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Show I The Trey O' Hearts B A Nellied Vertfon of thMoHc Picture Dram, of the Same Nurao j Produced by the Uniyeraal Film Co. B By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE " Y , B Atorf"T Fntum lhnl,r.""Thi Aran Bul,""TU Black fl,."fc. I fl IHiutrited wita PbetetTeplii from tlie Picture Proanctioi I H Oopjrlsht, 1911, by Lonli Joeeph Vance H 8YN0P8IS. I K The ' '" ' th" Mth-ilim" -' K lorel br Heneoa Trine In the private war ) B of Tfnnc which, through the aie-icy ef i BBK til dauihter, Judith, a woman of violent B M-ilona like hie own, he wnn enaltut Alan K Law, ton of the man (now aeail) who wae H Innocently reeponelble for the accident which j rnJrfd Trine a helplen cripple for life J Alan le In love with Roee, Judlth'a twin and V double, though In all alee her oppoelte. Ju-Ki Ju-Ki dlth rove to compeae Alan'a death, but he Hi urn her life under dramatlo clrcumetancea H and eo, unwlttloily and unwillingly, wine H nr love. Thereafter Judith la by turna H tnlmated by the old hatred, the new love. Hi and Jealouay of Hoee. CHAPTER XXVI. B Make-Believe. B For upwards of three-quarters of an B hour of that golden morning which fol-B fol-B lowed tho night of his return to Now I B Yol, Ir" Law was nonn-tt-- to C8" ' B teem lllm9olf tho happiest of mortals - Hj Tho beginning of tho period was B trnchronous with tho slam of a taxi's taxi-'s B cb door tnat Bliut away a 8UDerflU0UB ,p vorld from the company of two who '- B bTed' H Tho Bound spoiled Bafety ns well as 10 B ,UCC?8S m Alan's understanding. B The car slipped smoothly away from B the curb, pursued only by a llttlo gust B of semi-Ironic cheors from tho little U Hj company of working men who had wit- B "esscd as wc" aB measurably partlcl- 5 B Pted ln the putative elopement from W I tti house of Trine. B Vigilant for any Indication that their od H evasion had had a witness In that lly HJ itrenge homo of deathless hatred, li B A,an watched It through tho little ct B lndow In tho back of tho cab until a 00. Hi corner blotted out tho vision of It; n- B ""n w'tn n B'K'1 of rol'cf Bank down ' B 'no B'(' ' l'10 wolnan to whom his re. B (Tcr- thought, impulso and emotion rat B ere dedicated. Uh Hj "Hose!" ho whispered, and tonta- led B "re,y touched ono of tho hands that ile H lay clenched In her lap. to H She responded with never a sign to fa- H Indlcato consclouBiicba cither of his In H touch or his whisper. ot H And reminding himself of tho strain ied H Imposed upon her by tho experience) a H through which they hnd just passed, iole H 'an cxcusc(l her unresponsiveness on rth- I 5roun(l8 ' reaction, and far the tlmo iTe I (e't constrained to lot his sweetheart boa H rwt nnd regain her normal polso: ,W0 H there was bliss enough for hlra ln the th I consciousness that ho had won her Per- I ,a'cly awav t,mt nothing now more H than a short hour's drlvo across town H and by ferry across tho Hudson stood between thorn and tho marriage that uld I '10U'0' provo tho consummation of all .'ote H lMr trlals ' ' Barrlwr. accident! .gjg H Alan had too often suffered -the' penalty pen-alty of disappointment for ovor-lndul-v lenco In this falling of his for doprocl- ' itlng the unforeseen, not to mako tho j.J Bental reservation, "Warring accl- w Jentsl" with a llttlo shiver of dread. Had any of Trlne's household been .. ognlzant of his daughter's escapo, Han argued, Intorfercuco must have keen Instunt. Deaplto tlio reassuring aspect, tho . preoccupation of his companion so t ore upon him thnt ho was prcsontly """ no longer ablo to refrain from disturb- own tag her. "Hohc!" ho begged again, closing a hand tenderly ovor hors. "Dearest com' llrl, don't worry anothor Instantl Do I talm yourself: remember we nro safo mi- M APPeared Anxious to Escapo 0 I Without Delno Seen. iicn IB ow u fooled them