The Brussels Post, 1912-3-7, Page 2CLOSE QUARTERS;
OR, THE HOUSE IN THE
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CHAPTER XVII.—(Cont'd)
They sped across the waves to-
wards the Chateau d'If, and drew
up alongside its small landing -
stage.
The island supplies an all -the -
year -round resort for the tutvns-
people.. Every fie day a steamer
runs at intervals to and fro be-
tween it and the inner harbor. Tho
good :folk of the south of France,
whether Marseilles or visitors to the
eity'find a constant delight in tak-
ingthe shortmarine excursion and
wandering for half an hour about
the rocky pathways and steep tur-
rents 'of the famous prison, whilst
they listen with eilenta.awe to the
words of the guide when he tells
thein how the Abbe died, and shows
steps. he naturally turned to see
who it was that approached, earl
he also was. amazed to find Edith's
wondering eyes fixed upon him at
a distance of only a few feet
She nodded her head and placed
a warning finger upon her lips, As
it happened, Daubeney caught her
in the act, and for the next few
moments that gentleman's emotions
were intense, net to say peanut,
"You seem • to be preoccupied,
Mr, Daubeney. What has happen-
ed?" she inquired.
"I—I—really don't know."
His distress was so unmistakable
that her quick woman's wit divined
the true cense. They had now
sauntered some distance away from
the part of the tower that might
them the hole between the two walls be marked "dangerous,' so she
excavated by Monte Cristo. grasped Jimmy's ponderous arm,
They wandered round with the and whispered with a. smile—
crowd until Edith looked at her
• watch,
"It is past twelve o'clock," she
said. "Should we not be going
back to the hotel to lunch? You
will come with us, of course, Mr.
Daubeney 1"
"I am famished with expecta-
tion," answered the irrespressibie
Jimmy, "but before we go away
you certainly ought to climb to the
leads and get the panoramic view
of the harbor which the tower af-
fords on a clear day. It is a sight
to be remembered.
So they made the. ascent, Daub-
eney leading in his capacity of
guide, though he was quite breath-
less when they reached the top.
Edith followed him, and to her
alarm perceived that he was pur-
ple in the face. •He tried to smile,
and indicate by a gesture that he
would recover in a minute. Mean-
while he was speechless.
Fairholme was the next up. He
had hardly set foot on the roof be-
fore he exclaimed—
"Well, I'm darned:"
Edith turned round quickly.
"What on earth is the matter ?" no longer. Drawing him close to
she cried. "Why are you using the rampart, and bending down so
such horrid language? Mr. Dau- as to apparently take a deep inter-
beney only hurried a little -too fast, est in the laughing excursionists
that is all." beneath, she murmured--
Fairholme dropped his voice to a "Listen to me carefully, uncle.
whisper. Don't look around. HaveS ou no -
"Look," he said, indicating with ticed the party of Turks and a
his eyes a distant corner. Frenchman grouped together in the
Edith followed his glance, and in- opposite corner?"
stantly comprehended the cause of "Yes," he said. "You do not
his startled exclamation. For fn mean to tell me that, they are the
that quiet spot, far removed from people whom Mr. Brett met this
watchful police or inquisitive hotel- morning at the station?"
servants, stood four men, whom she "Yes, unquestionably they are.
could not fail to recognize as Gras But the most marvellous thing re -
Jean, Hussein-ul-Mulk, and the mains. You know the turret close
other two Turks, although, of to which they are standing?"
course, until this moment she had "Yes,"
never previously set eyes on them, "'Well, in the staircase leading to
She instantly understood that the top, and leaning out through a
they must continue to talk and act window, trying to hear what they
in the guise of ordinary tourists. are saying, is Jack!"
10 this respect the presence of Dau- "What an extraordinary thing,"
beney was invaltable, for he nater- said the major -general, who was
ally could nut guess the ; ,mmunity
Of interest between his aristocratic
friends and the mutely group in the
ecraer. fiennce remain hidden from him.As soon as he regained his breath, "Can we do anything?" he ad-'
Edith and he commenced a lively ded.
conversation, Sir Hubert joined "Nothing save to remain here a
them, and in the course of their j little longer and be most. careful
casual stroll round the tower they not to appear to have the least
passed close to the Frenchmen and :knowledge of their identity."
