Show t 1 n. n r Hearts H a of Th Three ree reeBy E J i i By Jack London that thal seemed a thousand hour t 8 she gave ga him to go 0 to sleep I n she arose tool took In hand the Jeweled dI dagger cr which had b been beenK en I I K cr r ln in the thc valley y of or lost souls anti and tiptoed into his room There the dresser it Il was tho the large lars pho- pho I raph o of In thorough In- In n sion clutch clutching Ins Ins- the dagger or until Ui b cramp of ot her palm and fingers b her she debated between hen het hus hus' and Once beside his Mitt CL her hand nd raised to strike an ecru ecru- Ton of ot tears into her dr dry e eyes obscured ob- ob cured her seeing so 80 that her dagger ja agger ger gerund und and dropped as she sobbed audibly herself el w Hh changed re- re solve she crossed over o to the dresser kl A pad and pencil lay hand handy cau caught ht attention She Sho scribbled two words tore 0 off the sheet and placed It Jt upon pon tho face of or Leoncia as it IL lay Jay I lit lat and upturned on tho surface of of wood Next with an unerring rho nyc of ot the dagger she sho hc pinned tho the Kioto oto ote between tho the pictured semblance tr j Leoncia's eyes eos so o that tho point I Of the thc blado blade penetrated the thc wood and andt ft Ct t the halt haft quivering and upright I CHAPTER X after tho manner of or cross purposes in New York wherein Regan negm pro proceeded ceded with his gigantic laid ld on at nil nl Francis's Franciss holdings while Francis JFrancis and Bascom vainly strove to fInd his Identity so sq sq In Panama were wore cross purposes which Involved L and the Solanos Torres and andS S the tho jefe Jee and not least in importance se ne' ne YI i Poon the rotund and moon- moon Chinese little old jU Judge e. e who was the b THE 1 I Jefe's lefes creature sat court j. j i In San Antonio He lIe slept placidly i 1 two hours occasionally nodding his his and muttering muttering- profoundly al- al I the caso case was a grave one in- in twenty years cars in San Juan In-I In the strongest could not sur- sur c ten years rears But there was no need for forthe the Judge jud-e to consider evidence or Before tho the caso case was called and sentence were verc In his hh mind having been hren put there thero b by the Je Jefe The prisoners prisoner's lawyer ceas ceased d his foe ar argument the clerk of the thc jort art art- sneezed and the I jUd Judge e woke up ff looked about him briskly and said GuIlty Gu ii ty I po D one was surprised not oven oen the Appear tomorrow morning morning- for tor or sen- sen I nee ace Next ext case so ordered the judge jUds-c pre pre- pared ared to settle do don down n Into another nap hen ben he saw Torres an and the Jefe ener ener en- en I er tr t The e courtroom A gleam s-leam In the des efe's eye ee was vas his clue and he ab- ab aptly dismissed court for the day 1 I have been to Rodriguez Fernane Fernan- Fernan e et eS the Jeto was explain explaining In five rive mm- mm tes tea later in the empty courtroom fHe He says us it was as a neutral gc gem S and andt that bit t much would woul be lost ost ost In the tho cut- cut ling ing Ing but that nevertheless he would un till give she gold old for it Show it to he Judge Senor Torres and the tho rest tt t the handful of oC fair hk ones 0 Ae ie e Convinces Jefe And nd Torres began an to lie He lie had to ta tie Ie ie because too rho could not confess the hame of oe having had the gems taken way from him bun by tho the Solanos and th the organs when the they threw him out o ot of hacienda And so convincingly con did o He that even een the tho was conJ con- con J while the tho Judge jude except in the Cht theatter alter atter lt r of or brands of or stron strong liquor ac- ac everything tho the Jeo wanted him hini believe In brief shorn ot the mul- mul tudo of ot details that Torres threw in Is tale talc was that ho was so certain f t the tho u Jewelers Jeweler's that he ad dispatched the gems Jems b by special to his agent as in Colon with 1 to forward to New ew York l to o i T Tiffany's y for tor appraisement that might lead to t talc sale As the they erner emerged ed front from the courtroom I and nil nd descended the several steps that re flanked b by sins single adobe pillars b by bullet scars from previous evolutions tho the Jefe was sa saying And And so needing tho the aegis of at tho the aw tv for tor our adventure ad after these eras ems and more than thais that both of or us TinS ving our good friend tho the Judge we ui Jet hIm him in for a modest share haro o of ol hAte cr we wc shall gain In He Ha shall rep- rep sent lent u us In San Sail Antonio while