The Brussels Post, 1912-1-18, Page 2CLOSE QUARTERS ;
OR, THE HOUSE IN THE
RUE BARRETTE
CHAPTER XIII,—(Cont'd)
Fairholme glanced around admir-
ingly. "Of course," he cried de-
lightedly, "I knew you would guess
it. That is the pleasant way these
Turks have of securing their pris-
oners."
"It is tun "'lly uncomfortable
one," said Talbot. "My joints are
still stiff at the mere recollection
of it. I have lain in that way, Mr.
Brett, for countless hours. Oc-
casionally the brutes would allow
me to ehange my posture, but the
moment any one came to the door „
I was strapped up in an instant Are you sure it was a swore]
and a gag slipped into my mouth. cut?"
What used to make me so furious "It certainly looked like ono."
was the knowledge •that if only I ".And his skin was very brown?"
got the chance of a second I could "Oh, quite. Indeed it was a shade
have broken that Frenchman's deeper than that of most Turks.
neck and escaped, but he and his I have seen very many of them. Al -
wife always took such precautions though dark -featured, they are
that I never had the liberty to do often pallid enough in reality, and
more than reach with some diff'- their deep -hued complexion is due
culty the food that they gave me. more to their . black hair and eye -
However, I must notinterrupt." brows than to the mere oolor of
"I really have not much more to the skin," Brett smiled again.
say," went on Fairholme, "You "I think," he said, "I will show
may be sure it slid not take me long you the same gentleman in a some -
to release Talbot, and what clo you what different aspect. But pro -
think his first words were when he ceed,"
slowly sat up in bed and tried if "The explanation given to me by
his leg would bend?" Mehemet Ali was both extraordin-
"I cannot guess," said Brett. ary and disconcerting, .especially
"He said: 'Have they got the at such a late hour, . He told me
diamonds?' " that the three gentlemen to whom
"I answered `Yes,' " I had been introduced—I am sorry
" `But it was impossible,' he said. by the way, that I cannot remember
`They could not have mastered all ther names, as they were all Mo -
those policemen.'" hammeds, or Rasuls, or Ibrahims,
" `But they did,' I replied, and and the dramatic events of the
then and there, before he would night subaequentlp drove them
budge an inch, he made me tell from my mind—had been sent post
him the whole story. Just as I had haste from Constantinople on a
ended we heard a scuffle in the pas- special mission. They had only
sage. We went out, though Jack reached Loudon that night, and
was hardly able to walk at first. It they bore with them a special man-
wae Smith wrestling with the wo- date, signed by the Sultan himself,
man, who was a regular wild cat, directing Mehemet Ali. to hand over
and he would, even then, have done the diamonds to their charge. and
us any mischief in her power. There at once to return with his assist.
was nothing for it but to tie her ants to Yildiz Kiosk.
hands behind her back, and then "There could be no questioning
fasten her securely in a chair. the authenticity of the Sultan's in -
After this was done we took conn- structions. The document was in
set as to our next movements," his own handwriting, was endorsed
"'Wait a little," said•Brett. "How with his private seal, end convey -
many rooms were there in the flat? ed.other distinguishing marks which
You have accounted for four." rendered his Excellency assured on
"I forgot," said Fairholme, "The this important point. He told me
place had six rooms. The small that he was compelled to obey im-
apartment in which Jack was con- plicitly, and were it possible he
fined was a sort of dressing -room, would have started from London
and the bedroom beyond looked out that night. This, however, was out
into the well of the biopic of flats. of the question, but he had not lost
They had carefully nailed the blind a moment in sending for me and
of this dressing -room, so that not acquainting me with his Majesty's
even a chance puff of wind could wishes,
blow it aside and reveal its secret "You will readily perceive that
to any one in the flats on the op- the affair placed me in an awkward
politestory or higher. The remain- predicament. I was, so to speak,
ing room was empty. Your friend representing the British Govern -
the policeman subsequently search- ment in the matter, and the Far-
ed the place from top to toe, but sign Office had pledged itself,
he found nothing. The only dose- through our Ambassador at Con
meet of any importance was an stantinople, to undertake all the
address on a card which he discov- precautions for safeguarding the
eyed in the Frenchman's pocket." diamonds with which you are ac -
"Ah," said Brett, "what was quaintcd. It seemed to me that
that address?" notwithstanding the urgency of the
Here it is. Sultan's order, I should not be do -
The earl produced a small piece ing my duty to permit the transfer
of pasteboard on which was scrib- to be made in such an irregular
bled, Monsieur Jean Beaujolais, manner. So I said quite plainly
chez Monsieur Henri de Lisle, 41, that the matter could not be set -
Rue Bonnerie, Paris," tied that night. They must all
"That is important," said the wait until the morning, when I
barrister."Why diel you not wire would consult myDepartment and
it to me last night?" Mehemet Ali, ogether with his
"I had a reason," said the earl aides could leave for Constants-
, eagerly, "but that comes in with nople by the evening train, after
Jack's part of the story." And he my superiors had been acquainted
turned towards Talbot, who, thus with the Sultan's wishes.
