Show tack ack London's Never Before I Last Novel Nove HEARTS OF THREE TH REE Published thrilling trilling T Tale ale o of Hidden Hidden T Treasure Treasur I Love andI and I I I Adventure I 1 I By B Jack London Call of the tho Wild The Valley of or the Moon of f The Thc To The Sea Wolf The Thc Iron Heel mite Tang Pang J famous novels LP and other I 1 possibly th the I tool fool and I am a piles pile's 1108 replied Torres I cheat eat man mali In Panama tho the anent an- an n liko Ilko least At t 4 1 have hac I r ent nt t and heroic penetrated to and I raved aved all an dangers Nay Nay Nay- a- a ic treasure e. e 1 have a seen Icen eC It IL sunk into hand ham had been s bring forth the pocket to l III u trousers Lady Who gem gern gems ho he ot or withdrew the thc the thc hand band I r reams ams but eyes of or the Too man many curious I pt centered upon him I reet were already cc tredA ton nc LIC cuu U figure figure- d the dra dragged I tuch to lo Relate i told he to you eu much to fin say nay have I well bo be said cannot 10 its 0 jete jefe th that t the doors of or ofie ore on knocked 1 have ha shrouds of or ie IC e dead and worn the tho consorted with And nd 1 I have o J centuries dead but lit who vho were wore tn n four beheld them themon and I have C l dust death I have O havene second on own in itt tho the mountains as well wen as aser aser one ne through bread with lost and broken er them mirror o of the tho Ails lIs and gazed aze Into the tell you yot rid orld All ll of or which I sha shall honorable iy iy bet best friend and the thc I 1 shall make mako for or time In due the along alon with me mc ott ou u rich the pulque J IIa c you ou looked upon the jefe quizzed hen cn It wa was sour credulously y stronger I t have 0 not had 1111 al a drink last 11 departed from fromI since I an water the reply And nl nd I In was Antonio oh n and drink house hall all n go now to my I that lon long IrIni and after afler long and put pul hall bathe the tho filth from me mo decent whole and I n garments he proceeded Immediately as us iNot Not ot Id Torres Tortes gain gaii his house A ragged r exclaimed out at sight Ight of or him and handed him hInt an enit en- en in n up tip to him it- it to ithA bo hA that nc ne i iau G Aop lope o oom wireless tho the local government go rom om been sent I certain had ad d 1 that ho was m by Regan Began r ru Imperative arc aro doing doing- well ou York New from cy pu u party part away 1 Fifty thousand pr r r three three- weeks more I pyou you ou succeed 1 a pencil penell from tho bo boy back of or oro tho the ones orres wrote a reply on tic o C envelope t Send tho the mono money mon Party will never I Ime omo me back Two other occurrences delayed ed Tora Tors' Tors Tor Tor- bath Just as DS heas he heas heas drink and anel s' s long store of or old oM as entering the jewelry Fernandez ho he way was interI inter inter- II 1 I b by tho the old Maya Iara priest with j atom orn ho lie last parted In the Maya I r I Ito IIo recoiled as from an nit nitI I for sure suro he was waa that theman the thed I d man was drowned In the tho room of at 51 sight ht of ot Be e gods JodH Like the tho so Torres at sight of the priest I i j I back in ut startled surprise I j I J Go 00 away ay ho said Depart rest resl- I i cli inui marL man You arc a spirit rh Thy I 1 d dy lies drowned and horrible In fn the tho ho rt of ot the mountain in You are arc an ait I a n. ghost host a ghost hosL Guay Go Gu GoWay Goa Way a ay nothing corporal resides in this i of ot you OU else elso I would strike U You aro arc a Iho ghost l. l Depart at I hoc e. e I should not like liko to a st st. ost Hh t Cf lyt 1 hi Vila lx and i u n. n U n ii S beseeching n ng to them with such I as to him I It Jt t Me lc Have Money lolle Money doncy the ancient one babbled I tt t me mc have mane money Lend Lead me mc mone money m iLi repay I. repay I. I who know the thc secrets j I tho the May Mayu ola treasure My son is lost j mountain with the tho treasure tho lo