Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-11

heard above the loud drone of tho en-.
gines. What have we gained? What
do We know"
Look said she. Look ut them
below US yonder. They want Whist
we want. They pursue what We pur-
sue? Why? Believe me, they know
that the coin is on ahead. II they
know 1t. why shouldn't we? Monsieur
lie comte. your ride this morning wan
an inspiration. The accident of fol-
lowing what might have been tho
wake OF a fish. but was the fash Of
submarine-the accident of seeing
yonder cloud Of smoke ahead-that
was fate fighting with US. Believe
me. Roleau is yonder on that boat!
Believe me. he has the coin. Fate IN
lighting with US at last. l say. Tho
end Of all our troubles is at hand"
AS they swept forward, now near,
now dropping OF from the course Of
the speeding yacht. always Kitty
turned her glass upon the decks Of
the water craft. At length she OF.
claimed:
1T is he! see him. He is there,
standing looking back. He has no
glass. He cannot recognize 10 now.
But it is he. All! trust yonder faith
full soul not to be travelling in vain.
am sure, as though I saw It. that hs
has the coin with him there. I an
sure, % though l saw him, that Il ID
Count sachto himself in yonder sub
marine pursuing him. Come! In
orally, We must n.y."
And ~ they did. Moment aftsr NO
ment, hour after hour. until 1t length
the smoke above GretshozAa hafbor
thickensd. until tho towers q the
cathedrals and tho palace appeared.
until the shipping grow nsrs distiaee.
until the long green slope Of tn eoaGt
Notifications showed 10 tho syee G.
Count Frederick, high above the levol
Of The 90.
I'VE win make It safely. made
molsells." said Count Frederick, 6
lest. FOR some reason the sub0e-
rine does not attack, do not kDev
why. Tho three Of us soon will b
within reach Of our own guns. Won
der"
The wonder Of Count Frederick va
not III placed. In few moments they
heard the dull report Of 4 3o.centt-
meter piece Of one Of the coast bat
teries-saw the white cloud Of smoke
burst from the emplacement in front
of the disappearing gun. On ahead
they saw the white splash Of the shell
across the bows Of the advancing
yacht.
What do they mean?" exclaimed
Count Frederick. "Ah, I see. The
yatch carries the ensign Of the royal
navy of Grahoffen! 1t is armed. Our
gunners take It for an enemy. Now
heaven send them bad aim for once!"
A shot, and yet another followed.
bracketing the yacht between the
ranges Count Frederick held his
breath for what he knew would come.
Come it did. The yacht, struck full
by the impact Of q heavy shell. reeled,
careened. half broke apart and began
to settle by the head
1T Is too bad!' exclaimed Count
Frederick: sunk by our own men!
Yonder yacht was coming to our har-
Dor for protection. carrying our own
man-rarrying our own fortune-the
Gretzhoffen coin! And now all in
lost"
He turned the Prov Of the air craft
full toward the settling yacht. The
wake OF the submarine was no longer
visible.
Then. what the men of the Gretz-
hoffen batteries saw-what the men
of the submarine might have seen had
their periscope then been above tho
surface-was the swift volplane Of
the air craft which they so long had
followed. It swept down now like a
giant bird. at a keen angle. as though
itself would dip into the sea. Below
1t there swept the great anchor rope,
It's end whipping white here and there
on the tops Of the waves.
Alloy. Roieau." cried the voice Of
Count Frederick.
Roiean looked up at this summons
from the clouds, and saw above the
rail OF the air craft he 80 long had
noted in wonder two faces that he
knew and loved! "A great sob shook
his giant chest. Even his callous soul
was affected. Out OF the very deep
they had come-his master and his
save him, when he
Thought al! was lost, He lifted TN hi.
hands.
The whipping rope coiled and
twisted this way and that. Rut
the steady hand at the rudder of the
air craft guided 1t straight onward.
downward.
Roleau reached out, made a swift
grasp, felt himself swept flee, of bis
feet. An instant later, hand over
hand, he began his ascent from what
had oeen the EXTREMIST peril of his
life.
To Be CONTINUED,