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COUNTESS 10SCHEK, STARTING ON WAY ACROSS
BORDER WARNED TO KEEP COMMITTEES
PUNS SECRET.
«to
Synopote Frinre Ferdinand William Otto, hair to the thmu «*
ISS&^rr *• «•"<*«•* 'om. SySTaJ
***** ,n to preserve the kingdom, amtngee tor
. H*dwlgl Otto's cousin, to King KM of
Sptete MkkTlJKX mH? « " ,tUelun«t "he has formed for
£2!* ^SkfTv^I. tt#i P"**"' ■ttradant Oounteso
teSIf^Mh ^ ^ ****** <* ArcMnchow Annunciate, ia la
?. ^*rnto*<w who,n ■>>* Mti •• ifr. sbo u
threatensd by the commlttM of ton, leaden of tbo terrorists, unless
w?* committee's will and holpo to aocroto tho crown prtnoe
when tee> kteg,^ who te very 111, dies. Nlkky la tore betwoob loro and
• loyalty to hla king. Wltboat Karl'a —— > tiwt
death would bring tbo terrorists Into control. JUnaaa of Prises
Ferdinand William Otto'a grandfather la itlimml «toa
CHArrSd XIII—Continued.
-• "  republic wfll bo
Tho ropnbll, pi LlTonlal Tk.crown
prince will nam reign."
"So JO« come today to tan bo tblar
•bo glanced op, nod estehlm
colored faintly, "Three
- ron should know."
8a know hor Tory wotL A Janloaa
EJ2J^a Car. Hs kneWnow
that aha was jealous. Whan bo spsks
It wu with oalcnlatlng brutality. Ton
njMjta view of ay Importing mar.
■° p arrangodl finally «-
S?* "J* *• M <000 hor beat
tho trett. Sbo had told It
tolriy. If, knowing It, bo
It wonld bo bacanao bar g
dond at laat
I do not know how tor yovr
■?*"*■■*** have gone. Ton have
•t loaat boon warned."
«aw. by tho Tory wny bo
■ow himself np and smiled, that ho
undentood. More than that, ho
Be gueotloned what to
orenlng how with ■ viiinaa ■toM**
h—* — r ikiliiaV irl n*«*nyiw
aw in. — ..a— a M| ■—*. -
'Sy J*** ft*1* |—atoag, otui pate with 0mh and
Zr~TL, lis*1*  "* *** th*
5Siw^*edw • ' • 0 n 0 .0  
#«ire^«Mdaa
><wte*otha|- im  ante tha
•gttaa an onteaa ovar hla tan "ttre hare-
 -awusaww?-
jan-l OM 4MM admd ann<i
tbo inn wbore IfottUch had opoot Ha
__ _ — . oaoaay boom
_ Tho candlo wna at laat llghtod. R She had oapoctod teen totho ih.a-« «. —• —
"Nreod ttfnlly, lllomlnatlng only a tiny but at nlnarttek|&^ tbat *ho had
•"T *  tho darkaoaa Uno to Ur. k^| tS^io^I to bar
T aaad n lantare," Pobby obaarred. bar won nnd SSffJlthont ^2 ^ , « ..
- «Va n draft hare. It coreoa from for pamtalon. .*■
£r r^s WK'MaBBBaSSSffiSiaS
-—KSSsfaerSSS S2 £££S?
-2^oid Ad2LtiZJd,MflZ5 3.^ K MffiTnS^l^S SSS hSSt1
<oa* tbo candlo and bald It towardi bad with white rertalaa^Wtt!
« tod door. Uko tha tot bnt "«a SwfrTl > ^tbont
^ <h  apa. to Olgn toachak **• .***
\ A "?* «M>taatloB rorealod to old "t In hor low chair. 8ho wore atUI I Ow bad wan m <n m
^ thlnga: First, that a J«d«k droaa; and n vail, randy to bo kopTbaTeattren^S hL^JZ
tortdt-Uned paaaago, apparently In good | ?opne^ ot tbo aommona of a ataaaago tnkoa btrcnoffom biinMdTSri^
irep«lr, led beyond the grating. See-1 Karl, trailed ncraaa bar knee. In I anil poUod. Bat mm ihff
«od, that It had bean recently pat In Itt* ®I*1tebt aba looked Tory yosng— J bin creel Ht. atlkr
ordw No onoaed pureg. tbl* bat £«• «« KnT^W\ZZto,
one kept In order and repair. For * •*• *. «wmd bar Bitterly, and wlSr^i?^M«.
lrlwt, l«PP^tog, clmoM pathetic. I aha fl^'.t hWHrtSSJZbBSS
T wfflarekoyoaabettw. 1 nnl"
*** *"* * WSSff
political .
duwM  
J" *"n#
la the appeal te 
TM MruMiL lUalac in Ma —
te ana Mall bay, ZTtettTS
M" te tho yeapteT wny gteteawn
that hb ^— ^ -airiTlM b,
on Ote to aAat te* nam atf
wig^ marrlaga.
