The Eldorado Courier (Eldorado, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1915 Page: 2 of 8
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MH hi hid noticed that IU hinda
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aould no( have slept viry long.
FV>r toini fiw iicondi Alan did not
Moti. but nitid a* hi was. Incndu-
lou»ly regarding a ron which had ma-
toiiallsid myitarlomly upon the little
tabli at hli elbow. Hi was qulti *un
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bla pth, and almoit aa sure that It
waa not rial
And In that Initant of awakening
tbi magic fragrance of the roae-garden
Mimed to be eren more strong and
Mo ring sweet than erer
Then be put out a gingerly hand
and dlieorered that It was real hevond
all Question. A warm red rose, fresh-
plucked. drops of water trembling and
■parkllng like ttay diamonds on the
velvet of Its fleshy petals. And when
Impulsively he took It by the stem, he
discovered a most Indisputable thorn
—which did service for the traditional
pinch
Convinced that he wasn't dreaming.
Alan trans/erred the rote to his sound
band, and meditatively sucked his
With Red Rosea at Her Belt.
thumb Then he Jumped up from the
chair and glared suspiciously round
the room. It was true that a prac-
tical joke In that lolemn atmosphere
were a thing unthinkable: still, there
was the rose
There waa no ooi bat himself in
the library
Perp'exed to exasperation. Alan fl*d
tbi club, only pausing on tbi way out
to annex the envelop* be fOwnd ad-
linii'd to bla ta the )*ttir*ark
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| It. lbi figure of an old man motion
lm la a great, leather bound chair
Ills hair was as whit* as hli heart
was black The rack of hli bonis,
clothed in a thick black drrwlng- i
gown with • alst cord of crlmion itik. I
from thi thighs down iai covered by !
a bl-ck woollen rug III stared un*
bllnklngly at nothing' a man seven-
eighths dead, completely paralysed
but for bis bead and his lift arm.
Priiently a faint clicking signal dis-
turbed the stillness. Heneca Trine put
forth his left hand and touched one
of a row of crimson buttons embedded
Something else clicked
— this time a latch There was the
falntist possible noise of a closing
door and a smallish man stole noise-
lessly Into the light, paused beside the
desk and waited respectfully for liavi
to speak.
"Well?"
"A telegram, sir—from England "
-Olv* It me!"
The old man seized the sheet of yel-
low paper, scanned It hungrily, and
crushed It In his tremulous claw with
a gesture of uncontrollable emotion.
"Send my daughter Judith here!"
Two minutes later a young woman
In street dress was admitted to the
chamber of shadows.
"You sent for me, father?"
"Sit down."
She found and placed a chair at the
desk, and obediently settled herself
In It.
"Judith—tell me—what day is this?"
"My birthday. I am twenty-one."
"And your sister's birthday: Rose,
too. is twenty-one."
"Yes."
"You could have forfrotten that," the
old man pursued almost mockingly.
"Do you really dislike your twin-slater
so intensely?"
The girl's voice trembled. "You
know," she said, "we have nothing In
common—beyond parentage and this
abominable resemblance. Our natures
dlJer as light from darkness."
"And which would you say was—
light r
"Hardly my own: I'm no hypocrite.
Rose Is everything that they tell me
my mother was, while I"—the girl
smiled strangely—"I think—I am more
your daughter than m.v mother's."
A nod of the white head confirmed
the suggestion. "It Is true. I have
watched you closely, Judith, perhaps
more closely than even you knew.
Before I was brought to this"—the
wasted hand made a significant ges-
ture—"I was a man of strong pas-
sions. Your mother never loved, but
rather feared me. And Rose Is the
mirror of her mother's nature, gentle,
unselfish, sympathetic. But you, Ju-
dith. you ar* like a second self to
me."
An accent of profound satisfaction
Informed his voice. The girl waited
in a silence that was tensely expect-
ant
"Then, if on this your birthday I
were to ask a service of you that
might Injuriously affect the happiness
of your sister—?"•
The girl laughed briefly: "Only
ask It!"
"And how far would yon go to do
my will?"
"Where would yon stop In the serv-
fc* of one yoa loved*"
Seneca Trine nodded gravely. And
after a brief paaie. "Ron is In love."
he announced
"Ob. I know—I know'- the faffc
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W« Both Lovid Om Woman.
chauffeur, discharged, came to mo and
sold me the truth; It was Law's car
with law at the wheel that had struck
me down—a deliberate attempt at as-
sassination. I sent Law word that 1
meant to have a life for a Ufa For
what was I better than dead? I prom-
ised him that, should be escape, I
would have the life of his son. He
knew I meant It, and sent his wife
and son abroad. Then he died sud-
denly, of some common ailment—they
said; but I knew better. Hi died of
fear of me."
