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.SPttea*-?-.... Tbe Sunset Tide SYNOPSIS. The 3 of Hearts ir the "death sign" employed by Senena Trine in the pri vate war of vengeance which, through his daughter, Judith, a wo inau of violent passion like his own he wages aguinst Alan Law, son of tho m lui (now dead) whom Trine held rcsoonsiLlo for the accident which maue him a helpless cripple Hose, Judith's twin and double, learns of her sister's campaign against Alan and leaves her home to aid him. whom she loves. Under dramatic cir cumstances Alan ?aves Judith's life and so wins her love, nut failure to shake his constancy to Rose kindles Judith's jealousy and settles her in her homicidal purport. She ls large ly responsible for a shipwreck in Nantucket sound, from which Alan aud Rose escapes with their friend Harcus in a power-driven lifeboat (Copyright 1914, by Louis Joseph ance.) 1-THE MASKED VOI?E For a matter of tw '.ve hours thc fog, laden, dank, viscous, as inexor able as the dominion of evil, had wrapped tho world iii an cmbraco as foul and noxious as thc coils of come great, groy, slimy serpent. Through, its sluggish folds the pon derous, power-impelled lifeboat crep at a snail's pace, its stem parting and rolling back from either bank a heavy-hearted sea of gray, f In the bows a young woman rested In a state of scmd-cxlrauBtlon, her eyes closed, her head pillowed on a' cork-belt life-preserver. In the stern, Tom Harcus presided moi-osely over thc stcoring gear; and Law was no moro jealously heedful of his sweetheart than Harcus of the heavy-duty motor that chugged away no purposefully at Its business ol driving tho boat heaven-knew-where. Lacking at once a compass, all no tion whatsoever of thc sun's bearings, and any immedlato hopo of the fog lift ing or chance bring them either to land or to rescue by some larger and Ices. comfortless craft, Uarcus steered mainly through forco of habit And now for more than an hour thc silence had been uncannily constant, broken only by thc rumble of the mo tor, tho muted Usp of water slipping down thc side, tho suck and gurgle of the wake. ForebcdlngB no less portentious than Law's crawled In tho mind ol Uarcus. It was as likely as not that tho lifeboat was .traveling straight .vut to sea. And gasoline tanks can ?nd oftentimes do becomo aa ctipiy as an official weather prophet's premise of fair weather for a holi day. Moro than this, Mr. Barcus was a confirmed skeptic in respect of mar- ? ino motors. In view of all of which considera tions ho presently threw open the battery switch. And the aching void created in tho silence by the cessation of that uni form drone was startling enough io rouso even Roso Trine (rom her state of soml-somnolen?o. With a look of panic she Bat up, thrust damp hair back from her eyes, ~ - -i __"".,"i.. ...... IUUOIJ lll^UII UV* a "What's tho matter?' "Nothing." Uarcus told her. fl shut the engine off-that's all." Tempera .were short In thal hour, and Alan was annoyed to think that tho rest of his beloved should heed lessly havo boon disturbed "Wfaat'did you do that for?" ht dem ind ed sharply. "Because I jolly well wanted to." j Barcus replied In a tone as brusque. I "Oh, you did-ehT" "Yes, I did-oh! I happen to bt bossing this end of the boat and to bave sense enough to realise there'* no sepse ot all in bur wasting fuel thc way wo are-cruising nowhere!" "Well," Law contended, struck bj the . fairness of this. argument, bul unable to calm 'his uneasiness-"Just the same, we might-" "Yes, of course, we might," Barc?" snapped. "Wo. might a whole lot. We j might, for instando, be heading for Spain, for all you or I know to the contrary- And In such caso, I- for on? respectfully rioter lo have gas enough to take us homo again lt over this da blcssefm fog lifts'!" And. for several seconds longer the - stillness strangled their spirits In its ruthless grasp. Then of a sudden, a cry shrilled through thc fog, so near nt hand that