his companions, attracting a casual IThey were joined by Daubeney
glance from the former, who in- I and Fairholme, and Edith knew lee
stantly set them down as English !a single glance at the expressive
people hound] for the East, and expanse of the formet''s face that
whiling away a few hours in Mar- should he be again brought into
eeilles prior to the departure of close proximity to the Turks and
their steamer. her brother it was quite. possible
But another sureriao awattexl the quick-witted Gros Jean might
them. detect the luok of interested amaze -
A small staircase led to the top ment which must inevitably- appe.av
of the turret, which, as already de- upon his honest British counten-
seribed, formed part of the angle once,
±hat sheltered the group of men, "Bobby," she said at once, "I1
When Edith and the others want you and Mr. Daubeney to go
strolled past the door they glanced clown to the launch. We will join
inside and caught sight of a shab- Neu in a few minutes,"
bt looking Frenchman, who had "Certainly," was the reply, for
paused halfway np the stairs, and Fairholme knew that some motive
was leaning eagerly forward lav behind the request. "You ean-
through an emhresured loophole, not cru mucic by remaining here,
obviously intent on hearing every can you, so I suppose you will not
word uttered by the quartette be be long?"
near. "No; uncle, and I will survey the
Fortunately, Edith, who was view until it is firmly fixed in out
nearest the door, was com'letely minds. After that .it is full steam
;shrouded from Gros fean's tamer- attend for the Hotel cru Louvre."
vation, else that gstu0 gentleman The two young men disappeared
might haves noticed her inseslentah'y down the stairs leading to the
start or suprise. For the shabby- coertyerd.
At this moment, the siren of the
The instant Talbot hefted foot-! small pleasure. steamer at the quay ,
announced] she was about to make
her hourly trip back to the town. 1
Whereupon Gros Jean and the
Turks, having apparently -ended
their consultation, crossed the reef
and disappeared. �.
Instantly Jack Talbot strolled f
hem but no sooner had he l 1
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itlle.`lisais 1
"lou saw me make signs to that
Frenchman, didn't you " ,
'Well—er—l—er—"
"Oh, yes, I understand. Of course
you were surprised. But don't
jump now, or say anything; Ise is
my brother:"
She need not have warned Dan-
beney as to any reamrks he might
feel inclined to make, for her an-
nouncement again rendered him
speechless.
"It is a mystery," she whispered,
"a deep secret. We will tell you
all about it at lunch."
CHAPTER XVIII.
Sublimely unconscious of the ex-
citement raging in their breasts,
Sir Hubert Fitzjames could not un-
derstand why they each and all an-
swered him in such a flurried man-
ner when he dilated upon the beau-
ties of the bay. Finally he turned
to Edith with an air of apprehen-
sion.
"I fear," he said, "that your
expedition of last night has upset
you, Have you a headache?"
Then she could contain her news
really very annoyed that such a
meeting should have taken place
under his very nose and its signi-
looking Frenchman wds her brother,
F Winter weather roughens and reddens
your skin, causing chaps, chilblains
neral discomfort, try
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ment on foot to buy the diamonds
That is all that I can tell you now
but let Mr. Brett know, When
have seen these chaps safely home
I will at once tomo to the hotel.'
Then he, too, vanished.
Edith felt a thrill of elation the
her good judgment should have led
her to remain sufficiently lung on
the tower to glean such important
information.
When Brett heard - the news it
seemed to annoy him.
"I feared as much," he .said, 1`1
had not much 'faith in the patro-
tism of the Young Turks. I wonder
haw much the Sultan has offered.
However, we must possess our souls
in peace until Talbot enures hero
and tells us all that he. has learnt.
At this moment I cannot help mar-
velling at the strange coincidence
which should have led the Turks
and yourself to select the Chateau
d'If for a morning stroll. I fully
expected that Gros Jean would be
in bed. Ho must have received
some startling intelligence to keep
him away from the rest after a long
journey. Meanwhile, I have not
been idle."
Every one awaited with interest
his next words, for Brett seldom
made such a remark without hav-
ing something out of the common to
communicate.
"I telephoned to Paris," he ex-
plained, "to tell the Prefecture
that Gros Jean and the Turks had
arrived at Marseilles,' The police
were surprised, and perhaps a lit-
tle sore, that they had not discov-
ered the fact for themselves, but
when I soothed them down they in-
formed me that 'Le Ver'—the di-
minutive scoundrel whom we res-
cued from the Rue Barbette—had
faithfully kept his appointment
with me at the Grand Hotel yos-
terday.
