Show the he trey T 09 0 hearts hlavat A novelized version of the motion picture drama of th the same nuna nama produced by the universal film co by LOUIS illustrated with photographs from the picture af pf copyright 1911 by conla joseph vence vanea SYNOPSIS th the try irry of hearts Is in tho the hlen dign employed by trine in tiit private war of which throng tile ncy of 0 his ja alth tt domall ot 0 violent passions pi salons like tits his own lie wages alan law ln so BOI ot or tile man now demtd det td who was innocently ic x for the tha which mado made T rn a 11 help leaa crip pla plo alan Is tit in lovo love w velh ith ditore in judiths dit arif twin and double but in all other ro her prellso opi opposite losito judith vows to compass death but under dramatic lie he tier lier life art anil BO unwillingly wins tier lovo love tl tuio io at me afler r judith is by turns turna ani animated muted by tile alie old hate hale UK the tow new love lot a and jt of 0 her sister she blie earns tier rather fatti cra m distrust isy and la is left behind I 1 by him ailin when I 1 he e Jour west taking takli iff hoso with him in order to lure hire alan away from dom new york alan pursues puis nes judith him hial against ins his wish and succeeds in in leacu ing itose alose from brinas special train CHAPTER light engine toward tho the close of that summers bummers flay day it was waa tile the whim of that arch man nger ager ot of theatricals whom mon men call pato late to stage an anticlimax in the midst of a vast and hilly expanse of 0 desolate middle western country ti ride mile and rugged disk of 0 earth which boasted no human tenancy within n circle of its ita far flung horizon and was bisected not neatly rather irregularly by the bowing doubt double a line of 0 steel ribbons which marker the rall railroads roads right of way over iho old santa re fe trail so much for the stage tile tho light effects provided exclusively by the crimson and purple and gold of a portentous sunset tho the properties employed were simply a special train and what la Is known as a light engine it was the engineer of tile tho special who started the trouble after bringing hla his monster to a full pause lie he turned upon ills his passengers and not lot without plausible excuse violently indicted mr air alan law for abuse of his and ills his fi fl remans trustfulness they had been engaged both gentlemen asserted vigorously for nothing moro more dangerous than a quick run across the prairies tit in furtherance of the unspecified plans of mr air alan law ind ills companion miss alias judith trine after Bt starting arting out they had wickedly ind and maliciously been bribed by tile the said laid law to put on speed and catch up with the special in order that lie ho might rescue from the latter a young woman his bride to bo and the sister of miss alias brills trills but and hero here was waa the grievance they bargained to be shot at with pistols and precisely that outrage had been put upon them luring during and subsequent to the moment of res tuo tue it wits was unhappy mr darcus who precipitated tho the affair this gentleman I 1 one of his arms arma was around her shoulder was suffering buffering from a severe sprain to ills his sense of decent pride arido in the service of miss atlas rose rosa trine and tier her betrothed tro trot thed bed mr law barcus had black ned ened t his face and hands to the hue of ebony and had garmented himself in the garb of a pullman porter it was mas tho the fireman Ir ernan to be just who brought the row to a focus by a slighting reference to that shiftless und and misbegotten dinge aile lie repented quite promptly mr 1 barcus jumped for his throat with a bellow bellor of rage the fireman slipped on the cab platform trod on nothing cad and went vent over backwards taking mr harcus with him to tho the ballast at almost the sams same moment mr law attempting to restrain the angl neer from going to the assistance of hla his lellow fellow worker ducked in under a vicious swing tor for ills his chin grappled with his too tripped him up and went with him to the ground on the appo site sido eldo of the locomotive from that occupied by mr air barcus and the fireman L I 1 for tile the next several seconds he was very ery busy indeed keeping hla his faco face out of f the th ballast balla gt the ile engineer WM was a heavy man but active and infuriated ile ho fought like a lemon demon unchained it was all very exciting mr air law was even beginning to enjoy fl it when lie ha heard a woman shriek at tile same eaino instant revolvers began to pop mr air law released ills his too almost ns no quickly as lie he was waa released iloth both rose as ono one plan man to find judith trine beside them a little ot of excitement playing round tier her lips as stio she looked up tile the track and watched tho the special slow down own to a stop coteral person on oil the back platform plying busy trig ger lingers all the while As these last throw threw open tho the platform gatell and dropped to tho the ballast still perforating the air with hany bullets buld mr air law miss atlas judith trine and all d that lato late belligerent tile tho engineer turned simultaneously and sought tile the rear of the tender on oil tile tha opposite bido aide they aund rose trine