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at her, his strong fingers tnrned the
key in the lock, removed it, thrust it
into his pocket.
"Mademoiselle," he said calmly.
you say you came on business. Very
we'll, let US talk business. We know
something of the history of certain
broken coin. Very good. You have
half Of it. We will say l have the
other. Give me your half the coin,
and will let you go. Refuse, and I'll
never let you CO."
II will do nothing under compulsion
from you or any other man." said Kitty
Gray stoutly. II offer you fair price
for your half of the CON-"
you will not give it to met"
mo! MOL"
A loud pounding on the door inter-
rupted them at this moment. 1T is
Roleau," smiled the count II will
have him whipped"
The face of Kitty Gray had grown
like marble. Suddenly, with one swift
movement, she dashed her clenched
hand with all her force into the face
which bent toward her. A livid mark
arose under the swift compact. The
tall man staggered back. The next
instant Kitty felt her wrist caught in
an iron grasp. Struggling, she was
| forced backward. She felt another
hand grasp her wrist.
The man Grahame, the counts valet,
had appeared mysteriously from the
alcove adjoining.
"Give me the coin!" insisted Count
Frederick still. "Tell me where may
have tor by the Lord! you will rest
a long time to think this matter over -
"Excellency!" calculated the man
Grahame suddenly. ION guard! He
is breaking in the door. Quick. excel
lency!"
And even as Roleau, by mighty
heave burst in the door, Grahame and
his master hurried Kitty to the rear
door of the alcove. 1t made out upon
a dimly lighted hall.
Roleau heard them pass, followed
swiftly as he could. But it was empty
The purr of motor getting under
way reached his ears.
$50. THEY'VE failed" said Roleau
bitterly.
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CHAPTER x.
Greek Meets Greek.

Arrived at his own home. Count
Frederick Of Gretzhoffen found little
pile of unopened letters waiting for
him, and picked up one bearing the
crest of Count Sachio Of Grahoffen. a
man he had known for many years
and with whom, II truth be told, he
had had certain plans which neither
would have cared to have come into
public knowledge. He tore open the
envelope.
80, Sachio asks me to join him at
a little hunting party at his lodge in
the forest beyond the neutral ground!
l believe I'll go. After all, it might
not be a bad thing to find out little
more about the condition Of those two
we left yonder in the desert. Yes, I'll
ride back the very way l just came
Mile after mile slipped ribbon-like
beneath their speeding wheels. Soon
they had left behind them almost all
sights Of the green commons and the
fenced fields which lay under the
walls Of Gretzhoffen town. 1t was
Grahame who first detected. far ahead.
a little dust cloud of advancing trav'
elers. He called the attention Of his
master.
Glasses, Grahame-find what 1t IL. %
Even the stolid Grahame gave q
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CHAPTER viii.
Count Sachio Of Grahoffen.

Count Sachio Of Grahoffen.
At sunrise of the following morning
Kitty awoke as suddenly as she had
fallen asleep the night before.
After her frugal breakfast with the
old peasant folk-with whom she could
hold no conversation whatever-she
set out for the bedside of the faithful
attendant who had been injured in her
cause.
'Roleau, good morning." she said.
How goes it, them"
'Excellently! am quite well.
find my wound not to be serious.
can travel"
Better rest for yet time" said
Kitty. 1T will be the best medicine
for you. AS for myself. l purpose
now to go out and spy out the land"
She left him, making some excuse
to her peasant hosts, passed out from
the little cottage. She walked on stead
lily. not ill content after all, unth just
as she arrived at the edge of the for
est she noticed advancing from its
depths little party Of horsemen. who
were riding swiftly toward her on the
trail.
They came on at a gallop, foreign
looking men, richly clad, dark OF
yisage. equipped - though for To
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him. Had l met this gentleman" he
nodded toward Landozi, with whose
identity he was we'll enough acquaint-
ed. perhaps might have needed
greater argument"
"All is well that ends well. my good
Sachio!" exclaimed Count Frederick.
Be my guest instead Of my host. Ride
with me now to my own home and at
another day will return with you to
your hunting lodge"
"You know this lady?" asked Sachio
aside. nodding towards Kitty.
'But slightly" rejoined Count Fred
erick. And your"
But slightly" smiled Sachio. and
he told no more.
"Who is she" asked the captain Of
the troop, soto voce. of Roleau.
Il tell you all, my friends" answered
that sturdy soul. "She Is . highness
from abroad. an excellency. Take no
liberties here. She goes to the palace
she is to meet the king"
CTO BE CONTINUE0l
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face. She fell, stunned, at his feet.

