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HOOD RIVER GLACIER, HIUKSIUV, AlCl'ST l!ir, New Schedule Mount Hood Railroad lit': it Efleetlv lOI A. M. Kunday. July II, N. I .N, i jN. NO t. N.! f. N. STATION 1 ou 11 I IS II t la I 4 t 6& W ( 10 t so 10 (41 10 14 II Ul w u . . t S9 .1 HI . ou . 1 . M L.W Hood River Ar. , Powerriale .... .... .Switchback ... Van H.ien Mobr..... Odell HnminIL Bloueber Wlnana Dee Trout Creek... . Wood worth.... Ar. raxadaie Lv. . 2 1 4 1 1 - l .1 is I M ..1 U 1 Ml 1 Oil 1 IS 12 46 .1 l .12 . IWj 12 30 R. B. KARLY, G. P. A. f. B. Snyder B. B. Powell Hood River Plumb ing Company SANITARY PLUMBING AND HEATING Tinning and Shed Metal Work. Gasoline Engine. Pump, Rama. Repairing Prompt ly Attended. Estimate Furnished. Phone laM. Opposite Hotel Oregon, corner of Second and Cascade Stt. ERNEST 0. SMITH Lawyer Room 1 and 2 11 all Building Hood River, Ore. GEO. R. WILBUR Lawyer Rooms 14 and 15 Hall Building Hood River ... Oregon LOU 18 A. KEED ALBERT P. KKKl) L. A. HKNDEKHON L. A. & A. P. REED LAWYERS Two Doori North of Postoffice Phone 1331 L. A. HENDERSON ATTORNEY AT LAW PURVEYOR and CIVIL ENGINEER Two Doori North of Postoftlce Phone 1331. DERBY & STEARNS Lawyers HOOD RIVER, OREGON. JAMES H. HAZLETT Lawyer First National Bank Building Hood River Oregon H. L. DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Call promptly answer In town or country Day or Night. Telephone: Reelrienae, loril: Office, 1X1. Office In the Hroaiu BuHdlc? KB. M. H. BUAKP Dr. Edna B. Huakp Osteopathic Physicians Graduates ef the American School of Osteopathy, KirkBville, Mo. Office in Elliot Block. Home Phone 102 iUt,. 102-1? Dr. Justin M. Waugh EYE, EAR AND THROAT GENERAL SURGERY Office in Eliot Bldg. 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. J. F. WATT, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Telephone: Office, lOHIj residence, 3571. HUKUKUN O. K. & N. Co. E. D. KANAGA Physician and Surgeon Phones: Office 4211 Office in Kliot Res. 1811 Building Dr. V. R. Abraham Physician and Surgeon Office in Eliot Block Office Phone 4151 Residenc phone 4152 E. L. SCOBEE, D. D. S. DENTIST Telephones : Office 3101 j residence 3421 Office in Brosius Building H. D.W. PINEO, D. D. S DENTIST Rooms 4, 5 and 6 Telephone Smith Building 2021 C. H. JENKINS, D. M. D. DENTIST Telephones: Office 1081; reBidencj 3331 Office over Butler Bank Dr.J.H.McVAY Diagnosis, Consultation and Surgical Diseases. Hall Building, Hood River, Oregon PHONE 1792 Stranahan & Slaven Contractors & Builders HOOP RIVER, OREGON. M. E. WELCH, LICENSED VETERINARY SURKE03 I prepared to do any work In the veterln ary line. He can be fonnd by calling at or panning to me minion siauies. Frederick & Arnold Contractors and Builders Estimates furnished on all kinds of work Phnnoc Frederick, 156J rilUIieb. Arnold; Sliti C. M. HURLBURT SURVEYOR TELEPHONE 5618 E. O. DTJTRO, M. D. Office Hall Bld Hood River. Phone 71. Hours 1 to 4 p. m. and by appointment. Re, ideuce. Lewte House. Odell. Phone Odell IW. Calls promptly answered In town or country uay or nignt. DR. EDGINGTON 1121 Twelfth Street, The Heights HOOD RIVER - OREGON MURRAY KAY Civil Engineer and Surveyor Brosius Building ASfory ofUysicry and Adventure &r EMERSON From ftie Scenario GRACE CUNARD SYNOPSIS. Kitty Gray, newspaper woman, find In curio shop half of a broken coin, tlie mutilated Inscription on which arouses nw curiosity and lead. her. at the order of her managing editor, to go to the prin cipality of tiretihorten to piece out I lie Jtory auggesled by the Inscription. She Is followed, and en arrival In UretzhofTen her adventures while chasing IU secret of the bioken coin bestn. SEVENTH INSTALLMENT CHAPTER XXV. Divided. As Kitty approached the little room of the count's Dalace which hefnra now had proved to be" something of a storm center In the affairs of the Gretz hoffen coin there came to her the conviction that there might be others beside herself who would have some inkling; as to the whereabouts of the missing portion of the coin, and who might therefore arrive upon the scene at much the same time as that of her own visit. She was not altogether surprised at the sudden Interruption of her labors, Just at the moment of her success. As she saw herself the object of a poised weapon, she swerved aside ln stlnctivelycalled out instinctively for help. 