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Show GREEN FANCY & t- GEORGE BARR MS CUICIQN - CRAUSTARK," "THE I I! IOLLOW OF HER HAND "THE OF CRAUSTARK," ETC CtHirlfhl SHE CAN DO NO WRONG" Synopsis. Thomas K. Barnes, wealthy young New Yorker, on a wnlklng trip In Now Eng-Innear the Canadian border, Is civen a lift In nn automobile by a mysterious nnd attractive rl hound for a house culled Green Fancy. At Hurt's tavern names finds a stranded troupe of tutors, of which Lyndon Uushcroft Is the star and Miss Thackeray" the He learns Green lending lady. Fancy Is a house of mystery. That night Andrew Itoon and his servant, guests at the tavern are shot near Green Fancy Itarnea mines under suspicion and stays to help clear up thc( He gets Into double murder. the Green Fancy grounds; meet the mysterious girl, who give him the cut direct, and Is politely ejected hy O'Dowd, an Interesting adventurer. Eider nt the tavern another man of mystery, thirties Sprouse, "hook agent. visits Green Fancy with the aherlfT and stays to dinner. Enter slid another mysterious personage, "Ioeb," secretary to Curtin, owner of Green Funry, who does not appear because of Karnes again meets Illness. "Miss Cameron," the mysterious girl, who Is a ravishing beauty in evening dress. She Is a prisoner and secretly appeals to him for help. Sprouse reveals himself aa a secret service inun. "barn-stormin- g CHAPTER XI Continued. "The deuce you say I" cried Ihirnes. "We will get right down to tncks." said Sprouse. "My government which Isn't yours, hy the way sen! tne up here live weeks ago nn a cer tain undertaking. I am supposed t find out what la hatching up at Greer Fancy. Having satisfied myself tlm you ore not connected with the gang up there I cheerfully pluee myself In your hands, Mr. names. You were.nt Green Fancy Inst night. So was I. Yon had an advantage over me, however, for you were on the Inside and I was not." "Confound your Impudence! I " "One of my purposes In revealing myself to you. Mr. names. Is to warn you to steer clear of that crowd. You may find yourself In exceedingly hot water later on If yon don't. Another purpose, and the real one. Is to secure. In healIf possible, your ing the game up there. You ran help ne, and In helping me you mny he Instrumental In righting one of the gravest wrongs the world has ever known." "Will you he good enough. Mr. Sprouse, to tell me Just what yon are trying to get nt? I know nothing whatever against Mr. Curtis and his friends. You assume a great deal " Excuse me, Mr. Humes. Ill admit that you dont know anything against them, but you suspect a whole lot. To begin with, you suspect that two men were shot to death because they were In wrong with someone nt Green Fancy. Now I could tell you who these two men really were and why they were shot. Hut I shn'n't do anything of the sort nt least not nt pres- ent Harnes was Impressed. Perhaps you will condescend to tell me who you are, Mr. Sprouse. I am very much In the dark." I am n special agent hut not a spy, sir of a government that Is friendly to yours. I am known In Washington. My credentials are not to be questioned At present It would he unwise for me to reveal the name of my government. 1 dare say If I can afford to trust you, Mr. Harnes, yon enn afford to trust me. There is on much at stake for me to take the a.lchtost chance with any man. I nin ready to chance you, sir. If you will do the same h.v me." "Well." began Harnes deliberately. "I guess you will have to take a chance with tne, Mr. Sprouse, for I refuse to commit myself until I know exactly what you are up to." "In the first place, Mr. Harnes," said Sprouse, salting Ids eggs, you have boon thinking I hat I was sent down from Green Fancy to spy on you. Isn't that so?" "I am answering no questions, Mr. Sprouse." Yon were wrong." said Sprouse, as If Harnes had answered In the ullir I utn working on my own (native. did n. You may have observed that sheriff's the today posse accompany I wns up In Kornvllle getting the linn word from New York that you were m the level. I lelephoned to New Yorl Eleven dollun and sixty ceuts. You 1 D&U, MnJ ml Ctrntmh were under suspicion until I hung up the