face. She fell, stunned, at his feet.
you rufiian, what have you done!"
exclaimed hts master, as with thin
smile Grahame held up the chamois
bag.
But Count Frederick ripped it open.
took from it what he saw, and thrust
it into his pocket. Even as this hap
pened, the pursuing car was closing in
upon them. It was Roleau who sprang
from the seat and fastened forward,
revolver in hand. As he did so a
weapon cracked from the car Of
Count Frederick, and Roleau, STUN
bling, fell forward and lay still.
Come Grahame-Quick." An in
slant later they had taken possession
of the motor impressed by Roleau.
How long she remained senseless.
she herself scarcely knew, but when
Kitty stirred, raised her head, she
saw lying close beside her the figure
of the man who had sought to be-
friend her.
Kitty suddenly raised her hand to
her neck. The cord was gone. The
packet was missing.
When after time she ceased in q
useless effort to lug the heavy body
of Roleau into the shelter of the car,
she turned to gaze about her. She
paused, her gaze arrested. Yes, q
little caravan, apparently from some
far of land, and journeying hither
frankly enough across the neutral
ground between these two little king
doms.
The apparent leader of this little
caravan was reticent, dark-bearded
man. He advanced now quietly to-
ward the young woman.
THE lady is in distress? There has
been trouble here-robbers, bandits
your man has been killed, perhaps.
Yes, there are many such in this land,
between the two kingdoms. There is
no law here, mademoiselle. l cross
as you see, with my own men armed.
am. If you please, a merchant Of
Gfahoffen. Sometimes do a little
merchandising between the two king.
doms."
He pointed to the coat Of arms on
the door of the disabled car. "The
Count Frederick of Gretzhoffen has
been here"
"Aye, the Count Frederick! It was
he who left us here"
He made a gesture now to his at
tendants, and as some of them lifted
the limp form of Roleau, he himself
assisted Kitty to mound. A few mo-
ments later and the strange process
sion was again on it's way.
"Mademoiselle," said the leader at
length, as he drew up alongside, Il
must continue on into my own coun-
try. We are near the edge of it here.
At the little stream which lies just
beyond there is a house of a peasant
1T is but hovel and no fit place
for you, that is true. But even So
that is better either for you or for
your man.
They advanced now a little distance
farther, until within full sight of the
peasants little hut Radoz made signs
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Tins lying helpless in the sandy plain.
they themselves made all speed posi-
BILE back to the capital. In spite of
his regret at violence to a woman, ex-
ultation sat on the dark features of
Count Frederick.
Now, Grahame." he exclaimed. "at
last we have It,"
"Excellency." rejoined the other,
you have but half the coin. told
you where the two pieces were
where each was. One you have at last,
and after some trouble. But the other
is still in the possession of Michael
the king. He may not yield 1t easily"
with ease or difficulty. he shall
give it up" growled Count Frederick
I'VE will take it from him If need be. =
And straightway to the Royal pal.
ace of Gretzhoffen they Jared on, fast
as might be. There was no difficulty
in securing admission, for Count
Frederick was we'll known at the pal
ace, almost as the king himself.
King Michael II looked with Ger.
tain disapproval upon Count Fred
| ericks dusty clothes.
Il ask your majesty's pardon, but
| have had no time to arrange myself
in proper courtesy. My errand is ur-
gent But fancy you cannot guess
it?"
mot in the least. 1t could not be
that you wish to ask me again wha,
you asked me the last time you came
here-about the broken coin!"
Eyes, 1t was precisely that"
"Why, them"
"Your majesty has promised me
some little thing in reward for a Ger
tain service which I was able to rem
der not long ago. 1t was rude of me
to remind Of that-but suddenly there
came up need for some little trinket
some jewel-some oddly. You
majesty, I wish it for lady, and my
| jeweler told me he could make o.
this broken coin"
There is a woman in it?" The
puffy eyes of the king showed inter
est now.
ITO be sure-there is always {
woman"
why not then a pearl, a sapphire
diamond perhaps? Take as yol
like" He waved an Indifferent. pudg
hand toward a cabinet. Michael tn
Second keeps all his promises"
But why not the coin, your ma.
esty?"
"You persist? So do I. I sugges
that for a lady-and you say there !
a lady-you make some gift more fl
ting. I have explained to you tina
the coin is not presently at hand. Blu
as I said, help yourself to something
that is better"
Count Frederick was a man of wi
quick enough to see that here was NJ
time to force an argument. Defeate
once more, he even accepted his de
feat. He stepped now to the littl
drawer which the king pulled open TO
him, and selected very modest littl
ring, which carelessly he dropped int
his own pocket.
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CHAPTER VII.
In the Desert.

