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Good for young ana oia. ror saie everywhere, tree -.j cents. i . , 6YNCrSi3. IT!tv Grar. rcT-sf- x-r n. f- ft c ... :o t'.i p : , ( 1 1 a t i cv. rrju.aJ I i ' n :.: f;?r cjroei.v r".-. . ! ; t! o of hrr miauiriM; cil... r, I to ii, c';i;,.tv of Cr- '. .e;' i '.' r- " i:.-r 'lvpn:ros '.vl:-: . t..:iL.:.2 l.ie f ti e bf.'Ktn coin 1 With her gone, we have no hope re mainingwe never shall fnd it our solves. She alone now cou'd save my life she whom I mistreated and she whom i sent away. "Anil Count Frederick," be went on, still musing to himself. "He was my enemy, and is today but something tells ma that ha also has the clue. It" ho were here, I could wheedle or threaten him. Perhaps he is with her; who knows? And I have sent her sway! Did ever man gain aught by bullying a woman? Fair speech with them or the bowstring those are fOPfVfCtfr. X the onl mi I am .onion.-! rrjr.a bt til Earn Same. ProdaMd ty the . ' . ' ' . t.aictur;n company. wwwuraajea, osuuea, pernaps aner left many duties unrerformo J I still i au aictea cy the gloom of those sur- m.zz the yeurg An-crlcan, who should 1 wniins. oo turned back at last. hero to lighten the cares of the : Eomeaere him he knew, somo--:?r.vy hc-jrs. Yet you come-late our bT Perhaps not a biscuit toss ar.ay, cr.ct-y, hot our friend. Vf.t can wo , aoasapeJ by distance In the o;en air, Co fir you, Sachlo, to show car cratt la7 B dark ctolaterod paco. the cLam tu:e Tor vour faithalncssr i ber of tortures, p-im In its Bocrets, lis ucor peruaps puea with broken bones. kUorycf llydczy zn&Mvcntxae gy wmm hough From Scenario by GRACE CUNADD Ax nineteenth !:;3tall:,;::jt CI a o o Meet Opportunity Half Way When opportunity ar rives, be financially quip ped for the unexpected opening. Deposit regularly in a Savings Account in this Institution and quickly accumulate a substantial sum that is earning 4 per cent interest for you all the time. It only takes ?1 to open an account. .Come in and do it today. :T' ... . . . -."V. . .... v i ' - .. '"'". t-' - .1 . . k - CHAPTC1 LXV11I. Court Crc'NO's Ec.-rch. "Toiir nr.jorty, 1 cz:i cow c::uro y?u cf ov.r tacccf:." Count Sach.o o: C"':?T"n sro'.ie c,!:;'. On t'.i f:co v aj vvi.itcn lull conviction of the ;:". ih c: l.. a words. He stood Pi-.rc mrr-? . '. li l.U ::K:,ar'ii in the Ef'-at hall of ti e :A uc of toffen, whither he ly-Mcned at onre on. his return iv m i'.:o rival CU!itul. , "Why, S;ic!i!o?" il"rrr:drd Coriiu-lr.-v. -Whi-t n.-. . . t 1. li vo our succe?s nearer t' ur. ii !i?s beta any time these !;; r.ths r- I ? ' "Your majesty os!;s r';' I.oo',;!'' Sachio held out in h'3 hand the two halves, or what rr.ri'orti j to ho the tvro halves, of t:.o broken coin or Oretzho.len. He, indtn.!. Fiippored them to be boih halvo of tli:i t mvs terious coin, a'.tl.vi CM in truth one was only the counterfeit long sitxo devised hy Count Kreih-rivk to a; p- a--.e his own king. Tl -:t Mklc l of (It'tz f rr.ir i oi,s.s- ; y ytlll hoffon had mis s.oii that Kitty half of the actnnl c cor his king n. !. rc.'.i c: -.ipir;.' bits of me. aai -: IMiOii Tli :r nrdiic now ru:.-ly to apr.rcu.h i; 'Ty rjy faith. Crc'iio C'trtislaw, "It accm i:i The First National Bank ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. C. A. WYCHE, Present S. F. PATTERS! N, V. Pre.ir.'ent J. U PATTfcKSON, V. Prciident . H. KICKS, Caihier 1 one -neither SatLIc ,-rtt c')ovo the trl!c-l in cui s v.rc!i sscaicu : end. 1 ' c"c'airr.ed ed v e lnvo but to run tho trtU Lard a;id fast a trifle further." "Yes, your reaeity, it rc-r.air.s only for your servant your v.