receiver, I may say." Jones has been talking to you." said Harnes. "I'ut you said n moment ago that you were up at Green Fancy last night. Not hy invitation, I take It. "I Invited myself," said Sprouse succinctly. "Are you Inclined to favor my proposition?" "You havent made one." "Hy suggestion, Mr. Harnes. It Is quite Impossible for tne to get inside that house. Yon appear to have the entree. You are working in the dark, guessing nt everything. I am .guessing at nothing. Hy combining forces we should bring this thing to a head, ant!" "Just a moment. You expect me to abuse the hospitality of " "I shall have to speak plainly, I He leaned forward, fixing see." Harnes with a pair of steady, earnest royal eyes. "Six months ago house In Eurojte was despoiled of Its Jewels, Its privy seal. Its most precious state documents and Its charter. They have been traced to the United States. I am here to recover them. That Is the foundation of my story, Mr. Harnes. Without divulging the name of the house I will say that Its sympathies have been from the outset friendly to the entente allies especially with France. There are two brunches of the ruling family, one In power, the other practically In exile. The state Is a small one, blit Its Integrity Is of the highest. Its sons and daughters have married Into the royal families of nearly all of the great nations of The present or 1 the continent. should say, the late ruler, for he died on a Held of battle not many months ago, had no direct heir. He was young and unmarried. I am not permitted to atate with what army he wns lighting, nor on which front he was killed. It Is only necessury to say thnt his little atate was gobbled up by the Teutonic allies. The branch of the futility mentioned as being In xHe lent Its support to the cause of Germany, not for moral reasons but in the hope and with the understanding. I am to believe, thnt the crown lands would he the reward. The direct heir to the crown is a cousin of the late prince. He Is now a prisoner of wnr In Austria. Other members of the family are held by the Hulgnrluns as prisoners of war. It Is not stretching the Imagination very far to picture them as already dend and out of the way. At the close of the wnr, If Germany Is victorious, the crown will tie plated upon the head of the pretender branch. Are you following me?" Yes," snld Harnes, his nerves tingling. He was beginning to see a great light. Almost under the noses of the forces left by the Teutonic allies to hold the Invaded territory the crown Jewels, charter and so forth, heretofore mentioned, ns they say In legal parlance, were surreptitiously removed from the pnlnee and spirited away by persons loyal to the ruling branch of the family. As I have stated, I am engaged In the effort to recover them. Now we come to the present situation. Some months ago a member of the aforesaid royal house arrived In this country by way of Japan. He Is a distant cousin of the crown, nnd In looked upon as the m way remotely "eir apparent. Later on he sequestered himself 'n Canada. Our agents In Europe learned hut recently that while he pretends to lie loynl to the ruling house he Is acjunlly scheming ngnlnst It. I have been ordered to run him to earth, for there Is every reason to believe that the men who secured the treasure have been duped Into regarding him as the avowed Now, Mr. champion of the crown. Harnes, without telling you how I have arrived nt the conclusion, I mil prepared to state that I believe this man to he nt Green Fancy, and that In time the loot to use a hnisli word will he delivered to him there. I am here to get It. one wn.v or another, when that eomes to pass." What led you to suspect that he is at Green Fnney. Mr. Sprouse?" "History. It W known thnt this sir. Curtis has spent a great deal of time In the country alluded to. As a mutter of fait. It s sun, who lived la Loudon, hail rather exettsive business interests there. This son was killed In the Balkan war seieral years ago. It Is said that the man I am looking for was a friend of .voting Curtis, who man'll d a Miss o'l'owd in London t lie Honorable Miss O'Oowd. daughter of an Irish peer am) sister of the ehttp you hate met