HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1926-11-25, Page 6BY RAFAEL SABATINI.
The Master Tale -Teller, Author of "Bardelys the Magnifice4nt." Another
Stirring Stens, of Adventure mid Love 11.1 a New Setting --
The Peninsular War.
DEM—
NURSES
The Toren% Itoepitel for lnourahles.
offtlIallon Mils Bellevue and Mk d liosnifnh.
Hort Teek City. Mere a three years' Bourse
et Tralointi to young wawa, lia0111) th
required education, and desirous of isOoolning
horse*, This Hospital Imoadopted the eloht,
hour system. Tha pupils reisolol Uniforlas Of
the taboo!, a monthly alloiennen and trovellag
egpert7tee to and free Nett Valli, For intim
inereees write 11,0 Suherintentiont.
"What of Richard Butier? Tell nes at
a -e -a -
WHO'S WHO. , !between O'Moy and the offender, m once."
Lt. Richard Butler of the Irish eras! able to guess the sources of the hes'- I Seeing the men stricken speechless,
goon, on a fel-Aging expedition during .taton oe Which he :now beheld suet ' Samoval frem bewildered aston
Wish-
ellington's carnyaign against the i
unmistakable signs, the minister lsilent,a- O'Moy from distress, shejurnp-
Fr
ench n Portugal,
hears a a rang turally misunderstood it. led to the conclusion ,that.,motives of i
Wine;possested by some moan Drunk,i "There must be no flinching in this, 'modesty accounted for their sKence.
/r. starts out to get some of it, lie grieral," he cried. "If you know Prin.. I "Leave us, Syivia, pease," she said.
e , , ..n ere or themonastery seem:stakes a ne n *f opal Souza at all, you must know that"Forgive me. denr. But you se the
he will not reliquish his position with- I will not moitiol'i 'these things'whil5.;
'4,..,,rie Seeks, When admittance is refused,
out o. fight. Give me now, that I may you'are present."
believing the place is a "hotbed of,
&Nisei?, he forces his way in. Shock-' publish everywhere, youofficial as- I She waited until the obedient and
ed and gobered when he realizes his surance that this man, Butler, will be discreet Miss Arrnytage bad Passed
shot, and I -assure you that Principal I from view.
sacrilege, he turas to go, but strikes .
, Souza, thus deprived of hie' stoutest I "Now," she bade them, "please tell
leis head on a pillar and falls uncon-
scious. I weapon, must succumb in the struggle nie,"
Sergt. Flanagan, who with a feW,
that awaits lis." I And OiMoy delivered Mrnseif husk-
.
troops accompanied him, meanwhile is: "Then," said O'Moy slowly, "youily of the hideous truth.
attacked by leeasants enraged at what may publish my official assurance that I Meanwhile, Miss Armytage tot* her
they supposed was a deliberate oloe
the officer in question will be . . . .eway to Sir Terencees workroom, know-
tionviof"the convent. Outnumbered ten, shot when taken." I ing that she would find Capt. Tre-
to one, he manages to escape when the: "General, I thank you. My country ,mayne there, and assuming that he
abbessappenls to the peasants. I thanks you. You may be confident of would be alone. .
this issue." He bowed graveiy to
Sir Robert Crauford, commander of
the light division, hears Flanagan's O'Moy and then to Trernayne. "Your
,report that ;Butler was left for dead. excellencies, I have the honor to wish
"It is just as well," he says, "for Lord you good -day."
Wellington would have had hnn shot.
Sir Terence O'Moy, adjutant -gen -
CHAPTER ,VI.
eral of the Insh dragoons, learns that LADY O'MOY.
Butler, who is his young wife's bro-
Acrois the frontier in the northwest
then fen the convent alive, but has
was gathering the third French army
not returned to his regiment. of invasion, commanded by Marshal
Capt. Tremayne, O'Moy's secretary,
Massena, while Weleington, at the
reminds Sir Terence that Richard's
head of a British force of little more
• death would break Lady O'Moy's
tl • '
• , watched and waited, maturing his
of the strong friendship between Una'.
i pendous • strategic plane Behind
his wife, and the young captain. the Britsh army and immediately to
Principal Souza of the council of
north of Lisbon, in an are some 30
regency is opposed to Lord Wailing- i th?.
i miles long, the lanes of Torres Vedras
ton's plan to devastate part of Porta- i were being constructed under the di -
gal, and interferes with military op -!rection of Colonel Fletcher and thip
eretions until the British Brit-
in-chiefcommander-
has issued the ultimatum that P secretlY to remain unknown to ish and Portuguese alike.
