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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-07-31, Page 2The Treasure of the Buie.oieu By A. D. HOWDEN SMITH SYNOPSIS' Hugh Cheaby, on the death of his uncle, becomes Lord Cheaby, and shortly fuer 1 the k the Trea- sure discovers h e3 then of the surewhichwas Chesby the Crusader. Hugh sets out in quest of the treasure. which is hidden in a house 18 Constan- tinople,Wltlr him are Watkins, his ser- vant; Jack Nash, and Nikka Zaranko. They are set upon by a band of desperate criminals led by one Touton, who hope to steal the secret and nhrloln the trea- sure. Nikka and Jack gain access to the house where the treasure Is hidden and Which 10 occupied by Tokalji, an ally of Toutou's. In order to further their ends they consent to join Tokaiji's band of young men. Kara, a beautiful Gypsy girl, is dancing for the young men when Toutou arrives. Nash tthd -Nikko., are recognized, but escape. The next night they Dome back in the launch of Betty Xing, Jock's cousin, and enter from the sea wall. They are ambushed and Hugh, Jack and Nikka are captured. Toutou. starts to torture tikka' by crushing; his bones with his hands, but Kara knifes Toutou and chases him from the room. Watkins discovers a secret passage and thoy' escape. 'Next day Watkins brings news that Betty King. has been kid- napped. 1 CHAPTER XX. It was beginning to rain when we left the hotel, with occasional peals of thunder. At the Galata end of the Lower Bridge, which was deserted as usual after dark, we dismissed our taxi and held a fi'al brief council of war in a patch of shadows next the bridge abutment. King, Hugh, Wat- kins and I were to embark on the Cur- lew, while Nikka and Wasso Mikali tramped to the Khan of the Georgians and rallied Mikali's six young men. Then they were to go to Sokaki Masv- eri, and wait for a pistol -shot, which would be the signal that we had pass- ed through the drain and were at grips with the enemy. Hugh and Nikka compared watches and agreed that we should be in. Tokalji's house not later than half -past ten. We cau- tiously fel' our way along, lights out. motor running at half speed, taking bearings whenever the jagged light- ning streaks illuminated the waters I was worried by the frequency of the lightning displays, but fortunate - 1y, as we sighted the round tower on the walls. which was our 'first land- mark for Tokalji's house, there was a lull in the storm. When Watkins had made fast bow and stern lines to a couple of masses of battered masonry the Curlew floated almost as easily as at her moorings. The beach, like the jetty, was under water. The waves lapped up to the foot of the walls, and we stumbled desperately over submerged rocks and bowlders. We identified the opening of the "sewer by the hollow. booming sound with which, every now and then, an unusually high wave would roll over its lip. "We'll never he able to get through that 'ell -'ole tonight, Mister Sack, sir•" screened Watkins in my ear, "We'll be drowned along ,vith the rats." Hugh, without: any hesitation, yell- ed: "One at a time!" and slipped into the sewer mouth between two waves. King followed him, and Watty and I brought up the rear. The water was. thigh -deep, and once you had fumbled your way by torchlight over the jag- ged moraine that blocked the first thirty feet, the footing became safer and the water ..hallowed. We breathed more comfortable when our torches revealed overhead the bars of the stone grating in the floor of the dungeon. "All quiet above." whispered Hugh, after listening intently. He pried up the grating with Wat- ty's crowbar the butt of which we rested on the ledge in which the grat- ing fitted. This secured a space suffi- ciently wide for us to squeeze through, and after all of us had climbed up we eased the grating back into its bed, so that there was no trace remaining of our entrance. The door we had broken leaned against the wall. Obviously Tokalji and his people had never sus- pected how we had escaped, apparent- ly did not even know of the existence of the sewer. The lower passage and cellars were ' Life—like good golf—is made up of many little things each one of which helps the score. Better digestion—steadier nerves—clearer brain, are all factors that count and are gained from the use of Wrigley's. After every meal a ISSUE No, 29—'30 The shadows were piickeo witn United Schools pistol flasliee. Serge Vassil'ievich t,7 11 l , leaped for the pillar Ildhind which ti a Lad stood• his gun blazing, knife iii�� Urban hand. He did the see me, on my knees, 1 Education?, our feet to h- n ght, and I put.enyl first bullet in his thigh. Ile stopped 'as if a giant's land had been Shoved against his breast tottered and fell backward. As he fell; vne of the burning oilpoels ignited a bundle of blankets, and the rising dairies sketch- ' ed us both clearly. There was a scream; I recognized Sandra's voice, but I could pot see her. Instead; I saw Hiltni Bey sneaking on Watkins, who was holding eaok Ton- tou. I drove the Levantine away with myfirst shot. Then the hammer click -1 ed, and I knew the magazine was empty. I dropped to my -knee again, thinking I was concealed by a patch of shadow, and fumbled for a fresh, clip. But the treacherous light flared upward, the shpdow disappeared