RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
The Broken Coin
By EMERSON HOUGH
From the Scenario by
Grace Gunard
A Story of Mystery and Adventure
(Copyright, 1915. by
Novelised From tlio Motion I'lcturo Ilrnnm of llm Hump Nnmo.
Unlvrrmtl l'ltm MunufacturlhK Company.
8YN0PSI8.
Kitty Orny, newiipupor woman, find In
ft curio Hliop Imlf of a broken coin, tlio
mutllnted liiRcrlptlon on which nroum-n
hor curiosity nnd lend bcr, nt tho order
of her inunaRlnK editor, to ko to the prln
clpullty of UrotxhofTeii to tilacn out tlio
Btory HUKKextvd by tho Inscription. Hhn In
followed, and on nrrlval In Uretihoffen
her Adventures whlla chaslns the iocrut
of tho broken roln begin.
FOURTEENTH INSTALLMENT
CHAPTER LI.
The Last Arbitrament.
Tho cull to nrmB wao ns music to
Count Frederick's cars. Leaving his
Idlo, addled king Btcopcd In his folllua,
bo tiurrlod to tho front.
Tho army wqb ready onough to put
ttsplf undor hla control; recognized
him as tho ono ruler in nil tlio realm.
Ills quick orders, Bupplomontlng tho
arrangements ot tho day boforo, soon
not nil ovonta In train. It had boon
his plan to mask his men deep within
the town; and, as has boon said, tho
Jaws ot tho trap now woro sprung.
Tho chargo of tho forcos of King
Cortlslnw was mot by tho counter
hock ot tho Grotzhoffan nrmB. Fred
erick's forcos sprang forward with tho
enthusiasm of troops long In leash,
and swept back tho invaders. For a
fow momonts tho two linos writhed
hero and thoro In deadly ombraco, as
two woll-matchod wrestlers, nolthor
having tho advantage
Doop within tho palaco Kitty had
forgotten hor errand In tho gronter
Import of thoso sudden ovents. Tho
coin had dono nil this It was Indcod
a thing of omen, a thing of destiny.
8ho poorod from tho palaco win
dows hero and thoro, necking to gain
some knowlodgo ot tho fray. Now and
thon a wounded man limped back.
Others camo, carried by tho litter
bearers of tho palaco. Dofoat was nt
hand for tho dofonders of tho palaco.
"Is thoro no hopo, then?" sho do
mandod of ono of tho high ofllclals of
tho houBohold. "Whoro nro our re
orves? Soo, our men enn hold them
no longer they must havo help or all
Is lost."
Tho official, thus adjured, pulled
hlmsolf together for a moment of
thought.
"Yob," ho exclaimed, "thoro is a
regiment hold in roBorvo back of tho
palaco, toward tho wator front."
"Thon summon them at oncot" ex
claimed tho young womnn.
Presently tho retiring troops heard
the sound of huglos, tho clnttor of
hoofs from tho opposlto direction;
saw tho ndvnnco of tho Gretzhoffcn
reserves so badly needed. They Bwopt
on now to tho front, rallying their
rotrcntlng mon. Tho leader of tho
rosorvps looked around for tho com
mander of tho battlo; Instead ho saw
tho flguro of n young girl Hash down
tho palaco stops and hurry toward
them.
"Yondor!" sho cried. "Ho is nt tho
front, supporting their full attack."
It was tlmo now for tho rcsorvos,
that was suro. CIoso to his own thin
ning front line, Prcdorlck Bat, from
hla Baddlo scanning tho work of a bat
tory hidden somowhoro back ot tho
advanco of tho Grnhoffcn troops,
which was raining ruin on his own
men. It was hidden somowhero, ho
could not toll whoro, although ho
awopt tho lino boyond with tho
glasBOS tlmo after time.
At InBt ho found It, marked It by
the smoko belched from a screen of
green groen branches lashed to tho
framoB of guns.
Count Frederick called nn olllcor to
him. "Wo must tako that battery," ho
said. "If wo don't, In flvo minutes
wo will bo gono."