lt seemed scarcely moro distant than over tho side. ?Atibyl Help! Ahoy there! iWlpT* Bo instant, so urgent was its accent ?ha?' C??O?C-? with the surprise, ?I brought the threo as one to their feet, all a-trenible, their eyes seeking one another's faces, then shifting uneas ily away. "WB?e can It bo," Pbae whlFpc.red, aghast, ski inking into - Alan's ready Mm. . ;. - ? He replied, obviously with an ef fort overcoming tho superstitious cbn stricUpn ot hts throat: "Some oth er unfortunate . . ." But still his flesh crawled with dread; for be knew that voice: and lt was tho voice of one whom ha had believed dead, drowned fathoms deep In the eouod, miles froto that ?pot, "A woman," Barcus j.ut in harshly. "Judith," the giri rnoined. ? Alan shook himself together- "lim possible!" he contended. "I saw her go down . . . ?, "That doesn't pr$va she didn't corni no,' Barcus commented acidly. fAhev! Motorboat ahe-o-ay! He!?!" ?'And that," Barcas pursued sadly, "Juat prev?s she did, ?o?e up-blam< rang you. Alan the luck! Alive she ls, and kicking: Land clear. Au ublc-bodled pair ot lungs was back of that hal), my friend; and you needn't tell me I don't kuow tho dulcet accent of that angelic con tralto!" Without heeding him. Alan cupped hands to mouth and sent an answer lng cry ringing through the murk: "Aboy! Whore arc youl Where away*" ?.Herc-wn the reef- half-dre ?neu perishing, with chill-n "How does my voice bear," Alan ii.J i. .... t? nov. "What thc dickens do you carci' Harcus interpolated suspiciously. "To pori," thc response through th? fog. "Starboard helm und come in sion Iv!" "KJght-o! Half a minuter replied reasuringly. "Like hell!" Mr. Harcus muttered in his throat us lie jumped down into the engine pit aud bent over tho fly wheel. Leaping oh thc forward thwart and balancing himself perilously near the gunwale, Alan strained Iiis vision vainly against the opacity of the fog "Can't make out anything," ho grumbled, looking back. "Start her up-but slow*s the word-and 'ware reef!" ''Nothing doing." Harcus retorted curtly "Tbs: motto ls now 'Full speed astern!* as you must know." "O come! Wb can't leave a woman out there-in a fix like that!" "Can't we? You watch!" Harcus grunted malvblently. rocking tho heavy fly-wheel with all his might; for tlio motor had turned uuddcnlv stubborn. "Alan!" Rose pleaded, laying a baud upon his sleeve. "Think what it means! 1 know lt sounds heartless of me-and lt's my own elster. Hut you know how mad sho is-wild with hatred and pcalousy. If ypu take her into this boat, it's your life or hers!" "If wo leave her out there," Alan retorted, shaking- lila arm impatiently .free, "it'u hor life on our heads! At thia juncture tho motor took charge of the argument, ending it in .jummary fashion. With a smart ex Posion In the cylinder, it started >p unexpectedly, at once and the same .imo almost dislocating tho arm ot Mr. BarcuB . and precipitating Alan ovorboard. It was not given him to know what was happening to thc surface Just In .-rf r-U Ac tv ai time to. see-the bews of the lifeboat [back away and banish into the mifeL i II-THE ISLAND. Not moro'than twenty seconds contd have elapsed beforo Barc?a recovered from the shock of thc rioter's'treach ery sumcienlly. to reverse the whoo!, ! throttle dowh tho carburettor end Jump out-of the engine-pit. But in that email space of time the lifeboat and Alan Law had parted company as defmltclv aa though one j of them had been levitated bodily to .the far eldo of-the,earth. \ li could not have/boob more than a minuto after tho accident before. Harcus waa guiding the boat, .over what, ?olag "on hie tense of location 1 and -judgment ot distance, he could b??e sworn waa the precise spot) where Al*n had disappeared, but with-j out discovering n sign of him And fe? the next twenty minutes he divided his attention between at tempts to sooth and reassure tbs halt-distrsoted girl and s?orta tn educo a replv fron? Alan 4>y -?tentorl?? hailing-with aa little success ia . the one as In the other. t , . ... "Alant" ho shrieked at the top ot his lungs- "Atan I Give a bail to tell us you're gul-.