Trine smiled a cruel smile: "I had
made his life a reign of terror. Ever
so often I would send Law, one way
anotber—mysteriously always—a
trey of hearta; It was my death-sign
for him; as you know, our name.
Trine, signifies a group of three. And
every time he received a trey of
hearts, within twenty-four hours an
attempt of some sort would be made
upon his life. The strain broke down
his nerve. . . .
"Then I turned my attention to the
son, but the distance was too great.
the difficulties insuperable. The Law
millions mocked all my efforts; their
alliance with the Rothschilds placed
mother and son under the protection
of every secret police in Europe. But
they dared not come home. At length
I realized I could win only by playing
a waiting game. I needed three
things: more money; to bring Alan
Law back to America; and one agent
I could trust, one Incorruptible agent
I ceased to persecute mother and son,
lulled them Into a sense of false se-
curity, and by careful speculations
repaired my fortunes. In Rose I had
the lure to draw the boy back to
America; In you, the one person I
could trust
"I sent Rose abroad and arranged
that she should meet Law. They fell
In love at sight Then I wrote inform-
ing her that the man she had chosen
was the son of him who had murdered
all of me but my brain. It fell out as
I foresaw. You can imagine the scene
of passionate renunciation—pledges
of undying constancy—the arrange-
ment of a secret code whereby, when
she needed him, she would send him
a single rose—the birth of a great ro mendous gains.
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fort Jacob recommended forced
marrhae to Spirit Mki. When canoes
might be found to nld Ibelr flight,
and withdraw Into sullen reserve.
They traveled far and fast by dim
forest trails before sundown, tben
again paused for food and rest. And
as Jacob sat deftly about preparing
th* meal. Alan stumbled off to whip
tb* little trnll-ildi stream for trout
Terhaps a hundred yards upstream,
tbi back-lash of a carelMs cast by bis
weary hand hooked tbestati of Maine.
Too tired even to remember the ap-
propriate words, Alan scrambled
ashore, forced through thi thick un-
dergrowth that maskid the trail,
found bis fly, sit the state of Malm
free—and swinging on hla heel
brought up. nose to a sapling, trans-
fixed by a rectangle of white paste-
board flied to Its trunk, a trey of
hearts, of which each pip had been
neatly punctured by a 22-callber bul-
let.
He carried It back to camp, mean-
ing to consult the guide, but on sec-
ond thought, held his tongue. It was
not likely that the Indian had over-
looked an object so conspicuous on
the trail.
So Alan waited for him to speak—
and meantime determined to watch
Jacob more narrowly, though no other
suspicious circumstance had marked
the several days of their association.
The first half of the night was, as
the day. devoted to relentless prog
ress southward: thirty minutes of
steady Jogging, five minutes for rest—
and repeat
No more question as to the need for
such urgent haste; overhead the north
wind muttered without ceasing. Thin
veils of 6moke drifted through the for-
est hugging the ground, like some
weird acrid mist; and ever the cur-
tained heavens glared, livid with re-
flected fires.
By midnight Alan had come to the
bounds of endurance; flesh, bone and
sinew could no longer stand the strain.
Though Jacob declared that Spirit
lake was now only six hours distant
as far as concerned Alan he might
have said 600. His blanket once un-
rolled. Alan dropped upon It like one
drugged.
The sun was high when he awak-
ened and sat up, rubbing heavy eyes,
stretching aching limbs, wondering
what had come over the Indian to let
him sleep so late.
Of a sudden he was assailed by sick-
ening fears that needed only the brief-
est Investigation to confirm. Jacob
had absconded with every valuable
item of their equipment
Nor was his motive far to seek.
Overnight the flre had made tre-
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made Alan turn bis bead, and ba M«
a br«»wn bear break rover and plung*
on Into thi farther thlckits-fonrun-
ner of a mad rout of terrtfled foreit
folk di*r. porcupines a foi or two, n
wildcat, rabblta, squirrels, partridges
—a dosen mora . . .
Two minutes had paased of the ten.
Something was dlggtng uncomfortably
Into Alan's light hip— tba automatic
pistol In hM hip pocket, of which
Jacob had neglected to relieve him.