In the Desert.
Convinced against her will, as she
hurried along in the grasp of the two
powerful men, that compliance would
serve her purpose better than resist
ance, Kitty Gray took her place on the
seat of the motor car.
""More and more admire you," said
the man at her side, as the motor
swung into it's speed. What wom-
an you are! If you would but give
me time"
You shall have all the time you
ask, Monsieur lie Comte!"
"Still, ponder as to your motive in
all this. 1t cannot be money"
Indeed it is money-in part"
"How much, mademoiselle?"
"A years salary-I have got much
at stake, on my word. Twelve hun
dred dollars, Monster lie Comte. 1t is
a fortune for me-"
Count Frederick flung himself back
upon the cushions and laughed long
and loud. Twelve hundred dollars"
said he. Twelve hundred dollars in
whole year, in an entire year? My
dear, give me the half coin you have
upon you, and l promise you shall
have twelve thousand dollars to spend
as you like each and every day of your
life, as long as you live. Come now,
| is it a trade? You said you came to
talk business"
For the first time now Kitty looked
about her, scarce having realized how
long their journey had been. So
great had been their speed that by
this time they had cleared the city
walls of Gretzhoffen and passed the
titled farmlands of the villages. 1t
was what was known locally as the
desert-a neutral ground, not titled
and incapable of successful tillage
which lay between the two kingdoms
of Gretzhoffen on the east and Grahof
fen on the west.
Whether it was the heat of the sur
which had expanded the air in the mo
tor tires, or whether there was some
sharp stone under the wheel, there
was no time to determine; yet sudden
| ly, with the usual riflelike report
there was an explosion of the tire
The car was practically helpless.
Kitty looked about her vaguely
fearfully, but as she bent from the
open window she heard in the dis
lance the chug of another motor, driv
en- rapidly, thrown wide open ant
coming forward at great speed
Quick! Grahame," the count de
manded This is your work. Sh'
has it on her person. You mlst-yes
you must take it at once"
AS he laid hand upon her, all tn
hot indignation of Kitty's. soul flamet
up. She battled as best she might
She defeated the man in his purpos'
of snatching at the string which h
saw suspended about her neck. Hi
suspicious were we'll; founded. for ono
more Kitty had concealed her portion
of the coin in little bag which sh'
carried thus. Bafiled. and knowing
that he had small time to finish hi
} work, Grahane at length raised daa
t.1dly hand and struck the sirl n Ia
-
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-09
SYNOPSIS.

Kitty Gray, newspaper woman, finds in
"a curio shop half of a 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
:0f the broken coin begin.
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CHAPTER TX.

King Michael u.
When Count Frederick and his &C
complete Grahame left their two vic
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-09
LIGHT WEIGHT MoToR-cAR
is AID TO GOOD ROADS
BY Roy D. Chaplin, Chairman Good
Roads Committee, National Automo-
bile Chamber Of Commerce.

To build and maintain good roads
would be comparatively easy and mex
pensive were we assured that the bulk
of their use would be by lightweight
automobiles 1t is from very heavy cars
and from trucks that roads receive
their hardest use. Boulevards and
parks where travel is restricted to light
travel require an astonishingly small
expense for upkeep. Moderate weight
on fairly large section tires should be
encouraged by all municipalities inter
ested in building and maintaining good
roads. To be sure this can hardly be
attained by legislative action but much
may be done by educational campaigns
tending toward the fostering of this
idea in the public mind. The oiled
roads of California are famous Yet
many of them cost but a nominal sum
TO build and maintain. Florida seems
recently to have hit upon method of
building a combination oil and sand
road that promises to reyolutioniZe
road building in that delightful State
| look TO see great improvement in the
construction Of cheap and excellent
roads in the near future. Could we but
be assured that only light weight mo-
tor cars would be used on them the
problem really is simple. Even good
dirt road however is a big improve
ment over the highways that usually
are found in the major part of the
United States, and a good dirt road
excepting in the very worst season of
the year can be had with the expen-
diture of practically nothing but a lit
tie labor. The King split-log drag can
be made by any one with the expendi-
ture of almost no money and very little
time. and its regular use by those do
ing roadwork in any community will
vastly improve even the poorest of dirt
roads. L is perhaps too much to ex-
pect that concrete or brick roads could
be laid through all the rural districts
but 1t is not too much to expect that
the cheap Improvement of roads that
already exist. is something which
should be taken up by every munich
pality. What is needed is not so much
money as it is energy. and Willingness
to improve the roads. The fact that
very many farmers are buying auto
mobiles is big assistance, because no
sooner does farmer become possessed
of a motor car than he realizes as he
never did before the advantage of the
good road and the ease with which it
may be constructed and maintained
AdVt
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BOUTS THIS WEEK

