Show 0 C 44 4 X 04 A the jl h rn broken aken cu coin edn e cl satorv of by EMERSON HOUGH 3 mystery v an and d ta 1 from the scenario by adventure grace cunard 1918 dr by wright A patterson Patte raon novelized from the motion picture drama ot of the tha same sama rame by the tha film l hm Manu fact company SYNOPSIS kitty oray gray newspaper woman finds in E B curio shop halt half 0 a broken coin th the inscription on which noeo her curiosity and luada loads her at alie order of her managing editor to go BO to the principality cli ci of aret Gretz thorfen horten to piece out tho the story suggested by the inscription sho she Is followed follow ad and on arr arrival IV a in Oreti hofTen her adventures while chiming the secret of 0 the broken coin begin TWENTIETH installment CHAPTER tho the broken treaty in the palace ot of Gretz hoffen K king ng blich michaels aels friends and courtiers king michaels officials at last began slowly to recover from the period of dissipation into which they had bad plunged as aa an expression ot of their relief from tho the armed menace so eo recently at their walls there la Is a limit to human possibilities ties in joy in grief in exaltation of any kind oven even alcoholic king michael and his court ceased to drink bo be cause they could drink no more the wine cup had ceased to furnish any fillip to their besotted brains alone among all these others the prime minister of Grotz hoffen retained somewhat of his wits perhaps a stout heredity made him more impervious to the inroads of excess or perhaps ho he had certain ambitions of ills his own which cannily suggested to him that it were better belter to remain in possession of alkhis all bis faculties at liast he bo was ft as the first to call a halt in the carouse carouse and to tako some account of events past and future 11 he looked about him bilm at tho the which had abben wrought in the palace balaco by its inmates well nigh as ag complete ai ao that lat lately ely done dofie by its enemies looked at the stained ned the broken furniture tho the disordered tables ills hta gaze pissed by all this to rest upon the stupefied guests of 0 whom he now proceeded to make quick clearance bl michael ichael himself made no protest et at this for he knew little of what went on about him on oil his mind still rested cited th the ob obsession hession that ho he was waa celebrating ti a great victory of the arms and the diplomacy to him tho therefore the minister now addressed himself in n th the 0 hope of af some partial restoration of arder come semblance of a goveN government ment always he missed the strong mind and ana tha strong ng arms of count Pre derick lck naw now so mysteriously disappeared across the narrow rift neutral iral lands which divided theoe two kingdoms yonder in tho the capital of Gra Ora hoffen a quite dif different state of affairs held place no dissipation for old corti aln slaw and no celebration for any victory tor not actual actually ly in hand Corti slaw planned war As for his pledged w word ot d in the arat tice and the later tr treaty he had long since cast to tho the winds wind aall all a scrap of paper carrying no value what whatever evir signed treaties only to fo got get aDm something ething afterward lie ho had signed this one merely as a temporary expedient to extricate him sel eel from a dangerous situation that done the world began beban all over again for Corti slaw in duo due time sachio returned from ills bootless search in the vaults bolow the palace ile he waa iwas 1 11 of apprehension bugnone but nono the less must sovereign your i majesty he began when pt at length that dreaded interview was 0 o longer to be 0 evaded ile ho hesitated an as he be did so his monarch guessed fais news was none too good well well sachio what la ia it that my majesty to ta to hoar hear demanded more bod bad news you you have not won the tha secret you have lost loft au our last opportunity sire it to Is truel thus farj ari t have leave failed but still you ask more mord feinel do apu bank time Is as aa inexhaustible no as a river lot me tell you it passes with our hopes bapes with wings time moro time that Is what you r cannot annot havel out your majesty majest away with you I 1 have parleyed parl eyed with you tor for tho the last time if 1 I did not need you as an officer your lead head indeed should hang on ou our gates as a warning to other failures how can I 1 serve your majesty naked asked sachio humbly glad enough to feol feel his bead safe on his shoulders shou dero fo for yet another hour call out our arinel mobilize at once to the last ma danl nl seo sec that the gunn are ready with full ammunition trains call in tho the officers at ones onca see to it also that the ships are read ready Y we wll will attack at onca by land and sea ea got get you ou at once to the department ot of our navy when you havo have finished your orders for tho the land forces we must move at once Wb whither ither your majesty where else it if not against gretz hoffen haffen if you could not find their secret at your leisure I 1 will blow down their towers and look among the ilna tri myself self tor for whatever secrets they may amny hold the gods idols ot erf my anc ancestors estopi would zw let ahta test rest la in their graves graeca if I 1 accepted this situation as