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i fte Broken Coin Continued from Pkk 3 you may be sailing. Ask me not too many questions, and I will not inquire bt you, my dear captain, why you are now sailing with the king's yacht." This bold chance thrust went home. Roleau suspected now that the cap tain was sailing under orders of his own and for reasons of his own. The man hesitated now. "Well, then," said he, at length, "we have room, that is true. But as to refugees " "Call me no refugee!" said Roleau firmly. "I tell you, I am on business of importince, and care little where you go, save only that you take me hence, I can ray." By this time Roleau was aboard. The captain neither welcomed him nor repulsed him. He only shrugged his shoulders, and accepted some coins which Roleau placed in bis hand. CHAPTER LtV. By Air and Water. Poleau wakened at dawn. The ripple of water was In his ears. The yacht was under way. Soon it was out of earshot of all that went for ward at the wharves. None aboard mitht know what meant the little group of men who hurried here ar.d 1 the e along the water front, giving this order and that. "In the king's name!" one man cried. It was, Indeed, in the king's name, for now, shallow tinugh was his dis guise, none less than CortUlaw had joined Sachio In this last pursuit of the evasive coins. Hurried inquiry had convinced Sachio that Roleau had made his escape in this direction. As for Cortislaw. ho raged. "It Is nothing, your majesty." re joined the daunf 'ss Couut Sachio. "All is not ended till all is done. We shall not let them evade us. Come, we hnv craft of our owiu.. Here are r.ome of our fast boats. Would your majesty dare the submarine?" "I dare anything that another man dare," rejoined Cortislaw savagely. "Quick, then order the Erst boat ready." Now in truth ths nobleman and his sovereign were to embark In a novel undertaking. The long;, slim fish nosed craft, with its upright peri scope, received them. They heard the hatch clewed firm above them, heard the singing of the air pumps and saw the gray opaque wall of the water, not below them, but around them, above them, as at lor,"th the craft, obedient to the command of its otTcer, slid out from its slip ir.io the harbor and head ed forward a'ter what had been pointed ou to it as its prey. Part of the time submerged, most of . the time jun-bnakSag the surface with the deck, they sped on. When at length, with hatches open and access given to the deck, they s; d on. uasubmerged, close upon their quarry, none of them at f.rst b rd the curious humming which c..;..c on from the rear, none for the moment saw the vast shape which ap proached Horn beh.cd thttu and above. sailing like sei-ie monster bird. It ws 'Vint P.-.chio at length who turned, his attention arrested by the fanuiiar found of an air craft motor. "Look! your majesty," said he, turn ing and pointing. A sudden exclamation came from the lips of Cortislaw. "It Is frcm Cretzhoffcn!" he said. "Our own air cf , f t are not mobilized. I wrndiT v.ho planned that rr. id. 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 afeot never would he have had his air craft mov ing at this hour. They have been abovj our city it is a mercy if they have net dropped bombs upon our shipping." "Look!" said Sachio. He Indicated now the course of the pursuing ulr craft, which, far frcu ful. owing them directly, Bow swept aside in a great tangent. "They are bound also for the yacht!" said Sachio. "it is not us. but yonder bost they are pursuing. What does it re -an? Surely they can have marked us under water or above they see us now, if they have eyes. Eut now they evade us and pursue the boat which we pursue. What does it mean? And who is in command?" Slow enough would even keen-witted Count Sachio have been to guess the real answer to his own question. It 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 more. 