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The Treasure of the lluoo1on
By A. D. HOIDEN SMITH
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CHAPTER I.
The messenger boy clumped oft
downstairs, and I let myself into my
uncle's house never dreaming that 1
held the key to destiny in my hand—
Mr, rather, in the pink cablegram.
A samovar was bubbling in the
studio, and my cousin Betty King
hailed me from the couch on which
she sat between der father and Hugh.
"Here you are at last," she cried,
"Dad and I have conte to say good-
bye to you, We are going to Con-
stantineple to hunt for Greek manu-
scripts,"
"Here's a cable for you, Ilugh, I
cnid.
"It's from Uncle James," Hugh said,
ripping open the envelope, "Listen to
this.Sailag Aquitaine uitania today du'c
New York eighteenth. Must see you I
immediately. Have made important
discovery. Your aid essential. Family
fortunes involved." He's after that
treasure again! Oh lord! A sort of
family curse It's supposed to be lo-
caied in Constantinople, and my uncle
has spent most of the family's pro-
perty trying to find it. That's why I
have to make money in New York in-
stead of playing the country gentle-
man,"
Hugh then told the story of Lord
James, one of his ancestors, a cru-
sader. Lord James, on his way to
Palestine, visited Andronicus Camnen-
us, the Butcher, emperor of the east,
Andronicus was immensely wealthy.
Ile revealed the hiding place of his
treasure which was e i n his palace,
known as the Bucolcon, to Bugles an-
cestor. Soon after that Andronicus
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was assassinated and Lord James
thrown into prison. James' son, Hugh,
headed an expedition, captured Con-
stantinople and rescued his father.
They returned to England and before
James died, he passed on to this son
the secret of the treasure,
Lord James' descendants from time
tt time made futile efforts to discover
the treasure, but from the :dine of
Elizabeth until the present, the search
was abandoned.
"But now Uncle James is mortgag-
ing farms to finance his researches,"
g aches,"
Hugh concluded.
"Then have you
no definite knowl-
edge of the location of the treasure?"
asked King. "No chat?"
"There are documents in the Char-
ter Chest—" began Hugh.
"What's that?" demanded Betty.
"It's a terribly old oaken Lox, bound
with copper and steel," explained
Hugh. "We keep it in a safe'deposit
vault in the City—London, you know.
These documents say that Jones's idea
was to have the treasure used for the
rehabilitation of Christendom tf any
cause arose which would justify such a
gift. Failing that, the money was to
go to his descendants."
"Well, 1 for one intend to believe in
it," stated Betty, "and if your uncle
wants any help in hunting for it, he
can count on one."
Betty is slim, with. brown hair and
eyes and a face that you have to look
at and when hen she sets her head back—
But of course I ani only her cousin,
Hugh jumped up, nervously crunching
the cable in his hand,
"There's no use!" he exclaimed. "I
couldn't honestly encourage Uncle
James in any more foolishness."
When we retic'?ied the Aquitania's
pier on the eighteenth, Hugh button-
holed a passing steward,
"Lord Chesby, sir? Yes, sir? Yea,
sir, he was one of the first ashore.
There was a gentleman to meet hint,
I think, sin,"
"'That's queer," muttered Hugh.
Wait, though, there's Watkins, Uncle
fannies. man."
"Hallo, Watty?" Hugh greeted hint.
".Where's my uncle?"
"Ah, Mr. Hugh! I'm very glad to
see you, sir, if I may say so. 'Is led-
ship, sir? Why, 'e went off with your
messenger, sir."
"My messenger?" Hugh repeated
blankly.
"Yes, sir, the dark eastern looking
person. Your man, 'e said 'e was, sir"
"My man!"
Watkins became suddenly anxious.
"There's nothing wrong, I 'ope, sir?
The gentleman came aboard to find us,
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groaned, "except that I never sent
such a,eessage and I haven't a man",Minard's Checks Falling Hair.
"Do you now, Jack, said Hugh seri-
ously, "I tun beginning to think that
something sinister may have happen-
ed."
"And now I think of it, sir," amend-
ed Watkins, "we 'ave been shadowed
ever since we went to Turkey. Your
uncle 'ad the Charter Chest sent up
from the safe deposit vaults—but that
WAS before we went to Turkey, to be
,ure, sir."
Ilugh jumped.
"By Jove, he has been after the
treasure! The instructions is the orig-
inal parchment on which Hugh the
First inscribed his command to his son
ti. go after the treasure—carefully
leaving out, however, the directions
for finding it."
Our cleaning woman was still in our
apartment when Hugh returned and
she said nobody had called. I rang up
hotels for two hours—without any re-
seult. At the end of my tether I
hung up the receiver and joined Hugh
in gloomy reflect:an to the couch,
CHAPTER H.
The telephone suddenly jangled and
I unhooked the receiver.
"Is this lir. Chesby's apartment?"
The voicel,that burred in my ear was
trangely thick, with a butteral intona-
tion. "'fell him they are taking what's
left of his uncle to Bellevue hospital.
It's his own fault the old fool got it.
And you can tell his nephew we will
feed him a dose of the some medicine
if he doesn't come across."
Brr-rring!
"Wait! Wait!" I gasped into the
mouthpiece, "Who—"
"Number, please," said a feminine
voice.
