Show ami isik I S i K 4 lo 4 tl t l 0 I 1 the th t broken r avren CO coin I 1 n 14 14 ar I 1 4 by EMERSON HOUGH 14 ca 0 ston stay of 0 M mystery and t 4 from the scenario by adventure grace cunard bunar d copyright 1915 dy by wright A Patte ragn novelized from tho the motion picture drama of the samo same name produced by tile universal film 1 larn manufacturing company SYNOPSIS hitt kitty gray newspaper woman finds in EL curlo curio shop chop half of 0 ft a brolien broken coin the mutilated inscription on which arouses tier her curiosity and loads leads her at the order of 0 tier managing editor to ko go to tile the principality ci of to piece out tile 1 etory B to 1 y suggested by the inscription she bho la in 1 followed 1 0 wed and on arrival in tier adventures advento r es while chasing chasi ln the secret of 0 t alia je broken broke n coln coin begin SIXTEENTH installment CHAPTER A tartar taken enfin exclaimed with tho the smile which kitty gray so BO well wait learned how bow to hato hate as well as dread at bastl you arc difficult but as aa the maxim makers have it perseverance at length wins its own reward well veil then elie began facing him nt at bay her hands clenched tier glicr eyes lashing flashing what Is IB it that you yon wish ali ah well many things my dear said paid sachio coolly nut but especially I 1 desire nil all tile tho knowledge you have ot of tile tho affairs of this distracted distract od kingdom liero hero there la is more mor than ono one secret hare yes acs it lias fins a broken coin and a broken parchment as well yes yea Tog together ellier they may mean so something methin 9 each for tho the other yes an and d wo I 1 allot us who alio are arc sworn to advance the interest of oi our I 1 r kingdom wo need them both all Is it bof not true truo lie ile felt in fit tits hla pocket for ilia his silver cigarette caso case and would havo have serval himself As lie ho opened tho the caso case the girl idal enado a sudden spring ills hand dropped tho little caso case and caught her by the ano arm yut it tut now bowl ho he said do not bo a foolish I 1 may as well say it you are going once more morel with us to out our own town tile tho city of Gra hoffen n site could only stamp liar her toot foot too much enraged to speak dut but ho he wont went on 1 I am thinking you will not so soon make your escape tho the next timo time wo have seen been that Gretz hoffen hero here has baa doop deep dungeons yeat yes has haa others quite as deep tako take her ini call ho he said and q quick we must march I 1 ali ah well said kitty kilty gray it should not prove so difficult I 1 am tin unarmed armad and a woman I 1 am helpless jand and innocent of any wrong against you mademoiselle said bald sachio it to la ild idle a to waste words give over to me tho the piece of parchment which 1 I know you have 1 I wilt will not said rafil silo she calmly search her ment sald eald bachta take away rom her what she has the careful ni to tear it more silo bho was h ho less lesa and realized it ft slowly bho drew from liar her bosom tile tho folded piece of parchment which silo sho had concealed well then said eald she since you resort to such measures hero here it Is I 1 do not inot deny it I 1 found it so did you at least it Is as much mine us as yours and more mine because I 1 did not lose what once I 1 found but as to what it means 1 I 1 know now nothing I 1 nove paw it before very well then said sachio wo will see BOO it we can road read its ita additional riddle at some later time now wo we must go in ili thu tho confusion contu alon of the hour therefore kitty gray vanished and nono none i noted tile llo fashion of liar her disappearance for all had matters enough to occupy them fully count frederick alona of at all those witt with whom she lately had spoken missed liar her and began bearch tor for liar her lie got no word in any portion of the palace which had been frequented by tier her as guest or prisoner trembled deeply count frederick once onca toor moir turned to hla his own home hore flore he rent inquiries among his people in tho the hope that thai once mora moro tile tho young woman whom ho he sought bought had for reasons of tier her own found liar her way back to a place where she sha had bad more than once ventured in tho the past hut not ono one of at his servants could furnish any knowledge over ever they had not seen her heir knew nothing of liar her presence count frederic I k called to him ono of his most trusted men Ll listen sten said lie ho you know tho the young Ame american americal the one of at a certain crice in the court tho the ono one who has been hero here its as my guest yes excellency replied tho the man an impassively very well slie site has disappeared it to Is my wish that you discover her for me as soon boon as pos possible possibly tit at mee Il having laving taken these measures possibly inefficient yet the only ones of foring ferine in t his mind count frederick tam salt hurried once more to the royal palace it was as so B often Is the case a small email thing which changed the course of greater resolutions As be crossed tile tho palace balaco grounds so lately the scene acena of armed combat ho he noted tho the trampled oward eward trio ano torn bed of flowers fl owera tile the broken shrubs tile