TUESDAY-Gilbert Gallant VS. Phil
Bloom. Brooklyn; Freddie welsh vs.
Young Shugrue. New York: Frankie
Mack VS. Walter Mohr. Albany Ernest
Mcintyre vs. Tom Moore. Houiton. Me !:
Sailor Granda VS. Dick Gilbert. St Jo-
seph: Johnny Munice VS. Kid Rosch.
North Adams; Jack White VS. F. Whit
ney, Atlanta.
WEDNESDAy-Phil Brock KS Palsy
Drouillard, Windsor: Leach Cross vs.
Young Gradwell, New York
THURSDAY-Howard McRae KS Tom
my Carson, Lawrence Frank Manten VS.
Tom Mccarthy, New York; Sam Rohi-
deau VS. Frankie Callahan, st. Louis
FRIDAY-Arthur Simons VS. frankie
Burns and Matt Brock VS. Bob Reynolds,
New Orleans; Carl Morris VIZ Al Norton
Kansas City; Joe Sherman vs. Tom Gary.
Joe yelling We Bob Seaman, Kenosha
Joe Palmer VS. Ed Ketchel Chicopee:
Bombardier Wells VS.; Dan McGoldrick.
Plymouth, Eng; St. Patricks IA. s.,
Brockton, amateur bouts; Jack CTwin)
Sullivan VS. One Round Davis and K O.
Bremen Us Soldier Bartfield. Buffalo.
SATURDAY-Norwood Press, Norwood,
amateur. bouts; Johnny. kilbane VS. Eddie
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RICHMOND

The Colonians ID of Bath will play the
Richmond basketball five next Thursday
evening al the Opera house
Mrs. Louisa B, widow of Ephraim L.
Farrin, died last week at her home in
Everett. Mass. Both were former ma
tives of this town.
Elder Hiram Mains Of Portland preach
ed at the Universalist chapel Sunday
morning.
c. A. Potter was called TO Providence,
r. /, last Friday. having received word
of the death of his sister, Flora NJ. Pot
ter.
During the year of 1914 there were Is
marriages, 20 births and AZ deaths in the
town of Richmond.
Frank Millay and family Of Bowdon
were recent visitors in town.
Mrs. John Hutchinson is visiting her
daughter, Mrs Hanson in Augusta. {;
Mrs. I. A. Smith returned home Fri!
day from visit of three months with
her son in Fittsfield y. II.
Mrs Leon Ladd OF Rumforl is visiting
at the home OF her father, William Fair
changh.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church will meet with Mrs. l. S. Sher-
bourne. Front street next Wednesday
afternoon.
Leslie !. Williams Of Boston spent
Sunday with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Minot Williams on North street.
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THORNTON ACADEMY'S
BASEBALL SCHEDULE

Saco, Me. Feb S.-The schedule of
games to be played by the Thornton
Academy baseball team has just been
completed by Manager Earl Morrow;
The season viii open here April Il.
and close June u. Eighteen games
will be played.
April 17-Coburn Classical Institute
at Saco.
April 19-Westbrook Seminary at
Westbrook.
April 2l-Souih Portland high at
South Portland.
April 24-Cony High, Augusta. at
Saco. tpcnding).
May l-Newburyport high al Saco.
May 5-Deerins high at Saco.
May S-Brunswick high at Bruins
wick. ,
May l2-Westbrook high at West
brook.
May 15-South Portland high .at
Saco.
May NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. high at Saco
May 22-Gardiner high at Saco
(pendine)
May 26-Portiand high at Saco.
May 2s-Morse high at Saco,
May Sl-Brunswick high at 'Saco.
Sacc.
June Morse high al Saco.
June 9-Dover, y. H, high at Do
Yer. (pendinC)
June 12-North Berwick high at
Saco pending)
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New York Produce Market