Moantlmo Sachlo hlmsolf, bold lend
er of armed mon, ulbolt solf-soeklng
courtlor, oponly oxultod nt what
soomed to him tho quick success of
his country's arms. Ho hold on, dl
roctly undor tho oyo of Cortlslaw him
Bolf, and no unskilled soldier ho now
showed hlmsolf to bo.
"In flvo minutes, your maJoBty,"
Bald ho, "wo will havo broken their
front Thoro will romaln nothing but
for us to advanco."
Hla oye, skilled In observation In
such sconos, caught sight of tho
mounted flguro of Count Frederick,
leader of the Grctzhoffon nrms. Ho
rocognized him In tho distance and
quickly Bont ordors to tho olllcor of
the battory. Whothor or not it wob
due to this slight chango of aim, tho
noxt salvo from tho hidden guns ac
complished that which Sachlo most
desired. Sachlo turned his glnsses
onco more upon tho spot whoro his
onomy had sat. Ills horso was down,
blowu to plncos by tho explosion of a
sholl, and tho tall flguro of Frcdorlck
himself lay pronol
"Now, forward, men I" crlod Sachlo.
"They havo broken! Thoy will run!
At them with tho bayonet! Chargo I "
Tho Grahoffen troops swept for
ward. Man to man, now, tho ultlmato
Iibuo must bo determined. It was at
this moment that, coming on at a
allop from the protection of tho pal
act grounds, th rcsorvo regiment de
A
Wright A. Patterson)
Produced by tlio
ployed Into action In regimental front,
tho lender cheering his mon on into
tho chnrgo. They met tho advancing
Infantry of Grahorfen, nmny ot them
with their rifles unloaded, depending
upon tho bayonet met them, and
rodo them down. Tho lino of assault,
unsuBpuctlng this now roslstanco, re
coiled nnd turned.
Kitty had pressed forward behind
tho column which now pushod back
tho advanco ot tho onomy.
Tho plan ot Count Frcdorlck wns
completed. Hut as to Count Freder
ick, whoro was ho? Sho found him
at last, surrounded by a llttlo group
of his men, who supported him as ho
lay.
"What do you horo, inademolsollo?"
said ho. "Iletiro ut onco. This is no
placo for you."
"You nro allvol You will rccovor!"
Kitty Gray was on hor kneos beside
him.
Frederick essayed to rlso, but fell
back for a moment. "Glvo mo a mo
ment's time," said ho. "I nm not hurt.
Tho Bhcll enmo closo, but my horso
savod mo, I suppose I nm but slight
ly wounded. I think It was tho shock
of tho explosion. I was dazed for an
Instant. Whoro aro my men? Come,
lot mo up!"
"Your mon nro on ahead, Count
Frcdorlck," replied Kitty Gray; "too
far for you to catch thorn up now.
Como, you must rest. Como with
mo."
"With you, madomolsollo?" sho
hoard him say. Ho stuggored to his
foot
Hut now and hor woman's hoart
admiring over tho strong and reso
lute, rejoiced to boo it Count Freder
ick's gazn wus tumod not to her but
toward tho front whoro tho lighting
lay.
"My mon," said ho. "Look at them
tho royal reserves I Who brought
them on? Wo hnvo won! Thoy aro
broken. Tho battlo Is ours, attor alll"
CHAPTER Lll.
Roleau, the Spy.
In nil thoso rapid ovents of tho last
faw hours Ilolonu had been loft qulto
to his own rosources. His mistress
had slipped away from him without
his knowlodgo. Count Frcdorlck was
gono, ho know not whoro. Ho guessed
rather than know that each of thorn
might bo seeking tho other. That
monnt, according to his reasoning,
that they must bo at or near tho royal
palaco. It was thlthor Itoloau at
length turned his own footstep.
Discovered nt Inst through tho notlco
attracted by his lack of uniform, ho
was halted by nn olllcer, who brought
him forthwith to tho commander of
tlio army, nono less .than Sachlo, who
sat closo to tho king, watching tho
progress of tho battlo.
