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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1926-12-23, Page 6ti ll SNARE BY RAID AEL SIIIIATINI. The Master Tale -Teller, Author of "Bardelys the Magnificent." Another' stirring Story of Adventure and Love In a New Sotting-- The 1'etlinsular War. WHO'S WHO. Lt. Ricard Butler of tho Trish. dra- goons, on a foraging expedition during Wellington's cameaign ag bi et the French in Portugal, commits an of- fence during a drunken revelry, which amuses the resentment of Portugues'o officials, and disappears from his regi. meat. Terence O'Moy,, brother-in-law of Butler and adjutant -general, is visited byMiguel Forja.s, Portuguese seare- t. ,y of state, who warns Sir Terence that Butler must be shot for his of- fence, OrsSloy promises. Principal Souza of the council of cogency is oppoard to Lord Welling- ton's pan to devastate part of Portu- gal, and interferes with military op- erations until the British commander- in-chief has issued the ultimatum that unless Souza be removed from the government he, Wellington, will with- drew from the country. Una O'Moy, Sir Terence's wife, and Butler's sister, hides Butler, unknown to her husband, Count Samoval avowedly an ardent supporter of Wellington, assures Una that he will aid Dick if given an op- portunity. Capt. Ned Tremayne, O'IVIoy's sec- retary, is in love with Sylvia Arnietage, Una's c.,usin, a clear -thinking, intelligent young lady. CHAPTER XV.—(Cont'd.) cost just as much whet " compassion, and O'1Mloy, losinhg aIB h.s ae`lf-control, struck him. Samoval stepped bock, breathing hard, one cheek red, the other white.. "I have proved my courage toe often," he s:jid, 'to be under the ne- cessity of killing you for this blow. I will not take advantage of your overwrought condition," "Ye'11 take advaud:age of it whether ye like it or not," blazed Sir Terence at ham. "I mead you to take adva:n- of it Thus did the hot -leaded fel'.how de- liver himself into the hands of his entageemy "Ha!'3 said the Count. "You are offering me a challenge, 'then?" "If I may make so bold. And as I've a mind to shoot you dead---" "Shoot did you say?" Samoval in- terrupted gently. "You have challeng- ed use. The choice crf weapons ries, I i think, with me. I shall instruct my friends to ask for swords." (To becontinued,) urgent need of her famous swordsmen to go -tgainet the French and not to f inerea se the disorders at home," A sileiite ro:Cawed the rash words.1 "I think," Samoyed said at last, speaking slowly and softly, ""I think that is innuendo. I should be relieved, Capt. Tremayne, to hear you say that it is not." "I spoke quite generally, sir," Tre- mayne assured him, out of considera- tion for the ladies, who were looking scared. "I think," he added, "that the ladies find the topic tiresome." "Perhaps we may have the pleasure of continuing it when they are no longer present:" Hastily O'Moy broke in on the con- versation and steered it into safer channels, so that presently a sem- blance of ease was restored. When the repast was at an end the ladies rose and sauntered away, Syl- via urged Una to call Ned, reminding !her that a duel would be fatal after Lord Wellington's decree. And now behold Lady O'Moy thrown into a state of alarm that bor- dered upon terror. She had more rea- son than Sylvia could dream to wish i to keep Capt. Tremayne out of trouble !lust at present, Instantly, agitatedly, she turned and called to him. "Ned!" floated her silvery voice 'across the enclosed garden. And again: "Ned! I want you at once, please." What's the Use? "It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his or- dinance?" These are the woods that the prophet Malachi puts in the not of bad people but of dis- couraged good people. They had been trying hard to do right, and things went wrong. They had been courage- ous, but their courage seemed of no avail.. They thought they had been nisa.ing a great deal of pleasure, that they had "walked in funeral garments before the Lord." The complaint that religion is a kill-joy is not as modern as people suppose.What if righteousness does not pay, in the sense in which some people think of pay? Wham if a good man has to give as many dollars a ton foe coal as a bad mans„ and his bread and cakes there he fovea his "Gan you not deal with the in-� neighbor as himself or not? What if ' �k 0'Mo CHAPTER XVI. righteousness is sometimes expensive, tr zguers here." asked y'an actual disadvantage? Still which "'If I have not already Bene so it is' 1>, cai�.