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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-01-20, Page 6E, BY RAFAEL SABATINI. The Master Tale -Teller, Author of "Bardelys the Magnificent." Another Stirring Story of Adventure and- Love in a New Setting— The Peninsular War. "s rknave in this were it not clear to me .,that you have played the fool" "You dare to take that tone?" began O'Moy in'a voice of •thunder "Yourself shall be the first to justi- fy it presently. It is,quite 'true that. I was in Tina's room while you were.. lcilling SamoveL But I was not alone with her, as you have so rashly as- sumed. Ilex brother 'Richard was there, and it was on his behalf that I' was present,. She had 'been. hiding 'him for a fortnight. She begged' me, as Dick's friend and her own, to save --V hint; and I undertook to do' so. The WHO WHO. the end of a long ,hour of waiting death of,Salnoval and my own attest Richard• Butter, lieutenant .in the ,Sylvia Arntytage. hwarted our plans and prevented Irish Dragoons during Wellington's "Mullins tells me that you wish to Dick's escape Thetis the truth." campaign in Portugal, commits an see me," she said.,„"Dick Butler?" A'Moy'cried out; "I ' offence during a drunken revelry, ar- "After' what has hapened • that don't belieye a word of it! Ye're l'- °using the resentment of Portuguese should not surprise. you,'_': `paid 're- ing, Tremayne. officials. He disappears from his regi- 'mayne. "Why,” he burst out; "why "It would perhaps 'be better," Ned ment: Terence O'Moy,, -brother-in-law of Butler, and adjutant -general, is com peeled to promise that Dick will be shot when takeli, Una O'Moy, Sir Terence's young wife, conceals her brother Dick. you do it: said quietly, "jf you:were" to send for -She shrugged. "The circumstances Un'It's what I intend," said Sir Ter - were there, and they had to• be met: I could think of no other way,of meet- ence. He strode stiffly across the ing thea," room and pulled open the door. Lady Hrashly he answered her out of lies O'Moy, white and tearful, was ' lis- anger for her sake: "It should not covered on the threshold: Capt. Ned Tremayne, O'Moy's sec- have been your affair to meet them "How much did you overhear? he retary, promises to help get Dick out at all.e • asked her. of the country. Tremayne is in love He saw the scarlet flush sweep over "All that you said about Dick," she with Sylvia Arnnytage, but `Sir Ter- her face and leave it deathly white, answered without hesitation ence is jealous .f his friendship with "I'm sorry to have been interfering," "Of you stood listening?" Lady, O'Moy. Tremayne is found she answered stiffly, "but, after all, it course. I wanted to know what stooping over tho body of Count Sao- is not a matter that need trouble you." you were saying." valwho has been killed 1n a duel by And on the everas she turned to de `Since you have heard: Capt. -'Pre Sir Terence, and is accused •of, the pert again. maple's story of course you'll -have no killing. He cannot' clear himself with -1 "Ah, wait!" He.flung himself be- difficulty in confirming it. ler is in hiding. out revealing the fact that Dick But teen her and the door." "We must S think, Una," said Tremayne "it understand each other, - Miss. Army- will spare a deal of trouble, if you go ret agent, arrives on the seer.e in time Colquhoun Grant, Wellington's sea tags. I am angry.wlih you, for the and fetch Dick. great wrong you have done yourself. I cant she said plaintively. to hear Sir Terence order Tremayne under arrest for iiisobeeing Welling- ton's enactment against duelling. Tremayne is tried, Among other spectators at the trial is Sylvia Army- tage, with when Ned is in love. The point to be settled is what Tremayne was doing in the half-hour from the time he arrived at Monsanto to the time he was fraud -beside Samovars body. Tremayne, to save Dick, lies, and is tripped up by Sir Terence. Just asthe case seems lost for Ned; Sylvia electrifies the court by declaring that source of an my anger, against you, Mullins, Frei;; stances, If I had deemed myself re- the last tet minutes, Mullins?" asked I should have preferred to face. a fir-' "Deck's gne. ing party rather than have been res -1 "Gone?"cried Tremayne, cued at the sacrifice' of your good "Gone?" said O Moy, and them he name:' ;began to laugh, but broke off to ask: "I. hope," she said, with faint but How long is it since he left. the cutting irony, "you do. not intend to house?" offer me the reparation of marriage." "Ten minutes at most, replied her "No," he answered boldly,"1 do not ladyship. intend it." He turned and pulled the door open "I anuglad that you spare me that," again. "Mullins?' he