Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-07
By GUY THORNE.
CHAPTER xvs-contiaued.

udN HEf2>f. EGss. HI ElSGH a fDCSC cllC--
eo utterly terrified as now. Grant
had always seemed to him the calm
esf and most seIf-centrelIed person.
he had eyer met For years, long be-
fore he had ever met him, Basil had
admired and wished to meet the most
fauons athlete that Europe could
sffow. He had met him, had become
bis intimate friend. had Joined him
upon d most extraordinary quest, and
NOW lii one sudden moment ne saw
the man changed almost beyond rec
ignition, as fl a skin had been ripped
from his personality and betrayed an
unknown person below.
All these thoughts passed through
the sailors mind Fl. second or two
Then his selfcontroi returned to him,
and he caught Michael by the arm.
ssssyEhat is the NATTER" he said
again. What Is the matser2"
Grant seemed tn swallow some
thing in his throat. He tried to
speak, but could not. Then with a
tremendous physical effort the words
burst from him.
Marriott" he said thickly and
slowly, as II each syllable was ex-
PEELED from his throat BY the shot of
q gun, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was the
little Duke! That was the little
Dukei"
The tall and splendid figure ree1ed
upon the pavement.
Marriott heard the words, but only
half understood them for a second,
and then, In fash, realized their full
import. How IL was he did not know
and could not guess, but he knew
that the child for which all Europe
was searching, the child for whom
they were rushing through Europe,
had been within two yards Of them but
a moment ago. His quick brain, the
brain OF the man OF actfnn--of ma
val officer accustomed to act swiftly in
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES proved to be an
executive machine which worked
promptly and well.
He dragged Grant by the arm--haR
helped, half flung himself into the Die
tSicI, Ieaped himself into the drivers
scat, and turned the handle which
started the fy-wheel; for the Dietrich
has q starting apparatus from the
driyingseat itself. Then, as the frst
pfstol.Iike shots OF the explosions
burst out into the air, he swung round
the steering wheel, and the great car,
shuddering and trembling, seemed to
gather itself together as a horse does
To- the brain and science that con-
troIIed It, made q wide curve, almost
rose upon the narrow side OF the walk
which runs round the Dome, and,
getting into i1s5 fuII stride, ran
smoothly out towards the great road
OF the Hhine-side which leads to
Bonn.
The whole thing was 30 quickly
managed and 80 adroitly done that, as
they came upon the highway by the
great riverside, the first car was not
more than i've hundred yards before
them.
Bash leaned back and shouted over
his shoulder.
Soon, he said, q am going to let
her 80! We are going TO catch them
lupl'
The road which runs from the
great railway bridge which spans the
Rhine, towards Bonn, is somewhat
marrow and congested for at least q
quarter Of q mile out Of Cologne.
After that II widens, as the more open
country Ii reached. Starting from
the railway bridge, there Is one OF
the fastest electric train-iines In the
world, composed OF three or four.
heavy coaches, which run to the good
city Of Bonn With q swfftness almost
'Enknown elsewhere.
II was impossible for Marriott to
10 at any great speed at first, owing
sto the traffic; but he could keep ths
other car we'll In sight, because IL
also was hampered Ia the same way.
Indeed the electric train passed
Idrst one Dietrich and then the other,
owing especially to the fact that the
line was In the road itself, which ID.
lby police REGULATE tons, kept as clear ais
9pOasible. The cars were only on their.
second speed but the houses Dashed
thu tall, dirty houses of what ID
sprnct lay the Inn qaar ter s,,ff Co,
loxne then came q part In which the
tA erect Ions grew fewer
md fewer; then, finally. villas began
to AT TIC fields.
he electric train had stopped 1T 4
1Inall yside ation, when al length