garter/aw M, g‘ . p: szns-aogf ‘The Queen's Holiday lllllbflah! GIN“ "Mymaldisherqte IPYHIM to gturd." said Else. "Anna, Anne! Why, where is she?" “She went out." Ted intonmod her. "Anyhow she 4006M Wd"'“"d English, does she she wouldnt be s, very efilcient spy." "Perhaps they are plannlfll l" change Mr. Lilywn’! Prlscilh" 5"!‘ gested Carl from over near I Wifl~ doav. u "What makes you think ihlt? donnnzierl Elsa. no pnillied out of the window. and she not to see. The drew- hridee wee deem. and at the mother end er it waited the Mudeburga‘ on, empty and unguarded. Elle becokmed to Ted. "It the threeolusvwere 1n thetcer-thia minute!" "With Iteoline-end luck - we might still (It any.” ‘Rd fin- ished tor heri Carl tried the door, opened it s crack, and looked into the cer- ridor. Then he closed til eottly, end come to report in on excited whis- per. ‘The sent-vies have been with. drawn. I! now, before other: come to take their pieces-J’ _ ‘The! have a tunny way o! fihnllkin: guards in Castle Warn- beck." said Ted musinaly, par! tlptoed to the window, and reported on that recount-same. euro us“? eeenn nun: TEEN iiiiE PIMPLES Uee (“glam m quickly ole-u u» unborn» fies. aaeomn if»?! euooeaelui over 65 nan. Bu! aeyourdnuflitodlyl Wed-theme! GIITIGIIIA Sf-ifliaili? the. m» eentrlee outside the clstle-l can no ionzer eee any from this window." ‘That's 1m too swd w be We!" "But. w. newton, 11 I "W" lml broken out amflhl "l"! llllfllb—" "l! one has, they were pretty quiet about it. However, I BUPW" r11 have to malts a ow It i!" thing. You hevent s weapon g1 my sort handy. hive yflu- m"? "You can use the less oi a their es e club!" sugges ed Curl. ‘That ohetr than". Elsa pointed Blllllv. ‘The lees ere already almost otr." ' With Carl's help ‘red wreuched e. leg from the oheir she indicated Balancing 1t 1n his rilht hand. he out his left um around flee. “Just one hiss tor luck, Elsa, Alter that, put your hands over your ears.“ "But I am cumin: with you." said Bias rinnly. . ‘You're doing. nothing o! the bind, sweetheart. Hem, Oerl, hold your queen for e few minutes!" Ted passed Else over to Ussl as unoon- ccrnedly as it she had been a bag oi sugar. She had just tread herself lrom him when she heard three or tom- shots outside the castle. She rushed along the porridor and down the stsih. At the foot, o! the stair- way she collided with Ted. who was “”Qi@“'m%@@/6li"'" retumln: as test as his legs would carry him, » “Get back up there!" be ted. Arm in arm, they raced upstairs i; the sitting room. Ted llsznmed e it. ‘Treat is he announced. “They were making it 3K!!! $00 N!!! {or me to eecepe Naturally-l.‘ was suspicious." ‘Tlwy Wished you to run away?" asked Carl. y "0! NIUISe they did, I'm an em- barrassing prisoner; but ilor e11 colonel ‘Hiatus’ jibes about the my the United States fails to protect its citizens, he didn't want to execute me .50 he though-t 0t a brilliant ‘We? out; The Japanese method or ‘Emilie’ tor prisoners.“ ‘You did not run across an open space. Mr, Layton?" can naked, "I certainly did not. 1 kept close to the wall o! the courtyard until I reached the passage which leads to the drawbridge. At the ulster end of the pas-rare I took three or flour hasty eteps rel-ward: but by the time they shot. I had come back muoh taster than I wont out." "Her Highness should escape with can still be done! clothes with mo, I will run out and M them mistaloe me tor you. In the confusion athei- I em 0110i’. you and He: Iillhness ‘can let away in that oer which still stands there in readiness." “Fm afraid we haven't much time to think o! plans." said Else enx. lously- ‘The gimme will surely re- turn soon." “They're undoubtedly on the way now." Ted put his ear to the crack of the door, and nodded bfwfll’. "Yfll. they're coming." CHAPTER XXV! Elsa hoard the tramp of (oet 1n the corridor. In