'Roleau!" she exclaimed, for, wom anlike, she had learned the value of a strong titan's arm, and her first thought was of the faithful servant who so strangely had attached him self to her own varying fortunes. And Roleau came hastening from his watching place outside the door. He sawihe little room occupied by a man who now suddenly had en tered and who menaced Kitty, so that, to save her life as she supposed, she was on the point of surrendering to him both pieces of the coin. The sight of his mistress in danger was enough for Roleau. With his custom ary battle cry he plunged immediately Into the conflict, careless of the threat ening weapon. In the melee the two half coins both were dropped upon the floor. Even now the ruling impulse of Kit ty did not quite forsake her. She stooped and regained one of the half coins, but the struggling men, shifting here and there in the room, kept her from securing the other. In the blind instinct for escape she fled now to the open hall, taking that direction which led back from the front of the building. Roleau heard her pass, and could not Join her In flight but he heard her give & cry of alarm whose cause he could only guess. His energies were fully occupied by the combat with this 6heFelt a Hard Hand Close Upon Her Mouth. stranger whom now he saw to be one . rA... Ciihln'a man Hfl hud noted Ul tuuui " htm at the hunting lodge. He himself had not time to reason as to me preo ence of this new factor In the general imbroglio, but at last, able to bring hi. nmn wnanons into may. ue muyeu the Issue for a time. They both had . i MnnmiM nno nnother aa they UUIO W l5VW6"v stood, the one as much baffled as the other, and neither quite compreueuu -hot ihA other was doing here. Very naturally the sounds of all this confusion could not be concealed. The cream of a woman bad rung widely ... i J V a w through the nans, ana ueu an v; ... A nrrHnnrv r.ircumstancea WBIO IU rv j hereabouts, the servanta could not fall a. .tunia tha roiiBA or illlH. JUCI hastened In the direction of the up- aAvanntk waft Rtaved bt roar, uui iucii - - the command of the master of the palace himseir. Th men in the room, as they :.,itrv s,, 5 7JS - "aje&m 7, 7. j ' th i s I' 1- JL F - 7-'- '"i PEOPLES NAVIGATION COMPANY vSteamer Tahoma . Down Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays Up Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays All kinds of freight and passengers handled. Horses and automobiles given special attention. Jack Bagley, Agent, Phone 3514 boken Coin HOUGH & by paused for breathing space, heard a steady footfall advancing to the door, heard the calm vole of Count Fred erick himself. "Gentlemen!" The intruders, whatever the errand of each, took their eyes from one an other and turned now, recognizing yet another man who scarce had coma In friendship. "You honor me greatly, gentlemen," aid Count Frederick with his usual coolness in any extraordinary situa tion. "But might I ask why you care thus to disarrange my apartment? Had I known your own curiosity re garding lt, I might have asked tome of my servants to assist you in a search more orderly." "I was sent back by my master," be gan the stranger who was none other than Barlol, the late successor to Ru dolph in Count Sachlo's good grace. "He had left certain of bis belong ings some sliver cases of the toilet, Monsieur le Comte be did not trouble to ask you about them, and now he sent me " "Indeed! That Is most plausible! But why seek for them In my rooms, when his quarters were in quite an other part of the palace, my dear sir?" "As to that," replied the other with calm effrontery, "I cannot say. I only came here because the servants told me that this w as the room. Of course, if there has been any mistake " "Cease, I say," exclaimed Count Frederick, frowning now, bis face flushing. He turned trom Roleau to the other intruder in his apartments. Roleau stood dumb. The other shook his head. "Monsieur le Comte," said he, "the young woman was here when I en tered when this man also entered. She passed yonder when she had the opportunity and took with her one half the coin. There lies theother on your floor. She disappeared we heard a cry- Count Frederick stooped and picked up the object pointed out to him. It was his own half of the coin or that which he had called his own since he bad taken lt from her. So then, he reflected, she had found the way to his most secret hiding place she was on the very point of success when this last contretemps had interfered with her plans. A new feeling of admiration for her keon ness and persistence once more came to Count Frederick's heart For a moment he stood regarding half -regretfully the bit of metal in his hand. "I shall not offer this trinket to you, my friend," said he grimly to the man Bartel, as he pooketed the coin, "for of course you were not look ing for coins only toilet articles sil ver ones, did you say, sir? Vou shall take back an excellent set of my own to Count Sachio, with my' compli ments. Tell him that lt would seem