HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1930-06-05, Page 2The reasi of the Bolen
By A. D. HOWDEN SMITH
BEGIN HERE TODAY
Lord James, tido Crusader, was given
the secret to the Treasure or Bueoleonn
by tut Emperor A.ndroticus, The secret
has been lost, but the present Lord
Jam discovers IL He is murdered by
a hand of thugs and dies without reveal-
ir-c it to his successor to the title, Ilugh
Chesby, Hugh then returns from New
York to the family estate and begins a
sear.'. The thugs fellow, and while nil
are at the funeral of .Hugh's uncle, the
house is ransacked, Nlkka taranko, to
war-t'mo friend of Hugh's, and Jack
Nash, who tells the story are Ilugh's
bosom companions.
GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VII,
"Let me have that torch, Nikita," I
commanded.
I turned it on the over -mantel. A
small flexible saw was fixed in the
base of the panel above the dancing
monks, where Touton had placed it,
Nikka climbed on to the shelf, The
Panel had been sawed through of both
sides and part of the bottom.
'Finish it,' said Ilugh. "It's ruined
anyway."
While 1 held the light on the panel
Nikka sawed away, and in fifteen min-
utes ho had it detached from its bevel-
ed frame.
An inner wooden panel was next re-
moved. Behind it was a shallow re-
cess, perhaps nine inches square, con-
pletely filled by a rusty Iron box. Nik-
ko leveled the box out, and handed it
to Ifugh,
The box was unlocked, and Hugh
lifted the cover without difficulty, In-
side were two papers, very brittle and
yellow from the heat of the chimney.
The first was a torn fragment from a
household account book, The second
paper, on being opened, was found to
be brief and to the point:
"To Hymme thatte hath Witte to
rede Mye riddel. Presse atte ye One
time ye Sfinxes headde and ye Monkes
belile. So win ye Flaggln drop 'in ye
a
Har . Matte
Dexter side of th
Y
whych you Seke you shall Dlscovour
in yts proper Place.
JANE, CHESIIY."
I flashed the electric torch on the
mantle -piece. "Ye Sfinxes headde"
was In the very center of the row of
Turks' heads and veiled women that
was sculptured along -the edge of the
etone mantle -shelf, "Ye Monkes bet -
Be" was the bit of carving that pro-
truded from the center of the bibu-
lous group that had upheld the panel
bearing Lady Jane's verse.
Nikka bounded up, and drove his
two hands, palms out, against the pro-
jections. There was a muffled thud in
the fireplace, 1 sank on my knees,
and trailed the electric torch limbic.
On the "dexter," or right-hand side, in
the rear, yawned a hole some two feet
s9 uare.
I crawled through the ashes, and
th
thrust the torch overo rim. There
was a sharp drop of three or four feet,
and then the beginning of a flight of
stairs, heavily carpeted with dust. A
damp, earthly odor smote my nostrils.
The others crawled in beside me,
On second thought we decided to
eat and dress before beginning the ex•
ploratiol as we were still in our sleep-
ing garments, mine, especially, being
torn and covered with ashes, A ser-
vant was despatched after some quick-
lime, the way now clear for the dis-
posal of the body.
Breakfast over, Watkins was left on
guard, and Nikita and 1 carrying the
body between us, followed Hugh with
the lime and a flashlight, descended
the secret passageway. After walling
n kilometer, Ilugh's torch was reflect-
ed on rusty ironwork of a massive
door.
en ,-tsyonthe
Wedeposited the dead C1
p hed t Gypsy .
floor, and helped Idugh.to bend back
the creaking iron frame. Beyond
loomed a vast emptiness. The torch
scarcely could penetrate the heaped.
mu shadows, ,but as our eyes became
accustomed to the room's proportions
eve realized that we stood on the thres-
hold of a mausoleum. On a stone shelf
lay a skeleton in armor. A bygone
Lord of Chesby and his lady! On
shelf after shelf lay the hones of men
--
Drowsiness is dangerous.
Weary miles seem shorter
and the day is brightened when
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Its sugar peps you up. Its
delicious flavor adds to any
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and women whose bodies had rotte 1
ages ago.
Half way -.round WO came to an-
other shelf that held two skeletons.
