Show the ir broken coin cd nd by EMERSON HOUGH from the scenario by S grace cunard A story of mystery and adventure p copyright 19 1915 15 by A batterson Pat rat tereon terson novelized from the motion picture drama of the same bama name produced by tit tha allm manufacturing company SYNOPSIS kitty gray r Y new newspaper r woman finds in i n s cur carfo eliop 0 halt half of a broken coin tho mutilated on w aich arouses her curlo curiosity sity and tend loads s her at the oriler order of 0 I 1 her er managing editor to go BO to the principality ci ot of Gretz hoffen to piece out the story suggested by the inscription stio she is in followed follo HeiJ anil on arrival in Gretz huffen her adventure while chasing tits the of thu the broken coin begin fourteenth NTH installment 1 CHAPTER lt LI tho the lost last tho the call to arms was as music to count oars leaving lila its adlo addled king stooped in his follies jha he hurried to the front tho the army was roady ready enough to put under lite his control recognized r r film as tho the ono one ruler in all the realm ills quick orders supplementing the arrangements of tho the day before soon noon sot set all events in train it had been ilias ills plan to mask his men deep within i the town and na as liaa has boon been said the jaws of tho the trap now were sprung the chargo charge of tho the forces of king Corti slaw was waa met by tho the counter shock of the arms fredericks forces sprung sprang forward with tho the enthusiasm of troops long in leash and swept back the invaders for a few moments tho the two lines writhed hero and there in deadly embrace as two well voll matched wrestlers wrest lers neither 1 having the advantage deep within the palace kitty had bad forgotten her errand in tho the greater import of these sudden events the coin abin had dono done all this it was indeed k ja A thing of omen a thing thine of destiny she peered from the palace win dowa here hera and there seeking to gain v some borne knowledge of the ho tray fray now and r then a wounded man limped back n others came carried by the litte bearers of tho the palace defeat was hand for tho the defenders dof ondera of tho the palace la is there no hope then she bho do de remanded of one of the high officials of at the ethe household phero are our reser gervest vesT soo our men can hold thorn them i no longer they must havo have help or all is s lost official thus adjured pulled himself together for a moment ot at alin aim t yes yea he be exclaimed thero there la a orthe regiment lieffie held in reserve back of tha toward tho the water front then summon them nt at doncet exclaimed tho the young woman presently the retiring troops hoard tho the sound bound of bugles the clatter of r hoofs from the opposite direction saw the advance of tho the Grotz Gretz hoffen boffen r reserves so badly needed they swept arn on now to the front rallying their retreating men the leader of the reserves looked around for the commander of tho the battle battla instead ho he saw tho the figure of a young girt girl flash down the palace stops and hurry toward them yonder she aha cried ITO to Is 13 nt at the areat Rup supporting porting their full attack it was time now for tho the reserves that was waa sure close to lit hlo own thin billig front line frederick sat from his hl saddle scanning tho the work ot of a battory battery hidden somewhere back of tho the advance of at tho the Gra hoffen troops which was mining ruin on lila own men it was hidden somewhere 0 o ho he could not tell where although ho he swept the line beyond with the ig glasses lassos time after time at last he ha found it marked it by tho the smoke belched from a screen of green green branches lashed to the frames of guns count frederick called an officer to alm aim we ve must tako take that battery he said if we dont in five minutes we will bo be gone meantime life antime sachio himself hold bold leader or of armed men a albeit belt self seeking courtier openly exulted at what seemed to him tho the quick success or of V hla his count rys arms lie ile held on directly under the eyo eye of Corti slaw himself and no unskilled soldier he now showed himself to be in fiyo five rul minutes your majesty said calil he be wi wb will ivill have broken their front there will remain nothing but i for us to advance ills eye skilled lit in observation in aich scenes caught sight of the A thoun mounted ted figure of count frederick leader of tho arms arma lie ho recognized him in the distance and quickly sent orders to tho the of the he battery whether or not it was duo due to this slight alight change of at alm aim thi th t next salvo from the tha hidden guns accomplished complis hed that which sachio most ide desired alrod sachio turned lite hla glasses t once konco more upon the spot where life his enemy had list eat ills his horse ats down blown to pieces 1 the explosion of a shell and call figure of freder frederick ick himself lay prone now forward benl men cried sachio they havo have broken t they will runt run at them with tho the Ch charge argal the tha troops swept tor for ward man alan to man now the ultimate issue must be determine 1 it was at this moment that coming on at a T collop from the protection of the grounds ei the reserve regiment i J aloyed into action in r