water-only then did Alan begin
( appreciate what had happened.
( Eves jso, lt was with the fee
( that all the world and himself as
(had gon? .stark, raving mad, thal
( seized thQ gfrj and, despite her st
Isling, tore hftr away from the
J before she haifjsucceeded In unk
(ting tbe painter.
"Hose." he cried* stupidly. "R
(What's the matter with you? I
( you see what you're doing?"
Defiance informed her counten
and accents.! ^'?.Can't you say anyl
but 'nose! Roso: Rose!' Is ther
other name thai means an y thin
you? Cant you understand ho
tolerable lt ls to me? I love yo
less than she-better than she
dreamed of lovng you-because I
you, too ! What is love that is no
than love? Cant you understand
"Judith he cried in a voice ol
pefactlon. "But-good Lord!
did you get .aboard? Where's R
"Where you'll not find her <
again," the woman angrily ret
"Trust me for that!"
"What do you mean?" I Hu ni ii
came In a blinding flash. "Dt
mean lt was you-you whom I br
(aboard last nightV
I "Who else?"
I "You waylaid her thcre In ike
substituted yourseir for ber, de
me Into thinking you-!"
"Of course," she said simply,
not? When I saw her sleeping
the mirror of myself, complet
my mercy-what else should I
of than to take her place wi
mar I loved? I knew you'd
know the difference-at least,
fool enough for the moment to '
1 could stand -being loved by
her name! It waa only today, wi
bad time to tj?nk, that I real ix?
impossible that was!"
A sudden slap of the mainsal
athwartahipa and a simultanee
from over the stern roused Als
bia. consternation to fresh co
ol.wT. Ct itiro- ??reiRCtiv-j. rt IM
consideration he host eld tho
to the companionway and
slammed ita dcors and closed
wiih itae sliding iaich-ali in m
time to lend a helping hand
wanted to Mr. Barcus in his et
climb aboard, after be had pu
dory up under ita stern by ita
He came over the rall In a t
temper.
"I hope you'll pardon the ?
Impertinence,", he suggested at
soon as able to articulate col
-"but may I inquire if that
minded vixen is your blushln
to-be?"
Alan ?hook.a helpless hea
I thug defied reasonable exp!
He made a feeble stagger at It
much satisfaction either to ht
to the outraged Harcus.
"No-it's a damnable mists
ia her sister-3 mean, the rig
sister-and her precise doubl?
me-cot c *.e tight In the h
afraid.
"You may watt be afraid, :
flat" Mr, Barcus ' snappet
know what aha did? Threw
board,! Fact! Came oo deck
ago, sweet as peaches-and
sonden whips out a big gun i
a cannon, points lt at my 1
orders me to luff Into the a
fore I could make sure 1
dreaming, she had fired twlc
air--8. signal to that blesse
ssa? alvern there: at least,
awered witta two . toots of i
whistle sad changed course I
np to na. Look how she ?
ready!"
"But how did she happen to throw
you overboard?"
"Happen nothing!.' BarcuB snapped,
getting to his feet.' "She did it a
purpose-Hew at me Uko a wildcat,
aud before J knew what was up-I
was slammed backwards over the
rail."
"I can't tell you how sorry I
am," Alan repsonded gravely. "There's
more to tell-but one hing o bo done
first."
"And that?* Mr. Barcus inquired
suspiciously.
"To get rid of the lady,' Alan an
nounced firmly. "Make that fisherman
a present of the woman in the case.
You don't mind parting with the dory
tn a good cause-if I pay for it?"
"Take it for nothing," Barcus
grumbled. "Cheap at tho price!"
He took Alan's place, watching him
with a sardonic eye as he drew the
tender in under the leeward quarter
made it fast, and reopened the com
pionway.
As the girl came on deck without
other invitation, in a sullen rage that
oily heightened her wonderful loveli
ness, Alan noted that he. first look
w-.is for him, of untempered aiallcntty:
bd.* second for Barcus, v Uti a cur.inp.
Hp; her third ivtern, wiih i glimmer
of satisfaction as she recognized how
well the fishermen had drawn up on
the Seaventure.
"Friends of yours, 1 Infer?" Alan In
quired 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 Barcus 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
Seaventure 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 pars.
Then suddenly elevating his nose.
Barcus sniffed audibly. "Here, he said
sharply, "relieve tne for a milnute,
will you? I want to og forward and
have a look at that motor."
In the time that he remained In
vlslbe between deckB, the ?ahorman
luffed, picked up the dory and its oc
cupant, and came round again In op
en chase of the Seaventure.
When Barcus reappeared lt was
with a grave face.
"The devil and the deep She." he
observed obscured, coming aft, "from
all their works, good Lord, deliver
us!"
"What's the trouble now?"
"Nothing much-only your playful
Ittle friend has been up to another of
her light-hearted tricks. . . .it
you should happen to want a smoke
or anything hot to eat when 70U go
below, just And a mirror and kiss
yourself good-bye before striking the
match. The d "--cocks of both fuel
tanks have been opened, and there
are upwards of hundred and fifty
gallons of highly exvlosive gasoline
E08hloshing round in the bilge!"
V-NO QUARTER
"Yes. yes", said Mr. Barcus indul
gently, breaking a long silence. Very
interesting. Very Interesting, in
deed. I've seldom listened to a more
entertaining life-history, my poor
young friend. But I tell you candid
ly, as* man to man, I don't believe one
word of lt. It's all damn' foolish
ness!"
His voice took on a plaintive De
cent "Particularly this!" he expos
tulated, and waved an Indignant hand,
compassing their plight.
