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Evening World Daily Magazine, Saturday. September 5: 1914 | © POOOSDOOOOHSOOOU WV OCHOOG OPO UHGENG C1181 AHH TOHOTGO on A Complete Novel Each Week in The Evening World B R ] h an | The Story of an American's Dashing Role y a p Goodwin in a Drama of European War olitics ry _MOITTHATOTOTIGHODIBOTOAAHEDIDNIOTOSEHOOTSHEAeCe—H Victory and gagged him; then they Foldt as prisoners, ‘They will be de- on: “But when the attack was made Btoenberg, too, for some time, laid him within che cell, upon the livered publicly as such Into the in the opera house E realized that Captain? I expect you to be couch that Count Ludovick had occu. hands of the Haron's own people” something further must be done. [ In your attendance on me. Oh! THE STOENBERG AFF OODDODDOOHIOOD LORDS of ni (Ciparight, 1915. by Sully & Kietntich,) SYRorsis OF PRECEDING Qnarrens, yt, Mi i! could possibly climb up the broken © by masonry of the well without such help. @ ‘ig “You will find the Count Von Ludo- @ # >| | las Yj woes. vick, release him, and then signal i ple “But the scandal of it!" exclaimed that the enemy d =| the man waiting below in the cistern, $ J err Gott! {it is good fortune, the Princess, shrinking : t amore moto pat oy gut of tet? folet gee bey by He will pass the signal to us out ‘ / Captain Von Boldt,” cried the count "The onas is on Wolfenholen; not path. They complimented mo, Your Countess livia as her friend, ae 7 her . ene by one a ind, easily hidden 1.9 S hippy i in delight @ little Inter. “My elbow! Stoenvers,” said Victory, sterniy., Highness, by believing that 1 all Victory,” and the clasp of her % Gull besmune a0 the Sarebeen ane tae wv , : Pshaw! for the moment ft seomed — “Hut—but trouble will arise from that stood between them and the end wns warm indeed rate 4s”, paralyzed. But we are all rieht now such an act,” she cried they sought.” Victory wont back to the deste Br rain—these brave fellows will descend 4 —eh?” " 4 “And was It no nt * ” the Grand Di ig to the cul they will ‘ o 4 7 Pr ” " 1 beg of you, Your Highnoss! Bear id wi not #0, Herr Captain? ran luke rose from hin culvert. One by one they We. aro indeed,” admitted Von with ine tt she whispered, but with her face are determined to ; join you in the dungeons, \ ‘ 4, Bold. “But why should he have h ine for a while, beiieve what L . . rn na “All will be in readiness. After mid- eat he { come down here at just this tine? > S2¥. And first of ail, I ryeat that turned from him. - rien? Max,” was Oskars word, AP night you will boldly open the door J Ou auppose old Hloel—or othare—are &!! that has been done in this affair y. Your Highness!” rejoined not for long?—pray remember that at the top of the cellar flight. ‘The TAS : Waiting at the Read of the start” Will Dring Mo fu. ther trouble to your eta oer ee no ad tiinen tier Hightese wdinod “ieee * sentinel will be at ight, & i n: us “No, no. We Beard him close and @00F Hor to the government of Stoon- tld have stood between them an 0, or Highness me Wet ana the new guard c ne 4 NO, rp, DOr. oY and the child—and will, T deter. so tn her name. A Victory, oF old Hoel, was in the dun- ae : Jock the door, you will, Femember. “Had Fedder, the Haron's secretary, Aid KNOW CE WHOt ek Dea ROBE riboed (lic ecwblote’ bacd: Gaaeae en he was placed on watc' / a Fi la rn id behind yonder fot run like the craven he is, and cr Mad eld J L The Herr Captain really had to chuckled the captain, we would have marched them all to °F, 11% t of Wolfentolen, ‘apt. Victory,” said the CHAPTER XVIII. clear his voice before he could fit- Mia hal” roared Ladovick, “And the frontier tits morning,” waded View 4) THe, Wtored a cry and tittle xeneral at his elbow, “the (Comtinued,) tingly answer, ‘ tory, a grim smile Hghting bis face, BNrank back in her chair, ering can never repay what she owes did y hear the proposal be made her f th hei }» Onder the Tower Walls. “You—you take my breath, Herr a =< to me?” “Oh! and poor Woltert?” Her Highs PCr foe with ae Capea th The Order of the Hronse Star com- Secretary,” he mrumured. 0 ndeed, yes, Herr Grat.” ness suddenly criad, “He Is not badly Hn iny word —iny word of honor @® ferred upon you by the government, SBE. And the old woman “I told you an active mind was 5 “As though he were a little goa! He bur * soldier, BL Highnose-he never merely a poor outward expression told you what the dif- needed to carry on these great af- , and hie whiphand! Ha, hat’ roared .)"No tore than I am hurt, Your Grumed of all thls that was hap. the gratitude all Stoenberg feele tor fidulty was?” ae La - 4 the Count, “Why, this meht will soe Hixhness,” responded the captain, ti him, and Tweak © faithful meee your services, Any other reward, my brain that has plann an e , ; ‘ © cheerfully, “But angry—on my soul . oe - within our powar?