"A pOgrlnNwer aald tha kteft
i ?yfSaZS522 sss
.doj^^ titet «S*£t
That evening Adelbert called to Me I 1««> entrance and, after for young'Larteclifudpn^lted^
hla friend, the locksmith In the nnl-1 „ , ® 0 ■arprlae, amlled faintly. I dlabonor aa n reanlt of It
R  w ~,A B"t aald nothlnr. nor MA ir.Ji r.   * _JT^1 "• . . . . .
ma meno, tbe locksmith in the onl- „ «  anrpnao, amlled faintly.
walty place. He posaesaed, be said. "a.,. "?* nothing, nor did Knrl, I In tbe end nho tow aalat aM mm*
a padlock of which he bad lost the °°# of  er cold looking Into tho to wlthayea^l"S
key. and which, being fastened to n d « with hla llpa. 1     - - -** ** "
cbeat, he waa nnable to bring with him. I ftl h* ■a,d'
A large and heavy padlock, perhaps , _
dho also of hla palm. Onre agnin.-
When be left, be carried with him cban^^.^M w ^
bundle of keys, tied in a brown taken W 1^1.
paper. ™ ,n hia arma. This new Karl
But he dM not back to hla cb«at ontMy-
" "TOere la nothing wrong, la tharer
no aald. lour note alarmed me. Not
the note, but your coming hen."
waa anzloua. And there were
thlnga I felt you aboold know."
"What thlnga r
"The truth about tha king* eondt- her chair, left fall H ras n7iimi7"ii"'
hm «W . U dyln** The bulla* aahee of bk old lore cold and area,
una lie. Ho la no better." — - ~ WT" "*■ to*
shaking handa tho fe t# of tho kl^* I ^ *al<1 x,rt ""teally. "But tho
dom. ^ | chancellor aasnred me—^ He stopped.
it waa not yet time to apeak of tha
He went teatsnd to thO thicket around
the old gate, which waa at! 11 termed
tho "Onto of tho Moon," nnd there,
tnoad with n lantern, punned hia in-
▼estimations during n portion of the
night
When he had flnlabed, old Adelbert
-veteran of many wan, one-time patriot
and newly turned traitor, held In hla
!'°n' ^P*lr- «  bad tried nnd
failed. There waa one way left, only
one, and even that would not bring
him bade to her. Let Hedwlg aacnpe
and marry NIkky Lariech—still where
JJ#T 'ft the terrorists MHko
ttelr blow and steal tha crown print*
Again—where was abet
Her eaotlona were deadened, nil
ti"? ^ *y t^t waa her hatred of
Hedwlg. Tie hamlHatloo of that mo-
ment was d   to her. Somehow, aotno
wort< h* oven with Hedwlg,
Karl left her tore at laat huddled In
n>e Countess Loechek waa on her
way acroaa tbe border. Tbe arrange-
menta wen not of her making. Her
Vian, which had been to go afoot
acroaa tha mountain to tho town of
^"■on-Ar, and there to hire a motor,
had been altered by the arrival at the
reatla, shortly after the iai inlseloii
waa given, of a machine.
"Hie matter of paasporta tor tbe
'border la arranged, flastlstas.
Humbert told her.
"I have my own paasporta," she said
•rendly.
"They wm not be aeceaaaty.'
"I win have this Interview at my
■eetlnatloe akme, or not at an."
He drew himself to his great height
■nd regarded her with cold eyea. "As
Von wish," be aald. "But It la prob-
Bbly not neeeaaary to remind
that, whatever la disrumsd at this
meeting, no word meat be mentioned of
the committee, or Its plans."
Although he made no threat, aha had
■hlvered. No, there mast be no word
of the committee, or of the terror that
drove her to Karl, for. If the worst
happened. If he tailed 1  
mast do the thing they had act her to
do, Karl moat never know, lint card
ahe must play alone.
