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Of bis innocence. sets herself 20 find
evidence which will set him free. Ger
I tain eleWs lead her TO suspect that
/ lysnhoff is the real theft Of the plans.
To find him is in itself a difficult task,
for be has disappeared and left no ink
ling Of his whereabouts. Finally the
countess hits upon a plan. She will
disguise herself. join a circus and seek
for lvanhof among the hsunts Of cir
Gus people. This she does, and it is
not long before the famous. Lady of
the Mask. superb equestrienne who
never allows heTlfeatures TO be seen,
even by her colleagues, is one Of the
best known performers in the circus
world. The fhasked rider, Of course, is
none other than the countess herself.
In time the circus with which she is
connected plays long engagement in
the hippOdrome at the capitol Of Ru-
garia, the country which lvanhoff
serves. Alexis. the countess servant,
located lvanhoff's divorced life, Nadia,
and from her they learn that the spy
Is in the city. living luxuriously on a
large sum of money paid him for the
stolen plans, and several days later
they see him occupying a box at the
| hippodrome. lvanhoff is struck with
the grace of the masked rider and asks
/ for and introduction, which is granted.
! The countess, never taking off her
mask. leads him on until he invites her
to take dinner in his rooms. She ac-
cepts, and as they are dining suddenly
removes her mask and covers him with
revolver. She forces him to give her
the plans and his correspondence with
| the Rugarian officials and is delighted
/ to find that the papers prove eonclu-
sively her husbands innocence. Still
covering Ivanhof with the pistol, she
makes her escape from the house. In
her haste she drops one of the docu-
ments, but Alexis, the servant. whom
she has left on guard at the door, picks
it up and jams it into his pocket.
Now that she has the precious
| proofs, the countess loses no time in
leaving the Rugarian capitol. Ivanhof,
however, has not lost his presence Of
mind, and succeeds in getting a war
rant for her arrest. He charters a
high powered motor car and starts for
the border at top speed. There is an
exciting race between his machine and
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the auto wins, and when the daring
woman reaches the frontier, Ivanhoff
and a squad of military police are
waiting for her at the border station.
The papers are taken from her and she
is hustled across the border into her
own country. She returns heartbroken
to her home.
Several days later Alexis, who has
| followed on another train, arrives and
gives her the paper which she dropped
in fleeing from lvahoff's house. 1t
proves to be a letter from the prime
minister of Rugaria to the spy and
conclusively proves the innocence of
the count. This letter, turned over to
the military authorities, wins a pardon
for Bertrand and brings back happi-
ness to the woman who dared.
On Sunday and Monday will appear
the seventh of series of films featur-
ing Ruth Roland and Henry King.
blue Blood and Yellow" is the title
of this seventh episode of who Pays"
1t is the tale of girl who idolized
aristocracy and wed it. She foundsher
golden idol to have feet of clay.