ill to me that any guest of mine should suffer risk of loss either to his person or his property while he was beneath my roof!" With these stinging words, which brought color to the other's face. Count Frederick turned coolly away, and once more faced Roleau. That was in his face now which did not be speak remorselessness, revengeful ness. No, something Bofter lay lu tb man's cool gray eyes. CHAPTER XXVI. Solitary Confinement When Kitty in her blind impulse of self-preservation sprang out of Count Frederick's room, she did not at first contemplate continued flight Once out of reach of Immediate danger, she paused, loath to leave what she had come there to obtain, and loath also to abandon her stout-hearted ally in his time of stress. She turned back, paused Just outside the door once more. As she did so, yet another door opening Into the hall was pushed silently ajar opened fully. Yet an other man, whom never in her life had she seen before, now stepped out She felt a hard hand close upon her mouth, more than half-stifling her scream for help. "Silence!" she heard his voice Insist. "Go on ahead of me Once more Kitty undertook to scream, and again the firm hand stopped her voice. It seemed to her that some pungent aromatic drug filled the car with its fumes. She struggled less violently. Events seemed to pass by her iu a dream, and she regarded them carelessly, apathetically. In short, either in part or in whole, she had lost conscious ness. When at length she fully regained ber senses she was alone alone with a terror which seemed to her more overpowering than any she yet had known. Instead of her own apart ments in her hotel, Instead of the room of Count Frederick or the hunting lodge of bis quondam friend, Count Sachio, she found herself surrounded by four barren walls in what edificw or In what place, she could not guoes. There seemed some eort of door yes. There was a small, high, barred window; but the latter was at such height as to be almost beyond ber who waited .for hlra in-patietitly enough at the rendezvous ii:ih had been established Well, well, then. Bartel. exclaimed the count "why the delay? What's wrong? You are not goii.g to tc!l nn the same story that Rudolj U biouM you have not failed?" The shamefaced look cr th other gave him his own answer Count Sachio himself gave way to bckrty cursea of all incompetence. "The count retained one half the coin," went on thu unfonmiMo nes enger. "I don't know wl.uh it was The girl the young Amerir.iu r't the other piece. I saw her i n- it ty But she did not get both' 1 d ,u t know which one she did tot. but I know that each has one-half the count and the girl. She must have heeu carried away by some other man. I heard ber scream, then all silent" "So all escaped you? It is another matter what I myself may !iae done as to the girl and the coin they es caped you?" "Yes, excellency, naturally 1 could not prevent the man from escaping, and the count himself aM"Aid Uio other man to do so." "What other man?" "Roleau, they called him the girl's servant he follows her like a dog and fights like one." "So, there were two others present beside yourself?" "Yes, it seemed as though everyone interested in the coin came all at once." "Naturally, the competition asks quick work of all of us. And we will Es, v - if -.-fc- JWa, JH-J ...... -. . X W r 'NWW , " aw. ' -lift Ik Ifc5. f -ri Iv :i -V 11 X':?) An Old Woman Came In These strange words suddenly brought Kitty back to a train of thought which for the time had been broken. She felt quickly at her bosom and at her waist for the bit of coin which she had brought away from Count Frederick's room. It was gone! At some time during her Journey from Count Frederick's palace to this place long or short whether it had been, she could not tell the coin had been taken from her. Kitty sprang to the sill of the little window and peered out for an in stant; but her hold was too feeble. She sank back, not seeing what would have given her great Joy to see. Apparently some eye "had caught sight of her face, brief as had been its appearance. In truth, Roleau, hound like, had run his game to earth. It was he who had caught sight of her Just for an instant. Later she heard once more the tinkling of some falling object upon the floor. She picked it up it was, a substantial file, which evidently had been flung through the window by someone having the intent to aid her. This thought gave her hope. Almost as soon as she grasped It she fell to work at the bars which had re strained her. Meantime, at the scene from which she had been so unceremoniously ab stracted but now. Count Frederick re mained stiii pondering on the strange events which had been brought