■vsrythlng hung on the reoult ad her
visit If Karl persisted, If hs would
marry Hedwlg in spite ef the troutes
It would precipitate, then Indeed to
was last It on the other tetad, he
waa inclined to peac% If her story ef
1 tottering throne held hla she
VMM defy the committee of tan. Karl
hlmeetf wonld help her to
Ctt indeed hide her. It w __
tor long: Without Kerfs snppart
to king's death weald bring tha ter-
wslets lata oontroL They would Ian
■other thlnga to do than to hunt bar
Their end wonld be calnad wtth-
her. Let them steal the crown
jprto*then. Let Bedwtg Igkt tar her
(threno and tare It Let tha |
fnm deep with Mood and an tha
toadure ad Ml break laean.
t V Karl failed bee. Ska
chancellor's visit
^ "The chancellor I He Uea, of coorae.
How bad thlnga are you may Judge
when I tell you that a hidden passage
from tbe palace baa been opened and
cleared, ready tor Inatant eight "
It waa Karl'a turn to be startled.
He roee, and etood atari ng down at her.
"Are you certain of thatr
"Certain 1" She laughed M
"Tha terrorists—revolutionists, they
call themselves—ere eve^iS. £%
know everything, see everything.
MettUch'a agents are dteappearing ana
n>ere was little reminder of the girt
ofthe moantalna In tbo stooy eyed
woman he had left sagged low by tho
HP#.
Once out in tho open air, tbe king
M Karma drew a long breath. Tha
•tor waa over. It had boon uaplaae-
•nt. It waa always t ——it to
break with a woman. Bat It wu ton.
?• "^ther loved her nor needed bar.
jWondly latottaoo between tbe two
countriee were ntaMitoil. and aoei,
2Si5T u naa" *
It was not ef Olga I nsrhsl tat k
Hedwlg that ho tought
etobed swiftly tetbeledg*
CHAPTER XIV. ^;
no day when Old Lead i\ shoals
hare retained to the city toned bar
'w W to travel. No feigned skfensda
mm*?.
at la*.
"Tb  madtot traitor would noil
threaten tha crown prince en n pM*
Crimage. Tha people would tear him
limb from limb."
"Nerertheleee, I should take an ere-
caoUooa," aald tha king. "A
might not recognise to er-aaHg!^
nature of tho affair." 1
The same day the chancellor visited
Prince ferdlnand Wilton Otto
found him returned from his drive nnd
b^|  *7* "f*** Photograph frame,
"ft la atmoac done," ha nil, n
Ipped erer In one or tww plaessi b
it la not very noticeable, la itr
The chancenor ebesrvsd it todkteUy.
and dsrided tot the sHpptnk twiiu
■ot noticeable at an.^^ ~
"tHte," aald to <1  
"Twat te talk to yon reay aariowSr
^ * won* Mho yon to
ft For yonr grandfather."  
•Tn do anything tor htm, sir." tew
"Wo know tot Ihla la tha paint M
1 #4>v,;
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it* VA ' |
if M/ps).
rion and-mtea to hand mm 
mm whk* it may h  eeen tot to
, .**** has ■> late Jtoad tolg
tettoary party, aa tmtor Ml m--:
Jwn-utt.Mtls trneTbKtotoU.
If enly ssase half measmtwetedto
|m«h  of Hotel ahd mimie. 1 Ae ate'.'
water r aald to om*
tt toto baa ah
IbosaHaeefalf DM tedf as
tester baadted batUeat
I batt aimsdiM woud ems i
OM
Mto ante
then, because to mouth was dry, h**
took a rip at hoar tote his teatot,
Tbo cendeto atA takted Wge mort^
tols of onlona and bread, and muiei>
lag his fsshls hear tod recrelt wtth
praMat ayes. To win him wetete
mean honor, for eld AMhsri, daoaretad
tor toaj braveries waa a power
"• Wharn ho H
H<^has been Mto a long tos. Tory
noboy wnlchod Ma with n to 
ited tore. "He lato vary ma," ha
■M. "I gst «ulte wonted when I aee
to"
"testflj. Ton hare hoard of tooir
"S-tes toap 1111
tojtetor Lsrd UOH TOrtios**
of Boborg; abdsoan.
3?*" *oteteto n," ha asM ai
ty, "they go to Itari te bo rend."
It fcnd •*«•«* tettetey. 1 wrote te Mm tot
>0 had. —f1 MBriiS
hteS w* toted through to amnr
HHT | ^ MM
^MteMtoito KnA iv
ai-"SSLTl
minnn was alarmed. She was fsnd|«>d ti
t" tette ef hsr oe>[ The
<toodal ereeltloa, sad lately tholud a,
tobo otoe, andlay in hsr pete bod, I* *l<"
f Tit staaimi al lha Msak
tto tope, is which m*m. asrerN the kto
dospelriagty to to a
hsr eyea frtghtew ma.
hJto ^ite to to^to to^," to dtoito Mto^^nTn?£