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Sixty miles lay between them and
Crowndale. Tommy Gray guaranteed
that the distance could be covered in
three hours, eve over the vile noun.
tain roads. Ten o'clock would find
them at the Grand Palace, hotel, none
the worse for wear, provided (he al
ways put 1t parenthetically) they lived
to tell the tale! The luggage had
gone on ahead of them earlier i'm the
day.
Soon after ten o'clock they entered
the town of Crowndale. and drew IN
before the unattractive portals OF the
Grand Palace hotel. An arc lamp
swinging above the entrance shed q
pitiless light upon the dreary, Godfor-
saken hosiery with the ironic name.
Miss Cameron was warmly con-
scious Of the thrill that had come into
her blood when he carried her up the
stairs in his powerful arms. disdaining
the offer Of assistance from the sud
denly infatuated Tommy Gray.
Rehearsal at eleven sharp" an
nounced Rushcroft. "Letterperfect,
every one Of you. No guessing. BY
the way, Miss-er-'pon my soul, ]
don't believe I got your name?"
"Jones." said the new member,
shamelessly. >
Barnes went down to the dingy
lobby. A single, half-hearted electric
bulb shed its feeble light on the desk,
in front Of which stood a man regis
tering under the sleepy eye of the
night clerk.
Barnes was turning away when a
familiar voice assailed him.
Whirling, he looked into the face of
a man who stood almost at his elbow
the sharp, impassive face Of Mr..
Spr0use.
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FAMOUS
PEACE TREATIES
BY H. IRVING KING
TREATY OF BUCHAREST, 1913.
A Peace Treaty Signed Just Before the World War Broke.
BY III. IRVING KING
ght. 1918. by the Mcclure News paper Syndicate,

date and be quick about it. They did
so and an armistice was signed be-
tween Bulgaria, Serbia and Montene-
gro on one side and Turkey on the
other on December 8.
Greece refused to sign any armistfce
while Janina, the Albanian capital, re-
manned in Turkish hands, and contin-
ued to attack that city. The powers
hurriedly got together in a peace con-
ference in London. There was no
coming to terms with Che Turk, and on
February g., 1913. hostilities were re-
sumed. The Greeks captured Janina,
and the Bulgarians drove in the Tcha-
talja line. A Bulgarian and Serbian
army took Adrianople with the Turk
ish commander and 10000 prisoners.
Scutari in Albania was besieged by a
Montenegro and Serbian army, and
Greek men-of-war in the Adriatic were
cooperating with the troops.
Powers Could Not Agree.
The powers were frantic and could
not agree among themselves. But on
April 10, 1913, another armistice was
signed, and on May 30 the belligerents
signed at London a treaty Of peace
with Turkey. By this treaty Turkey
surrendered to the Balkan allies the
island of Crete and all territory on
the European mainland west of the
Enos-Midia line, and left the ADJUST
ment of the Albanian frontiers and the
disposal of the Aegean islands to the
powers, which meant that Turkey gave
up all her European possessions ex-
cept Constantinople and the country
Immediately back of it.
But the ink on the treaty was not
dry when the Balkan states began
to quarrel with each other over the
spoils.
Thirty days after the treaty of LON
don had been signed they were all at
it again, with Roumania now playing
a part. The Bulgarians attacked the
Greeks in the Panghaion district and
fought a three days battle with the
Serbians, ending on July 80.
Bulgaria Declares War.
Three days later Bulgaria declared
war against Greece and Serbia, and
Montenegro declared war upon Rulga-
ria. Roumania declared war against
Bulgaria on July 10, and Turkey at
the same time sent an army forth and
captured Adrianopre without trouble.
The Bulgarians stubbornly resisted
the advance of the Greek army north,
but King Constantine pressed on
toward Sofia. The Montenegrins and
Serbs hurled back the Bulgarians in
the west, and King Ferdinand sued
for peace.
: And now a new arrangement of the
belligerent Balkans is in progress.
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TREATY OF LONDON 1881.


all In revolt. The Car, alarmed at
what he considered the spread of a
revolutionary spirit, called upon the
other powers to interfere and prom
lsed Il contingent of 10000 troops.
Prussia massed her troops on her west
ern frontier and France announced
n a any movement Of Prussian troops
into Belgium would be met by a sim
liar movement on the part of the
French. A conference of the five great
powers was then sitting in London to
settle the question Of Greece. France
proposed that the Belgian question be
submitted to the conference. The
Polish fnsurrection, which now broke
out, gave the Car all he could attend
to at home, Austria was harassed by
the Italian question and Prussia was
tuily occupied in guarding her eastern
frontiers. So England and France
were allowed to have their way, which
was the way Of Belgian independence.