handily thanks din iCUr faith unil bravery, sweothcart! I,'1 . "verythlng Is going to bo woll i lih us from "ow on' 0vur ln J"y ', ""ilBtor Is waiting now to marry ilk i"'"1 (,"wn nt tl10 .White Star dock eff i ,at '" waltlB thnt Ih to carry us iiat KnKlnmJ 'ho moment we'ro mar-HL' mar-HL' .; Jhlnk of thnt unil thnt I love '"u Nothing can possibly break tho ,,nR'h of thut cewiblnatlon!" en- i -d she breathed sently. "It BBHWHaaaaafln cant be truol I'm trying eo hard to bellovo but all the while I know it can't be truol" Ho converted a skeptic with the mute eloquence of bis lips . . . Head upon his shoulder, the girl clung passionately to him. "Tell mo again that you love rael" sho prayed. "Promise me you'll never lot anything come between us. Promlso me, Alan promlso mo you'll bo kind to mo always, al-ways, dear!" "Can you doubt I will bo kind?" ho murmured reproachfully. "1 nm afraid . . ." sho whispered. "How could I bo anything else, loving lov-ing you as I do?" "You can't bo euro. What If you wcro to find you'd boon mlstakon?" Sho caught her breath and addod hastily "That you didn't really love me, 1 mean." "Oh, that'6 ridiculous!" "I can't bo suro. Nothing in Ufo Is permanent. What Is lovo? Illusion of tho senses! What Is happiness? A wlll-o'-tho-wlsp! What Is Ufo? A mako-bellevo!" "Dearest!" Ho hold her more closo-ly closo-ly still. "You aro nervous and overwrought. over-wrought. You don't know what you're saying. You can't mean what you'ro eaylng. . . . But say that It's so that llfo Is all make-believe. Then make-bcllovo you lovo mo " "Oh, but I do, I do!" "And mako-bellevo for a llttlo we've caught tho wlll-o'-tho-wlsp only for a llttlo until you wako up and realize that It's all real nml true." Sho closed hor eyes again: "Yes," sho breathed, "you nro right. Lot's make-bellevo It's all truo for a llttlo longer . . . and forget . . ." He could by no means nccount for this strange humor; but ho did his best to comfort her, nono tho less tenderly ten-derly becnuso of his mystification. And far a long time sho let illusion blind her, resting quietly In bis arms, making mak-ing bellovo . . . CHAPTER XXVII. The Ring. Theirs was tho last vohlcle to swing between tho gates heforo theso last were closed. And this was qulto as well; for Alan, rising for ono last backward glanco through tho roar window, started Involuntarily In-voluntarily and choked upon an exclamation ex-clamation when ho descried a powerful power-ful touring car tearing madly toward the forry-houso, Its ono passenger half rising from tho front seat, beside the driver, and exhibiting n countenanco purplo with congested chagrin as ho bow his car barred out of tho carrtago entrance. Quickly sensitive to his emotion, tho girl caught nervously at Alan's hand. "What Is It, dear?" "Marrophnt," ho snapped. Sho uttered a hushed cry of dismay. "Don't bo alarmed, howovor," ho hastened to comfort' her. "He's lost tho raco: tho gateo aro Bliut ovon tho passenger gates and thero must bo n company spotter somowhoro nenr by, for the gateman Is virtuously rofuslng to bo bribed by n roll of money ns thick as my wrist I" At thut Instant tho tnxlcab rolled uboard tho furry-boat; tho deck gates wore closed; a hoarso whlstlo rent tho roaring sllonco of, tho city; winches rattled and chains clanked; and tho boat wore ponderously out of Its slip. "So much for Mr. Mnrrophat!" Alnn crowed, sitting down. "Foiled again I Ho enn't stop us now!" "I'orhups . . ." "Why that perhops? Why that tone?" ho demanded sharply, struck by tho foreboding her accents con-fussed. con-fussed. "This Isn't tho only ferry. Thero's the Pennsylvania and tho Lackuwauna nnd by hard driving ho might ovon manage to catch tho boat that connects con-nects with this from tho Christopher street ferry of tho Erio!" "Imposslblo! I don't bellevo itl I i won't!" "Let'fl not," she