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Zurich Herald, 1930-08-07, Page 2The Tre asure of the Buooieon ________ By A. D. HOWDEIN SMITH CHAPTER XXIII. (Cont'd.) It was as hard a job as we tackled, but after two hours, Hugh and Ver- non King were «bre to pry the slab loose and let it fall ot.t with a mighty splash. Hagh thrust in the end •of his crowbar, and it struck brickwork. Our torches showed this to, be very flimsy, and whe it was pounded it rang hollow. By t end of the afternoon we had smashed througl an embrasure nearly n three feet high and four feet long, It.gh nominated 3etty for the honer of leading the way ieto the dim pass- ege which abutted on the hole. The test of us crawled in afterward. The passage was seven feet high and four feet wide. It led straight back between brick walls into a large cham'zer the roof of which was upheld by brick piers. The place was musty, foetid e•, en, and vcly damp, but as our torches struggled through the dark- ness, the rays were captured and jug- gled by glinting, sheeny heaps that were stacked against the piers and walls. Betty started forward invol- untarily. There was a slurring sound, and then a tiny tinkling that died away in a faint murmurous ss-ssh. "It's gold!" she cried. We flashed our torches right and left. It was true. Great golden piles sloped away from us. The fragments of the bags that once had held this wealth projected from the multitude of coins. At the end of the chamber the pies mounted to the roof. To the left stood several tiers of ancient chests. The first yielded rt once to the point of Hugh's knife. When he flung the lid back it fell apart, but we scarcely noticed it Zrothe dazzling glamor of the gems that seemed al- most ti -fight to escape from their centuries -long imprisonment. Jewels and jewelry and massive plate were heaped in indiscriminate confusion, huge salvers, cups, chalices, amphorae, bracelets, armlets, amulets, brooches, necklaces, rings beyond num- ber—and running in and out of the set stones, the endless profusion of unmounted gems, diamonds, amethysts, rubies, opals, pearls, sapphires, top- azes, g =rrets, turquoises, emeralds, and others I could not name. Betty threw her arms around Hugh, as shameless for the moment as Kara "Oh, I'm so glad!" she murmured. "It's as much as you thought it would be, isn't it?" Hugh was dazed. "As much? I never dreamed of any- thing like this! I told myself it was. up to me to see the thing through on Uncle James' account. But—this! I say, Professor, how much do you sup- pose there is here?" Vernon King swept his torch in an arc arotrd the chamber, the extreme confines of which le are shrouded in shadow• "I ant no fiscal expert, my dear boy. It would' take a committee of jewelers advice. to assess those chests alone. I should like _his cannot be"A trestedtinmany temen's hands," he said. "You inust put the treasure on a boat, and you must go on that boat, yourselves, and you must be sure you can trust the captain." "But how can we find such a boat and captain?" asked Hugh. "Leave that to me," answered Wasso Mikali promptly. "And in the meantime you must make boxes for the treasure." We heard no more from him for a week. Prisoners as well as captors labored with saw and hatchet, hammer and nails. As fast as we shaped the boxes we carried them down to the drain and packed them, wrapping gold and gems in whatever fabrics we could find around the house, and in this way we used up all the loose lumber, cloth and bedding in Tokalji's store rooms. Then one night as we sat in the atrium, very aro rs to hands and fin- gers from unaccustomed carpentry, there was a knock on the courtyard door, and Wasso Mikali ushered in a tall, lean man in a blue seaofficers cap. He left this man i the courtyard and came clown to us. "I have brought you a sea -captain who does not fear dodge ethe law," „ ' out preface. rte 1d Gypsy w I' the o said • who lives ,�girl H e loves a Circassiang r- LEOUin a street near the Khan of the Geohim ' to 1 -em acre it :slain n dI have an grails, that if we do business with hint the girl stays in my custody for surety of his honesty. He is a Russian and his ship is his