home so close to him. He was too much preoccupied in his concern over the young woman's disappearance to note carefully anything else that went on about him. When one of his house hold placed a message in his hand, for the time he gazed at it, scarce com prehending that it came from the roy al palace. Since he had left unattended the servant of Count Sachio, whom he had found in his own room, the latter seized the present opportunity to es cape from the place and to find his own master. Count Sachio himself I 7 ' i't'iwii. , I ":eV 1 - v . v4 " rfni. ? , V 13 ' 1 pXZurftfvrJ&t "f?L vjM i' Slab, Fir and Oak Wood Also Rock Springs Coal Now is the time to bargain for your winter fuel. See Taft Transfer Company v rarh For the time Kitty was of the belief that her sense must leave her forever The senie of aoiilude was a poignant torture. How long he had thus remained she could not tell, when at length the close-fitting door in one side cf the four walls opened. An old woman came in. bringing some food for her. Kitty tried her in every language which she had ever known, but got no answer The old woman !ook her head, and after a time retreated si lently as she bad come Getting no answer to her appeal for help, Kitty tut down i.nce more, fight ing herself to r t:uu her faculties, her calm, her poise Escape? How could there be hop.? for that? For once bhe wa at tir vit's end as she looked about her. She sat moody and ti'.ent, too dazed, suffering too much, too un certain in her ow n mind to plan Intel- ligently any course of action. She was brought to herself somewhat by hsuring the tinkle of some object on the floor at her feet. i It was a bit of stone wrapped tight ly in a little wad of paper. Surely it had been meant as some communi cation to her from someone outside the room. It must have come through the window. She opened the paper and smoothed It out. As she read lt she wondered I how many other persons there were in this strange country who could claim j acquaintance with her own plans. "Better write an Imaginary story for your paper and return .to America. Give up the coins and you will gain your freedom. Refuse and you will fare badly." . - i ,1 . ' F - i V - r v . . ' t-X ' V''- S ' , 71 , A Bringing Some Food for Her. act quickly. Tell me, what happened then?" "The Count Frederick allowed her to escape strangely, he seemed to have small resentment for her after all. Nor did he have too much for Roleau, whom he must have ranked a wholly faithless servant. He did not punish him but even sent him off after the girl! Excellency, my word for It, he seemed to miss the girl as much as the coin did Count Fred erick." Follow them then, Bartel. Follow Roleau If you can find him he will lead you to the girl, wherever she may be. For myself, I cannot guess." It was this counsel, followed dili gently by the unhappy messenger of Count Sachio, which resulted in a quick shifting of the forces of Kitty's enemies. It was true Roleau had gained access to a point within sight of Kitty's window, where still he tried to be of aid to her still hoped she soon would be able to aid herself. But here he was surprised by these emissaries of Count' Sachio lt was none less than the nobleman himself who led the forces now. Therefore when, after all her toll, Kitty at length managed to make her escape through the barred window, lt was but to find herself once more a prisoner Roleau once more a prisoner with her! The fact of captivity had not changed only the phases of cap tivity. She and her ally bad only ex changed captors. Who her last prison guardian had been Kitty could not tell. Now, without doubt, she was once more to be subjected to the scant courtesy of the nobleman of Grahof fen. CHAPTER XXVII. The Counterfeit Coin. Count Frederick finally aroused himself from the apathy of Inaction In which Klttv's sudden disappearancs had left hlra Now he learned that the measafe from the king asked his ttendauce at the palace as soon as might be. The king had. it seemed, a communication which he desired to make to Count Frederick at once. 