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Show u TTAcirjjmsr THE PROVO POST, 1 "Humph!" she - ciusf'd. TYrhaps jqrked Alan's leys from under him, yond the sfuldr of the hilL re rign. ' Startled by this alarm once moi-sIlls feet and Irg3 kick d the empty Their hunter was not without a air beyond the dip of the, Idas, he command of his flafplmj Eubtla cbject, namely, to reassure the lay face downward, plutcb'rs deeper IntojtillAlan rose and stumbled cA jrou Nrctlx4 Vnlaa f tlit A Product.! ' lKeaTTatrsatncn; . richtra Mntk. Ljr tlM Drarr. t'ninrvil (iim oI Co. In. rva. (er LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE jnj I Ur 1! " " re-- ft'tu r.V- ? 4. off ii cteer i'.s'.iTt c,.j ciki - Er XfOk-- r R the gcpe. rjt th.s lie nett , . 4 for tho space of a iboht "at I If dXua( Nrim ail road. Urr-'- o TTS6&I tS v aaa JL-1- I ufiha 7 W $ The-I-re- v li it to tier mi ht hy--to la,r,ara. la tho course tho lip of sVirpV and upon As the 'icle kit the he li- - I a Lrcke.i foui.il . (Ft atily -- of the if RcgO'S Jrithiu1? 1 . i fms-ultfc- list 21 her tister'S .rf't'ts hours new flight nrft5? luil w.lh tAloa wtenc" IheXiKlT, I mWitka&U.C,tii!;E.".aC.J.i iijriiv; t iiolj, th that his Kraso ji TLo both. ' V'. tt--- nuts' was if.;i fnielka'roadra'yribiar''obl;hk wl Tkta t i id 1 'V !.b i and Issuing laHrucUm ermp affi rd. wrh a e -- trf v; Kraut wl'h k .it, own rafi!y, but tar the. esUJr whom 1 loved. .rtMo-the point fehera far -t i frn c jrr ns 1 't the cht to tUrr if.ulio n iri ; frco rf .it r i3'& tain. me a a by fr-- n h t v. ) l i- , n Mjkusmsz-cjs- Ml defrnseyes, Lau,k..ftiUUi -' ;. Z. k a cua im t is i a cl ...pi c. t'' nci C 3 a.iuo-r. n J "p 1 14.: c.r TThtiT r paEffi irnnvfr r',7 r t! they diApi chamber do r means eu"s3 of eor- -' f' rt : denced bv th -- - Py a - - Marroph it r. I bar fc i tore i And towat MesqjiBo i it . A . i MourT.u ESsro ht 'Mr. Trine's f e no f i U .it. riiho h I arcu his si rtni-- o tba coiuitc was p Krr-fte- h'v ruuu . He eav;, clciil .sllhou'-ttcagainst c the Uieglouirg .mlor, the Mephistorucha.! p olo cf Seneca Trine, distorted w: i a gi mace of tho crudest joy that ever h ert of man conceived. He taw Marrophat proa eh ha mister with a drunken swagger and a speech which, though Indistinguishable to the unseen au- ditoryunquegtlonatiy aAurdcd both of the other men ample excuse for ecstatic glee. Toward its conclusion-Mr- . Marrophat apparently capped the peak of jubilation by fumbling In his coal pocket and bringing forth something which strongly resembled a single playing card. Now when he had eontrived to ; master his mirth, thecrlpple made gesture which . eloquently abolished this card, a gesture which said qnlte plainly: All that Is finished. The thing has served its purposed To ob-cc- 4" nsT .hell with s-s l'e . -- t' 1 pis m cl to second m 1 a c1 pace at a 't uki,..ncd Lo - Sacrifbe. But Tom Barrua hadnt fatlol to profit by the warning implicit in Alsu's accideqt. Alan1, he told him self shrewdly, would never have run his ejelo at so foolhardy a pace without good reason! and under the circumstances good reason was synonymous solely with d The two piled out promptly enough; Marrophat and Jimmy Jumped In: ' s .window sped f , Hi.' Vt Hr Trine from hla bedroom 'fk yr missTohAsItW' murderous tKetn'b'n'tlOr t? 'fvv, a blast cf blasphemy. It must-hahen an henr latef when his motorcvcle Alan, checking It Was a Trey of Hearts. as It surmounted the summit of a of the roadway, he went his way in the long upgrade, looked bank and dlsend with cariosity unsatedi- - Fate had - covered, several miles distant-on the reserved that card for a higher pur- windings of the mountain I pose. road, a small crimson shape that ran Undisturbed, it lay where It had like a mad thing tirelessly pursued fallen, face upward, not a dozen feet , by a clond of tawny dust like a gold- from the front J AM of the Mountain ;en ghost, A motor car ,T beyond all question, house, until another day dawned