The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
CHATTER XVIII.

CHAPTER xxvliL
Means - On End.
Kitty, lett alone once more, found
herself in better heart than she had
bsen but now. AZ least, shs had seen
Rolsau-had found once morv proof
Of his faithfalnas and his efficiency.
Surely he would help her to escape yet
again. And % for Sachio-better he.
OF whom she knew something, than .
stranger OF whom she knew nothing
at all. OF late despair had been kneck-
ing ct her heart In such fashion that
tho summons OF opportunity found no
hearing. but now she began TO plan
nee more.
She sought to study the exits Of the
apartment in which she found herself
There were two doors. 20 It seemed.
both fastened. She pushed stroAsiy
at one; Il opened before her. She
stood once more face to face With
Count Sachio. the hooking consptra.
tor who had OF late had 50 much to
do with her own miSfortunesi
"Mademoiselle!" said he. Il Am 20
pleased"
For myself" rejoined Kitty indig.
nantly. Il was never 90 much dis
pleased as I am now. So the gentle
men Of this country in this way show
their quality-in their treatment Of
women? compliment YOU"
your words are at least better than
your absence. mademoiselle-I like
neither"
And what Of me! What shall
say OF q man who treats me as . GRIM
inal? Nay, criminal would be treat
ed better in. my country-he woald
have . trial. There woud be process
Of law. observance Of the law. Is the
habeas corpus writ q thing unknown
in this country-hAve the people never
yet wrung that right from the hands
OF tyrants? In my country there are
some %recourses which any citizen may
Your own country! Why did you
ever leave it. mademoiselle?"
"The reasons concern me alone, SIR"
Indeed. you mistake-they do not
concern you alone. We are many Of US
in this country also concerned with
them. We would that you never had
come from America. There are many
reasons moving to that And, indeed,
even ask your return to your own
country"
so. then, It was your message to
me that l got? Most melodramatio
Of you, Count Sachio-but by what
right do you demand my return?"
There are some large rights,
mademoiselle. which need small ex.
PLANTATION"
but which allow you to hinder me
II the performance Of my " duties
ask me to be unfaithful to my em.
Why, you ven ask me to
deceive the public-to present q coun-
Eerfeit-to pretend that l have done
what / have not DONE"
$50? And you cannot take such
good advice?"
mo. ] will not. To deceive, to pre-
Tend. to counterfeit-those are attrib-
utes Of your kingdom. not Of my orn
country, America. In my country We
have better standards-men and WON.
% alike-for which I heartily am
glad"
you haye q singing tongue, ma
said Count Eachio. red un.
der his swarthy skin. Perhaps It will
grow milder IL left unused. shall
leave you here-until you are willing
to say you r done with G~retzhcffen
and ready to return to your own cosn.
try. This land. mademoiselle, can
keep Its " secrets-it could even
close over the secret Of the disappear.
lnce OF . young woman-and leave
her fate = mystery. I trust that you
will reconcider what you have said"
. moment and he had left her once
more. Before he passed Though the
door she glanced beyond. The RON
was occupied. apparently. by his
friends-escape on that side wal I'm.
possible.
The other door still remained fas.
tened. Kitty turned to 1t with bur
intent-ustng a art learned
she was . schoolgirl. With no
better instrument than 1 hairpin. she
had seen wonders done at opening
locks.
Her brisk interchange OF compli-
ments with Count sachio had set her
pulses stirring onoe more. She want.
ID to get out-she wanted to escape.
ma she proposed to escape. Once
more tree. she admitted to herself, she
would DO willing enough to take tho
ADVICE which but now she had
Ioorned-willing enough . take ship
back home, to . the familiar ky
line OF her " city. TO nnd her own
place back in tho smoky and grimy
her own place In the hum and
Grind Of the old Newspaper. Row
rood It would seem 70 her now q 20
he faces Of the local room. ThsS
might char her al they liked. ~,
The would 80 back home.
And now, with schoolgirl Aneses II
tho employment Of the small instru.