nt Green Fancy. About st week ago a former equerry In the arrived In New York. royal i git him I learned that the dough-!e- r of Ihe gentleman In whose house h senior Mr, Curtis was it trcqiieut .ttest hail been in the United Suites since some time prior to the beginning Imu-elto- ld I of the war. She wu visiting friends In the States and has been unable to return to her own land, for reasons that must he obvious, I may as well confess Hint her father was, by marriage, nn, untie of the late ruler. "Since Ihe Invasion nnd overthrow of her country hy the Teutonic ullles she has been endeavoilng to raise money lure for the (impose of equipping nnd supporting the remnants of the small army thnt fought so valiantly In defense of the crown. These men. a few thousand only, are lit present interned In a neutral country. I leave you to guess what will happen If she succeeds In supplying them with Her work Is (trios und ammunition. being carried on with the greatest secrecy. To bring the story to a dose. I was Instructed to keep close watch I traced him on the man ODowd. to this place. I was on the point oi reporting to my superiors Hint he wain no way associated with the crown-cousin- , nnd tlm1 Green Fancy was as free from taint us the village chapel, when out of a ch-asky and almost under my very nose two men were mysteriously done away with at the very gates of The killing of those two im-changed the aspect completely. Yon will certainly ngree with me after have explained to you that the one known as Andrew Itoon was no othci than the equerry who had undertaken to find the young woman. Harnes drew a long breath. was made up. He had decided to pool Issues with Hie secret agent but not until he was convinced that would the result of their In no way Inflict a hardship upon tin young womnn who had appealed to him for help. He whs certain that sh was the fair propagandist described hy Sprouse. "And the young womun, what o! her? She would, in any case, he held for examination and" My dear sir, I may as well toll you now tliut she Is a loyal subject, and far from being In had grace ut court Is an object of extreme solicitude to the ambassador. From what I can gather she has disappeared completely. Itoon was sent over here for the sole purpose of finding her and Inducing her to return with him to Paris." "And to take the treasure with her, I suppose," said Ihirnes dryly. Naturally." Well," began Harnes, Introducing a harsh note Into his voice, I should r 1 d il,t (,'iuiiitllun tut 1 Id out bn nr 1 ' S. some usually have Iippur-Mi- t Hell's Nr"" lowered When he dually wlttl Harnes lo favor eye- - II was -- mile s ih'1'1 HHri'iiiable tir-- t III"- - f,,r me ;i y tie I ikin' '.iu.mI.ihi ail- t lie PI- -. lii do - I" u mg lookout llioi'lties I" keep II sharp " the liol'de'' 111 CHAPtER XU. The first ' tation. that .i,., II iii be 'n I'ameiim. b Hie I MIIH , H Invl- - t ;hmg ie of llr-- he reo 'l ee:m't Hoik ofatiy oilier " .,f -- et he. out Of oii-- Spi ing:. m for ' Accept Wayfarer Manie- - i III- " I e. - ih" Mi'b I"1''! ashapply to hell'-- ml be l.iU-- d H hi he .secret agent. "I. for the go' era all." -Well, omothit once," -- aid Iki -- t oil me. .een the light that leaped into her ' rious pyes when ! heard -I've t know. Yes, a girl. pretty pule "guile glo- pretty a "Why, Mo has thing that "d ever created. Ihe face -to understand I nin beginning In her, Mr. I, tunes, t id lowd's interest lie Ims probably fallen In love with with as little difficulty as you have experienced, and almost as expedl little more of tloti'ly. lie has seen " hut her titan you. "Don't talk nonsense. ove with her. "Can you speak with equal authorisusty for Mr. O'Dowd? He Is a very ceptible Irishman. I am told." "I don't believe he will get much encouragement from her, Mr. Sprouse," said Harnes stiffly. "If she Is as clever as I think she is she will encourage him tremendously. I would if I were In her place. Mr. O'Dowd is only human. He Isnt lianume." I catch the point, Mr. Sprouse." said Barnes, rather gloomily. He did not like to think of the methods that might have to be employed In the subThere Is a jugation of Mr. ODowd. Pinnies. of" lo-- r Id like to