on and one of uncommon rod-d- e von ring Mesquite. Then, in the clear light of that dawn. j quality; It might or might not conJour more strangers straggled into tain Marrophat and Jimmy, once more tawn two weary and haggard men. in . pursuit. Whether or not, hitter two footsore and bedraggled women. t experience had long since educated no One of these last was dressed in a j Alan in the gentle art of taking ' suit of mans clothing7 much the worse Vchsnce. Though It was his life that they for wear. At 'sight of the Mountain house the sought to pertinaciously, no later than symptoms of a J yesterday (and then by no means for ' party betrayed alight more cheerful spirit; rejoicing In its the first time), they had proved thnt promise cf food and drinks and beua j if Rose were with Alan they would withal wherein to sleep, the for j include her ruthlessly. Iq whatsoever t rcheme tbey mlgt contemplate for quickened their steps. hia personal extermination. Rut of a sudden one of the women who wore the garments of her i Nor would Tom Barcus he exempt, set paused, 'uttered a low cry, Ilf they were cauaht In company-r-a-thri- U with, terror, and clutching the though Judith might be, In view cf arm of the man nearest her, pointed down to the' card that blared up liom the dust at her feet. . t k ' 4s - K- ve - -- - far-flun- i M S'll U-- 3T ETfSSJi ' rrTWkiwagrqpdWigs - ebe awias h - CHAPTER : t Full XLVIII. rN Fshl. SS them was, If anything, than Alan's, just as the racing automobile was faster than either. Alan kept his gare steadfast to the road before them, daring not once to look up and round or back. So ainuoua and meandering was Its 4 - Oh, what can it mean? Rose whispered brokenly, clinging to her lovers arm. "Surely you dont think . , Surely, it must he accidental . Surely It cant mean " ; Tn " afraid it does," --Alan Law "' course, Indeed, that Alan seldom could eee a hundred yards of jit ahead, but muBt pelt on In panic (flight., hoping for the best that Judith and Barcua would soon show up in front, that something might happen to hinder tho pursuit never knowing whether the latter lost or gained. And thus catastrophe befell . . . Round the swelling bosom of a wooded mountainside the motorcycle swept like a hunted hare, and without the , least warning came upon BarCus dismounted, Barcus bending over his cycle and tinkering with its re- sponded gravely, eyeing the front of the Mountain house. Our luck bolds consistently thats all. It wouldnt be us if we didnt pick out the one place where Marrophat and Jimmy chose to stop over night. Fortunately. its early; I doubt theyre up. With half a show we ought to be able to find some ay of putting a good distance between us and tils t3n Tom 5" before they waken . But Mr. Barcus wax already at his elbow, In thorough sympathy' with Alans interpretation of Ale significance- to be attached to tfa card that trembled In Roses hand "Sharps ths wordIi'm agreed. "Ard theres a motor car ovfr there, Probin front. of the bacUm'-'j'ihor-4- hire we can ably ejaculated-swlnjlr"Trines cor!" 'Ala the rourd and r automobile at a glavca. "Then- - b R here, ar " (i J ,rf.lK)V i "But 1,0 hotter We li J utdarn thing ff .hi patdr Uly T and-Judith- motort .. For one horrlpllating instant " . g -- r,R-e- un - colli-- , slon seemed ifhavoldablo. Barcus and Judith and the motorcycle occupied moat of the width of the road; there was little ream between them and tho declivity, less between them and the forest. To try topassthem on the latter Adda would be only tp dash his hra'ns otst against the trees; while to make tha attempt on the outside would be to risk leaving the road altogether hid dach'ngolf into space , ( And it. was impossible td stop Jhe t-- hJ Fcrtcu f..ra t bithu - ths car m. tracts; aal Ls fere the vut . arrHt.Ll1 a that off or lha tisas &r'.cd, the machine was Ctius IjsM. aptly, The rm e d - n Ho heard, uho d by one h-.