>vxoG. because I find it more profitable tot Capt Trezmnyzle joined Lady O'Moy of us is willing to meaule profit and leave them at large. Conceive that innnediately, sand as they sauntered loss in that way? Maybe the three Feyhe a e enabled bd ie to dangerous all off together, he for explained ed the detail's tas s hundred men who fought with Leoni- Napoleo-n's agents. I found him at away. plan getting Y Redondo's bat last week closeted with' He would como up to Monsanto at Menus. I apologized for my intru-112 o'clock the following night in a cion, and withdrew. La Fleche was to. curricle in which he would drive Dick have left Lisbon at dawn equipped ; down to the river at a point where a with a passport countersigned by; would be waiting to take him out yourself, my dear adjutant."Ito the Telemachus. She must see that "What's that?" "Dick was ready in time. The rest she A passport for Maj. Vieria of the could safely leave to him. He would Portuguese Cacadores." • cone in through the official wing of "Maj. Vier1'at" Sir Terence frown- the building. The guard would admit ed thoughtfully. "But that was coon- him without question, accustomed to tersigned by me at the request of , seeing him conte and go at all hours. Count Samoval, who represented hhn-' Dick was to be let down from her self a personal friend of the major's.' :ladyship's balcony by a rope ladder "So indeed he is. But the major in with which Tremayne would come question was La Fleche nevertheess e ui d. "And Samoval knew this?" ' gLady O'Moy was delighted. She Col. Grant did not immediately hung upon his arm, overwhelming him answer the question. He preferred to with her gratitude, as they came into continue his narrative. "That night the meadow -land in full view of the I had the false major arrested very terrace where Count Samoval and Sir quietly, i have caused him to lis -Terence were talking together. appear for the present." 1 You will remember that O'Moy had "And you say that Samoval was aware of the man's real identity?" in- told Grant Count Samovars visits to whether it pays to be good are not to Monsanto would be discontinued. be harshly east aside as of no account. silted Sir Terence, still incredulous. !Finding himself alone with the count, i "Aware of it?" Col. Grant laughe• d Sir Terence considered the moment a "Ther- shall be mine, saith the Lord, shortly. "Samoval is Souza's prfn" ; choice one in which to broach the dos sometimes growled that their ra- tions were bad. Maybe the immortal six hundred at Badhacl•ave sometimes stormed and blustered beoause their pay was small. But which of them, looking back on the record, would now say that the final estimate of reward was so be made in that fashion? It would be easy to show, and has often been shown, that in the long run righteousness is profitable; but it is not well to stress that fact unduly. As eooaz as we convince ourselves that "honesty is the best policy" we are in clanger of being only so far honest as pe!ti•cy requires. No, it is better to serve God in funeral garments and live a joyless life of bondage to duty than to have no bi'gher standard of re- ward than the commercial But that in not the way the prophet ends the matter. Even those discour- aged people who sometimes doubt ripal agent—the most dangerous than matter. in Lisboa and the most subtle. His , "I take it ye're fond of walking, ssmipathies are French through and i count," had been his singular opening throw h. i move. They had left the table by „ "But," faltered Sir Terence, Count noxi and were sauntering together on Samoval has been a regular visitor , the terrace. here for the past three months. j "Walking?" said Samoval. "I de - "So i understand," said Grant cool- „ g' Iy. "If I had known of it before I ,t should have warned you. You realize' test it. course it's .And qui tqte a soWell, well! walk from your ayour the danger of having such a man place at Bisps." about the place----"„ "Fairly long, I should say.” Ile cines not conte againid Sir ! "Much too long," said Sir Terence. Terence, rising. 