mental front the leader cheering hla his non on into the tha charge they met the a advancing infantry of many of them with their alcoa unloaded do pending depending upon tho the bayonet met na and rodo them down tho the line t assault unsuspecting title this new resistance ro coiled called and turned kitty had crossed forward behind tho the column which now pushed back the advance of tho the enemy tile the plan of count frederick was completed hut but as to count frederick where was ho he site sha found him at last surrounded by a little group of lite his men who supported him as lie he lay what do you hero here mademoiselle said bald lie he retire at once tula title to Is no place for you you are arc alovel alibel you will recover kitty gray was on her knees beside him frederick essayed to rise but fell back for a moment give noo MO a moments time said ho he 1 I 1 am not hurt tho the shell came close but my horse bayed me I 1 suppose I 1 am but slight blight ly wounded I 1 think it was the tha shock block of the explosion I 1 was dazed for an instant where aro are my men come let mo me UPI your men are on ahead count frederick replied kitty gray too far for you to catch them up now come you must rest come coma with mo with you mademoiselle she heard him say any ile he staggered to his feet dut but now and her womans comans wo mans heart admiring over ever the strong an I 1 resolute rejoiced to see it count icks gazo gaze was waa turned not to her but toward tho the front where tho the fighting lay y men said ho he look at them royal reserves reserve sl who brought tarn am on wo we havo have want won I 1 they aro are broken tho the battle Is ours after bill all I 1 CHAPTER lit lil the tha spy in all these rapid events of the last few ow hours boura kolkau had been left quite to life his own resources ills mistress had slipped away from him without his knowledge count Frol frederick erlick was gone ho he know knew not where lie guessed rather than knew that each of them m might ight bo be seeking the other that meant according to hla his reasoning that they must bo be at or near tho the royal palace it was thither at length turned his own footsteps discovered at last through tho the notice attracted by his lack of uniform he was halted ha by an officer who brought him forthwith to the commander of t the lie army nono none less lesa than sachio who sat aaa close to the king watching the progress of at the tha battle general said bald the officer to sachio hero here Is a man who was trying to get through our lines what shall we do with him wo we think perhaps ho he to Is a spy so fellow you aro are hero here again ho he said grimly 1 I know you yes yea well enough wo we have met more than once before now I 1 recall you at my lodging and elsewhere what do you horo here shorb Is a she your mistress tresa tho the young american yonder somewhere nome where excellency said bald Ilo leau pointing toward tho the take taka him away lieutenant and keep cop him safe until I 1 call for him it was thus that remained for a 0 time un unobserved observe d but was ultimately caught la in the general rout of king Cortis laws armies it was night when finally the rout ended under the walls walla ot at Gra haffen itself was an old man when he bo had started vat out that day dai since morning lie ho had agoa aged yet a dozen years nothing was wag left to himl him tho the end of life hit afas dream was at hand curses upon all exclaimed old Corti slaw at last sweeping a level glanco under his bushy gray brows at his courtiers once more they have proved too much tor for us it was my ono remaining chanco nono none dared raise a voice against the arnth of oc the broken king after a time lie ha went on what use then count sachio was thor their coin after all we had it and wo we lost count frederick told me your majesty began sachio that what wo we had was only a counterfeit up ito sald lie gave it to the king of Gret rhoTen ten in a bit of deceit for purposed purpose of at hla his hwu it read the game came that I 1 may ho be sworn its errand should have been tho the samo same but as to our victory look it was counterfeit yes said eald Corti slaw slowly count that not for us but against us I 1 say tho the cursed coin la Is bewitched it la Is in tho the service of Gretz hoffen not our own it Is 18 th alim 4 evil of our own king kingdom doru that I 1 will be sworn but said cald count sachio after a time the end never Is till all Js Is done true wo have failed at arms your majesty but after all that does doca not affect the dil jAl stence of the Gretz hoffen trea treasure sura I 1 myself lime hao been in that room I 1 have been beneath the walls I 1 know tho the very place where that secret la Is conce al 41 cl look wo we have hava all tho the coln coin and oven even lt it this halt Is counterfeit their half tho the true halt though it bo be Is no more than half they cannot read tho the riddle of 0 their own treasure and yet we know ati who then has won this brittle battle 7 riches niches anre needful for any king without the secret which we ourselves hold what may they hope no not all Is yet lost your majo majesty 1 the old king turned upon him his burning eye count sachio said eald ho he you have disappointed me time and again regarding yonder coln coin yet after all