Death Sign and Vengeance in The 3 of Hearts Tale
In this 1914 Luis Joseph Vance excerpt Seneca Trine uses the 3 of Hearts as a death sign in a private war. His daughter Judith, a violent temperamental woman, targets Alan Law for a past accident. Law saves Rose and then protects Judith and her twin sister, winning her reluctant love.
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Seneca Trine
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Hunted Man in a Sunlit Wilderness
In a hot windless day a hunter named Alan Law flees a savage pursuit after a tree felling and a torn log fall. He survives a cliff plunge and flood to drift into a hidden pool where a mysterious woman nurse appears, saving him as roses scent the glow of delirium.
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Disclosures in a Corner Office
A mouse brown man, Mr Digby, informs Miss Rose Trine that Alan Law came to America by a back door via northern Maine and is in peril. He reveals a trey of hearts signifying danger tied to her father’s espionage. Rose vows to act and communicates with Digby to help Alan while considering her relationship with him.
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Moosehead Lake
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Mutineer Rose Trine Defies Father in Silent Escape
In a tense confrontation, Rose Trine overpowers her father and retrieves damning papers and a revolver from his desk. She slips away through a hidden door, planning to uncover the truth about Digby and Judith while defying threats of punishment.
Rescue on the river ends with a dangerous escape
Alan Law and Rose Trine flee downstream in a canoe pursued by Judith. A gunfire exchange, a perilous rapid, and a capsize test their resolve as Judith’s plan collapses when the canoe survives the rapids and Judith’s sister escapes with a last glance from a wary guide.
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