and mr air darcee standing uncertainty uncertainly above the body of tile the fir fireman 3 who it appeared lind had stunned himself in falling and remained insensible sen tho the appearance of law and judith from behind the tender closely pursued by tile the engineer who was tit in turn closely pursued by gentlemen with revolvers vol vers stirred barcus and rose to action alan passed him at a round pace pausing only long enough to selzo seize ross rose and drag her with him toward tho the special CHAPTER pullman come Ins file law suggested and introduce me to the brakeman I 1 presume ive got to alx things up with him it theres really any doubt in your mind as to that darcus barcus said bald rising 1 I dont mind telling you youre right lie paused as alan entered the car before him and was greeted by a storm of vituperation that fairly blistered tho the panels of the pullman mr air seneca trine helpless in ills hla invalid chair thus celebrated hla his introduction to the young man mail whom he be had never before soon ceen whose life lie ho had schemed to take taho these thesa many years alan made no effort to respond but listened with ills hia head bead critically to one side nud and an all exasperating expression sion of deep interest informing hla his countenance until mr air trino was out of broach and vitriol when tile the younger man bowed with tile the slightest shade of mockery in ills his manner and waved a tolerant hand to barcus lie ile has no doubt alan inquired ills his own private cell aboard this car yas euhl buhl barcus agreed aping well the manner of his apparent caste and color aint dat do de proof take him away then alan requested wearily it if you please yas suhl suh barcus re replied piled with nimble alacrity seizing the back of the wheeled chair and swinging it round for a spin up the length of lie ho car before trine had rec recovered overe I 1 enough to curso curse him property properly the it to ills his drawing room was closed aim ni was ambling back down the aisle ills his grin of relish at this turning of the table on tile monomaniac proved however short lived it erased itself in fit a twinkling when judith shouldered roughly past him wearing a sullen and forbidding countenance and flung herself into the drawing room alth nor hor fattier father tho the cause caupe of hor her temper was waa not far to beek at tile tho far end ut of the car alan was heading bending solicitously over tile the chair in which rose hose was resting I 1 of ills hla arms was arcand her shoulder itier her face was lifted conil confidently dently to ills his harcus mused morosely on hla 1118 ap apprehension of trouble brew abrew a simmering over the waxing fire of that strange Nv omans jealousy ile he like the t prospect nt at nil all if only alan arid and rose kose been so BO desperately in love that they keep away from rom ono one another if only alan hall hail been sensible enough to outwit the woman and leave her behind when lie ho started in pursuit of the sPec special lall it if only there had not been that light engine in pursuit as barcus firmly believed it must be bc loaded to tile tho guards with erineo unscrupulous hirelings no telling when ben they might catel apt the tear fear ot of this last inet catastrophe worked together with ills his tears fears of judith to render that night a sleepless one for darcus ile he spent it in a chair whence lie he could watch both the door to tn tho the compartment judith had chosen chosei for or tier her own formerly quarters 1 and the endless ribbons ot of steel that swept beneath the tracks dut but nothing happened lie ile napped uneasily from time to time waking a start of fright but always to ond find nothing amiss ever judith stopped I L and and that closed door and ever the behind was innocent of the glare of a pursuing headlight nor did anything untoward mark tho the progress of the morning unless indeed judiths protracted sessions with tier her father behind tile closed door of the drawing room were acre to bo be counted ominous E ever ver since lunchtime lunch hinch time the tha girl had been cloo closeted eted with her rather father marcub had been getting some well earned and sorely needed rest in his bla quarters quarter 0 alan standing his watch on tho the observation platform in company with rose hose and the train booming along through an uncouth wilderness of arid mountains barren mesas and flats gi given yen over to the desolate genlue of sagebrush whatever had been the tenor of the communication between father and daughter judith eventually emerged front from the tha drawing room in an ominous temper barcus coming drowsily away from ills his compartment at the samo time was jarred wide awake by sight of tile the foreboding countenance sho she wore and after a moment of doubt followed tier lier back to the lounge at the rear of tho the car lie ho got there in time to see her at rigid rigia standstill staring blaring steadfastly at tile tho two figures so close together on tile observation platform hut but on dis appearance judith shook herself together snatched up a magazine and plunged wrathfully into an easy chair burying her nose between the pages of tile tho publication with every indication of deep interest in its text mr air barcus however had learned tho the lesson