unless Souza be removed from thei
To these line.s it was the British
government he, Wellington, wilil with-'
1commander's plan to effect a slow re-
uraw from the country. treat before the French flood when it
Miguel Forjas, Portugueee secrtary I
should sweep forwardnthus luring the
of state, warns O'Moy that Butler'
must be punished.
heart. O'Moyhas always been jealous e relic os
enemy onward into a country which
he had commanded should be laid re-
lentlessly waste, that there that enemy
CHAPTER in, ( Con t'd.) might first be starved and afterwards
destroyed. Such was his terrible de -
shrewd enough to apprehend to the
111 himseif Dom Miguel. Forjas was mend upon the country for its own
saivation.
fuil the military genlus of the British The northern nobles whose lands
commander-in-chief, fruits of which
he had already witnessed and he knew must suffer opposed the measure vio-
iently. .And Antonio de Souza made
that unless this man and the troops
himself their champion until he was
under his command remained in Por- by Wellington's ultimatum to
nagel and enjoyed complete liberty a broken
action there could be no hope of stem- the Council.Souza quitted the government and
ming the third invasion for which i the. capital as had been demanded. But
Massena—the ablest of elf Naesoleon's
if Wellington hoped that he would
marshals—was now gathering his di -
quit intriguing, he misjudged his man.
visions in the north, and Portuguese
So that be ruined Weilington it mat -
independence would be ground to dust tered nothing to Antonio de Souza
under the heel of the terrible emperor.
lf
"This," he said at length in a voice that he should ruin himseand his
that was awed, "is an ultimatum."
own country at the same time. In that
mood he passed out of the councils of
"It is that," O'Moy admitted readily.
"Perhaps it is as well," he said. the Portuguese government into a
"That Lord Wellington should go?"
the
and secretly active retire -
cried O'Moy.
"That Lord Weilington should an- As a result of Souza's downfall 0'-
flounce intentions of going," Forjas
•Mey was able to breathe more freely.
el -,lined And having admitted
Then, too, as the weeks passed, the
' so.
shadow overhanging him with regard
much, he now stripped off the off -Icier:
mask compietely. He spoke with his
Ito Richard Butler gradually lifted.
, No further hvord had there been of
own voice, and not with that of the
council whose mouthpiece he was. eof the missing lieutenant, and by the end
, of May both O'Moy and Tremayne
ceurse, it will never be permitted.
had come t� the conciusion that he
Lord Weilington has been entrusted
must have met death at the hands of
with the defence of the country by the
some of the ferocious mountaineers.
Prince Regent; consequently it is the
duty of every Portuguese to ensure I O'Moy dreaded the moment when
explanation must be made to his wife,
that at all costs he shall continue in
that office." of Richard's absence.
O'Moy was mystified, I In the end, however, he was spared
"But your excellency understands the necessity of falsehood.. For the
the terms—the only terms upon which -truth itself reached Lady O'Moy in an
his lordship will zo continue?" unexpected manner.
It came about a month after that
"Perfectly. I shall hasten to con -
day when O'Moy had first received
news of the escapade at Tavora.
He, with his wife and her cousin,
Sylvia Armytage, were breakfasting
one morning when Mullins broke in
upon them with the announcement of
a visit from Count Samoval.
CHAPTER VII.
HIDEOUS TRUTH.
The Portuguese nobleman a slend-
er. handsome, swarthy man Of 30 was
introduced.
His friendship with the OiMoys,
now some three months old, had been
considerably strengthened of late by
the fact that 'he had unexpectediy be-
come one of the most hostile critics
of the council of regency as lately con-
stiteted, and one of the most ardent
supporter% of the Wellingtoni an policy.
He bowed with supremest grace to
the ladies, ventured to kiss the fair,
smooth hand of his hostess, and took
the chair O'Moy was proffering.
'Good neves, I hear, general. An-
tonio de SZeza's removal from the
government is already bearing fruit,
The mils in the valley of the Mondego
are being effectively destroyed at
last."
"Ye'rc very well informed," grunted
O'Moy, Who himself had but received
the news. -There was a note almost of
suspicion in the words, and he was
vexed that select matters should so
non be put abroad.