Failed to Settle Trouble.
The congress of London issued sew
eral protocols intended to settle mat
tiers but failed to do go. One STUN.
bling block was Luxembourg, which Hol-
land refused to give up and Belgium
claimed; deputies from that duchy sit
ting in the new national assembly.
Prince Leopold Of Coburg was offered
the Belgian crown but refused to ac-
cept it until matters were settled more
to the liking Of the B%elgians. The
Dutch refused to evacuate Belgium
and a French army marched in, the
Dutch retiring before it.
On November Is, 1881, the represen.
tatives of the great powers and Bel
GUM signed the treaty Of London. BY
this instrument a part of Luxembourg
was given to Holland and the rest left
in the Belgian hands professionally"
Belgium, it may be remarked, con.
tinued to hold the duchy until 1890.
The province Of Limburg was given to
Holland and the boundaries of Belgium
established practically as they are to-
day. The king of the Belgians was
recognized and the neutrality of the
kisgdom solemnly guaranteed
The Gar would not ratify This
treaty, although his ENJOYS had signed
1t. until the next May, when he did m.
But now King William Of Holland
baked. he refused to evacuate Ant.
werp. which was bedeged and taken
by the French %thereupon. It was not
until 1880 that King William decided
to accept fate. HAVING doro =. -
abdicated and the Belgian question
was settled to reappear In a more
! tragic form SO years later.
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The boundaries which those chronic
disturbers Of the peace, the Balkan
states, had before the recent world
war were established to them by the
treaty. Of Bucharest signed at the
Roumanian capital on August 6. 1913.
by representatives of the said states
and Greece. That treaty closed two
wars. practically, n in which the Bal
kan states were united in fighting Tur-
key and one in which they were fight
ing among themselves. BY 1910 the
Bulgar and Greek bands in Macedonia.
which had been quite as likely to mas
sacre each other as to massacre the
Turks, had got together for the pur-
pose Of devoting all their efforts
against the commo enemy. Then
trouble broke out in Albania and the
Serbians sent their irregulars to help
the Albanians against the Turks.
1t was the same old story Of the Bal
kans being "af1ame" again. In March
OF 1912 Greece. Bulgaria, Montenegro
and Serbia came to an understanding,
agreeing to bury their mutual animosi-
ties temporarily and combine against
the Turk. ROumania stood aloof. The
Porte. alarmed, promised reforms, in Al
bania and Macedonia. Turkey also IN
nounced that she would hold army ma
neuvers near Adrianople.
Began to "DipIomatize."
The great powers began to "diplo-
matize." to prevent a war. Germany
and Austria declared that the status
quo in the Balkans must be MAIN
tanned, and Austria modified her
army. But the wild nations of the
Balkans had got out of hand, and
little Montenegro, on October s, 1912,
declared war against Turkey. On Oc-
tober II Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia
issued a Joint declaration to the same
effect. A Bulgarian army Of 100000
men occupied Mustapha Pasha on Oc-
tober 10, Kirk-Kilissen on the 24th and
invested Adrianople on the 9th. Two
days later was fought the sanguinary
battle of Lule Burgas, the chief battle
OF the war, with a front of % miles.
In this battle the Turks lost $4,000
killed and wounded and 5000 prison.
ers, while the Bulgarians lost $4,000
killed and wounded. The Turks now
fell back upon the Tchatalja forts, the
last line of defense for Constantinople.
Meantime the Serbians had swept
into Macedonia and were driving the
Turks before them with heavy losses,
while one part of their army was sent
to join the Greeks ut Snloniki and an
other detachment to help the Montene-
grins. The Greeks, coming up from
the south, routed the Turks in several
engagements and finally captured Salo-
niki. Turkey asked the powers to me-
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No. 30. Act like a man with brains.
I said I would square myself with you
and with him. too. Well. I've done
both. Maybe you think 1t is easy to
give up this stuff. There is a half-mil-
lion dollars worth of nice little things
in that tox, small as it u.s."
II cannot, begin to thank you
enough" said Barnes. "See here, you
must allow me to reward you in some
way commensurate with your"
"Cut that out" said Sprouse darkly.