of bitter experience to the effect that the outward bearing of ailbe judith trine was no suro sure index to tier her inward humor unless that Is it might bo taken to indicate tile the direct contrary of 0 its semblance though even this was no reliable rule reminding himself of this lie he therefore invented a morbid interest in another magaz hie round the edge of which lie ho kept a wary eye upon the young woman borall tier her exasperation judith contained herself longer alan th an might have been expected her continued show of placidity indeed lulled barcus into a dangerous danger oua feeling of security persuaded that she aha meant to behave he gradually ceased to watch her as nai bowly as at first and lost himself in ft a morose reverie whose subject was the seemingly permanent mourning into which he had plunged tile his face arid and hands for the purposes of ills his masquerade staining them a shade of ebony upon which soap and water and scrubbing had no effect whatever and lie ho had invented a most excruciating method of revenging himself upon the druggist who had bad taken advant advantage of his confidence and sold him tho the in crad erad lable dye when ho he was roused by will you be good it I 1 let you out perfectly no more shenanigan 1 I promise word of honor T it if my word of honor means anything to you you have it well 1 he said dubiously in the same humor he be turned and released the knob promptly judith opened it wide and swept out into tho the corridor tier her mood now one of really fetching mockery thank you so much she laughed into ills his face ot of discomfiture and dropping him an ironic curtsy she turned forward and swung into the drawing room occupied by trine wonder what she put that on tor for he speculated with reference to tile the tinkle ankle long pullman wrapper which judith lind seen fit to don during her period of captivity heaven ll eaven knows its hot enough without wearing moro more clothing than decency demands hut but you iou never can tell about a woman J bet a dollar ive made a blithering ass tit df myself letting her loose at all aill lie he took ills hla doubts att aft thern them to alan and rose and his long conference with alan and rose hose on tile the observation plat platform forim afforded judith ample opportunity in which undetected to suborn the crow crew to treachery whether she did or not this Is what happened in the course of tile the next hour the special was forced to take a siding to make way for tile tho california limited eastbound east bound and when this had passed the engine of the special coughed apologetically and pulled swiftly out leaving the pullman stalled on the siding from the rear of the tender the brakeman and fireman waved affecting farewells to the indignant faces of alan and marcua acus when they showed allowed in tho the front doorway CHAPTER hand car well mr baibus broke a silence whose eloquence may not be translated in it iii int can you beat it not with this outfit alan admitted gloomily but damn it weve got to profanity even yours my friend 4 4 tf f V i sow ir r 0 o ix A ww struck thi caboose with a crash like the explosion of a canior tho the sudden flight of a magazine across the car mirsini his head by a bare two inches ani anci th thi bang of a chair overturned by as site she jumped up and flung lier lerfelt lera elt furiously toward the door just what nad had happened on the observation loll platform barche kno know W but he could readily believe that tilo the lovers had just indulged tit in some especially provoking and long thawn drawn out caress lie overhauled judith none too soon in another an moment she ahe would have leave had her sister by the throat it if her purpose had not been to throw rose bodily overboard as barcus suspected happily he was as aa quick on ills his feet as judith on hers and all almost before he had grasped tho the situation he be had grasped her had seized hot hei arms and drawn them forcibly behind tier her back at tile the same time swinging tier her round and endeavoring to propel her back through the doorway it was a man alzo job for the ensuing live ive minutes lie he hall had ills hands full of violently resentful and superbly abla bodied young oung woman only with the greatest grep teat test difficulty did ho he succeed in wrestling her up the aisle and to tile the door of 0 tier her compartment where nil an oven even more furious resistance for some additional minutes prefaced the ultimate closing of the door upon the maddened judith kven then he might not draw a free breath there was no way of locking eliat door from tile the outside and lie ho dared not leave go the handle IF epst st tho the girl again fly out and renew tho the battle waving aside alano proffer of assistance si he be acidly advised that gentleman to return to his post of duty and not let his infatuation blind him to what might tit at any moment looth up on tho the truck behind them ll learcus garcua arcus stoutly held the door deor against the girls attempt to 0 o pull it open and through another fried briod when she occupied herself with kicking its panels as aft it if hopeful of breaking a way out A long pauso pause followed lie ile heard no sounds from within and wearying lie he wondered what the devil she was up to then tier her voice |