agreed. "Iiut, Alan 1 M I "Yes?" t "Promlso me If ho should manngo to catch up with us you won't lot him talk to you. I mean, don't let him" I "No foar of thnt!" ho nssorvatcd hotly "If ho tries to exchnngo ono 1 word with mo I only wish ho would I" ' Sho seoined sntlstlod with that; but tho Incident had served appreciably to I chill their spirits. Thoy accomplished tho remainder of that voyago in n J sllonco thnt was no less dopressed bo- ' cause thoy sat hand In hand throughout. Nor wns tholr taxlcah thrro minutes out of tho forry houso on the JorBoy shore though tho chnuffour, stimulator stimu-lator by Alan's extravagant promises, wnB doing his bwtt to frncturo tho speed laws nnd escapo nrrost when tho girl's foars were amply Justified; n shout from behind drew Alan's bond out of the window on ono side nnd tho girl's op tho othor nnd proved to both thnt Mnrrophat hnd Indeed found some wny to mako tho crossing without great delay. His touring car was within fifty ynrds when thoy first wore aware of It; and Marrophat, standing on the running-board, was ihoutlng Inarticulately Inarticu-lately and flourish': an Imperative hnnd; while the u.dtance between them wus momentarily growing less noticeable As Marrophat's car drow abreast Alan nodded and said quietly: "Don't be alarmed; I can attend to this gentleman gen-tleman 8lngIo-handed." And this ho proceeded to demonstrate demon-strate with admirable easo, oven though called upon to do so far sooner soon-er than ho had thought to bo thanks to Marrophat's halr-bralnod precipitancy. precipi-tancy. For, falling to lnfluenco tho taxi driver by shouted demands or threats, or to gain tho least attention from Alan, Trlne's first lieutenant abruptly ab-ruptly and surprisingly took his life In his hands and ln one wild bound bridged the dlstanco between tho two (lying cars and landed on tho taxi's running-board. Btopl" bo screamed madly. "Stop, I say! You don't know what you'ro doing! Let mo tell you" He got that far but no farther. In tho eamo breath Alan had flung wldo the door nnd was at tho fellow's throat Thero was a struggle of negligible duration; Marrophat was ln no way his antagonist's match; within throo seconds ho threw out both hands, clutched hopolessly at tho framowork of tho cab, nnd fell heavily to tho Btrcot. Tho taxi spod on without pause, its drlvor deaf to tho halls of Innocent if Indignant bystandore. Alan pulled himself together nnd looked back Just In time to catch n gllmpso of n num-bor num-bor of loafers lifting Marrophat to his foot nnd helping him to tho sldowalk of nn unsavory-looking tenomont, bo-foro bo-foro tho cab took a corner on two whcols . . ," "Not sorlously Injured, I fancy," ho told tho girl in rcsponso to hor eager look. "Worse luck!" ho added gloomily. Uut It scoemed that ho was to havo greater causo than this to complain of his luck, before that ride woa ended. Throo blocks further on a tiro blew out with n report llko a cannon-crack-or, and tho taxi lurched perilously. hesitated, slowed down, nnd limped dejectedly to tho curb. Alan and tho chauffeur piled out ln tho same Instant, tho ono standing guard with an eyo out us well for another cab whllo tho other assessed damages. "Nothing for It but a now tiro, sir," this last reported sympathetically. "It must havo been a broken bottlo or (jomothlng llko thnt It sure did rip tho usefulness clean out of that shoe." "Go to it," Alan advised him terso-ly; terso-ly; "nnd If you mako a quick Job of It, I'll stand tho cost of tho new tiro." "Uut If another cab comes along whllo you'ro at It you'll loso us as quick as a wink. Hero's my card. In cusu we havo to desert you In a hurry; you understand this Is a matter of llfo and death, and I'll havo no tlmo to settlo up with you. Hut you can call at Mr. Dlgby's office and he'll fix things up to your satisfaction." Tho