Show EMERSON ON COIN HOUGH HOUG H aroff ike sceal rio HORACE CUNARD anard 1915 1915 xo lOH A pArTER SYNOPSIS kitt kitty gray newspaper woman finds find in 4 a curro curio shop half of a broken coin the alio mutilated inscription on which arounes her curiosity and beada her at t tho he or corrier der of her managing editor to go eo to t tho ile p principality r ln ci of Gretz horten to placa see out th tho maory suggested by tho the insani tion bho Is r followed oll owed and on arrival in Gretz hoffen her ber adventures advent urea while chasing the tha secret of the broken coin begali lieff ln FIFTH installment k li CHAPTER r F A new intruder the keen senses of to in peril told him of somo some hidden bidden dan gor dortho the very tenseness at 0 tho file biaua con warning him turning lio lie saw tho the upraised weapon anil and lit in a flash a blow from hla his own powerful arm had sent it flying through tho window it fell clinking on tho the poor floor at the feet of count sachio and hla his friends lenda fr kilty rescued from tho the danger which she ho had not ro realized sprang back an instant later had grappled with the tha intruder hearing the sound bound of this encounter count sachio and his bis companions sprang at the intervening door broko broke it in they found two strange men man engaged in an encounter whose cause thoy they could not guess but both of whom undoubtedly were intruders in this place and who therefore might bo be regarded as enemies tho the exclaimed sachio na as now lie ho saw also the ho young girl who was endeavoring as best she eho might to give assistance to in lite his struggle with tho stranger quick excellency run exclaimed Ilo leau the strange man was riot not easily to be disposed of but gave aavo even the tha powerful all lie ho liked to do to handlo handle him Mean meantime sachio flung himself upon his comrades did as much for the stranger in tho the which slipped from place to place upon the floor sachio lot let fall tho the little bag with the kings halt coin in iii hla excitement lie ho hall had forgotten that ho still had it ft in ills hla hand band the stranger whose shifty oyes eyes caught everything saw tho the bag as it lay upon the ho floor working gradually gia dually towards the place where tho the little bag lay now underfoot now scuffed aside by the struggling men the stranger managed to trip and throw that one of 0 friends laho aho pressed him most closely they fell directly before the tha packet swiftly tho the long hand of the stranger reached out and caught it up thero there remained for him no moro more relish for tho fight an instant later his crossed arm against tho the throat of lite his assailant ho he broke broka away flung through tho the open window and loft the others to shift as they might still held in fit tho the powerful grasp of count sachio himself struggled furiously all the time calling to kitty to make her own escape Rol eaul called kitty quick he bo ho he lias has it lie he has stolen it we wb must follow him and did ills his boat best to shako free i not so fast not so BO easily dante sachio whose stern grip still held hall Rol Roi caus collar you will not get off just yet who aro are you vou to como come prowling about my place til thieves loves against thieves you shall ahall tell mo me what ahat all this means go excellency run ranted anted ro loar still to ills his mistress leave them to mo me ill come when I 1 can kitty kilty turned knowing that she u t net act quickly or ho bo taken prisoner r ersoll 1 erso r 0 1 lr f follow me 1 she ahe cried follow mo me when you can ill leave a trail and as she caught up a book from the tallo table guessed what she eho had meant by this a paper trail she looked this way and that but could boo no trace of tho the stranger who had thus treacherously intruded upon their own plans A strange feeling carao came to her mind that perhaps she eho had seen him elsewhere before now inow where could that have been ransacking her memory she concluded that lie he must havo have been some one of the band of who tied had tur sur her and her companions in the desert trusting to fortune to bring her old she ran forward in the he general direction which she supposed theman the roan had bail taken she passed from the floor door of the gallery which hold held no trace ot of footprints to the softer ground where she might see eco the trail and ought it now ile ho was running in great leaps towards the edge of the forest where the road came in yonder lay the trail to Gretz hoffen ila he seemed bound for that yes she elio presently heard a sound of horses hoofs llor horses ses thought kitty kilty to herself recalling tho the stables where i somo ot of Sa chios mounts were kept indeed she doubted riot not that some might bo be saddled ad died and waiting in the yard it was true nn instant later her own flying hoot bents pursued those now lessening in tho the distance and as she led fled kitty kilty left a trail As for lite his faithful heart was as well nigh broken when having seen life his mistress follow lite his advice tind and mako her escape ascale lie ho found himself in spite of nil all unable to join tier her in tho the pursuit of the escaping thief who had their coin the grasp of bachio upon him did not relax and no now w others