own." "You did not tell him what we wanted hin. for?" questioned Hugh. "Tell him only what you must," counseled Wasso Mikali. "I think I have a hold on this man, but I would not trust himenore than I could help." "Why can't we tell him that we have made a remarkable find of ancient statuary, mosaics and that sort of thing?" I suggested. ' "He will look us up, and the story will sound credible for King. We'll let him know that the government wouldn't like to see such a valuable collection go to foreigners, and we have to smuggle it." "That will do,"Nikka approved. "And that will explain why v,e -lust send the boxes aboard secretly." We -lade the deal with the Russian captain that night. He waS not a bad chap, but a bit put to it to earn the keep of himself, his Y'eW and his ves- sel by reason of the anomalous situa- Minard's Liniment for Lumbago. aren't in a mood to be agreeable, Mrs. Hilyer is consumed with revenge. Mahkouf is politely threatening, He figures that he has us on aha hip be- cause of the killings last night --mur- der of His Imperial Majesty's subjects and all that." "Could we, perhaps, detain them sufficiently long to permit us to get away?" inquired my .uncle. "With the treasure? Hardly! I say, do you realize the sheer physical job of removing that stuff. In the mean- time we might hold IVIrs. Hilyer with- out causing any comment, but Mah- kouf is a well known person. He isn't 'The Grand Vizier's Jackal' for no- thing." "I chink I can use Tokalji to work out this -mess," said Hugh. He'd do anything for miney." Wasso Mikali brought hi the bri- gand chief, his broken arm in a sling, a sour glint of hatred in his eye. "Tell hini," returned Hugh, "that I'll give him 100,000 pounds Turkish if he'll come over to out side, and back us up against Mahkouf Pasha." The change in Tokalji's manner was ridiculous. "He says," translated Nikka, "that he will kill the Sultan for you for 100,000 pounds Turkish. But he wants e the money:" tion in which .P,ey found themselves, the Slt.va still running tinder the old Imperial registry, She was a tidy tramp of 5,000 tons odd, and Captain Malakovich made no t,bjection to turn - tag over the necessary cabins for our nee. He expressed hinaself feelingly as glad to help any one who was try- ing to diddle the Turkish government, and he served us with a loyalty that earned him a considerable additional honorarium upon our arrival in South- ampton, "I'll enter your ,.tt.ff on my mani- fests after we clear the port," he said frankly, "I don't care whether I ever come bi.ek here. As to Aleilcouan---" the Circassian—"Wasso Mikali can. send ilex to Salonika when he receives, word that I have landed y.,r gentle- men., I'll trade with the Greeks after this. I'm through with the Turks." The transfer of the treasure occu- pied • week, for we cc,uld only work at alight. The last day after the treasure boxes were stowed away, we all fou.id Lie to go to the British Embassy to ee Hugh and Betty married. "Nikka," said Thigh. "Aren't you coining with us?" "No. -,Je are going to wander, Kara and I. We will go up into •.he Rhod- npes -with Wasso Mikali for a while, and then we will take the Tzigane's Trail through the -Balkans ani over the Danube and the Carpathians, on, on, wherever we choose." So when the clava steamed out of the Golden Horn, Hugh and Betty, Vernon King, Watkins and :+ waved goodby to our comrade. Watkins shook his head sorrowfully. "I've been thinking, Mister Jack, sir," he said. "They'll never believe this story in the Servants' 'All." "They'd believe you if you accepted your •share of the treasure," I told hint. "Per'eps," he admitted. "But what to -- Then when Watty tramped in fifteen minutes afterw.ara and plumped a good would it do me, sir? I've no call bulging sack into the old thief's lap a for it, and in the end Lloyd George miracle was wrought. Sweat beaded would get it, 'im and the hincome-tax on his forehead; his hands clawed the collleccd for the first and only time in lovely stones; his eyes shone. "Tell hint they are his if he plays the course of our acquaintance Wat- fair with us," continued Hugh when kins indulged in a broad grin. he judged he had made