-." There was o HtU? >ause: he was racking his brains for some mero moving mode of appeal when the an swer -canurla another vetee- in tho .1 tole? >. Judith Trine, clear, musical,! fferevoBcont with sardonic humor: "lie ot peace, little one-bleat no nore! Mr. law is with ua-and safo I JOh,.quito, quite Hale!" Jn * dumb consternation Hurcu* ought tho countenance of Hose. Her ?'yes, 'meeting his, were blank with (espoir. Ile shook lila head IielpltMs y and let lils hands daugle idly bc veei his knees. Vt.Ji no way on her, thc lifeboat |1 ri ri cd with a current of unknown set inti strength. - l| "What can v/e do?" I jise Implored. We must dp something. We can't ?javo him . .. . Ob. when I think f bim there, in her hands, I could go lad." Il "JJ only I knew," Rarcus protested; but my hands are tied, my wits us el pleas as my eyes are blind- There's '| Eothing to go by--except the bare pot* Ibllify that the reef she spoke of may c Norton's." The girl wrung her hands- "But Piow could Judith get lhere-and with 1er men-and ammunition?'* "Don't ?ak me. Going on my or- | ?perjence with the lady, I'd be willing Po bet that she was picked up by the t| teamer that ran us down, ind pro ceeded to make a prizr of it-or to ! ry to. One thing's certain: she must have found or stolen a boat from '| omcbody; they couldn't have made ?Norton's reef,by swimming-II'B too! nar. "That's tho answer: they were (picked op. stole a boat, and piucd it pv oh tho reef." Only tho fog relenting. If wo 1 m ^ .,* ?. r>-~*TT}*-T V -' : ? iy Uot Ti>vo t* Whi?i<?r a Wer;? ta >.*j could n>uke tho mainland and gol help ?Iii:-.'accents died away into .% elia- ; consoloto silence that ' was ' unbroken ? . ifi'Ot an hour, lowly tho .current bore tho lifo ffiSttjlipward the beach, and so"still m:Bt that Kareda ncvor appreciat ed thoy were within touch of hay land until the bow* grounded with :.. slight Jar . and a grating cound. With a cry. of incredulity he looped to his feet-"I-and, by all that's lucky!"--jand' stooping, lent a hand to the-girl, aiding he- to rise. Hardly had Rose had time to com prehend' What had' happened, whit Karena waa over the sido and wrest ing with bb bows, dragging t** boot farther u'. upon the shoals. Rho w- ia, however, moro than ono man cotUd Waage; and when her em had bUt?? z little more deeply Jato ?s sande,- Bsrcus gavo or?f the attempt, and, lifting Rose down, sot her on dry land, then climbed back into tho vessel, rummaged out her .an^ ebor and cable, and carried thun ashore, Planung the former wam&tt tOwBn tho foot of the cliff- ., , AnC ks ho row) from this Ityst.^aotH >^?:^kka-half b'inded by the glare ot the westering sun as it broke through the fog. v In !?RS than five miaute? the mir aculous commonpJiVca wai an ac complished /act:, thc wind had rolled thc fog back like a EC>V)U and sent lt pluning far out to sea; while tho hore on which thu two had lauded vas deluged witii sunlight bright and ? beautifully waral lie showed a thoughtful nnd con idcrate countenauco to thc girl. "You're about all In?" Slie nodded confirmation of this, which was no moro than ?imple truth. 'Where are wc?" abo added. ?ie made her party to bia own pe. plexlty. "You.lrc not aldo to travel." he pur sued. "Po yeti mind being left alone willie I take a lum up tho beach and have a look around? We can't be far from some sort of civilization: even if it':- an island, there ere no desert isles aion? thin coast. I'll find some thing soon cuough, no fear." And r-c, rcitcraC-ug his promiso to be needful, he left her there. - HT-THIS MORTAL TIDE. She waa ypry certain ?he would never sleep before her anxiety was assuaged a.by ?ard ot Alan's fate; but slie rcckoncdnjjfeiout her host of trials that had bretfu?Jicr a fatigue nnody r.ous even totwprt-mcntnl anguish. lt was not ttjU*. she told