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THE TREY O' HEARTS

Instantly a .44 cartridge blazed into the open head of a broken powder keg.

With a roar like the Trump of Doom a mighty gust of flame and smoke broke forth, and the decks of the schooner were riven and shattered; her masts tottered and fell. …