"It seems that he was much up-
set when he learnt that I had left.
He went straight to the commissary
to inform him that, contrary to
expectations, the Turks were acting
in complete accord with mademoi-
selle's father, This naturally puz-
zled the' commissary a good deal,
and the affair became still stranger
when an attache from the Turkish
Embassy called a little later and
urged the police to clo all in their
power: to discover the whereab ruts
of Hussein-ul-Mullc, as he was par-
ticularly anxious to have a fritnd-
ly talk with him.
"Chose on the heels ❑1 th" Turk
came a confidential messenger from
the British Embassy, requesting
the latest details, and, who r ques-
tioned by the commissary, this man
admitted that he had in the firs'
instance called to see me at the
Grand hotel.
"In a word, Miss Talbot, I haci
suspected -the existence of the ne-
gotiations, which tour - brother's
smart piece. of work this morning
has confirmed."
Whilst they were talking F air-
huime t,uk IJaubenay ❑n ire side,
and with Brett's permission gave
him a detailed account of the whole
affair.
The Honorable James Daubeney
was delighted to bo mixed up in
this international imbroglio. He
told the earl that the Blue Bell
was at his disposal et any moment
of the day or night she might bo
required, and it was evident that
Daubeney, if nothing else, was a
man of action, and his yacht might
become very useful.
He had hardly quitted the hotel
when a waiter amrouncecl that a
jenno 1. eeneais wished to see Mr,
Brett.
"Show him up," Paid the Barris-
ter, :End n moment later Talbot en-
tered. 1-1.0 stood near the door
twiddling his hat in his handl until
the welter heti gone. Then he' told
them what heel hn•ppened since he
Ine,k- lip his quar'ter's at the Hotel
des ,le,l rs Femmes.
"When I ree,nhed there," he said,
"T was under the impression that
('#Ens ,lean and the Turks were in
i h red my room ; sent Toy tin
hos there, and then ^ottlecl myself
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th" Nife t , sinkr cigarettes and
read ti'se rile Marseilles news.,
nnrwrs until lnsch time, Yon may
peke ees seeprise whew 1 saw the
iso fuel and Gres Jean come
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1-1,1 the street and aslr the way
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A FORTUNATE GIRL.
Thirty million dollars, just be-
cause she was beautiful!
And a poor girl working girl—
got it; not because she was beau-
tiful only, but because she was a
poor working girl and also because
she is the most beautiful working
girl in all Austria-Hungary.
The girl is Ilona Val•dis. She is
20 years old, and until she hem/no
a great heiress she worked in a
faney goods shop in Budapest, the
Hungarian city so famous through-
out the world for the beauty of its
women. Ilona's parents were of the
great masses, and nowhere are so-
cial distinctions more closely drawn
than' in Austria-Hungary. Ilona
had to toil twelve hours a day in
the shop, and if she dreamed of
the°fairy prince who seemed beyond
reach she did not allow it to inter-
fere with her work. Though she
earned only $5.20 a week, that is
good pay for a shop girl in Hun-
gary, and her parents needed the
money to help keep the pot boil -
Miss Ilona Verdis.
ing. Tile great event in Ilona'
life which meant the change in the
whole story of her life came two
years ago when a rich old man,
Jean Kronyl, entered the shop to
buy some needles. Like many other
men, he was fascinated by her
beauty, and he came there again,
and again, each tiiYte?,buying some-
thing as a pretext for his visit.
Ilona did not knowi he was rich,
for he wore 'paper cuffs and col-
lars and a shabby coat. He was
old, with deeply furrowed forehead
and unkempt hair. Neither Ilona,
or any other girl in th'e shop knew
that he was Kronyl, the great mil-
lionaire, who . owned vast quanti-
ties of real estate. Kronyl made
discreet inquiries through detec-
tives, and found that Ilona was as
good as she was beautiful; and
then began a remarkable quest. He
travelled all over Hungary modest-
ly. Quietly he poked around in ob-
scure corners of Budapest, and he
even went to Vienna. -
He had few friends, and they did
not know the object of his journey,
which did not leak out. until after
his death. The object was to find
the prettiest working girl in Au-
stria-Hungary; for, having no near
relatives of his own, he had then
and there decided to find the fair-
est of all working girls and make
her the heir 'to his vast fortune.
