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The Seaforth News, 1930-05-29, Page 6SAME FLAVOUR NOW 1 SAME QUALITY C A LB. BROWN LABEL AT ALL GROCERY STORES The roasure of the Buooleou By A. D. HOWDEN SMITH BEGfN HERE TODAY No sooner had Lord James landed in the U.S. than he was mysteriously murdered by a band of thugs endeav- oringto gain the secret of the treasure of the Bucoleon, which secret had been disclosed to the original Lord James while .mn his way ro :he Crusades, by Emperor Anaronicus. Lord James dies While tellin IIrgh 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 t}e recovery of the treasure. Vernon King is Interest,, ie archaeology, and his daughter Betty, is interested in Hugh. Nikka Zaranko. a wartime conpati on of Iaek and Hugh. reveals to them that he i:: of gypsy origin and that the tren::nes n Bucoleon is part .of a gypsy bkpt Jack Nes): I"IL the story, GO ON WITH TIIE STORY CHAPTER III. "Harken my son. and these of your seed who come af,er us. The Lords of Constantinor " are r,tten. Their Em- pire dwindle; away. The treasure is not for such a, they. Therefore I say it shall go to atarment the fortunes of our house and teeompense my fathor'si sufferings. gs - "Take it. is it c But beware I wha an t the Greeks, fur some know of the treasure. a"d the secret. will not die.I "In Mane Titus, Dourine: "• I "Is thers the,anything else?" asked Hugh, "It's edi. he speaks :'o impress' sfvely ni eoinz alter the treasure and yet he ..tr.rs no hint of how to find it." "Th. t is as•t"hr document here whie:. sit,. is light upon that phase of the m vol l tteered.lir• Bel- loaves." "This waS vritten by the widow of the .Eletabethan Hutch, Lady Jane," -and he ..plead the paper before us. It was dated "Castle Chesby, ye 5th Sept;., 1592," and we read: "1?orasnruch as yt hath pleased God to settle ranee in authorities in this my deere late Husband's place.., I have seene fitte to Take that Roots of Evill • which hath bens, ye bane of Care race I+ronuve cute ye Charter Choate and putte yt where yt mi.y Wreak nos I Alertness scores everywhere. Wrigley's creates pep and en• ergy and keeps you alert. A 5¢ package may save you from goingto sleep at the wheel of your cps Inns , n,t n. 7 more Of hemline and Sorrows, I wi not have my Sanee awasting of 11 s substance and 'Sys Life as didde His deere Fathour. "Jure Chesby." "Pastscriptum. Yette will I leave a trace for Thatte yt might seeme Unfaithful to ye Deed didde I lose thatte whych ys a part of ye House's wealthe." "The tradition" said the solicitor, "is that the `Roote of Evil' was the part of the Instructions containing the (Erections to the location of :he trea- sure." "But the `trace' 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; Putte downe ye anciount riddel In decente, seiinelie ordour. Rouse, 0 ye my stie Sybil, Der hynune who doth endeavour, Nor treate hys effortte 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. n any harm," g It won't do a reed Mr. Beltowes and he called a stenographer and directed him to make copies of the two writings. "It was this Lady Jane who blocked up the old family crypt" "Yes," said ilfr. Beltowes, "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 actantly. "I am afraid we have learned no- thing here," he said. "We'll go now." The inimitable. Watkins inet 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 geltlemen," he said. "I 'ave 'ad supper served in the Gunroom." "That's fine," pproved Hugi; 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. Hugh rubbed his hands with satis- faction. "This is home," he said. "Lady Jane rebuilt this wing and joined it with the early Tudor, central masa." Curious, I stepped over to the fire- place and examined the splendid caro - in gin deep relief that adorned stone and woodwork. The most curious fea- ture of the ornamentation was a lower panel supporte by a group of bibulous monks in comically disordered atti- tudes. On the panel appeared to be lettering. "Watkins," I called, "bring me a candle, please." The soft light shone on four lines of Gothic lettering: Whenne thatte ye Pappist Church- manna 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, insti.acted fide to tell you the service for 'is. late ludship would be tomorrow morning, as you requested, quant .upon irepei 'titg your ludship's cablegram. Oh, yes,; sir, and Mr. Hil- yer was over from Little Deppieg tints afternoon in a motor -,with some ti- dies, air—and asked after you. 'E said 'e would be at the. funeral„ sir," • Hugh frowned; "I will not have ahything to de with, that bounder," he grunted, "'E 'as quite a lively time, so the servants tellnre, your ludshie,? volun- teered Watkins, ,,,"A regular' tense party 'es entertaining now, with for- eign gentry and all." • • "What's' the matter with the man?" inquired Nikka. "Everything') The Hilyers own the next place to 'us—Little Depping, it's called. They were always decant enough people, but this chap, Mon.:ev Hilyer, is a wrong '. He has picked up a reputation'un as a card sharp and society gambler and lately married an actress. We matted on for a while, and then Watkins showed us to where three adjoining bedrooms were made ready. I was up early the next morning, and found Nikita' sitting at a pianoforte in the sunroom. "Ni ckt,," I asked, "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 caravars. I learned to play the fiddle with the Gypsy maestros of ungal y„ "Do you believe the Gypsies play a part in this treasure business?" He nodded. "I tel it in nay bones. It is a Gypsy tradition, remember. Probably we shall find the interest of some Tzigane.trioe crossing curs." "And then?" "My tribe fight for Abet." Ile waved a greeting to Hugh, who came in at that moment. "We were talking about . •ypsies and fighting," he explaired. "Aral it seems that Nikka is a po- tentate who has a tribe to carry out his wishes," d 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 as 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' walk through the park to astle Chesby, As we entered the hive, Watkins ran to- ward us. "Som. body. broke in whilst we were at church„your ludship,” he panted. We hast:ned into the house. A rear door in the centee of the castle—it was really more of a manor than a castle in style—had been 'forced. Desks, wardrobes, chests of drawers, closets, armories, every corner or piece of fur- niture that might conceal anything had been thoroughly ransacked. "Do you suppose they could have found anything?" I asked. W'tckins shot* 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 Hugh, "I wish you'd make inquiries a;ong the roads, and find out if any strangers have been seen around the place this morning." "That's a good idea," said Nikka, "And I'd suggest that we waste no time in going thoroughly over 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 chinnieys. We sounded floors. We took to pieces every article of furniture which aright have concealed a secret drawer and we found nothing beyond ordinary family letters and trash. We went to bet. 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. We hunted for two days. Then we went back and re-examined the West Wing a second time. We ended up in stark disappointment in the Gunroom. Nikka, who had relapsei into one of his frequent spells of silent con- templation, jumped suddenly frim his chair. "If it is here, "s is in this room," he said. 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