"I'm not so virtuous that'I have to be
rewarded. I like the game. It's the
breath of life to me-"
~The time will surely come when I
can do YOU a good turn, Sprouse. and
you will not find me reluctant" said
Barnes, lamely.
"That's different. If I aver need a
friendly hand I'll call on you. It's only
fair that I should give you a tip,
Barnes. just to put you on your guard.
From now On, I'm a free agent. l want
to advise you to put that stuff in a
safe place. I'll give you two days.
start. After that, If I can get 'em
away from you, or whoever may have
them, I'm going to do it. They will be
fair plumber from then on. Good
highland good-by for the present.
Stick close to your room till morning
and then beat it with her for New
York. I give you two days start re-
member"
He switched off the light suddenly.
There was no sound for many seconds,
save the deep breathing Of the two
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nicholas butted in at this unfor-
tunate j%uncture. He made the mis-
take of his life. Ugo jumped back into
his room. In less than a second he
was out again. He landed squarely on
! Nicholas back as the fellow turned to
escape. I saw the steel flash. Poor
old Nick went down in a heap, letting
out a horrible yell. Ugo dragged him
into the room and dashed back into
his own. A moment later he came out
again, yelling for help. There was
only one thing left for me to do and
that was to get out on the roof If pos
sible, and wait for things to quiet
down. I got out through a trap door
and stayed there for an hour or 50.
"Well, to shorten the story, I final
ly took a chance and slid down to the
caves where I managed to find the
limb Of a tree big enough to support
me-just as If the Lord had ordered it
put there for my special benefit. (
was soon on the ground, and that
meant safety for me. I had heard Ugo
tell the others that Nicholas said the
man who stabbed him was yours truly.
Can you beat it?
"And now ONE the maddening part
of the whole business. He said that
the crown jewels were gone! The thief
was running downstairs when he stag
gered to the door. If we are to find
the crown jewels, my friend, we will
first have to find Prince Ugo. He has
Them"
II don't believe a word of this
yarn" said Barnes fatty. "You have
the jewels and"
"Look here, Mr.. Barnes, I'm not go
ing to d%ouble-cross you again. That's
ell over. I want to get that scurvy
dog who knitted poor old Nick. If you
can give me a lead, I'll try to u
Prince Ugo down. And If 1 do, we'll
get the Jewels"
eve? You amuse me, Sprouse."
"Well, I can't do any more than
give my promise, my. solemn oath, or
something like that. l can't give a
bond, you know. I swear to you that
If I lay hands on that stuff, l will de-
AVER 1t to you. Might just as well
trust me as Ugo."
"Get in the car" said Barnes sud-
denly. He had decided to take a
chance with the resourceful, indie
fatigable rascal. There was something
convincing about Sprouse's version Of
the affair at Green Fancy.
Barnes told him that he knew Of
Prince Ugo's fight. Sprouse looked
thoughtful for a long time.
$50 O'Dowd knows that 1 really was
after the swag, Ell? He believes I got
it?"
II suppose So"
"The only one who thinks I'm abso-
lutely innocent is Ugo, Of course-and
Mrs. Van Dyke. That's good"
Sprouse smacked his lips. i've got a
pretty fair idea where I can find Mr..
Loeb. 1t will take a little time-a
couple of days, perhaps-but sooner
or later he'll turn up In close prox-
unity to the beautiful baroness"
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XIX.

A Trip by Night and a Late Arrival.
Shortly after shutdown that eve
ming, the Rushcroft company evacu-
ated Harris Tavern. They were de-
layed by the irritating and, to Mr..
Rushcroft, objectionable behavior Of
two oficious gentlemen, lately arrived,
who insisted politely but firmly on
prying into the past, present and fu-
ture history of the several members of
the organization, including the new
"backer."
Barnes had devised a very clever
plan for getting Miss Cameron away
from the tavern without attracting un-
due attention. She was to leave in
one of the automobiles that he had en-
gagged to convey the players to
Crowndale, where they were to
"show." In case of detention or in
curry, she was to pose as a stage
struck young woman who had OBJ
tanned a place with the company at
the last moment through his influence.
When the hour came for the depar-
ture from Harris Tavern he deliberate
ly engaged the two secret service men
in conversation in the taproom. Miss
Cameron left the house by the rear
door and was safely ensconced in Pc
ter's automobile long before he shook
hands with the "rat-catchers" and
dashed out to join her. Tommy Gray's
car, occupied by the four players, was
moving away from the door as he
sprang in beside her and slammed the
door.