Then n sharp, spiteful crackling
brought him suddenly to a sitting posi-
tion. to flnd that tha Indian had
thoughtfully touched a match to the
pyre before departing. At Alan's feet
the twigs were blazing merrily.
It would have been easy enough,
acting on Instinct to snatch his limbs
away, but he did not move more than
to strain bis feet as far as their bonds
A Tnmindoul WHqM Tor# at HM
Arm a.
mance!" the wind would bring down the roar
The old man laughed sardonically 1 of the holocaust dulled by distance
"Well, there la the history Now the but not unlike the growling of wild
rose has been sent; Law is already animals feeding on their kill.
homeward bound; my agerts are Alan delayed long enongh only to
watching his every step. The rest Is swallow a few mouthfula of raw food.
In your hands." gulped water from a spring, and set
The girl bent forward, breathing out at a dog-trot or the trail to Spirit
heavily, eyes aflame In a face that had L*ke.
assumed a waxen pallor. For hours be blundered blindly on.
"What Is It you want of me?" holding to the trail mainly by Instinct
"Bring Alan Law to me. Dead or At length, panting, gaaplng. half-
alive, bring him to ma But alive. If blinded. h> staggered into a little ntt- Mn . .
| you can compass It: I wish to see hixn ural clearing and plunged fttcward I'." . WltP?rmWlaf
die Then I. too. mar die content - an k. conveying the blade to bis mouth, he
tawed the Cords Against thi Razor-
Sharp Blade.
permitted. Conscious of scorching
heat even through his hunting boots,
he suffered that torture until a tongue
of flame licked up. wrapped Itself
round the thick hempen cord and at*
It through.
Immediately Alan kicked his feet
free, lifted to a kneeling position, and
crawled from the pyra
As for his hands—Alan's buntlng>-
knifa was still in Its sheath belted
to the small of his back. Tearing at
the belt with his hampered fingers, ba
contrived to shift It round until th*
sheath knife stuck at the belt-loop
leasenad perceptibly, thanks to thi
strong current sucking through tha
■plllway
His sbot flew wide, but almost In-
stinctively bis finger closed again
upon the trigger, and he saw the pa*
die snap In twain. Its blade falling
overboard. And then the Indian flred
again, bis bullet droning past Alan's
ear.
As be flred In response Jacob start-
ed. dropped his rifle and crumpled up
in the bow of the canoe.
Simultaneously earth and heavens
rocked with a terrific clap of thun-
der.
He turned again and ran swiftly
along the dam. toward two heavy tin*
bers that bridged the torrent of th*
spillway.
Then a glance aside brought him np
with a thrill of horror; the suek <4
the overflow had drawn the canoe
within a hundred yards of the splll<
way The dead Indian in Its bow, th*
living woman helpless in Its stern*
It swept swiftly onward to destruo
tlon.
His next few actions were wholly
unpremeditated. He was conscious
only of her white, staring face, her
strange likeness to the woman that ha
loved.
He ran out npon the bridge, threwi
himself down upon the Innermost tim-
ber, turned, and let his body fall back-
ward, arms extended at length, and
swung, braced by his feet beneath
the outer timber.
With a swiftness that passed cor>
scious thought, he was aware of th*
canoe hurtling onward with the speed
of wind. Its sharp prow apparently
aimed directly for his head. Then
hands closed round his wrists lika
clamps; a tremendous weight tore at
his arms, and with an effort of incon*
celvable difficulty he began to lift,
to drag the woman up out of the foam-
ing Jaws of death.
Somehow that Impossible feat was
achieved; somehow the woman gained
a hold upon his body, shifted It to his
belt, contrived Inexplicably to clamber
over him to the timbers: and some-
how he In turn pulled himself up to
safety, and sick with reaction sprawled
prone, lengthwise upon that foot-wide
bridge, above the screaming abyss.
Later he became aware that tha
woman had crawled to safety on tha
farther shore, and pulling himself to-
gether, imitated her example. Solid
earth underfoot, he rose and stood
swaying, beset by a great weakness.
Through the gathering darkness—a
ghastly twilight in which the flaming
forests on the other shore burned with
an unearthly glare—he discovered tha
wan. wrlthen face of Judith Trine
close to his and he heard her voice, a
scream barely audible above the com-
mingled voices of the conflagratloa
and the cascades:
"You fool' Why did you save me?
I tell yon. I have sworn your death!*
The utter groteequenen of It nil
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