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resolute at last, and finding himself
unable to decide what next to do. my
map has the misfortune OF having
been made from the imagination and
not from facts in hand. But now
see, here the way forks"
Before him now lay series of gal
leries still damp from the recent
flooding from the moat 1t was Sachio's
theory, based upon he knew not what,
that the treasure chamber must lie
somewhere under the moat, that the
flood gates must have been devised
for some purpose of protecting it. He
acted upon that theory now, and with
no better guide than the greater damp
ness OF the rock floors which he fol-
lowed, he wandered on hour after
hour.
AT length he paused, helpless, puz-
zled, dumfounded. He had taken a
wrong turn somewhere in this laby-
rinth of underground channels! He
had not even found the water gates
which had flooded these levels so re-
Gently. He had found no new re-
cesses in the rocky walls. He had
found nothing which in the least COM
pared itself with the map he now held
in his hand! The cold sweat broke
out upon his forehead even in these
icy depths.
my God!" said Sachio of Grahof-
fen to himself. II have failed"
Yes, Sachio had failed. He knew
what that meant. Death was to be his
portion for his failure. Would it come
in one swift stroke at the hand of his
monarch, moved by the frenzy Of his
disappointment? Or, would it come in
the slow torture of deliberate revenge,
wrought on him for that failure in the
fiendish ingenuity of the icy soul of
Cortislaw?
Il have failed" said Sachio to him
self, "and through my own fault! L
had success in my grasp and threw it
away. That girl could have told me
everything, and / sent her away-be-
yond all reach-out of our country!
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riddle of the missing Gretzhoffen
coin. If either of these two kingdoms
should march against the other, If its
armies should lay level with the earth
the battlements and towers of its en-
emy-why,s that would but bury the
deeper the secret which alone ami
mated either in the quest of conquest.
AS for any offense against Grahof-
fen, however, what could Michael the
weak have done now, with his right
hand man, his ablest general, his best
man of affairs, gone? He hesitated as
to means of the offensive, just as his
chief rival pondered the results pos
sible, even of successful offensive.
Meantime, the truth remained that
the key to all this coil was absent, nor
was she apt to return. Kitty Gray
certainly must cherish keen memory
of injuries she had known on these
shores. The armies of America might
come back, the ships of America might
anchor In these ports, their guns might
exact apology or tribute-but Kitty
Gray herself would not return, that
was sure. Therefore affairs halted.
The battle was arrested as though the
sun had halted midway of the heavens
in modern Ajalon.
Yet, not so far away, as actual dis
lance is measured, the two principals
of this play still lived. Kitty and
Count Frederick were separated from
the rival kingdoms by not SO many
leagues of the sea, yet they knew not
where they were more than did any
of these others. The sea which
stretched between the two lands was
narrow enough in fact, yet potentially
it lay UNNECESSARILY wide.
AS to the secrets of the rival king
doms which they had left behind,
neither of these two much concerned
himself. There were other things
which concerned each vastly more.
When Count Frederick FASTENED
away from the side of the sacrifcial
fire in the search of the woman who
had come SO near being its victim, he
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| With her gone, we have no hope re-
maining-we never shall find it our.
selves. She alone now could save my
life--she whom l. mistreated-and she
whom sent away"
"And Count Frederick" he went on,
still musing to himself. "He was my
enemy, and is today-but something
tells me that he also has the clue. If
he were here, I could wheedle or
threaten him. Perhaps he is with her;
who knows? And / have sent her
away! Did ever man gain aught by
bullying a woman? Fair speech with
them-or the bowstring-those are
the only ways. | am sentenced,
doomed, and by my own fault"
Discouraged, baff1ed, perhaps after
all, affected by the gloom Of these sur
roundings, he turned back at last.
Somewhere near him he knew, some
where perhaps not biscuit toss away,
measured by distance in the open air,
lay dark clustered space, the cham
Der of fortunes, grim in its secrets, its
floor perhaps piled with broken bones,
its walls perhaps hung full of the old
machinery for parting flesh and soul
in lingering agony. Was it indeed
true that the lost souls in that hidden
chamber had wiped out the trace Of
1t and left the surface of all these
walls alike?
Count Sachio could feel the needles |
,v,d v,fv, ~ h,< vyr ut 10
own soul.
"Gone!" said he, to himselr, gone!
And twas / who sent her away"
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CHAPTER Xxx.
Tho Sacred Fire.

