The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-01-28

sailing like some monster bird.
1t 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.
1T 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 hosJ. They have been
above our city-fv is a mercy II they
have not dropped bombs upon our
shipping"
Look" said sachi% He indicated
now the course OF tho pursuing aS:
craft, which, far from fosJwiyg them
directly, now swept aside in q great
tangent.
icy dI0 UOullu dlOO III IuC yoSACs
said Sachio. "It is not US, but yonder
boat they are pursuing. What does it
mean? Surely they can have marked
us under water or above-they g US
now, If they have eyes. But nJw they
evade us and pursue the boas which
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. 1t
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 nor
It had been Frederick's plan 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 were to lie
utterly broken, accepting their defeat.
And at the last instant, when he had
stepped into the seat OF the air craft,
he had been followed by one who
would not accept denial from him
the young American. 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 lei which thrust
up from the south.
The aeroplane for a time fell on
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 a 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, Il was wrong! At first / thought
some leader Of their aviation corps
had developed this raid today, but 1t
is not so. l told you that Count Fred
erick was dead. My eyes must have
deceived me. It is he, yonder! He
himself is guiding this pursuit. With
him there is another-a woman, your
majesty! It is none less than the
young American, who has been the
most dangerous enemy we yet have
met. They two-for what reason | am
not informed-are aloft together. Their
purpose I can only guess"
The rage of Cortislaw 10 was such
as left him silent.
"Your majesty" said Count Sachio
at last, lit must be as your majesty
reasons. But it is by sinking yonder
craft, not by saving it. that he a
most hurt u.s.. Yes, ! am convinced.
yonder is the coin. How they know It
how they guess 1t, l do 0 know.
More than once 1t would seem to me
that intuition rather than knowledge
has guided them in their plans. say
that yonder coin is bewitched and al
ways fights for Gretzhofen and not
for US"
The chase went on, and now under
such curious relations as left the three
vessels OF the surface. Of the subsurf-
ace and Of the air, drifting along, none
taking the offensive.
But though the giant air craft fol-
lowed close, seeming ever to hold the
yacht at its mercy, it made no OMEN.
sive movement; 1t seemed rather to
shelter than to ena the fleeing
vessel which steamed on 30 CALAMITY.
And in the rear of both, helpless, i'm
potent, with speed and naught but
speed at its disposal. came the sub
marine Of Cortislaw and his noble
man. Thus neither Of the three could
or would hurt another.
But Sachio's guess had been right.
The governing influence in Grstzhof-
fen affairs scarce wal q mach res
son % instinct, intuition womans
intuition. For he had h>en right-a
woman VA aloft. yon4er with the
pilot Of the air craft
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