"General," said tho ofllccr to Snchio,
"hero is a man who was trying to
get through our lines. What shall wo
do with him? Wo think perhaps ho
1b a spy."
"So, fellow, you nro hero again?"
ho Bald, grimly. "I know you, yes,
woll onough. Wo havo mot moro than
onco boforo now. I recall you at my
lodging, nnd olsowhero. What do you
horo? Whoro is sho, your mistross,
tho young American?"
"Yondor somowhoro, oxcolloncy,"
said Roloau, pointing toward tho pal
aco. "Tako him away, lieutenant, and
keop him safo until I call for him."
It was thus that Itoloau remained
for a tlmo unobserved, but wns ulti
mately caught in tho gonornl rout of
King Cortislnw'B armies. It was night
whon finally tho rout ended undor tho
wulls of Grahorfen itself.
Cortlslaw wns nn old man when ho
hnd started out that day. Slnco morn
ing ho had nged yot u dozen years.
Nothing was loft to hint! Tho end
of his llfo's dream was nt hand.
"CuraoB upon nil things!" exclaimed
old Coitlslaw, at last, swooping a lovol
glnnco under his bushy gray brows nt
his courtlors. "Onco moro thoy havo
proved too much for us. It was my
ono remaining chnnco,"
Nono dared ralso a volco against tho
wrath of tho broken king. Aftor a
tlmo, ho wont on:
"What uso, thon, Count Sachlo, wns
tholr coin, aftor all? Wo had It, and
wo lost."
"Count Frederick told mo, your ma
jesty," began Sachlo, "that what wo
had was only a counterfeit. Ho said
ho gavo it to tho king ot Grctzhoffon
in a bit of deceit for purposes of his
own. It road tho same that I may bo
Bworn. Us errand Bhould havo been
tho Bamo. nut as to our victory
look, it uns counterfeit."
"Yes," Bald Cortlslaw, elowly, "count
that not for us, but against us. I say
tho cursed coin Is bowltched It is In
tho sorvlco of GrotzhofTon, not our
own. It Is tho evil eplrt of our own
kingdom, that I will bo sworn."
"But," said Count Sachlo, after a
tlmo, "tho end novor is till all Is dono.
Truo, wo havo fallod at arms, your
majosty, hut after all, that does not
affect tho existence ot tho Grotzhoffea
f trcisuro. f myself hnvo been In that
room. I havo been beneath the wnlts
I know tho very placo where that
secret Is concealed. Look, wo havo
all tho coin and oven if this hnlf Is
counterfeit, their half, tho truo half
though It bo, Is no moro than half.
They cannot read tho rlddlo of tholr
own treasure, and yet wo know It!
Who, then, has won this battlo?
Itlchcn nro needful for any king. With
out tho Bocrot which wo ourselves
hold, what may they hopo? No, not
ull Is yet lost, your majesty!"
Tho old king turned upon him his
burning eye. "Count Sachlo," said
ho, "you havo disappointed mo tlmo
and again regarding yonder coin; yet
nftor nil, of all my noblemen, you
hnvo been tho most successful, for
surely you brought to us tho secret.
That Is truo. At ono tlmo wo had all
tho coin. Long wo havo had half tho
coin. Today wo held It all In our pos
session, and wo still hold it. Bring
mo tho coin. I want to cxamino both
halves onco moro with my own eyes."
"It Is woll, your majosty. I will go
got both halves, wo will compare
them."
Count Sachlo hastened to tho room
whero on his return from tho battle
field ho had changed his dusty apparel.
Ills tunic nnd trousers lay whero ho
had left them. Evidently his orderly
had fled.
Count Sachlo took up tho trousers
and thrust a hand into a pocket. Ho
know vhcro ho had kept tho coin, in
his llttlo leather folding portcmon
ualo. Hut ho withdrew his hand and
looked nt It curiously. Tho blank look
on his faco remained as ho felt quick
ly in other pockets of tho snmo gar
ment, as ho searched nervously
through every pocket of tho tunic
which ho had discarded.