Gringos al alKo o-aro o arc lost In itt the moun- moun n. n Help me Inc rescue m my son on With alone I will wIil m be bo sath satisfied f while treasure shall all be he yours ours hut But Dull must take him and much of or th the Ito mans man's wonderful IJo powder er and andr I lr r r a hole holo out of or the mountain sot so sot o ot t the waler water will run a away assay Ho lie la Is lt drown drowned d. d Ho lie le Is a prisoner oner of ot tho the ter In tho lie room where ro stand tand tho the I and amI Their rel cl Chin Chin W of green Ireen and red rell stone atone will wil pay p fj 1 alt all ni the tho wonderful powder In Iii Il the thc I rid td so let mo Tao have ha tho the mone money with wih ch eh to buy tho tito wonderful powder I put ut Alvarez Tortes Torres was AS a n strangely fluted man Some Somo warp or slant I 1 Idiosyncrasy of or hits hIs hil nature always bod ed cd insuperable obstacles to his 1 Stint big Ing was avoidable And the tho richer sot got the tho more moro positively this I i trasy rasy raa asserted itself I oncy foney toney ho he asserted nn angrily rn as ho Ito hoat hot t. St at t tho ito old priest al aside e and pulled n the tho door of ot lerna Hernandez's store jit It I I who should have mone money I 1 Iam I. I 7 am all al rags and tatters as ia a 0 beg beg- 1 I have havo no mou money for myself ph i loss less for you ou old man Resides Besides F as 8 you ou and ond not I J. J who led lcd your our son the lie he Maya Ia a mountain On Oft your our head hend lt t not mine the death of your our son fell Zell fel Into tho tito pit pl under tho the feet teet y lila bin that wast vast by your our anor an- an or ors orI and ond not by mine I am aln tho lie ancient one clutched at al atI I and yammered for money mone with wih i. i Ch h to bu hut d So Sn rou roughly p thrust I h him aside that i 1 his hil I logs gs failed to perform their ther won wonted led p. p ani ho he fell fet upon tho the flagstone I lie e shop of oC Fernandez 3 Small l and dirty and contained ely more than titan a n small and dirty dirt case c o th that t rest d upon an equally and dirt dirty counter Thu Tho place was with the tho d filth of oC a aton ton Lizards and cockroaches led ed alon along tho the walls wals Spiders Ed d In every er c corner cornor and Torres crossing the tho ceiling above what whal llin ilm hihn step hastily to the side It I which heV het he lie if seven inch lo Ca c centipede V Jt t care to have fun full casually upon tad ad d or down lila Ills Ils back between C 8 1 and nd skin town 1 when hen ho lie appeared era crawling out outi i huge huo spider himself from some inner den of an unventilated cubicle Fernandez looked like an stage representation of Shylock Shylock with withal al ho was a dirtier Shylock than oven en e the st stage se could have haVO stomached 1 and In Ina Ina Ina Tho The Jeweler turned to Torres a cracked falsetto t humbled himself even cn beneath the dirt of or his shop hop Torres Tores pulled from his hip packet it a u haphazard haphazard hap hap- hazard dozen or moro of or the gems ems filched from front the Q queens queen's chest selected select select- and without a word smallest ed cd the I h while at the tile same time I u i 1 rest resl to his pocket passed It over or to I Ithe the Jeweler I II l I am a poor man ho Ito cackled the j while Torres Tores could not nol fall fail to see how I keenly ho scrutinized the thc gem He dropped It on the top lop of or the Iho worth and looked showcase as of little I Inquiringly at al his hh customer But Bul Torres Torres Tor- Tor which he knew knew- res waited In a silence flence I would compel the garrulity of or covetous 1 age to utterance l Do I understand that the honorable Senor Torres seeks advice about the quality of or the stone MoneT I Torres did no more than nod curth curt- curt III II- II 0 I It I Is a natural g gem m. m It I Is 18 small mal It H. as you ou can see seo ee for yourself ourel Is not notI I pcr perfect And It I