Peters efforts to stay behind Tom
my's venerable but surprisingly ener.
getic car were the cause Of many a
gasp and shudder from the couple who
sat behind him in the bounding car.
He had orders to keep back of Tommy
but never to lose sight of his tail light
Are you there" he whispered.
eyes. Isn't it jolly, running away
like this? 1t must be wonderfully ex
citing to be q criminal, always dodg
ing and"
"Sh! Even a limousine may have
earsw
But If the limousine had possessed
a thousand ears they would have beer
rendered useless in the stormy racke,
made by Peters mufler and the thun
derous oar of the exhaust as the cal
got under way.
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The treaty by which the present
kingdom of Belgium was created and
it's neutrality guaranteed was signed
at London on November Is, 1881, by
the representatives. of Austria, Prus-
STA, France, England and Russia. 1t
was, in fact, not merely one "scrap OF
paper'' which the Germans tore up
when. they invaded Belgium in 1914,
but two-for this neutrality guaran-
teed by the treaty of 1881 was re-
affirmed by Germany at the beginning
of the Franco-Prussian var Of 1870 ut
the demand Of England. The congress
of Vienna, after Napoleonic wars, had
constituted Belgium and Holland one
country under the House of Orange.
But the Belgians were never content to
be under the crown of Holland and
when the French revolution of 1880
which placed Louis PHILIPPE on the
throne took place the Belgians were
inspired to q successful revolt which
was directly impelled by the events
Of July in Paris. The laws of Holland
were generally unfavorable to the Bel
gians; the Belgians were not proper
tionately represented in the legislature
and there was, besides, the difference
in language and religion of the two
sections. Although the Belgians spoke
French, Dutch was made for them the
official language of the courts and only
Dutch was taught in the schools. Long
before the revolution in Paris an ag:-
tation had been going on for a separate
administration for the Belglans.
Began to Shout for France.
On August $, 1880. while the people
of Holland were supposed to be cele-
brating the kings birthday, a revolu-
tionary piece was performed in the
opera house in Brussels. Stirred by
the dramatic representation the audi
ence began to shout for France and
against Holland. The cries were heard
IL the streets and repeated and a riot
ensued. Then some one hoisted over
the city hall the old standard of
| Brabant and the riot turned into a
revolution. In a few hours Brussels
was In the hands Of the revolution
aries. The revolution spread to the
country like wildflre. The revolution
lists made a proposal to the king that
he should submit to the states-general
a proposition for separate governments
for Belgium and Holland under the
House of Orange. The king promised
and fulfilled his promise.
A provisional government was estab-
ished In Brussels which declared Bel
gian independence and called upon all
Belgians serving in the Dutch army to
return home. The provinces were now
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"You take this one" said Barnes,
land I will manage the other" He
was in q hurry to get away from the
house. There was no telling when the
government agents would descend
upon the place.
Barnes helped Peter to lift the
trunks into the car and then ordered
him to start at once for Harris Tav-
ern.
"You can return later on for your
things" he said.
II got 'em tied up in q bundle in the
garage. Mr.. Burns" he said. "Won't
take a second to get ZEN out" He
hurried around the corner of the
house.
A dry, Quiet chuckle fell upon
Barnes ears. He glanced about in sur
prise and alarm. No one was in sight.
"Look up, young man." and the
startled young man obeyed. His gaze
halted at u window on the second
story, almost directly over his head.
Mr.. Sprousc was looking down upon
him, his sharp features fixed in a sar-
donic grin.
swell, I'll be d" burst from
Barnes lips.
Surprised to see me, eh? If you're
not in a hurry, I'd certainly appreciate
Il lift as far as the Tavern, old man.
I'll be down in a jiffy. Stand aside!
I'm going to drop" A moment later
he swung yer the sill, and dropped
lightly to the ground eight feet below.
"See. here, Sprouse or whatever
your name is"
Better hear me out" broke in
Sprouse cal1nly. II could drill a hole
through you SO quickly you'd v
know what did it," he went or His
hand was in his coat pocket, and a
quick glance revealed to Barnes a sin
gularly impressive angle in the cloth,
the point Of which seemed to be direct
ed squarely at his chest. "But I'm
not going to do it. l just want to set
myself straight with you. In a word,
I never got anywhere near the room
In which the jewels were hidden. This
is Gods truth, Barnes. I wasn't the
only one who was trying to get the
baubles, my friend. 1t was a game in
which only the best mar could win"
Il know the truth now about Room
and Paul." said Barnes significantly.
