The Seaforth News, 1930-06-05, Page 2li
Rich in body and delicate
as blossoms in its flavour
SAWN rg
4'Fresh 1.0the gard sts9
edinvoluntarily its grip on the door,
which swung out past the with a loud
grown. Another beam, of light flashed
from, the shadows close by, focused
On the and snapped off.
"Amerikanslzy!" cried a man's
voice.
I heard him leap through the litter
of furniture, and dimly saw mum fling
him torchat me. 'It crashed against
the dom., and I snatched up a chair,
stooped low and lashed at his legs.
He tumbled in a heap.
741 "Hugh! Nikka!". I shouted at the
top of my lungs
I had my hands full on the instant.
The Italian's helper reached for me
first. I saw hie knife in his hand,
and struck out with my fist.Being a
1-nifefighter, it was what he least ex-
pected, and he went over. I ran be-
hind chi- large centre table, and as the
Italian and the other man closed in,
I reared it on end and toppled it at
them. They jumped .part, and I
found opportunity to heave another
chair at the chap I had just knocked
down,
But I was in for a bad time. Teodor-
eschi and the man who had first rush-
ed me were ugly customers, I slipped
behind the couch- that stood in front.
of the fireplace' and tried to make for
The TraSIIFO of the Buo1eon
Ey A. D. HOWDEN SMITH
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IoldJatne, 1.00Crus del wile' s'i, en
the secret to ttr,• Treasure. eu ut e f I tut uleon
sly the limpe rur .111it rums us The seerei
has been lust, tut Ltd pro>ent 1.ori
Jantt.= discovers It. He Is murdered hy.
R hind or lungs and dies-toi,,,nn1 reieal-
Inr 1t to his Eameess"r to the title. Li0Kh
Che bt Hugh then retiaas trout New
Tort( to the unruly estate and begins a
near. The ;hugs follow and while all'
are at the lata.tril ul' Nut, Ls uncle. the
house Is 1..11 1. 1St I a. 1ornnitn. ai
war -•'me R' un o: Hugh's. and Jack
.Sash. nhn tells ,he sin,'; are Hugh's
bosons const talons.
th-t tiN WITH TIM -STttR?
thieves,' Nikka said when they had
left. ''Sit least, some of. then. The
Italian I made nothing of."
"They said he couldn't speak Eng-
lish," I put in.
"You didn't notice then, that he was
listening to everything that was said,"
observed Nikka.
"No, but I saw him read the rhyme.
up there over the fireplace. He gave
me the shakes."
As I spoke I looked up again at
the overmautel where the Gothic char-
acters showed dimly in the light from
the smoldering logs and the rays of
the sunset. I conned over the four
lines deliberate;;. "Ye Prior's Vent."
"Hugh," I said suddenly, "d'you
happen to have with you the copy of
that other verse of Lady Jane's?"
He produced it from his pocketbook,
without speaking.
I spread the copy before me:
Putte downe ye Anciount riddel.
In I ecente, Seemeli ' ordour.
Rouse, I ye nlystick Sybil,
Vex Hymme who doth Endeavour,
Nor treate Hys effortte tendour.
And in the winking of an eyelid the
cipher leaped out before me.
"I've got 1t!" I shouted, and t
sprang up and danced across the
hearth.
"Here!" I shoved the copy of Lady
Jane's doggerel in front of him and
Nikka. Now watch!"
I took a pencil and drew it through
;all except the first letters of the first
!and last words in each Iine. So:
PI.......„... . o.,...,
R... .. .......... S..
V.. ..... .... ..... E
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CHAPTER V.
1 happened to look up at that mo-
ment, and °utrrised the Italian in one
of his .ligh'111; surveys of 'the roont.t
"Mr. Tel r •.reschi seems exclusive,"
I ,entarke:.
"Oh, he'.'' remarked Mrs. Hilyer,
"I3e speak. en English and he is sen-
sitive •abort j
What a c • neons fireplace," said;
Mrs ltilyer
'-R--ther n nuaint verse there, •tou I
I sn. Ilow fres it run","
:Ch.. pickci it mit slow;y.
til,.-.[. ye Papplst Church-!
01001
W .tilde seke hys Soul's sante is
Hee t t lkened up ye R v sshinge Stone'
Anti tra.iiie ye Priors vent. •
"Deuced ,rid! What does it all
mean
f haven't the slightest idea,” I said.
"You dont euppose. there could be .
some seeret ,loaning to those. words,
do you?" she asked.
1 Melt s'd pick• it out for me,"
I c.tuatete.t.
A ices ti :'tmttht g else you
knew -he Wont on. Our ancestors
were. fond of that sort or thing "
I felt something behind nite and
turned my b a1 The Itat.iatt had left
the table in Cre '•'etre of the roam and
evened tilt t 1 frit ge of our group.