called. "Mul- she answered him, yet her pallor line, seemed to deepen under•. his glance. Tremayne smiled and sauntered to "And that," he continued, "is the the 'window. And then at last' came Ned spent that half-hour with her—in against Myself and against circum- "Has any one left the house within her merely worthy of you," he continued, Sir Terence. CHAPTER XXVI. "I should have asked you weeks ago "Sure, there's nobody left the house SIR TERRENCE FAILED, to be my, wife. You' realize that I atrall. but..Mr. Butler, sir. "It's a lie!" Sir Termite bellowed could not; that I should have been How longhad he been here.o asked angrily. But he bellowed, it seemed, called a fortune-hunter. Men would O'Moy, after a brief pause. upon deaf ears. The court just satsay you had thrown yourself away, I "Tis what I. can't tell ye sir. I and stared, utterly and hopelessly at a felt that to -shield youfrom all slights never set eyes en him 'intil I saw hnn loss how to proceed. And then the most be my first concern. Now you coming downstairs from her lady - dry voice of Wellington followed Sir have destroyed the thing that I mostsh ' h b din thi•s world—your own cord is room as- rt mrg t e, 'pYou can go, Mullins." And Sir Terence slammed the door upon the amazed servant. Sir Terence stood facing them again. The full sense of his position suddenly 'overwhelmed him, as . Tre- mayne had said it would. A groan broke front him as he collapsed into a chair, a stricken, broken man. (To be concluded.) Terence. "How can you kiiow that?" he asked naive; the respect that was your due which few would be, the adjutant. "The nanalified touon fro er is one Yetll if Ieretain your own?" tradict Miss Armytage. Ycu will ole- I "What is that worth?" he asked al - serve, Sir Hhas that even Capt. most than all the rest." while type ae o thought . it worth She tools a step forward' and set her Thtoose do so: hand upon his ez•m. There was nomis from to ;gids pulled the captain takingher smile. It was all tender- from the Snell of sheer horrified stood, Bess, nd her eyes were shining. "Ned, azement in which he had stood, ,�• stricken dumb, ever since Miss Army- must I aslc you to marry me?" tege had spoken. I. -He caught her hands, holding - them "I—I—am so overwhelmed by the in a grip that hurt her; he bent his amazing falsehood with which Miss head, . and his eyes sought her own, Arnnytage has attempted to save me but sought in vain. " frons the predicament in which I Have you considered—" he was be - stand. For it is that, gentlemen. On ginning. when she interrupted him. niy oath as n soldier and a gentleinan, Her face flushed upward, surrender - there is not a word of truth in -what ing to that;questing glance of his, and Miss Armytge has said,"its expression was now between tears "But if there were," said Lord Wel- and laughter, lington, "your honor as a soldier and' "You will be for ever considering, a gentleman—end this lady's honor— Ned. °You consider too much, where must still demand of you the perjury." the issues are plain and simple. Will "But, my lord, I protest—!you marry me?" "You are interr,ppting ane, I think,"He muttered incoherently and took Lord Wellington rebuked him coldly. her to his arms. And then the door "I am of opinion, gentlemen," his opened abruptly and Sir Terence came lordship addressed the court, "that in. Nor did he discreetly withdraw as this affair has gone quite far enough, a man of feeling should have done.be- ltliss Armytage's testimony has saved fore the intimate and touching spec - •1 deal of trouble. It has provided tacle that met his eyes. Capt. Tremayne with an unanswer- "Very proper," he sneered. "Very able alibi. In my view, it but remains fit and proper that he should put right to pronounce Capt. Trenaynes ,ac- in the eyes of the world the repute- quittal." tion you have damaged for his sake, They were words that lifted an in- Sylvia, I suppose you're to be mar - tolerable burden from the president's ried." shoulders. In immense relief, eager They moved apart, and:each stared now to snake an end, he looked to right at O'7l'toy—Sylvia in cold anger, Tre- and left. Everywhere be met noddinmayne in chagrin, heads and murmurs of "Yes, yes." "You see, Sylvia," the captain cried, Everywhere with one exception. Sir at this voicing of the world's' opinion Terence, white to the lips, gave no he feared' so much on her behalf. sign of assent, "Does she " said Sir Terence, mis- And then the president made his announcement: "Capt. Tremayne, you are acquitted of the charge of killing Count Samo- val, and you are at liberty to depart and to resume your usual duties." "Ah, but, gentlemen, bear me yet a thing back, that