Is- Is IS clear clar that much of or orIl I It Il will vIti be bc lost In the thc cutting I How now much I Is It worth wortha Torres i I demanded with wih Impatient nt l bluntness i I l am a n poor man inan Fernandez reI re- re I I iterated I In r Wod's hods od's name namo old fool what will willi m i I you ou give Torres thundered Five hundred dol dollars dollars but but i doubt doub I I the Iho profit that will wil remain to me Gold Mex came the lie r rely renly lY which cut I the lie offer ex in half hal and which Torres I j I knew was a H II 1 Of or c course urse Mex Ic o r 1 I 1 t I 1 I j r I I i j I j I I J I i 1 I only Mex all al our transactions arc in I Mex Despite hid hiti h elation at so so- largo large larto a a. aprice small Torres playacted ThaI play price for fo so 0 a gem acted Impatience as ho reach reached cd to lal take o back hack the thc gem But Dut the thc old ol man Jerked hand away loath to let go BO of ot tho the bargain it I contained Very Yer good said sid Torres with wih a quick cavalier action acton recovering tho the tone stone It lt I belongs to a friend of or mine Ho o wanted anted to borrow boro money mone from meon mo me moon moon on it I. I I can now lend him up to five tl hundred gold on It it I. I thanks to your Information Ami I shall be grateful to bu buy for tor or you ou tho the next time wo meet In the a yes drink drink yes cg as mn man drinks as you ou can care to carr carry carry car car- ry off off off-of of-of of of the thin rul ril tonic wine wino And as Torres pas passed el out of or the shop not In an any way a attempting to hi hide c the thc scorn and contempt ho lie felt rol for the fool he lie hed made of or the Jeweler ho he knew elation in that Fernandez the lie Spanish fox must mURt have cut his estimate of ot th thI the gom's goms value Cul fully in half hat when ho ut- ut I it J. J X w wIn In tH thin tho mca meanwhile descending the Gualco river b by canoe Leonela tho the queen 1111 and tho the two Morgans had hind made better belter eter than Torres to tho ho con const t. t But nut cro their arrival and briefly brief brief- ly 11 1 pending i it a n matter mater of or moment that list W was S not nol appreciated at the lie time had h IA i Inn i-A. i In v. v n. n Climbing the winding winching pathway a to tho the accompanied h by a decrepit old crone who whose e black shawl over head and shoulder crl could not quite Quie hide the tho t Iran an and withered face face of blasted volcanic fire Ure camo care as strange a caller caBer calleras as al the tho lie hacienda had hind ever received lie ITc was at a Chinaman middle a aged ed nad Ind fat whose moon face moon moon-Coce beamed beame the beneficent good oo nature that seems scorns I usual with wih fat per persons on 1 By fly name Poon meaning the Cream of or the Custard Custard Custard Cus Cus- tard his hits manners were as softly soft soft- foft- foft ly ii and richly 01 oily as hl his name To the old crone who tottered beside him hint and was S half hal b by him hm he was waa the quintessence of gentleness consideration When hen she sho ho faltered l from sheer heer heal weakness and d would ha have hate e tal fallen falIn nhe n- n he paused and gave Ja c her chance to gain strength and breath Thrive at such times time on tho the climb to tho the hacienda he foil feil her a spoonful of ot French brandy brand from front a screw cup pocket ra flask k Vi With th a Secret Seating tho the old woman in u a l selected elected shady shad corner of or the Ito piazza Yi 11 Poon knocked for admittance the bold boldly I at front door loor To him anti and In iii hl his bust busi bustness business I nc ness g stairs back was tho the accustomed n iva way but his business an and his wit had taught him the times when front en entrances entrances entrances en- en trances were Imperative hc The Tue Indian mal maid who answered his knock took his hlA message o Into the thc living room where sat sal tho the disconsolate I in- in n- n lila his