man took tho card and nftor n glanco at tho namo touched his hat with moro notlccablo rospect. "All right, Mr. Law," ho agreed; "anything you say." And forthwith got to work. Tho rapidity with which ho completed com-pleted tho change of tires proved him an excellent chnuffeur, an adopt at his craft; but tho delny wns ono disastrous disas-trous for nil thnt. It worked together with whnt Alan pardonably described iib tho devil's own luck to bring tho touring car In sight nt tho precise mc-mont mc-mont when tho chnuffour wns cranking up nnd Alnn on tho point of reentering reenter-ing tho cab. And though they were off ngaln before Alan could closo tho door, tho nttempt wns hopeless from tho start. And yet whether or not because Alnn's dlBtusto for Interference had been too convincingly demonstrated tho touring car for tho tlmo bolng contented Itsolf with trolling about fifty fcot in tho rear, whllo tho taxi fled tho tenement purllous of tho Ho-boken Ho-boken wntorfront and found Its way into tho broader streots of an unpro-tetitlous unpro-tetitlous suburban qunrter. Not until thoy woro woll Into the suburbs, with fow dwellings nenr nnd no pedestrians to intorforo, did Marro-phut's Marro-phut's purpose become apparent. Then, howovor and It hnppenod whllo Alan wbb looking back tho touring car drow In swiftly nnd easily and Marrophat, Marro-phat, rising In his seat, leveled a revolver re-volver ovor tho windshield nnd flrod. Tho crack of hla weapon was practically prac-tically coincident with n motalllo thud beneath the rear sent of the taxlcab. Not for some moments did Alan appreciate ap-preciate tho vlciousness ot thoBchema. Surmising that the gssolino tank had been punctured by thn bullet, ho was Inclined to bellevo that Marrophat hoped to stop the taxlcab by depriving depriv-ing It, In courso of time, of Its fuel. And with this In mind he waB present, ly surprised, ns tho cnb took a cornor, to nee Marrophat's car stop at that corner and Mnrrophat himself get down The brow of n hill Intervened, shutting off sight of tho blackguard as ho knelt and lit n match. It was tho Kir! who gavo tho n-larm. suddonly withdrawing hor head from the window win-dow to scream at Alan: "He's fired the gasollnol It's flnm-Ing flnm-Ing along tho street, following tho lino of thf leak and catching up with us!" Without pausing to put hla hand to the latch, Alan kicked tho door opon. "Jumpl" ho cried. "For your life-Jump! life-Jump! As soon as that flame catches up with tho tunk " Simultaneously the chauffeur, overbearing, over-bearing, shut off tho power. Tho throo gained tho sidewalk baro-ly baro-ly In time: tho tiny trail of flames, almost al-most imperceptible ln tho sunlight, was not a yard from tho Jot that spurted spurt-ed through tho bullet holo In tho tank. In tho flutter of an eyelash tho explosion explo-sion followed. Had tho cab bcon loaded load-ed with nitroglycerin Its destruction could havo been no moro absolute. Thero was a roar . . . and then n heap of smoking ruins. Without waiting to ndmlro the spectacle, spec-tacle, Alnn cnught tho arm of tho girl and hurried her up tho street, at tho namo tlmo calling to tho chauffeur to follow. And chanco brought them to tho next corner as another cab, faro-less, faro-less, novo Into vlow. Promising Its driver nnythlng ho might ask, ln or out of reason, Alan gavo hlra tho address, ad-dress, nnd holpod tho girl ln. If Marrophat pursued Alan could soo no sign of him. The second car mado better tlmo than tho flrBt. Unhindered, and as far ns could bo determined, without being followed. It covered tho brief remaining distance In a gratefully grate-fully short lapso of tlmo. The suburb dropped behind a mnio ot Btrccts where dwellings stood shoulder shoul-der to shoulder and dooryards wero BBBBP&V flBP-v M flaBBsT Sal &Bkla. HHbbbw JvwjDv LVRkw UibHHHbbW