"The rest of your adventures1 are
reasonable enough." he said;" they
won my credltualty-and I'm a native
son or MIssippi. But this last chap
ter ls impossible. And that's flat
ft couldn't happen-and bas And
there, In a manner of spesklng, we
are!"
Against the western horizon a long,
low-dying strip of sand dunes rested
like a bar of purple cloud between
tho crimson afterglow of sunset In
the sky and the ensanguined sea that
mirrored it
The wind had gone down with the
sun, leaving tba Seaventure becalmed
-her motor long since Inert for want
of fuel-In shoal water a mile or so
off the desolate and barren coast that
Barcus, out of his abounding knowl
v?ae ui liioHn waters, named lsauset
Beach.
Still another mlle off-shore, the so
called Gloucester fisherman rode.
Without motion, waters as ?till UUU
glassy. Though tho gloaming, with
the aid of glasses, .figures might be
<*een moving about her decks; and as
lt grew still more dark she lowered
a small boat that therefore had
swung in davits. A little later a fant
humming noise drifted across the
tide.
"Power tender," the owner of the
Seaventure interpreted. "Coming to
call, I presume Sociable lot. What
I cant make out rr It why they seem
to think lt necesrary to tow onr dory
back. Uneasy conscience, maybe
what?)"
He lowered the binoculars and
(Canoed Inquiringly at his employer, ?
abo grunted bis disgust, and said no
more. _
"Don't take it so hard, old top.
?arCUB advised with a change of note
from irony to sympathy. Then he
rose and dived down the companion
way, presently to reappear with a
negaphone and a double-barrelled
ihotgun.
"No cutting out? parties In thu out
ffc," he explained, grinned amlbly.
.None of that old stuff, revised to suit
rm?. inf* fasted female 5 friend:
toeo ?heard the tagger and tte man
s ?laeI" i .
Stationing himself st the seaward
.all. where his figure would show
a sharp sllhousette against tho glow
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hotgun at srm's length above his
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blow your fool head off!" ' lash the wheel, light the fuse, start
Pitting aside the megaphone, ho the motor, and. toke to the dory,
vat down again. "Not that I'd dare They've made cae ?rand little tor
dre this blunderbuss'," he confided, pedo-boat/out of' tl at tender-"
"with this reek of gasoline; but just He sprang upon the rall, steadying
for moral ecect. Phew-w, I'd give himself with a ?tay. "Ready?" he
a dollar for a breath of clean air: asked. "Look sharp
i've inhaled so much gas in the last By way of answer. Alan joined
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noy silly old toes." tering the wator with'a singlo splaah,
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uatuiug uu ripuuaii iiuui AUU, ira-- -'..--?-- --
observed critically: "Chatty little Yards from toe 8*aventure. Por toe
customer you are;" and resumed the next several seconds they were swim
binoculars. m?og frantic ally, aud *pt until three
For ?h?r?y else's- nothing hap- ^\^ttor11^epe,fvted them
as-sd o?ie- *h??- ?-jit the ?ch?onor JU either dare
too~n.?rn^^ ?" breath er a backward
It rested moveless in the waters, two *Iftnce' 1/
figures mysteriously buf\y In ?tc cock- Then the Impact of; the haunch
pit, the 8eaventure's do?y trailing be- **etnst the Seaventure's side rang
hind It on a long painter out across the waters, sud with j?
Gradually these dab* ?is became husky roar the launch, blew up. spew
blurred, snd were blotled out by the io? skyward a widespread fan of
closing shadows. The afterglow in name. Over the ,See?Mon*ure. as this
the west grew cold and faint the flamed and died, pale,,fire scamed tb
crimson waters darkened, to mauve. h<>*er like ,a tremblons, pall of phos
to violet, to a transulcent green, to Pborescence,.n?/ wejrd,,, snd ghastly
blackness Par ,up the coast two Kl*T that suddenly descended to the
white eyes, peering ovsr toe horison. decks. TheTe followed a crackling
stared steadfs?tl> through the dark, noise,; a sound" ss'fot?"fhe labored
"Chatham lights," Barcus said they breathing c* a giant; and bright
were. flames, orange, orlmsoo. violet ant
Abruptly he dropped the glasses told, licked ont sit over the schoon
and jumped up. "Hear that" he er. from stem:to seora, from deck to.
cried. topmasts.
Now the bumming of the motor was *t seemed sacral.'?abantes , that sh*
again audible, growing louder with burned*la this wise-lt was probably
every instant; and Alta, getting to a<>t *?. ?ong-.bcfor- her decks blew
his feet in torn. Infected wih thc ex- ?P *nd the flames swept roaring tc
ctemeat of Barcus, could just make the sky. ' . ^
ont at some distance a dark shadow By the time that Alan and Bsrcusi
beneath a dim, spluttering glimmer swimming steadily, had gained a
of light that moved swiftly and stead- ?noel ,W?ica permitted town footing
Uy toward the Beaven ta ra tn waist-deep waters., the Sea venture
"*fhat the devil" he demanded had burned hvthe water's edge,
puttied. ?To be continued.)
.Ton uttered a mouthful ' when .? ? ?? ? ? ?
you said , devil'! " Barcus commend- Liner Captured,
ed, grasplag his arm snd hurrying
hum to the landward side ot the ve?- London. Sept 22.-The Hamburg
sei. ' "Quick-kick og your shoes- American line steamer Spreewald? baa
get H jt for a mile-long swim. Devil's been captured by the British cruiser?
wo?*k, all, right!" ha panted, hastily Berwyck, lo the North. Athletic ocean,
divesting himself of shoe* and outer according to an announcement tonight
garments. "I cou.dn't make -put by the admiral tty*1 -'