The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1916 Page: 2 of 16
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I
THE DUNCAN EAGLE
The Broken foiNlg
A Story of Mystery and Adventure
§y EMERSON HOUGH g
From flic Scenario hK
GRACE CUNARD
“A for you Rateau nptiti of tti
T Mid be 'o ha proved
faithfulness once nor
Whit? I am captain master?"
"Roles captain of tbe guard aatd
thank too
And ao ha inroad and atroda from
tha room where on a was walling
CHAPTER LXXVIIL
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YNOMIE
Kitty Oray newspaper woman Unde la
a curia abup half H a broken coin tha
mutilated Inarrlptlon on which arooaea
her aurtuallr and leada her at tha order
af her manactna editor to go to tha prtn
eipallty af UreiahuRea to pi
atory auaaealed by tha Inacrlptloa
piece out tha
Bha
followad and an' arrival In' Uretaholfea
her adventure while chaalng tha eecret
f tba broken cola begin
TWENTY-SECOND INSTALL-
MENT
I parchment throat down at tha alda
of tha cheat Oentiy ha draw It qut
and hald It In his hands for a moment
regarding It curiously
"I shall not open It I" said ha "With
you I feel a certain fear 1 believe
hare Is something coma down to os
I out of tha past— soma message from
tha king It this ha ao It belongs not
to no but to tha people It must go
I before their duly conetltuted rulers"
CHAPTER LX XVI I
CHAPTER LXXVI
The Treaaure
Deep within that chamber of horrors
Which before now bad smitten the
souls of both with terror two persons
were bending over In the light of the
candles which gave a faint Illumina-
tion "It Is here" said Count Frederick
glancing at the little compass which
he had brought with him "The north-
east Ilea there— It Is yonder where
alsts yonder skeleton In the Iron chair!
That was the last guard of the king1
"What shall we do?" gasped Kitty
Oray “I dare not"
"Nonsense! my dear Fear? — why
ahonld we feel fear? Yonder friend of
ours has kept the place well and safe-
ly — seated there In his Iron ' chair
waiting so long — for us!"
Kitty Gray pale and disturbed still
feeling a woman’s terror at these grim
scenes about her spoke with solemni-
ty In her tones "He was waiting for
liberty and Justice Sir Frederick1
said she "He shall have them We
will give all these Christian burial—
shall we not?"
"Whatever you wish shall be done"
said Count Frederick "Yes we will
take all these poor victims away to
their last rest and let them lie in
peace I shall seal up this cavern
Here”
“But come” he said and so -laid a
hand on the grinning guest In the Iron
chair The bony frame was confined
upright by metal bands which support-
ed it He found the ancient chair
heavy to move but applying his great
strength at length gently as he could
he shifted It to one side On the floor
of the chamber formerly beneath the
iron chair there showed dimly In the
dust the outline of a steel plate an
Iron ring welded to Its center Count
Frederick pointed “This Is the place"
said he with conviction “It was
guarded well See here — I doubt not
this la the Ud which covers what Is be-
low" Yet even his strength failed to re-
move the covering He found at last
a part of an old bar pushed it through
the ring and put his strength to It A
faint dust arose the lid yielded slowly
and at last fell back with a clang upon
the rocky floor At the edge of this
newly made aperture there showed
the edge of another plate close At-
ting
“It runs farther" exclaimed Count
Frederick “See — look what is ho-
low!" Kitty overcoming her terror bent
forward with him to gaze down “Yes
it Is here” said she “But look how
much there Is!”
“Softly” said her companion "Let
ns open this cavern more widely Here
Is the grave of a giant treasure — I had
not dreamed what really It was”
Carefully he pushed in and under
the edge of the bar removing plate
after plate of that which had been the
covering of the treasure place Below
this they saw a cavity filled with
steel receptacles Each was locked
clamped and banded tight against all
Intrusion '
"What Is here?” said Count Fred-
erick "Are we baffled even at the
last?
