Universal Weekly (1914-1915)

THE UNIVERSAL WEEKLY "THE TREY O' HEARTS" BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE FOURTEENTH INSTALLMENT. GOLD TWO-REEL SEAL DRAMA. TOWARDS the close of the same day which witnessed the affair of the flooded mine, a solitary motorist may be observed slowly approaching the mountain village of Mes• luite, in a motor-car drawn by two horses. The solitary motorist is none other than Seneca Trine. Repairing to the Mountain House, Mesquite's one hotel, Mr. Trine finds there his two aides — Marrophat and Jimmy. Seneca's gloom is changed to joy when he is informed of Marrophat's brilliant coup of the abandoned mine. Trine has them make him comfortable for the night. In the act of bidding him good-night, Marrophat, feeling in his pocket for a match, brings forth a trey o* hearts. Trine, in high good humor, signifies that all that is ended. Marrophat carelessly sails Scenario by Bess Meredyth. Story by Louis Joseph Vance. Produced by Wilfred Linus. CAST. Judith Trine.. . ,. Rose Trine... > Cleo Madison Seneca Trine, Their Father Ed. Sloman Marrophat Ray Hanford Alan Law George Larkin, RELEASED NOV. 3. It falls the card out of the open window, in the dust of the road. In the course of the night, Judith, Rose, Alan and Barcus are to be seen camping by the trailside. Peace has been patched up between the sisters, though Rose is still covertly suspicious ■ >f Judith's attitude in respect to Alan. Judith, divining this, starts up a flirtation with Barcus. Waking at an early hour, the party set out for Mesquite, reaching that village while the shadows are still long. As they approach, Rose utters a cry of terror. She points down to the trey o' hearts. With this warning, Alan calls Barcus and Judith from the entrance to the hotel ; the discovery of the stalled motor-car confirms their apprehensions. They promptly set about finding some way out of town. Barcus unearths two motor-cycles. The party sets out, Barcus with Judith riding behind, gets under way a little ahead of the machine which Alan rides with Rose. The noise of the motors wakens Seneca Trine. He wheels his chair to the window in time to see Alan and Rose tearing off in a cloud of dust. Marrophat and Jimmy stagger sleepily into Trine's presence. His information drives them out quickly enough in search of some eonveyance in which to pursue. They find nothing until, after some time, a gentleman of the countryside drives into town in Seneca Trine's Danger Sign. his SO horse-power racer. In spite of the long lead Alan, et. al., have gained, the racing car is quickly at their heels. After something like an hour or furious racing, Barcus' motor-cycle develops trouble and comes to a stop. This happens when he has, perhaps, a hundred-yard lead of Alan and Rose ; to avoid running Judith down, Alan steers his cycle too close to the outer edge of the road. It shoots over the edge and down the 90-foot declivity. They roll to the bottom and escape unhurt, but for bruises and scratches. Barcus, when he has joined Rose and Alan, with Judith at the bottom, points out that the accident may afford them a way of escape. They accordingly strike out afoot. Suspecting that they have been tricked, Marrophat and Jimmy halt the racing car until ill chance favors them with a glimpse of their quarry toiling up the canyon. Rough going compels them to abandon the car and continue the pursuit afoot. The discovery that they are closely pursued comes to the fugitives simultaneously with the discovery that the canyon ends abruptly in a steep, rocky cliff. Alan finds two lengths of rope. Barcus and Rose are hitched together with one of these and start the ascent. Alan and Judith follow, tied to one another. Barcus and Rose mount without mishap. When Alan is near the top, however, Judith, below him, loses her foothold and plunges out over the abyss. Alan falls sprawling : his legs are well out over the ledeg, while he graps in vain for a hand-hold. Judith, appreciating his peril, whips a knife out and deliberately severs the rope . She falls about fifty feet and lands on a shelving bank of a shale. Alan, relieved of her weight, crawls back on the ledge. For a time he lies there, sick with the vision he has of Judith dashed to death. Rose and Barcus witness the accident f-rom above. Barcus discovers a hydraulic mining outfit at some distance. There is a man in charge of it. He offers Barcus rope and tackle. They return to the cliff. When Alan recovers, he looks down and sees Judith safe. He effects the rescue— is drawn to safety, with Judith in his arms.. {CQ.ntimei G« Pc.P.e 13-)