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face. She fell, stunned, at his feet.
''You rufian, what have you done!"
exclaimed his master, as with thin
smile Grahame held UP the chamois
bag.
But Count Frederick ripped it open,
took from 1t 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 a time she ceased in a
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, a
little caravan, apparently from some
far off land, and journeying hither
frs III oh hn
ground between these two little king
doms.
The apparent leader Of This little
caravan was a 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, mademoiselIe. I cross
as you see, with my own men armed.
I am, if you please, a merchant Of
Grahoffen. 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, 81
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 peasant
it is but a howell 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 little distance
farther, until within full sight of the
peasants little hut, Radoz made signs
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CHAPTER VIII.
Court Sachio of Grahoffen.

Court 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, then?"
'Excellently! I am quite well.
find my wound not to be serious. /
can travel"
Better rest for yet time" said
Kitty. at 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 I'LL content after all. Until just
as she arrived at the edge of the for
est she noticed advancing from It's
depths little party Of horsemen, who
were riding swiftly toward her on the
trail.
They came on at gallop. foreign
looking men, richly clsI, dark or
visage. equipped as though for the
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him. Had l met this gentleman" he
nodded toward Landozi, with whose
identity he was well 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, uodding 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.
81 tell you all, my friends" answered
that sturdy soul. "She is q highness
from abroad. an excellency. Take no
liberties here. She goes to the palacs
-she is toTaeet the king
(T0 BE CONTINUED
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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.
Nov, Grahame," he exclaimed, Eat
last we have it."
"Excellency," rejoined the other,
"you have but half the coin. I 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 it easily,
with ease or difficulty, he shall
give it up" growled Count Frederick.
1--WE 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 a GER
tain disapproval upon Count Fred
erick's dusty clothes.
II ask your majesty's pardon, but
have had no time to arrange myself
in proper courtesy. My errand is ur-
gent. But I fancy you cannot guess
it,"
"Not in the least. 1t could not be
that you wish to ask me again what
you asked me the last time you came
here-about the broken coin!"
eyes, it 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. It was rude Of me
to remind of that-but suddenly there
came up a need for some little trinket
some \jewel-some oddity. Your
majesty, I wish it for a lady, and my
jeweler told me he could make Of
this broken coin"
There IS a woman in it?' The
puffy eyes of the king showed Inter
est now.
. D0 SuF6-tu0IO Is always q
woman"
"Why not then a pearl sapphire,
diamond perhaps? Take as you
like" He waved an Indifferent, pudgy
hand toward cabinet. Michael the
Second keeps all his promises"
"But why not the coin, your maj
esty?"
"You persist? So do I. I suggest
that for a lady-and you say there is
lady-you make some gift more fit,
ting. I have explained to you that
the coin is not presently at hand. But
as I said, help yourself to something
that is better"
Count Frederick was man Of wit
quick enough to see that here was no
time to force an argument. Defeated
once more, he even accepted his de-
feat. He stepped now to the little
drawer which the king pulled open for
him, and selected very modest little
ring, which carelessly ne dropped into
his own pocket.
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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-
cipaity 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
OF the broken coin begin.
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CHAPTER TX.
Ktpo Michael II

King Michael III.
When Count Frederick and his az
complete Grahame left their two VIC
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Kansas Woman in War Zone
By LUCIA THORNTON