-ry fait'.ifu! servant, may I ray iC to f.nd the ' hiding place of the scripts and treas ures themselves." "Thr.t is a no-evy rMiiil," srti:J Corti-'aw, with a i M rri:i. "1 1 :, ci ted long enoi';th c,i cuir.i and ! and scripts now l v.eil.l (Kji my hands in actual minip.j cf poM toinp ! I would si-e tit-) lii:M of rml m-kms ! shining, and not this i- -ii . f.iti'tiiw-lilrh i we have fol'.ov e-1 so l-v.z ov-t i!:c morasses of doubt and n--riair.tv. Success! Success, Sm-hio i:i ria! coins, in real Rcti-.a, in real trntwres! that cuccesii n'n-ia can r.i.-:m cay thing to you cr me." "Be it so, yorr ma.'esiy:" aid Sachio, with no uL..t,eni cut of his con'i- (Ik-in- . -I of tuV-i-l.'.rn tre ft'-r try -li i:-z to Always on Guard against disease and our weapon is pure d, u?s skillfully handle by men well qualified by experience and training to dispense a.-c-irately the medicine prescribed by yout fam.!., p'lysican Give us a Trial Rosemary Drug Company ROSEMARY, N C. f 'wr "" "'w'Li'w''-'"'-t''l',g'"-,CT' M. W.GILL LIVE STOCK CO., Inc. Home Office: PETERSBURG, VA. HORSES AND MULES .CCi. 1 stake '.'jeeejs. :?':re5 of ! :-d o:i ill boa't- t ro' l'y. :.. :.. tort'irr tv.'i t!ie r ,!,-! jl:o ij Sales and Exchange Stables Wholesale and Retail North Emporia Virginia sat.:- Every Hone and Mule Guaranteed as Represented We handle them in &rge quanitiei. You have a groat many to select irom. ' We do both Cash and Credit Business New Store For Rent Located on Roanoke Avenue, Second Door from Firtt National Bank Building one of the Best Lo cations in Roanoke Rapids. New Building, Modern Show Windows, Ample Room. Apply to W. F. HORNER Rosemary, N. C donee. "I take my my life on the lis -, If I find not tho 1: Gret-hnlten. tlun 1 our walls as a v.n era." "(Jo, then," en id "ymi have found vt prtra before do !' p'.y under tho chamber, perhaps, treasure's hiding j.'- the walls but that?" Al-nys tho kiin'9 C'ttiotts nine ca-rled him into t'.o dot;'.U3 and dif ficulties "of any t.t.-so. "It rauijt bo soxe-.vherc bc'c.v and beyond the galleries v.hiui they flooded from th" mc-ats v.-hcn they came near droxvn'ns oil our trospo," replied Sachio. "I know tl.ors gal lories as 1 do ir.y own ho.lchanibcr. Trust me to rt:n out tills r-zlo to which wo now have tie k -v hi re In my hnnd. When I do, 1 riia'l dip my hn mis deep in a IM.n m!jilirc of gold coin." "You t-H1 do of V - v.ipd. Sc. Mo, ' said h' i""';irli "Von vj! roci-rvc that fir ft ri:;!it fir r li-ng" ifai-Mo fltii'.-.e! i- C, im! ! o :!. r'-a- scions of the 6 .-;;t riv who paieol unholy "True, yoiir rr.-j spolto but in iui .: p!. Heht in ni.y y h .;:. always, of cou .o, tl::. The rirht and th. 1 mni'nr'-h who I - i led cons ss this is n i! i y; ail 0!bc-q. I'ui. s-1 "t i my conrpo to ycrr n hr.ve io'jiij the aii "Agreed, ' said Co to gnaw Ma tcrd of a man long fciilhi mate desire. And Sachio Vin;t for him. His swift-. eros the dovict's way tint lay do i ween the two kingdoms, and iuly he arrived nt tho door ol the pa'acc of Gretzhofliii. lli.re hia ccquaitit.inco lth the place and t Is n " ly ro!cre:ra of all Inquirers to the king him.elf 'slued him eapy sn-tvi once ncre. iliiliaol, the weak, still dwelt in tha -'slare, giving small caro tc the tuin nd disorder which lav n'out Lira on ill sides. Let others care for the W rmneiit, let others malso pood the 'eaihe.i In the csnllals defense, let j-irates he, "I r:-H!.ir tl.i.i ::- :e l;:nn. of the- tv, 1 l-.IJd is'.t-w. "N'otliirg. your nia.'osty, sare to al low c.e i;v!sioa of a Cask, cow end then, with iho gTe-itest monaich of t'.o modern days. Nothing savs to al-Jo-r mo to oln your ir.afcsty tor t lighter mcment betimes, aftor tho du ties cf thj day aro dono. Meantima si.tce I wuu:d not weary your majesty 1 pr.'y no more than safekeeping w;.:,iri your majesty's walls, as 1 w:.ndcr here and there. Tho art treas ures of this ralaco surpass any with v hkh 1 am acquainted. As a youth. 