Kitty Gray- cast the rays of her
light here and there about her in the
cavernous Interior By chance her
eyes rested-rlndeed were drawn fas-
cinated to the skeleton which sat
bent forward In the Iron chair A dull
gleam of something like metal caught
her eye
“Look” said she and pointed There
fastened by a metal band to the wrist
was a key — it was half hidden be-
tween tbe bones of the forearm
"Look" said Count Frederick and
held it up before her “Cunning
enough was the man who hid this
treasure and yet he left It plain for
those he meant to find It”
He stooped and tried the key In the
' lock of the central chest of those
which lay below The next moment
he had flung back the lid
Their eyes rested upon what would
have made glad tbe heart of any buc-
caneer Gold countless pieces of
gold!
It was the lost treasure of the king!
They stood awed ppellbound and
looked down at what they saw
"But look yonder" said Kitty pluck-
ing at his sleeve — her hand had
grasped It comfortably for many mo-
ments now for she took comfort In
the touch even of bis clothing the
presence of the bulk of his body near
her "Look Sir Frederick” said she
"what Is that in this chest fcelow?”
- He bent over casting down the
gleams of his little light ” What he
k long package of folded
The Reckoning
"Now" said Count Frederick to Kit-
ty when at length they bad reached
tha upper portion of the palace "we
must advance to what remains yet
to be done The ministers must be
summoned The writs must Issue for
the attendance of the parliament Tie
long since one has been convened
Uichael the king— he alone has been
our government— and what a govern-
ment!" They were now paastng toward the
central portion of the palace having
ascended from the vaults below Ab-
sorbed— Intent— Count Frederick at
least was Inattentive to aught else
save tbe presence of the woman at
his side But now she plucked his
sleeve
"Listen!” said she and laid a finger
on her lips
At her signal Count Frederick soft-
ened his footsteps and walked with
her stealthily The sound of4 the
voices engaged In whispered conver-
sation came now to his ears Sud-
denly he stepped forward convinced
flung open a door off the main hall
and passed within unannounced It
was no time for formalities In Gretz-
hoffen palace now
“So" said he “you are here again
What Sachlo you honor us yet by an-
other visit? That Is most kind of
you! You Grahame you my former
bodyguard — here with this arch trai-
tor this liar this treacherous snake!”
They stood surprised as yet with-
out plan for their defense
Ho there! — the guard — the guard"
cried Count Frederick stepping back
to the door
But to his call there came no
footsteps of the guard Instead
one man came — Roleau who for the
past few moments had been In search
of the two men He hastened past
Kitty as she stood thrust himself into
the room and with Count Frederick
faced the trapped men who stood be-
fore them
Count Sachlo with a snarl of rage
sprang forward at his foe and Roleau
with a quick motion flung himself be-
tween He felt the iron hand of his
master on his shoulder '
“Leave him to me Roleau! Take
care of the othqr man”
The two noblemen faced one an-
other calmly now Not so with Ro-
leau On the Instant he flung him-
self upon the man accosted as Gfa-
hame The struggle was unequal and
under Roleau’s powerful grasp the
intruder soon was helpless
Well" said Count Frederick "Sa-
chlo how shall it be? Shall I choke
you with my hands?”
The man whom he accoBted was
one not easily dismayed He greeted
these words with a smile which
showed his white teeth His own
fighting blood was up and fear was
a thing he did not know
Suddenly his eye rapidly glancing
about the room caught sight of a
trophy of arms hung across the room
From it he caught down two swords
Bowing he handed both hilt forward
to Count Frederick “At your service
monsieur” he said
“On guard!” said Count Fred-
erick Lightly gracefully gently the tips
of the two- blades met shivered a
trifle each feeling of the other scarce
more than a hair’s breadth from its
course
The icy eye of Count Frederick
cold merciless looked Into the dark
and smiling face of Sachlo
“I am going to kill you now” said
Count Frederick “Shall it be soon?"