and I was left defenseless. I saw a raging figure, hair flying, pistol raised, run- ning at me. I saw the`; pistol flash, felt a numbing blow on my left shout deserteu, but as we climbed the stai leading to the central hall opening on the little atrium between the Garden of the Cedars and the large chamber which Tokalji occupied, we heard a distant murmur of voices in disagree- ment. • Investigaiton proved the hall to be unoccupied, and we were present- ly grouped on its uneven, floor, with only a curtain separating us from the drama going on in the atrium. "No, you are wrong, Touton, it is everybody's business," said Hilyer in French. . "You may be chief, but you have no right to risk common property," protested Sandra's resonant voice. Toutou snarled something in his guttural, indistinct, animal speech, "—like her, and that's enough," it concluded, "I'mn tired of the rest of you. Bunglers every one." "Have it your own way," said Serge, "but it's not business. She's worth so much to ,.s." "Have done," -bellowed Toutou with a sudden flame of temper. Am I not the master? I want her and I shall have her! Go! io! I say or you shall behold Toutou's knife." They evidently went, for we could hear shuffling 1 feet, with an under- current of muttered curses and objur- gations. Hugh started forward, pistol in hand, but I checked hint. This was no time for premeditated action. There was a moment of silence—and a wo- man's cry of hatred. "Leave me alone you beast! If you touch lne, I'll bite yon! You can't bind my teeth," It was Betty's voice, and Hugh shook me off and was at the curtain with his hand on the folds before I could reach him. But reach him I did, and another interruption helped the to restrain hint. "Let me—" gasped Hugh. "There's plenty of time, you fool," I'hissed. "Wait!" A door opened, and the voice of Helene de Cespedes spoke. "What is this I hear, mon and?" she asked. "Are you mad? This girl is the spoil of the band. She belongs to all of us. We ar- holding her for a bigger stake. hall we let you have her for your own satisfaction? You take too—" "You are jealous," snarled Toutoa. "I say I want her, and I am going to have her. I ani tired of women like you." Hugh, his nerves undercontrol, gently parted the folds of the curtain with his pistol -nuzzle. The atrium was brilliantly lighted. Ile and I could see perfectly. On a divan heap- ed with cushions lay Betty. Her hands were bound behind her, and her feet were tial loosely. Her hair was rump- led, and her blouse ripped off at the shoulder•. But her eyes sparked fire as she stared fearlessly at the monster who stood beside her. "Say I ani jealous," Helena answer- ed steadily, "I have a right to be." "I cant her," returned Toutou, his voice singularly hoarse. "I ant tired of you." "Sooner than see you do this, I will kill you," said Helene Toutou frowned at her. "Stand back!" he warned. 'If you touch her—" Helene snatched a pistol from her blouse; but he was too quick for her. As the flame spurted from the barrel he leaped aside, and his immensely long arm curled out and slashed down. The blood frothed over the hilt of his knife as it clicked on her collar -bone, and she dropped, choking, to the floor. In the same instant Hugh fired, but one of us jostled hire and the bullet missed. Toutou turned, saw the cur- tain swaying as we charged, and ran for the door. I fired once, and the bullet chipped between his arm and side, but he was out, before we could shoot again. Froin the courtyard came i crash and a ripple of shots that vied with the thunder. A chorus of yells pierc- ed thinly the howling of the gale. Nikka, hearing Helenes pistol, had accepted it as the long over -due signal for his attack, CHAPTER XXI. The big room was a maze of sha- dows. As we burst in Toutou raised a pistol and sprayed us with bullets as rapidly as he could pull the trigger. Bullets "phutted" all around us, yet none of us was hit, Hilted Bey peered :from behind a pillar next the courtyard door. He had plainly taken shelter at the crack of Helene's pistol. Monte; Hilyer and Serge Vassilievich stood some distance to the right of us, paralyzed with sur - prize. Maude Hilyer and Sandra Vassiaievna had risen from seats in. the apselike recess at the other end. Apparently they had supposed Toutou was engaged only with Helene. "Pools!" he shrieked to them. "We are betrayed!" The door to the courtyard was jerk- ed open, and Toutou spun on his heel and dodged behind a pillar. Tokalji reeled in. "Strange Tzigane folic have burst the street door," he bellowed. "We—" He gasped at sight of us. "Quick!" Hugh shouted. "Scatter —before they shoot!" Watkins and I jumped right and left, Hugh sought the shelter of a pillar. der and tumbled in a heap, For a second my eyes misted, the room danced be ore me: Then I heard a chatter of Russian and Watkins, mildly disapproving. I looked up. Sandra, her face con torted with demoniac rage, her empty pistol shaking in her hand, was back- ing away before Watty's menacing crowbar. (To be continued.) What New Y Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated D'ressmalrtnq Lesson Fur- nished With Every Pattern Soft moulded lines 'are featured in a printed chiffon of cool green color- ing. It emphasizes the normal waistline through horizontal inverted pin tucks at either side of the bodice. The bow of plain crepe placed at the left hip echoes the femininity of the mode. The low flared circular flounce of the skirt terminates in a slender wrap- ped arrangement at the front. The capelets falling softly over the arms give impression of sleeves. 