No intimation could come to anyone
in the two rival kingdoms as to the
whereabouts of those two persons of
most importance In the swift drama of
those days-Kitty and Count Freder-
lex. They had disappeared utterly
and left no trace. With them had
passed all hope Of the solution Of the
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SYNOPSIS.

Kitty Gray, newspaper woman, finds in
curio shop half of broken coin, the
mutilated inscription on which arouses
her curiosity and leads her, at the order
of her managing editor, to go to the prin-
cipality of Gretzhoffen to piece out the
story suggested by the inscription. She is
followed, and on arrival in Gretzhoffen
her adventures while chasing the secret
of the broken coin begin.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-20
TOILET GooDs DEPARTMENT
HAIR GOODS DEPARTMENT

$25o WAVY HAIR SWITCHES FOR $f.e9 Triple Stem Switches in variety O brown shades, made with wavy hair and excelIen $2.50 values.
 Merchants Week Special $1.69
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-20
KrTcEIENWARE DEPARTMENT

LENox SOAPS BARS FOR 25c fine laundry soap at a price which will saw you money. Have you used 1t? If you have youl want at this price.
 Combination Package For the Housekeeper
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-20

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cARRANZA FORCES
GO TO MEET VILLA
The Latter's Great Army is
Marching or Tampico-
State Department Re-
ceives Advices Of the I'm
pending Clash About
800 Americans an d
Many Foreigners Are In
Tampico.
~ AssoCIATED -

Washington. March % Reports TO
state department and Mexican aEeh-
cies today continued % Indicate that
the villa and Currana forces are
massing near the coast 81 northern
Mexico Tor what may be the most de-
cislve battle fought since Huerta was
overthr0wn. A department repors
from Laredo. dated March a0th.
Indicated a large villa force is enroute
q attack Nuevo Laredo. n was said
that Aatamoros WAS being attacked
and Camarco was burning
Tamplco advices. duted March ~.
said thar Carranxa forces were re
treating 20 Victoria and Vila forces
are marching on Victoria"
This is thought 20 mean taat AZ
least q considerable part Of the Tam
plco garrison had marched inland 20
Join the army assembling 10 meet the
oncoming villa troops
Ths same department dispatch said
Il - reported that Approximately
twenty-five hundred Americans are
In Tampieo and many foreigners.
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BODY IS FOUND
IN AN Old WELL
Had Been Murdered and
Then Thrown Into Aban-
doned Well-Husband Is
Being Suspected.

50 ksAaAsh - = AAAs 111 ny n L.
campbellton. March g2-The body
~ Josephine Curiey, a neRress. was
found this morning in an old well on
the plantation n J. G. Clarke. The
woman had bern murdered. fret shot
and then Der xnFoas cas 1pssl.kAa .aseae
was almost severed from the body.
after which she had been thrown into
the abandoned well The md was
made ~ SIR Clarke and some negroes
working on his plantation The hus-
band n suspected and officers ere IN
searca Of him. He q described a.
being about 25 years old. of medium
size with very large eye. and shout s
feet Inches In height
According 70 Information avaflabla
the woman left her home ard went ~
Chipiey recently. The husband fol-
lowed a few DAYS age. and the tao
started 10 walk back home The belief
exists that the woman was saof In ths
arm with = shotgun, but was not killed
Later the husband. "a n alleged. picked
her body up ana carried her e. the
abandoned well where he euf her
throat from ear r. ear ard pitched
the body into tae well
He then came Co bis home near mere
and said that his wife had started with
him Cor home but had ran away md
Re was unable e. find her He packed
~ some clothing and disappeared
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TELLS WHY TAX on
MERCHANTS IS NECESSARY