you have secrets from moment. You, my lord—" Ned cried. the lady who has no doubt promised' "The court has pronounced. The ny now to becnmc ynur wife?" matter is at an end," said Wellington, Tremayne was bewildered. His an with a shrug,, and immediately upon ewer, apparently an irrelevance, was the words he rose, and the court rose the mere enunciation of the thoughts with hint. O'Moy's announcements had provoked. As Ned stood there, a suffering, be- "Do you mean to say that you have wildered man, O'Moy cane stalking known throughout that I did not kill past him,pale-faced, with eyes that ,3annoval?" he cried. looked neither to right nor left. 0'llloy!" he cried. Sir Terence checked, and stood stiff- ly as if to attention, Then: `!We will talk of this sgain, you and I," hesaid grimly, and passed on to shut himself up in his study with his mental an- guish. He perceived how men must assume now, when the truth of Sanyo- val s death became known—as become "To be sure 1 did," was the answer, known it must --that he had deliber- cynically delivered. "And you didn't ately fastened upon another his own know thein, Sylvia, when you lied so crime. Tho fine edifice of vengeance glibly to the court, that your future he had been so skilfully erecting had husband was innocent of that?" toppled about his ears in obscene ruin, "I—was always •s Cure of it," she and lie was a man not Only broken, but answered. dishonored. Let him proclaim the O'Moy laughed again. "But he had understanding. "1 wonder? Unless you've made all plain." The captain frowned. "Made what plain?" Sylvia asked. "Can it be," cried O'Moy to Tre- mayne, "that you are keeping some - "Of course. How could 3 have sup- posed you killed him when I ]tilled hint myself?" CHAPTER XXVIII. A SrrICNEN MAN. "You killed Count Samoval?" ex- claimed Miss Armytage truth now and none would believe it. Sylvia Armytage's mad and inexplic- able self-aecusationn was a final bar to that. CHAPTER, XXVII.: THE TRUTH, To Capt. 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But con feotiocery containing a lot of 'glucose • and glyterdno should be avoided, as such sweets are not easy to digest: , More Porridg;- Fewer Fires. 2d Stareh'is another'• carbohydrate, and the proportion of ;this sltoaild also be inoresand during the- wln•ter months,. The' potato •contains much: stareb, and itis better to eat this baked that boil-• ` ed or s'teateed. Baking ino+eases the Starch content, while eternising or boil- ing retinas it, When the fact that starchy foods are fuel-savershas been fully realized; a new proverb may be coined: "Three- potatoes a day keep - the coalman away." Oatmeal porridge is known to be ]Seating, and for that reason it is not much -eaten during the warmer weath-_' er. It isnot sufficient; however, to re= sumo fit in tlie wintery We shauid gee a step further, and increase the amount' usually taken if we wish to save fuel. Puddings should also. he 'eaten in larger quantities during the colder weather. 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It may be argued that our eonstittl• tlmns are not strong enough to stand the increase in the amount of fats and carbohydrates recommended,, and that Instead of saving fuel by changing our diet in this way, we shall losemoney by getting laid up. • 4 Carbohydrates., however, can be ren- dered more digestible . by means of malt extract, which contains a curious fernlent called diastase, A spoonful of malt extract should, therefore, be taken after each meal which is rich in carbohydrates. If, even then, the system refuses to absorb the fatty foods, or resents the increases in their amount, try cod-liver oil emulsion or olive -oil emulsion. These emulsions. give the best results if 'a spoonful ar so istaken immediately after meals, .Joseph's Partner. Among the ancestral traditions of an American family of Quaker descent an amusing one recen tly related, concerned ate' certain' Joseph and Bathsheba. Joseph_ was a baclieloi', a competent '- blacksmith, but by no means well -to - de. Bathsheba, the proprietress of a little shop, who had recently employed"-. bins to do some ironwork for her, learned that, though she had paid eaasle down, he had charged her considerably more than he had charged a neighbor, for a similar job. She went' to the smithy to protest. Joseph, an amiable childlike giant of nnan, was, perfectly willing to ex - "Thee, sees; Friend Bathsheba, when 1r" I have a good cash customer like thee, I charge a good price, because I know it will be paid. BuI have manyy cus- tomers. who wave a hand and say,, 'Put it down hi thy book, Joseph; put it in thy book.' 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