New York. Feb. s.
FLOCR-Unsetued; spring patents 7ie
@7M; winter patents 740d765: winter
straights 72sd75o: Kansas straights 1909
$50
WHEAT-Spot weak: No. . red and No.
? hard 172, all rail elf track export; No.
northern Duluth 112k and No. ] north
ern Manitoba 1SS elf Buffalo.
CORN-Spot easy; No. yellow S0s elf
oATSspot steady: standard s4da; No.
9 white Ssa@S4; fancy clipped white S5sd
PoRK-steady; mess 2o@el; family 225o
ga; short clear aG23
BEEF-steady; mess 2lG2s; family q
LARD-Easy; middle west lo5oaloso
BCTTER-Steady: receipts 5os2 tubs;
creamery extras, 81 score, s4s9ss; cream
cry higher scoring a5hG36; firsts 3laS4
seconds 2s@Soa: state dairy finest Ssas2s
as; ladies' current make firsts 2SGess
seconds. 2sg2as; packing stock current
EGGS-Unsettled receipts 700 cases
frsts q: frsts 2s.; seconds 253q2e: state.
Pa. and nearby hennery whites fne to
fancy 33.; do. gathered whites 2saS2; do
hennery browns 27sG2s: do; gathered
POTATOES-Weak; Bermuda No. Dbl
6@7: Maine l5oQ17o: Long Island 100; state
10oal5n
SUGAR-Futures were firm and active
again today on scattered trade and com
mission house buying. The closing was
firm il 10 p points higher Sales aoJt
tone. Feb. 3SS, May 400, July 400. Sept
as: raw sugar firm: molasses 400; centrif-
ugal Az; refined firm . points higher
cut loaf 6s5: crushed $50: mould A s2o;
cubes 600; xxx powdered $50; powdered
5S5; fine graduated SIS; diamond a $50;
confectioners A Sos; No. $50.
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MARKET REPORTS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, Feb. S-Substantial recov-
cries from recent low prices were nu-
merous in the course of today's irregular
stock market, but the movement was
mainly in specialties which have little
or no public following. Such shares as
Central Leather, American Cotton Oil.
the Petroieums and Motors, and a few
affiliated issues rose one to two points.
American Smelling and National Lead
were unusually active and strong, their
rise. according to report. being based
on improved trade conditions. Sugar
shares also made further recovery on
advance in the refined product. Bethle-
hem Steel Wrested the leadership from
United States Steel in the Industrial di-
vision, rising over three points to 5is,
a new high record, on steady absorp-
ton United States Steel was firm
throughout the session, resumption OF
full operations at the Gary plant being
accepted as a measure of the improve
nlent in that industry. Despite the large
orders placed with equipment companies
since the beginning of the year, shares
of some of these concerns were conspic-
uously weak. American Locomotive pre-
points to its new minimum of So Other
stocks to fall TO their established low
levels included Baldwin Locomotive pre-
ferred and common, Seaboard Air Line
preferred and Southern Railway preferr-
ed. After the close Of the session the
movement in the latter stock was reduc-
ed two points to IS. Canadian Pacific was
the center Of interest in the railway
group by reason of the many rumors
current in connection with the dividend
The stock f1uctuated over three points,
closing at its best price and being imme-
diately followed by announcement of the
regular dividend. Reading ana the Pa
cifcs were under bear pressure but clos
ed with a firm undertone.
Foreign exchange made a new low rec
ord, cables on London selling under last
weeks quotations. Business for London
and the Continent was nominal The
plethora Of money at this center was
seen in the reduction Of four months
money TO IS cents.
Bonds were irregular, some of the i'm
portant issues showing heayiness Total
sales, par value. aggregated 81 90S. 900.
United States registered rs declined per
cent. on call.
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SMALL FARMS NEAR AUGUSTA

EallowelI and Gardiner. Several bargains
II closed out within a short time. Amos
H Higgins Agency, East Side. Augusta.
Tel GAR sept3D1:f
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Boston Produce Market

Boston, go. 8
BEEF-Whole cattle 1lsG12
BRAN-Spring 2s775d 2s25.
BUTTER-Not S2aGS3; western q
@32s.
CHEESE-New York twins 17a@1s
CORNING. yellow 81.
EGGS-Choice 32@S3; western 29@32.
FLOCR-Mill shipment. spring patents,
175dS25.
HAY-No grade 2150@2150
LAMBS-Spring "a.
MIXED FEED-30G33.
OATS-No. clipped white g..
PORK-Medium backs 2425
POTATOES-95Ql per two-bu bag.
SUGAR-Granulated 70 Dbl. lots, so.
EEAL-SMl5.
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New York Stock Market

INDC STRIALS y. Y.