aa it tests mats toi for vs Sj today koday i A certain mallef came to we the nou boll of sachio as he ha heard these words worda lie he was a ler and he reasoned that now in ifie opportunity for or arms he might win back something of his lost favor it is well your majesty said bald ha be 1 I shall carry your word at once to all the alf different ferent departments your youir men aro but to follow you success will 0 o daiy easy for or us now for we know all their defenses now an aa well as our own we shall win yes said we shall win if it costs tho the life of every man woman and child of 0 this kingdom I 1 take charge now myself and trust no more boasters like ilko certain advisers I 1 could name I 1 grant you your place in your regiment once moro more see bee it if you can mil fall in that I 1 it if your men give back ill have my own guns of the guard behind them to blow them off the earth be not too hard upon me your maj majesty estyl I 1 admit my error in allowing that young girl to leavo leave our shores she could have told us the secret had she liked all the secret of the tha gretz hoffen coin but wo we shall win yet though at greater cost you had your chance sachio you did not handle the woman well I 1 thought you knew more to handle a woman your majesty said sachio who ever knew enough for that I 1 confess my fault and stand ready to pay my share ot of the tha added cost truo true wo we should have kept her until we rad had all she knew doubtful if she ever sees our shores again aiala wo we may see sec tho the face of somo some american admiral neo flee their battleships before our port but as for her noyer I 1 it Is enough said W we march we advance no more clinging to comans womans skirts it Is our guidone guldens now shall lead us to their cites ae secrets CHAPTER the tha rescue those whose disappearance had made such havoc in the plans plana of a principality now likewise were upon the point of certain changes in their own plans and counted that any chabre mastbe must be tor for the bettor better 1 I 1 I 1 sald said kitty as they stood at tl est eat of the cliff gazing out over the 0 topped waves toward tho the nodding sails of the rapidly advancing craft A two master under heavy sail auxiliary no nd doubt what can she be it li Is what I 1 also would ask said count frederick at her side studying tho the craft as intently whatever it bo be it Is our only hope see she seems to have the look lo 10 ok of a yacht watch her bows as thy they rise and see how her spars rake rak eback back A yacht but whose and what nationality thero there cornea comes their flag said kitty british I 1 well I 1 wish it wore were tho the flag of my own country but better that than none we ahall he be sate safe enough under the union jack said frederick 1 I count on good treatment when they find opt who we are arc she turned to him with elih a look upon her face say rather when they find out who you are count frederick said slie she you are a nobleman I 1 uni am an unknown american girl cast away without a friend onearth on earth lie ile smiled at her as though amused an american girl who has had place in tile tho plans ol of two kingdoms perhaps you may not alwia remain so unknown it it comes to that looka once more was her reply a as a she pointed to the boat A of 0 smoke c camo ame from the bow ot of the yacht followed presently by tho dull boom of the small cannon mounted there they see our signal said count frederick yes yea shell round to and send in a boat no doubt and indeed such proved to bothe plans ot of tile tho little vessel there were other results of the ca cannon n shot which might not have bavo been suspected tho the natives scattered hero here and there along the beach in the forest or in their village were seized with a sudden terror of what they imagined to bo a new enemy As an fast as they could they scuttled for or shelter in tho the wood or in the caverns that lay below the hills the greater number finding refuge in tho the latter hiding places ot of choso some made their way in their terror quite through the series of caverns until at length they emerged at tho the crost crest ot of tho the cliff by a way of the passage pa a sago which had broucht frederick and kitty there nt at an earlier time these found tho the summit ot of tho the rock already occupied tho the two strangers who had cau tho the turmoil in ii the village nt at tho the summit looking out at the sea and waving signals to the ne vessel for an dinst instant a nt the natives stood irresolute but it was not far for long ions they identified these two white strang rs whoever or ever they might be alike with thesa past disturbances and those abw now toi ei bors whereupon with savage shouts they once moro fell upon the anfor and made them theiu prisoners again to tho the left across a bare lodge ledge of 0 rock which showed no trace of it there led a path whose presence frederick had bad not suspected it was down this now passageway that the natives now led kitty and count frederick they passed down a steep declivity covered with trees and at length found their way to tile the lower beach where after a time they were joined by others who cautiously had emerged from their biding places it plainly was the purpose ot of all those these now to complete the sacrifice which had been arrested