The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-01-14

to tho rendezvous O. the apacl ce--
yes. yes-by whola?-whyo He In
there now, perhapa?-Ah, bah, What
name at officers ere you? Whai Is
your Plan in ali this--to have sin
killed by thieves In turn
Count Frederick PAUSED to hear TO
more, but flushed guilty. over It's
ea~vesdropping retracsd his steps d,tp
the hall and sougiT more deco,uvE
means of meeting the young wonsin
whom he wished to- sen. But even -
he did SO he reflected that from Il
detached exclamationy he had bea,a
surely she was p'anniig yet other AL,
ventures. If Roleau lad been here
if he had been followed away by ila
police toward the thieves headqua-.
ters-surely this %undfunted girl woui1
in turn do what she could to reSsus
him. If so, once nfore she heraaif
would need assistance.
Count Frederick slipped to II s.te
in the hotel lobby ana bided his time.
1t was as he though. Before tray
Kitty fastened through the lobby and
cut toward the street. Evidently slae
had paused to make no more tam
slight changes in her toilet. Beyond
question the purpose IL her mind y:ss
to find Roleau.
Count Frederick strolled to. ard
the desk and nodded Pleasantly t. tho
questioning clerk "Yes," said he. i
was SO fortunate"
He did not pause 10 say defnits;y
IN what way he had been f%ortunat.,
b,tt. unhurried, strollaA down the steps
into the street, inters on nothing so
mich as upon discovering what Kitty
Gray text would do.
It was now a curfcys rain that Of
these persons engag1N in the search
for the MYSTERIOUS erin. Roleau had
indeed found an occur ant in the room
Of his mistress wb N he fastened
thither the moment se was released
from csutody. Thai occupant. how.
over, was not his Mistress, but an.
other-none less thar & member of the
apache band who had held her apart
ments under espionage. Roleau, hid
ing himself, waited for the appearance
of the Observation-Disclosures him out from
the hall into the street. This had
been but the moment before Kitty's re-
turn. The project had ordered Ro-
leau's discharge by telephone from
the palace, almost as she was leaving.
and both she and Roleau had fastened
to the hotel.
Now, as Kitty emerged, followed By
Count Frederick, yet another one Of
Blake's underworld band stepped out
from his hiding pace and followed
Count Frederick himself. And ell 1T
these, each was in pursuit Of the COW
eted G~retzhoffen coin.
As for Roleau, his man made rapid
progress, and 1t val not long before
he had trailed him to the rendezvous
of the band which he himself previous
ly had learned. Undaunted, he
would have pursued the fugitive to the
inner chamber OF the rendezvous lad
not he heard a sound which ca.Asd
him to pause.
It was at this time that Blake, lead.
or of the band of thieves, Glanced to
return to the rendezvous. He hAd
passed part way into the subj srranNAn
passage when be looked on auend just
in time to see n Of his mex emerge
from the central room and NaEe !
spring at an intruder whom b lar
self at once recognized a. tho ~alAn
who at this very sceas easHar
had given him % desperate = Int.
tlerwho later had given hin tsto
| the hands of the law.
Thinking only q revenge now, Ma.
getting the coin. tie renegade tool@
whipped out ~ revolver anl A1ml
potn9 blank q kSloau.