of till all my noblemen noblee an you have been the most successful for surely you brought to us the secret that la Is true at one time we had bad nil all tho the coin long wo we havo have had halt half tho the coin today wo we held it all in our possession bad and we still hold bold it bring mo me the coin I 1 want to examine both halves onca area moro more with my own eyes it Is well your our ma majesty jesty 1 I will go got get both halves we will compare thom them count sachio hastened to the room where ott on tits ills return from the battlo battle ba field he had changed his dusty apparel ills tunic and trousers lay where chero ho he had left them evidently his orderly had fled count sachio took up tho the trousers and thrust a hand into a pocket ile he know where ho he had kept the coin in III hla little leather folding nalo but he be withdrew his bla hand band and looked at it curiously the blank look on its his favo face remained as he felt quick ly in other pockets ot at tho the same garment as he ac me arched nervously through every pocket ot of the tunic which he had discarded when count returned to lis hla king ho was in deep pallor consternation sat on hla his face well well Sach lol demanded that monarch testily you have on your faco face now the same look which I 1 have learned to know but surely you have not failed come let me see it 1 I cannot your majesty it Is gonel gone gone yet you had it yes your majesty both halves I 1 had them both you yourself gave them in my keeping on the field I 1 was responsible for them that Is truo true dut but sea eco hero here where I 1 hid them everything ery thing la Is empty now they have been taken away by someone artl aril who could have known of it A silence tell fell upon the group stay I 1 added sachio a little later there was waa a man a prisoner who was brought to mo me just before our retreat began the man named find that mant said saad coldly returning a savage eye upon sachio the prisoners taken by the glahot 1 L t 4 e the ithe army of Gretz hoffen in action fen en men moro more by chance than plan in their own tempestuous retreat had been grouped under loose guard in the rear compound of 0 the tha palace it was with them that Ito leau had been coall confined ned thither count sachio now turned ibis his steps lius hastily tily he inquired of this officer and that of this tala prisoner and that once moro more the spy huleatt had escaped 1 CHAPTER letl LI 11 by land and sea ta in the confusion which followed the retreat ret of the tha Gra holten hoffen troops upon their own capital found himself swept away from the officer who first had taken him in charge not unused to scenes of violence had himself vell veil in hand and now studied his situation calmly finding it bat own advantage ile ho say that ho now had better belter cipior opportunity for escape than at any time before resolved tit at last ho he slipped away beyond hla his guards guarda and made oft off through the city not to the westward toward the plain which lay between the two cities but to the east ft hero lay tho water front of Gra hoffen the desert which lay between these two little kingdoms ran far to tho the southward in a barren peninsula on either side of which swept the blue sea eoa each kingdom therefore might be bald to have bavo a seaport as good as the thai other although that ct Gretz hot fen lay fjoser to the mediterranean proper nevertheless the Gra hotten hoffen harbat was an amplo ample one und hero all the tiny navy of at tho the little kingdom lay beyond tho the aviation grounds where the scanty corps of that sery tee lea sometimes held their maneuvers As ma maj bo be ocea each of these theao king kingdoms dums jealous ct cf the other and rivaling methods of richer empires than their own had developed as lat beat it ft could each branch of tho the service approved in modern warfare each had its little corps of air craft craf teach each its min miniature lature navy its submarines its destroyers r full details of all this did not net know lie he knew well enough none the less that escape for him lay by water and not by land it was night when he approached tho the wharves along the Gr Ora hoffen ahonen har harbor front at their anchorage lay the dim gray bulks of 0 the few battleships belonging to at one ono of the docks signs ol of activity attracted him A Y yacht acht a long clean lined vessel a thoroughbred in all details beautifully equipped and apparently well manned and officered was getting ing ready to set out looked at it closely it boro bore the royal ensign in truth it was none less than tho the yacht of royalty itself good morrow sir air said to the captain of the yacht before whom he be presented himself a little later 1 I sea you are setting selling out would you take a passenger one as anxious as yourself to leave this place tho the captain looked at this intruder for a moment with none too much dav favor a r this boat Is not bior for nh hartor arter said bald ho he wo we are leaving it Is true but wo we offer no passage for tho the public nor am I 1 under charter for the public rejoined calmly 1 I am in high ser vico none the less leas I 1 am ready to pay for transportation from this place I 1 am careless whre you may bo ba sailing ask me riot not too many questions and I 1 will |