"Naturaiey, and with reason," was
the answer, delivered with a rueful
smile. "Am 1 not interested? Is not
some of my property in question? Rut
bow to the necessities of war. The
individuai uniet eeffer that the Tuition
nese trill/nide A Roman maxim, my
dear -generel."
"And a British one," said O'Moy,
"Oh, acheittedlydi replied the nini-
abi "You proved it by your
uncompromising firmness in the afeair
of Tavrn. And th your own interests,
my dear .general, 1 trust there -will bo
weakeningno Whn this Lt. Butler is
eaught, and—" '
"Who?" her ladyship asked sharply.
"Cenerai---Richatd Butler," answer -
In the scared hush that followed
the count perceived that he. had
stumbled headlong into a 311 y$tery, He
• staw Lady O'Moy's faee tern whiter
and Whiter at she regarded
"Richard Butler!" ehe ethoed.
vcy those terms to the council. It is
also quite clear that I may convey to
my government your assurance that
the .officer responsible for the raid
on the convent at Tavora will be shot
when taken?"
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"May I come in?" she asked him
from the doorway.
Ile sprang to his feet. "Why, cer-
tainly, Miss Armytage." For so im-
perturbable a young man he -seemed
oddly breathless in his eagerness to
welcome her. She closed the door and
came forward into he room.
"I want you to tell me something,
Capt. Tremayne, and I want you to be
frank with inc."
"I hope I could never :be anything
else."
"What has Dick Butler been
doing?"
He looked into her face with sharp-
ly questioning eyes. What have you
heard?"
"Only that he has done something at
Tavora for which the consequences
may be grave. Una sent me away on
the plea of my youth and innocence,
which were not to be offended. But I
can trust you to tell me without
offendine"
"Sylvia I" It was a curious exclama-
tion of satisfaction and of gratitude
for the implied confidence.
She stiffened perceptibly. "Won't
you tell me what I want to know?"
He told her quite simply the -whole
story, not forgetting to give promin-
ence to the circumstances extenuating
it in Butler's favor.
"And when he is taken," she asked,
"what—what will happen to him?"
He looked at her, hesitating for a
moment, then answered her: "O'Moy
has pledged his word to the Portu-
guese government that Dick Butler
shall be shot when taken."
"Terence did that?" Sylvia's face
was white.
"He was compelled to it. Honor
and duty demanded no less of him."
"Honor?" She uttered the word al-
most with contempt. "And what of
• Una?"
I "I ant thinking of Una when I say
,I should welcome the news of Dick's
' death somewhere in the Idles. It is
the best that can be hoped for."
"I had better go to her at once. She
will be needing me, poor child. ram
grateful to you, Capt. Tremayne, for
your confidence and for telling me."
And thus she left him very thoughtful
as concerned for Una as she was her-
self.
(To be continued.)
The Hill.
"I thought you would like it,"
Was whet you saki,
And dumb with beauty,
I bent my head.
Whispering poplars,
Moonehade playing,
Our hushed yokes,
Moon -light graying.
Grass -green meadows
That darkened down
To far lights marking
A little town.
Be.auty murmured;
We heard her -call—
Yet only the .polars
Spoke at all.
People have given
Me lovely things,
Books and pictures,
Brooches, rings.
Of all my gifts
I would rather see
The moonlit hill
You gave to me.
—Ethel Loutee Knox.
Too Close.
. y cut your hair
pretty <nose, didn't he?"
Witey—"I ishould say se. I could
smell the" garlic on his breath all the
teenellte was working."
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1534, and settled at Worsted, now a
deoa.ying vilaagedabout 12 miles from
Norwich, bringing their canaries with
them and teaching their English teigh-
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industry has been an important source
of income to thousands of females.
There is said to be scarcely a work-
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axles. The owners give the most lov-
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thee- blexisewho repay by flooding the
eottages and tenements with their
songs. When the young Weds are
ready for sale they are packed, each
in its own little cage, with a three
days' supply of food and with a sponge
in the watercup to assure moisture
and drinking supplies. •
Th.ls' is the shipping season amt as
the bird e are gathered for shipment
by motor trucks they sing and add
their quota to the din and excitement
of leavetakiing. As a nee they go to
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CANADA TO TETE HOE N ESSEX
Lord and Ledy Byng have misled
back to England with them mealy of
the physioai and mental associations
which they experienced during their
tenure of flee at Rideau Hall, Ot-
tawa; and they are endeavoring to
make Thorne Hall, their old home, "a
bit of Canada transplanted to Essex."