Whon Count Sachlo returned to his
king ho was in deep pallor; conster
nation sat on his faco.
"Well, woll, Sachlo!" demanded that
monarch, testily, "You havo on your
faco now tho samo look which I havo
learned to know. Hut surely you have
not failed. Como, lot mo bco It."
"I cannot, your majesty. It la
gone!"
"Gono? Yet you hnd It?"
"Yes, your majesty. Both halves I
had them both. You yourself gave
them In my kooplng on tho Held. I
was responsible for them, that is truo.
Hut, boo hero whero I hid them ev
erything Is empty now. Thoy have
been taken away by someone And
who could havo known of it?"
A sllonco fell upon the group.
"Stay!" added Sachlo a llttlo later
"tbero was a man, a prisoner, who
was brought to mo Just before our re
treat began tho man named Roleau."
"Find that man!" said Cortlslaw,
coldly, returning a savago oye upon
Sachlo.
Tho prisoners tnken by the Grahof-
'jrs "" " . v ,'!".' v" !, " ' - '"" -' "BaK
The Army of Qretzhoffen In Action.
fen men, moro by chance than plan
in their own tempestuous retreat,
had been grouped under loose guard
in tho rear compound of tho Grahoffen
palace It waa with them that Roleau
had been confined. Thlthor Count
Sachlo now turned his steps. Hastily
he inquired of this officer and that, of
this prisoner and that.
Onco moro tho spy Roleau had es
caped! CHAPTER LIU.
By Land and Sea.
In tho confusion which followed tho
retreat of tho Grahoffen troops upou
their own capital, Roleau found him
self swept away from tho olllcer who
first had taken him In chargo.
Roleau, not unused to scenes ot vio
lence hnd himself well in hand, and
now studied his situation calmly, find
ing It somewhat tohls own advantage.
Ho say that ho now had better oppor
tunity for escapo than at any tlmo
boforo.
Resolved nt last, ho slipped away bo
yond his guards, and mado oft through
tho city, not to tho westward toward
tho plain which lay between tho two
cities, but to tho east whero lay tho
water front of Grahoffen.
Tho dosort which lay botweon thoso
two llttlo kingdoms ran far to tho
southward In a barren peninsula, on
cither Bldo ot which swept tho bluo
sea. Each kingdom, thorcforo, might
bo said to havo a seaport ns good as
tho other, although that ot Grctzhof
fon lay closor to tho Mediterranean
proper. Nevertheless, tho Grahoffen
harbor was nn nmplo ono, and horo
nil tho tiny navy of the little kingdom
lay boyond tho aviation grounds
whoro tho scanty corps of that serv
ice sometimes held tholr manouvors.
As may bo soon, each of these UtU
kingdoms, Jealous of tho other, and
rivaling methods of richer empires
thnn their own, had developed ns host
It could each branch of tho service
npproved In modern warfare Each
had Its llttlo corps of nlr craft, each
its mlnlnturo navy, its submarines, Its
destroyers.
Full details of all this Itoloau did
not know. Ho know well enough,
nono tho less, that escape, for him lay
by water and not by land.
It wns night when ho npproachod
tho wharves along tho Grahoffen har
bor front. At tholr anchorage lay tho
dim gray bulks of tho few battleships
bolonglng to Cortlslaw. At ono ot tho
docks signs of activity attracted him.
A yacht, a long, clean-lined vessel, a
thoroughbred in nil details, beauti
fully equipped and apparently well
manned und ofllcorcd, was getting
ready to set out. Itoloau looked at
it closely. It boro tho royal ensign.
In truth, It was nono less than tho
yacht of royalty Itself.
"Good morrow, sir," said Roleau to
tho captain of tho yacht, boforo whom
ho presented hlmsolf a llttlo later. "I
bco you are sotting out. Would you
tako a passenger, ono as anxious as
yourself to leave this placo?"
