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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1930-05-22, Page 2SAME FLAVOUR SAME QUALITY ALB. BROWN LABEL AT ALL GROCERY STORES The Treasure of the Buoieoll By A. D. HOWDEN SMITH BEGIN HERE TODAY No sooner had Lord James landed in the U.S. than he was mysteriously murdered by a band of thugs endeav- oring to gain the secret of the treasure of the Bucoleon, which secret had been disclosed to the original Lord James while en his way to :he Crusades, by Emperor Andronieus. Lord James dies while telling HL gh Chesby, his nephew, about the secret, and Hugh returns with his pal, Jack Nash, to England to claim his title and to in- vestigate any clues that may lead to the recovery of the treasure. Vernon Xing is interested in archaeology, and his daughter Betty, is interested in Hugh. Nikka Zaranko, a wartime companion of Jack and Hugh, reveals to them that be is of gypsy origin and that the treasure of Bucoleon is part of a gypsy legend. Jack Nash tells the story. GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER III. "Harken, my son, and these of your 1 quent upon receleiag Your latiehip's cablegram. Oh, yes, sir, and..Nlr. Ilil- yer was over from Little Depping this. afternoon in •a nrutor•—with some la- dies, sir—and asked after you. 'E said 'e would be at the funeral, sir." Hugh frowned. "I will not have anything to do with that bounder," he grunted, "E 'as quite a lively time, so the servants tell me, your ludship," volun- teered Watkins. "A regular 'oure- party 'e's entertaining now, with for- eign gantry and all." • "What's the matter with .the man?" inquired. Nikka. "Everything! The Hilyers own the next place to us—Little Pepping, it's called. They wen always decent enough people, but this chap, Montey Hilyer, is a wrong 'un.' He has pinked up a reputation as a 'card sharp and society gambler and lately married an actress. We c.r,atted on for a while, and then Watkins showed us to where three adjoining bedrooms were made ready. I was up early the next morning, and found Nikka sitting at a pianoforte in the sunroom. "Nikka," I asked, "are you really a Gypsy? In the usual sense of the word?" "I am a Gypsy by birth and blood," he answered. "I passed my boyhood with the caravars. I learned to.play the fiddle with the Gypsy maestros of : ungar'y." "Do you believe the Gypsies play a part in this treasure business?" He nodded. "1 ipel it in my bones, It is a Gypsy tradition, remember. Probably we shall find the interest of some Tzigane tribe crossing curs." "And then?" "My tribe fight for Hugh." He waved a reeling to Hugh, who came in at that moment. "We were talking about e •ypsies and fighting," he explained. "And it seems that Nikka is a po- tentate who has a tribe to carry out his wishes," I amended. "I wish we .lad his tribe here to help us pull down this old stone -box," answered Hugh gloomily. Mr. Penfellow, the vicar, received as at the west doom of the, parish church. The service was brief,' but impressive and the body of Lard Tames reposed at last in the family vault. CHAPTER IV. It was a scant ten minutes' walk through the park to astle Chesby.• As we entered the :rive, Watkins ran to- ward us. "Som.:body broke in whilst we were at church, your ludship,",he panted. We hastened into the house. A rear door in the centre of the castle—it was really more of a manor than a castle in style—had been forced. Desks; wardrobes, chests of drawers, closets, armories, every corner or piece of fu niture that might conceal anythin had been thoroughly ransacked. "Do you suppose they could have found anything?" I asked. Wnrtkins shook his head positively. "I am sure they could not, Mr. Nash, sir. I think I know most of the stuff that they have gone through." "Watty," said Hugh, "I wish you'd make inquiries along the roads, and find out if any strangers have been seen ar„und the place this morning." "That's a good idea," Said Nikka. "And I'd suggest that we waste no time in going thoroughly over this. wing ourselves," We set to work with gusto. We ex- amined it from end to enol, tapped the paneling for secret recesses, examined more Of harmme and Sorrowe. I wi 1 not have my SenLe awasting of H s substance and hys Life as didde Hys deere Fathour. "Jane Chesby." "Postscriptuni. Yette will I leave a trase for Thatte yt might seeme Unfaithful to ye Dead didde I lose thatte whych ys a part of ye House's wealthe." "The tradition;" said the solicitor, "is that the `Roote of Evil' was the part of the Instructions containing the dieections to the location of :he trea- sure." "But the `tease' she speaks of?" I queried. "Nobody has ever found it—unless Lord James did so." Nikka turned the paper over. Across the back these lines were scrawled: Putte downe ye anciount