CHAPTER III
The Trail of Treachery
BUT young Mr. Law was sole agent of his own evanishment. The reason for his life in exile was well known to him, if largely a matter of indifference since his friendships had taken root in English soil. The message of the Rose he understood perfectly; but the hidden meaning of the Trey of Hearts so perplexed him that before leaving London he dispatched a cablegram to Digby, his confidential agent in New York:
"What do you know about the Trey of Hearts? Answer immediately."
Digby's answer forestalled Alan's arrival in Liverpool:
"Trey of Hearts was Trine's death-sign for your father. For God's sake keep away from America."
But Alan had more than once visited America incognito and unknown to Seneca Trine, and had
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