— 7 " ‘ 2 the downfall of all Stoenberg’s pro: senger to him with a full and true ‘Why, ‘twas over the I ‘tell you, Herr Captain, with the Fr 4 testations of greatness as well as Cur Wolfert Is an augry man thie Aocdine of that which had occurred” , But Victory, whose glange had fol cutting down of some of co-operation of you and the Count da: Victory’s own, He, master of Stosn- The Duke Oskar! He ts coming lowed the Grand Duke In hie roo . Ludovick, we shall succeed, Youare op iehte ht but ho tm loyal. Aye, 1 have . ipwiiten dectar - aaa mae i etal ee ee Were! count’a laughter echoed again some loyal friendsl” murmured the COAT AMS Babped. = | Sigua giles Os Be lNverranted eam los the sentigel at the door k i ) N princess, a . Yo =» Oe “Ghe overheard the quarrel when it you may have only to overcome the SF through the corridors of the dun “More than you may think, Your 2%" Jt w he who, last night, ‘There ts my Some of the trees shut off the one other at the door of Her Highs 3 BON. ig not afraid, Capt. Von Histinesal™ criod Victory, quickly, plpbed In the bud the attempt to ateul have done a brother: 4 Duke and he re- ™ Boldt he added, seeing his compat. “There i no traitor in the Stoonberg jane the Caunt, ¢ a he who has of my Grand Du proach softly—strike quickly! - hs “Nobody can hear us to-day. Yet, it ls not becuuse we unt Von Ludoviok and the forester to cut them. At fi do’ ‘declared the Herr Toy ery , , fon’s fac obody ca: have weeded out the traitors that 1 YO® Holdt to the frontier with the — The little General, shaking his hea@ Her Highness was up in arms Secretary with a snap of his fingers. ‘ ; ee Fatt Oh Setar ibe rene am, ble to promine You heace.” note to Haron Gaunt. It is his rather sorrowfully, accompanied Bim forbade the desecration of the “Do you follow me, Captain? Then aN Toot of the tower; but down here all Jooked at him wonderingly and Presence that enables ine to speak to the door, where be finully gr " Bye scan ofa ed yniidently, Your Highness, when I bis hand; but ae be watched V! fertet. After the Grand Duke Oskar {6 Tork. It le time to make the frat @f : Boundn are senled tightly. Re ee ig ind ho tose to hie focv in $y that neither the Princo Maria striding down the corridor he mute had gone she had the side hill “Now! we've work before Us. That ee en eas, Thyra nor her child shall be in tered: “Ah! but he isa man—whate | f which ju were peril of the enomies of St berg man!” Omen never plan of Fedder’s, of Princess! bear with one whose joenberg e, ge pdilgetalet bh greet CHAPTER XIX. felling me, is inspired. The Hert acta have proven him @ loyal servi. “ESN. Geow—e phalanx of the castle suey “Y Dated The Knight’s Move. Recretary amet Capt, Von Boldt, —ta=8"—— am resigning my commission, Store, indeed—was on hand to vow . Your Highn him through the grea, ‘A friend,” murmured Her High- > eh the doorway. Call Chere 8 coe. ye Tr ccutin Rese, bowing, Commander of th Was & procession acriss the sows ready for the ans gon udeviog _."Thank you, Your Highness, ‘That nverg, Let Captain Max Vic- yard to the door of the oifice he ‘This night the Count Von Ludovi tory rotire; the real Master of Btoen- occupied as commander of the tery chuckled. “Unies he has come back now, eh?” gnesréd Von Boldt. “It ts ridiculous! HEAVY travelling carriage, A closed tightly inst the ” gives me courage to go on, I came you say, Fedder, the Herr Baron, weather, and drawn by a ays off old scores! s ie Derk ‘o! But already his old quartera ie iene, "has come to bis second pair of powerful horses, : eae etal & : patne captain had already turned to TSUENGY of Gh tle Wane babes tam, oe moved toward the door occupied. Latterblair Platt hat i labored up the road from 1 ee : “ obey. The mouth of the old well waa {OUrney Of An Atle ian ole White While ho spoke. Now he drow aside sleeves rolled up, cigarette stubs b a ic Mig ~ ig beyond the turn in the corridor, and Wild, and to the boxinning of these ‘® curtains und the door opened, orating the edge of the table in @ecrétary whispered than you and I, Herr Captain, have come to that conclusion. If this thing single flaring lantern under the arch- to-night ts successful”— way of Stoenberg finally winked like “, the city, it