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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1930-10-23, Page 247' • • • e; • • en� Lucien Burn an • ... Yes soldiers "captured ps ion, the way to 'Villapa?" ' ' • "Exactly. , Of course, that experi- ment was a failure, too. Meanwhile the two Italians,,• who nee et -do -wells thennselves,'' were naturally •on good terms with the ne'er-do-wellsof the native population, had heard "vague' rumors about . Some of the Indians in D'Albentara's• camp, . and catching The! poor drunken 'fellow we .saved that night—you don't know about that in -i cident, Elsie-- tortured hire to see what he ..knew, and „found his information highly interesting. ' "Then, discouraged by the lack oY. s in their schemes to get money succe s � 'from Elsie, they decided to abandon her in their 'plans, and follow up the information they 'had gained Which brings 'us to the second and more im- portant quest, 'the one Which concerns., Prentiss and D'Albentara." 1 The tom-toms began to sound' mon- otonously. .Ile listened keenly, a mo- ment, then no- ment,then continued..'. "I've told Nanny teeny times before that these people aren't Incas. Far' from it. But .' ,THIS HAS• liAPP•ENED •. .Attempts have ,been m ce on • the life. of Elise Marber y, owning con- siderable property neer oli-siderable'property.neer the little town of Porto Verde, in'west central $razii. She rias 'escaped harm :due, to the shrewdness of 'her cousin end protec- tor,' Vilak,=who wt'.fh his friend, Lin- colit"Nunnally, ,an elderly American chemist, is trying to learn the reason for the strangeentn'ity for Elise.. Living near:.Porto Verde is pee Gay- lord Prentiss, a. strange unc:•'forbid- ding character, who. has . evinced , a hatred for Elise. Tinky, Elise's two year -c,1. erphan- ed nephew,, is. kidnapped. A native reports' Prentisb has'been .seen with the baby. Thetrail leads into the Jungle. :Calamity overtakes the expedition Vilak organizes in pursuit.. Native trackers are injured er desert..Treach- ery:breaks' out... Their white friends are fever victims and are left with ' a friendly tribe: Elise,••Vilak and Nuiinally finally emerge from the jungle:' Presently they 'come 'teethe outskirts, of a. strange city, resembling; tLe e d Inca civilize - , tion, Here ,they are made, nrisoners. • .. The_discoicer..tliate.h are..in: th now . . of Carlos D'Albentara, whom they had known, as. an engineer back 4n Porto Verde. The ruler of the city. decides to marry Elise and to nut Vilak and Manually to, death. They are to be tortured at the feast of Raymi, as are rise's nephew and Prentiss. who are prisoners also: A friendly Indian slipsa dagger.to Vilak, who cuts his bonds. then proceeds to awe the na tives'by walking through fire. D'AI- bent: •ra is killed. Vilak starts tc .re- late the strange story' of. Prentiss.. NOW BEGIN THE STORY CHAPTER %LVII "Merely . this," Vilak answered. "The first; quest for gold, and to my mind the mach less important; was the .attempt of Limey Potts, Pasquale, Branza,''an Ditto Cicerone. Three rogues wpr�g'together, .they believed —with reason—,that they could easily get many thousands of dollars from i you ,lay kidnapping Tinky. , That was, why Limey , was in. the free waiting for you to drive by, the day :Tony. Bai- betta was killed- Fie was going to cause you to have an aceident or some- thing of the sort and try to •kidn`ap Tinky then. His arrest: somewhat dis-' rupted the trio's plans, but didn't block 'them. "When Tinley disappeared the first time, it was, the Italians who had tak- en taken hien, one of them tiding the Horse with the injured foot which had be- longed to Prentiss and •which 1 after- ward learned they had stolen. They were on the road to. Furness Caves when theywere unfortunate enough to meet four racitinted genderames who watch that place pretty closely just' because it is such a' haven for crooks and smugglers, and : they had • to run for it, being compelled atlast to get rid of title child, which was crying in terror and otherwise embarassing their flight. "Failing in this scheme, Limey, after the others had aided him to escape from jail, decided on a much bolder experiment,• which,' if success- ful; he' belie* would be far more lucrative: • that was to kidnap you yourself and threaten you until you gave theta any amount of money they chose tb ask for." "Was that the .:.er .. occasion," the oid malt murmured, "the soldiers 1. • Full of long lasting 'delicious flavor arid made -of pure chide and other ingredients" of the highest quality L °comes to you in perfect condition. Nkll of ata goodness is sealed fight ;in the clean war wrapped s. ' packages, The days work