- 1 fl- of Us stremn 's pocf vrs checked '!' b above, tin a th: ip 1 -- urcwt -- star-smitte- n f -h- alf-numb a -t- V 1 c ; - their convenience alter overhdu.lng & poverfuj bad a ranffe sufficient their quarry, whose life they mobt j to nun b tjie impetuosity of the as- coveted. As for Rose and Alan Vaven knew what had haopenmiug!lfrtk. the out whab Barqvs set himself to aa escap9i ever" rroviueiice knew 'without ' more For In the sbed behind an abandoned delay. The racing car was barely ooi log cabin souvenir, no doubt, of some of sight when be f.aprang from the forgotten prospector Barcus had unsheltering trees and, Judith at his earthed a length of stout hempen rope, of heels,"pelted btadiong-aow- ir aruBlysBovfeI h to the spot wnere tho others had van- - bad hacked this Into two equal lengths, ished. oce of these lengtbB he proceeded to To find them not only alive bit make fast around his own waist, then practically unscathed affected tha. around Rotes. .The other he left to 4 be loyal soul almost to tears. slruHrly employed by Alan and TBut when congratulations had been Jud'th. Fir it was agreed that they mutually exchanged, there fell an m.jjt rkrrb, srd while the cliff offered awkward pause. The eyes of the four no to daunt a rnour, tain c?!r b sought cao anothers ruefully, each . er cf Day pretensions, it was cons'd-pai- r quick with the unuttered but in-- prC(i hc-- t ikuC the fugitives should exorahle inquiry; What next? Inched up fa pairs c gainst any pos- In the cutcome, it was Mr. Barcus j i,"rv ct a lip. The pairing had who advanced the suggestion which ,j ' -- ucd by the fact that was adopted thosgh this was its re-Roii6 Flight experience i ception mere thro !s h lack of a 'nj vvhie T.oee was than iar aiv ecfaal appeal lffU,u4c . t cVu :ted of the two I in the proposiHon. ; . U? I TAt abld to helphcrstlf "When v.e I saw," he Corn, &a cwuiu-tyt . ventured, with t, bck'Bfrd joik of fj-v Nrd his cautions vajl his thumb to indicete the road, a eaa-- f in low, to h point puld-- , h tl you traachitg t(! this uaVV-KeVthe cliff, f&Rowtfcg . a quarter of a mile or er yonder. If it e that provided tbs pas- - thrkitrpr-iOTOhFaia- , n jt-tjv.- li lter z- ke . ' 1 w cf 1 H j But Its sure a mighty poor sort of a oanjou th it doesn't lead anywher- ecould possibly be more l and rest fapgulng to cur tempers than to squat down here and fold our hacds In our laps and wait for Eomehing to turn up and anyway we cant he worse off than we are and " , Sufficient!" Mr. Law Interrupted with s bleak smile. Crooking a deferentfe! arm, Barcus offered lt to Judith. . "ICvvrvthlijg Is lov1v In the formal garden," ha insisted "so sweetly romantic. Are you game for an idle sauntor. Just to while the idle hours awsyF - The woman found for spirit enough a wan smile as she tucked her hand gratefully beneath his arm. Youre the cheerfulest soul I she said demurely. ."What Im going to do without you when If ever we get out of this awful business, goodness only knows." . "Lets talk of something else," he . . suggested haBtily. "Unices, of course," ehe pursued with unbroken gravity, "I marry -- nie.-cuiia- lts - cetvlrced tnat the punuit had for wait cf f r,u., ,,ou. perhaps to execute some v.3 , ;u let ATIUk-perh- eps cuiardnus attempt upon the lives the Ilgitlves, delay, then, he made the free end of the rope fafct around bis own waist, and, following the' way Barcus had chosen, began the ascent Two thirds of the climb had been accomplished, and Rose abd Barcus had arrived In safety at the top, before ; the temptation - to look down proved irresistible. Immediately beneath his heels the face cf the cliff was deerly hcEowed out, leaving a drop of 60 feet to a shriving ledge of shale as steep as s roof, -- whore eavee perhaps -- another fitty feet below jutted out over another fall of a hundred feet. Alan shuddered and swallowed hard before resuming the ascent Another 20 feet brought him to a Iedg quite six feet wide, offering a broad and easy path to the summit.. He gained this with a prayer of hcart- felt, relief and was on the point of Tlslng to hla feet when a cry of horror ' you. , . front Barcus and a scream of (error Ilcaven," 'the young man' prayed from" Rose, watching over the upper fervently, "forfend! edge; warned him barely in time to ' "That is hardly gallant- enable hist to snatch at and grasp a "I b?cur.rhiaeu for.? Id uLt you knots cf Judith s weight should tjrow yourself e Way IT Uutened.lhe rope betwten them and . ever-met,- relic. , J of V,; 5 : on y with them, theyT;r.d done likewise, reasoning that they could return and t c. ui r n the avuj it bore diitJtl, i.