The answer of Sachlo was more
than a smile Fiercely he whipped
free his blade His knuckles up his
blade shot forward In a long and dead-
ly lunge
Suddenly the Jaw of Count Fred-
erick shut the tighter None could
have said that ho had seen what en-
sued In some fashion the blade of
the nobleman of Gretzhoffen went out
vibrating catching In its grip the
blade opposed to It Thero was a
wrench a twist The weapon ot
Count Sachlo was torn from his hands
he stood unarmed He stood one half
moment before fie felt hissing hot
through all his body the point of his
antagonist
Count Frederick turned not wait-
ing to see his foe sink down for he
knew the work was done He ad-
vanced half a pace to the man Gra-
hame oowering In the corner before
Roleau Him he smote across the
cheek with the bloody blade and said:
"You coward and traitor you shall go
to the law”
Leng Live tbe King!
la the great tbroae room of Greta-
hoffen palace there were gathered
late that day thoee men higheet la
power of ail the realm
Count Frederick entered the room
at last— but not alone At hla aide
there walked one whose presence was
greeted with a frown by those grave
and revered eelgnlore— It waa a
woman
"Gentlemen" said Count Frederick
smiling as he saw this reception
"you will pardon me that I bring
with me one whom I honor whose wis-
dom 1 value Thanks to the fate-whlch
brought this young woman to our
shores we have found tbe lost treaa-
ure of the king!”
A sighing silence fell upon them
all Alone of all these — till now al-
most unnoticed In the corner where he
sat sunken down— the weakling king
made some show of resentment at
what he beard A snarl a growl of
rage almost inarticulate came from
him
"You Michael our king!" said
Count Frederick suddenly turning to
him growing wrath In his tones now
“I call you your maVwty as yet but I
dare say to you your majesty— your
drunken majesty — your weak and
helpless coward majesty — that there
shall never be wasted upon you or
your purpose one penny of this treas-
ure which we have found
"That gentlemen" said he turning
to the councilors and ministers who
stood about "Is the treasure of the
people It was saved for them It
has been guarded for them by Michael
the good king whose name this man
is not fit to wear
“Do not doubt what I say to you
gentlemen I myself have seen that
he coaid to hla own bloated far
"Whet do yon mean— treason la the
presence of the king?"
"No treason for yon are not ear
king"
"These" said ha "are the Imperial
scripts of Mlchasl the First of Greta-
hoffen They were buried with hla
trees urea In some pert they govern
the disposition of thoee treasure
Yoa hear In this the voice of our king
and that must be our governing pow-
er hereafter"
"What la IL then?" at length ei-
claimed the prime minister "Ilea
there been a mistake— yoa say Mi-
chael bare Is not our king— who then
la our king?"
"Your excellency" said Count Fred-
erick alowly as be turned toward him
"yourself these noblemen of Oreta-
hoffen tbe council of ministers the
parliament of tbe realm— ell these
shall at length perhaps beer out my
statement which I make now 1 my-
self— I Frederick— am the king"
At these words they made no an-
swer There waa nothing gon thoee
calm features of tnslncority of In-
trigue or dishonor Ills words cap
ried with them hla own conviction as
to their truth
"Listen gontlemen" said be gently
at last "Great things have happened
to us In our realm We shall this day
save our kingdom As 1 believe 1 am
your king 1 accept that station sol-
emnly and here I have the proof— It
may not be doubted that ultimately
Its substantiation will be complete—
by the parliament by the people them-
selves — by all our courts — by your
voice unanimous as I doubt not you
noblemen of this kingdom
"Shall I then read?”