The Iter, obviously, a Molten's,
thrust its poor hones through the tat-
ered fabric that robed it. The non
wore an inunensa pot -helmet of the
early type, with eyeholes and nasals
drilled in the fashion Of across,
On his chest, but just above the
clasped hands, was an :rot box iden-
tical with the one which we had round
behind the panel of the over -mantle.
Hugh switched his torch on the base
of the shelf. In rough, angular Gothic
characters we spelt the inscription:
Hle Jacet
I-Iugh Dominus Chesbleusls
et
Edith Dontina Chesbiensis
"The first Hugh!" exclaimed llugh
with a note of awe in his voice.
Te hesitated a moment, and then
reached out reverently and removed
the iron box from the mailed breast.
IIanding the torch to me, he raised
the dingy cover. Inside was a chest
of ebony, bound with silver, sound
and whole. It was unlocked. As
Hugh lifted the 11d, a sheet of paper
fluttered out. and Nikka caught le
"It's Uncle James's record," said
Hugh. "After theexultationof plumb-
ing the mystery to be murdered like
a dog! Poor o11 chap!"
Tho note or record was whimsical-
ly brief and undated:
'Last Thursday evening, in studying
Lady Jane's doggerel on the back of
the instruction, I suddenly perceived
the cipher. It occurred to me that the
verse on the over -mantel in the Gun-
room moist have some connection with
this, and after several days' examina-
tion, I fell upon the secret, I say fell,
advisedly. h n in
1 y. i 1 y interest in the task,
1 had shut myself up, and refused
luncheon, tea and dinner, and finally,
late In the evening, I sank against the
mantle -shelf, weak and halt•fainting.
My hands, groping for support, struck
the sphinx's head and the monk's
stomach. I felt them give, heard the
flagstone fall, After that hunger was
forgotten. I descended the chimney
stairs and found my way here, the
first Chesby to traverse the Prior's
Vent since that singular old ances-
tress of mine so effectually concealed
it, and with it, the clue to the,treasure.
I do not se how I can Tail to find the
treasure, but I shall leave the missing
half of the Instructions, together with
this note, In Lady Jane's chest, so that
if I should fail, the information may
be available for Hugh.
"James Chesby."
Hugh fumbled in the chest and drew
6
out a bundle wrapped in decaying vel -
t Y
vet cloth. Within was a wrapping of
silk, and under all a folded blank sheet
of parchment enveloping two other
documents. One was a parchment in
medieval Lalin, tattered and worn,
whish had evidently been much hand-
led.
The second document was a pencil-
ed translation of the first in James
Chesby's handwriting:
"The Great Palace—or as some call
it, the Palace of the Bucoleon—is over
against the Hippodrome and the
Church of St. Sophia. In the Inner
Court; which fronts upon the Bosphor-
us, there is a door aider the sign of
the 131111. Beyond the door is a hall.
At the end of the hall there is a stair.
At the foot of the stab' there is a gate.
Pass through the gate into the atrium
which is off lite Garden of the Cedars,
In the Garden i.
id t s the Fountain of the
Lion. From the center of the Foun-
tain take four paces west toward the
wall of the atrium. Then walk three
paces north, Underfoot is a red stone
in ell square. Raise the
farewell, my sot, and for-
get not the moults of Crowden Priory
and the plight of Jerusalem.
"Thine in the love of Christ and the
Sainted Cuthbert.,
"Hugh,"
Beneath this Lod Chesby had
scrawled:
"Phe missing portion is not essen-
tial, Below the stone is the erasure.
That scents certain."
\1'e looked at one another, hardly
able to believe our senses. The thing
had appeared so difficult, so unattain-
blo Ane now it was almost within
our grasp—or so we reasoned in the
first Resit of confident anticipation.
A wild shout bellowed from the
mouth o1 the passage newel and
clanged 11110 0 trumpet -blast and was
shattered by the echoes
lour 1ud \loss Jack! Misr Nikka!
Hugh slipped the. penciled transla-
tion in his pocket and we hurried back
to the gunroom. Watkins was great-
ly excited. Our guest of last evening
Countess Helen de Aspedes, it seems,
had tittered the room during our ex-
ploration, 110110ed the secret passage
and departed before Watkins could
prevent her.