I'd like nothing better," said Barnes, with enthusiasm. Will you agree to obey Instructions? I cant have you muddling tldngs up, you know. The grounds are carefully guarded," said Humes, after they had discussed tlie project for some time. "Miss Cameron Is constantly under the watchful eye of one or more of the crowd." I know. I passed a couple of them Inst night, said Sprouse calmly. "p.y the way, dont you think It would he very polite .if you to Invite the Green Fancy party over here to have nn country dinner with vou tonight?" "It would lie useless, XIr. Sprouse. They will not come. "I am perfectly aware of that, hut it wont do any harm to k will It?" n-- Harries chuckled. v now, Mr. Sproti-you make of it all?" lie Inipiir, e. Sprouse leaned back in h suddenly relax ng. "I am i ,e nt sett," he said, ami lit til m In surprise. "I see. Establish- ing myself as an Innocent bystander eh?" "Get O'Dowd on the telephone nnd ask him If they can come," said Sprouse. Hut there Is Jones to consider. The telephone Is in his otliee. Wlmt will tie think " "Jones Is all right." said Sprouse briefly. "Come along. You can call up from nty room." tie grinned slyly, Such a thing as tapping the wire, vou know. Sprouse had Installed a telephone In his room, carrying a wire from mi attachment made In upstairs the ce. lar of the Tavern. He closed the door to tils little room ,in the top ih.or. Barnes and Sprouse make an exciting midnight visit to Green Fancy. cl" New paper OF VIENNA, TREATY Mr: i'iin n.M'i.i, Self-contr- III I'll-- y mutter when . w are nlone. nv. Scree lint the moment m.r live- - nr,. '.me, throe n lu wi'li oHm then rciMrv i tie -- Mn-u- To to:' o oil- im!t. to r. Mrn'ti tlie sluirp Mott, the imp,,! tient cxelnmntion. to -- et I, I, mu Mri,o,h I.V with ilinut'i nble people, vl:boil friction or In rrniir tbi- tin ''.' t w Irit life test. Tins r.i:ii.(v ehiinie. te-tun Itooii ter, wlmt Wenuui. wlmt nniK'c- - tin- ), eMipliijce, Mrm.'L'le. 01,11-11- ts Schleswig and Holstein to Prussia I "llit-- n i hZTM jf 1? I)u','i dom, which wus contrary to i of the many settlement tt. 'Schleswig-Holstei- question. Germanic confederation refuJ take nny steps nml Bismarck a, advances to Austrlu-l- ie would her and then destn her velgle Tlie Danes counted iis)a France uud England, lu both of countries there hml been an of sympathy for a small (union T need hy two powerful ones, m k March of ISffll a royal prtxW Issned nt Copenhagen 1S.VJ settlement of and offered 4 gage of buttle. Beginning of Wir. On January 1(1. ISG. lrusslt m Austriu sent an ultlnmtum to D murk demanding that the contitt!i of Schleswig be withdrawn within t,. days. The Dunlsh foreign niit.ir pointed out thut us the Danish purllr incut wus n.t in session this wu possible. The Prusslun troops massed oo Elder at once crossed the frontier ai war began. Austrian troops JuIm tlie Prussians nnd tlie Dunes I TREATY "M" TtUhliy. eminent hml prepared for Sehlt swig which nn Integral part of tlH lie Prussian parliament rejected his plans sent for Bismarck und. making told him to him minister-president- , "tame" the parliament. He tamed It. or acted without It, us lie pietists!. "Tlie German prohlcju," he told them, could not lie solved by decrees, hut hy Idoml nnd He forced Dills through hy emIren. ploying every means in his power; lie lie instituted tin- army reforms; framed a trade treaty with France which Austria declared unfriendly anti. n(mn Austrias protesting, he recognized the acw kingdom of Italy. He dispatched an ultimatum to tlie elector of Hesse, which brought that potentate to reason with regard to the affairs of his electorate. Illegal and Arbitrary Powers. To the Austrian delegate to the (list Count Karolyl, ancestor of the Count Karoiyi who has just pluyed so important a part In the affuira of Hungary he aid: "Our relutiuns with Austria must soon become either better or worse we sincerely desire the former of the two alternatives. Ills entire policy was directed to driving Austria out of Germany und giving to Prussia the hegemony of the confederation. In other words, Austria s to be driven out and Prussia would eat up whut remained. To build up Prussia, King Wllllum