1 tri'.d to pint, at.d I still love the v.o.-l; of those who have done as mas t rs wh.it my student hand could ncr r: do. May 1 iook at tho pictures In 'J'.- r-.llerlos tho statues, your maj t sly ?" "With .ill the heart in the world, my (' ?r . Pa'hio:" exclaimed Michael. "Vour di.-eornlng judgment is valued raoct highly. .Make free with what you like, and come to us when you p'.cnsc." Tl-.ls carte b'.anehe was all that Saciiio could ask. Ho accepted It liter ally. What he purposed actually was to make free with anything he saw; and he did Indeed intend to return to King Michael when he pleased. Thus s t free to wander as he liked in the ra'aei; of (IretzhofTen, he made no doubt whatever of hia own quick ar rival at the hidden door of the lost tve-.sure of Grotzhoffen. As ho bowed l.i:r:sc:f out he scarce could conceal the satisfaction on his face. CMiio was an alert and active souL Hi3 was no haphazard Intellect, apt to accept tie dictum of a mind less eiaet then his own. He was a soldier first, aid .ext a diplomat, but al! the time a : ttrdcl secret agent, a typical spy and dotectivo. He now set about the busi : tics' in hand, deliberately, with preei "inn, methodically, so that ne need not Jj any task a second time, j He himself had sketrhed a rough I map of the lower galleries as he fan ' ci J them to lie. lio calculated now , I' ;.t v nil the aid of this chart and his i ii v. u e:ir,i(T acquaintance with these ! s ii tcrr.ir.oan chambers, it would be csy to find the last door that lay be tv.ei a him and tho burled treasure of (In .-ihuflx-n. What scenes of horror these places mu:.t have held Sachio did not pause to ark. That souls had passed out there :'.:iv::t.h these cold walls of stone, that human tlerh had quivered here In tor E.'.nt and htinian voices broken In ;hcir iin raish, meant naught to him. A king had seen fit to surround his treasures with such terrois In order to fence away all intruders. He had buried thos" treasures under the very floor of his torture chamber so that r.!i might fear to Intrude there In thnlr s.-areh. Some might be deterred by pin h fears bat not Sachio of Oralio fi n. lie walked on ralmlv, unuiuvvd. s-'-c f'nt Lis own iK-rslstcnce, his own cuiinic. bad defeated the purpose o the des.l king, whose methods to long had dolled the avarice and greed ol tkc two kingdoms Sachio lost little time in the earlier portions of the subtorrane-uii taileries. , and satisfied himself only that I..- was net being pursued. Soon ha urrivt-d upon the lower levels, v.here he did 1 not expect to meet disturbance. Now cauio the crux of his search. ! Ho made hia way slowly along the darkened channels carved at some un known day from the granite rock on which stood the Cretzhoffen castle, tried door after door, and entered 1 ciii'Tilier after chamber, slcwly, nit tl enlii ally, with no enthusiasm, but ev:'y the air of a man covering ull pos si! n.iscliar.ccs In his search. lie Kinked most carefully In that jiorii'-n of the vaults where he had icui.i! the half of tnc torn parchment, '"it g: t no further trace of the miss ing portion. This gave him a certain pn", fr he had Pgured that the r,fcn coin and the broken parchment "cult' correlate, would ftrus, some , win re nearly at the same point. But ! il. stained and clidewel walls, still , il- :--.p tie.:: their recent flodings, i i.