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HOWDEN SMITH CHAPTER L The messenger boy clumped off downstairs. and I let myself into my uncle's house never dreaming that I held the key to aestiny in my head— or, rather, in the pink cablegrerl. A samovar 1. es bubbling in the studio, and my cousin Batty King hailed ine front the couch on which she sat between .er father and Hugh. "Here you are at let," she cried. "Dad and i have come to 'say good- bye to you. We Ste going to Con- stantinople to hut.t for Greek manu- scripts." "Here's a table for you, Hugh," I 'said. "It's from Unw!e James," Hugh said, ripping open the envelope. "Listen to this: 'Sailing quitania today due New York mete:et,tle Must see you immediately. Have made important discovery. You. aid essential. Family fortunes uu vert." He's after that treasure a ain! Oh lord! A sort of family r•n•.e It's supposed to be lo- cated in Conetintinople, and my uncle bas spent most of the family's pro- }terty tryine, to find L. That's why I have to ma v. money in New York in- stead of plasm,; the country gentle- man." Hugh then tohl the story of Lord Janes, one of his ancestors, a cru- sader. Lord James, on his way to. Palestine, visited Andronicus Comnen- tis, the Butcher, emperor of the east. Andronicus was immensely wealthy. He revealed the hiding place of his treasure which was in his palace, known as the Burcleon, to Hugh's an- cestor. Soon after that Andronicus .Life—like good golf -is made up of many little things each one of which helps the ;score. Better digestion—steadier serves—clearer brain, are all factors that count and are •r aired from m th e Rr . of Wrigley's. )/ ISSUE No. 1 9—'30 was assassinated and Lord James thrown into prison. Janes' son, Hugh, headed an expedition, captured Con- stantinople and rescued his father. They retarned to England and before James died, he passed on to this son the secret of the treasure. Lord James' descendants from time t time tie made futile efforts to discover the treasure, but from the :,ince of Elizabeth until the present, the search was abandoned. "But now Uncle James is mortgag ing farms to finance his researches, Hugh concluded. "Then have you no definite knowl edgetreasure?' of the location of the asked King. "No chart?" "There are documents in the Char ter Chest—" began Hugh. "What's that?" demanded Betty. "It's a terribly old oaken box, bound with copper and steel," explained Hugh. "We keep it in a safe deposit vault in the City—London, you know. These documents say that James's idea was to have the treasure used for the rehabilitation of Christendom if any cause arose which would justify such a gift. Failing that, the money was to go to his descendants," "Well, I for one intend to believe in it," stated Betty, "and if your uncle wants any help in hunting for it, he can count on me." Betty is slim, with brown hair and eyes and a face that you have to look at and when she sets her head back -- But of course I aim only her cousin. Hugh jumped up, nervously crunching the cable in his hand. "There's no use!" he exclaimed. "I couldn't honestly encourage Uncle James in any more foolishness," When we reached the Aquitania's pier on the eighteenth, Hugh button- holed a passing steward, "Lord Chesby, sir? Yes, sir? Yes, sir, he was one of the first ashore. There was a gentleman to meet him,. I think, sir." "That's queer," muttered Hugh. "Wait, though, there's Watkins, Uncle James man." "Hallo, Watty?" Hugh greeted him. "Where's my uncle?" "Ah, Mr. Hugh! I'm very glad to see you, air, if 1 may say so, 'Is lud- ship, sir? Why, 'e went off with your messenger, sir," "My messenger?" 1i gh repeated blankly. n y. "Yes, sir, the dark eastern looking person. Your man, 'e said 'e was, sir." "My man!" Watkins became suddenly anxious. "There's nothing wrong, I'ope, sir? The gentleman came aboard to find ua,. and told his ludahip how you'd been delayed, and 'e was to come along to your rooms, sir, whilst I saw the lug- gage through the Customs. Wasn't that right, sir?" Hugh sat down on a trunk. "It's right enough, Wetter," he groaned, "except that I never sent such a -message and I haven't a man," "Do you now, Jack, said Hugh sen ! 'ously, "1 am beginning to think that 'something sinister may n a have hal en 1p I -ed." "And now I think of it, sir," amend ed Watkins, "we 'ave been shadowed ever since we went to Turkey. Your i uncle 'ad the Charter Chest sent up a from the safe deposit vaults but that was before we went to Turkey; to be s mire, sir." s Hugh jumped. "By Jove, he has been after the s treasure! The instructions is the orig. inal parchment on which Hugh the First inscribed his couunand to his son. m to go after the treasure—carefully a leaving out, however, the' directions c for finding it." Oar cleaning woman was still in our w apartment when Hugh returned and she said nobody had called. I rang up t hotels for two hours—without any re -p seult. At the end of my tether I hung up the Deceiver and joined Hugh 0 CHAPTER II. b very faint tinge of color glowed in ashen facer "'I'm afraid the end is near," surgeon muttered. "Make the m of your opportunity." Hugh pulled the to my knees, side him. '!This is. Jack. Nash, Unele James he 'said. "He is my friend—yo friend. He will be with mein wh ever I have to do for yeti:" Lord Chesby's ye.;' examined closely. "Looks right," The syllables tric ed almost soundlessly from his lip "It's treasure—Hngh.". His