'Confound bis royal highness!" ei- Frederick fervently; and the deluded claimed Frederick to himself. "I never monarch, pleased at the quick eiecu leave him but he asks me back at . tion of his wishes, knew nothing of the once. He is always in some trouble, deeper machinations of the keen brain and I am 111 deposed now to be nurwe j which be fancied still was In his lerv- to sny king, for I nave affairs of my , own to trouble me sufliclently " Nevertheless, grumbling, he went his way to the palace, for tl.a royal will was something not )et at least to bo set aside. "Good! Count Frederick," Michael gre ted Mm. "1 asked ycur return be cause of a sudden thought that had cou.e to lay mind." "As to what, your majesty? Did it come to you alone, unassisted?" The king was too much preoccupied to concern himself with sarcasm. "Yes, assuredly. It is regarding the coin." "The coin! I thought your majesty cared little for It so little that you gave It away unasked to one who is not even of our country a stranger I the young American." "Precisely. That is true. And I had cause for my act. Hut, see you, one does not make gifts unrequited. Now the young American has disappeared, and so has the coin. Perhaps, rather, I should reverse that, and say that the coin has disappeared and with lt the young American. At least, that Is to say they both are gone. So I sent for you, my dear Frederick, to tell me what to do." The nobleman stood for a moment but half concealing his real feelings, gauging the man before him, this Imi tation of a king. "She was a most charming young person, began the king, trying to conceal his own thoughts. "Do you not think such hair as hers Is rare?" "Rare, Indeed, your majesty she Is In all things rare," suddenly ex claimed the count. "And where la she gone?" "I do not know I have no idea." "But you can find her you certainly can bring her back." "I hope lt, your majesty 1 hope lt very much. But then, as to the coin?" he added, somewhat maliciously for he knew well enough where sat the wind in royal quarters. "Oh, yes, about the coin. Well, I was only going to ask you to find It for me." "That seems simple, your majesty! Even though I do not know where the young girl is." "That Is why I ask you, my dear count." "Agreed then, your majesty. Of what use is a servant of the king it he cannot do the king's will? I ac cept your errand. I will soon return to you the coin at least, 1 hope so. After all, perhaps It has no such value as you seem to think I am sure lt has less value for you than other things that we might mention." I Count Frederick did not add aloud ' what was in his own mind the truth that the coin had more value for : him than he at any time before now had believed. I Presently he excused himself from ' the royal presence and departed to j put into effect a little plan of his own ' which he fancied might blunt both horns of this dilemma Into which the naivete of King Michael so suddenly had placed him. I As luck would have It, there had been thrown into his hands the king's ' half of the coin. Count Frederick thought for a mo - . i . 1 . i 1 n-i. ment before he made a plan. Then he made a hurried journey to a cer tain. silversmith in w hose skill he had much confidence. "Make me," be said as be laid upon the counter his piece of the coin "a replica of this absolutely, line for line, so that 1 myself cannot tell the two apart. Do you hear me? Can lt be done? "Yes, excelleucy," said the workman, "it can be done so nicely that I my self scarcely could tell them apart." "Then quick with lt," said Count Frederick. "How soon?" "By tomorrow, excellency, I promise you a duplicate." It was therefore on the morrow that Count Frederick was able once more to visit the royal palace with a mind more at peace with circum stances. With him he carried what was apparently the king's half of the coin which he bad given to the young American so carelessly, and which now at once he coveted again sinre the young American herself was gone. "So soon!" exclaimed Michael. "You are the acme of punctiliousness and efficiency, my dear count. You are Indeed a man of results. Go now to my cabinet again and belp yourself to such Jewels as you fancy." "No more, your majesty, I thank you. If I have been of service I am pleased. Jewels are not for me. They are for women and no woman has jewels from me now. I have reformed, your majesty. I shall be taking my self to a monastery next." King Michael laughed loudly at this jest on the part of his former boon companion. "Not so far as that for me," he said. "I am not yet ready for any monastery. I swear I can remem ber a queen's face and a queen's figure when I see them, well as ever. And I saw them both here not so long ago. I thought I had secured the chance to see them yet again when I gave ber as our gift this which you have re stored to me now. It seems I failed in that But should the same case come up again for action should she by Intent or accident meet us again I am in possession once more of what formerly was mine. Perhaps the afr THE COLUMBIA MILL E. V. SCHILLER All Kinds Building Material, Dimensions Shiplap, Timbers and Boards Mill at Fir. Oregon. Telephone Odell 302 Address Hood River, Oregon, R. F. D. Number 1 tair could be undertaken de novo, my ' dear count She gave It to you to return to