imminent. made her days nightmares OF
gloom and this horror has been follow
ing her all during the course of the war
She writes that that would be almost
more than she could bear, and the
thought that someday in the near future
her beloved country might be fighting
her also beloved Germany is a ghost of
terror which haunts her continually
And so the first war Christmas passed
The year 1915 opened for her with
sufficient gloom but this was pierced by
some rays of hope. Her husband was
safe for the present, at least; things
were looking bright for the Germans;
the winter was mild and her baby was
a perpetual joy. Soon, however, she re-
cieved news from America, that over
here the Allies were expected to win,
and this caused not only apprehension
but alarm, for she knew that as far as
the real fighting was concerned, she was
not getting news of that. In her letters
at this time, she reiterates this question,
eff America wants peace SO badly, why
do they allow millions of dollars worth
of supplies and ammunition to be sent
to France and England?" No one has
yet answered that question to her sat
isfaction. Now and then she seemed to
get echoes of the German sentiment
against America, through conversations
and letters, and she writes as if the
Germans considered America as decid-
eddy partial to the Allies. This was but
another drop of sorrow in her cup. Dur
ing the summer OF 1915, she sends up a
continual hat he
before the winter, and her letters begin
to show glimpses of heart ache and sus-
pense when she feels herself neither
German nor American but only wife
The long separation is beginning to wear
on her nerves and the fear that her hus-
band will be sent to the trenches grows
on her daily. However, she still has
glimpses of cheerfulness in her writing
and seems to realize that she is not so
badly off as many others
In letter dated August 25th, she
writes to her mother the glad news that
her husband is to have a leave of abb
sence for ten days, and it is easy to
imagine the genuine joy which filed
her heart as she wrote. The thought
Of going through another long winter
without a sight of his face had been
SO bitter that the news of an ex-
pected furlough was sweet indeed
Then for several months, in fact until
December, she lived in a state of ex-
and disappointment. All
through September, October and Novem-
Der, one excuse after another was given
Why the leave could not be granted and
loout the same time the fighting became
more intense along the west front, SO
hat 1t was probable the leave would not
naterialize- This was bitter news to the
Waiting wife, but she bore it brayely.
nd in her letters home hints only now
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he commanded and rise in body the
minute he called on them
The progress of the war in Germany
during the past two years has shown
that in this one thing Mrs. Neidhart was
no false prophet
Because of the fact that Mr. Neidhardt
was nearing his fortieth birthday and
also perhaps because of his ability, her
husband was not sent to the trenches
but was put on guard duty on the boun-
dairy between Alsase and France All
during August and September of the
first year of the war, the letters coming
from Mrs. Neidhardt were filled with a
spirit of loyalty to Germany and graft
tude because of the safe place in which
her husband had been stationed, for
while he had barely escaped bombs once
or twice it was generally acknowledged
that the position of his regiment was
by far the least dangerous because no
active skirmishes were INDUCED in
During this period, Mrs. Neidhardt was
all German and the little cloud on her
horizon caused by the fear of a break in
the relations between Germany and
America was no bigger than a mans
hand.
Mrs. Neidhardt, we must not forget to
say was very pleasantly situated for
the turmoil of the times. Shortly after
the departure of her husband she had
gone to live with a rich American friend.
widow who had like herself become
Germanized through marriage The
two women and the baby lived in a
mil
Munich, and as far as material wants
were concerned they were supplied with
everything. Now, also, Mrs Nefdhardt
was receiving the Is marks per month
which the state paid to the wives of the
soldiers, and in winter this was in
creased to Is marks. She was pleasantly
situated and, up to the last word from
her, has never suffered hardships, like
thousands of others in the country were
doing. This fact has relieved her reIa-
t1ves in America greatly and has partly
reconciled them to the fact that she re-
fuses to leave the country for which her
husband fights.
At the first outbreak she was urged
to come home, but with true Kansas
pluck, and a wife's loyalty to a husband
she has issued her ultimatum, and that
is, that so long as the war shall last. or
so long as her husband is alive she will
remain in Germany, and no persuasion
has been able to move her, even though
the darkness of her days has been in
:reasing ever since
In October of 1914 Mr.. Neidhardt was
sent to Cambria, where the regiment was
yet to guard the entrance to the railroad
station, and as this was still safer than
he place he had quilted, his wife did not
ear for his life, and therefore escaped
he suspense which wrung the hearts of
IS many of Europe's wives during those
rying times The next month, however,
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TO most of the people of Kansas,
the war is thing of horror but

means nothing to US. 1t beats against
cur lives merely as the ocean tide beats
against our state borders. We know
that it is there, something vast and
awful and destructive, but no more ruff
ling the even tenor of our peaceful
days than the tales that our grand
fathers tell of the bygone time when
+ ansas was washed with blood. Per-
htps, If we listen to the story of a
Kansas woman to whom this war of
Europe is an everyday and vital thing,
we might be better able to appreciate the
black pail of woe which darkens the sky
of Europe, and for a few moments
understand just a little of how the
women of that country are being tor
tured from day to day.
To nearly all of the older settlers
of Kansas the name Wilder is familiar,
because of the life and work of D. w.
Wilder, of Hiawatha, Kans., who was
one of the foremost of the states sons
during the period just following the
Civil war. At that time he was ap-
pointed Surveyor General of both Kan
sas and Nebraska by the great Lincoln
and ably he filled the Office. In the
polit cs of the state he took a promi-
nent part until the day when he tired
of the strenuous life and entered into
his library where he found his greatest
joy and did his greatest work. 1.-THE
Annals of Kansas a book which is to
be found ON the Library shelves of
every loyal Kansan was the work of
his hand and brain, and during this
period of his life he also corroborated
with several of the most learned men of
his day in the nation and compiled
book of quotations which is now nation
ally used. Mr.. Wilder numbered among
his friends, Longfellow, Emerson, Low
ell and other literary men of that day.
His life was interesting and fruitful
and until his death, less than ten years
ago, he was most loyal son of Kansas.
His daughter Sarah, who was born
in Hiawatha, inherited a great deal of
his pluck and energy, as subsequent in
eidents will show, and in spite of the
fact that her life has been transplanted
to German soil, she is a faithful daugh-
ter of Kansas, and is daily undergoing
the torture of having her heartstrings
torn between loyalty to her adopted
country and the inherent love of her
native land.
Sarah Wilder is a graduate of the
Kansas University where she finished
in 1905, and while, like her father, she
was an allround student, her greatest
love was for music and her ambition
was to be singer. Immediately after
her graduation she went to Paris where
she studied for two years under the best
voice teachers of the French capital
There her cherished ambition took such
root in her heart that she determined to
become an Opera singer and therefore
.ent every energy toward this end From
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By LUCIA THORNTON