herself, that noopio nevermore of broken hearts. She knew that, were lier taken from lier, she could no longer live . . . And.aleen overwhelmed her sudden ly, like a great, dark cloud. . . . '. But its dominion over her faculties-' waa nut of long titration. Slowiy. heavily, mutinously, she was rescued from ita nirvana-came to her senses with an effect of one who emerges from some vast pl ice of blackness and terror, to ?nd Bojcus kneeling over and gingerly..but persistently Blinking her by the shoulder. And thon abo sat up with a Cry of myst Ried compassion; for in tho brief time that ho had been absent-lt had not been more thah ah hour-Mr. Bar en? hod most unquestionably been se verely used. He had acquired a long cut over ono] eye, but shallow, upon which blood j hnd driel, together "/Ith a bruised and Swollen check that was/badly scratch ed to boot. And what simple articles of clothing remained to him, after his strenuous experience* of (ho last forty-olght hours, bail boen reduced j to even greater simplicity; his shirt, fer example, now lacked a sleeve that had been altogctl er torn away at the shoulder. TM.*' he told her. as.soon as he saw her wita were shaken onco more -"don't waste timo pitying me. I'm all right-and so ls Alan! That ? tho main thing for you to understand: ho's still alive and sound-" "Rut wheraia be? Take me to him!'* she demaade?rr?sing with a movement Ot such grac?fife.v?f--?r that it seemed hard tb bell - v;r known an instant's .w?^focs. "That's the prtfnT Barcua confessed, squatting on the sands and knuckling Wa., hair "I dessent take you te him. Judith might ottert- Resides, you can see for yourself lt J?nVsafe to mingle vltb tho inhabitants of this tight lit io island-and you can't get to whero Vian is without mingling considerably. Ht down, and I'll tell you all about t, and we'll try io figure out win.t's lest to be doue. Maybe we can man ?ge u rescue umlcr cover of night." Aud when Hie girl had settled hcr iclf beside him he launched into a h t.tiled renort. "It's Kalama toland, all right." he innounced; "but a chango has come iver tile place since I visited it some r*n Jt wai ? <">i>n>?inltv ?--? B .(?.?'? >r eimpic-hearted villp ero and fish unien; now, unless ah dlgns fall, ifs i den of smugglers. I noticed a num. ?er of Ch ?Here about; and that, tukep ii connection with tito fact that, when [ ventured to introdueo myself to tho Milage gin-mill aud ask a few inno cent questions, thc entire population, o a child. landed on mo like a thous* ind brick-tho two circumstances nado mc think we'd stumbled on a settlement of enrnest workers at the -.er.'te art of helping poor Chinamen ;vule the exclusion laws." With a wry smile, he pursued: "As or ni", 1 landed out back of the Joint, .n tile l i.pe of my neck, n?fl took ibo .':n I ^jrrounded by .\ lot of nnsyiu .alheib boxes and barreo Hist ruf nvo helter days. And when I caro . to .:i-! sighted to crawl unostentatiously ivny. i was Just in time to witness ,*i . buding of your amlubl-i Bletti, ;.at gi-ng of cut-throats ei.? keeps .ir :.u> pa./ roolj and Alan, in ccmptoy iv: li us choice a crew ol scoundrels aa nv'd care to see. I gathered from tie fjw vnds that leaked out of . tbt tack dcor of the barroom that It was as I had thought: Judith had stolen a ! ? mt from thc ship that picked her up, and rammed lt on Norton's ree?; and after she gathered Alan in, tho schoon er of these smugglers happened along and she hailed it and struck a bargain with thc captain und signed copartner ship articles, or something like that. Anyway, her lot and the Islanders were soon as thick as thclvcs. and tanking up so socially that I actually got a chance to whisper a word to Al and and tell bim you were all right an that he'd find us both down here on thc beach, if luck served him with an escape. That was all I got a chance to say, for Judith, marched up Just then and yanked him off to his ceil. I mean to say, he's locked up now in a little stono