"In the name of God Amen! I
Michael of Gretzhoffen by the grace
of God king leave this script with
the treasures of the kingdom which 1
have concealed herewith beneath the
floor of the torture chamber 'With
them I place the secret governing the
ownership of the treasures of this
kingdom That secret is known onjy
to myself and my bodyguard who has
been a faithful man— Boris Roleau
“For now these many months I have
1 Am the King I You Shall Sit Beside Me”
treasure with my own eyes — this lady
also was with me There Is enough
there to make our people very rich —
more than that to make them con-
tented and happy — if ye use these
treasures wisely What shall we do-
hand them over to yonder weakling
to squander to dissipate? No I tell
you” -
They stood silent grave looking
from one to the other and at him
He extended before him the folded
parchment which he bad taken from
the treasure chest
“This” said he “we found in the
treasure chest I have brought it
unopened I have fancied it may
be some document of importance to
our state It was not for me to open
Will you your excellency?”
He offered it to the prime minister
of the government The latter grave-
ly took it in his hands — gazed at the
great seal which fastened it — broke
the seal — undid the confining band
and gazed upon the contents of the
parchment thus unfolded His hands
shook — the great sheet almost fell
from them as be read
“Read then” demanded Count Fred-
erick “What Is It that you have
found?” It was natural for men to
obey his voice when he spoke thus
‘‘It is strange and wonderful — it is
Incredible!" said the prime minister
Count Frederick caught In turn the
parchment in his own hands In turn
his own face showed amaze aston-
ishment — his own strong hands shook
“Your majesty” said he smiling at
length as he turned toward the cower-
ing figure In the corner ot the room
“I shall call you that tor tho last
time!”
“What do you mean?” demanded
Michael with one last show of resent-
ment summoning such resolution as
been cognizant of dangers at tba
hands of my 'own foster brother Stan-
lslaw Should he be successful in
what I conceive to be his plans my
life may forfeit but not the treasures
themselves
“It was my pleasure to have made
a medal or a coin which should be the
token of this secret When my body-
guard BoriB Roleau a faithful man
with myself planned the burial of
these treasures I gave him the inden-
ture the half of a certain coin or
medal which I caused to be made and
Inscribed as record of the hiding
place of that which we were about to
conceal Upon the face of that medal
or coin this inscription was written:
‘Sub pavimenti — angule vergentis —
cruciati capaerae — reperietur — the-
saurus — Regis Graetlsjovensis
“So shall be preserved the secret of
the hiding place of that which is the
people’s Somewhere there shall ex-
ist even though I shall die this rec-
ord Half of it I have given into the
charge of the man whom I have
known to be faithful At my death
he is to take both halves and guard
them well
"Should I be slain as well may be
in these troublous and treacherous
times In which I live my wish and
command is that my son be known as
Michael the Second and that he shall
take from me the rule of this king-
dom In his day and the administra-
tion of these properties of the king-
dom "It Is my wish and command my
hope and my prayer that he shall gov-
ern wisely with Justice to all firmly
and with wisdom ' '
There may be a long regency be-
fore my son shall reach the age of
maturity There is another older
Ahan himself the sou of my foster
brother— a ot af pots) blood Vat tha
bastard ot a serving womaa— Freder-
ick ha la called H may be wtthla the
purpose of my foster brother that that
boy shall be brought up as tha king
la case L myself should fall He la
aot fit to rula He la aot your king
But algaed hereunto la the same sad
the seal unmistakable dose la my
blood and hla of your king Michael
tha First sad of your future king
Michael the Secoed my eoa He la
as yet too young fully to know tho
gravity of these preeeota But by thin
sign you shall know your ruler shall
these presents come to you well be-
loved "la the name of God ament Mi-
chael Rax"
"Below this signature of Michael
tho Good" said the measured voice
of Count Frederick "there Is another
signature— ‘Michael the Second Res'
Gentlemen there are two signatures
to these scripts and there are two
seala"
A sigh of wonder almost of conster-
nation came from those assembled
The only protest was from the hud-
dled object In the farther corner of
the room where still remained Mi-
chael tbe drunken
"What then the guard!" ho
shrieked "Treason to ne— after him
men! This pretender— what la It that
he says? What proof has he?— wbat
proof?” i
"This proof sir!" said CouLt Fred-
erick coldly and approached to him
the broad page at the parchment
sheet
Michael gazed stupidly at what he
saw uncomprehending Others gazed
also and at first could make nothing
of what was there Count Frederick
went on:
“1 recall now as I aee this page"
said he “this writing of the king my
father— you bear me genUemen— my
father!