summoned to the stage, began to "Turks are difficult people to un -
explain matters, derstand. It seemed to me that
"I understand, Mr. Brett," he my decision gave some satisfaction
said, "that you are accurately ac- to Mehemet Ali. who was undoubt-
quamted with all that transpired edly very muoh•upset by the queer
until the moment when I entered manner in which he had been de -
the Albert Gate mansion en that re- posed from his important trust. At
markable night? 'once an animated discussion took
"That is so," said Brett. 1 ''
"Well, when Inspector Sharpe p In French?" interrupted Brett,
met ane at the door on my arrival "No ; in Turkish."
he told me that his Excellency Me- "Did the gentleman with the
hemot Ali, with three strange gen- sabre -Gut on his face take any part
tlemen and the junior members of therein?"
the commission, awaited me in the "Not in the least. He sat and
dining -room. I went 10 and was smoked cigarettes in the most un-
surprised to find the three visitors, conscious manner possible, leaving
for during the preceding month not his two associates to carry on the
a single stranger had entered the conversation,"
„house save e member of the Gov- As the barrister appeared to have
ernment and ono or two important no further question to ask at the
officials of tho Foreign Office, who moment, Talbot continued ---
came with me out of sheer curiosity "Several times Mehemet .Ali ap
to sec' a colltetien of remarkable peaied to .me to change my iniad
diamonds, and formally ratify the transfer at
"The "strangers bowed politely once. I was quite firm in my re -
when I was introdueed. Two of fusel, and did not hesitate to do.
them spoke neither French nor scribe the Sultan's demands as ri-
Pnglisit, hut the third man spoke cliculotts. 1 was rendered more
French fluently. Ho had, by the determisleci, if anything, in this at.
way, e so, iowhat peettlier accent, titude by a growing certainty in my
different frc,m that to which J was mind that his !excellency himself
ecoustotnod in the Turks. It wits, approved of my attitude tTlti-
Scarcely touched by the human
hand in the whole course of its
preparation so cleanly is the process
eafter, more sibilant, and impress-
ed me as that of a man who was
accustomed to speak Italian. He
was a good-looking chap, about my
height and build, and were it not
for his brown skin, one would not
have regarded him as a Turk. On
side of his face was deeply scarred
with a sword cut, but, if anything,
this did not detract from his ap-
pearanee, and it gave a manly as-
pect to an otherwise effeminate
face,"
Brett could not help smiling in-
voluntarily,
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mately, it seems, they hit upon a
compromise. The whole party
would remain together all night in
a sort of dual control, and then the
change of guardianship would take
place next day in accordance with
my views as to what was right and
proper. I must admit I was in-
tensely relieved when this decis-
ion was arrived at. .Looking back
now over the events of the night,
I can perceive that from that mo-
ment the gang whoeffected' the
murders and the robbery had me
in their power, for they had com-
pletely succeeded in allaying my
suspicions, and I can only plead in
extenuation of my shortsighted-
ness that Mehemet Ali himself,
and the ether gentlemen with whom
I had been acquainted during the
past month, were willing accessor-
ies to the arrangement."