by bytho ahe escape of the victim a few days ago they inflicted preliminary indignities upon them at least whether with the intention ot of hurrying them to the sacrificial fire or of obliging them to interpose beewen the natives and these new invaders who as now all could also were white people and muce hence to be dreaded much of these ofie operations rations was easily casily visible from th yachts deck apparently patently ly there were some commands from the man who at the bow binoculars in hand overboard went a pair of boats manned by stout oars oar men who swept them quickly toward the shore the man with the binoculars saw two figures on the beach easily distinguishable from the savage ones around them one was a man and the other a boy at first he thought white he muttered to himself refugees castaways casta ways of some sort on this coast ilow how did they get here I 1 wonder dirt by joyal jove my fellows are giving tho the natives all they want im thinking such indeed was ns tho the case the sailor men plunged through the surf as their keels touched bottom and came cama on at a run rifles in hand and firing as they came with the effect that half a dozen of the savages fell a send thiel exclaimed count frederick if you cut in on X anything else ill kill youl the others scattered like sheep and left the captives standing there dazed yet happy at their dolive deliverance rande tile the petty officer in ot of the landing camo came up to count frederick and sa lutei lie he seemed to recognize lc ir him tattered as lie ho was a man of former authority how do you do your honor said lie ho wo we came just lit in time yes my men and we wa thank you who are you private yacht princess liverpool registry owned by arthur wyndham iles hes on board sir air shall wo we tako take you off certainly as aa quickly as possible but have you any water in tha boat wo 0 o have had none for moro more than two days I 1 tile tho sailor turned toward the speakers companion whose garb was scarce that of a lady but whisp form and tea kea turea surely seemed such to you mean to say that this young lady ho he began yes she has not had a bite to eat nor a drop of water in ih two days dayd cono come quick sir air then weve ft a water breaker in our longboat have you anything to fetch along count frederick laughed at this arid and even kitty nail led you see us as wo we aro 1 I ald count frederick wo we were castaways casta ways hero here shipwrecked from the steamer adlor adler oil oh yes we heard of that I 1 see I 1 see it Is most fortunate we came this way jiow allow far must that have been from shore where she went down perhaps a hundred and seventy civo miles from her port of departure dop arturo halt that distance here from nhe ibe went down clown as near as wo we can tell no other survivors have been picked up so faras far aft we heard how have you got on hero here count frederick shrugged life his shoulders have burned us both it if you had not come if you had riot not seen us wod wed havo have starved starred lucki luck piri hut who aru are you it I 1 may ask you may talco also us ua aboard said count frederick with dignity you said your owners nnnie ans linni air lr mr air artaur linin ham of hants lie he touched lila his hat row now and led tile tho way to tho the where ready hands offered water to tho the two famished castaways casta ways on board tile the princess sir mr arthur wyndham Wyn dhain owner of tho the boat and tier her cargo or spirituous ho had been perhaps moro more devoted to tile tho latter portion those last few days still stood with his glasses at ills his eyes dy by joyal said ho he that boy la Is a girl and tho the girl Is A young woman bless my eyes not displeased at this lie ho greeted erected tho the two newcomers at the ships ladder adder when tho the boat brought thorn them mon alone c side well done parsons said lie ho to hla his boat etterer 1 I saw you bag a halt dozen of those beggars and who are these now new friends of ours I 1 am delighted ir if we ravo have saved you from a bit of bad luck yonder neither of you hurt I 1 trust lie ho talked to count frederick but lie ho looked at kitty kilty gray fortunately not replied count frederick 1 I understand wo we are meeting mr air arthur wyndham quito quite right sir you are refugees hero here no sir wo we are arc shipwrecked passengers of the adler lost at sea indeed a shocking accident no wr sur livors reported most fortunato fortunate I 1 sailed this way this Is ia miss kitty gray said bald count frederick casting a keen oyo upon his bla host and taking some reckoning of his evident lato late conviviality she Is american As aa tor for me I 1 am a citizen of tho the kingdom of grotz hoffen mr arthur wyndham gathered no great sense bonso of tile the speakers importance ills eyes byca were fixed upon kitty gray rather too covetously so you got away when she eho str struck uck he bo went 1 on carelessly I 1 sho she did not strike corrected count frederick she aha was blown up toy by an accident too bad too bad well well but I 1 say perhaps tho the young lady would like to change there may bo be some sort eort of 0 domano togs in the cabin bolow below my aly slator sister comes aboard once in a cuhlic you knowl know and he essayed a 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