1 'Now I've noticed that ye're not look - "That is more than I should have ing well lately, count," ventured to suggest But it is a very i "Really? You think that?" Dark wise resolve:' eyes scrutinized O'Moy's face. suspi- Coh. Grant rose, 1 clous"y. "You'Il stay to luncheon," said Sir! "r do, and it's sorry T am to see it. Terence. "It is about to be served. , , But I know what it is. It's this walk - "You are very kind, Sir Terence, 'ing backwards and forwards between They descended. to find luncheonhere and Bispo that's doing the /Ma - served already in -the open under the Ichiel. Better give it up, count. It's trel.ire vine, and the party Assisted of notood for your health. Why,man t Lady O'Moy, Miss Armytage, Capt.' ve,rgas white as a ghost this mnute" Tremayne and Count, Stenoval, 1 He was indeed, having perceived the The count had been at Monsanto: insult intended. To be denied the for the past hour, the first half of house at such a time was to checkmate • which he had spent most agreeably on his designs and to -set a term upon his the terrace with the ladies. With not 1 crafty and subtle espionage. the slightest difficulty, he had succeed- ) For a moment passion blinded him, ed in extracting from Lady O ZYIoyall;but soon the mist of anger clearing the information site possessed in re- i from his keen wits, he sought to fas- gard to the plans of the fortifications ten the quarrel upon Sir Terence in of Torres 4 edras• 'Sir Terence's owncoin of galling Even Syd not lvia ltbsrj,lq aanO wsdra5ingiornationfionthem, oyealousywhihwsalmost a eo bantering and frivolous was his byword, had been apparent more than manner. -i'et in that short time he once to Samoval. bed been placed in possession of two A smile spread gradually over his facts: that the plans of the lines of white face—a mile of immeasurable Torres Vedras were kept locked up in malice. Sir Terencete own room, and that Sir "I quite understand and even sten- Terence always carried the key en a. pa:thiace with your feelings, General." gold chain worn round his neck. "I am glad of that now," said Sir Ile was at the table, as you know, Terenee, who understood nothing of when Sir Terence and Col. Grant ar- all this. rived. At table the conversation was `'naturally," the Count pursued, led nater Lily enough to Wellingtons '''when a man, himself no longer general order against duelling, youi;g, remelts the folly of taking a "In my opinion, it is a most arbi- young and charming wife, be is to be trary and degrading enactment," said far iced ic'i'er a natural. anxiety Samoval, "in that it reduces a gentle- delves him to lengths which in un- man to the :ev 1 of the clod. A gentian other -might be resented. I )fasten to 11z tl'r,at clay when I make up my jewels." That is high reward promised to people who are almost discouraged in pursuit of rigltteousuess. It is worth striving for. wan wil.",t slave hi:S glia.rrells, anti a e„ ,,;,ere you upon my honor that so far nle<nn:. 11. 1e ai3'o.rried him of se - fling thorn,,, YS I am concerned them, are no grounds for your anxiety "Ye can always thresh an impudent "And who the devil asks for your :fellow," opined the adjutant, l'hraah?" echoed Samoval. His sen, itasul a.t,ces? It's stark marl ye are to sittre nit curled in d;ad,ain. "lila have suppose that I ever needed them," r'uared Inc empurplhng Sir Terence, handsure laid upon nnee. c ee to eke! 3. est "Of course you trust say that," thee you I ho did zofhoaitate to shoot Samoval nnn'isted, with a smile. He the man vvlto did with a thing to me just as i should shoot any other wild shook his head, his expression retie of beast. And the conits would upheld amueed sorrow. "Sir Terence, you tee," have l,•'noekeu at the wrong door. "Then you may thank God," said "You'll be after telling rue exactly O'Moy, "that you are not under 'Slit- what you mean," Sir Terence cried. tali jurisdiction," it was in that nto hent that T.re- "Tsn't the conversation rather too mneyne and Lady O'Moy carte arm in itleodthirely for aluncheon table?" arminto the ineadow-1and, very ClemWondered Lally O'IVIey, And, tact- and confidential. The Count flung out lonely, she added. thinking with. fiat- a heed to indicate therm to Sir Ter -1 tcry to mollifyennoval•: "You etre exits, .ti smile of pity on his lips. Would Put Up the Price. Boren -"If I just had the price I cert~ tahrly would travel." She (eage'rly)—"I have several car cheeks 1 can let you have." Using the Imagination. pa�rL..yt BOX -PLAITS ARE SMART. Delightfully chic is this sports model of woolen material. The skirt front is laid in box -plaits, while the back is plain. 