The Washington times., 1915-09-26
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C0oN0GHE I0I5 0r Ah@CH| a. PATTERSON

I the service Of Gretzhoffen. not o; our rv,n own.
that will be sworn"
But. said; Count sashio, O., sftsr I. srns a
time the end never Is III! an Is done.
mae. mre we ba have ser ssd s a that r docs
affect the existence OF the Gretxhonen
treasure. myself have been In that
room. have been beneath the walls
is concealed. Look. we have all the
coin-and even IL this half is counter
felt. their half. the true half though It
be. is no more than half They cannot
and vet we know It. who. then. has
won this battle? Riches are necdf',l for
any king. Without the secret which we
ourselves hold. what NAV they hope?
burning eye. Count sachio." said he:
you have disappointed me time and
s soSsen Snaer cSn %o Ss ye seen
brought to 'tse't rs the secret. That il true.
At one time we had all the coin. Long
we We, have had half. the coin; Today we we
still hold It. Bring me the coin. want
to examine both halves once more with
my own eyes"
Count Sachio hastened to the room
where on his return from the battle
field he had changed his dusty apparel.
had left them. Evidently his orderly
Count sachio took TN the trousers and
thrust a hand into a pocket. He knew
where he had kept the coin. In his little
leather folding portemonnaie But he
withdrew his hand and looked at 1t
curiously. The blank look ON his face
remained as he felt quickly In other
pockets of the same garment. as he
searched search nneryously through Ss every
cardcd. red with dust and blood Still
his hand came out empty OF that which
he sought. His papers were there. undts-
turbed. His watch had been left un-
that which was of greatest value Of
anything in his possession. Both frac-
tions Of the coin were gone.
When Count Sachio returned to his
King he was In deep pallor; consterna-
We'll. well. Sachioi' demanded that
monarch. testify. you have on your face
now the same look which have learned
to know: But surely you have not failed.
Il cannot, your ma1ecty. 1t is gone"
Gone? Yet YOU had it?"
Yes. your majesty. Both halves-I
had them both. You yourself gave
them in my keeping on the field. was
IL.
see here where hid them-everything Is
empty now. They have been taken
away bv some one. And who could have
known of IT."
A silence fell upon the disconnected
groun who stood about the King.
Stay" added Sachio a little later
there was man, a prisoner, who was
brought to me Just before our retreat
beean--the man named Roleau. the spy
Know about the coin? Why, II Is he
above all who would be most apt to
know. II was he who sought 1t at my
on lodge. 1t is he who has never given
up its pursuit"
Find the man." said Cortislaw, cold
ly. turning savage eye upon Sachio.
Count Sachio turned. crestfallen. In
deed. filled with CONSERVATION. One brief
day only he had been high in the peril
Gus favor OF his King. Now once more
he was cast down. He knew the wrath
OF his implacable sovereign. knew that 1t
would Ill brook now-raw- edged as wcro
that soveregn's nervcs-any further ex-
PLANTATION on his part. He must find
Roleau. But where?
The prisoners taken by the Grahoffen
men. more by chance than plan in their
own tempestuous retreat, had been
grouped under loose guard in the rear
compound Of the Grahoffen palace. It
was with them that Roleau had been
confined. Thither Count Sachio NOW
turned his steps. Hastily he inquired of
this officer and that. OF this prisoner
and that. Some of them remembered
;he man Roleau. but none could recall
having seer him recently. The more
Sachio inquired the less satisfaction he
gained. At length he resigned tho
search.
Once more the spy Roleau had es-
aped,