El raso. Tex. March ea.-.aeneral
haoul Madero governor ~ Nuevo
Leon Mexico, yesterday addressed the
foliowing communication % Enrique
6. Edurente. villa agent az Washing
ton. relative n the tas on tae mer-
chants ~ Monterey which has caused
protest from the British government.
~in view ~ the alarming increase
.of prices on prime necessities which
places the poor people in a serious
condition. General villa called tagcther
the Monterey merchants who by their
imnoderate speculation md caused IN
exornitant Increase iu the price ~
merchandise, and made them compre-
bend the urgent necessity 81 remedy
ing the financial situation they them
selves had created He Indicated IL
them the convenience 81 subscribing
one million pesos % help the needy
people
The Mexicun merchants agresa al
once and the foreigners present wsen
asked directly and individually By
General Villa also expressed their
willingness 60 cooperate 81 this ben
eacisnt idea. therefore al versions
made resardiug a forced loan are
baseless as the board 81 trade itsalf
has made the appointment 81 tire sub
scriptions IN an equitable manner e
al merchants
II & false that q tax has been Inn
posed upon clergy
Recent events n Mexico have not
changed President wilson's deterfnl-
nation not 20 recognise any govern
ment there which ams not the right ~
orderly elections. Various reports -
efforts 20 induce ths United states 10
recognize villa were met ut the White
House today with the statement thar
the presidents policy wau unchanged
ocon.inuea on Pass rares1
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Washington. March a2-warninR
that the present heavy exports - Eu-
rope ~ American wheat and fnur can
not - continued without ensanwerius
the wheat supplies for food and seed
ms requirements az home was con-
tained today ln the department r az
ricnlture's Agricultural Outlook Tao
departments experts believe exror.
tations 50 the same rate as during
December. January and February. in
der tae coming - the new wheat crop
sould encroaeh upon normal domestic
uses
Investigation has disclosed Thar
there was or March ! - apparent
surplus q about n 0oo. oe0 bushels -
wheat ever thu domestic requirements
Tor food ard seed that was available
Tor eNgort IN the foo 1850 s-s.ssa
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Alleged 10 Haze
UsedU.S. MaHsIn
Schemet to Detraud

New York March s2-The federal
grand Jury has begun Investigation ~
the complaint made ~ James ~. os-
horne former assistant district sttor-
neg that Miss Rae Tanxar used the
mails ~ ftrthe. ance ~ > scheme %
defraud. 4 lecnme known today
Miss Tanner recently sued j. w Os-
biine Tor s5a.eoo. alleging breach 81
promise. So0E afterward = man sp-
p~ared who said ~ was oliver Osborne
sna that ~ was the man Who had cul-
iiYated the Eirps acquaintance.
David ~ Siadc. counsel for Miss
Tanner, today was 50. we'd with papers
directing him ~ produce before the
federal grand jury letter delivered 10
him last Friday and said "a have been
written 20 q young woman named
Helen Kaiser ~ oliver Osborne
The case also came up In the su~
prsme court to-day. whe.e 4. W os-
borne has applied Tor a biz - Tartic-
uiars IN the breach ~ promise case.
On motion - Miss Tanners counsel
this motion went over until Wednes-
dav
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Shot Across Boz
Causes American
Vessel TO Halt

New York. March 2a.--The American
steamer Santa Clara, outward bound
was stopped In the lower harhor today
~ a shot fred across her bows by tire
Dispatch Beat Dolphin stationed there
% watch oatEuiug steamers and pre-
serve American neutrality
A mistake Ia the Interpretation ~
signals and The failure ~ the santa
Clara 70 stop brought the Do'phin's
guns % bear upon her she wa
promptly released.
The santa Clara cleared Saturday
for Havana. As she was passing
quarantine today she dispiayed signal
letters spelling out her name. The
Dolphin lockout apparently thought
she had holsted the wrong letters
A soon IS the santa Clara stopped.
4 navy tuw ran siong side and after
3 rev moments conversation with the
steamers captain she was permitted
% proceed
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PETROGRAD, PARIS, LONDON
CELEBRATEPRzcMYSL STALL
Declare II Makes the Most
Important Capture OF the
War and Argue the
Moral Effect VIII BE Ire
mendous.

III ACEkAtAff sfA Ff4FH~n
London. March e2-Petrasw 4. raris
and London are celebrating przemysl's
surrender tonight-pe troRrad and
Paris IA a spontaneous manner char
acteristic OF these cities--and London
with silent, grim sstie action. The
newspapers assert thu fortress fail
marks the most important capture of
the war. not excepting Antwerp.
II Is argued the neral effect will
be tremendous The allies declare ID
viii stimulate feeling ia their favor
tn Roumanta and Bulgaria. just a.
the Dardanslles operations are caus-
Ing agitation in Greece and Italy.
The italian embassy Ia London ~
without confirmation - the reported
stopping q freight trafic between
Italy and Germany via Switzerland.
Nothing ~ great importance vas re-
corded overnight in the weaE The
situation around the German rort n
Memel. IN the ssast. IL most interesting
The Germans maintain they have
driven the Russians away
There i no late news from TIE Oar
daneiles. England believes the op-
erations win be more prutractea than
0Fst expected
The Overseas agency. al berlin. as
serts Hhat an efficial an 9aucement
shows prisoners OF war now IT. Ger
many number sol 600 enlisted men ana
more than nine thousand commissioned
officers.
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~ AasocIArrp PREss.