HdTlS SnG went TO MUNICH, the great
musical center of the old world, and
settled down to her work with a deter
mination which did credit to her fathers
memory. She was surrounded by a
musical atmosphere and her companions
talked music, for the very air of Munich
in those days was musical. Here it was
that she was destined to meet her great
sorrow and also her great joy. Her
teacher who was a professional trainer
of Grand Opera Singers and also a ia
nous musical director, was Kapellmeis-
ter Heinrich Neidhradt and a man very
prominent in the musical circles of the
city. From his lips she heard the words
that caused both her grief and her glad
ness. For after a year of training, he
was obliged to tell his pupil that her
voice would never be powerful enough
for Grand Opera work and that the best
she could hope to do would be concert
singing. But he also told her other and
p1easanter things it seems, for, in De
cember, 1912, the two were married and
settled down in Munich to life which
appeared all sunshine
Mrs. Neidhardt kept up her voice
studies and with her work and her hus-
band she was confident that she was the
happiest woman in the world. Munich
was a delightful city filled with people
who were interest d in the thing at
which her husband was a master She
was surrounded by numbers of fond
friends and her letters home to relatives
during this period breathe a spirit of
soul satisfaction which it is not given
to many women to possess She worked
by her husbands Size and all her days
were happy ones.
Thus sped on two uneventful but joy-
full years, and then on the very day when
it seemed that God had poured upon her
the utmost sweetness of his SMILE there
came the HORROR. Her son was born
on the day that war was declared in Ger
many, and her husband was called to do
service duty wh.n the child was but a
few days old. Scarcely before a CLEAN
of intelligence had lightened in the eyes
of his small son, the father shouldered
his arms and went forth to battle leav-
ing all he loved behind. From that time
only the fragmentary letters written by
Mrs Neidhardt which have reached her
relatives in America, have served to
show what the Kansas woman is living
The first letter to reach here
was dated August oath, 1914, and in this
message she writes of the splendid pa
triotism displayed by the German sol
diers- Her words breathe enthusiasm,
and it is easy to see that the cause of
Germany is very dear to her. For an
out and out American with the double
blessing of having been born, raised and
educated in Kansas, in sentiment the
most Democratic spot in the world, Mrs
Neidhardt gives what must be accepted
Is an unprejudiced view of the Kaiser
when she writes THE Kaiser is mag
lificent and the people are mad about
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Mr.. William Schmitz, a well known
young man of this section, left for
North Dakota. Friends and admir-
ers were sorry to see him go.
Mr.. Ernest Iverson has a fine or
gan for sale, but has no buyer.
Mr.. Ben Busse was guest of Mr..
Schmitz last Sunday.
Mrs. Ludwig and son, of Cincin-
natl, are here visiting Mrs. Stckler.
Mr.. Bill Benke called on his best
girl Sunday evening.
Miss Annie Schmitz is going out
horseback riding for her health.
Miss Helen Wentjes left last week
for Cincinnati.
Miss Barbara Russell has returned
home from Richmond.
Miss Agnes Schiller and Will Schu-
Ter spent a pleasant dinner with Mrs.
Stickler and family.
Mr.. Frank Wentjes has taken Mr..
Mill Schmitz's route.
Mr.. Schlappi sold farm to Mr..
Henry Jentsch at reasonable price.
Mr.. Ernest Pike, who is now in
Alaska says there is lots of profit in
chicken business, sind advises Mr..
Paul Ensslin to start into it.
The farmers of this section are
busy putting up new fences and re-
pairing those the storm had damaged.
Mr.. Emil Henzen has been busy
the pastweek sowing his spring crop.
Mr.. Ernest Stichlcr and Miss Ag-
mes Schiller; Misses Julia and Lizzie
Stichler, Nellie Schiller and Annie
Schmitz, were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Schlappi Sunday after
noon.
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