-ivj bin but cold encouragenent I wMchover way ho turned. Any soul 1 1 1 his wouid have felt the chill oi -'.eh er vironoicnt. So." said he tc himself standing ir ks walls perhaps hung full of tho old machinery tor parting fiesh and soul In lingering "agony. Was It Indood true that tha lost souls In that hidden chamber had wiped out tho trace of It and left tha surface ot all these walls alike? . Count Bacblo could fool the needles and pincers of hot steel tearing at his own soul. "Oonel" said he, to himself, "gonol And twas I who lent her away " CHAPTER LXIX. Tha Sacred Fire. No intimation could come to anyone in the two rival kingdoms as to the whereabouts ot thoso two persons of most importance in tho swift drama of those days Kitty and Count Freder ick. They had disappeared uttterly and left no trace. With them had passed all hope of the solution of the In one swift stroke at the hand ot his monarch, moved by the frenzy of his disappointment? Or, would it come in the slow torture of deliberate revenge, wrought on him for that failure in the fiendish Ingenuity of the icy soul of Cortlslaw? . "I have failed," said Sachio to him self, "and through my own fault! I had success in my grasp and threw tt away. That girl could have told me everything, and I sent her away be yond all reach out of our country! riddle of the mlesln? Gretzhoffen coin. If either of these two kingdoms should march against the other, ii its armies should lay level with tho earth the battlements and towers of Us en emy why, that would but bury the deeper the secret which alone ani mated either la the quest of conquest. As for any offense against Gratiot fen, however, what could Michael the weak have done now, with bis right hand man, his ablest general, his best man tit affairs, gone? He hesitated as to means of the offensive, just as his chief rival pondered the results poa- j sible, even of a successful offensive. Meantime, the truth remained that the key to all this coll was absent, nor was she apt to return. Kitty Gray j cwtalnly must cherish a keen memory j of injuries she had known on thoso j shores. Tho armies of America might 1 come back, the ships of Amerira might anchor In these ports, their gur.s might , Con'inud oa Pane Four V Mr' M. tJU 'til. Swat the Bugs! Various kinds of small vermin cause bts of worry to the careful housewife. Bedbugs, cockroaches, spiders, worms, flies, rats, mice all these pests Menace Your Health and you should exterminate them at once with safe and sure poison. Tell us your bug troubles and we will give you something to eradkaie them Surd Roanoke Pharmacy Co. Roanoke Rapids Power Company Rcancke Rapids, N. C. Save Your Money by Buying a Building Lot on EASY PAYMENTS Electrical Power for all Purposes at Low Rates WE RENT DIRECT W.ATFR POWER AT $15.00 PerKOkii.iCttER Per YEAR 1 Funerai Directors Embalmers Day or Night Service Anywhere Hancock-House Company, Inc. W. C. 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"ilj ncd, be t'-.nt cr.id ! map has the misfortune of having 3t cir carr;;d .Mm i l.-ecn made from the imuijinatluu and not from facts In hand But now see, here the way forks." B..fore him now lay a series of gal : lories still damp from lue recent Hooding from the moat. It was Pachio's i theory, based upon he knew not what, j that the treasure chamber must lie j somen In re under the luuul, that the , Hood jatcs must have been devised ' for some purpose of protecting It. 11c j acted upon that theory now, and with no better guide than the greater damp- ! ness of the rock floors which he fob I lowed, he waudcreJ on hour after j hour. i At length he paused, helpless, pus- ?led, dumfouiided. He had taken ' wrong turn somewhere in this laby- . i im h of underground channels! He had not even found the water gates which had flooded these levels so re cent'y. lie had found no new re ci bsi-s in the rocky walls. 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