His Breen . Bari .g with an un-
canny vita ,, w;+r' iat.•nt upon
the rhyme ,e0 ` ever -tee n:1.
- lit 111.tw to:h an under-
t.me t p It ',Myer, and .lie nodded.
ae your re—em is, I am
afraid we neee leave est, L_*rd, Ches-
by he colt 1 . er Hugh.
"fly thew y. ii:, -.t interrupted, as
limey were t t.?y to leave. "i meant t0
ask yoM: :111 3101' If seer people see
strang,eres t t here the morning of
n t unelo s een el'I -have r eson to
think the i t se was entered.'
l I was ai .a ,.1 at the sudden silence
that gtii'p d the loom. The Italian
alreaey in the dnorway
after 1 eeettt ,1 of farrtwll. stepped
deli ln.l .l el hard at Hugh.
"Nat that we've heard of;" replied
Mrs. H:lye • p,' enptly. 4.11 of us were
at the funeral. - And if the servants
had no keel anything queer, I01 sure
they would have reported it tome."
"Thanks." Bald Hugh. ."Would it be
too much ti , u t!e for tau to inquire of
them, just the came?"
"Not at all."
"Thanks for the warning, Lord
Chesby. Well let the dogs loose around
the acute after this at night."
Teodoreschi, still standing in the
doorway, rasped a single sentence, and
passed out, The other flocked after
him like hounds over whom the hunts=
man cracked his whip.
• 'I think they are a party of polite
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The result of course, was:
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the window. They headed me off, and
I drove a right hook to the jaw of my
original foe that sent him reeling,
Then the Italian was on me like a hu-
man juggernaut. He swept aside my
blows as though they were harmless,
folded lie in his great arras and tossed
me from him. I spun across the hearth
into the fireplace, and brought tip on
all fours in the ashes.
Every tooth in my head was jarred
by the crash, but I had no time to
think of pain. I heard the gutteral
snarl of the gorilla -man behind me,
and looked to see his knife descending
in a stab that was - 'med inside lily
collarbone. Desperate, I threw myself
backward against his legs, and he fell
on the. couch. Yet he was up again in
an instant, and chopping at pie, with
'foam dripping from his lips.
I had to run, and as I ran, I kicked
the fire -irons in his way. They tripped
hint and his knife went hurtling across
the room into a bookcase. But I could
snot escape. His companion herded nee
back toward him, and presently I was
battling to avoid his clutch. Once
'within his reach, I was helpless as a
child.
His arms wrapped ale like cables;
his wicked green eyes blazed at me
,with insane ferocity; his teeth gnash-
ed at my throat. And his two friends
;hovered near, w'atchieg for an oppor-
, tunity to finish pie with their knives,
i Then I heard feet pattering in the'
hall, a cry of encouragement. I sum-
moned all my strength for one last
struggle.
"Shoot! Hugh! Nikka! Shoot!" I
yelled,
Teodaresclfii lifted me from lay feet,
and turne-i cue face upward in hie
arms. I honestly think he meant to
gnaw through my throat. His pallid
r cheeks gleaned with sweat. His eyes
o were utterly inhuman.. But an auto -
5 :aatic eraeltiti in the doorway, and
E was followed bya choking cry Ile he -
N t sitatod. There were two more shots,
"Prior's Vent!" gasped Nikka. "He and he slammed pie on the floor, with
has found something!" a barking screech of defiance.
"Thre the secret to the location of The net tying I remember was
the treasure is in the Pricr't Vent!" Hugh pouring raw Scotch whisky
I added triumphantly. down my throat -and howood itg
We puzzled over the find, however, tasted.
until bedtime without reaching a de Did you get him.'
I stammered.
cesion. "We got one Yellow" answered
Hugh grimily. "Or I should say,
CHAPTER -vI. Nikka did."
He switched the torch on the body
It was a long time before I went to ; on the hearth. There was a red
sleep, and I suddenly waked tp• splotch over the hearth. The light set-
; The night was very dark, and there le ed on a dark, thin hooknosed face.
was not even a hint of starshine to Watkins stooped, and almost in -
,fight the room. I rolled over, and shut stantly jerked erect,
my eyes, and promptly sat up in bed. "It's the man that toad us 'e came
I thought I had heard a sound. What'from you. On the Aquitania, sir!"
it was I could not say. It was very "Jack, did you recognize the third
faint, a gentle burring rip.
I swung out of bed, reached for a
candle, thought better of it, and cross-
ed to the door communicating with
Hugh's room, It was ajar, and I pok-
ed my head in. I could hear his gentle uncle spoke of."
breathing. Nikka's room beyond hint Hugh leaped up.
was quiet. Outside of us three, only "lbw do you know that, Jack?"