ro re enforced their leader ali ah well messieurs lie he said grinning at length you have the argument argut men t 11 search him exclaimed sachio 1 I havo have lost the coin it was hero here it Is gono bone he has it about him somewhere ere the companions of the count compiled but could mako make nothing of the search stoutly assorting that lie he knew nothing of it and had it not in ills his possession 1 1 dropped it on tho the floor in the scuffle exclaimed sachio surely this man must have it or it ilias has wings whigs I 1 hal had it in my hand but now this very moment that american surely she la Is a witch did she take it fellow toll me ile ho turned furiously upon monsieur can I 1 tho latter at last however there came the sound of ono one driving furiously on guard gentlemen exclaimed sachio wo we do not know who comes 1 I lope hope it may be rudolph it was indeed this missi tim stranger Bf ringer tho the man inan who had bad been lett left bound in fredericks Frederic kB apartments it should be understood now that when count frederick had ie returned turned to his own apartments and found his private room occupied by a man who evidently had been there for no good purpose a man left trussed up and bound by apt other intruders intrude re bo be had had some parly parley with tho the helpless intruder in tho the way of lear learning rift ig what had been tho the causo cause of his strange plight 1 I know aou fellow said he you aro are of count Sa chloa suite you have been quartered hero with him as a guest of this bouso and now you would rob imel me your excellency exclaimed rudolph spare me I 1 was found here R W 3 ae J ho H broke away and flung the open window 45 r ta a our room 00 M true or near to it at least and w set jet upon by a ruman ruffian and a young woman between them they bound mo me and left me helpless hung flung me into your room here as aa you see eee I 1 ask no belief of you take me to count sachio I 1 am his bis man let him plead for me I 1 shall inako no plea at all count frederick found upon the floor a little kerchief which told him much very well said bald lie he to rudolph that bat is precisely what I 1 shall dot dol we shall go to find your master count sachio there has hag been too much mys mystery cry of late perhaps he bo can explain A part of it it it was thus therefore that count frederick and his new passenger had bad come in a swift car from Gretz hoffen direct to the lodge of count sachio beyond the tha neutral lands and bay having arrived at the chalet rudolph had lost no time in flinging himself from the car and hastening to explain to his bis master that absence which ho he knew would bo be so resented seeing there in advance ot of him and bound his bis own rage overcame him and he lost not an instant la in casting himself upon count prisoner this was waa not altogether a fortunate matter for any Ilo leau surprised at the attack and by this time somewhat in possess possession ibn of recuperated powers made so stern a heave at his bonds that he broko broke them and thereupon ad dressing himself to the combat once more soon gave rudolph all he bo liked to do meantime count frederick thinking it well to guard all exits of t the he chalet himself had gone to the rear and had bad found the tha open window through which kitty and tho stranger had escaped what ho he now saw baw therefore in tho the main room was his bis own lato late prisoner engaged in conflict with ft ath count Sa chloa prisoner they find him a Tar tartar tarl exclaimed lie to himself for at that moment ro ila leau casting rudolph aside made tor for the outer door of at the chalet cried count sachio loudly as others would have followed him it Is lise useless lessl walt wait ho he has not the coin why waste time on him III they fell back as the count once more took charge of this complicated situation As for you rudolph lie he exclaimed you ou have como come late and you have tailed frilled you ou liae have not the coin that you were v ere sent to bring mo me excellency no I 1 have filled failed that mari man he aie pointed to the booi where had fled pha he and a young wom woman an caught mo me oven as I 1 was searching for it ft where hero you directed mo me they fell on me and trussed me up and left roa me helpless I 1 stayed there until the master of the place cull came a it was he bo who avila brought me hither I 1 told him you ou would make any explanation that could bo be made and a fine alno explanation anyone can makel make exclaimed count sachio bitterly CHAPTER the apaches apache the tha man who had proved himself the he last possessor of at the kings half of the aretz hoffen coin was the most unworthy ot of any thus far concerned in its destinies true kittys kitrys recollection had been correct sho she had indeed seen him among yet lawless as the members ot of that band were he scarce was fit to claim comradeship with them ills name in truth was blake a renegade englishman who had for some time belonged to lo the underworld of at the capital of Gretz hoffen it if animated by some greater ambition of his bis own he bo now and then joined the bands of tho the desert rovers his real preference was for the und underworld of the city where with his comrades of tho the cheaper caper thieving gentry lie he might for the most part