his effect. (The End.) "He awaits your orders," Nikka translated. "Wait a minute. He says for you not to worry about Mahkouf Pasha. He, the Pasha, has been smug- gling arms from Roumania to Kemal Pasha at Angora." "I knew such precious scoundrels would sell each other out," said Hugh. "We'll have Mahkouf in here and give him an earful." The irterview that followed was ab- surd and sordid. Mahkouf Pasha after an attempt at hectoring defiance, col- lapsed completely. Maude Hilyer was last. Hugh ap- pealed to her on the grounds of self- interest. "It's all very well what you say, Lord Chesby," she whimpered. "But what am I going to do now? Hilyer's dead. Little Depping is loaded with mortgages. His cousin George will in- herit what's left of it, anyway. And I—" "I ani not going to pay you black- mail," returned Hugh coldly, "but you may call on nay solicitors this day two months." Economy Corner English Bread Pudding. Three eggs, 1 quart milk, % cup sugar, 2 loaves bread, 1 tablespoon vanilla, 1/ cup raisins, 1 tablespoon butter, cinnamon and nutmeg, Beat egg yolks well; add milk and beat add sugar and vanilla,. Break bread in small pieces, using crustr and all. Add raisins slowly to prevent sinking; dot the top with butter and sprinkle with nutmeg and cinnamon. Bake in moderate oven till done. When cold, spread top with jelly. Apple is es- pecially good, but any kind can be used. Make meringue of white of egg and, drop by spoonfuls onto jelly. Re- turn in oven to brown. This pudding is delicious served either hot or Bold. If .desired, raisin bread may be used. What New York Ls Wearing BY A Must) CHAP1'ER XXV. The next day at Nikka's suggestion we called upon Wasee 11ikali for his Little Cakes Two eggs, well beaten, one cup brown sugar, half cup flour, half tea- spoon baking powder, one teaspoon vanilla, one cup chopped walnuts. Bake about 10 minutes in smallest size tins or paper cups. Nice with a maple nut frosting. German Crisps One-half cup butter, 1 cup grated rind and juice of i/z lemon, 2 eggs, flour to knead, chopped nuts, fruit, etc. Add the sugar gradually to the creamed butter, then the lemon rind and juice,the yolks and whites of the eggs, beaten separately, and the flour. Roll into a thin sheet, cut into rounds, hearts, diamonds, etc•., brush over with the beaten white' of an egg and decorate with nuts and candied fruit. Dredge with granulated sugar and bake to a delicate straw color. NNABELLE WORTHINGTON •coed Dressinalcing Lesson Fur- nished With Every Pattern not be greatly surprised if the con- tents of this chamber were discovered to exceed $125,000,000. If—" "If y, aren't very lucky, Hugh, you are going to lose all this stuff just ecause you were lucky enough to find it," said Nikka's voice behind us. We turned to confront him. Kara's dark, passionate face was at bis shoul- der. "Who do you suppose is up- stuirs?" "Mrs. Hilyer," I exclaimed. "Right. She's not alone. She came back with Mahkouf Pasha. I've got them both safe ander lock and key, with Wasso Mikali's knife at their throats. Still—" He shrugged his shoulders. CHAPTER XXIV. Reluctantly and with many a back- ward look, we retired from that glim- mering vault of wealth, and climbed to the atrium. "I'll have that pre- cious pair fetched in if you like," vol- unteered Nikka as we sat about the room. "But I don't see the use. They The tingling taste of fresh mint leaves is a real treat for your sweet tooth. R�GLE Affords people everywhere great comfort and long-lasting enjoyment. Nothing else gives so much bene• fit at so small a cost. It is a wonderful heap in work and play — keeps you cool, calm and contented. ISSUE No.. 31- '30 sugar, Rich in body.and delicate as blossoms fin Iflavour I! 