e; burned momentarily with t h triump "Know. where—" "But who stabber: you?" I have often wondered what won have happened if Hugh had; let hi talk on of the treasure, instead switching the subject. "Touton,", answered the dying. ma with sudden strength. "Tiger—th ch ap—others—against_hi m." "But why did he do :t?" , "Wouldn't— tell him— treasu —said --torture broke—away—Gy sies—" Exhaustion. overcame him. ,'' "But who -aro they, Uncle James? "Toutou-worst— Baran- many bad—lot.". "Where did they take you? Tell and we shall have them arrestr_d." The gray eyes glittered. "No—no--lad—avoi d—police—don talk—treasure--" "'Where is the treasure?" I inter posed. "Bull Cedars--li—" "How did you find it, Uncle James? asked Hugh softly. That gay smile of triumph shon n his eyes for the last thne. "Used-my—brain—all—laughed tile-in—Hugh's—" And the life flickered out of him a we watched. Two weeks later, Hugh (now Lor Chesby) and I found in London an o friend, Nikka Zaranko. Nikita wa of gypsy parentage and Hugh and had both met hint in the World War He was now a famed musician, bu upon hearing our plins. readily three in his lot with us. Hugh and I were delighted with this, as Nikka would prove a powerful ally with his knowl- edge of Constantinople. We then went to call on Mr. Bel- lows, the Chesby solicitor. To him Nik'•-i told a story that startled all of us. "I hare always heard of the Treas- ure of the Bueo eon," he said, "but I tlieve it is also sometimes referred to as the Treasure of Andronicus. It s well known in the Near last, I am Gypsy. My father was Voivode Tzaibidjo, or King, of the Balkan Gyp ies, I have heard, for instance, a tory that a certain tribe of Gypsies n Constantinople guard the supposed iter of the treasure. But I do not vouch for the story. "I do, however, vouch for the state- ent that Lord Chesby is confronting n organized international band of riminals with many Gypsy members: and I do not believe that such a band 'mild waste. time'on any enterprise which they did not have good reason o believe would promise handsome refits. "I have heard, too, of this Toutou your uncle spoke of Ile is usually ailed Toutou Lafitte, but he has many Hier names. He is said to be a cam ination of bloodthirsty monster and ntenselyclever strategist. is t The band g have ramifications in all classes of society, and t:tere are few countries they do not reach. I have no doubt, Hugh, they made arrangements in your uncle's ease with some affiliated criminal organization in America," "Mr. Bellowes, I gathered from Watkins that my uncle discussed his discovery with you," said Hugh. "Did he indicate precisely what it was or where he had foune. it?" "Your uncle did discuss his—ah-- fancied discovery with ine. Aside from the fact that he had made it whilst at Chesby—" "At Chesby?" Hugh interrupted. "So I understood. He came in to see me just before he started for Con- stantinople the last time. I should describe him as considerably excited. `By jove, Bellowes,' he said, ' do you know, I've found the missing part of the instructions?' "He never showed it to me, and so far as I know le did not have it in his posgession when he was here." Mr. Bellowes had the Charter Chest brought in. In it we found several framed parchments, with glasses in front and back. The first frame contained a sheet of parchment, covered with minute black letter script in a rather corrupt form of mediaeval Latin. "That is Hugh's Instructions," said his the ost be- r ur at - me kI- s. ves h. Id m of n, at pe ,r u - in gloomy reflect:on en the couch. The telephone one suddenlYjangI ed and I unhooked the receiver. "Is this Mr. Chesby's apartment?" The voice/Ahab burred in my ear was trangely thick, with a butteral intona- tion. "Tell him they are taking what's left of his uncle to Bellevue hospital. It's his own fault the old fool got it. And you can tell his nephew we will feed him a dose of the some medicine if he doesn't come across." Brr-rring l "Wait! Wait!" I gasped into the mouthpiece. "Who—" "Number, please, said a feminine voice. "My God!" I cried. "Hugh, they've killed him, I think, and I repeated the message." " We must catch a taxi. Hurry!" In the taxi none of us spoke until we came to the hospital. The nurse on duty led us into a long room lined with beds. A high screen had been reared around one of thein, and against its pillow lay a head that might have been Hugh's frosted and lined by the years. "Uncle James!" His uncle was unconscious and a de- tective standing near told Hugh about the attack on him, "Ho was picked up corner of Thir- teenth street and Avenuo C," said the officer. "There's plenty of Gypsy dumps in that neighborhood. A. Than and three women caw him dropped from a closed auto." The dying man's eyes opened; a HARLEY-DAVIDSON THE MASTER MOTORCYCLE Many new features distinguish rho 1050 models. It is the most popular Motor-' cycle made, Sold on easy terms:—ons- third cash, balance weekly or monthly payments. The sport of a thousand ]oyg, Walter Andrews Ltd., Distributors 348 and 301 Tonga Street, Toronto, Ont. 101 Sing St. West, Hamilton, Ont. Tslinard's Checks Falling Hair. 