tho shorn arees hii th is alia of rille and artillery fire 7 7 hero here there lay the debris of the attack and the retreat arms equipment tho the keen oyo eye ot of frederick noted thorn them all it noted also the glitter of a bit of metal which seemed not a portion of discarded accouterments men to lie ho stopped and picked it up it was as a silver cigarette case evidently of value and evidently abandoned by bome of the Gia Ira hoffen forces who so BO recently had loft left tho the place count frederick examined it curiously opened it within tho the lid IN thero there was written a little inscription which gave him a start to count sachio our well beloved for deeds of valor from his king so exclaimed frederick so then so then iio was here but now and look not far away lie ho saw the prints of sharp heeled boots in the broken BOIL ilo ile caught mp lip a little bit of filmy laco lace a kerchief kerch lct whose perfume was familiar to him lie ile saw ngali at tho the bark of a nearby treo tree a fragment or of like lace torn perhaps in some borne struggle yes she was here Agla agitated tad lio lic hastened once moro more now to tho the palace door ilo ile demanded of all whom lie he met phero last thoy they had seen the young american but thoy they could give no intelligent replies let et me tell you then said eald count frederick Fro dorick lit in a lash flash of anger since you cannot learn for me she has haa gone to nn a prisoner go thoro theta then follow ns no I 1 have already ordered tho the young amera can without question has been taken prisoner wo we must rescue her we must to do that for every reason in tho the world tor for her own safety and our own and for ray my own peace of mind ho he added sotto voce as haggard lie ho turned away to find such relief as ho he could in tho the countless duties which now were to devolve upon him amid tho the wreck ot of a government and the ruin of a city although tho the forces of tho abo king ot of Grah had been worsted in strategy and had given their parole inor in order to save their lives in the flooded chambers of the tha dungeon levels levala the kingdom itself its ruler and ls iter leading men seemed to feel little of the terror common with those actually defeated boated upon the contrary old cor car and his nobles were victims not so m much tich of at terror ns as chagrin neither wore were they disposed too scrupulously to observe their own plighted word which had purchased life and liberty passing from the limit or of tho the be league red rad capital they did not scorn to tako take such loot its as lay at hand or to carry with them such prisoners as pleased them among these latter it chanced that they had ono one moro more pris oner whose freedom might much havo have altered tho the course of events in t this complex little drama had the doughty servant of kitty gray been on hand at tho the time of tho the capitulation of tho the Gra hoffen no doubt ho he would have hava kept so flo close to tits his mistress as to guard against any such sudden surprise as had now loft left her at the mercy of tier her enemies hut prisoner to Gro Gm hoffen had no knowledge of any of tho the lato late stirring events nor inor any knowledge of at the whereabouts ot of his bis mistress tho windows of tho cell in which had been confined faced upon tho the corridor sometimes used by the retainers of tho the palace ly hy by those persons of greater importance boleau heard footsteps now voices the confusion of a large party arriving ile iio stepped close to tho the bars of tits his coll cell pressed hta his face out so that lie ho might see upon ME his tea fea tures turea any who had observed must have seen joy jo exultation for though blin himself self a prisoner had seen now down below viere tl ere tho form of that mistress whom a horn he served but war waa visa ire iio did not fiot cry out ile ho did not shout in sudden greeting as aa she bho passed among his captors cantors only ho he stood close and hoped that she would look up silo sho did look up and saw him sta standing nd there and guessed his reason for silence saw tits his sudden finger on lip demanding silence from herself as well A lash flash of intelligence passed once more between the two well well my pretty orio one taunted sachio welcome once moro more to our and may you aldo with us longer this time than last wo we shall see was liar her retort sachio did not answer but grimly led tier her on into the presence of king Corti slaw himself Cort cortlan law was still furious in his chagrin at the defeat of hla his plans so again said bald bo be and his bis gray beard curled in his evil smile we have you iou once more onoro do be lieve us it la is tho the last time you shall not escape again why Is she hero here Sach Sa chlo lol ho he demanded ilow how dia you tako take her 1 I found her as an angel disdaining tho the earth your ma majesty josty laughed so sa chlo spurning the ground in ili short abort safe as she ehe supposed high ii 1 tho the 1 branches of a tt to I 1 wo we pulled her out of that and found in her possession something I 1 had lost this parchment your majesty examined it curiously what another halt half told tale bald lie he torn across yes assented sachio it Is a mystery like that of the broken coin if my latin serves me it