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"Sharks," replied the boy, "But there are no sharks in that pool, my little man," said the man, "Thence eine any fish in the pool," answered the child stolidly, "so I might as well fish for sharks as any- thing nytiling ebia " Siberia's Farm Area. You Can Try D GREEN TE T70 Write `Scala .dos `,'Troronto, for free samiple. CLEVER INVENTIONS BY AND FOR WOMEN An extra hand, for the housewife to heap her in cooking herr vegetables' while she attends to other duties is what a woman's eleven little invention, called a "handee," claims to be. In appearance it is like a haAf-open flower made of tiny with a wooden handle tak- ing the place of a stalk, It is placedi ever the greens, in the water, and the steam escaping through 'dots in the ''petaist' prevents any boiling over. As It is flexible it fits paws of different sizes. This little gadget for greens has been used for a couple of years by the inventor in her own kitchen, and so many people who saw it said that they wanted one like it and asked where they •could get it that finally she deckled to patent it, and it was shown at a resent ,exhibition of inventions.. Another very clever invention is a tuck -away seat for a small kitchen or kitchenette. It has metal supports with a wooden seat and back and is at- tached to the leg of the table. When not in ushe the back folds over and the whole chair swings ander the table. The single, leg rises automatically so as not to tear the carpet. A mop fo'r many purposes is also a roman's• device. It combines a mop, a triangular s.czdbhing brush that will go in the corners•, and a cloth with an ingenious apparatus for wringing it out .automatically so that the floor can be scrubbed over without the honds touching the water. New Comfort. Only one-fourth of Siberia is suit- able for farming, but this area covers 7.,300,000 square rnile.s•. • With the boom in building, we are likely to see a good many stories about skyscrapers. Minard's,Linintant for Sore Sack• f yourself a3ttelt e flair-wee.Asweedsman, "litl wh.o shall blame Leidy 0'-11 count." Moa'?" he asked; "Captain Tremayne And then Treme •ne's dislike of the i$ cif her own etc, etevebient to her ` :ilea, hetrayad him into his deplornbfie hand, and fort lin Englishman, not MI 1,' :ties; looking," t .he present try Portugal is in Ile iteited at O'Moy with ineele'tit Mr, and Mrs. E. A. Wade meta a house of a Douglas fir hug, 9 feat 4 inches hhtgh, and counted on a truck and 'railer. It is 18' feet long and divided into two rooms. The tree started to grow in 1492, and when cut was 311 feet high, containing 60,000 board feet of lumber-. wound up within a .neat little, oblong case at the base of the weed which 1e used for lifting the Itine onto the honks' instead of having to mount a chair to' reach up to them. The inventor said that she always hung her Ienn•dry up after supper, and took it down in the morning before brealohfast, Indeed the quick fixing and removing of the line is a great attraction of this device. Praotirearl experience of living in oar cum•soribed quarters prompted the in- vention of a wonderfully •oompact baby chair which when not required for a small person tan be used as, an or- dinary .chair. It is in two diovisihona,' one of which fosrmhs a bath -stand and .the other a law chair tor the mother to sit in„ The latter oau be trans- formed into a little padded play chair for the child and when mounted on the bathatand the combination becomes a high. chair, For Graft Workers, Two of the remarkable inventions in the women's, section have to do with needlework. One rerv'olutionlzee the possibilities of home knitting in server-� al ,colors by means• of some little gad- gets far attaching' to the thumb or first' finger of the left hand. bt was, thought t of by a woman to help her in the task of knitting a Pair Isin jumper fox a six- foot 'son. She wearied of the task and almost decided to waste the two' pounds of wool in which she had iter' vested. And then she realized that she was not making use of iter hands the Lett hand being employed only in. holding the work. She th'ea'efare set about to deei,gn• three little ivorine attachments whish have enabled her to develop a new and quick method of knitting of which. the underlying basis is the fullest use of both hands, The second device wile be invalu- able nvaluable to the plain, sewer, the dress- maker, and the woman who makes her own frocks. It isa ninepin aluminum: holder that can be put onto any table for holding the work, thus doing away with the old unsatisfactory method of pinning it on the knees. The holder, does not tear nnw fabric as the pin is apt to, and makes the work go much more speedily. A woman who is her- self a professional needleworkea• and makes most beautiful things is the in- ventor of it. She has used it for sev- eral months end feels that she could not work without it caw. Cushioned Coat, It was white• tatting on the seashore in North Devon. where, as she express- ed it, "the scenery is so glon•ioush and. the 'rocks are so hard," that a woman, thought of the idea of having air ous- hions fixed, into detachable coat lin- ings. 