“I recall that I saw him place be-
neath the great seal that other seal-
done In his own blood I saw him
draw the blood from his own arm and
put his thumb In It and place It here
thus sealing this document with the
unmistakable seal— the one alone
which cannot show a mistaken Iden-
tity “And here gentlemen beneath that
other line of signature which you
have heard and seen there Is another
a smaller a very small seal of a simi-
lar sort! It is the print of a human
thumb — the thumb of a boy of a baby
— a baby-then a man now — who re-
calls that scene vaguely And here
is the proof Gentlemen I recall now
It was my father made this mark but
It was his great hands which took my
little one and dipped my thumb In the
blood which he drew from my arm
and set It here below that name which
he has written 'Michael the Second
“Gentlemen who then is your
king?”
Even yet they could not grasp the
full significance of what they heard
and again the voice ot Count Freder-
ick resumed:
“Go now gentlemen send out your
agents quickly Briny here those men
of science skilled In the reading of
such things as these It was Bertillon
who developed that science of infalli-
ble Identification It was he who
showed that each man carries with
him In his person from his cradle to
hia grave that unmistakable seal
which identifies him infallibly
“Now bring here your men of sci-
ence Here is my hand as God made
It and as my father held It In his so
many years ago Small then — larger
and stronger now! God grant It be
strong enough today to do what my
father did and do it well And may my
mind have justice and liberty before
it always as those things were before
his
"Gentlemen you know the history
of this kingdom as well as L You
know the long regency following the
Gretzhoffen war You know why that
regoncy was established Rumor was
that IGng Michael died like a king
in his own bed The truth was other-
wise He was murdered here In the
vault below by the men of his own
foster brother
"If that be true — and as God Is my
witness I believe it to be true — then
we well may guess which boy was
brought up under the regent to take
the place of a king That was not my-
self — others relatives of mine reared
me as you know until I am what you
know And yonder man — this drunken
waster— not even the son of lawful
wedlock never the -son of a queen —
that man he was tho one accepted as
your king! Treason you say — why
there was treason to every human be-
ikg who lived on Gretzhoffen soil
when that pretender took the throne!
"As for you sir!” and he stepped
over to lay an Iron hand on the shoul-
der of the cowering man who sank
back upon his seat “your day is done
I do not say you were a party to this
— I only say you must go For the
rest the parliament of our realm shall
formally decide”
His steellike grip halt lifted Michael
from fils place thrust film toward
through the door — and Instantly the
door closed behind him Beyond there
was an outcast king Within before
them all fronting them all stood a
man stem and resolved to accept
whatever responsibility now there
was
“Gentlemen” said he "you have my
proof I submit my case to you and
the parliament I Bubmit myself to
the law As for that law If It Is
given me to reign always shall I sup-
port It and always shall It be my ambi-
tion to give to the people that liberty
that Justice which 1 myself have
learned to love”
Still the silence the tense electric
silence which thus far had held them
all They stood thus for one moment
Then as with one common impulse—
as though the asm thought
caught them at the same laetaaL each
of these tuea— Idlers sad westers or
men of purpose and of principle
raised hla head There rose la unisou
the old cry:
"LONG UVB TUB KINO"
CHARTER LXXIX
Katharine
Two were alone once more tw
whom fate bad ao strangely cast to-
gether la each scenes Tbe tumult bed
ceased Quiet and order now obtained
within thoee ancient walla Thoee tw
were alone In the great throneroom of
the kingdom for the nobleman had
signified that auch waa hla wish
Me turned toward her now gravely
and held out hla bands She placed
hern la hla trembling
"Was It true?” she whispered "Did
they Indeed and Indeed— did they call
you— tbe king? Or how can I be hap-
py at that Now I must go back— I
must leave you I"
"You shall never go!" aald the quiet
voice of tbe man who confronted her
"You shall never leave me now"