FetroErad March 22.-The Austrian
garrison 81 Prxemysl eapltuiated today
20 the investing Russian army The
endin Eof the long aieas - regarded
here a. 81 great Importance. h gixes
Russian control 81 nearly all eastern
Gaiacia and relieves the Russian army
which had beer besleginn the city, FOR
service elsewhere. Nothing since the
capture 81 Limhurx and the victorious
sweep o. the Russian army through
Galicis IN the early DAYS 81 the war
aroused an equal degree q enthusiasm.
There = tremendous excitement and
Antereat here
The fortrsasn fate had been fnsvl-
table einos the failure o. the last Aus
trlan drive from the southwark FOR ita
relief There have been daily evil
eeness o. shortage of provisions and
reports regarding The ravages 81 die
ease had reached bssieEers time and
time again.
Gradually the Hines about the CITY
weFe drawn tighter until within tha
last fortnight shs Russian rinemen
were within range % tire outer works.
The Russian artillery pounded the
forts eeassieaaly and the Austrian
mortie last Saturday wac preceded hy
such an extFsvaRant usa 81 ammunl
ton ~ the artillery a. 20 leave the
Impression that the besiegea army
was At tia end 90 rs resources ana
d~sired 20 consume TIRE remainder 81
lta ammunition prior 70 Hurrendertna
Although premysl had been alini-
mated az a positive menace 20 the
Russian troops operating "a Galicia
since h was Isolated and surrounded
last October. e always has been a
potential source Of danger. Many
stubborn battles have been Fought by
are beaieEerM with portions of the gar
risen which attempted 70 hreak
through the investing line 90 Botn q
relief column. which occasionally
pushed within twenty miles ~
ne city
y e believed here thu next imper-
tant development In 0ailcia viii he .
new Russian advance toward Cracow
the Austrians having been virtually
driven cut of the territory a. Tar
Eouthwaro as Tire Carpashiana
The garrison surrendered without :
nEht The hoisring ~ the white has
ever TIRE fortress caused little sur
prise q vas generally known the
Garrison was without food and am
uaunlti0m
Tha war orlce's advtces report thar
nAne Austrian generals more than
three hundred officers and nfty thou-
sand men were taken
FINAL ACT oF DRAMA.
TIE last of the improvlsed field Cor
fiheations we're captured some davs
$50 and the final act ~ the drama
beEan toward tne close ~ last week
when the cummandaut deliberately
expended his reserve ammunition and
sent the bulk ~ the garrison out
In the forlorn hope a. cutting is way
eastward through the besiegera
With the strone Russian line tightly
Continued o. Page Threa1
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Germany Might
Haze Prevented
War, Says Grey


London. March 9a War N ght have
been avoided ~ = European confer
ence when and where Germany de-
sired, declared Fureigm Secretary
Gray this Afternoon. addressing
gathering here which had assembled
70 hear 4 lecturer discuss the strategy
~ the war Continuing tho foreign
secretary said
Germany. from her experience. IN
the Balkan conference knew she could
count On her good win and that We
wero ready 20 Do THE last July what
we ala pefore But Germany refused
every suggestion We know thar Ger
many had PREPARED Tor war. and only
those who have planned for war can
prepare for a.
This e the fourth liue within ny-
inR memory that Prns~fa has made
war upon Europe and we are deter
mined Il shall be the last
The expenditure OF hundreds on
millions ~ lives might have been
averfea - y confe ence ~ the Euro
pean powers held Els London % az The
Hague. 0r wherever and ia whatever
form Ceremony world have consented
20 held il n would have been Tar cas-
Ter - have settled TIE dispute between
Austria Hungary and Serbia which
Germany made the occasion Tor the
war than IL was Is get SUCCESSFULLY
through the Balkan crisis u tNo years
ago.
Last July. Prince. Italy. ard Rus
sia were ready q aceepf = conferences.
Germany refused eve auNReHtlnu
made for settling the dispute in this
say. and on her nausf rest now and
for an time the apfslIlnE responsible
Is 81 having nluuKed Europe infn this
war
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German Steamer Being Held Under
Recent Congressional Resolution