sons sons disconsolate rico Solano Solano among amOnI hit late at the report report- report do had hal brought In of at the lo loss g of or Leoncia In the Maya mountain The Tho Indian maid returned to the lie door The Senor Solano was Indisposed in indisposed indisposed In- In disposed and would would ce ee nobody waher was wa washer wal her ller r report port humbly hum h. delivered d even Chinam Chinaman China China- a though the recipient was of m man an A It was Alesandro lesandro tn this tl eldest 01 me tall I sons of oC Solano wh nh evidently c had tol received the tho note for h h- came boundIng boundIng bound- bound In Ing to tho the door far tar ou OU the returning maid business he ho almost t Tell me toe your our alno I shouted Tel at al tho ho fat tnt Chinese What Is It Quick Vcr Very good business yeas was as the re re- re fl ply jil YI VI Poon noting Ui tru th others other's ex excitement ox ez- with wih I. I 1 make what buy what you ou call call call- much alone money mone- I buy cal cal- Secrets crets I sell secrets Very cry nice business What do you ou l know noW n about out tho the Senoria Senorita Sen- Sen orita oria Alejandro le andro shouted gripping him b by tho the shoulder I i Everything Very ocr Important Information mation I hut Dut could no 10 longer lonser con con- I I I I trot himself 11 Ho He almost hurled the Cinaman Chinaman Into the house houe and not re relaxing rc- rc his grip rushed him on into tho the living room and up to Enrico This Senorita Senoria Leoncia ho he said finally with sleek suavity She Sho IsI Is la lanot not your our girt girL She Sho has other papa papa and I mamma manima mamma But Dut Enricos Enrico's present grief riet at her herloss herloss loss los was too loo great reat to permit startle startle- me at a. this explicit statement of ot an anold anold old 01 secret Yes tesT he nodded Thou Though h It is not known n leno outside c m my family 1 I adopted her when she hc was a bab baby It is u 1 I I. I 1 ot se 0 yOU yuu lUlU uno ini But lut I 1 am not interested in having you ou tell lell tel me what I have long since known What I want to know now Is Where her herIs is she now TI il Poon Peon gravely rab and sympathetically sympathetic sympathetic- al ally shook hook his head That i Is a different secret he ex e- e Maybe Iho I find that secret secret Then I J cell sehl Iel it I to you ou But 1 I hac have old secret secret You do o not nol know th the name of tho the S Senorita Leoncia's Leonca's papa and I mamma I know nd And old M Enrico Solano could nolI not nol ot hide his hil nt Interest at the thc temptation of or I such Information Sp Speak ak he commanded ame ame the I names and prove pro them tm and I shall re reward wit rd I No NoVi o Vi Poon shook his Ills 11 head ad I Yer Very crl poor business I no do o business busine s f ft MV ti p T i Vr n n T no Q v tn tnT T V t 1 7 J sec el good secrets c I p prove my m se St I crets creta You give gho me five tho hundred pe peo pesos pe- pe sos o and big biJ expenses from Colon to San Antonio and back to lo Colon and I 1 Itell Itell tell tel you ou name annie of ot papa and mamma I Enrico bowed acquiescence and was Just In the act of or ordering Alesandro to go JO and fetch the tho money I when the quiet subdued spirit Indian maid maii created a n dh diversion Running i into th the room and up to I Enrico a as the they had never neer seen her run before she wrung her hands and wept so 10 In Incoherently incoherently in- in coherently that they knew her paroxysm paroxysm par par- In-I In was of or Jo Joy not of or sadness Tho The Senorita she was finally able to whisper hoars hoarsely l as sho she indicated the tile side Ride piazza with a nod of or head and I glance of or e eyes Tho The senorIta And nd YI Poon Ionn and his secret were forgotten and his sons stressed out to the side piazza to behold Leoncia Leon Leon- cia cla and the lie tle queen and the two Morgans Mor Mor- gans gaas dropping dust covered off oc the backs |