did not hesitate to use Illegal and arbitrary power. Von Moltke appeared In the military councils of Prussia end the country purll-nionta- - - r s7r'S ry hut unavuilingly agalns tk Invaders. The fortress of Dupplefc on April 18 and the Danes, drlrs from the mainland, took refuge os tk island of Alsen. There came 1 pn In the war and a conference tk powers was hastily assembled hi U don. But Bismarck would listen to n compromise and the war was renevti It was now cleur that Prussts signed both the duchies for hend! hut while Austria saw this she n scared by a "fire in the rear hr taking advantage of Austria's togg incuts elsewhere, Italy was threats Ing Venetla. Prussian troops hid ready crossed the borders of Jit!ui and were prepared for advance. Denmark surrendered and the ptw treaty was signed at Vienna 00 Otfr tier 30. By It Denmark rellnqulshtd both duchies to be administered jut ty by Austria and Prussia. i OF FRANKFORT, Terms of Peace After the Franco-Prussla- n 1871. War. I do not quite like so many FmA men brought Into our house ija!g war. was hut n ratification of the their will." At Gerninn headquarters tt u "preliminaries of pence." which hud been signed at Versailles on February presston: "We will bleed Fn 20. 1S71. Some mutters of minor Iru- - white" was a common saying, and had not been settled nt Ver- demnlty proposed by Bismarck sailles, which were reserved for the six mlllurds about one billion tn "definitive treaty. hundred million in American mow The ostensible eimse of the Frnneo-Prussiu- n Hut British Influence had been at wod wrar was the refusal of Prusurging Germany to abate her demiK sia to guarantee that a prince of the and Thiers obtained from BIsrattrcD hoii-- e of Itohenzollern should not he a redaction of a mlllnrd 200,000, fandlilate for the Spanish throne. In Alsace und Lorraine were ceded reality both Paris and Berlin were Germany, There was no help for t only waiting for an excuse mid Bis- Germany was to hold certain fortress marck was making every effort to In France until Indemnity wa bring about a rupture. Official relaArch of Triumph. tions becoming strained nml the Prtis-sla- n Tlie German army had not a Jt army having mobilized and ap- tered Paris, though that city bad proached the French frontier, the Em- rendered. It wns now Insisted tint . peror Napoleon III declared wnr on France retained Belfort part of July 1M, 1s7n, the chamber of deputies Invading army should enter th d having before that voted a war supThis demund was made ply and the reserves having been ply for the purpose of theatrical railed out. Prussia was Joined In the feet. The world must see the war hy the oilier German states nnd man knlser lending his legions throne the Teutonic armies had an unbroken the Arch of Triumph. Thiers pro scries of victories that brought them ed that tills would only 080,8 If. to PnrD, which epy surrendered on tlon nnd effect nothing. Blsmarct January US, 1s7(, the emperor William nw Graveiotte was fought on August 18 slsted, of It, and so 30,000 of 1S70 and the French emperor with (ailnt under the S1 marched his army sum adored at Sedan on I nrch of Nup"looii umplml September 2, 1S?0. the plod for two days Bismarck Dictated Peace Terms. . Elysoes. A republic had I proclaimed In It wns calculated that It wu Era nee upon the surrender of the emten years for France to pay . peror and Tillers was at the head of nnd tlie German roo) It. Upon being elected ns chief ex- Indemnity gradually a lie to withdrawn ecutive bv the assembly sitting at Bor- stullmcnts were paid. All the deaux, the provision, d French governof the nrtny of occupation were, ment bin already effected nn armistice meantime, to be paid by Frence' vitb the Germ ms. Alrca.lv tlm king terms of this treaty were "f Prussia had proclaimed Ger- - ed to the national assembly 8 tK'ii emperor In tlm balls of Versailles. members from Pi'iii'ircl; at that splendid Bordeaux the P Lorraine lodged u .solemn H'c great l.ntiis amt the (ire-o- f 800 were signed on Fob-- , ngnlnst their expatriation the more radical member v Tl1" Htiiis were dictated their seuts rather than o c00', I.isnmreU. Only on one point did confirm was Il'b'I'S