"You do?" sneered Sprouse. 'Ill
bet you a thousand to one you do not.
The girl was led to believe that they
were a couple of crooks and that they
fixed ME in that tavern down there.
Isn't that what she told you? Well,
that story was cooked up for her spe-
cial benefit. Room was the Baron He'd
lund. Hedlund came up here a week
or so ago to keep a lookout for his
wife. The baroness is supposed to be
deeply enalnored of Prince Ugo. He
found letters which seemed to Indicate
that she was CLAIMING to join the
prince up here. When he heard Of the
arrival Of a lazy at Green Fancy the
other afternoon. he got busy. l admit
that I am tbs gentleman who tele-
phoned the warning up to the prince.
They tried to head the baron and his
man off at the crossroads, but he
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beat them to it. If there was to be q
fight, they didn't want it to happen
anywhere near the house. I believe
Ugo is the one who got the baron-or
Room, as you know him. Now, that is
the true story Of the little affair.
ITO 60 back to my W troubles.
When I got out into the hall night be-
fore last, after leaving her room, 1
heard voices whispering in Prince
Ugo's room. l beat it up the stairway
into the attic. Nothing happened, so
I sneaked down to have a peep around.
The door to Ugo's ROOF was open, but
there was no light on the inside. He
zane to the door and looked up and
down the hal. Then some one else
came out and started to sneak away.
/ leave you 70 guess the sex.
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CHAPTER Xxx.

Inc FIRST "dy1arer da8 one treasure
Thrust Upon Him-And Forthwith
Claims Another.
"What are you doing here?" de-
manded Barnes, staring. He seized
the mans arm and inquired eagerly:
"Have you got the jewels?"
mo; but I will have them before
morning" replied Sprouse coolly.
"Would you be surprised If I we're to
tell you that his royal nibs is hiding
in this town? Well, he certainly is.
The Baroness Hedlund has been here
for a week or ten days. She goes by
the name Of Mrs. Hasselwein. Popped
down here this afternoon and found
out that she is at the sanatorium, but
that she expects to leave tomorrow
morning. I made another trip out there
this evening and waited. About eight
o'clock Mr.. Hasselwein strolled up. He
sat on the veranda with her for half
an hour or so and then left. I fol-
lowed him. He went to one of the
little cottages that belong to the sana-
forum. I couldn't get close enough to
hear what they said, but I believe he
expects to take her away in an auto
mobile early in the morning. 1t is a
s%eventy-mile ride from here to the
junction where they catch the train
for the West. I'm going up now to
make a call on Mr.. Hasselwein. BY
the way, what is the number Of your
room?"
"Twenty-two-on the next floor"
"Good. Go upstairs now and I'll join
you in about ten minutes. I will tap
three times on your door,"
"Why should you come to my room,
Sprouse? We can say all that is to be
said"
IF you will look on the register you
will discover that Mr.. J. Fl. PrOsser
registered here about half an hour
ago. He is in ROOF 80. He left a call
for five O'Clock. Well, Prosser is an
other name for Ugo., He left the cot
tage an hour ago. Came in q jitney or
could have got to him on the way
over"
Barnes, regardless Of consequences,
dashed over to inspect the register.
Sprouse followed l%eisurely.
"See" cried Barnes, excitedly, put
ting his finger on the name "Miss
Jones'" "She's in room 32-next to
his. BY CAD, Sprouse, do you suppose
he knows that she is here? Would the
dog undertake anything"
"Eou may be sure he dosen't know
she's here, or you either, for that mat
ter. The country's full of Joneses and
Barneses. Go on upstairs. Leave
everything to me-"
Barnes had been in his room for
twenty minutes before he heard the
tapping on his door. He opened It and
Sprouse slid into the room. The in
slant the door closed behind him, he
threw open his coat and coolly pro-
duced a long, shallow metal box, such
as one finds in safety vaults.
with my compliments" he said
dryly, thrusting the box into Barnes
hands. "You'd better have the coun-
tess check them up and see If they're
all there. l am not well enough &C.
quainted with the collection to be
positive"
Barnes was speechless. He could
only stare. open-mouthed, at this
amazing man.
my God, Sprouse. have you been
In that mans room since I saw you
down"
"Al you have to do is to keep quiet
and look innocent. Stay out Of the hall
tonight Don't 60 near the door Of