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sailing like some monster bird.
It was Count Sachio at length who
turned, his attention arrested by the
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.
ut is from Gretzhoffen!" he said.
"Our own air craft are not modified.
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 our city-it is a mercy If they
have not dropped bombs UPON our
shipping" ila
"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 1T Is not US. but yonder
boat they are pursuing. What does II
mean? Surely they can have marked
hs under water or above-they see US
now. il they have eyes. But now they
evade us and pursue the boat wiiich
we pursue. What does it 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. IL
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.
It had been F'rederick's hlan 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 We're to lie
utterly broken, accepting their defeat.
And, at the, last instant. when he had
stepped into the seatlof the air craft,
he had been followed BY one VINO
would not accept denial from him
the young Americana. Thus they had
swept across the broad plain, across
the city of Grahoffen itself, and along
the water front-and now far down
the great arm Of the sea which thrust,
up from the south.
The aeroplane for, a time fell or
from the direct course held by the sub
marine. Ahead OF the wind and driven
at top speed by its own tremendous
engines. it advanced in vast sweeps
and swoops, at speed intellectually
fast.
Your majesty" said Count Sachio
at length, laying down the glasses
with which he had been examining the
ship Of the air which passed above
them, II was wrong! At first thought
some leader Of their aviation corps
had developed this raid today, but 1t
is not so. told you that Count Fred
ericl1 was dead. My eyes, must nave
deceived me. 1t is he, yonder! RE
himself is guiding this. pursuit. With
tl1a there is another-a- woman, your.
majesty, It is none less than the
young Americana. Who has been the
most dangerous enemy we yet have
met. They two-for what reason am
not informed-are aloft together. Iheir
purpose l can only guess" {
The rage Of Cortislaw now was such
as left him silent.
"Your majesty" said Count Sachio
at last. 1T must be as your majesty
reasons. But 1t is by sinking yonder
craft, not by saving it. that he can
most hurt us. Yes, am convinced,
wonder is the coin. How they know 1t.
how they guess 1t, l do not Know.
More than once i would seem to me,
that intuition rather than knowledge
has guided them in their plans. say
that yonder coin IS be"tched ana al
ways fights for Gretzhotfen and not
fer us."
The chase went On, and now under
such curious relations as left the three
vessels of the surface. OF the suOsurt'
ace and Of the air. drifting along. none
taking the offensive.
But though the giant air craft FOL
lowed close, seeming ever u Eolu tHe
Yacht at it's mercy, it mado no otfen-
sive movement; it seemed rather to
shelter than to menace the fleeing
vessel which stearaed on SO gallantly.
And in the rear OF both, helpless. i'm
potent, with speed and naught but.
speed at it's disposal, came the sub
marine of Cortislaw and his noble
man. Thus neither of tho three could
or would hurt another.
But Sachios guess had been right.
The governing influence in Gretzhof-
fen affairs scarce was so ouch rea,
son as instinct. intuition-a wOman's
intuition. For he had been right-a
woman was aloft, yonder with the
,, pilot OF the air craft.
ut is curious chase. macemoi-
selle,' said Count Frederick, turning
to the companion at his side and
speaking so that hts voice could be