goes much easier with suit's to sustain fluid • W ,HANDY .for j PACKS 50 • AFTER Atar POR A NteXeL • . ISM**, No. 4n8tding never to5tt }dog. He soon: sesut,,ed b dor,1o,asa and researches .and wa,., iworlt t the ea tern parth.:of Berle, when he heard vague repol'ts that there were interesting old Inca.ruins, off in this direction. Sq after consider: able wandering over the mountains and .desert• fere foin, •search of it,, he filially arrived and und, D'Albentara here. i "D'Albentera was .one of, .those un-! snsual persons you occasionally en-. counter;', he went on."A highly in- telligent, 'cultured' Man 'who. has gone completely wrong; .He .was quite .eus piciofis of Prentiss, at first, but when he7 Iearned -that the ether's`miseii'on was purely an archeological one treat: ed him very cordially and they became friends. „Seems he was thane'er• do -well • sell of an excellent Portugie• ese family,: and. having gone tie Brazil ,to escape arrest• after committing..a murder, badbeen a oiv_1 engineer-, and 'numerous „other things'° until he got 'into •t'rouble..'again eed ,i4ad' to leave Once more. e • G'In'• this uttauner,' drifting from••wild- er spot to wilder: spot, he .eame.'by' accident upon this .place .which be,. Icings , to Batalagos. ' He 'Wes a clever fellow, was D'Albentaraa, very clever.. And it didn't take 'him long • to find mit 'about all the. gold Batalegos had•, here or to make ,himself the half- breed's chief adviser so that he could.• set about getting it. 'To. do this, . he began playing; politics. � is "As I've often said, a king or chief nothing 'but' a different variety of ward . politican. Batalegos especially deserved that. designation because, he wasn't too, secure on his hie- throne. He. had plenty of enemies, particularly among those natives here who .prob- ably had considerable. ble. Inca b o od • is them and certainly came of good- stock.: naturally, they bitterly resented hav- ing a .' mongrel like ;Batalagos •over. them. So Batalagos, began. §bsiemat- ically wiping them •out" • And .D'Alben tara curried his favor by helping him. "Well ... 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"Back in semi=civilization, he nat- urally thought he was sate, but he had only" been there two, weeks, try-, coffee in a small:mtislin bag; place in. ing to recuperate ' from a wretched, cold milk; and let stand 20 .minutes, peppermint or Jess 'according 'to. taste- d min f five minutes and. re= Ad'd ° enough confectioner's sugar ,to. fever he mh' d contracted g Th k Coffee Cream Pie One-third cup ground coffee, 3.•cups: milk, 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons ,cornstarch, pastry.. Tie Delicious Mints • • •Take. one raw egg wh'fte and beat'. slightly twvfth a silver fork, • adding a teaspoon of cold' . water as .you ' beat. Now add about 14 drops Of essence :of ver a con race co en, coo or through the jungle,•'. when. he found move bag., Beat eggs slightly, add to make a stiff pastel Noiv roll 'out,to ., thatI1-Alberitara and his', menwere. sugar and col s., •n tareh:, add hot milk' the thickness•of about .half ,an inch ' -• . .following .. h. Not that D'Albentara and cook in double •bofieruntil thick then cut out in small pieces .Let, it bore, him any personal .enihity. IIs coned-• Fill 'crust and bake., in a'mod- now, stand:and dry out then it is'ready didn't. But the child . bad .become a erately hot igen i>ntil • firm: ' Time fn to eat, • symbol. if he "'didn't bringit back, oven 30 minutes: Serve six. - . . ' 4•)----",. _yl,, Trot les and if Prentiss' act.went unpunished, .. Batalagos} prestige would be•..enor- ,. HOMELY ELEMENTS When a man• is in trouble any Fil- et dimisheil, and likewise that The solid, steady; dependable pro loot is sufficient°to complete life ruin, of his chief adviser. rifle. if. D'AZ press of men is based on .certar`ti home . - '"Chnt�" . bentara did succeed in returning Pren- ly elements Which are, common to all. ''-- "Any mu'sicthat'is so complicated tiss and the child; .the grateful chief Among these are honesty, faith, .ambi, that is haw to be .explained runt, be enduring music: •"— Albert Coates. , 'A. dour expression does sometimes make an excellent ,disguise".far.lack of capacity."—James J. \Walker; —t ' About the only cheap thing that Athtetesrecomniend Minard,sLiniment ' yes •satisfactient is a compliment.' would refuse hint, nothing. A fact Which Batalagos may or may cot have Painted lout "To . make a long • story short ... 