hut on the edge of the cliff, with the door guarded andthe window over looking a sheer drop of thirty feet or so to tho beach. When I'd seen - that much. I calculated it wee timo for me to quit of that cnighhorhood, before Mamselle Judith nicked me with the cvIL eye." "You don't think they saw your* tho girl cried. "I don't think so," Harcus allowed gravely; and then, lifting his gase, he added as he rose in a bound u "I Just know she did-that's all." In another instant he was battling might and main with three willing ruf fians, who had comb suddonly Into view round a shoulder of rock; In nis efforts wore short-lived-, foredoom ed to failure. Ho was weakened with worn rretdi and nan the. courage at least of their numbers. He was over homo in a twinkling, and bad hts face ground brutally Into tho sand while his hands wero made fast with stout ropo behind his back. And when he rose, lt was to find, as ho had antic! pated, that Rose's resistance had bean as futile ns his own; she too, waa cap- j tlve, her hands bound like bis, the huge ?sd unclean pew of ons of Ju dith's crsw cruelly clamped upon her shoulders. Th<y were gianted time to oxcV.rgo no it oro thau one despairing gUi-.eo when the curt h.ugh fairly chilled H e I.!.-.od ii* Mr. Harcus, and he nwu;?g sharply between his two guan?? tr. cov/front Judith Trine. f.lie was, by no means poor-spiritni, but h'j shrank from the look she Tam him. and wan relieved when she, with a HU cor, passed him by end- planted l:>r**lf squarely bejSire hor sister. - "WfcllT she demanded brusquely. .Kow much longer do you thick I'm going to tolerate your interference yon poof little tooti llow? 'many more lessons will you require belora <$/ LC im eal Ising that I mean to have my ,uy. and that you'll cross me only to utfor for WT "So you've tried again?" she inquir d obliquely, with a tone of pity. You've offered him your love yet an ther time, have you?" "Silence!" Judith cried in fury. "Only to learn once more, that he .o vi Kl rather death than you?" Rose crsisted, unflinching. "And so you onie to take your spite out on me, o you? You pitiful thing- Do you h ti? U T minti_ltniYirtn* nil T An lr rm or hat bo could never bold you in anv iling but compassion and contempt?' "You will 800." shs said In even end rigid accents. And tho light of ber ?ania leaped and leaped again in ber es like a living Hamo. "I have pro ured a way to make you understand rbat opposition to me means." She waved a hand toward tho nearer oint of rocka. "Take them'along," she ommanded. Tho understanding between her and 1er men was apparently complet?; for hese last, without he-.tat lon or fur ber instructions, marched Rose and tarcu? down to thc end of tho spit nd on into tho water. It was nearly knee-deep before Bar ns was halted with a savage Jerk, tacked up to a rock, forced despite tis frenzied resistance to sit down In he water, and swiftly, with half losch deft hitches of rope md a launch knot, made fast in that posi ton-submerged to his chest, This accomplished, tho men turned dtention to Rose, lashing her in almi ar wiso at Barcus* side. Standing Just above the water-line, vlth every sign of completo calm and anlty other than that ominous fltck iring in her eyes. Judith superintend sd tho business till its conclusion, hen waved tho men away. Quietly, like well-trained servants, ho turned their backs and marched ?ff. And again, after a brief wait, the vomen laughed her Bhort and mirth ess laugh. "The tld? will be high," she said: 'precisely at sunset. You mar time ?.our lives by that. When the sun dips nto. the sea, then will your Uvea go lown with it." She turned on her heel and atrodo swiftly away, with not so much ss a lack ward glance, overtook ber men, ind passed quickly from sight around tho further point of rocks. Harcus noted ?hat already th? wat ars had risen more than ah indi. Humbled oven in his terror by that radiant calm that dwelt upon her, he ventured diffidently : "Rose -Miss