the Inn of the W1 agit P “y¥ faced Von Boldt and the cou aide of his nose, w enabled me to be of use to Your int, in 90, aa writing wi . | ; 0 men— rf THROAT. © hiture in it. But it revealed some. Mured Victory, “I did not im these two who held each other inthe (he fog of his own amoke. “ 4." by G “We release from captivity the &n eye in the rain and darkness, and FODEDIETHOIGDHOIWDHIHHHDOD|/FOOSDOSOOOOOAGGOGOOOOOOHO thing else—the figure of a man stand- °” high regard of an unselfish and ‘So you refuse?” croak: nephew of the Herr Baron,” inted the driver brought his plunging steeds ™ oi twet deok Cinta. Win Por the present ing ne ieee arms eo ennee Pi tht lat Evan ini ver sworving friendship—gased Mees ‘ont man. og the = to a stop at the bi eo cell was some twelve feet cl lctory. “For Von Boldt a is companion. 2 eH . ent other's eyes, It “Hefuse what?” Ves Borat. P at the bridge over the moat gaiare, lit by a hanging lamp and moment I am master of Stocnbers, *% on awittly: holding her full attention, wno rst pat out Lig Mond ose ee amiling on'hin, Cmanded Viatory,, id hailed the sentinel, a nig “For one thing—yes. But we have &” . ventilated in some cunning way and what I say is law! ‘Some years ago, Your Highness.” of victory and wrung it hard, “To round out my story—te twenty picked men with us, Herr Cap-. “The Herr Captain Victory! de- through the high root. ‘The door Was " “Listen to, mel” he added, ear- from us scabbard” ‘Tho man before #ald Victory, “I made @ noblo and “hen Oskar entered che provence of It Derfoct--to help me put over ther tain,” continued Fedder, in the same ™anded the driver, “Call him, merely a strong grating, held by two neatly, as the count might have them did not at first move, or speak. good friend. In moments of Lev the woman he love. Breatest beat any travelling corre- . “Twenty armed and Brother. steel bars on the outside. To lift spoken. “There ts a very good rea- He was in the uniform of an officer men are bound together by cords There was a long silence, She did *Pondent of the Transcript—or any Ss voice, ¥ them from within was impossible, gon why your uncle, the Baron Gaunt tle guards; a sword was stronger than those woven in peace. not turn; whe did not look at him, Other newspaper—ever got hie tense ss “On a night like this—and His Fx- Se der the cold stars of the Gesperate men. Much can be done however, and most of his time during of “‘Wolfenholen has not demanded belted at his side, But moving his under the cold ata Victory stood In the d . on? Hang it, Victory! do wi with such fellowe—you know that cellency sufferiag lately from a sword these weeks the Count had spent in your release, He is afraid. Such a head alightly, his face came out of ing them both, ‘Buddeniy’ in aoee anked you." yourself.” thrust? Not I, indeed!” this cell. When he was allowed to demand would admit that he—and the shadow and was revealed. — ane the captata, r iat was oe opened at the other end of the room r walk the long, ringing corridors of the government of Wolferholen—wa, “Capt. Victory!" whispered Von Struggles that knit our souls in ang the little Le’ 0 ‘Von Boldt was silent, peertng into fe Wee coe wile instruce Tho ‘dunceon, old Hoek had aat and cognizant of the vile attempt made Boldt, trembling where he stood. brotherhood. Afterward we served IN Child saw the fgure | Pigerk se The “As long as you wouldn't stay kere the dark face of the other. y within the car- watched him with a gun in his hands. by you and your ruffians to steal But suddenly the Count pushed past several other wars—always together, ing before her mother and ahe uttered “14 boss the whole shooting “If.the diagram with which you are gia) for he changed his tune: For although the Count Von Ludo- away GPE) Princess end te iniure him and approached the allent sas, Taree nhenaahioe is ae @ cry of deltvht. aad! that eg ean ; “The Sergeant Hoel, then! Call Vick had been relieved of his weapons Her Highness. The open admission Von Ludovick’s debonair manner “Bu lenda beget “terr Captain! Good You propose to the Countess livia so furnished proves correct, and you Bes hin Gelteneneee a Cat ees his Wea Atal ONGURREIAURCLEA CC bUGhe & cobapitacs | wAulan fine on laughed his bitter coniidences—men reveal thelr inmost Rerr Captain Ask wy “Poieungy that I can add @ double the-entrance to the dungeons, what © \ dungeons, both Wolfert Neiss and the throughout Europe. It would not laugh as tood close to the fouls to each other. Ho I came to mumma to let you tell me another happy ending to