The Washington times., 1915-09-05
THE BROKEN COIN
By EMERSON HOUGH hA KIRK R AsD Ea THE PIRATE

where he had concealed the Gretxhoffen
coin. Kitty'S eye caught the movement,
and was well enough assured a. to the
sots.rs also r'.Siie'i smiled kitty Gray. and
pointed through the rear window Of the
car to the nat on which Cout Frederick
stood. ne even now was turning to pass
An exclamation passed from Bartels
iys ,S,n. Hisysn RrSatset U.S." said he the
"Yess wsss % thing n' sR.n' '' Has NsDSH; Mon:isSHr
Bartel. Of Grahoifen. some secret that
he would preservs7 And why d9ss our
BBs%I,cSsas: BBss,IsnSS: here surprise you' What Is
mo secret" exclaimed Bartel-I
one. None the loss. what is mine ,is
mine. So you tricked me once more by
|, most Of It. then! IN my. own town at
least we shall be safe. and our property
with. with u.s. We e. may argue the matter
He turned and disappeared once more
moment Kitty thought of following
him. but concluded that he would make
no attempt to conceal the coin. since
| would continue TO keep It on his per-
son. Therefore she turned to the rear
Of the car. and not toward the front.
e.esm.s Mn eSs.t,r cDmts fss ts or1s ss
which approached her. "You come un-
My compliments, nadsmoisslls." re-
Joined Count Frederick. limping slightly.
May I say also that had not expected
to find you hereT'
Kitty laughed in spite of all at the
strange contretsmps which had bought
surey' asked she--"did you not soc
Roleau and myself catch the train Just
as 1t left the yards?"
And did you not see. nlademoiselle.
stances yet moro difficult7"
I am glad that It is so.
Count Frederick gazed at her for .
Listen" said he at length. why
night Of this at a moment such a. this,
when so much is at stake7 Why should
common enemy, who has what We both
| desire? Beyond belief we are lucky that
we are both here alive. Yonder man
has ha,, the soin.i knSw & that AZ, z, W well a.
Once in Grahoffen with the coin. Ne may
wave farewell to us and all our hopes
Come. nnademoiselle. shall we be enemies
or or allies? You are wise enough to see
Certainly. there is good judgment In
Are you, then. sportsman enough to
STRIFE .W compact over itF" w D.. =.
sportsman enough to play fair with US
at last. You have not always done so"
That, said Count Frederick slowly.
the red blood mantlng his dark skin.
my e nave cut asked aays Your forsve,
ness before now-have told you 1t was
my man alone who offered you violence
not !. On the contrary. ] have ad-
mired your own courage and resource
M. you al xs ss s.S. NV .y.n.a It en.
I ever gave to you."
AT least" said she; "one good turn
deserves another. and we have little
against Grahofren in this case?''
1T Is agreed. said Count Frederick.
yes! And let fortune later determine
! between US as to which OF US ultimately
He passed forward but now" said
They turned once more to seek the
guard. Once more he led them forward.
This time they all took concealment
back Of door which Bartel must pass
the guard to give no inkling OF their
whereabouts, and so bided their time
Nervous. eager to be off the train and
into safety as soon as might be. Bartel
was early in hurrying his luggage 70
the door. and himself followed 1t even
| before the train was coming to its stop
at Grahoffen town. He passed by the
| place of concealment OF the three con-
spirators, and hearing some slight
sound turned to see the face of Count
| Frederick staring straight at him-to
| feel at the same time the iron arm OF
| Roleau cast about his neck. The sin
! ewy fingers, of Count Frederick sup
! plemented the assault Of his man. md