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 sea which thrust up from the south. The aeroplane for a time fell off from the direct course held by the sub marine. Ahr:.d cf the wind and driven at top speed by lis own tremendous engines, it advanced in vast sweeps and swoops, at a speed incalculably 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 abeve them, "I was wrong! At first I thought tome leader of their aviation corps had developed this raid today, but It is not o. 1 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 I am not Informed are aloft together. Their purpose I can only guess." The rage of Cortislaw now was auch kl left him silent. "Your majesty." said Count Sachio at last, "it must be as your majesty reasons. But it is by sinking yonder craft, net by saving it, that he can most hurt us. Yes. I am convinced, yonder is the coin. How they know it how they guess It, I do not know. More than once it would seem to me that intuition rather than knowledge has guided them in their plana'. I say that yonder coin Is bewitched ana al ways fights for Gretihoffen and not fcr 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 to often-1 sive movement: it aeemed rather to j shelter than to menace the fleeing vessel which steamed on so gallantly. ! And in the roar of both, helpless, tin-j rotent, with speed and naught but ! speed at its disposal, came the sub-1 marine of Cortislaw and his noble 1 man. Thus neither of the three could ' or would hurt another. Hut Sachio s guess had been right. The governing influence in Gretzhof- , fen affairs scarce was ao much rea son as instinct. Intuition a woman's lntuit'on For he bad been right a , woman was aloft, yonder with tha , pilot of the atr iraft. "I: is a curious et.ase, mademol sc''.s " said Count Frederick, turning t the ecu. panic?, at his side and apeaklug so that his voice lould b heard above the loud drone of the en ; gmes. 'What have we gained? What do we know "" "Look! ' said she. "Look at them below us vuiider They want what wc want They pursue what we pur sue.' Why ' Heluve me. they know that the coin Is on ahead If they know It. why shouldn't we? Monsieur le comte. your ride this morning was an inspiration. The accident of following--what might have been the Hke of a tfsli. but was the flash of ' a submarine the accident of Beelng yonder clou l of smoke ahead that was fate fghtlng with us. Believe me. Rol.-ju is yoml'-r on that boat' Believe me. he has the coin. Fate is I lighting with us at last, I say. The ! end of ail our troubles Is at hand." As they swept forward, now near, now dropping off from the course of the speeding ac!it. always Kitty turned her glass upon the decks of the water ciaft. At length ah ! claimed: "It is ho' I see him. He la there, standing looking back. He has no glass. He- cannot recognize us now. Hut it Is he Ah! trust yonder faith ful sou! not to be traveling In vain. I am s ue. as though 1 saw it. that he , haa the coin with him there. I am sure, as though I saw him, that It is Count Suthio himself in yonder sub marine pursuing him. Come! Lit erally, we must fly." And fly they did. Moment after mo ment, hour after hour, until at length the smoko above Gretzhoffen harbor thickened, until the towers of the cathedrals and the palace appeared, until the shipping grew more distinct, until the long green slope of the coast fir'if. -I'lot'S showed to the eyes of Count Frederick, high above th level of the sea. "We will make it safely, made noddle." said Count Frederick, at last. "For some reason the lubma rlne does not attack, I do not know why. The three of us soon will be within reach of our own guns. I won der" The wonder of Count Frederick was not 111 placed. In a few moments they heard tho dull report of a 30-centl-meter piece of one of the coast bat terles saw the white cloud of amoke burst from the emplacement in front of the disappearing gun. On ahead they saw the white Bplash of the shell across the bows of the advancing yacht. "Wtmt do they mean?" exclaimed Count Frederick. "Ah. ! see. The yatch carries the ensign of the royal navy of Grahoffen! It Is armed. Our gjnners take It for an enemy. Now heaven send them bad aim for once!" A shot, and yet another followed bracketing the yacht between the ranges Count Frederick held his breath for what he knew would come. . Come it did. The yachi. struck full bv the Impact of a heavy shell, reeled, cireenp'!, half broke apart and began to settle by the head "It Is too bad!" exclaimed Count . Frederick; "sunk by our own men! Yonder yacht was coming to our har bor lor piute. tlou, carrying our own luan carrying our own fortune the Cretzhoffcn coin! And now all If lost'" He turned the prow of the air craft full toward the settling yacht. The wake of the submarine was no longer : visible. Then, what the men of the Greti hnfTen batteries saw what the men of the submarine might have seen had their periscope then been above the surface was tho swift volplane of the air craft which they ao long had followed. It Bwept down now like a giant bird, at a keen angle, as though Itself would dip Into the sea. Below It there swept the great anchor rope, : Its end