my yaro? Say, will | can you not do, Herr Captain, with @ sentinel grunted and turned guardsman had a hearty respect for alone involve the two states in diM- stranger. know the full history of my friend's gtory—piease?” you?” these “same brave fellows at your back to the courtyan. in half a him. The Count's reckless courage oulties—Germany and Austria might "Cousin!" exclaimed the Count, “Iet affairs. He walked this world. Your ‘There was no anmwer, Her FHigh- _CaPt, Max Vietory‘s face was very back?” minute old Hoel's boots rang flatly Might have led him to attempt to be at each other's throats! be the first to bid you welcome Highness, in deep sorrow. had ness did not move; but the man Stim for a moment; but it was im . * ‘ndit’ the Saute of the anol overpower his wardens at any time. “Believe my word, Count Von Ludo- back to the hospitable Stoenberg— forsaken home, high station—aye, had standing so stern and composed before Possible to be really angry with the “Ther the scheme? “atatlot” the archway. vitinin that he was, he had never vick—while you are in my power I nd to the arms of the Princess Maria been a traitor to Duty itself—becaure her turned to behold the child. And as Uttle man. as “There ts more to it. I have in- ello!" he growled. ‘Whom have jacked personal bravery. doubt if the Baron Gaunt will dare Thyra, let us hope. There can be no of & woman. his eyen rested on her fairy-like ‘Don't you think that the ed men that we can trust— we here—at such an hour, and on = “guppo: said Victory, without a make any very serious attempt to masquerade with me, you know. The The Princess Maria Thyra started joveliness, hin face writhed suddenly *D4ins’ rather pails on th into the very mouth of hell such a night?” cha tear expression, Thad come to harm Her Highness—or the iittle scar upon the cheek, cousin, ta too and her head came up haughtily—like with the breaking up of the Lreibend ines, Platt? nakier, 1 beg! Ama: be!” whispered Feder. “Once Instantly a man leaped out of the offer the Count Von Ludovick his Princess, Stoenberg holds the whip- plain. Von Boldt—attention! The & high-spirited horse flicked with ® underneath. His eyes fed upon her ae 2 ER ala y m A Uberty?" hand.” Grand Duke Oskar of Wolfenholen, Whip! But Victory’s stern voce the eyes of a hungry man might de- "fuse i dungeons, and the count re- carriage, closing the door behind him —“At'y price, of course,” sneered the “And still you say you have come consort of Her Highness Maria went on, ignoring her emotion: vour the food he #o longs for! With ,, "Oh. the devil!” grunted 9 leased, what is to prevent an entrance quickly. “Wait for me, driver!” he Count, swinging his legs off the here to offer me liberty? cried the Thyra of Stoonberg! Von Roldt, if | “A woman he had loved—a woman @ stammering cry he dropped upon Platt. ‘You just try her!” tato'the castle itself?” said, over his shoulder, and then couch and approaching the grating. count. you were the peasant populace you Dé still loved with all his heart and one knee and held his hands out to At the gateway of the castle the, a ” He had sremoved only his coat and "it is returned Victory, with Would cheer! And—the game is end- Soul! Because of an unfortunate— hor, guard, in two long rows, preseated, ¢ E6u"'are astonished—but Meten,” darted across the bridge to the shel- he "On ving down. mile. "You see how couddent’ we ed. Iam afraid my uncle, the Baron uncles —aye, foolish—aquurrol with “With a tittle, uncertain laugh, the &rms. Hut Old Hoel, at the of Fedder, his eyes glowing. “The ter of the gateway. “Gad, sergeant! = «yost certainly at a price,” replied ‘of our own position.’ Gaunt, will be very unhappy over this lady, my friend hac aoe ee young princ in into the out. the lines, selsed Capt. Victory’s out Count Von Ludovick will be ripe for you do well to wonder. Is this not the unruffled Victory. 1 do not understand,” said the this—very.” greatness and roamed the world like gtretched arm Herr Captain!” she Stretched hand with a most unmille i himself. He will eagerly grasp an a night?’ “And what do you people here at other, eying him olosely. an outcast, His own land and his guid—and then stopped. Her eyes tary familiarity. ‘s by prox oS by F vit pect “5 Stoenbere consider I might pay f ‘Just one thing I will tell you, You ‘i own people were governed Krew round with wonder. She gased “Ach Gott!" he growled. ‘I'm too ah eae ed lan igri pr ether ep brid sniffed Hoel. fit ame liberty?” demanded thd way go freo—at once—to-night— if CHAPTER XX. he knew naught of them, nor did he into the quivering facn of the man old & man to have so many masters, Rpaped upon him. Ach! and does he “And what then? Count, “le it an offer from Her you will.” The Master of Stoenberg. Se ae i valra wovernad well ae gravely, Then she put a dimpled But thou, Herr Victory, can command not already hate Her Highness, Maria “Capt. Victory! He hasn't retired?” Highness, my sweet cousin, Maria “ “And the price of my release?” ex- HE rain of the nifht before foe nie had index finger upon the scar on his man reenever thou wilt, Forget it ok. seemed to have washed the “Believe me, princess, my friend = “Then it was my father who hid the Victory would have turn whole world clean, The sky Knew nothing of what went on here peart™ she said, Then, again, and but an unexpected incident int » Hi ‘ap- “Her Highness does not concern “Ia a atill tongue—closed lips. ago, for the first plot was, Herr Cap- guardsman, making @ mountain out » 2hie AUrnnen, Soatter, or with Return to. Wolfenholen and—keep Thyra? He was scorned by her years “It's late,” grumbled the old Thyra"—— claimed the count, eagerly. T tain, to marry the Princess to the of a molehill. you.” interrupted Victory, his brow qulet. Let nobody urge you to en- was abet blu the inthe back end of Europe. Politics with budding joy: “You are the With a startiin Count and control Stoenberg through “My visit will do him good, I war- lowering. “Leave the Princess out of gage in any further attempt to harm righter blue and the gia not interest him. He was & man Grand Duke Oskar—my dear, dear big motor-car A ” the discussion, Her Graf.” the princess and her child; and do clouds that drifted across haunted by a Great Longing—the father whom I never once saw be- the road from thi th. Bre Victory \ Reeadbtend eile DOPHSW tte ee ee, nee eso then, this a the Captain Vie- not refer lo your captivity. For as {t were as white as thistle-down; the longing for that which he had lost fore? I know it!" And as the man crossed tho Bridge over’ the % know the temper o 1 Don't be surly, Hoel. I am d0g- torys’ otter?” suro as any noise of this matter gets trees were of a more brilliant green jyhen he aud his lady parted. On, be; on his knee encircled her with one machine waa near enough for Bim the Herr Baron—he is not @ MAD tired too. Travelled tar and fast. “You may call tt so; bit whatever abroad, Just so sure will Stoenberg and every blade of grass seomed to jouw her need: he never realized her api, the ALG rned toward Maria recognize it—and the man im the @ cross. Ho has never forgiven = swe) - it I agree upon, Count Von Ludovick, demand an explanation from the a n¢ i < ‘Thyre My Princess mam- Hmousine. Maria Thyra for refusing his ad- reales Jeena at Fill be carried to completion by the Baron Gaunt and will follow that sant prosdiroatages in tte Hise Price eee ee ae ee teen ian eee mal” ‘cried the child. “Do you see ‘The car halted before the onstle gute iy Government of Stoenberg.” @ note ie powel ne » jeorned hi she needed him, he would ""% and Baron Gaunt, unattended save vances, both before her marriage to door of Victory's office and knocked “Bah! the Government of Stoen- be.” parade. ie known she need 5 10) And Capt. Victory dropped the Lieut. Bahr i, ! a y hi fi to hei \- a on the front seat the Grand Duke, and afterward. And on the PENT racuy exclaimed the bers! ‘The purblind old Spale und — ‘Tho Count Von Ludovick looked at It was mid-forenoon when Capt. tipodest™ her side from the an: curtain, for Hor Highness, too, was tho chauffeur, spi out. The think you he will forgive what eed captain's voice. Hoel pushed open {he fools that surround him—eh? him with some amazement at Arat, victory, leaning upon the shoulder of | “Capt. Victory!" Maria Thyrn’s Grand Duke to the child that bound Victory ‘bratlys he baited spearele 2: ““Free him, Herr Captain, Let bim his table reading. “A visitor, Herr Vo tirer—a man who sciia his sword Capt, Victory?" was admitted quickly, for the Prin- — —— y % 1 ” “ - 2 * threw caution to the winds, crying: cm in time, then, to see the * lead the way and A wacehot yay te Canalo erpeiuied Soret: Hoe; TBus for hire-—Pshawt I'll make no bar~ “That is all.” was the calm reply. cess wad much excited regarding the “Hicar with mea ttle lpdean Your CHAPTER XXII. parture of the hero, am 17" he we, Pi child from ev ; in with you.” “On your acceptance 0 mee Father maliciously,’ “Ach! the mam Wl snatch the crate gain pos- pig thaw, ejaculated | Latterbiair Fy oa" Beat Hsten to me, Count you will bo freed. 