'rheehe sizings will go into any coat and ae the air valves are in front the cushions maty be •inflated and de- flated without removing the coat. The pleasure of a country or sea- side walk will be manly times inoreased when most unpromising reeling pierces tan be turned into a comfortable ble seat by means of this oushioaed coat, and as one cushion in fixed across the, shoulders., even a tree t'reret will no longer be ail all -too -hard support. The ltnings ase made either in light weight, but Wee -looking materials, for quite a moderate price, or in rich brocades, and when the clusbiens are not in use the coat has an absaluteay iximel ap pearauce. Among the various notions for took- ing is a kettle with a fiat front on which it can be rested while, the user is stirring starch, the lid, with a rust - less hinge, being placed at the back to facilitate the filling et the kettle. There is also an aluminum saucepan which can be Meed on the top of an ordinary saucepan to form a double cooker. A new design. for silver and plated forks and spoons is so simple that one • wonders that nobody thought of it be- fore. The handles are ever so slightly bent over so that they cannot possibly slip into the plate. These aye made In 'very good'fooking old. English and Heppelwhite patterns. This idea is also a woman's. Her husband has planned a variation in the shape of some little swallow -handled forks, for serving dates or preserved fruits, which also 'catch on the edge of the dish. Inventions for the convenience and comfort of the reader included a packet desk, a very simple. collapsible arrangement which is slung around the neck and forms a support on which a book .can rest; and a very delightful combined book -marker and folding book -stand to prop the book up on a table:. It is very light and can be car- ried on the book. The latter has been patented by a woniazi. Home Convenience. A curtain hook that will neither rust nor come undone, letting the curtain fall in unsightly gaps like the ordinary safety pin with a hook on it, is the invention of a woman of title. It ie very simple Indeed and m'ee'ts a great need Another woman hast planned a clothes line which she has been using herself for some time. '.Gills can be attached to two or three hooks on, the picture rarlI in a kitchen -dining room. When not in a lee the whole dine is The Best Trick of the Week. i The Flying Ruler. Thie is e very surprising trick. Take an ordinary ruler• and held it in your rl ll fist., Sudt)heul . aht •oat oemmand g t y, 3 the ruler will rise up in your hand. Then you push it down again, and this time it leaps high in the air. Both the hand and the ruler 'may be ex- amined. A fairly large, but tlz1., rultber band fs requirred. Slip it over' the right fore- finger, and catch the loose loop with the right thumb. Take tine ruler in your left hand and stand several fres. away from tate spectators. Close your hand in a iooa+e fist, end push the ruler down in the fist with the left. hand. The end of the ruler A Few Moments, ---01 thoughtfulness is worth a weak 01 apologies. =Of geetiu" ' the ftuOtt is worth a, year a! guesswork. --Of sileu,ce is tui antiseptic fou', mucic slander. .--Of res titudioit is worth manj months of excuse rh.aking. —Of dhelivering the goods is w'or111 au eternity el al:lihi shooting. •- -(i1 ;Menge is worth more than many long and empty prayers, -.(lJ •,r+ tl, is ,v rth as lifetime cif wish Inge woad engage the el'as'tic. hold your ..t! right hand with the fingers toward the 1r, spectators, end he band will not be ee ent. Raelease pressure gradually, and the ruler roil slide up. Push it down again, release it suddenzly, and the ruler will jt1hi 1 reened•ietely let the rubber hoed fall on the Hoer. Minerd's Linimont for Colds, *mo/p'"/ cloy..- %' i A Safety First Larnp. "„es y A 11,2W mine 5afdty lamp 1714 beenf .---r•-ni`�%eenee'�.ennelte pertehcted which supplies light tor 111e miner and also glom% in warning if the deadly "fire -damp" he present, i8SU No, 51--'26. padti't Llkti His Pace. Snowman -el rvit5lz (glut, kiwis that, made robe had been a 1'i,;n 'inere atd+aa tfsnict'°