tehel. lie refused to sign ( treaty. The trenty March on the assembly pence lo Prussia tlm f, I'lllled Itlve treaty signed at Fran riiv Ilf P.r f.irt, ulibli inuuinds the May 10. l"".igc between tin .,tll .Tilra. Tins was tin "tv Sloths Ancient and Mod'V tmng frt. ri'ss in Prut w T'h'h bail no) been re- -' more than KHl.OdO P Not t ''' icrnians. If now bund-- ' there were on this continent n e w'r to oinianv It would open sloths, ns big ns " ''"-""'lHHeltnena .v of nnd the Tlie skeletons , "n j. es could (rend served today In museum at will. Tteei-1:1,1 ,'11 to ''niggled iF' largest species being Tain but p. . U Would ted gatherlttm. At the present t"n him. ii, trap luid Metz race is in represented The treaty of Frankfort, which cially put an end to the Franeo-Prus-sin- offi- u l G s I Vo-g- es -- - fulr-slw- "T "IVr . !' 1 .1 ' '.If, ' n-'on, tore." wns at once The Polish Insmreeti Htsmurck a rhuiu-- to with Ilusshi, nnd lie Russia were driven out Prussia' would mm eh lu 1XH, The treaty of Vienna, signed nnd between Denmark on one side put oilier, on the and li'iNsi,, Austria an end to the war which the two latter the powers had been waging against Settles-former ami tore Hie duchies of Danish wig ami Holstein from the crown. The revolutionary spirit which hml -- wept Gcrimiuy In ISIS had gradof ually died away and a period hud set In. Nowhere was the reaction -- o strong as in Prussia. In IV.7 Frederick William, under whom Prussia hml suffered so many httmili-i- i t lull's, became Insane and Ids brother William became first regent and. early In 101. king. He was u llnheiiwdlerii of tin true type, deeply Imbued with the spirit of militarism. Bismarck had already made for himself n reputation as the exponent of force und the new king employed him a Just the man lie wanted to work out his plans. William proioscd n great Increase In Hie Prussian may and navy, and when M.-tz- Burning Truth. til" fneellinis Sold golf fulllities gel n ,,l on ad educin' Heir si r but Hu- n ;, ,, from bein' tlble tl, re, luce of ions of void from the 1864. I The Grr.it Text - And tin Module by 111 rather important question say that If she Is guilty of receiving this siolen property she ought to he punished. Jail is the place for her. Mr. Sprouse. Sprouse put down his coffee eup rather suddenly. A queer (tailor came Into his fuc'. You do not understand the situation. Haven't I made It plain to you Hint she Is Innocent of any Intent to do wrong?" You have said so. Mr. Sproitse, but your Idea of wrong and mine niuv no Jibe." There cannot he two ways of looking at It, sir, said Sprouse, after a moment. "She could do no wrong." Whereupon Harnes reached hs hand across the table and laid tt on Sprouse's. His eves were dancing. "That's just what I want to tie sure about," he said. "It was my way of finding out your Intentions concerning her." What do you mean?" "Come with me to my room." said llarnos, suppressing his excitement. "I think I can tell vou where b,. j nnd II great deal more that jou ought to know." In the little room upstairs hi- told the whole story. The li Hi ,M Ms toned without -- n much as a singi, word of interruption or lnterr,s.-i,- o i. Somewhat breathlessly Hanes came to the eml. II. IRVING KING IJy Ihe celling ask. Is she even remotely eligible to Iter country's throne?" Remotely, yes, said Sprouse. So remotely that she could marry a chap like O'Dowd without giving much thought to future complications? he ventured. She'd be just as safe In marrying O'Dowd as she would In marrying yon," was Sprouses unsatisfactory response. The man's brow was wrinkled in thought. See here, Mr. Barnes, I am planning a visit to Green Fancy tonight. How would you like to accompany me?" Six Months Ago a Royal House Was Despoiled of Its Crown Jewels, Seal and Charter." FAMOUS PEACE TREATIES ,0 II mini winter T'"J lo "i1 I. cup I,, Pi'u- -' in ten IQ f,a J hose modern sloths five 1,1 T'l to defy the Imaging from brunches f"r " 88 'll" "us In J not L out moving. Tims tt is r "r Rolf,, nml. 8,1 wns entirely discover their presence; grt!, n P.'stieiivi; "ill;,ll"li ini nnd peculiar disguise, ! with rt g.iid pi Met, ; their green lichen grows on I w ii m not |