For twe years he prosecuted his
searbh, and .then when he died ho
left a will bequeathing all that he
possessed to the beautiful young
shop girl. And now she is the rich -
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Krony]'s reason, as given in his
will for his strange bequest, was
that he wished to enable the pret-
tiest shop girl to harry whomever
she desired; for he said that it was
unfair that she should be deprived
of a suitable husband for lack of a
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CUT OUT THE LEGGY STEER.
In buying cattle to fatten, the ex-
perieneed buyer always cuts out
the long-legged, rangy steer, unless
he is compelled to take the entire
lot as they stand. Even if he gets
some leggy animals in the bunch,
he will, if he knows his business,
not attempt to feed them all in the
same manner. He will separate the
rangy steer from the blocky, short- 1
legged, straight-backed fellows and
either sell them or feed them by
themselves.
A steer may bo rather long in t
legs and body, but still posse
many good feeding qualities.
that case he can be finished
slowly and over a longer peri
to better advantage than if he
forced,
The low, blocky steer respon
more reaclily to forced feeding a
it is more peofitable to stuff hi
vigorously and finish him off mo
quickly. This fact has been we
demonstrated by Professor Smith
the Nebraska station,
The girth of a steer is almost
sure indication of its ability to p
on flesh in a given- length of tiln
Experiments show that the Iheav
est gainers are the steers with th
largest middle girths. The hem
and rear girths are not infallibl
barometers, but a steer with a wed
developed body may be classed a
a heavy gainer.
In one of his experiments Pro
fessor Smith says, "The middl
girth of the three best gainers av
seven inches larger.tha
those of the poorer ones. The bes
gainer averaged 3% pounds pe
lav, while the poorer average
only 2X, pounds."
Two courses are open to the bee
producer wherever Breve
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P alfalfa, is role
if he expects to make a success o
cattle feeding. He must either us
less corn and more alfalfa in fin
ishing his stock, or make a stud
of the individual animal. It make
no particular difference `what breed
of cattle a feeder fattens as long a
he pays attention to the essentia
features of the animals and feed
them systematically.
The long -fed steer on a medium
ration finishes off better than a
comparatively short -fed steer on.a
heavy ration, and in most cases pays
out better on the market,
The average daily gain of the ani-
mal is between two and three
pounds and it is only the very best
type of steers that will take on more
than three pounds.,
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Fowls should be fattened at least
four weeks before they are killed,
not to make them as fat as possible,
but to give thein the right propor-
tion of fat and lean to make the
fowls fat and juicy when cooked.
The fattening crate is six feet
long, sixteen inches wide. eighteen
inches high and divided into three
equal sized compartments, each
holding from four to six birds, as
the case may be.
The slats or laths are 1% inches
wide, placed 1% inches apart at the
ends, sides and tops of the crate,
but those in front are placed ver-
tically two inches apart.
The floor of the crate is made of
slats laid lengthwise, one inch
apart, leaving a one -inch space on
either side between the first lath
and the sides of the crate. The
crate should stand on short legs or
trestles, to alloy convenience .in
cleaning. •
The trough •
is made the full length
of the crate. and should be three
or four inches sleep. It is support-
ed at each end on notched boards,
in order that, it may be taken away
when the coops are cleaned.
Never leave the feed before the
chickens more than fifteen minutes,
and feed very little at the start,
gradually increasing the amount
! until the end of tha week they are
getting all they can eat three times
a do.y,
Soon rations for fattening are
� given 1
AY Equal parts by weight cf fhnely
ground corn, eats and shorts, mixed
with sour skimmed milli.,
Same ration, except substitute
ground barley for the corer.
Finely ground oats mixed with
skimmed milk.
Equal parts of finely ground
oatst corn and low-grade flour. If
beef' scrlups are used, fiftcsen per
eent. is the hest proportion.
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A T`IIU'THFUI', C.FIILD.
Visilerr—"Yotir rltother wasn't
expecting rue, was 'She ?"
Littletirl—"No;, she didn't even
have time, to glide' ont the back
dour and go In AO next door
neighbor's,
S),LI PflffSi(ii,VAT:ION,
Larry Nooks ---"Say, fellers, at
T,tll is ddin' to -night I don't wast
n+,body to throw old shoe's at him,,'
The C"losisi -."'Why rust?"
Larry Nook goin' to,
is ear my plug` het,"
1lrolii.,hd bev0h'ages on feminine., ;
lan•ed f700n lice by, the, Chinese and .,
Japanese,
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