"But bow? Yon are the king? It
has been confirmed Tbe scripts were
true— whst we thought was true"
"1 am the king! Yea but bow shall
I rule alone? You shall alt beside me
for tls you have taught me how n
king should rule Xlberty and Jus-
tice’— those words were strangers to
my ears until you spoke them Think
you 1 could go on In this business now
this solemn undertaking which 1 must
assume and miss your counsel In thy
future? You shall be as much queen
as I am king In establishing tboew
principles la this kingdom"
"But 1 cannot! I am an unknown
woman 1 am of no birth I am not
your—
Again he laid bla Ungers upon her
lips lightly
"Cease!" said be "do not say that
word Michael himself my father
perhaps was of no lofty lineage so far
as traced kings could be named H
himself came from where be grew—
he seized tbe reins of power — and h
gave the people such liberty and Jus-
tice as then was possible Am I bet-
ter thah be? Was be better than you?1
— am I? Say no more think no more
that word which you were about to
name”
Again he held out to her his hands
and now in spite of all she could do
she could not withhold her own — could
not withdraw them so firmly clasped
were they now Trembling weeping
she looked up into his eyes
“It is all clear” said he to her at
length “It was Grahame my unfaith-
ful bodyguard who had the knowl-
edge of these things and who be-
trayed us by that knowledge He
got the coins from Boris Roleau'
I accord him but one Item of
thanks — it was through his treach-
ery that I lost the coin at the time
that I was In your country on th
errand of the Gretzhoffen loan Hei
stole that coin He must hare lost or
pawned half of it or sold it At least
that is how you found it So I thank)
him for so much as that
“As for Roleau — the son of that
faithful servant of my father — he shall
be honored by us both because hw
has given loyalty I myself have
grieved that once I was cruel to him —
that I struck him even — after the old
fashion of our rulers here Not again
shall that occur Roleau your friend
my servant — he shall be captain of the
Imperial Guard I have told him i
much as that
“What a curse attends these treas-
ures! See now out of all these who
have been about me two have been
faithful — the son of that man who
was faithful to our earlier king and
you! You fought me yes but yon '
fought fair You kept your word—
you honored your own parole — you al-
ways will do so I trust your word
as I trust the beating of my own heart
You then shall be— you are — my
queen!”
She could not answer and still he
went on slowly: “Ahead of us Is duty
responsibility — for both of us We
serve for liberty and justice”
He led her gently to the great
throne of Gretzhoffen which stood be-
fore them now They bowed before
It '
“I give you my faith Katharine”
said he simply “Do you love me?”
“I do” said she so low he could
scarce catch the words
And even In these words spoken
there the one to the other In the si-
lence of the great throne chamber of
the kingdom their plighted troth
seemed as the words of the priest and
the roar of the great organ and the
later applause of the assembled multi-
tudes who hailed them as saviors ot
the land
He gave her a hand now up tbs
steps to the great throne Itself and -
bowed to her as she dropped back
upon the great seat of power
“God do so to me and more also”
said he solemnly “if ever I betray
them or you”
L’ENVOL
Under the sea there sped from tl
little kingdom of Gretzhoffen to the
great republic of America a message
carried In the electric spark which
united tha world It was directed to
the- editor of the Dally Star In Kitty
Gray’s own city and It was enough to
give even Billy Cutler city editor
pause for at least a moment
"Well good Lord!” said he “who’ll
I put on the society page? Boys the
flowers were a total loss — and so am
I! Here is an alias and an alibi! Lis-
ten!” He read from the little yellow
bit of paper which he held:
"‘Great story but cannot return to
America inside six months as prom-
ised I have lost my wager but have
gained a husband and a home Katie
arine Regina Graetlsjovensis’ ”
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Woods, Lee. The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1916, newspaper, February 3, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1716340/m1/2/?q=led+zeppelin: accessed June 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.