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I, Hugh, write this for my son, ar.d it may be, those who come after hint. (To be continued.) A laugh is worth a hundred groans. in au., ..,...... Use Minard's for Burns. A faded, battered hat is hardly respectable ... yet no worse than dull, gray -looking shoes ...your morning am g let Y tai should ld always include a "Nugget" shine—which waterproofs the shoes as it polishes. one SHOE POI! S Ike NUGGET TIN *lid ivith a taut I1 , Fill out the coupon and mail it today POSTAGE FR You may be enjoying all the comforts of life, But what if time robs you of them? The surest way to protect yourself is by taking advantage of the Canadian Govern- ment Annuities System. A Government • Annuity safeguards your old age and re- lieves you of all financial care. Decide now to be free at 65. FA -amines Branch, Dept, 2' WL -1 Department of Labour. Ottawa Please sena /1 COMPLETEETE INFORMATION about Canadian government Annuities. Name Pratt Clearly Address:. CANADIAN GOVERNMENTAN Annuities Branch, Department of Labour, Ottawa Hon. PETER HEENAN, Minister BACKED BY THE WHOLE DOMINION When the Child - Creates His World mitt L. Reid "The minute Lonny comes home . from iohoei, he; wants to run right. over*. (toy's house, complained Mee, Palmer, "That's exactly the way Dick aete,'t sympathized Mrs. Martin. "He stave at home barely long enough to eat his meals." Mrs. Palmer shook her head dole- fully. "I fixed Lonny's' room all ug. beautifully when he was away last Ivacation and had it all ready to sur, prise him when he"came home. We got him a desk and painted his. bed, and Daddy even built him a bookcase. But he is tibt satisfied to stay at home. if he can get over to Roy's." Mrs. 'Martin nodded in agreement., "I spent a lot of time on Dick's room,. too, last summer. I made Itim, a dar. ling bedspread to match the drapes and hull a rug to make it look homey. I just adored it and wanted to sit up there myself. And then one day— what clo You suppose! I found three .. of the boys sitting on that lovely spread calmly playing with their mar-. hies, and Dick cried because I Molded him before the others." And so the conversation continued' between the two perplexed, lnothere who were doing so much for their children yet failing to make home the mosedesired place on earth. Their deploring voices reached me at intervals for half an, hour as they talked from their back porches and I weeded • my flower -bed behind the hedge. And T thought how little one, can tell of a home ;from the outside. I knew Roy's home and his parents.` They were able to give Roy no more advantages than Lonny and Dick had,. but there was this distinction: Lonny and Dick were presented with poems - skins; Roy was given the opportunity to create his own environment. ' Roy's room is exactly as he wants it, His bed is a comfortable cot with a durable Indian blanket 'as a cover. Not dainty, to be sure, but something that six boys could sit on without mak- ing a wrinkle. Roy made his own bookcase from an apple crate by out- ing utin; in two rather wobbly saelres. It. is not a work of art, but represents a happy, week of hammering and crea- tive work in the basement. Its upper shelf possibly holds a jar of live polli- wegs. When Roy's mother found ' hia chemistry set in his closet she omit- ted any scolding about his putting those old bottles of acid near'his best suit. Instead she quietly removed the new suit to the spare closet away from harm. Roy'sfriends actuallywent into the kitchen one rainy day, and made a chocolate, cake after Mother's recipe. They washed the dishes afterwards, ate the cake and then toiler -skated in the basement. Lottuy's molter would have said she couldn't have them baking a cake in her kitchen. Dick's mother would have reproved them for being too noisy at their skating. Yet both of these mothers bemoan the fact that their sons do_notlove the homes which they, the mothers, make and condition. The home spirit which is truly vain - able and appealing ealin i 1P s the ca•0 ei•Ati g ve n one where the child has a share at least in creating the environment out' of which satisfaction and enthusiasm spring. naturally.—Issued y the 'Na- tional Kindergarten Association, 8. West .401 Street, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly i.tt our columns. The Lost Spring To lose a Spring wben I ant one and twenty, ' What do I care that 1'1l have Springs in plenty? No coming year can bring the Spring i' miss, There'll never be another Spring like this That I am shut away from, Twenty- two Will build its own world, good or bad, but new; So eighteen, nineteen, twenty, found and cast As shalcea,their skins, the -011 years to the past. How tame the pleasures of a year that's been! How the new beckons,'perllons, sweet, unseen, Full of wild joys, to taste at once or never, And I have lost this darling ,Spring for ever. Ii,Cr;G., in the London Observer. •0 The Foreign Trade of the U.S.A. Quebec Soleil (Lib,): So long as nations of Europe, shattered, ruined and disorganized by the War, needed American products the High tariff was no great handicap to the foreign trade of the United States But in 11 years of effort, the great nations. of Eur- ope have been able to pick uii bit by bit the normal course of their indus- try, and many a market on willl% finale Sam used to coiint is gradually escaping from his clutches and recov- ering its autonomy. They are -all the more ready to make their escape, as they long to be freed of a com- mercial imperialism compounded o[ egoism and the exploitation of the huinan species. • Thus, because they wished to get everything for nothing,. the Americana have run the risk of finding themselves utterly deserted.