1 have here a Tumors which had reached her of the Be ee eee ise Gouna? fare The Shadow. who bas set us ail by the ears > eel arty iittie Leva. The weep old Adget, Hoel” I'l announce wmy- Ludovick” sald Victory; sternly, as paper for you to. sign, ‘agresing to TASTES RS of ibe ee neon burt Dearance, air! she returned, harshly. N tho great Mbrary of the Seven thunders! thou art « bold omg. ith him. ” » - the other shrugged his shoulders an © proposal, at is all.” “Capt. Victory! you have nm hurt But he took a stride toward her oan err Victory. I must say that.” Thea Ing Of Bo Moma vertu Capt. Vic~ "*kng once inside the office he delib- Ene away from the Krating. “Hump! ‘a paper signed under again—and in my cause!” and Her and held out” beh. his handy fastlowthe apartment that quddenly his manner changed, and be And as for 0 delib- “Why, you poor fool!” sneered the duress,” said the Count. “Of what isten to mo, anyway!" he cried. ad been the work-room put out a fat hand. “You and I have And a9 Mdovick would strike ‘iin t© erately shut the door in. the. nore Re heart with bis own hand, if he geant can master it, The Count fears noth- f “a " Highness came forward to meet him Count, “I am of @ noble house—as that to Stoenberg? Urarave this boon brinceas—=1 of the old Prince—were been enemies, Herr Captal: ‘are wen Manoa tent tes saris notte 'as there is in all Hurope, 1 vanmdicate your Intention to accept, the instant he stepped into the room. js wil I will, ever ae RA on OF gathered several people on ®. ‘determined enemy, Peta foen seampnd Shere pine at and, would not demean mayne Ry, ties Barr Grat Ane tole mate opens, You She was alone, and sho gave him Stoenberg. Let your putience be my another morning. Tho uray-bearded, Beaten me. ais conauared offera the ‘ cussing terms w' any one will be conducted out of the dungeuns reward, f f or congratulations, i yor f and you intimate that Ihave fears, would have fairly been eaten alive. qm'contined in this Cell, Give me MY Gad the meee wit be signed In’che Both her hands, grasping hie own Petre ts my friend had Pompous little General Spale sat be- capt?” on ; ? at Herr Secretary?” demanded Von Boldt But as he waited, and the rain poured liberty! Let us stand face to face— presence of witnesses, and with a firm, friendly pressure which j,.., rdded; e at #4 ee and in the loved the woman he wedded; he hind the huge desk-table, and with ‘The silin the seervly. Ot le because f nere ue be see Reg a, man's auger was man to man, Am I to cringe uad library of the castle, What do you was entirely different from her man- brought to the altar a full and un- him, in the undress uniform of his outstretched ee wo aerate measure of ca . ‘This was no place for one to crawl behind these bars and plead ner toward him heretofore, She was spoiled love, Ho has lived in the own jfuasars, at the Grand Duke te_baron added: ' ay?” fore 1 lea! A linger whose muscles twinged now for mercy? Never ‘The Count's head had dropped on memory of that love through these "8 : ' “Aye? ‘Caution’ is spelled in more and thon with rheumatism, “uisten, first, to the proposition I his breast. He velled his eyes from Dale and there was a sadnoss In her iy ea ivoment. Tempostuous Oxknr of Wolfonholon and Stoonberg. tho rand” Duke Octane ee : der. , Grand Duke Oskar, refuses than one w: muttered Fed QGrumbling and swearing, Hoel re- am about to mike you,” said Victory, Victory for the moment. Suddenly ©¥es that Victory had never scen be- he and his lady both were Love ©; he bal . it cried Von Boldt, 1enor- eired ¢ i to 1 5 A y . i as he an addy nthe balcony overlooking the come to see me at onco—or to visit highs nee aant, “how are We to. WIN Gummy 10, the Rronway: but the keen, calmly, “You may change your Be sraate his clenched right hand Into fore; she seemed oppressed by & new Femained with aim, at least, And qtaiian garden was the Countess Wolfennoten, {t ts his own gur way through that heavy oor and at last drove him indoore—to the "Oh, you can talk!” snarled the “Agreed!” he cried, “I'll do It, Cap- 850 greet Sorrow: “Ah, Your Highness! He thought Hvla—tn her mont vivacious mood— fountain comes te Makoner ace Tee that bars the dungeo! sergeant’s own quarters, He would prisoner. “But there will be Just one tain—I'll do It!" @ may never repay you, Capt. nimseif unloved, looked upon thetr and Max Victory, the latter dressed And the ° re intain'a day ts ove much as he had been when he was siw to that, Herr Captain, Well, 0 first seen at the Inn