whilo wo arc aro one ne and and If it needs be furnish us with he be Jaws Jaw's Protection v. v cw It happened that behind one of or e c q Pillars Ular hat pulled over his taco face i Peon Poon half hale sat sat halt half reclined Nor U as w h ht there b by mere accident accident- Long gO o he h had bad learned d that secrets of or alu Which always 1 connected tho troubles roubles of ot humans were marl markedly r alent around courtrooms which e a i c focal ocal 1 Iol ts for tor the tiring Hiring i uch t troubles wh when n the they became ute cute One could never tell I At t an any y mom moment nL a secret might leap one one or brim over o to one There There- i was like a fisherman casting casting- his fie the thc sea for Yi Poon toon to watch o defendant and the tho plaintiff the tho ea for and a against and even evena hl ha a court on hanger-on or casual scorn scorn- g onlooker So on this morning morning- the one peron per per- on n. n of ot promise that YI Vi Poun Poon hind had Iek feted ea out was a ragged old peon who ked M a all If Ie h ho had been beon drinking too toon Uch n and yet ot would perish h in hl his hilS conn con con- n of at reaction if Ir ho lie did not get Other drink ver very Immediately con I ry he wa waS and red lidded t th d desperate despera sperato resolve painted on all haggard withered lineaments en en the tho courtroom hud had emptied d he taken a taken up his outside on tho the P close to a B pillar pUlar ji Poon Watches r Trio io Aid nd wll why Ti 11 Poon had asked him him- n If remained only the three If ff o of San Antonio Antonio the tho ree Jefe net and tito tHo JUdge Judeo What connee- connee on Va d ij J Iho tho K between or a any or of them sodden drink creature that OO a as' as l j Ie freezing In 1 tho ho scorching I I e or of th direct sun Hun rays VI 11 Poon i ot know buL but did know that it 1 I Worth orth wi wa on nn n a hance I Z I So no mattor K hoW how remote of oC finding out So behind the pillar where no of n atom shade shado protected him from the cookIng cook- cook hug hIt sun sun which h ho iso detested he lolled on Oil the steps with all aU the 1 I I tion or of one no placidly Infatuated with sun baths The Tho old peon tottered a step swayed if It as about to fall ye yet managed to deflect Torr Torres s from h his companions Wll who ho paused to walt wait t for him on a the pavement pa a dozen paces on restless n tooted hOt I as alJ It if tho they stood on ves a grid rl though deep In earnest coner con con- er atlon And 1 YI Vi 1 loon word nd oon missed no no shifting nor ff estur 8 e. e nor r glint of ot eye eyo nor face o ot of the tho dialogue that tool took nH place b between the thc grand ran Torres and the tho of a peon I hat 3 1 now Torres demand harsh- harsh Money Ione I a little mono mone ot or for the tho love e God senor a little mone moncy the tue ancIent peon whined You have iLave had YOUr money Torres snarled When hen I 1 went vent atay I tc Sil you ou double twice the tho amount to 1 ast t cu I as long Not ol for tor two yet et is there thero n. n centavo due duc you ou weeks I I 1 In am debt was waR the old mans man's ered Whimper and the while au ll his flesh quit trembled from froni thc nerve nerve- ravishment o ot the drink so palpably l recent consumed SOrt On tho the pulque ln nt It i tsi i n j A i I I I nio OS i ones Jorres With nosed unerringly a sneer sneer dla diagnosed On the PUlque slate at Peter nn and Paul Paul's was the frank franc ment mont And the slate is 18 full No t snore moro wrecked pulque can I get credit for tor I am meats ments and suffer SuCCor a thousand tor tor- without an any pulque You arc are a pig creature reason A e dignity as of or wisdom beyond be be- be yond ond mate wisdom s seemed emed suddenly to animate ani ml- the tho old wreck as he ho up for tor the nonce ceased tram front trembling and gravely said in I 1 the tile am old There Thero Is no vigor vor left t veins or the heart of or m inc mo Th Tho desires I I of or my youth arc g gone ge e Not even e I labor of may with this brok- brok n t tu dy Is 18 mine though thoU well I know labor or an easement Casement and a forgetting Not even may I labor and forget Food Is a distaste in m my mouth and a H ham pain lain that in my Is bell belly omen they are arc a H. pest a a. vexation to having desired I Children remember ever I bUrl burled buried last d my mr a dozen years cars gone Religion Ion It It frightens me mc Death I Deaths I sleep cep with the terror of It Pulque h ah dear God the one tickles lo and taste of ot to mo rue living J left tt What hat If Ie I drink over because much It is have hava I have much to tor forget ct and in but a H. little space yet et to linger tho the sun ere ore tho Darkness for old eyes ees blots my out the mm sun r Impervious to the old mans man's philOsophy phil phil- Torres made an nn impatient threat of oC movement that ho was going Not a Centavo A few pesos Just a handful pe pesos os the thc old peon pleaded of at finality I n Not a I I ty a centavo Torres said with Very well said th the old one ono with equal finality What do you ou mean nican Z Torres rasped with swift decision Have Hae you tor forgotten tort wl with h such w cill emphasis was of the re retort ro- ro c canco cance nee a as to make malce makei i 11 Poon v.