Tho captain looked at this Intruder
for a moment with nono too much
favor.
"This boat la not for "barter," said
he. "Wo nro leaving, It is truo, but
wo offer no passago for tho public."
"Nor am I under chnrter for tho
public," rejoined Roleau cnlmly. "I
nm In high service. Nono tho less, I
nm ready to pay for transportation
from this placo. I am careless whero
you may bo Balling. Ask mo not too
many questions, nnd I will not Inqulro
of you, my dear captain, why you aro
now sailing with tho king's yacht."
This bold chnnco thrust went homo.
Roleau suspected now that tho cap
tain was sailing under orders of his
own and for reasons of his own. Tho
man hesitated now.
"Well, then," Bald ho, at length, "wo
havo room, that is truo. But as to
refugees "
"Call mo no refugeo!" said Roleau
firmly. "I tell you, I am on business
of importanco, and care llttlo whero
you go, savo only that you tako mo
honco, I can pay."
By this timo Roleau was aboard.
Tho captain neither welcomed him
nor repulsed him. Ho only shrugged
his shoulders, and accepted somo
coins which Roleau placed In his
hand.
CHAPTER LIV.
1ST
By Air and Water.
Roleau wakoned at dawn. Tho
rlpplo of wator was In hla ears. Tho
yacht waa undor way. Soon It waa
out of earshot of all that went for
ward at the wharves. Nono aboard
might know what meant the llttlo
group ot mon who hurried here and
there along tho water front, giving
this ordor and that.
"In tho king's name!" ono man
cried.
It was, Indoed, in tho king's name
for now, shallow though was his dis
guise nono less than Cortlslaw bad
Joined Sachlo in this last pursuit of
tho evaslvo coins. Hurried Inquiry
hnd convinced Sachlo that Roleau had
mado his escapo In this direction.
As for Cortlslaw, ho raged.
"It Is nothing, your majesty," re
joined tho dauntless Count Sachlo.
"All Is not ended till all is done Wo
shall not lot them ovado us. Come,
wo havo craft of our own. Horo aro
somo of our fast boats. Would your
majesty daro tho submarlno?"
"I daro anything that another man
daro," rojolned Cortlslaw savagely.
'Quick, then ordor tho first boat
ready."
Now In truth tho nobleman and his
sovereign wero to embark in a novol
undertaking. Tho long, slim fish
nosed craft, with Its upright peri
scope, received them. Thoy hoard tho
hatch closed Arm abovo them, hoard
tho singing ot tho air pumps and saw
tho gray opaquo wall of tho water, not
below thorn, but around them, abovo
them, as at length the craft, obedient
to tho command of Its ofllccr, slid out
from Its slip into tho harbor and head
ed forwurd aftor what had boon
pointed out to it as its proy.
Fart of tho tlmo submerged, most of
tho tlmo Just bronklng tho Burfaco with
tho deck, they sped on.
When at longth, with hatches open
nnd access given to tho deck, thoy
sped on, unsubmerged, closo upon
their quarry, nono of them nt first
hoard tho curious humming which
camo on from tho rear, nono for tho
moment saw tho va3t ehapo which ap-
1 proached from behind them and above,
The Army of Grahoffen Retreating.
sailing llko somo monster bird.
It was Count Sachlo at length who
turned, bis attention arrested by tho
familiar Bound ot an air craft motor.
"Look! your majesty," said he, turn
ing and pointing.
A sudden exclamation came from
tho lips of Cortlslaw.
"It Is from Grctzhoffon!" he said.
"Our own nlr craft are not mobilized.
I wonder who plnnncd that raid. You
told mo Count Frcdorlck was killed
that you flaw ty with your own eyes.
That cannot be King Michael, weak
as ho Is, never would bo afoot never
would he havo had his air craft mov
ing at this hour. Thoy havo been
abovo our city it is a mercy if they
havo not dropped bombs upon our
shipping."
"Look!" said Sachlo. Ho Indicated
now tho courso of tho pursuing nlr
craft, which, far from following them
directly, now swept asldo in a great
tangent.