"I do not see," said Brett, "that
you have the slightest cause to re-
proach yourself. You acted quite.
properly throughout, and I am sure
that when all the facts are known
your status at the Foreign Office
will be improved rather than di-
minished by Ibis incident,"
"Thank you," he. replied simply.
"I certainly took every precaution
that suggested itself to me. Sub-
sequently I was the victim of cir-
cumstances, The French speaking
Turk, as I have told you, took no
part whatever in the negotiations,
and when he became aware of the
modus operandi determined upon—
"By the way," said Brett, "how
did he become aware of it?"
"Oh, Mehemet Ali told him in
French,"
"Didn't that strike you as curl
0051"
cab, and 1 Gan explain much that
is at present hidden,' Unfortunate-
ly I fell in with his suggestions.
"We crossed the dining -room to-
gether. We were searched by the
Police in the hall, much to his ap-
parent surprise, and then we drove
off through St, George's Place.
(To be continued.)
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"Most certainly it did. But the ernmental of the United States
sooundrel explained it afterwards'
by telling me that although a Turk-
ish subject, he had lived in Algiers
and France since he was a child,
and had quite forgotten his mother
tongue. But he ,was employed in
a confidential position in the Turk-
ish Embassy at Paris, owing not
only to family influence, but to his
intimate acquaintance with the
French language."
"Ah I" said Brett, "Monsieur
Henri Dubois has a ready wit."
"What!" cried
Edith, who na-
turally enough was following each
word with the utmost interest, "do
you already know his name?"
"Not only his name," replied
Brett, "but his identity, Miss Tal-
bot. You shall see him in another
skin and without the sword -cut. It
is possible, however, that before we
meet, this distinguishing'`sark may
be replaced by a fractured skull or
a bullet wound,"
Fairholme suddenly clenched his
right fist and examined his
knuckles, his unconscious action
causing the others to laugh.
"Is he a Frenchman, then ?" said
Talbot.
"Unquestionably—a most modern
product,"
"Anel his natno is Dubois?"
t'Yes,,,
"All right. In future I will al-
lude to him: by his, proper title.
Well, Monsieur Debois strolled to-
wards me with the easy confidence
of a man who' was sure of himself.
• '''This affair bores me,' he said.
'T see no reason why 1, who sin in
no way concerned' with the Sultan's
collection of precious stones, should
sit up all night keeping guard over
them with these very earnest gen-
tlemen here, 1 am going to my ha -
tel, I havo sent my portmanteau
to the Carlton, Will you honor me
by driving there and telling me
something about your wonderful
London as we go?''
"Tho mttn looked at me with a
meaning in his oyes that coeve;yod
the intimation-
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CONSISTENCY.
"I suppose ,you always say exact -
1 what"
y you think?"
ink?
"I try to," replied Senator
Sorghum; "but I also try to avoid
thinking anything it would not be
expedient for me to say."
"Bromley, I hear you are going
�o start housekeeping?" "Yea,
Dalinggor." "What have you got
towards it?" "A wife,"
The pessimist seems to take a
heap of satisfaction from being an
the losing side.
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A great many people have trou-
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slurring the winter months; otltoi•a
have more or less trouble all the
time, writes Mr, A. Galigher.
Wlsy ? Simply because there is
on
a something wrong with their me-
thod of caring for the cream or
churning butter. Sometimes the
butter will not come with a rea-
sonable amount of churning. Osie
complains of white specks in rho
butter; another says the batter
has a peculiar bitter taste, and so
it goes.