'Freshfrom the gardens' "I say!" exclaimed a customer in at druggist's shop, 'who thought he bad been overcharged. "Have you any, sense of honor?" "I'm sorry," said the druggist, from foroe of habit, "I have not, but I have something just as good!" diced chicken and a little pimento and green pepper which has beer1 chopped fine, to a white sauce ,made of one-half milk and one-half chicken stock. Serve ou toast or with baked potatoes. Saute mushrooms and chopped hard cooked eggs are good added to a white sauce made with milk or cream and plenty of butter and served on toast. It is not necessary to peel the mush- rooms if they are fresh picked. Strawberry Roll Roll out a rich biscuit dough made with' one cup of flour. Spread it with butter and with drained canned or pre- served strawberries, roll it up like a jelly roll and cut into portions, Place each slice, cut side down, in a baking made dish containing boiling syrup from two cups of strawberry juice and water, and 11/2 cup granulated sugar. Bake at 359 degrees Fahrenheit for about 40 minutes. Do not crowd the roll in the pan of the centre may be doughy. Serve with hard sauce or whipped cream or merely in its own Fruit Salad Dressing Here's a nice dressing for fruit salad. Cook in double boiler one cup pineapple juice, juice of 1/2 lemon, add half cup sugar, mixed with one table- spoon flour and one tablespoon melted butter, yolks of two eggs, beaten, salt and, last, add two beaten egg white. Remove and, before serving, stir in half of one whole jar of whipped cream, as liked. English Hot Pot Six nice, lean pork chops, six me- dium sized potatoes and three onions. Place three chops in bottom of pan, sprinkle lightly with flour, then sea- son; add layer of onions, then pota- toes. Repeat till pan is full; add a little less than pint of water, place cover on the pan and cook almost an hour, either over a low flame or in an oven. This serves three. Pea Souffle 7471 syrup. Jellied Baked Apples Bake apples in usual way. About ten minutes before they -are done, re- move from oven and fill centres with raisin jam. When filled, return apples to oven and complete the baking. Serve hot or cold, with or without cream. Carrot 'Marmalade Ingredients: 4 cups (2 lbs.) citrons mixture and cooked, finely chopped carrots; 1/2 cup pectin; 61/2 cups (2 lbs.) sugar. Peel orange and dice, dis- carding hard centre and seeds. Mix with grated rinds, lemon juice, and finely chopped carrots. Measure cit- rons and carrot mixture into large ket- tle. Add sugar, mix and bring to a full rolling boil over hottest fire. Stir constantly before• and while boiling. Boil hard 5 minutes Remove from fire an&.stir in pectin. Pour quickly. Cover hot marmalade with film of hot paraffin; when marmalade is cold, cover with 1-8 inch of hot paraffin. Roll glass to spread paraffin on sides. If desired add 2 or 3 teaspoons ground ginger or cinnamon. Require about 2 pounds carrots, 3 lemons, and 11 orange. Makes about 9 eight -ounce eases. Melt 3 tablespoons butter; blend in. 3 tablespoons flour thoroughly, add 1 cup milk gradually, stirring constant- ly until thickened. Add 1 can mashed peas, 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten, 1 teaspoon minced onion (I omitted this) 1 teaspoon salt and speck of pepper. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in moderate oven 30 minutes. Sreves 6. I served this with escalloped potatoes (with onion, the reason for omitting them with peas) hamburg loaf, strawberry shortcake, banana cream pie, bread and butter, tea and milk for those who preferred it. It was pronounced a delicious din- ner and is, as you can see, an oven dinner. cJ_ Apple Sauce Cake ' x2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 11k, cups .apple sauce, 2 cups pastry flour, 2 level teaspoons soda and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, clove, and allspice; and 1 egg. Cream butter and sugar; acid beaten egg, ap- plesauce, in which soda has been dis- solved; then add sifted dry ingredi- ents. Beat hard, and add floured nuts and raisins, 1/2. cup of each. Ways to Cook Mushrooms Remove the tops of 1 pound of mush- rooms and cut in halves or quarters. Let the stems stew in 2 cups water for about 10 minutes. To a hot spider add 3 tablespoons butter and melt. Stir in 3 heaping tablespoons flour and let brown, stirring constantly. Then add slowly the water in which the mush- room stems have been cooked, discard- ing the stems. Add the quartered mushrooms, salt and pepper and cook until the mushrooms are tender when pierced with a fork—about 10 minutes. 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