of the White [t Hoes. ‘The young replace the old tor, ‘There was an earnestness in thanked, it was a man whe bee the Whispering Tower? ey A cereus settle his account with that impudent conclusion to this whole matter. You Instantly Victory threw the ates! Victory, for these sacrifices,” she union as a mere matter of political there always, a8 American at some more fitting sea- dare not bury me here forever, Wolf- bars which held shut the «rating, one murmured, “But do not doubt our expediency. And he could not bear derwelten has sai iucked some. 25: enholen must take official notice of after the other, clanging upon’ tho gratitude. that it should be so—for he cared Silently the Secretary plu But his retreat deprived old Hoel my disappearance in time. The Baron, stone floor. The Count came through othing for polit thing from under i ones va of noting many very exciting matters. my uncle, has been most lenient with the gate ina single stride, Tha next He bent over her hand and then, power being pla » the Countess's manner, and a friend- Baron Gaunt of Wolfenholen.” get f silk, Swift There was @ good deal of talk—and you—surprisingly lenient! But it all moment he had clutched the unsus- with a murmured word of thu states, He has remained away these jiness in her volce, however, that The departing Victory was waylaid apket rolled in a piece o Kind two immensely interesting talk—in Capt. must end. pecting captain by the throat with sank into the chair that she indi- years and spoken no word and asked . SS on times ere he 4 deat & ‘Von Boldt unwrapped i, Victory’s office, There was some run- “And that end will be disastrous for his left hand, whipped a dagger from cated. no question—and why? L wil tet) Deed her Hmht speech: Stoenbers ae far an (he inn oe - keys lay in his palm. ning back and forth to the travelling Stoonberg—and for you, Capt, Vic+ the breast of his shirt, and po'sed it “Once again our enemies have you, Princess, He did not even know nd so, like the knight In the fairy White Water, And there he must Frau Vanderwelten {fh nO carriage ere that vehicle was turned tory. Reprisal will be demanded. An for a downward stroke into the body threatened not only the poace of there was a child! He did not know tales, you start forth In quest of new perforce break his journe: aecee purred the Secretary. it around and started down the Stoen- insult—and one that cannot easily be Of his victim. Stoenberg but the welfare of the the stake for which Berlin and adventure, Herr Captain? We can iy was begun. Pa 4 Sohail : true that Victory took away the keys borg again. overlooked—was given Wolfenholen Unexpected as was the treacherous state and the happiness of my child. Vienna played. detain you no ton, would leten to nothing less thon a which she opened that dungeon = And in addition, before the mid- when I was seizod and borne into attack, however, Capt. Victory wreat- Will these attempts never cease?” “It was not for the Duke Oskar—- “It ts the Wanderlust, madam," great supper, and much wine of that the night before she was re- night round of the guards, when Ser- these dungcons. Stoenverg shall pay! @d himself sideways and struck the she cried, more to herself than to beHeve me!—that 1 espoused your murmured Victory, Then he sm!! famous vintage at he seld ~~ moved from Stoenberg; but whil she geant Hoel always saw the eentinels Maria Thyra shall pay! And you, count’s elbow arply with his bim, cause against the Baron Gaunt.” pur. suddenly: ‘This castle has bece brought forth save for the ‘Grand ‘was about it she had an extra set of relieved, Capt. Victory left his warm Capt. Victory—ah! Herr Gott! how clenched fist. The dagger flew from “Shey have ceased, Your Highness,” sued Victory, "It was for yourself place of romance—real rom Duke Oskar—and the man who i ‘made from the wax !mpression® quarters, crossed the courtyard, and you shall pay for this!" the villain's hand and he uttered 4 said Victory with confidence, “I as- —for the child man would have is no place a man we looked so Uke him! j BE the original ‘That second set es with a word to the sentinel tl on His bared teeth, his inflamed fea- Sharp ery of pain. But he did not sure you that the Baron Gaunt of done the same—and it was a game sword a Tam, 1 feel mys But the traveller was astir early in 4g your hand, Capt. Von Boldt. guard at the door of the dungeon be- tures, the fire in his black eyes-all loosen hia grip upon Victory'’s throat. Wolfenhvlen—nor none of his min- [loved to play, Your Highne hourly the