desperation Geri rushed to the window. “Highness? he cried in- an excited time. "lhet train-the train by which Colonel Tllsiua ca:me here lest night-it 1s You must ensm door and eet his back against a iuet whet I expected,” you" Carl had a brlzht ides. "rhea ~ Mr- Llyton. Then ' tlcjonrn 12. “mud QUICKER REgEF Sour Stomach e Colds . Headaches a Heartburn logy Feeling Minor lheumotle SAl l "£55.19 LAXA TlVE lrinee quick, lemie reilel _ uaullly within on hour. . Also eembete excess I t H E PATICA FOR TN! SMHE 0f HEAHH [anther along the track ntrw._-I‘, can see smoke from the engine, too, I ihOuBh the engine is shill hidden‘ from me by trees." i "Hlrni They're 207-2111; Mun II? are they?" said Ted. "Yes, and they must have ewitoh- ed too, The train is new headed back toward Granthetm." "It thet engine has steam uni’! said Else. "surely it means the colonel Tilslus is returning Grantheim. And as for ue-" The door opened, and two sen- tries appeared mt attention. Be- tween them strut-ted Colonel Til- sius, followed at zospecttul distance by th, maid, Anna, Tilslus was wearing e. long military overcoat. and canted his cap in his hand: he oped e, military carriage. but his imitation was not very succee- tul RELIEVES‘ SHOULDER STRAP STRAIN inessesmtevioeaszoodeeonafil _ better, erent they?” "Mr. Isyton will not lo with you." eeid Tilaius dryly. “Mr. Lar- ton makes himself e nuisance.’ - But Ted shook his heed M her. ‘woslongend doesyouaretold. Elsa. There are other persons 0on- , corned besides you end mo. Don't you hear that?" The noise he alluded to hed. be- gun e moment earlier but Ell-l 1188 be"; we gfltsted to notice it. NOW sh; listened to the distant booming and hoa- tace poled. "is thstqewh- non?" she whispered. ."It 1a. Biz suns in the distance. This country is at war, EII- You have your part to play. Ind i! won't be an easy 0118-" ~'- The maid brought Else's last and coat. Ted helped her pili- Uwm 0'11- "Naw your handbag and glove! Thgtfs right. You're all seti" With e hand under her chin, he railed hQTTMBQTAJWI-fd hisaudteoitl 1on1 look into her o!“- We have no time for sentiment! firewalls!" growled Tllaiul. Ted slipped an ann around Bu! waist. "Then since time prescri- mqy I walk t0 thb 8M0 with Mrl Layton, and wave 8001-57 Mo! there?" _ (To Be Continued! gull MMM -~E1£;.." z. .1... G h b d h B t}! ' l I llle glowered st Tedbut he choke ot i: an eau s own. eel es e popua to Elsa. “Your Highness has had the night to think things over, I mist reflection haabrought wis- ~ - ' doe-n." Corcltex Uplift it has another exclusive feature -~ Mn W“ m awful nigh”, qunvmd Elsa. "Your Highnese—-" went on ‘I511- sius, "I call you by that outmod ‘ name tor the sake e1 clearneee- Your Highness is now prepared to arknou-ledze your identity?" Elsa shock her head. "It wouldn't do any good itI did.“ "In other words." Ted explained aifably, “Mrs, Layton admits noth- g . in . “Her denial is not very tinn.” "Well, your/e refused to accept her denial. Sh! is growing confused, I think I know I em." “It would be better 1o: e11 of us 1i Her Highness admitted what can be so easily proved. In e quell-t- er or an hour I am leaving {or the capital. Your Highness fovili ac- company me in the specie] train.” Carl advanced a step an saluted. "Colonel, it you plan on taking Her -on taking the lady with you, you will at least let me accompany her?" “She will be quite sate in our hands. Net/ilrzliy we prefer not to‘ lot her have her own coierie about her." “On that score, 1 think Lieut~ enent stemdor! ie right." put in Ted. "For your own sake,- Colonel, you ought to allow him to sc~ company the lady to the capital." “That is e singular suggestion to come from a man who proiiesses that the lady is his wits. Mr. Lay- ton." the "Breathing Waisfl- those out. e188“?! 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