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THE TREY O' HEARTS
The grotesqueness of it all broke upon him and he laughed hysterically, waving her aside.
"Oh, go to the devil!" he cackled insanely. …
Darkness followed. A flash of lightning seemed to flame between them and he lapsed into unconsciousness. …
When he roused, it was with a shiver. Rain was falling in torrents. Across the lake clouds of steam enveloped the fires that fainted beneath the deluge. A hissing noise filled the world above the roaring of the spillway.
He was alone.
But in his hand he found—a rose.