morning, Jehan, the old waiter, latter was speechless and, in ® neath the Whispering Tower, dis- were 2 mask of hate that reveonel — The Captain tore with botn hands jons—will ever again disturb your chance T happen to be of the — Sho made a tittle grimace, looking attended him as valet, and he was t, Secretary Fedder continued: missed the man, and later still de- fully, for the moment, his inmost &t that tron grip. He was choking co of mind,” samo build—the same figure and past him Into the big room where on foot, with his knapsack, just as the “You intimate that our so skilful scended to the cellars. heart. Then-—quite as stl tenis » his ears rang Fights flashed before ‘apt. Victory! you are promia- facial contour as the G Duke. the Grand Duke was hastily ¢lan sun appeared above the eastern is huge peasant is buta — Earlier in the evening the sergeant smoothed al) this out of bis coun- his eyes, And with it all he felt the Ing me freedoim from the anxiety that You have noticed It Your h the papers the general mountains, Papa Schaller and all at f the work? You are himself hud brought down the basket tenance, and laughed his careless wound in bis side open and the blood has gnawed at my heart these six Highness,” added the soldier of fort. tention to, evidently in & the inn were there to see him off, Wol- of food and bottle of wine with which iaiih. trickle gown his tortured body! years and more, Do you know what une, without a smile, ‘The old inn. ferco hurry to be through with (he — The rather shabby traveller, with 3 feet to cheer the captive who had, all ‘You see, Capt. Victory, within,” He was too weak to draw his sword. that means?’ she asked in a low, keeper first not it-—and then I task. his «old-streaked hair and his up- ‘hy and warn the sentinels abo In the these weeks, been hidden away under and he pointed at his breast, "I am He sank under the weight of the tense voice, waw that Baron Gaunt of Wolfen. “Yes, whispered the Countess, “he tited Kaiser mustache, his blue-gray ® and the rain you, Von the to The latter was not ex- not as happy as you might infer. count’s body. The latter's clenched ‘Fully, Your Highness, I have holen himself saw the resemblance, can seareely bear to ut of her « softened because of the hearty it, can easily descend to the bot- pecting so late a visitor, It seemed, "I had already inferred that—and fist struck him again and again in weighed the words—and If mean what capital of that, AU was fair presen 1 she [ declare, godspeed of people, * ‘of the moat and find the culvert for he sat up on his couch, yawning, more, Count Von Ludovick,” sald the forehead. With a gasping breath I say. struggle of wits, and If that Herr Capt sho is as bad foam strode down the hill, away from the eating to the cistern under the dun- when Victory flashed hie light be- Victory, quite calmly. “Therefore I he fell to the floor, released suddenly “Can It be possible?” h fear that the Grand going back to the city until Inn of the White Water, ‘The sum geon. One man will go with you. tween the bars of the cells. believe it will good for you to from the awful grip upon his throat “Aye—not only possible, but it Is al- come to Stoenbers this second honeys me vr This rising before him, flung his lo % “Once through the culvert and in “How now?" demanded the Count. listen to my offe: Yet he did not lose consciousness. ready a fact. Sergt. Hoel and a full . fo much the better for la nop! for a Aified ehapers shadow baek upon the road, > ‘bottom of the old well, this rope- “The master conspirator himself—the Your offer?” and the sneer curled He was aware of the fact that an- troop of the castle guard are alreddy cause—was It not 80?" on” But even a laughed her his work here on the Stoeyberg, > r, with hooks amMxed, will be wonderful Captain Victory! Why am Von Ludovick's lips again, other had sprung to the count's as- on the way to the frontier with the ‘Then, before she tld spent gaze cume back to Vi y's face and shadow was greater than the man, your main dependence—though one I so honored?” “Aye, Herr Graf! my offer,” de- sistance. Together the two bound Count Von Ludovick and Capt. Von even had she so deairod—he hurried sty added, ea atly: "You will be in HE END, DOOOHOOHOHHOOODOHOOOHHODODHODOHHODOOSOHIDDIOD D DEDINDDHIDHHDOHODDODDDDODHHOHDHOOHDHDDIDOHDODHODDOTDDODODIDHOTIGDG 1:5 GDIOSITESS ® DHNPOROOOHOM This Book on the Next Week’s A Stirring Heart Romanc * ‘ aggartnenttectis| THE CRIMSON WING érthe Franco Prussian War By H.C.Chatfield Taylor | , coma rt tg