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Pres. of Canadian Trustees' Assn, Pew movements lu modern educa- tional edtninistratioit have caused such a difference et opinion' as the introducttou ot consolidated schools. Where with the schools are establish- ed the people are almost without: ex-. caption pleased s: with the results. t lVltere they are not established there are innumerable objections raised to their ine•oduction, ` During the next fowl .weeks we shall endeavor to 'consider the vara ous phases' of the shbject of t•onsoli- dated schools—pro and don. In .this article the main facts as presented In the report of the Minister of Educe.' tion for 1928 (the latest available) are presented vei•bItem • Consolidation ofI c b S h os There aretwenty-eight consolivat-; ed schools operating in the province.! Their locations are: In the Districts (18): Quibel•l, In Kenora District; Barwick, Burnes and Morley, in Rainy River District; l Donlon and Nipigon, in Thunder: Bay District; Mindemoya, on Manitoulin Island; Charlton,. Hudson aud Sw- ard, in Tlniiakamiug District; Byug Inlet, IKatrine, Nobel, Pointe au Bevil and Sandridge, in Parry Sound Dis. inlet; Gooderitaru, West Guilford and Wilberforce, in Hallburton. • in the Counties (10): Falls' blew,' in Welland; Grantham, in Linouln; Macdonald, in Wellington; Humber Heights, in York; Tweed, hn jliastings; Tamworth, in "Addington; Welling- ton, .in Prince Edward; Mallorytowu in Leeds; North Mountain, in Due - dos; and Grant, in Carleton. With the exception of a Yew con- solidated schools all the others pro- vide high School education in Fifth Classes or Continuation Classes or, nearby High Schools. The eight; consolidated schools maintaining Con -1 tinuation Classes provide both Lie-' mentary and High School facilities up to and lncinding the Middle I31gh School Course at net cost. These consolidated schools are pro- viding educational facilities, for the rural districts served, comparable to those; provided for urban ceutres.' rte ehief advantage is that the chil- dren trete extended areas attending these schools obtain their education without leaving home, under favor - We conditions and at a reasonable cost, • Inspector Dowsley of Brockville, ln• Inds report fol• 102 ty Council regarding the elallorytown' Consolidated School, states: "Mallotytown Consolidated School was opened in September, 1920, so has been la operation long enough to allow one to draw fairly sure con- clusions as to its success, The Board was pleased to sign unanimous- ly a year ago a statement which closed thus: 'We have a.iine school- house for our youth, over forty of whom are procuring a High School education at low cost. About fifteen are due to graduate from the Middle School this sunnier. We believe that the people generally are web pleased with the new conditions'. Half ot the schools for the last two years has been Couthivatior, with two experienced university graduates in charge, while the other half has been Public Scbocl with two well- qualified teachers doing the work of five teachers under the old system. Liberal government, country and township grants, and a saving of ap- proximately $2,600.00 as salaries (due to the reduced staff) have enabled the Board to reduce their special levy to five mills, well within the average for the township., When the deben- ture levy of eleven mills (the half- way mark in payment of which is reached this year) has been wiped out, the operation oe this school should be found as economical as that of the average rural school, with the High School advantages 'to boot', The debenture burden is well vindi- cated by improved aceommodatioas and opportunities for the children, the formation of a larger community unit, and the prospect generally of a high- er cultural standard for the rising generation, One needs only -o re- call the classrooms, of the discarded schools to realize the advance made In merely sanitary conditions, not to speak of the advance In tuition." Another excerpt from the Board's statement, referred toabove, says: "We have no transportation ditiloul- ties and transportatlou costs are very reasonable," • The advocates of the consolidated school Idea should have no 'apology to make it good judgment is shown as to the extent of consolidation, the selection of an easily accessible :cen- tre, ti- tre, and'the observing ot a fair ratio of building cost to assessment. Motorist's Paradise Stockholm—Both chambers of the. Swedish Riltsdag recently decided with a large majorityto take :away the maximum speed limit for motor- . cars. When the - question came up for, debate, three 'proposals were put forward, The Government proposed a maximum speed limit of 66 kilo- meters (40) miles an hour. 