Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-08-29

this pyramidlike hill was rich in the
precious cirynith. Santos was so ex-
cited that he forgot even ROSETTA for
a while. The plateau and the whole
pyramid was barren of human beings,
SO he descended.
1t had been thousands of years since
the volcano had been active, and the
lava composition was full of the crys-
tails that produce cirynith. Santos
gathered some in a small box and then
began to figure out his geographical
situation. He found that he was near
the town Kis-celI, County Suemeg. g"
am in Hungary" he muttered. "And
this is a richer deposit of cirynith than
the master yer expected to find"
He went up high In the air and ad-
justing the ARCHAEOLOGICAL, with
which all the a~erodromones were
equipped, he began to send out calls
for Napoleon.
In a few minutes the connection was
established and Santos told Napoleon
of his discovery.
"Wait for me, my dear boy, l am
coming" Santos saw Napoleon adjust
the mechanism to full power, then
dart forward. They spoke from time
to time, and Santos gave directions,
until he discovered in the southwest
ern sky the rapidly approaching Amer
lean Eagle.
They met on top Of the extinct vol
cano that was called Suemeg, on
whose slopes the richest grape vines
grew.
Napoleon shook Santos hand warm
ly and congratulated him ON his dis
covery. After he had inspected the
ground thoroughly he could not find
words to express his Joy, but as he
knelt there, looking up, his whole be-
ing expressed a silent prayer of
thanksgiving toward the omnipotent
being who creates end governs the
universe.
I'VE don't need to look farther, San
tos; there Is sufficient cirynith under
,onrfeet 20 meet the demands Of the
coming century"
They started homeward.
Napoleon communicated, through
his electro-stylograph, with his friend
Kalmar, to find out who owned the
property on which the peak of Suemeg
stood. After a delay his questions
were answered. The peak, as part of
the Schomburg Lithow estates, had
fallen to the crown, as the prince had
recently died without heirs. That was
all the information he could get, 80
he decided he would call on the Hun
garian minister of agriculture, who
would probably be in a position to tell
him what he wished to ascertain.
Fate is testing with me. had to
find that precious metal in a foreign
country, but gold will buy It," thought
Napoleon, and returned that day to
Washington, to tell his betrothed the
good news.
Santos returned to Ciryne, where he
found the countess with Mrs. Edison.
He did not mention the discovery Of
the new cirynith deposit, as he knew
Napoleon wanted to keep it secret un
til negotiations for its purchase were
completed.
The little island, hardly three square
miles in size, was in the glory Of tropt
cal spring, and the fine weather had
brought back the health of Mrs. Edi-
son.
The sunsets were wonderful. Po-
etry and love were adrift in the air.
Poor Dupreli 1t was only a question
of time until he would become Rosit
ta's slave, only a question of time when
he would betray his master for a sweet
word from those treacherous lips.
Napoleon came a week later and
thanked Rositta for her kindness to
his mother during her in~disposition.
He did not talk about the discovery of
the rich cirynith deposit in her pres
ence, but when they went out for a
walk he found an opportunity to COM
municate the good news to his mother.
There was but n obstacle in the
way of his acquiring this property.
The last Prince Of Schomburg Lithow
had died. His possessions were now
German crown lands and diplomacy
must be employed, or the Count Won
Werdenstein would suspect the value
Of the property, and If he discovered
the secret Of the aerodromone Napo
leon well knew that he would not hest
tate to take to war In the air.
ut would be terrible" he sighed. ITO
destroy all the good we have accom-
plished."
Napoleon invited the countess to re-
turn to the capital with him and spend
a few days with Astra- She consent
ed, and when they were alone asked
what had become of the assassin who
had sought Astra's life. Napoleon
could give her no information except
that he was in prison.
Almost every mail brought the
countess letters from Europe. among
which was another from the Count
Won Werdenstein.
The cleverIy worded contents Of
that message conveyed the informa-
ton that Napoleon vas interested in q