The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-10-16

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sailing like some monster bird
II was Count Sachio at length VIII,
turned, his attention arrested by tn,
familiar sound of an air craft motor.
Look your majesty" said he. turn
ing and pointing.
A sudden exclamation came from
the lips of Cortislaw.
1T Is from Gretzhoffen!" he said
"Our own air craft are not mobilized
! wonder who planned that raid. You
told me Count Frederick was killed.
that you saw it with your own eyes
That cannot be. King Michael, weak
as he is, never would be afoot-never
would he have had his air craft NOV
ing at this hour. They have been
above cur city-it is mercy If they
have not dropped bombs upon our
shipping"
Look" said Sachio. He indicated
now the course of the pursuing air
craft, which, far from following them
directly, now swept aside in a great
tangent.
They are bound also for the yacht"
said Sachio. ut is not US, but yonder
boat they are pursuing. What does 1t
mean? Surely they can have marked
us under water or above-they see us
now, if they have eyes. But now they
evade us and pursue the boat which
we pursue. What does 1t mean? And
who is in commando"
Slow enough would even keen-witted
Count Sachio have been to guess the
real answer to his own question. 1t
was his enemy who was In command
of this pursuing air craft-Count Fred
erick, not killed, but in full possession
Of his powers once more.
1t had been Frederick's plan to
hasten across the neutral lands and
over Grahoffen itself in a foray of
scouting and discovery. He wished to
see whether the forces of the enemy
would rally or whether they were to lie
broken, accepting their defeat
And at the last instant, when he had
stepped into the seat Of the air craft,
he had been followed by one who
would not accept denial from him
the young American. Thus they had
swept across the broad plain, across
he city of Grahoffen itself, and along
The water front-and now far down
he great arm of the sea which thrust
ip from the south.
The aeroplane for time fell of
rom the direct course held by the sub
marine. Ahead of the wind and driven
It top speed by it's own tremendous
,ngines, it advanced in vast sweeps
md swoops, at a speed intellectually
asst.
"Your majesty" said Count Sachio
It length, laying down the glasses
With which he had been examining the
hip of the air which passed above |
hem, Il was wrong! At first thought !
ONE leader of their aviation corps |
ad developed this raid today, but it /
5 not so. l told you that Count Fred
rick was dead. My eyes must have
eceived me. 1t is he, yonder! He +
imself is guiding this pursuit. With
i'm there Is another-a woman, your
1t is none less than the
oung American, who has been the
lost dangerous enemy we yet have
let. They two-for what reason ! am
OF informed-are aloft together. Their
urpose 1 can only guess"
The rage of Cortislaw now was such !
s left him silent.
"Your majesty" said Count Sachio
t last, ''it must be as your majesty
aasons. But it is by sinking yonder
raft, not by saving it, that he can
lost hurt us. Yes, | am convinced,
onder is the coin. How they know it
how they guess it, do not know.
ore than once it would seem to me
lat intuition rather than knowledge
Is guided them in. their plans. | say
lat yonder coin is bewitched and al
ays fights for Gretzhoffen and not
r u.s."
The chase went on, and now under I,
ch curious relations as left the three /,
.ssels of the surface. of the subsurf-
% and of the air, drifting along, none
king the offensive.
But though the giant air craft fol-
wed close, seeming ever to hold the 4.
chit at its mercy, it made no often :.
ge movement; it seemed rather to :,
elter than to menace the fleeing :
ssel which steamed on so gallantly. !,
i'd in the rear of both, helpless, i'm :
tent, with speed and naught but a.
eed at its disposal, came the sub !.
lrine of Cortislaw and his noble :,
in. Thus neither of the three could =
would hurt another.
But Sachio's guess had been right a,
% governing influence In Gretzhof- -
! affairs scarce was so much rea- =
1 as instinct, intuition-a woman's :
uition. For he had been right-a "
man was aloft, yonder with the :,
OF of the air craft. e
1t is a curious chase, mademoi- =.
le," said Count Frederick, turning -
the companion at his side and ~.
,aking SO that his voice could be "