Watkins slept in that part of the "I jus. know, that's all He wanted
house, to bite my throat out like a tiger. Oh,
After a moment's hesitation, I crept he's ToutOu, all right."
'downstairs into the entrance hall, Hugh's face grew bitter -hard•
groping my way in the pitch d: rknes. "I should like to shoot the swine,"
A chink of Iight shone out of the short he admitted,
passage that led from the hall into "You ate very likely to have the
the Gunroom, It flickered away, and opportunity Nikka comforted hini.
returned. Wishing now that I had "Now, see here, you chaps, what are
taken the automatic that lay on the we getng to do with this fellow I shot?
table beside my bed, I stole into the We can't have any publicity, and while
Gunroom passage. The door was ajar'you'may persuade servants not to talk
and I cautiously peered in. aboutan ordinary burglary, you can't
The Gunroom was a pool of shadows, hush them up if it includes a killing."
save only in front of the fireplace, "What's your suggestion?" asked
where a single ray of light played !Hugh.
upon a preposterous figure crouched "Remove him secretly, and tell the
on the mantle shelf. The light came servrnts that nothing is missing and
from an electric torch in the hand of we don't want the affair talked about."
a second figure outlined against the "But where?" asked Hugh.
dying coals of the wood -fire on the "use the Prior's vent," "I suggested.
hearth. I caughe once more the faint They both looked at Ise as if I had
noise like the prolonged ripping
01 gone mad.
tough cloth which had attracted my (To be continued.)
attention upstairs.
The light flashed on steel, and :I
realized that the figure on the mantle -
shelf was working with a small saw
on the panel of the over -mantle con-
taining n LadyJane's verse As I watch-
ed,
he susended his efforts and barked
impatientlyat his assistant. The ray
of light quivered and shifted upward.
For a fleeting rection of a second it
traversed the figure on the mantle-
shelf and focused momentarily on his
head and shoulders.
I gasped. The figure on the mantle.
shelf was Professor Teodoreschi, the
Italian,, who had accompanied the
Hilyer party.
In my amazement my hand tighten- Heal the Sprain with Minard's.
man?"
I shook my head:
"The Italian was the only one whose
face I r ew."
'He is that same T..utou Hugh's
The Changeable Girl
She declares her heart
Is a wide open book;
y
And I fag therein
fancy
I should like to look.
But her changeable mind
Flaps pages a e about,
e s t e g s
And what's written there
I cannot find out.
The most vociferous preachers are
often those whose natural spirits have
led them to drink the deepest of life."
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Apples
(From the Loudon Observer)
Here in the loft
Of the mind they lie,
Seasoned apples
Of memory.
Spring and summer
Watched them grow-
Watched the sue in them
Redden and glow.
Autumn came
And the slow dews fell:
Those apples were ready
And sound as a bell.
Off they were carted
And set in store,
Here where they cumber
The ;hay -strewn floor;
And hardly a finger
Of light shows through,
Ta give them again
Their old bright hue. .
Oh, why is there no one
Climbing the stair,
To sniff their sweetness
And let in the air?
And why is there uo one
Sorting them over,
To carry the best of them
Home, to his lover,
-C. Henry Warren.
Use Minard's for Burns.
USE
Reflect` that life, like every other
blessing, derives its value from its
use alone. -Dr. Johnson.
CONTEMPLATION
If contoi latioou were the "all" of
our religion, it would be no better,
than the best philosoplly..
Policeman (leaping out of the way).
Do you know anything about traffic
rules?" Sweet Young Thing: Yes.
What is it you want to know?
Summer
COLDS
Almost everybody knows how
Aspirin tablets break up a cold -
but why not prevent it? Take a
tablet or two ts'hen you first feel
the cold coming on. Spare yourself
the discomfort of a summer cold.
Read the proven directions in every
package for headaches, pain, etc.
Easy running Mowers
that cut with razor -lila
keeness.
ASmari§ Mower will steep
your lawn -trim andneat
Thorapgh//relk6/e,obsdu /e$
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BROCKVII.L5
In days of yore, if anybody missed a
stage -coach, he was contended to wait
two or three days --for the next one.
Now he lets out a squawk if he misses
one section of a revolving door.
The trap "door spider covers its tun-
nel with a trap door, neatly bevelled
to fit the opening, and hinged at one
side. The door is made of alternate
layers of silk and soil.
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Because of stand-
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price. Built of Clear
Cedar. White Oak. and
Mahogany- beautifully
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60 H.P. Gray Marine
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Oatmeal Parker House Rolls
One cup scalded mills, 1 cup ;',old
cooped oatmeal, 1 Cup sugar, Ye tea-
spoonful salt, eee yeastcake, 24 cup .
lukewarm water, 2 to 3 cups flour. Mix
oatmeal, soalled milk, sugar and salt.