riddel In decente, sennelie ardour. Rouse, 0 ye me stic Sybil, Der hymme who doth endeavour, seed who come after us. The Lords of Nor Create hys effortte tendour- Constantinople are rotten. Their Em- "A farrago of antique spelling and pire dwindles away. The treasure is nonsense," commented Hugh. "That not for such as they. Therefore I say gets us no farther.". it shall go to augment the fortunes of "Still, I suggest we take a copy of our house and recompense my father's it with us," said Nikkei. sufferings. "It won't do any harm, Mr. agreed the furniture. No result. "Take it, he who can. But beware Bellowes, and he called a stenographer I After luncheon we began on the up - the Greeks, for some know of the and directed him to make ccpies of the per floor and even: over the entire wing treasure, and the secret will not die. two writings. in detail. We measured the different "In Manus Taus, Domine." "It was this Lady Janewhoblocked rooms. I even took outer measure "Is there anything else?" asked up the old fancily crypt."« merits. We studied outevieys. measure- "Is "It's odcl, he speaks so ini.pres_ "Yes,"said Mr. Bellowes, and if sounded floors. We took to pieces sively of going after the treasure, and you recall, lay lord, slie blocked up the everyarticle of furniture which might yet he offers no hint of how to find it." crypt so successfully that its exactg "There is another document here location has been a mystery ever have concealed a secret drawer• and since."•we found nothing beyond ordinary Hugh rose re'actantly. family letters and trash. "I am afraid we have learned no- We went to bec. that night, tired thing here," he said. "We'll go now." out and disgusted. But in -.lee morning The inimitable Watkins met us at we arose with sharpened interest and. the station with a motor in which we determined to canvas the possibilities were whirled off to the Chesby man- in the parts of the house the invaders Sion. had searched. Again we took careful A butler no less dignified than Wat- measurements, inside and out, We loins held the door open for us. hunted for two days. Thea we went "This way, if you please, your lud-: back and re-examined the West Wing "I 'ave a second time. We ended up in stark ship and gentlemen," he said. 'ad supper servedin the Gunroom," disappointment in the Gunroom. "That's fine," pproved Hugh, as he Nikka, who had relapse' into one us after Watkins through a short of his frequent spells of silent coa- led passage to the right and into a big templation, jumped suddenly frim his room. A log -fire blazed in the fireplace. chair, Hugh rubbed his bends with satin- "If it is here, 't is in this room," he faction. "This is home," he said. said. "Lady Jane rebuilt this wingand "Is that a Gypsy prophecy?" jeered joined it with the early Tudor, central Hugh. mass." There was a acket of motors out - Curious, I stepped over to the fire- side in the drive, and Watkins appear place and examined the splendid care- ed in the doorway. in gin deep relief that adozned stone and woodwork. The most curious fea- ture of the ornamentation was a lower panel supporte by a group of bibulous monks in comically disordered atti- tudes. On the panel appeared to be lettering. "Watkins," I called, "bring ale a candle, please." The soft light shone on four lines of Gothic lettering. 'Whenne thatte ye Pappist Church- maniie 'Woude seke hys soul's contente Hee tookened up ye Wyssinge Stone And trodde ye Prior's vent. "1 bad forgotten; that," exclaimed Hugh, "It's' some snore of Lady Jane's poetry. Supper Was announced and we grouped ourselves about the table. "Mi•. Peafellow, the Vicar, yaur ludship, instructed nee to tell you the service for 'is late ludship would be tomorrow morning, as you vequested. ISSUE No.20.-... 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But T thought you would wish to know Mr. Hilyer and 'is party .'ave just driven up.» "The devil they have!" exclaimed Hugh. "I suppose we'll have to see 'em." Watkins lingered in the doorway. "You instructed me to inquire if strangers 'ad been seen on the roads 'er'eabouts the morning of the funeral, your ludship," he said. Hugh nodded. "I met 'Iggins, the carpenter, sir, 'this morning. 'E said one of Mr. Hil- yer's motors passed on the London road close on noon, but that was all." "Well, that doesn't help any," said Hugh. "Mr. and Mrs. Hilyer, your led - ship!" Hilyer was a lean, rangy chap, with hatchet face and close -set eyes. He looked what he was: good blood gone rong. His wife was a handsome, sta- tuesque woman. "Hullo, Hugh!" exclaimed Hilyer. "Frightfully glad to see you home again, but rotten sorry for the occa- sion. You don't know Mrs. Hilyer, I believe." Hugh bowed to her with cold preci- ion. 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