says something of a lost prince you are arc very faithful sachio said ald Corti slaw you are arc very faithful and v very ry efficient what do you say mademoiselle 1 I say nothing rejoined kitty gray and stood defiant count sachio spoke for her 1 I am persuaded from tho the way sho she comports comforts com ports herself your majesty that sho she knows more than sho she pretends about this inscription hero here so then you undertake under taka to be obdurate the eye of was fixed on her with its ita cold menace 1 I am not obdurate but I 1 stand upon my rights sho she went on 1 I have not both the halves of the coin and it if I 1 had I 1 would not give you either As to this inscription I 1 know nothing ot of it this is tho the first time I 1 have seen it 1 take her away men said sachio keep her under guard we will call you when wo we need you tile the door of at the great reception hall closed now upon kitty gray prisoner once again la in Gra hoffen towers well what think you sachio Sa chlo said Corti slaw turning at length to his officer silo sho speaks with boldness yes and always has assented sa ba chlo musingly what la Is tho the secret of her courage she seems to have no tear fear whatever for us Ll listen sten sachio said he wo we have made acquaintance with that young woman before and have got no profit from tho the meeting sho she Is too mysterious and she elie makes us too much trouble were there certain to be a reword reward tor for that very well but what reward may wo we hope wo we daro dare not torture tho the truth from liar her as once tho the king of this country would haver bavo done since she will not talk and since we cannot compel her to talk why let us cast liar her into frito the discard as of no uso use to us what Is it your majesty meanest means inquired the nobleman why should wa wo trade in such small deer as aa this arte raU said wo we may well lose all our time and havo have only additional trouble for our pains certainly thoro there aro are enough things to do As for these larger troubles which she threatens might wo not well wall have a caret care well then let liar her have her way let us send her back to that country ot of which sho talks lot us send her back whether sho she wishes to go or nott not As your majesty wishes said sa chlo gravely coome to mo me within tho the hour sa chlo said Corti slaw turning away bring me the plan by which wo we can send her out of at our aur country let it ft bo be soon and food riddance of the vixen as welt weil it shell shall be is you say bay your majesty said sabbio CHAPTER travel incognito paced his narrow cage like some restless wild beast some halt half formed plan in his mind the time was at hand for lis bis guards to bring him his midday food ile ho heard them approaching before long four of them t h c to all cureless careless singing somo ribald ditty of the line and trench ile iio saw them open hla his door and enter putting down the basin watch held tits his meager prison faro fare it was enough the door of tho cell was open with a leap and a snarl of rage tho the powerful man was upon the guards striking wrestling assailing here and there with such and such skill that soon the four were overe much at his big morcy mercy taken alto altogether gettier by surprise as they hai ha been ones once more boldness had proved successful an instant lind and was waa past them beyond the door and in the hall before their scattered senses had time to realize what had happened As lie he fled had no plan beyond that of mere flight but it chanced that ho he reached tho the outer corridor just as kittes kittys guards were bringing her into it ft ile ho tell fell likewise upon kittys kitrys guards with such desperate valor that before long they too were scattered and helpless A moment later kitty and tied fled seeking some exit from tho the palace walls tho the huo hue and cry followed them now almost they had escaped but not quite even at the great door ot of the palace itself they were apprehended by yet other armed men once more they were brought before the king so it ft seems we have two incer rigi bles commented that monarch coldly as he faced and kitty still panting this man as you know sachio is far more dangerous than his accomplice here she Is dangerous yes in a way but this man has haq hesitated at nothing not even murder what shall wado wo do with him sachio stood also regarding the two ill tell you your majesty said he at length slowly it if you ask me my own feeling in the matter let us send them out at 0 the country together they have a way of gravitating together let them go together to that america of which they talk so much let them find the protection of that undo uncle sam of whom they prate awny away with them command cort cislaw imperiously sachio therefore now had bad his task dut how to achieve it ft was ills his question lie knew well enough ho he could not oblige either kitty or holdau to book passage across the ocean unless they so desired attend to these two lieutenant said ho he to the officer of the guard keep them safe until I 1 return lie he hastened now as rapidly as he ha might to the water front where at tho the somewhat restricted docks of grahor i ten fen an occasional ocean liner touched A I 1 you shall have some soma time to reflect on the |