4I' From Diamantino Prentiss came' on She: "'Have you a poor inemory east to Porte Verde and shut himself . for faces?" Ile "Yes—poor faces." up. on his father's old fazenda, letting no 'one know that he had the child with ''him. He hoped to throw D .41 bentrara's men off 'the track. "He failed of- course. He tried to ego back to the United States, muck as' he. didn't wish to after his:,unforn- ate •affair there" But he was crazy with illness, and shattered' nerves, and had got into, some complicated mess shout . his passport and citizenship. The consular of cials, to whom he told part of his story, thought he ffas completely mad, and, wouldn't let him out•of the country. "That's why he treated you the way he. did Elsie. Rememberingthe bitter quarrel . between your family and his own over the ownership :of his ,•fez- ' ends, in his half -deranged state your visits ' only .nade him more frantic, for he ••was certain, with that terrible fixedness of mind of la'nervously over- wrought person,• that you were try- ing to drive him out of his last refuge. (To be concluded) tion. and courage: ,These four will be found .at the bottote of ' every• real success - "1 was in that building with Batalagos this afternoon. In a great stone' basement of it is• they tiave been . living in these Inca ruins for many generations and nit-. .urally have take,'n over any of the Inca, possessions which remained. "If you remember your histories, yqu'llierecal that the .thing they bad most of was gold, Gold in such en- ormous quantities that the -Spaniards Who first saw their cities Wouldn't credit'their eyes. Walls of the nobles' houses literally covered with it, great vases, and even furniture made of it. Called it 'the tears of the sun."' He 'gazed, off toward the chief's pal- ace silhouetted against the starlit sky. "I was in that building *Rh :Batalagos this afternoon.. In a great stone base- ment of it is gold. A tremendous, amount- of gold. Ornamental armour, carved flowers, all that sett of thing. How touch it's worth, I couldn't esti- ate. Besides this there are rich gold mines a' few nine's away where it originally came from. I'm halt' in- cltned not to take yen to.see either. ft's done too much halal, this gold. Killed teo many people. , • The' hideous painted priests began a droning Ghent.. "You know Prentiss is, au arcbeoIngist. Hes always epee,- 'Wired pecialized in ;tee archeoiogv" Some years ago he gat in that trouble with the •thuseuln, you remember: and resignned under a cloud of scandal. Ile: told to about it to=day. Gotfoolish; over some woman, and 'sold a lot of the musenita proper"ty which he had dis• 9avere'd to gratify her teste for money. No need going into details. "Hut the effect ofit was that he, was pretty swiftly dropped by most Of his friends aid acquaintances and embittered, ;vent off to South Alerteal • ly. Probeibly quite glad to see an: Other white man, particularly en. in- telligent one.. 110 invited Prentiss to see pne of his executions, which was a perversion of the old Inca practice of .human sacrifice. ' "Prentiss went. The .victim whom the gods had supposedly ,selected for the occasion was a baba, the son of one of the lighter skinned Indian faro - flies who had Leen the chief's worst enemies. A child just about as old as Tinky was at the time. • "Prentiss . was a scientist, who ' had steadfastly maintained that it was a bad plan for an archeologist to' inter- fere in local politics. But despite his bitterness. he was at heart a very decent .fellow in many ways, and when the execution was about to take place c it' was a little more than he huld stomach. He darted. forward. knock- ed one of the priests down—he was quite huh ley then-- and seized the baby in lig armee' "Of course, they caught him im mediat'e'ly;. be was condemned to be rifced at once, for his violent act re g ed:every.godthey+_possess- lready on the sacrificial ers bad just left child,when s and sac bad out ed. Ile was a stone and the tetteo him to begin .work on the fortunately fot him B'atalage some of the priests derided that the sacrilege had badly jolted the 'omens so thatthe tfm was no longer favor- able. • Consequenly he and the child were thrown into .prison to await a more favorable moment.. "1 won't bother you with the devils of hazy he escaped tbroltgh the aid of Minard's Liniment gives quick relief•. Ham and Corn Fritters One cup minced cooked ham, 1 can corn, 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 114, teaspoons salt, 14 tea- spoon paprika, 2 eggs. Drain corn and add to dry ingredients, mixed and sifted. Then add ham and yokes of eggs, beaten until thick, and whites of eggs beaten stiff. Cook in frying pan in hot fat Drain on paper. As causes for 'wars Q. insurances of • peace, politics and statecraft 'are far legis important than, economics."--- Edward A. 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