HaK-VHHaWlPV&?Sf' aHHHVaBWHrVHVaP HHjVm 'VB"HHMSSScOsk eVJHHjVHHAULVr YhYhV' HlHkP&aB SKhVhVhhbPHbbbW BBBBBBBBBBBBBbVuISS HaHHa'g VIHIBfttjJBJBBBBBBBBBBBRBBBBBBBBa. VbVvwA wHfl HHHfl HHHHHHHHHHgE2 "That Woman la Judith Trine, You Idiot Not Rose!" scant. Tho car swopt up to a corner house of modest nnd homely aspect-Two aspect-Two minutes moro, nnd Alan wbb ox-changing ox-changing salutations with nnd making his bride-to-be known to Dlgby's good friend, tho Reverend Mr. Wright. Kmbarrassment worked confusion with tho young man's perceptive faculties. facul-ties. As this moment nppronchod when two should bo mado ono who hnd gono through tiro and flood, literally as woll as figuratively, for each other's oth-er's sake, Incredulity drow a veil heforo he-foro Ills vision. Ho vlowed tho world as in a glass, darkly. Ho was awaro of a decently furnished fur-nished minister's study; of two witnesses wit-nesses In tho gulso of unassuming womenfolk of tho minister's liouso-hold; liouso-hold; of tho Ilov. Mr. Wright himself as a benevolent volco rolling sonorously sono-rously forth from a black-clad pros-enco; pros-enco; of tho woman of his heart standing stand-ing opposite him; of quostlons asked and responses mado; of a ring that wob magically conjured from somo storo apparently maintained against precisely similar emergencies; of a hand that took tho hand that was to bo his wife's and placed It In his; of his clumsy and witless bungling with tho task of fitting thnt ring to tho finger of his sweetheart's hand . . . And then ho was awnro of n door thnt banged violently In tho hallway; of the sound of n man's volco making somo Indistinguishable dcninnd; that Huso's hnnd wns buddonly whipped nwny, heforo ho could fit on tho Ting; that tho study door was (lung open nnd that this animal of n Marrophat had precipitated himself Into tho room. Ho opened his mouth to protest and Marrophat silenced him with a cry. "You fool! Drop that ring! Stop this farco! Don't you know whom you'ro marrying? That woman Is Judith Ju-dith Trino, you Idiot not Rose!" . Blankly Alan turned to tho girl. Her Homing fnco, hor bullun eyes, hor vory poso, from which tho man- I nor of Hobo had dropped like u cast I garment, confessed tho truth ot Mnr- rophat's assertion. And ns If this woro not enough, Judith confessed it doubly with n sudden outbrenk of such rngo ' ns novcr could hnvo boon browed in Hoso'b gontlo nnturo. "You devil!" sho cried nnd throw herself In front ot Mnrrophat with a spring as llthu ns that of a leopnnloss. "Take warning now from mo: keep out of my way forovor after this or tako tho conBequoncosl God knows," sho panted, "why I don't kill you as you stand!" Ho was In hor way, between hor and the opon door. Sho gavo him no chanco to move aside, but seized him eo fiercely by tho wrists that ho Instinctively In-stinctively lifted to protect himself, and sho fairly threw him half a dozen feet from her. Ho brought up with n crash ngalnst tho wall evon us tho door slammed behind tho girl. When Alan, the first to recover, gained tho sldowalk, sho was already In tho tnxlcab. Whatever reword she had promised tho man, ho whipped his machlno away as it from the foar of sudden death. And darting from tho houso hard on tho minister's heels, Marrophat leaped Into his own car and, ns it ho hnd not heard hor threat or received substantial proof of her earnestness, tore off In pursuit. CHAPTER XXVIII. And the Rote. Tnklng tho dazed young man by the hand, no though ho hod boon a child, tho Reverend Mr. Wright lod Alan back to hla study and established him In n comfortable armchair besldo his desk. "Sit thero and composo yoursolf, my door young friend," ho tnslstod In a soothing volco. At tho elbow ot tho Reverend Mr. Wright a tclophono Bhrllled Imperatively. Impera-tively. With a gesture of professional patlonco ho turned to tho