After many years during which he
had no permanent home, the formier
gove.rnor-general of the dominimi IS
home at last mid "would like very
much to have a real rest."
Plant Canadian Flowers.
As we sat in the library of Thorne
Heel, Lady Byng could be seen through
the window, attiredin a beaded raoose-
skin coat, •a Canadian gift, directing
the operations of gardeners who were
esnatiag a rock -garden of Canadian
plants and flowers.
The tanner govereongeneral spoke
of his many friends in Canada, and of
his great affections for the dominion.
The constitutional question, he saki,
"is past and gone. It would be futile
to discuss, it now, and I have too great
an affection Ear the Canadian people
to wish for further controversy. I
COOKING POTS GROW
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Home of Bees That Never
Sting and Fish That Make
Water Flame at Night.
Vines which produce sponges and
trees from -which natives may pluck
conking utensils were described,by Dr.
Fred J. Seaver, •curator at the New
York Botanical Garden, in a lecture.
Dr, Seaver, who with several other
mycologists recently completed a sur-
vey of the fungi of Porto Ricio and the
Virgin Islands, said many new fangi
had been collected in Trinidad, where
,puesed eleven weeks studying tropi-
cal vegetation
"The curiosities of Trinidad are riot
confined to the animal kingdom," said
Dr. Seaver. "There are not only the
banyan trea with its many trunks and
the cannon -ball tree with its peculiar
fruit, but ale() vines which produce
sponges and trees which grow conking
utenetes as though nature had com-
bined to make it as easy as possible
for the residents of this tropical land."
"The great cavern, of the Guaoh-
aros," lee said, "is populated by a rare,
*lord bird knowa as the guacharo,
which files only by night and which
when disturbed by day makes the cave
resound like an inferno with its wild
shrieks, and cries. Still 'other caves
are populated with the vampire, or
blood -sucking bat.
"Other queer forms of animal life
are the oysters which grow on. trees,
the huge lightning hugs, which, it is
claimed, are used as candles by the
peasants, and the 'twenty -four-hour
lizard," which runs over the ceilings
of the houses, picking off files, which
are greedily devoured as feed.
'They are called eweeity-fourhour
lizards' because, ot a superstition that
if one efieuld tale from the, °Wiling asea
strike a human being the victim would
die within twenty-four hours, Through
sheer. oureasity we atteanptea to re-
move some of thein from the wiling
by using long .sticks, bet foundeit was
hopeseible to do so because of their
alertness and agility.
"The phosphorescent iishes whin
play about the shored making rings of
fire in, the water et night are another
attraction. The leaf -cutting ants ales
arouse thein share of interest. They
live in great mounds almost its large
as a small house, traw&ling often for
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shell never forget the kindnesses of
the Canadian peopee, I shall miss'
them all."
Almost Strangers to Their Home.
Thorpe Held is situated in ancient,
monastic lands with fisteponde creat-
ed by the monks, in ,bygone centuries)
in order to ensure a supply of Rah for,
Fridays. The eeta.te wee sale-et:xi by
Lady Byng, when her hueband was la'
Egypt, in 1913. On the outbreak of the
week' war, they converted the estate
Into a hoeipltal.
Then they came to Canada, and now,
for tbe fleet time In many years they,
halve tihelr home as a home. Part ont
the „building is being reconstructed,.
and Lady Byng insisted on having all
the woodwork of Canadian hemlock.;
Canadian maples, poplar, cedar and
firs are also being planted in the'.
grounde, and the fish -ponds ase nowl
poipullated with Canadian geese, teat,
mallards and other wild fowl. On -Mein,
last viceregal trip, the Byngs took
theta. English gardener; Who selected.
plants, flowers and trees from all parts
of the, denainiou, in order to make
Thorne Hell a real "hit of Canada"
miles over well built trails in search
of material for their mushroom beds.
"Having found a suitable tree, the
branches will be entirely defoliated by
these active ,creartuees in a single night
and tho leaves, carred back in bits to
their hom.e.s, wheitileey are made into
a compost and used as a garden on
which certain fungi are grown and
used by them as food. i4
"The stingless flees which one often
encounters in the tropical juegle,s are
a surprise to one who is accustomed
to the war -like methods and the ef-
fective weapons* -of their northern re-
latives.
Pretty Fast Girl.
"When she's out with a man at
night she's the slowest thing at get-
ting home I ever knew."
"Yes; I've heard she's a pretty fast
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