Now that tine secret was discovered,
we began to realize just what danger
ve might expect from Toutou's gang.
Baste was imperative. We decided to
start for Constantinople that after-
noon,
(To be continued.)
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Illustrdir( Dressmaking Lesson 1'ur-
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A neat attractive play frock is dis-
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neckline to hent.
It is fetching in yellow and white
shadow -block gingham.
It closes at centre -front beneath a
tab of white pique that is finished at
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G and 8 years, In the 4 -year size 2%
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French blue dimity with white dots
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THE BURNING QUESTION
Professor Snodgrass had promised
to give a lecture on Burns, the famous
Scots poet. Arriving at the village
hall on the appointed night, he was
pleased to find it full to overflowing,
The lecture started with "Tom o'
Shenter," and Snodgrass wound up
with "Duncan Gray."
Just as the lecture was drawing to
a close a voice called out from the
back of the hall.
,"
"Well, what is it, my man. asked
the lecturer impatiently.
"When are you goiegta give us a
few hints.v
replied the interrupter.
"Hints?" echoed Snodgrass, looking
very puzzled.
"Yes, hints," went on the other. "I
came 'ere because you were supposed
to talk shoat burns, and you ain't
done nothing but spout silly poetry,
while my wife, who's upset a saucepan
of boiling water over her hand, is
waiting to hear whether she should
rub it with oil or shape the flour bag
over it,"
The Tiny Speckled Things
By Willa Hoey
I went a"fishing yesterda;
And caught some little trout,
I had them for 111y dinner,
With parsley round about;
They really were delicious—
An diste'en fit for Kin
a
When served with fried potatoes,
The tiny, speckled things.
Last night I lay a'dreamhng,
And lo! a fish was 1,
A sportsman had just caught one,
His hook had pierced my eye;
Wriggling in pain, I heard him say—
"A dish e'en fit for Icings,
When served -,with fried potatoes,
The tiny, speckled things."
-The Humane Pleader,
MAKING SURE
Wilson was on his way home 'from'
the station. \Vhen he was about three
miles from the village and about 'a
mile from his house he saw a man am 1
Preaching him from the opposite di-
rection.
"Excuse me, sit," said the stranger,
when they met, "do you happen to
have seen a policeman an101101e
about.?"
`101have
afraid1 I haven't t s era one for
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Good snapped l
the stranger,
,
changing his tone of voice. "IItu'ry
up and give 010 your wltteh and pocket
book, then'
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Tasty Recipes
(Front "When the Cook is Away' by
Catherine Ives),
Casserole of Fish
Ingredients. -2 !b. fish teed, hake,
fresh 111111001k or whiting), 3 onions,
1 Ib. tomatoes, 1 oz butter, ?r pint of
milk, pinch of mixed herbs, le, pint fish
stock, pepper and salt, 1 oz, flour.
Utensilo,—Casserole, knife, fish knife
and fork, wooden spoon, asbestos mat,
baking sheet, basin. N,B.—The hale
ing sheet is used when a dish is cook-
ed in the oven. If the fish 1s placed
on the baking sheet itis much easier
to handle, and there is less danger of
food spilling over and falling to ,the
bottom of the oven, Instructions,—
Itemove the skin and bones of the fish
and divide -it into neat pieces. Put
the trimmings into a saucepan with
salt, pepper anti a piece of onion, and
cook to mance fish stock. Peel the
onions and chop them tinelY. Place
the tomatoes in a basin of boiling
water far two minutes to make them
easy to skin. Skin them and cut them
into quarters. Melt the butter In the
casserole and cook the onions gently
in this fon' a few minutest. Ileat the
1111111. Add the flour to the butter and
onions, stirring well with the wooden
spoon. Add the hot milk and fish
stocic very gradually, 8(101•ing con -
staidly, Add the salt, pepper and
herbs, and cook all together quickly
for three minutes. - Add the fish and
tomatoes. Put on the lid of the gas.
serene and simmer gently for about
twenty minutes.