Instrument, lifted tho receiver to his ear, and spoko In muBlcnlly modulated acconte. "Yes . . . Yes: this Is Mr. Wright. . . . Ah, yes. Mr. Dlgby. . . . Not coming? Hut, my dear sir, Mr. Law Is already hero. I must toll you" Ho checked with n roproving glanco for Alan, who'was twitching his bIoovo insistently. "If you please," Alan begged, "lot mo sponk to Dlgby at onco. Forglvo mo" - Reluctantly tho minister Burrondorod tho tolephono. "That you, Dlgby?" "Alan! Dlcse my bouI, what nro you doing over thero? Is Miss Trlno with you? Hut how can that bo posslblo?" "Roso? No. What about her?" Alan demanded, stammering with nnxloty. "Why ono of my eplos has Just reported re-ported by tolophono. Ho wus going on duty thla morning when ho saw n young woman either Roso or Judith wearing a rough coot over boudoir dress climb out of ono of tho basement base-ment windows of Trlno's houso. Sho was apparently ln great distress of mind and anxious to escape without being seen from tho houso; but boforo my man whoso post of observation Is In tho third story of ono ot tho houses opposite could get to tho street, sho had been caught by Bovcral rough-looking customers, who rushed out of Trlno's liouso, solzcd tho girl, and mado off with hor ln a motor-car boortng a Now Jersey llccnso number. I am sending mon to wntch tho Jorsoy ferries. Call mo up In an hour " Without a word of rcsponso, nnd without a word of apology to tho Reverend Rev-erend Mr. Wright, Alan dropped tho recolvor, snatched up his hat, and fled thnt houso liko a man demented. Rose, escaping from Trlno's house. ovorpowered and mado tho cnptlvo or Trlno's lowest croaturos gunmen possibly, pos-sibly, of the stamp of that animal whom Trlno had charged with tho no-snsslnntlon no-snsslnntlon of Alan the night heforo! Thero was neither n motor-car In sight for him to charter nor any time to wnsto In becking ono. Alnn could only hopo to find ono on his way back toward tho forry. It muBt have boon upwards of an hour boforo ho enrno Into a street which ho recognized, by its dluglness nnd squalor, as that ln which ho hnd thrown Marrophat from tho running-board of tho taxlcnb. And then, ns ho pnuscd, breathless and footsore, to cast about him for tho wny to tho forry, a touring car turned n cornor nt top speed and slowed to a stop before that selfsamo tenement of tho unsavory aspect to whoso sldowalk ho had Been Marrophat assisted by tho loafers ot tho qunrtor. And this touring car was occupied by somo half-a-dozen ruffians In whoso hands a young girl writhed and struggled strug-gled when, Immediately on tho stop, thoy Jumped out and wrestled hor out with brutnl Inconalderntlon. Like a shot Alan had crossed tho street but only to bring up iioso to tho panels of tho tenomont door, and to find himself bolzed and thrown roughly nsldo by n burly denizen when ho grasped tho knob nnd mado as If to follow In. "Keop bnck, young follor!" his n-eallant n-eallant warned him viciously. "Keop outn this, now, If you don't want to get Into troublo." To tho speaker's side anothor ranged, eyeing Alan with n formidable scowl. At discretion ho stoppod bnck and turned as If persuaded to mind his own business, then swung on his heel, caught tho two in tho very act of opening open-ing tho door, and threw himself between be-tween thorn. An elbow planted heavily in tho pit of tho stomach of ono disposed of him for tho tlmo being. A blow from tho shoulder Bent tho other reeling to tho irntter. And Alun was In tho tone- nieut's lowermost hall a foul und ovllodorod place, dark as a pit the Instunt tho door wns closed, Its murk relieved only by tho flamo of a kerosene kero-sene lump smoking In u bracket near tho foot ot tho stnlrs. Rounds t.f scuttling ot feet wero nu-dlblo nu-dlblo on the first landing. Alnn addressed ad-dressed himself Impotuously to tho staircase, gaining Its