--r quar-fro- on 'ri UP 'l xr: ji J umys rc ' GCi fl. ... I u i' xb' i ,'t A . W1- - -- 1 .tr 'S ; . 0 i.--- gcod-wil- y two-seate- -- .. L uit I1' tt rrV"-'r. l i.f ivX'vW- d and-Jiam- lit ' t 2t. ... z''- behind. seconds later a flaunting ban- pursuit Slxty ner of dust'was all that remained to He was therefore on the alert, quick remind Mesquite that romance had to see the racing automobile when it passed that way that, and a series came Jmrtllng round the bend, and in of passionate screams emanating the very nick of time graeped Jud th's Trom the bedchamber of Seneca arm and swung her bodily with him Trine, where. the cripple lay posses- back out of harms way, amid the sed by seven devils of insensate rage. trees that bordered the Inside cf the His screams brought attendance; road. but it was a matter of many precious Of necessity his motorcycle suffered. minutes before his demands could be Abandoned in the middle of the road, met and Marrophat and Jimmy roused It was struck by the buffers of the from their crapulous slumbers In ad- motor car and flung aside as If It had joining chambers; and half an hour been nothing more ponderable than a down elapsed before the chauffeur, roused truss of straw landing half-wa- y from his own rest, suc- tho embankment, a horelesa targle of ceeded In convincing the pair that shattered tubing and twisted wire. At first blush the pursuit with the motor cir was out the-ca- r tlia if the ttiiestjom seemed surprising,-tta- t i But the devil takes care of his own: not stop. But then Barcus reminded ! within another half hour what seemed himself that Marrophat ito ,hf? sheets bull headed, . dumblnrk - coulcLnot .possibly JuiS jlteTsedith rbrought a casual automobile to Mes- accident involving Alan an rose, who, high power together with the vioclt of their maqrfltA a gracing machine of the latest and chine, remained well cloaked by tho two iapeedlestJpattenv-dilsemJJ- y imderbru&h at .lh ., v c I t,. c wavfarers who pVfved onlv yoa IB all probability, then, the astoo susceptible to Marrophats offer of sassins had assumed --that Alan hau b. hurried cn; and sir.ci their double' the cost of th ear t. first well-earne- t rv he i S o c uW uot Lave lcveu him as fho i did had k t tot b cn jo Uirovably I not tut. Ae It was, f'nee ekeho'ie her lave might be returned, she was content to love nnd to promise hers-4- f tftit. If opportamty ever oU fered, she would not trove unnady to sacrifice herself for her love. And at times she caught herself praying that such opportunity would be accorded her, and quickly, and that the sacrifice it should demand would be complete. Now prayers are sometimes answered whpn the boon craved is good forth ensoul. Slowly and painfully them fcnr toiled along an obscure trail that followed the windings of the little river, nntll a hranch struck Into the main stream and so discovered, to them yet g itr hue. Kee& in al advance m t'u re' i;tt price of the machines, v hen now. And thus it was that, wPbn tn thet minutemfrom Rrek chance-flunwarrln? 'n the ',,t, the party was again la rapid motion. b" the, His beauty sleep dlst'-rbdeparture" of tha machine bearKg Barcus and Judith, Seneca Amne roused on an elbow and lookeu out of the window Just in timfo see the second motorcycle gathering momen-turn- . Alan steering ftoee in Jhe seat Whereupon, with a smart jerk of his wrist, Mr. Marrophat sent the card pinning and sailing out through the open window to lose itself in the night The watcher didn't nee it fall, and though he spent an unconscionable time searching for it In. the deep dust ,V.! i v. 