Fruit Custard Pudding
After baking a custard 111 a pie dish,
put it away till it is cold, then turn
out into a glass dish and spread reel)*
berry jam over it (be sure to use
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raspberry jam, as It adds to the qual-
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nice bananas to cover, and repeat, al-
ternately spreading jam and bananas
till there is sufficient quantity. The
pudding is completed by pouring
cream that has beet whipped till very
thick, over all.
Shrewsbury Wafers
Beat one egg until light, and add
gradually, while beating constantly,
half a cupful of sugar; then add two-
thirds of a tablespoonful of melted
butter, two•thirds of a cupful of rolled
oats, one-third of a cupful of shredded
cocoanut, one-third of a teaspoonful of
salt, and one-fourth of a teaspoonful
of vanilla. Drop the mixture by tea-
spoonuls one inch apart on a thor-
oughly buttered tin sheet or inverted
dripping pan. Spread into circular
shapes witha case knife first dipped
in cold water, Bake in a moderate
oven until delicately browned.
Semolina Cake
Ingredients.—Six ounces of self-rais-
ing flour, three ounces of castor sugar,
three ounces of semolina, two eggs
and a little milk, and a quarter of a
pound of lard or cooking butter, Meth-
011,—Mix the dry ingredients well to-
gether, then rub ht 111, fat, add the
eggsWhen
and milk nein beaten.
thoroughly mixed, pour r into a w
ll -
greased cake -tin and bake in a moder-
ate oven for one hour.
Caraway Cheese Biscuits
Mix two cupfuls of flour with three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder half a
teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, half a
teaspoonful of salt, and two teaspoon-
fuls of caraway seeds, Rub in two
tablespoonful of fat, Add a cupful of
grated cheese. Stir in a well•beaten
egg and two tablespoonfuls of milk.
Tarn out on a floured board. Cut into
oblong or crescent shapes. Cook in a
hot oven for fifteen minutes
Nut and Cherry Pie
1 lb. protose, 1 quart cherry settee,
1/2 cup sugar, plain pastry sweetened.
Mix one fourth of the p0otose with the
sweetened cherries, and place in a
buttered baking dish. Slice the re-
mainder of theeoto e andplace 1 s 1 ace on
top of the cherries. Cover with pastry
dough and bake in quick oven until
crust is well done. Serve as main pro-
tein dish.
Whole Wheat Fruit Muffins
3 lablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons
sugar, 1 egg, 1/2 cap raisins, 1/ cups
100 per cent, whole wheat flour, 3 tea•
spoonfuls balling powder, 1/2, cup milk,
2r teaspoon salt, Mend the butter
and flour. Sift Ole dry ingredients,
add the raisins, Beat the egg, add
milk and stir in the dry ingredients,
FM well-oiled muffin tins one -11a11 full
and pat on top with spoon dipped in
niillc, Sprinkle with sugar. Bake in
quick oven twenty to thirty minutes.
Salad Delicious
2 cups Tokay grapes, 1 cup diced
pineapple, ',1 cup nusalted almonds,
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salad, fruit dressing. Combine all
gredients, Add dressing.
Savita Brown Gravy
1/4 cup butter, 1-3 cup flour, ?z tea-
spoon grated onion (if desired); 13e
teaspoons Savita, 1-8 teaspoon salt,
Meat the butter. Stir in the flour to a
smooth paste. Place over the open
llre, stirring constantly until light
brown. Remove from the fire and add
the water
gradually, allY,
stirring ❑g until
smooth. Dissolve the Sallie in a
small amount of hot water and add to
the gravy. Cook from five to ten min-
utes,
Mystery Pudding
Two eggs, and their weight In but-
ter, flour, and castor sugar, a table-
spoonful of marmalade, a teaspoonful
of baking -powder. Beat the butter to
a cream and add it to the saga•, then
the flour, with which the halting -pow-
der should be mixed, then the marma-
lade. Beat the eggs well, yolks and
whites separately, adding the whites
last. When the other ingredients are
well mixed, pour into a well -buttered
basin, tie over with greased paper,
and steam for an hour and a half,
Turn out and spread a little marma-
lade 000r the top, and serve with
sweet sauce poured found it
in -
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Heal the Sprain with MInard's,
Lady: "Isn't .t wonderful how r3
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you should hear the bus driver:'
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