The Washington times., 1915-11-14

hoffen! 8. o. s. .Gretzhoffen"
Broken. incoherent at times, but i'm
perative. the strident wall Of the wire-
less clamored out into the empty air,
asking for ears far away to listen to
what II said. And ears did hear-the
ears OF friends.
The prime minister OF Gretzhoffen, as
has been said. had by this time sue
ceedcd in making some sort Of \ clear
ance Of the unYeicome guests Of the
Gretshoffen palace. He had got the
King to bed. some Of his offi.ers 10
horse. and y few OF his servan,s to
work. As for himself. he telt himself
unable to establish the broken mu-
chinery. Of the gv>ei nment on any last
ing basis. k'reuerick-Count Ereueii lex
-thc man with the slrOnS brain aI.u
arm-wncre WAS he?
Bent upon answering for himself this
somewhat imperative question, the
prime minis.ur maze scu.en nete ana
there for some clue to Inc missing
nobleman. His AGENTS ran the uan To
thu dock whence Count Frederick had
sailed So many days ago. lie learned
that at the time the king's yacht had
put out there had been seen the line Of
smoke of a passing steamer. far below.
toward the mouth of the lay. Appar-
emily the Kings yacht had So out wln
the purpose of intercepting this steam-
er. What. then. had happened none
could tell. Somewhere out on the sea
the nobleman OF Gretzhoffen had dis
appeared. Perhaps he was still at sea.
PCi haps even now he was coming back
TO his own port. having finished his
errtnd, whatever II may have peen.
That, at least. was way Count Fred
Crick had.
Therefore. said the prime minister
to himself, 1t might wen be true thnt
Count Frederick. having been gone
certain period of time. might now Se
ready to return. These long a6-
ways he had come beck. Hitherto
that had meant his return by land.
Now II must mean his return by sea;
1t might be quite as well, reasoned
the earliest interviews with Count
Frederick on his return. II was well.
svrely. to be we'll established with
those who would take control OF ar
fairs in the distracted kingdom OF
II shall even take our other yacht.
the Adelina," said the prime minister
to himself, "and put myself in the
way of the royal. yacht. should it
did.
The Adelina was stout little
steaming craft. Of good lines. and
we'll enough armed. being indeed.
for use in hose waters, and for such
purposes as might pertain to king
dOms rarely free from petty querrels
with this or that neighbor likewise
disposed to arms.
In his errand. for indeed he had no
definite purpose in view. Only. hav-
ing put the Adeiina into commission.
he pu,hed out quite beyond the hay.
Mediterranean under him. Then. as
II chanccd at a pctnt not so far from
the late khIpwreck Of the Prinz Ad-
Ter. he slackened speed and kept him
SELF barely under way. Having moth
1t was night now, and tho stars
were shining brightly above. Tho
gentle airs OF the south European sea
were soft ana languorous. But. to
paced the deck Of the Adelina. these
things were lost. He was engaged In
reflections OF none too pleasant a ma
ture. Signing, he said TO f.snself'
There is no use In this. I might as
He thrned az the boats wireless
operator hastened to htr, now. ~
paper in mis- hand. He had not mo-
ticed the crackle OF his own wireless
rlasts of late although from time to
time he had sent out signals In the
hope OF striking somewhere some IN
formation regarding the missing
craft; -s -
DeH DdTuOT, SlT, salu tne fneSSen-
ger, "but we have Just got an 8. O. s.
Someone Is calling the Adelina."
"Calling us-where Is it-who Is NJ"
demanded the prime minister.
"They are calling Gretzhoffen and
siKninR Frederick. It is S. o. S.--they
are In trouble somewhere. who Is It.
excellency?"
The prime minister started as though
struck bv an electric shock "Frederick! !
Who but the very man I want-Count
Frederick-and calling u.s. Tell me
what Is II that he says?'
"Only the same thing. excellency-'S.
o. S.--Gretzhoffen-Ade
And: yes.he says l75 miles south
southwest"
zone hundred and seventy-five miles
that, Of course. must mean from the
mort whence he sailed. We are more
than half OF that where we lie now
we cannot be more than forty miles
from his this minute"
Easily within that. excellency. The
stuff comes awfully strong-they are
close. that is sure"
Send the captain at once" ordered
the official.
The captain came and learned this
news also. At once the bow of the yacht
was headed toward this call. which
came down out of the stars imploringly.
urging speed.
That was what the night called out
with its mysterious voice. The quick wit
emergency In which he found himself.
He knew that Adelina would be in
commission. He hoped that someone
might be found to take command. He
knew that any aid which came. must
come soon.
Tho Adalina now swung into full
speed. her engines purring softly in a
continuous roll as she took up her top
gait. and held It steadily. Always the
call came. -. o. S.-Gretzhoffen-S. y.
S.--Gretzhoffen." For. as a matter OF
fact. although left long since In his own
den on the upper deck. the operator OF
the Princess had dutifully done what he
had been hidden to do.
They plowed on into the starry night
for some time. At length an exclama-
tlon came from the captain to the Off
cial who stood at IS side on the
bridge.
IT see her." said he Dead ahead,
and coming on at a good clip herself.
Screaming bloody murder. Well well
we will see in n couple OF jiffies what It
II all about She's not sinking-shes 5
not on fire-what's wrong there?"
Meantime. on board the Princcss such
confusion reigned that at the time none
saw the swift approach OF the Adelina.
The owner OF the Princess was busy
with hts late prisoners. Count Frederick
was once more assailed when he at
tempted to leave the wireless room
where. as has been said, the opero tor