me? Well, no matter, only t hope that in some way. on some day. she will come back again." "I trust It, your majesty." said Count Ice, is: CHAPTER XXVIII. If Means to an End. Kitty, left alone once more, found herself In better heart than she had ben but now. At least, she had seen Role.au had found once more proof of his faithfulness and his efficiency. Surely he would belp her to escape yet again. And as for Sachio better he, of whom she knew something, than a stranger of whom she knew nothing at all. Of late despair bad been knock ing at ber heart la such fashion that the summons of opportunity found no hearing, but now she began to plan once more. She sought to stud7 the exits of the apartment In which she found herself. There were two doors, so lt seemed, both fastened. She pushed strongly at one; it opened before ber. She stood once more face to face with Count Sachio, the mocking conspira tor who had of late had so much to do with her own mlffortunesi "Mademoiselle!" said he, "I am so pleased." "For myself," rejoined Kitty indlg nantly, "I was never so much dis pleased as I am now. So the gentle men of this country In this way show their quality in their treatment of women? I compliment you." "Your words are at least better than your absence, mademoiselle 1 like ' neither." And what of me? What shall I say of a man who treats m as a crim inal? Nay, a criminal would be treat ed better In my country he would have a trial. There woud be process of law, observance of the law. Is the habeas corpus writ a thing unknown I in this country have the people never yet wrung that right from the bands of tyrants? In my country there ar some recourses which any citizen may ! nv'" Your own country? Why did yon ever leave it mademoiselle?" "The reasons concern me alone, sir." "Indeed, you mistake they do not concern you alone. We are many of us in this country also concerned with them. We would that you never had come from America. There are many reasons moving to that And. Indeed, we even ask your return to your own country." "So, then, lt was your message to me that I got? Moat melodramatlo of you, Count Sachio but by what right do you demand my return?" "There are some large rights. , mademoiselle, which need small yiniitwtitiFii, "Bat which allow you to binder me In the performance of my own duties to ask me to be unfaithful to my em ployers? Why, you even ask me to deceive the public to present a coun terfeitto pretend that I bav done what I have not done." "So? And you cannot take suck good advice?" "No, I will not To deceive, to pre tend, to counterfeit those are attrib utes of your kingdom, not of my opa country, America. In my country we have better standards men and wom en alike for which 1 heartily am glad." 1 "You haye a stinging tongue, ma- ' ..... . . demoiselle," said Count Sacblo, red un der his swarthy skln. "Perhaps It will grow milder If left unused. I shall leave you here until you are willing to say you are done with Gretzhoffen and ready to return to your own coun try. This land, mademoiselle, can keep Its own secrets lt could even close over the secret of the disappear- ance of a young woman and leave her fate a mystery. I trust that you will reconclder what you have said." A moment and he bad left her once more. Before he passed through the door she glanced beyond. The room was occupied, apparently, by bis friends escape on that side was Im possible. The other door still remained fas tened. Kitty turned to lt with bur glarious Intent using an art learned when she was a schoolgirl. With no better Instrument than a hairpin, she had seen wonders done at opening locks. Her brisk Interchange of compli ments with Count Sachio bad set her pulses stirring once more. Bhe want ed to get out she wanted to escape, and she proposed to escape. Once more free, she admitted to herself, she would be willing enough to take the advice which but now she bad scorned willing enough to take ship back home, to see the familiar sky line of her own city, to find her own place back In the smoky and grimy city, her own place In the hum and grind of the old newspaper. How good lt would seem to her now to see the faces of the local room. They might chaff her all they liked. Yet, she would go back home. And now, with schoolgirl finesse In the employment of the small Instru ment at her dfspoBal, the succeeded In her burglary. She felt the lock turn at last felt lt give saw that she could open the door. She did open lt and closed lt again. Back of her she beard once more the creak of the other door at It opened. She turned to encounter once more the figure of Count Sacblo. He smiled at her ts once more he entered unannounced. (TO BE CONTINUED I