'tu:e was m wn1 - i The ut hold cu - to tho very l,p of the cliff a d cac cf Judiths Lt comi ttly, tak'ng with jt tlss6 btdy fail. & tn lhe,ih H, tikn tho twain U!on whose efforts all the hac u Truie cf late had been slithering rumble cf tho Und.llde of - - 4- - g. therlng n.tr.AT't7C . A tered. Ilarcus, at length a.rl.tJ, assisted A death that was merciful. In fiisK h'm to a place of Security. Spent lt was instantaneous, awaited theaaC and fuTnt i d vrlrwlth herror; he lay tSoTooi-o- ff - CHAPTER U. , prene and slrcddcrlng. Only the assurance of Barcus that From sleep as ?om drugged stssr Judith had somehow escaped being Trine awakened, stxugjJisB!: Judith precipitated over the eaves of tha back to consciousness like some' c him him and roused shale roof gave hausted diver from the black 4rp3to( nerve enough to resume the climb. surface of a found was when he courage to the It true, bound pool to look and' see for himself; she Jay And for a little she within three yards of the brink suwits fumbling rwSfijj pine her face upIiftedToThe sun, un her of business their renewing acquab&j a not Btlr; single stirring; she dared ance with the world. j At first she could by no means nsJ n&dsJ ognize her surroundings. This chamber of rough' plank"waHjA4"' primitive furnishings; this Wl0e,fbs2l anpther trail leading into the, west! couch she shared with her Still ward canyon. rewealeE the tiew be sister. and Rose; Then again slowly painfully ring I by an open window at the hedeifin. jthey plodded on following blindly anree-elai of -as a hllnTaa fair other trail blazed by Fates perspective tains through which a they. i?V canyon rolled down to an tmncnSft Above, them, on the road they had conveyed nothing to her .InfiriM abandoned, the crimson racer doubled X. plain, jia ' ' had where it back to the point passed llgence. Judith and Barcus; its occupants deA formless sense .of fsome epodhfl scended, explored, and came presentchange in the habits andancntal pre esses of a young llfetlm&Jads JL. ly upon the trail of the fugitives. Bloodhounds could not have sether confusion. 4 tled down upon a scent 'with more Who was she herself, thia .rtraiussf MarMr. than and eagerness l creature who rested here so ealmlr, rophat and his faithfnl aide. by the side of Rose? If she wmwl ) hlghandhiazing above Judith Trine, how- - came t. VMdJr the canyon when the pursuit came Irreconcilable there? Vv yi every phase of character,opposites within rife shot of tha chase. the alstfiag A spiteful shot roused the hrd sedulously avoided assoclatk-a pause of lethargic, dismay.. r wtthreadr other ever since-thet4a la lardy- - apprtdatl;aoL thefact had not shared -- the shelter that they bad penetrated wUlessly al-' WwV i, four walls overnight since HbnefftsJ most to the end of a blind alley. yond the hour da of Judiths memory What, then, had so changed them hqthj th Judihs revolver and posted him that they ehcnld be found-J3- jej;P(j 8 bowlder commanding the ap- - a. , i"- If . clone company T , vere rot indi,'''r"t to sdl-tfer- to k V cf motor bovfd two moo iLr ip ".4 v ve felt l r tm jr;- -r J tho ous l"r.N ce coali t t! is cv. " ' i .rOh-'btfor- e hocomQpL Hha Whatp lu3eed,-hawild thing, Judith Trine of JPPtfUi$!tJt Surely the had little euoofTv His Screaks Broaghi Attendance. I movement was calculated to set ths -this Judith 4 t-- B shale bed again in motion. whose heart was ut Painfully he realized that if, aB Barcus asserted, she bad deliberately cut 2-- j 11 offered the 'roper herself," Judith-ha- d w though ,, wag focused npen Ike'perecy f up her life to spare his own. h, one man, none ths Jess embrace! 