whipping white here and there on the lops of the waves. "Ahoy. Roleau!" cried the voice of ! Count Frederick. Roleau looked up at this aummona from the clouds, and taw above the rail of the air craft he ao long had noted In wonder two facea that be knew and loved! A pnl nob nhiwifc Ms giant chest. Even bis callous aoul : was aTected. Out of the very deep they had come his master and tils i mistross-to aave him, when he ; thought all was lost! He lifted up his hands. The whipping rope coiled and turned, twisted thla way and that. But the ateady hand at the rudder of the air craft guided It atralght onward, downward. Roleau reached out, made a awlft grasp, felt himself awept free, off his feet An Instant later, hand over hand, he began hla ascent from what had been the extremest peril of ell life. (TO pfi mvret'imj PROGRAM OF THE r , People 1 and Rosemary Theatre 1 WHk of - F.tmwry 7 - U MONDAY. FEB. ? ' PARAMOUNT Biancha Sweet in "The Clue" IMP "Vanity, Thy Name la" . t. SDAT, FEB. 8 BKOADU Al 1-tAiLKL - me Supreme Test" starring Henrietta Cruasman. in bve 11 u. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9 VICTOR "Her better Self' with Giace Cunard Animated Weekly No. 202. hEsTOK "Hei bieauy iar:are" THURSDAY. FEB. 10 PARAauuii ' Kindling", presenting iiss lhbnolle Walker. L-K. tOMLliY Knock and Opportuni ties' with bi, he Kitcbie. FRIDAY, JAN. 11 LAME LIE "The Red Lie". Rupert .'jiili.n- NtSTuk "FiitveF u,j th Dance .u- cl: D SATURDAY, FEB 13 COLD SEAl- "The Broken Coin. " BIG U "Nan Good For Nothing" JOUR "Mr. Greens'a Mistake" ,'J!i!L L J i WASHINGS FOR STORES, BAZAARS, CHURCHES. Holiday Area la these while FUXKD WITH PEOPLE re asaally hole eaaata. LIGHT,' lnlamBiaale deaoradone ke Urea easy to start aad easy to tpra4. A match, a gaa flame. r a electric defect may do It. WATCH gas Jets! Decoratlona may be earned against tnem by air our renta. WATCH SMOKERS! Do not per mlt them to Hint cigars Inside build Inn. j Roanoke Rapids Power Company Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Save Your Money by Buying a Building Lot on EASY PAYMENTS Electrical Power for all Purposes at Low Ratei WE RENT DIRECT WATER POWER AT $15.00 Per HORSE POWER Per YEAR BREAKFAST FOOD - For the w hole family--FlNE FRESH and FULL of NU TRIMENT. Order your Favorite Kind from us, we will get it to you prompt ly and the rest of the breakfast also. Fruits in Season, Fine Coffees, Buck wheat, Sliced Bacon, Mack erel, Roe Herring and Shred ded Codfish. : Rosemary Supply Company Fine Groceries. Many Season-End Reduc tions are Now in Effect at The "Quality Store" Suits and Overcoats I .adits Coat Suits Rain Coats Umbrellas The Goods are all New. The price is but a minor consid eration - "ome in and make your selections. ROSEMARY Almost by the Time You Read his Advertisement SENIE'S Going Out of Business Sale Will End If you haven't already bought your clothing re quirements for the next six months, you owe it to your self to COME AT ONCE AND LOOK OVER THE WONDERFUL VALUES WE ARE GIVING IN Men's and Boy's Clothing Less Than the Cost of the Materials We can prove evory statement we make -We guarantee to save you V3 to Yon new and stylish clothes COME NOW OR NEVER-Saturday closes the Sale Senie Clothing Company Second S.rut ROANOKE RAPIDS The Motion Pictuiei of The Broken Coin are ihovtn at the Peoples Theatre and Rosemary Theatre. I Most people Appreciate Seeing What They Buy - That is the Advantage We Offer You We invite you to inspect our complete stock of Furniture and House Furnishing J We offer you the advantage of our Easy Payment plan. Come in and lets talk it over B. S. WEBB Exduttt Fumilurt Dtaler Telephone No. 563 Roanoke Rapids, N. C. We don't claim to lead the town on prices, but WE DO GUARANTEE TO MEET ALL PRICE COMPE TITION on an equal footing. We don't claim that our goods are the best because we sell them, but WE DO STAND BACK OF THE STATEMENT THAT WE SELL ONLY GOODS . OF KNOWN QUALITY AND STANDARD RE PUTATION - GUARANTEED BY THE MANU FACTURER AND OURSELVES. WE DO CLAIM THAT OUR SERVICE IS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF PROMPTNESS in Deliveries ACCURACY in handling accounts ' LIBERAL METHODS in business All of which are necessary to pro duce that indefinable good feeling between a store and its customer which is the final test of Satisfac tory Business Dealings. We mvite you to prove these Statements. Hancock-House Company Groceries Furniture Department Store Telephone 507 Dry Good Shoes & Clothing
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