When. lukewarin• add diosolVed yeast
cake. Add• flour to make smooth, stiff
dough. Let rise over night. Knead;
Shape into balls; lay on buttered
sheet; cover with dripping -pan. When
risen to double their bulk press with
floured handle of wooden spoon, al.
most dividing the biscuit. Brush ono.
half with button, press the two halves
together; place on buttered halting
tin; let rise. When light balte 10 to'
16 minutes. o
Spaghetti With Sausages
One green pepper, 1 pound sangages,
baked and then cut in quarters, 1
package spaghetti, 3 quions, cut fine,
14 can peas without juice, 1small can
toinatoes to which a little soda is add-,
ed, yy small can pimentoes and 1 small
can mushrooms (or 1/4 pound fresh
ones salted). Boil spaghetti and onions
M salt water and drain, Parboil green
pepper and cut' in pieces. Bring to a
boil peas, tomatoes, pimentoes and
mushrooms. Combine all.ingtedients
and simmer a few•minutes. Then put,
into a baking dish, cover with, cheese
and bake untie t•heese is melted. One-
half this recipe mattes a good, hearty
meal.
Creamed Chipped Beef on 'Toast
Oncequarter pound chipped beef, 1
tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon, flour,
2 cups milk, salt and pepper to taste.
Pour boiling water over chipped beef
and let stand five minutes; drain...
Make a smooth paste of flour and halt
a cup of the mill[, then add balanceof
milk and pour over beef; add butter
salt and pepper and -pour over pre-
viously toasted and butterer bread.
Serve piping hot•
I•might say that canoed salmon or
canned shrimp may be used instead
of the chipped beet, or crab meat.
Nut Cakes
®Meat from 1 pound peeanu, 1 Pound
powdered sugar, 14 cup flour, whites
is bo VJ 1 6 eggs; 1 CeasPoon vanilla- Pound lint
3 ® � ( Wrests olid mix with sugar and (lora.
9
Beat whites of eggs until stiff. Add
first mixture and vanilla. Drop from
spoon on buttered sheet , Bake 20
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Broadleaf Trees Win
In Battle of Woods
Back 1nAhose earlier days of tree
life, North America looked quite dit•
fereut and possessed a more temper-
ate climate, Rainfall was more abund-
ant. The weather was warmer and
there was a total absence of frost.
The Rocky Mountains had not yet
been formed, writes Charles Lathrop
Pack in "Forests and Mankind," and
the whole continent` was low and
heavily wooded from coast to coast.
At that time there were no regions ,.
of treeless areas like our Great Plains
neither was there any abrupt differ-
ence between the forests of the East
amid West.
The cold, inhospitable wastes of the
areas
Arctic were warm tree -covered
where even the heat -loving fig and
pall, found favorable conditions and
conifers flourished. They were the
highest form of plant life in 1t.
Time passed.- Many thousands of
years., The outlines of North America
had meanwhile been changing. The
Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic Ocean
mingled their waters by means of a
great inland sea that cut through the
Continent. Gradually this great in-
land sea subsided and a large variety
of tropical planta invaded the Gulf re-
gion from the South.
Then came a great and important
change. Following the conifers arose
a class of trees that are commonly
called broadleaf trees because their
leaves are not needle-like, such as the
leaves of the spruce and pine, but
broad and flat like the maple and the
hickory. They were the "moderns"
of the plant world and their coming
brought profound changes to all for-
est Brei They invaded the land and
as the centuries passed they have
gradually taken possession of the
world's most favorable portions,fort
R
ing the pine and spruce and the fir
back until they occupy now the less
fertile places, the high mountainous
countries, the dry suudy soils and the
desert's edge.
In a sense the world has, become\
and still is an immense battle -field be-
tween the cone -bearers and the trees
with broad loaves Gradually the cone
bearers are losing and being forced
oat. During those times of the broad-
leaf trees first invasions lived a few'
trees that exist in our forest to -day -
the sequoia, the bald cypress, and the
ghinko. The rest -the thousands of
others -hare perished and been re-
placed by more recent species.
Pasteurization of;Milk
New England Journal of Medicine:
Nothing, unleM it be stern *ink l y
bc11llig, 1111 in1te Elle place al Pasteur-
ization, and with mink supplies which
are no i
t con t find by an aggressive ,lid.
reliabl
o commission pasteurization
ie
a crying 11ood.
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John D. Rocltefeller is reported
handing out nickels, Alas, for the
!rood old dimes! •
There is nO s11ra couuection bele eea
good looks..:and good character. The.
best luau are seldom the best -looking.