Triqe-" Soo turned her head and found the heart to ?mlle. "Rose." she corrected gently. "I'm sorry," ho said-which was not a tall what no had meant to say, "I've done my best. I suppose lt's wrong for me to give up-but they've made lt too much for me, this time." "I know," she said gently. "You,"-ho stammered-"you're not afraid?" "There ls nothing to fear/' she said, "but death." "Then," he said more bravely, after a time-the water now Was nesr his chin-"good-bye-good luck!" "Not yot, dear friend," she returned, "nd yet." , Thc water was 'now almost Icyol with his lips; its eemed strange, that his throat conld be so dry. so parch ed . . . He opened his eyes, shuddering. ' "it's good bye now." he faltered. "Not yeti" her volco range beside him. vibrant. "Look up there -along the cliff t" Ho lifted bis gaze . . . Two men were, running along the liff-and tuc man la.the lead was Alan. But hts lead was very scant, and the man who pursued was one of Judith's, sad : stuck to the trail like a blood-hound fresh from the leash. Barcus. could no more speak wltbon* strangling. i "Of a Budden he groaned In hts heart; though there was no possible way down the. cliff, sUU the sight of his friend alive and unharmed had brought with lt a thrill of eepe; sow that hop died as he saw Alan stumbel and go to his knees. Before he could rise tba other was upon htm. with the fury ot a wolf seeking the throat of a stag.., For an Instant they fought like madmen: then, In a trice, the sky-line of the cliff was empty; one or the other had tripped and fallen over the brink, and falling had retained hold of nts enemy and carried him down as well. By no chance, Harcus told himself, could either escape uninjured Yet, to hts amazement., he saw ono man break from the other's embrace, and rise. And he who lay atUl. a crum pled, inhuman heap upon tho sands, was Judith's. roan. - With a violent e?ort Barens lifted his mouth above the water and shriek ed. "Alan! Alan, Help Hero-at tho end of tho point-in the water-help." A precious minute was lost before Awn discovered their two heads, so barely abov? that swiftly rising flood. Then he ran; to Ward, them a? he sad never run before, and as ke came whipped ont a Jack-knife and freed its bjjsde. Sven, so-since it was, of course, Rose whom Alan freed the first-Bar cus waa half-drowned before Alan] helped him In turn to the beach. J And aa this happebed the last blood red Hat of the sun wa* washed nu der by ta? wases. '. -V. J Two minnu* later th? Waboft waa afloat, and Mr. Borcus. already re covered, was laborlcg wlfh ta? fiy wheen nt tho motor, ntlmulated to su preme exertion hy the ^t 'tflpr' lcd by Judith, rach?g dowa.tne bach. \ Bat ft was not. until well out from shore and on tbs. way to safetv prom '?...-.?.. . sed by the mainland now erabie on the. horizon f them found tima for -, Then ? Mr. . Ba rena Btral*btened ? up rom the assiduous attention tu twer QOtor and observed: i "You bear a charmed Hie, my ad^ entuous friend. I want to tell . . you hat when I aaw you gp over that cliff made up my mind r-our usefulness vouid pe at least permanently im*palar id. As it is, I dont mind tolling; yon hat if ever I get out of this-, affair,, il)vc, i'm, going to have a try alt your ife, myself,' Just once, for luck!/' . .(To bc luiiliiiued.) . S ? . Mk??ALWAYS ON TOLE JOB Opposes, Adjournment of Con gress 'till Some Legis: Passed for Fanttaw. ,1k ' ; ' ? '? ;'V - it Through an inadvertance tn a' ittt patch /rori) oar special. "VVushingtcav correspondent published ip tho iapiie jf tao 8th instant, the name of CohV, iressmsn Aiken, of thia districts was amit ted to the final adjournment *-of ^engross* without action .being taken by it for tho relief of the South in th? present financial condition. Mr. Aiken went w,ith the othor members,of the .South Carotine'^ptegation to ?all up&'s. President Wilsoh to discuss tl}?' cotton situation with him. 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