mana of the Porto Eican regiment:
Hamburg American commercial
steamer odeuWald attempted e. leave
this port about taree this afternoon.
March Cd without clearance papers
AZ request - collector Of customs to
prevent departure ard CD compliance
with Instructions in your telegram
March ~. warainE shots were nred
With machine guns and enc shot across
her bow with nve-inch rtiia from "a
Morro. ship then came % anchor un-
der ~ Morro. None were injured
7h.p returned 90 aer anchorage in tha
hnrbor. ln presence - collector q
customs March 70. I personally In
formed and warned German consul
and commander ~ oder wala that
force would Re used 20 NECESSARY -
prevent vessel leaving without clsar-
ancc
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Washington March 60 The Ham
burg American liner Odeuwald. stop
Ted from iesvine san Juan. Porto
Rico. yesterday IS shots across her
Sow is being held under the recent
congressional resolution empowering
ne rros. dent q prevent supplies going
trom Austrian parts O. ships Of the
Earopeau hehiserents 81 sea
Secretary Garrison IS making q
.horousa Investigation in conjunction
slth treasury department officials ana
he White HOUSE
OMcisis would not disclose what
grounds they had for believing that
Ehe 0deuwald eame under the terms
81 che resolution
This report was received today from
Lieutenant Colonel Durham. tn com-
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Gives Warning That Present Heavy
Wheat Exports Cannot Be Continued

March ! 20 July i walie tho ex-
ports % wheat. Including fiour, dur
Ing those four months lsai year were
- .e00. coo bushels IL is pointed oug
that thone exports during December.
January and February last averaged
almost 5s.e0ae0 bushels per month
and that II that rate % export con-
tinued until the new crop ~ available
IL would amount % 10 0s1. 600.
The departments investigation did
not include kaauiries into stocks of
iour hui sha opinion IL expressed that
Trey Do not show go nluct Reduction
az wheat stocks a facfcr IN the sit
uation Il that the southern states have
greatly Increased their wheat acreage
the crop 81 which Will bs marketable
before July :. and will have ths e.
feet 81 increasing the available sup
plies between now and that date.
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LacyGivenChance
TO Tell Story 10
the mVeshga tors
~ AssoCIATED -.

Montgomery Ala. March 23.-Theo.
Lacy. former chief clerk 81 the state
convict department was today given an
opportunity 20 unbosom himself g.
Chairman Henry r. Merritt and sec-
Rotary ]. T. benson. Of the legislative
committee. The two legislators went
from BirminRham t. Wetumka this
morning and went into consultation
with Lacy upon their arrival az the
prison Their infoI nation VIII be
kept secret until the legislature meets
and q formal report il made. The
committee has the names 81 several
persons suspected Of being "the men
higher up. IN the seo.eoe convict
funds steal and Il wss understood that
Lacy would be given an opportunity
10 tell whether they bad any counee-
ton with the case Lacy IL serving
4 ten year sentence for embezEiement
~ state funds
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ASKGERMANY To
PAY FOR SINKING
AMERICAN SHIP
State Department Officials
Gather Data Preparatory
TO Requesting Germany to
Make Reparation.

Washington. March 22-state de-
psrtment officials have gathered vir-
tuaily al data preparatory to request
ing Germany % make PREPARATION for
sinking the American ship William p.
rye BY the Prime Eitei Friedrich
Nothing has been received from the
Berlin government concerning the
case. A note setting forth the views
% the United States n expected % b
sent within q few days Papers signed
~ the Frye's owners before the vessel
left Seattle were received here today.
10 is understood they show the cargo
was consigned % order. Queenstown.
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IMPORTANT RULING on
INTERSTATE BUSINESS

Wash lngt0n. March 12-The Virginia
Law requirinE peddlsrs In the state %
obtain state licenses was held IN q
supreme court decision today % -
inappiicahle 10 the travelling statesmen
of q Syracuse. y. u, portrait company.
The court held the Syracuse euupanys
tire business vas interstate oou-
raannn
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GROWING FOR AN
OPEN NAVAL STORES MARKET
KEEPER OF GAMBLING
HOUSE FINED $4,000
PROMINENT MAN
KILLS HIS WIFE;
THEN SUICIDES

New York. March 22s~-Howard
Booeook. treasurer 81 the Aston
Trust Company u New York and
prominent socially shot and killed
hls wife tonight while she was
playing a piano az their Some
Boocock then committed suicide.
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FRANCE PROPOSES TO
BUY DAciA's Cargo

washington. Marco 22.-France has
conditioned her ogter b buy the cotton
cargo a. the American steamer Dacia
before prize court on the establish
merit og American citizenship ~ -
owners The American embassy in
Paris to-day 80 informed the state de-
partment AZ that question Is nuw al
issue the issue has been further COM
plicatea
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LONDON STOCK EXCHANGES
CLOSES FOR EASTER

london, March a2 THE stock "a :
change here will b closed April ?. )
and 4 Easter holidays