top In half a dozen leaps, and only In tlmo to see a door slammed at tho forward ond of tho hall and hear a key turned In Its lock. A cluster of men blockod tho way. Ho didn't pause to wait for it to ho clenrod, but threw himself hoadlonc Into tholr midst, and by dint of the BHVBHBHVaHVBHVBHVBHHVBHValHHVJHVBHVawJi surprise had gained the closed door BBb! boforo thoy rocovorcd and sought to HH stay him. flH indifferent to them all, ho shook th 9Bb1 knob and shouted: "Rose! Ros.it" aWefl Hor cry come back to him, n maf- fled scream: "Alan! Help! Help!" finl Hocking nwny with n mad Idea oC HB throwing himself bodily ngalnst the BB door and breaking It down, ho was sud- 'i'Bfll denly confronted by n hideous mask ot ' jHl humanity faco of man nil misshapen, Hfl bruised and swollen and disfigured 'HVJ with smears of dried blood and a dirty flB bandage round his temples, but non HHjl tho less vaguely recognizable WM Tho words that otroamed from Its .HBI distorted lips drovo recognition homo. BB "Gee, fellers, look't who's horo! It D It nln't th' guy what throw mo off'n iHfi that girder this mornln'. Stand back Bfl and let mo kill th' " BB Wlthnnt tlin hnnlfntlnn nt a hnnrt. .BHrSI .... . .. .......... .. WBfBBI beat Alan swung heavily for tho thug'a MM Jaw. Tho blow went solidly homo. HVJ Tho mnu fell llko u poled ox. fiB Pandemonium ensued. Rallying to Hfl tholr comrade, tho rufilans nttnckod iBB Alnn with ono mind nnd ono Intent iaSi Murdor would hnvo boon dono then IBs nnd thero had It not boon for a rotten iBfl baulBtor-rall, which gavo way, prectpt- ' hB toting tho lot to tho ground floor ot ilVJ tho hallway. i hB Simultaneously tho lnmp on tho wnll jM was struck from Its bracket and ! crashed to tho floor, Its glass woll ' JSJ breaking nnd loosing n flood of koro- j HH seno to rccolvo tho burning wick. Tho HE explosion followed Instantly. In a I HH trlco tho hallway was a lnko of burn kli9B Ing oil, nnd hungry flames woro lick- JIB Ing up tho ratting wallpaper nnd oat- jHj Ing Into decnyod bnBcboards and stair- jH trends. mM Still fighting llko a madman, con- fflM testing ovory foot of tho wny, Alan ' xB was boruo down tho hall nnd out of i?fl tho front door. A scream of "Plrol" 'B grootcd him na ho reoled out Into tho jt opon. It wns echoed by a dozen ' ;fl throats. fl Tho doorway vomited men nnd ' SH women of tho tenomont. Thoy choked jjtB It for a time, blocking both ogress nnd Ifl IngresB. lty tho tlmo thoy broko out B nnd left tho wny elenr a, solid wnll ot , SH flamo stood bohlnd It $B Tlirlco Alan essayed to pass that 'HJ barrier ot fire, and thrice It throw hlra kM back. Tlion, struggling and kicking iftH to relcaso himself and try again, ho ijlfl was seized by a brnco of nblo-bodlod ill policemen nnd rushed fifty foot from jtfl tho liouso boforo lot go. (V Lack ot breath checked him momen- .(M tartly. K Ho looked up, daBhlng from hl Kl smarting eyes tears drawn by the Wt stilling clouds ot smolto, and saw i '!H vaguely nt tho second story window a Ki woman leaning out and shrloklng for t El help. I'M) Thnt It wns hopoless to attempt the ' ML stalrcaso ho well know. Drawing j' 'jH asido, ho endeavored to como to hla t jHE sobor senses, and cast about for somo jM. moro foaslbto way to effect tho rcscua ;' IH of his Roso. Tho tenomont occupied ono corner B of a narrow street Directly opposite, .K a Btorago wnrchouso stood upon the 'm other cornor. Dcforo tills last was the ,S common landing stngo for truck do- M Uvorlcs, protected by a shod-roof. M And, susponded from a timber that 'I peered out ovor tho caves, a hoisting nt . , ! HHQ' ' i hVhvJlaVhVbW 'SI J?MlBB5r3, - tZZ jmM w'J& zT Pbbbbmbb 1 AM B LVaVm JBHYBBflBVHnBn&rl il' 1 "JMr A'ahVbbHbHbHbVhVbbHbHbHbHbHbHbbHb( m iW? lHririHYJHvHVaHM "'I'm HHiWHBriw'BHTHBJHBHvHH '''-'? 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