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Un -I der such circumstances whatever hap•' a service station 1 within easy reach, I Wlten one goes on a long tour the conditions, are likely to be quite differ- ent: 'If one gets stalled or stuck in some section of the country where it is three or four miles to the nearest house and ten to fifteen miles to the nearest town and the nearest service station, this is quite a different mat- ter, and under such circumstances ono is forced upon one's own resources. It is in such an emergency that a good tow rope is likely to come in handy, Where Tow Rope Is Handy A good tow rope comes in handy two ways. If a driver is stalled he can probably get the assistance of some passing tourist to use a tow rope in helping to get him out ot his diffi- culty. On the other band, if someone else is in difficulty, the man with the. rope can be a very satisfactory help in time of trouble by helping someone else out of their static situation. 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But the little coxswain in the life- boat that had brought us ashore from e Coast Guard cutter Algonquin wee ...the sophisticated he the ways of the "Well, you see, it was this way," the, Indian answered. "I_ was sitting in. the snow under a tree reading a news- paper, and across it was printed, `No More Grizzly .Bears Allowed To •Bo Shot in Alaska.' (0f course, the in-' dian could not read and there wasn't a tree on that part of the peninsula.) I was reading away when suddenly T heard a rustling in the leaves over my head and I looked up just in time to see a big grizzly bear sitting on .a branch. He had one paw over his eyes and he was laughing. Witn the other paw he reached out playful -like' to take the paper out of my hands, just as if he were saying, 'Oh, stop your kidding!' and he accidentally scratched my face•" The true story of 'that scar' was told to fine' some time later by Super- intendant Nichols, who, incidentally, is one of the best shots in Alaska. This Aleut and another were returning from the cannery to their cabin one evening -in India. file, with a. con- siderable distance between them. My Aleut friend was in the lead. When he reached the cabin he found the door wide open. and standing just inside the door was a big white bear, raised•, up on his hind 'set. The Aleut tried to turn and run, but the bear was too quick for him. Ile slapped out with his paw, and the long claws s^raped the side of the Aleut's face, te:.ring the flesh off. Scrambling .0 his feet, the Indian raced down th ravine towardthe cabin of the superintendent, shouting. "There's a ghost btar in my cabin!" Polar bears never stray that far south, The Aleut knew this—and, like all In- dians, Le was very superstitious. A few minutes latter the second Aleut came up. He had not seen thb fracas, nor heard t: a shouts of his friend. And, not suspecting the fate at awaited him, he stepped into the cabin. IIe saw the bear too late. Be- fore the frightened Aleut could turn about and try to escape the big bear had crushed in the back of his skull with one quick blow. The animal. now panic stricken, dashed out of the .cabin just as Mr.. Nichols came running up with a re- peating rifle. Seeing hint, the bear swung around and charged straight at him. Nichols raised his rifle. He was afraid the bullets might glance off the bear's sloping forehead, so he alined for the left eye. The cullet found its merle, but still the bear cane charging on. Again Nichols fired, this time at the right eye. The second bullet struck hone. The bear plunged onward a few more feet and then dropped in his tracks. That bear skin is still in 'D'Ir. Nichols's family—without a mark on its fur. He was, not a white bear. He was a grizzly that had gone into the cabin to get some food. Ripping open the flour bags, he had dusted the flour over his sides until he looked like a ghost in the dim cabin light. Stories like that have given the bear a reputation for being a danger- ous, ferocious animal that will attack without warning and without provoca- tion. Few people realize that a bear which does so undoubtedly thinks he is 'cornered and has to fight his way out. The ferocity which has been attri- buted to the bear by many bear stories is largely responsible for this lack of friendship with the bruin tribe. Trace down those stories and you will find that they are almost always fallacious. Only occasionally has there been found a black bear vicious enough to attack a person without a good rea- son. A black bear will fight when corner- ed. What animal won't? "But in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred," says Mr. Carlos Avery, president of the American Game Protective Asso- cation, "when a bear sees a human he will not only retreat but he will retreat at an astonishing rate of speed, "So far as stock killing by bears is concerned, such depredations are true only in isolated cases. The bear ras Aysry unpleasant taste for carrion, dead horse or cow will attract any bear within a radius of several miles. And itis because of 'this, that the bear has been so often accused of killing stock. '"The'e was an interesting case in California fl few year's ago. A sjleep- man alleged that bears were killing his stock by the hundreds, He said he knew it was bears' work, for he had seen their tracks. One of the moon- ' :n lion hunters 'employed bythe state investigated and killed a number of mountain lions on this particular range, And it was finally proved to the sheepinan's satisfaction that cou- gars had been killing his stock.