smoke or loat loaf lit in idleness not concerned in d e ads ds of activity or daring it had bon by mere chance of ills his prowling nature that lie he frail learned something about the ownership of the broken coln coin had bad guessed that it might have some value and had resolved to possess himself of at it As ito ho fled now therefore he made not for the desert so much as for the dens of his own sort in the purlieus purlie us of Gretz hoffen town itself aber at length after his long ride across the neutral country ho he found himself once more near to what he called home ho he cast loose his borso and completed his bis journey on toot foot at th tin 3 door of the underground alye where ho he counted upon meeting most of his friends ho be made tho the usual sign of admission it was a choice band of kindred souls who rose to gret him as lie entered they asked him what cheer what have I 1 done what have I 1 taken swaggering he pushed them aside and threw on an the table in the center of the room a bit of coin which ho he took from hla his pocket something comrades I 1 am thinking A roar of laughter broke from them as aa a motley group they surrounded him lie ile Is a jolly jester Is it not so BO my br brothers otheral exclaimed one A coin it if it were whole it might bo be worth perhaps a lira or fo BO but broken it la Is wort worthless bless what can we got for this in a batik bank my brothers so blake to 1 this your lays days work you may laugh comrades sald ho he all you like at tho the imme time I 1 venture you that coin will bo be worth something to us before we aro are done with IV it what ia it exclaimed one curiously examining tho the inscription an old roman coin du you think true there is if a mystery about it ray my bullies never dou doubt t that I 1 H 14 I 1 ft mystery that will pay par well when solved besides it might act na as some sort of 0 safeguard for or us there has been plenty of talk of late that our band may need friends to keep us from tho the noose very well then I 1 think the ownership of this coin at least will give us friends when wo we may need them guard it well that sani same broken coin my brothers what do you mean asked the spokesman curiously who has sought it then such men as aa count sachio of oc ora gra hoffen it was of him I 1 took it there was pursuing it also that samo same young american and that ruffian of hers who serves her so like a dog I 1 heard her bar call him my word ho he had bad a grip of steel ta in his hands he well nigh did for me before I 1 could make my escape I 1 saw count sachio drop the coin upon the floor I 1 threw my man so I 1 could pick it up and then I 1 fled my bly word to you brothers I 1 fled at f speed peed I 1 I 1 so here I 1 am now while these thieves of the city were holding their little conference their bolder brethren of the desert not so 0 o far away in their own rendezvous were gathered tor for an evenings evening to converse 0 dozen or more of lan dazis band of desert riders hall hail fat el lows well met friends of the kings troops and enemies as they boasted of none but the rich their head ho brot herst cried the mifflan who held kitty la in his arms by the lord the samel the young american highness whom we lost loose met me let me treat freel cried kitty vehemently 1 I camo came to you for help I 1 trusted in you I 1 am in need and I 1 ask you gentlemen to be my friends what your frien friends they laughed loudly at this yes your leader knows me do you not remember how he took us captive the other day lie ila told me then if I 1 needed aid to count on him does doea one of your brotherhood speak falsely they fell hack ack from her now respectfully fully impressed pressed in in part by what she eho said and in part by the fear that they might offend their leader this latter fear was well placed tor for even now they heard the sounds of rapid hoof beats ll leistl istl exclaimed one landoni Land Lan dozi it la is very tery likely be and it was he the man whom they all respected through their fears he flung dune himself from his horse now and strode into the lighted circle what now fell fellows exclaimed he as he caught eight of the young worn wom an standing there disheveled pale do you not know this excellency what would you insult herl 1 I came hither for help exclaimed kitty addressing him with such ap A 4 V V t ft WIN it i I 1 P she caught froin the table the coveted coin its as was generally known 1 a little way back on the tha cross ti 1 it I the main road between the two i doms doma of Gra hoffen and which crossed midway of the neutral lands when kitty fled after the thief blake it was at first with no definite purpose of tier her own but she had not gone far before jhb realized that alone she could accomplish little against such men as he be und and she doubted not that lie he was on his way to join his comrades what then was there to do who could aid tier her even as sho she rodo rode the thought came to kitty kitrys mind of the debonair bandit leader landoll landazi Land Lan dozi the same saino who had so gallantly freed her and escorted her to tho the cites gates but a short time lime before she was woman enough to know the impression blie bhe had made on the bandit chief and shrewd enough LISO also to hit upon him as an all allf in tier her own plans |