' ilfy God!" I cried, "Hugh,,they've
killed him, I think, and I repeated the
message."
"We must catch a taxi. Hurry!"
In the taxi none of us spoke until
we came to the hospital.
The nurse on duty led us into a
long roam lined with beds. A high
screen had been reared around one of
them, and against its pillow lay a head
that night have been Hugh's frosted
ural lined by the years.
"Uncle James!"
Iiia uncle was unconscious and a de-
tective standing near told Hugh about
the attack on him.
"He was picked up corner of Thir-
teenth street and Avenue C," said the
officer. "There's plenty of Gypsy
dumps in that neighborhood. A man
and three women saw hint dropped
from a closed auto."
The dying man's eyes opened; a
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very faint tinge of color glowed in his
ashen' face.
Tin nfraid the end is' near," the
surgeon muttered. "Make the most
of your opportunity."
Hugh pulled me to my knees be-
side him,
"Phis is Jack Nash, Uncle James,"
he said. "He is my friend—your
friend. He will be with me in what-
ever I have to do for yin."
Lord Chesby's eye.+ examined me
closely.
"Looks right." The syllables trickl-
ed almost; soundlessly from his lips,
"It's treasure—Hugh." Itis eyes
burned momentarily with triumph,
"Knew where—"
"But Who stahbei you?"
I have often wondered what would
have happened it Hugh had let him
talk on cf the treasure, instead of
switching the subject.
"Touton," answered the dying man,
with sudden strength. "Tiger—that
chap—others—against—him."
"But wily did he do it?"
, "Wouldn't--- fell— him-- treasure
-said--torture--- broke—away—Gyp-
sies—"
Exhaustion ovcrc:aue. him.
"But who are they, Uncle James?"
"Torten—worst-- Berme- many—
had—lot."
"Where did they take you? Tell us
and we shall have them arrest^d."
The gray eyes glittered.
"No—no—lad—avoid--- poli ce—don't
talk—treasure—"
"Where is the treasure?" I inter-
posed,
"Bull—Cedars—li—"
"flow ciid you find it, Uncle Junes?"
asked Hugh softly.
That gay smile of triumph shone
n his eyes for the last time.
"Used—nip—brain—all—laughed—
me—in—Hugh's—"
And the life flickered out of him as
we watched.
Two weeks later, Hugh (now Lord
Chesby) and I found in London an old
friend, Nikka Zaranko. Nikka was
of gypsy parentage and Hugh and I
had both niet him in the World War.
He Mac now a famed musician, but
upon hearing our plans readily threw
in his lot with us. Hugh and I were
delighted with this, as Nikka would
prove n powerful ally with his knowl-
edge of Constantinople.
IVe then went to call on Mr. Bel-
lows, the Chesby solicitor, To hint
Nikka told a story that startled all
of us.
"I have a1
always belied of
the Treas-
ure
s-
ure of the Buco.eon," he said, "but I
believe it is also sometimes referred
to es tate Treasure of Andronicus. It
is well known in the Near East. I am
a Gypsy, My father was Voivede
Tzaibidjo, or King, of the Balkan Gyp-
sies.. I have heard, for instance, a
story that a certain tribe of Gypsies
in Constantinople guard the supposed
site of the treasure. But I do not
vouch for the story.
"I do, however, vouch for tate state-
ment that Lord Chesby is confronting
an organized international band of
criminals with many Gypsy members:
and I do not believe that such a band
w^uldl waste time on any enterprise
which they did not have good reason
to believe would promise handsome
profits.
"I have heard, too, of this Touton
your uncle spoke of He is usually
called Toutou Lafitte, but he has many
other names. He is acid to be a com-
bination of bloodthirsty moister and
intensely clever strategist. The band
have ramifications in all classes of
society, and Cleve are few countries
they do not reach, I have no doubt,
Hugh, they mode arrangements in
your uncle's case with some affiliated
criminal organization in America."
"Mr. Bellowes, I gathered from
Watkins that nip uncle discussed his
discovery with you," said Hugh. "Dict
he indicate precisely what it was or
where he had founr. it?"
"Your uncle did discuss his---ah—
fancied discovery with me. Aside from
the fact that he had made it whilst
at Chesby—"
"At Chesby?" Hugh interrupted,
"So I understood. He carne in to
see me just before he started for Cot
stantinople the last time. I should
describe hint as considerably excited.
'By jove, Bellowes,' he said, ' do you
know, I've found the missing part of
the instructions?
"He never showed it to me, and so
far as I lcnoty he did not hale it in his
possession when he was here."
Mr. Bellowes had the Charter Chest
brought in• In it we found severel
framed parchments, with glasses in
front and back.
The first frame contained a sheet of
parchment, covered with minute black
letter script in a rather corrupt form
of mediaeval Latin.
"That is Hugh's Instructions," said
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the solicitor. "We had a very careful
translation prepared and checked over
by scholars at Oxford,"
He drew out a typewritten sheet of
foolscap, and Nikka and I read it over
Hugh's shoulder.
After stating the methods r.sed by
Andronicus in amassing his fortune
and his friendship for Lord James the
ancient document went on no follows:
"INSTRUCTIONS of Hugh, Lard{
of Chesby. I, Hugh, write this fo
my son, and it may be, those who come
after hint.
(To be continued.)
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