Some of the people use cream
separators, while others do not
Howevor, it is safe to say that in
Dither ease the cream is not in tbo
proper condition to be churned,
Either the temperature is at
fault or else the cream has not
been properly ripened—probably
both combined. Some people con-
tend that the food which a cow
consumes has more to clo with ho
condition of this cream than the
wchayurned.
in which it is ripened and
However this may be, there is no
denying the fact that a well-fed,
well -cared -for cow will give rich-
er milk and more of it than one
that is half starved and otherwise
neglected. The word abused might
be substituted for neglected. There
should be a law passed to punish
thoughtless people who drive their
cows with dogs.
We never have any trouble with
our cream or butter at any season
of the year, We are not in the
dairy business and, therefore,
have never tried any improved
methods so essential to success
when the business is eonduetec
upon a large scale.
We keep grade Jersey cows. One
of aur cows is a family pet. She
is very old and not so very pro-
fitable, but she gets the same care
that the others do.
We have all the milk, cream and
butter that we can use the year
around and some butter to sell—
quite a little more in proportion
to the number of cows kept than
most of our neighbors.
Last winter we milked two cows
all winter and kept an account of
the butter we sold.
During the coldest part of the
wilnter, from December 20th to
January 20th, we ohurned and sold
06 pounds and ten ounces. Of this
amount 24% pounds were the pro.
duct of ten days' milk, minus that
fish we kept for table use. This
o think, is a pretty good showing
or two cows such as ours; for, be
ng ordinary farmer folic, we keep
rdinary tows; but they are well
aced for and. in consequence they
ive good returns. During the fall
ad winter months they are kept
n the stable every night; hi the
simmer they have an open shied
or shelter.
They always have naature in sea -
on and a little ground grain twice
day. When pasture begins to got
arca late in the summer, we feed
reen fodder or some other green
roughage to take its place, In the
inter they have plenty of good hay
nd fodder beside grain three times
day; about two quarts of feed
r each cow.
Oorn and oat chop or equal .parts
rnmeal bran with a little oil.
meal added is the usual grain ra-
on in the winter,. Two quarts of
and grain added to about two
lions of cut clover snake a satire
ing meal for a cow. The clover
always scalded before the grain
added. We add a little salt and
en
min
a
thoroughly.
ndy buolcetsarued, Wooden
akets are large and last quite a
ilo. Sometimes apples, rutaba-
s or pumpkins (without the seed)
e given instead of the scalded
ver, but the clover, we find,
es very satisfactory results.
In, either ease the amount of
and grain is the same. Whole
sin not being suitable feed kr
'h cows; we have tried crushed
, but our cows do not give as
oh milk whoa it is being fed,
ably on account of the cob.
an and cornmeal, equal parts,
a half pint of oilmeal added,
o excellent results. Our, cows,
all the rest of the live steels,
v5 plenty of good water to drink,
n very cold weather we take tiro
1 off the water, for when the
atee is very cold or partly frozen,
a will not think as much as they
uire, and cows need .a great deal
water,
Now, for one nietliod of caring
the milk: The cows are iuilked
Marls,' morning and. night, al-
a being fed before the milking
egun. The stripping or last
of emit milking, is kept seis-
e and strained into the cream
Two jai's are used and MIMI-
one is full the next clittrning
tried, That is all fresh cretins
at into the other jar, About,
Me the seozrnd jar is full, the
is ready to he chtuned; some
s a little before. If it is too:
about riponitig, rt. little but-
ilk.is stirred in In the win-
t usually requires about 24
a for the cream to ripen. after
r is fell,
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2 H. G. Robertson, 115 Spadfna Road, Toronto ., 15,00
3 Mrs, W. D. Mutoh, 269 Brunswick Ave., Toronto
4 Miss I. E. Curry, 1,198 Bloor St. West, Toronto ,. ,....
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14 Mrs. Thos. Bennett, Havelock, Ont.
15 Mrs. W. J. Chambers, 93 Waverley Road, Toronto , •
16 Eileen Margaret Wilson, 344 Sunnyside Ave.,. Toronto .
17 Dorothy Hirlehey, Bradford, Ont. ... . . . .. . . .. ........
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