"They nro bound also for the yacht!"
said Sachlo. "It is not us, but yonder
boat they aro pursuing. What does it
mean? Surely they can havo marked
us under wator or abovo they see us
now, if they havo eyes. But now they
ovado us and pursue tho boat which
we pursue What does it mean? And
who la In command?"
Slow enough would oven keen-witted
Count Sachlo havo been to guess the
real answer to his own question. It
was his enemy who was in command
of this pursuing air craft Count Fred
crick, not killed, but in full possession
of his powers onco moro.
It had been Frederick's plan to
hasten across tho neutral lands and
over Grahoffen itself in a foray of
scouting and discovery. Ho wished to
seo whether tho forces of tho enemy
would rally or whether they wero to Ho
utterly broken, accepting their defeat.
And at tho last Instant, when ho had
stepped Into tho scat of tho air craft,
ho had been followed by ono who
would not accept denial from him
tho young American. Thus they had
swept across tho broad plain, across
tho city of Grahoffen itself, and along
tho water front and now far down
tho great arm of tho Boa which thrust
up from the south.
Tho aeroplano for a tlmo fell off
from tho direct courso held by tho sub
marine Ahead of tho wind nnd driven
at top speed by Us own tremendous
engines, It advanced in vast Bweeps
nnd swoops, at a speed incalculably
fast
"Your majesty," Bald Count Sachlo
at length, laying down tho glasses
with which ho had been examining tho
ship of tho nlr which passed abovo
them, "I was wrong! At flrst I thought
somo leader of their aviation corps
had developed this raid today, but it
is not bo. I told you that Count Fred
crick was dead. My eyes must have
deceived me. It Is he, yonder! Ho
hlmBelf is guiding this pursuit. With
him thero is another a woman, your
majesty! It 1b nono less than the
young American, who has been the
most dangerous enemy wo yet havo
met. They two for what reason I am
not informed aro aloft together. Their
purpose I can only guess."
Tho rago of Cortlslaw now was such
as loft him silent.
"Your majesty," said Count Sachlo
at last, "it must bo as your majesty
reasons. But it is by Blnklng yonder
craft, not by saving it, that ho can
most hurt us. Yes, I nm convinced,
yonder Is tho coin. How they know It
how they guess It, I do not know.
Moro than onco It would scorn to me
thnt Intuition rather than knowlodgo
has guided them in tholr plans. I Bay
thnt yonder coin Is bowltched nnd al
ways lights for ureizuoncn anu nui
for us."
Tho chaso went on, and now under
Buch curious relations as loft tho three
vessels of tho surface of tho subBurf
aco and of tho nlr, drifting along, none
taking tho offensive
But though tho giant air craft fol
lowed closo, scorning ovor to hold tho
yacht at its morcy, It mado no offon
slvo movemont; It scorned rather to
Bholter than to menace tho fleeing
voBsol which steamed on so gallantly.
And In tho rear of both, helpless, im
potent, with apeed and naught but
speed at Its disposal, came tho sub
marlno of Cortlslaw and his noblo
man. Thus nolthor of tho thrco could
or would hurt another.
But Sachlo's guess had been right.
Tho governing influence In Grctzhof
fon affairs scarco was so' much rea
son as instinct, intuition a woman's
Intuition. For ho hnd been right a
woman was aloft, yondor with tho
pilot of tho air craft.
"It Is a curious chaso, madomol
sollo," Bald Count Frederick, turning
to tho companion at his side- and
speaking bo that hla volco could be
hoard abovo tho loud drono of tho on
glncs. "What havo wo gained? Whal
do wo know?"
"Look!" said alio. "Look at thora
below us yondor. Thoy want what
wo want. They pursue what wo pur
suo? Why? Bollovo mo, thoy know
that tho coin is on ahead. If thoy
know It, why shouldn't wo? Monslour
lo comtc, your rldo this morning waa
an Inspiration. Tho accident of fol
lowing what might Lavo bcon the
wake of a flBh, but was tho flash ol
a submarine tho accident ot seeing
yondor cloud of smoko ahead that
was fato lighting with us. Believe
me, Roleau Is yondor on that boat!
