The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-06
SEVENTEENTH lNsTALLMENT
CHAPTER Lx.
nae pIotters of orahoffen.

The pIotters Of Grahoffen.
In the court OF Grahoffen, meantime
mixed sensations occupied the minds
OF those responsible for the disappear
ance OF Kitty Gray and her servant
Roleau. Old Cortislaw and his re
doubtable aid. Count sachio, foregath
cred in the palace rooms Immediately
following the acts which had meant
the forced deportation.
"She has gone. then, Sachio?" de-
rnanded the king.
without doubt, your majesty.
myself from distance saw the two
hoisted 1nboard In freight nets--as SO
many cattle. They went into the hold
or the vessel beyond any Question
whether or not they come out again
is their concern, not ours!"
4 am not so sure said the old
King thoughtfully. mot SO sure. True.
we have rid ourselves of potential
trouble. but at the same time we have
deprived ourselves Of potential aid in
questions not yet solved. They might
have been useful, perhaps"
"You mean the girl?"
Yes. She has mind, be sure OF
that. But what she might have done
Of use to us we may no longer ask
with proflt--she now is beyond our re-
call. That Is only as to her knowl-
edge. whatever Il may have been, of
the broken coin AS to this other enig-
ma, this scrap Of paper. which may or
may not be connected therewith--who
knows7 declare, am like a horse
in the dark--ready to shy at any such
tribe as scrap Of paper blowing on
the wind"
I'VE still have X, your majesty--we
took 1t from her"
Yes. hut when we separate the two
1.-The scrap OF paper and the scrap Of a
girl-what do we actually accomplish?
We have only larger secret left, a
deeper mystery. Curses on all women,
anyhow! They only make us trouble.
Mysterious themselves. they solve no
mysteries. The best hope for yonder
traveller Is that she sinks at sea. |
swear. sometimes our little kingdom
bids fair to sink in its own waves OF
trouble
well now, your majesty" said
Sachio, who disliked this discomfort
Of his sovereign, at no time safe for
any courfier. let us see what we our
selves may be able to do In solution Of
this mystery which has been be-
queathed US. Surely our minds are as
good as those OF q rattle.brained girl
from America"
HUNT may be true. What do |
You propose, at ieast?'
why, your majesty. that Is obvious.
What we must do is to get into our
hands the other half OF this scrap OF
paper, II lies still somewhere over I'M
along with the other half,
Of the Gretxhoffen coin" H
Eyes, along with the missing half
81 that coin. alsol They hold the key.
pr half OF it, that Is true. And yet wei
held as much as they~-half OF the
spswer Each is complement of the
3fher. That is to say, a stalemate, a
irawn game--there Is never profit In
my SUCH
Stay. your majesty. lei us see FUR
her before we call the game done.i
Surely our chances outweigh theirs.t
'or we have monarch to guide us
who has brains and courage. ! count
myself, also, as worth an equal bal
lnce with Count Frederick. their
man. And how shall we es-
innate yonder drunken. worthless, pup
yet king OF theirs--how shall he stand
n comparison with ours?"
Sachio bowed deeply. His fiattery
vas not without its effect on the old
ing. who smiled his approval
Ny dear Sachio, whenever ! need
omfort you have it at hand!' ex-
laimed he. ''WeS, then, what fur /
her may we plan against them? How
hay we loose their hold upon these Sc /
rets which perplex and menace us s
D much?" IL
ssWhy, this: That we profess a new {
ia profound friendship for Michael. )
81 ftll be but TOO glad to listen 70 our J
OPPOSITION, be sure OF that.
3'Suppose we may be assured OF {
then?" H iy
t.He would be willing to do us some d
Me favor II it caused him but little 4 0
tuble to grant it. He looks on us as I,
&eated. Let us encourage him gto Il b
Nv the role OF lie grand Caesar. able
b. gracioss, "a be magnanimous, to- e
fallen foe" r,
Good go on--I see the point" y
so we ask OF that weak mind some Il
ing which his mere sloth viii dis
,se him to grant us-nothing much $,
only the ownership of a worthless $,
t OF paper. He does not know its n
.lus-perhaps be does not know OF ic
existence"