- v. n. n u LULL LUtTeS I gave Javo the thc ance what hat l' l seemed a n. pension or an allowance allow allow- peon I pa pay pa you according to agreement as p to for forget et said Torr I r shall never forget forg-et that old m my eyes Oes saw you ou stab tho the Senor Alfaro Allaro Solano in the back the peon replied Although h he remained hidden and motionless in hl his posture of or repose behind the pillar pUlar YI Poon metaphorically cally sat up The Thc Solanos were perSons persons per per- sons of place and wealth That Thal Torres Torre should 1 have hae murdered one of ot them was indeed a secret of price Pig PIS without reason Animal Ani Ani- mal of oC the dirt Torres Torres' hands douched in his rage Because use I am do you ou treat me thus Ono One blabbing blabbing blab blab- bing of or your Jour tongue and I 1 will send Rend J jou ou to San Juan You know knon what that means menus Not only will ill you OU with the terror error of ot death but bUl never ne for a moment of at waking will you OU be bc free of or the tho terror o of living as you stare upon tho the buzzards that will sure surely I and f shortly pick your our bones And there will be no pulque In San Juan There is never leVer an any pulque In San Juan for th tile the men I J send gelid there So Eh Els I thou thought ht so You will watt wait at two weeks s for the proper time when I Ishall shall again give you mone money If It you ou do not nol walt wait then never this side of or your our Int interment In tho the bellies bellIes' of or buzzards buz buz- zaris tard will you OU drink pulque again whirled on his heel and was s a gone 11 Poon Peon watched him and his hla two companions go goo down dOWIS the street then rounded the pillar to find the tho old peon sunk down in collapse at disappointment of oC not Ilot getting any pulque groaning groaning- and moaning and making sharp little yelping cries his hiM LCd body quivering as dying animals quiver In tho the final throes his fingers picking at hi his flesh and lid garments as us If Ir picking pick pick- In lug ing of off centipedes ICH Down beside him sat TI Poon who be began an a a. able performance of or his own Drawing gold old coins and silver silver sil sil- silver sil- sil ver ones from his hilt pockets he be began an to count over O hii his mone money with chink and clink that thal was mellow mello and nd liquid and lIat to th the u distraught ht peons peon's car was wasas wasas as asaR I as aR the sound Round of the rippling and rif riffling nt- nt I dr-I fling of or fountains of at pulque lYe Wo 0 arc wise Yi Vi Poon told him himIn himin in ill grandiloquent Spanish still HUll clinkIng clink clinic Ing the money moner while the peon whined and yammered for the tho few es centa necessary for one drink of or pulque We 0 arc are wise you Jou and 1 L I. old man and wo 0 will sit Alt here her and tell cli each other what whal we know kilo r bout about men InCa and women and nd life lite and anti lo love and aid ang angor r and amI sudden death tho Ito ra rage e T red d' d In toe the heart and the steel teel hitter bitter cold colt In the thc back and If Ir yoU 00 tell me mc what pleases me then I shall you ou drink hi pulque till your cars ears run rust out with it and your our eye n arc I drowned III In it You like that thal pulque You like liko one ono drink now HOW now no soon I vcr very quick A Momentous l Night Tho The night while the Jeto Politico and Torres or organized their expedition I r rO r of nf I hi I rk w was del destined I to be a momentous Solano I ono one In the Roano olano I hacienda Things be began an to happen I early nJ Dinner over dunking drinking their coff and smoking their cl the tho family fl r or of which Henry was accounted i iT T one Jy b by virtue of or his brotherhood to to Leoncia da n sat on tho the wide front veranda veran- veran da Through l tho the moonlight up the tile steps they SaW a 11 strange figure preach ap ap- ap Continued I |