'l- tJi the world even her sister amt L. CHAFER iucc.es:f uUifi vai. in. that one zuana at.. f fecticr.3. . Retribution. v This change had not come upon heart And yet the very" consciousness of the grls danger was all tho stimo-le- without warning. She had been aAj that Alan needed to recall him to most Insensibly aware of Its . advo through the gradual softening mfuthia himself. Once arrived with Barcus at tha top old Judiths hard and vengeful naturw cf the cliff, be lost no time in setting in the course of Jhe last few fejm. But. now. that, the revolution was agv: e btmt- preparations to effeet her res ccmpliched, sho hardly knew herj5U cue. Eh a hardly knew the world, tadoed.l In this business Fortune smiled upon .0 differently did she regard, it him, as it wore, by predisposltcn. without something of thrwiii'!Msyt? A broad'pondway ran along the tep wendermont of a chill to End atij of . the precipice, turning &ff at. a new nnd etranga and henaJJ-- i little distance to tha rght, to descend things 0 , the mountalrvldo. And juit beyond lal And this was the work of, Love? J this turning Providence had chosen Now the chain of memorl- s lra Xo locate flic camp of a hydraulic rainquite complete, no link lacking lx lt outfit ing recalled clvurfiy vvptj! continuity. Alans srcarr.nce at the top, In inclde.it thatShehad marked U11 wtesrj fact, was coincident with the arrival this great love she had Jut cl growth at that point of half a dozen excited Alan Law,lrom that first' Ccy, iel jetj miners; and he had no more than fiery deathtrap sb)'had sot fer hiss' t0 and repaid her only by risking Lis ixr4 to more hands. and camp procure rope anew to save her from dcslruuUcfc.) Within five minutes Alan, gainst down to this morning whoa thwj the protests of Rose and Barcus, was stream from very a hydraulic lio-ihalt' being lowered over the edge and down swept over the brink f tkr-., ts the shale roof on which he landt a crimson rvriss precipice ed at a spot far to one 6ide of Judith, automobile containing two CrsporatsJ tQ ..escape all danger of sending a .secmen best upon compassing 1L0 Uoathj " ' ond landslide down upon her.-- of her beloved. . . j . ricking his way. carefully down to By that act of sheer the very brink, Alan edged along.thls, the world was richer for tha leas id more than onee saved a fall to death two blackguards, act:' only by the repo, until he stood im- Alan Law might, now ha csoHdcrohj mediately below Judith. safe from further persecution eloesd Then pausing, he instructed her there now remained not one soul loytf I carefully, tossed the end of the rope enough to Seneca Trine to Into her bands, and when she had his private war of vengeanceproecasj wound it twice round her "arm, crept Alan. 'And though that aged again caonel up to her side and helped her make It mrclac had means whereby ha jalgtfii fast about her body. purchase other scoundrels snd rwe Ills signal to the miners that all rupt them to. his hideous was well educed prompt response. Judith w as determined that hF ikoiif; t There was a giddy interval in which never again have any opportunity--the two swung perilously between to do. Though Alan, Ehe knew, heaven and earth. Then they stood never lift his hand to LindirwilSj Ssar once more in safety. fathers freedom of action, ehs. TiSiCh, Supported( by sympathetic hands, meant to take such steps as his jierw the quarief staggered "Trio camp, cution called for. If there were s4 their story, as condensed, by Barcus Justice in the land if tht.re were and breathlessly confirmed, by Alan, alienist capable of discriminating already,., winning then (enthuslastio tween TrlneB apparent realty ajatJLtsw , , champions, deep rooted mania tho a runy Ard, (tis w'ES very weu for timon nury days more should psi.. I. to tis-ttrFor they had no' mere than ic ' without witnessing h'a therps&Ves end iu'nt tO) an Initltulion tor tpe u!..- apprt ' what perils they had- - Piaed, whoa l Irmwnq, U:e ,Umb!c,ot.motor tuf U- (To he Continued J 31 ill T"V' Ttk -- . .-y '' . nt - - W , le c dred-foo- self-defena- black-hearte- ai -- N y r-- n.-- |