Believe me, ho has tho coin. Fato is
fighting with us at last, I say. The
end of nil our troubles is at hand."
As thoy swept forward, now near,
now dropping off from tho courso ol
tho speeding yacht, always Kitty
turned her glass upon tho decks ot
tho water craft. At length sho or
claimed:
"It is he! I see him. Ho Is thoro,
standing looking back. Ho has ne
glass. Ho cannot recognlzo us now
But it is ho. Ah! trust yondor faith
ful soul not to bo traveling In vain. 1
nm suro, as though I saw it, that he
has tho coin with him thero. I am
suro, ob though I saw him, that it I:
Count Sachio himself in yondor sub
marine pursuing him. Como! Lit
orally, wo must fly."
And fly they did. Moment after mo
ment, hour after hour, until at length
tho smoko above Grotzhoffen harbot
thickened, until the towors of the
cathedrals and tho palaco appeared,
until tho shipping grow more distinct
until tho long green slope of tho coast
fortifications showed to tho oyes ol
Count Frederick, high above the level
of tho sea.
"Wo will mako It safely, made
molsclle" said Count Frederick, at
last. "For somo reason tho subma
rlno docs not attack, I do not know
why. Tho three of us soon will bi
within reach of our own guns. I won
dor"
Tho wonder of Count Frederick wn
not ill placed. In a fow momonts they
heard tho dull roport of a 30-centl
motor plcco ot ono of tho coast bat
torlcs saw tho white cloud of smoke
burst from tho emplacement In front
of tho disappearing gun. On ahead
they snw tho whito splash of tho shell
across tho bows ot tho advancing
yacht.
"What do thoy moan?" exclaimed
Count Frederick. "Ah, I see The
yntch carries tho ensign of tho royal
navy of Grahoffen! It is armed. Out
gunners tako It for nn enemy. Now
heaven send them bad aim for once!"
A shot, and yet another followed
brnckotlng tho yacht botweon the
ranges. Count Frcdorlck hold hH
brenth for what he know would como
Como it did. Tho yacht, struck full
by tho Impact of a heavy Bhell, reeled,
careoned, half broko apart and began
to settle by the head.
"It is too bad!" exclaimed Count
Frederick; "sunk by our own men!
Yonder yacht was coming to our har
bor for protection, carrying our own
man carrying our own fortune thi
Gretzhoffcn coin! And now all li
lost!"
Ho turned tho prow of tho nlr era,
full toward tho settling yacht. The
wako of tho submarlno was no longci
visible
Thon, what tho men of tho Grotz
hoffen batteries saw what tho men
of tho submarlno might havo seen had
tholr porlscopo thon been abovo tho
surface was tho swift volplane ol
tho air craft which thoy so long hnd
followed. It swept down now llko a
giant bird, at a koou anglo, ns though
Itself would dip Into tho sea. Below
It thoro swept tho great anchor ropo,
Us end whipping white hero and thero
on tho tops of tho waves.
"Ahoy, Roleau!" crlod tho volco ol
Count Frederick.
Roleau looked up at this summons
from tho clouds, and saw abovo tho
rail of tho air craft ho so long hnd
noted in wonder, two faces that ho
know nnd loved! A great sob shook
his giant chest. Even his callous soul
waB affected. Out of the very doop
thoy had come his master and his
mistross to savo him, when ho
thought all was lost! Ho lifted up hla
hands.
Tho 'whipping ropo coiled and
turned, twisted this way nnd that. But
tho steady hand at tho ruddor of tho
air craft guided it straight ouward,
downward.
Roleau reached out, mado a swift
grtfsp, folt hlmsolf swept freo, oft his
fcot. An Instant later, hand over
hand, ho began his ascent from what
had been tho extromest peril ot bli
lire.
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