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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1930-05-22, Page 2===r svaiscontaatossamiWatardltsataama !!SALAD TEA NOW 1 SAME FLAVOUR BROWN LABEL AT ALL GROCERY STORES f The Treasure of the flucolooil By A. D. 1-IOWDEN 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 Andronicus. Lord James dies while tellingellegh 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 he is of gypsy origin and that the treasure of Bucoleon is part of a gypsy legend. Jack Nash tells the story. GO ON WITH TIIE STORY CHAPTER III, "Harken, my son, and those of your seed who coma after us. The Lords of Constantinople are rotten. Their Em- pire dwindles away. The treasure is not for such as they. Therefore I say it shall go to augment the fortunes of our house and recompense any father's sufferings. "Take it, he who can. But beware the Greeks, for some know of the treasure, and the secret will not die. "In .Manus Taus, Domino," "Is there anything els.;?" asked Hugh, "It's odd, he speaks co impres- sively of going after the treasure, and yet he offcra no hint of how to find it." "There is another document here whic:. sheds light upon that phase of the mystery," vol i steered Mr. Bel- lowea." "This was written by the widow of the Elizabethan Hugh, Lady Jane," and he spread the paper before us, It WS dated "Castle Chesby, ye 5th Septr., 1192," and we read: "Forasmuch as yt hath pleased God to settle mee in authorities in this my deere late husband's place, I have Beene fitte to Take that Roots of Evill which hath been,: ye bane of Cure race Fromm outs ye Charter Chaste and putte yt where yt may Wreak noe WRIGLEYS Alertness scores everywhere. Wrigley's creates pep and en. ergy and keeps you alert. A 5? package may save you from going to sleep at the wheel of your car. qv. 26Mrr Makes pep ISSUE No. 20—'30 more Of harmiee and Sorrowe, I wi not have my Som.e awaiting of H's substance and i,ys Life es didde Hys deere Fathoms "Jtme Chesby." "Postscriptum. Yette will I leave a trase for Thatte yt might seem Unfaithful to ye Dead didde I lose thatte whych ys a part of •ye l tinge o wealthe." "The tradition." said the s1ll1itm, "is that the 'Route of Evil' was the part of the Instructions containing the dhections to the lccation 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: Pette dovne ye anciount riddel In decente, seamelie 01dour. Rouse, 0 ye 519 otic Sybil, Der 1:ymme who doth en.ieavour, Nor treats hys effcrtte tendour "A farrago of antique spelling and nonsense," commented Hugh. "That gets us no farther." "Still, I suggest we take a copy of it with us," said Nikka, "It won't do any harm," agreed Mr. Bellowes, and he called a stenographer and directed hien. to snake copies of the two writings. "1t was this Lady Jane who blocked up the old family crypt." "Yes," said Mr. Bellowea, "and if you recall, my lord, she blocked up the crypt so successfully that its exact lccation has been a mystery ever since." Hugh rose re dctantly. "1 am afraid the have learned no- thing here," he said. "We'll go now." The inimitable Watkins met us at the station with a motor in which we were whirled off to the Chesby man- sion. A butler no less dignified than Wat- kins held the door open for us. "This way, if you please, your lud- ship and gentlemen," he said. "I 'ave 'ad supper served in the Gunroom." "That's fine," ppreved Ilugh, as he led us after Watkins through a short passage to the right and into a big room. A log -fire blazed in the fireplace. c Hugh rubbed his hands with satis- faction, ''This is home," he said. s "Lady Jane rebuilt this wing and joined it with the early Tudor, central mass." Curious, I stepped over to the fire- place and examined the splendid cars in gin deep relief that adorned stone and woodwork, The most curious fea- ture of the ornamentation was a lower panel supporta by a group of bibulous monks in conically disordered atti- tudes, On the panel appeared to be Iet.tering, "Watkins," I called, "bring me a candle, please." The soft light shone on four lines of Gothic lettering: Whenne thatte ye Pappist Church - in an ne hurch- i nanne Woude seke hys soul's contente Hee tookened up ye Wyssinge Stone And trodde ye Prior's vent. "I had forgotten that," exclaimed Hugh. "It's some more of Lady Jane's poetry. Supper was announced and we grouped ourselves about the table. "Mr, Penfellow, the Vicar, your ludship, instructed me to tell you the service for 'is late Indship would be tomorrow morning, as you requested. 'E had made all arranger ets conse- Use Minard's tor Burns. qucnt upon receiving your ludship's cablegram. Oh; yes, sir, and Mr. Hi1- yc:r was over from Little Dapping this afternoon in a motor- -with some la- dies, air --and asked after yon. 'E said 'e would be et the funcral, sir," Hugh frowned, "I will not have anything to do with that bounder," he grunted. "'E 'as quite a lively time, se the servants tell ins, your ludship," volun- teered Watkins. "A regains' 'otise- party '''s entertaining now, with for- eign gentry and all." "What's the matter with the man?" inquired Nikko, "Everything! The "Myers own the next place to us—Little Dapping, it's called. They were always decent enough people, but this chap, Montey Hilyer, is a wrong 'un. He has picked up a reputation as a card sharp and society gambler and lately married an actress. We chatted on for a while, and then Watkins showed us to where thine adjoining bedrooms were made ready. I was up early the next morning, and found Nikka sitting at a pianoforte in the sunroom. "Nikka," I a§ked, "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 caravans. I learned to play the fiddle with the Gypsy maestros of ungary." "Do you believe the Gypsies play a part in this treasure business?" He nodded. "I feel 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." IIe waved a greeting to Hugh, who crane in at that moment. "We were talking about t-ypsies and fighting," he explaired. "And it seems that Nikka is a po- tentate tvho has a tribe to carry out his wishes," I amended. "I wish we .rad his tribe here to help us pull down this old stone -box," answered Hugh gloomily. Mr. Penfellow, the vicar, received us at the west door of the parish church, The service was brief, but impressive and the body of Lord James reposed at last in the family vault, CHAPTER IV, It was a scant ten minutes' walls through the park to astle Chesby. As we entered the b•ive, Watkins ran to- ward us, "Som body broke tit whilst we were at church,'sedialudship," he panted, We hae sled rte the house, A rear door in the eon f of tiie'clstie—it was really more` of a manor than a castle in style -had been foread. ,. Desks, wardrobes, chests of drawers, closets, armories, every corner or piece of fur- niture that might conceal anything he& been thoroughly ransacked. "Do you suppose they could have found anything'!" I asked. Watkins 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 Hugli, "I wish you'd make inquiries along the roads, and find out if any strargers have been seen armed the place this morning." "That's a good idea," said Nikka, "And I'd suggest that we waste no time in going thoroughly o'icr this wing ourselves." We set to work with gusto. We ex- amined it from end to end, tapped the paneling for secret recesses, examined the furniture. No result, After luncheon we began on the up- per floor and wen'. over the entire wing in detail. We measured the different rooms. I even took outer measure- ments. We studied chimneys. We sounded floors, We took to pieces every article of furniture which might Lave concealed a secret drawer and we found nothing beyond .ordinary family letters and trash. We went to bac that night, tired out and disgusted But in she morning we arose with sharpened interest and determined to canvas the possibilities in the parts' of the house the invaders had searched, Again we took careful measurements, inside and out. 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