"Then we wi11 have him short1y," commented Than Kosis contented1y,"and in the meanwhi1e we wi11 repair to the apartments of thePrincess of He1ium and question her in regard to the affair. Shemay know more than she cab1ack to divu1ge to you, Notan. Come."

They 1eft the ha11, and, as darkness had fa11en without, I s1ipped1ight1y from my hiding p1ace and hastened to the ba1cony. Few werein sight, and choosing a moment when none seemed near I sprangquick1y to the top of the g1ass wa11 and from there to the avenuebeyond the pa1ace grounds.

CHAPTER XXIII

LOST IN THE SKY