The Seaforth News, 1930-07-17, Page 6T
1'reasure of the uoo1eon
By A.
D. HOWDEN SMITd
SYNOPSIS.
I•Iugli ChesbY, on the death of his
uncle, becomes Lord ChesbY, and shortly
thereafter, discovers the. key to the Trea-
suro.of the Buooleon,, which was left by
the' first Lord Chesby, the Crusader.
Hugh sets out In ghost of the treasure,
which: is :situated In a house' in Constan-
tinople. With him are Watkins, his ser-
vant; Jack Nash, and Nikka Zaranko,
They are set upon by a band°of desperate.
criminals led by une Toutou, who hope
to steal. the secret and purloin the trea-
sure, ,Nikka and Jack gain access to the
house where the treasure 'is hidden and
which is occupied. by. Tokalit. an ally of
Toutou'$, They are disguised as Gypsies.
In older to further their ends they con-
sent .to join Tolralji's band of young men.
Kars a beautiful Gypsy girl,. is dancing
ter the'young men in the garden when
Toutou arrives, He recognizes Nash and
'•Nikka. Helped by Kara, they shoot their
way out. The next night, in the launch
•of 13etty King, Jack's cousin. they slip
along the shore bound for the treasure
ltouse, which they intend to enter from
the sea wall..
CHAPTER XVI.
Betty cut off the engine just oppo-
site the sea wall. Hugh and Watkins
unlashed two heavy oars from the
cabin roof and thrust them outboard
through oarlocks rivetted to tl.e cock-
pit railing. Side by side, in unison,
they pulled with a long, deliberate
stroke, while Betty steered. It was no
easy task to move that launch across
the swift -flowing tide of the Bosphorus
and it seemed an endless time before
the blurred mass of the sh.:eline, be-
coming visible to aur unaided sight,
furnished an index to the progress we
were making.
We moored the launch toa ruined
jetty, a =inane left from former
days.
"The old wall between the two
wings --between the bachelors' quar-
ters and warehouse and the House of
the Married—ought to be easy to
climb," I concluded.
"The wall here is very irregular,"
us. " Then he advanced, leaving the
door' open against the wall,; and un
hooked the stable -lantern whirl' hung,
from his belt. lie placed this close to
the grating, and prowled over to, where
Nikka lay.
Toutou dashed his knife, and t
closed my eyes, thinking to see the tor-
ture begin. But when I opened them
again, the knife was slashing the ropes
that bound Nikka's limbs. For a sec-
. and I credited the incredible. Were we
to be set free? But no. Toutou sheath-
Masyeri, the large courtyard on ou'
ed the llnife,; and crouched before
right, the Garden of the Cedars on ou INikka once more, animal -like, menac-
left.
minal lilca,menac-
left. The trapdoor was shut, but un ling.
fastened, and Hugh lifted it. The lad "I am a bone -breaker," he rasped.
der was in place under it. Hugh low "I break men, bone by bone, joint by
erect himself gently, and creaked down joint. Have you ever felt your bones
to the floor. We fol owed him. The .breaking, your sinews cracking?"
room was in pitch -darkness. He pounced, and Nikka screared,
The hinges of the door rattled slight- screamed in an excess of agony as the
ly as we shifted A. The next moment beast's fingers sank into his shoulder,
we peered through a yawning cavity, torturing the nerves, tearing the sin -
ears alert. • Not a sound reached us, ews end muscles, dragging the bone.
and we stole forward; with: e utmost' from its socket.
care. Midway of the hall were the Butthere was another cry fromthe
corkscrew stairs up which Kara had open door. Wi.d a whirl of skirts a
guided' Nikka and me. I judged we slight ;figuredarted in, a knife gleam -
were close to them when a door jarred ed and plunged home, and Touton
besidl us. There was a shout, and we started back from his victim, his own
left arm dripping blood. His face was
a queer mixture of rage, lust and puz-
zled alarm And before him, knife in
ore hand, pistol in the other, stood
hare, her eyes blazing with passion,
breast heaving through the rags- of
her bodice, her slender body quiver-
ing with anger.
He turned and fled through the door,
slamming it behind him. She was swift
on his heels, erked open the door and
len out into the passage after him.
(To be continued.)
were: surrounded by a mob of half -
seen figures. They Toured from the
head of the stairs• as well as from the
rooms opening off the hall in which
they had lain concealed.
CHAPl ER XVII.
I reached for my pistol, but did not
have time to draw it. The attackers
surged in from all sides. I had a fleet-
ing glimpse of Hilmi Bey. Serge Vas-
silievieh ran up the stair. I heard
somewhere the snarling voice of Teu-
ton LaFitte.
"Jack, hold them for me!" cried
Nikita. "Must warn—King!"
I swung my crowbar' in a circle, and
backed towards Nikka's voice. He had
shaken himself clear.
"In that door—opposite—reach win-
dow!" he gasped.
We charged and split a path to-
ward the door of one of the rooms. As
we reached it, a pair of gorilla -like
arms wyund around niy neck. I tried
to hit over my shoulder with the crow -
said Betty. `tW : have pa 1 it close bar, but somebody caught my wrist.
in a number of tines by eeyi:ght, and As I fell I heard Nikka's cry:
we are all agreed an active titan could Run, Professor! Save Betty!
We're—"
cli it." That was all. Toutou had me on the
"Th.,t's a good idea," approved floor and was choking the life out of
Nikka. "If you could enter by the me. I lost consciousness.
When I came to I was lying on 0
House of the Married you could seize
the valuable part of the'position first."
"Watty, bring out those tools," said
Hugh. "We shall want the rope for
climbing and a couple of crowbars. If
we need anything else we can send I opened my eyes wider and tried to
back for it. rise. Bt.t I was bound hand and foot,
We ]eft Betty to watch the boat and and could not nu ,e• I could, however,
made the perilous climb to the shore. see u'her I was, Not far away Hugh
At last we found ourselves in the and Nikka were propped against the
stone wall of a chamber, which I sup-
pose you call a dungeon. It had no
window. The floor sloped gradually
toward the centre, where there was a
square stone grating- about two feet
square.
But the most interesting aspect of
my surroundings was the group in the
doorway. Toutou stood in front, his
green eyes sparkling with hate and
lust. Hilmi Bey fawned at his elbow.
Serge Vassilievich and Hilyer were
there. Tokalji frowned at us, hand
on his knife -hilt. Helene de Cespedes
and Sandra Vassilievna, intheirmod-
ish costumes, looked singularly out of
place. They len- a touch of unreality
to what was otherwise a singularly
brutish picture. As I looked, Idelene
stepped forward.
"Mr. Nash, do you join with your
friends in refesing to give up your
secret?" she sal;.
I nodded.
"Very well," she answered, "we will
leave you to th nk it over. I advise
you to slake intelligent use of the next
twenty-four hours. You cannot be
saved. Your friends cannot reach you.
You have twenty-four hours more."
They took all the lanterns, except
one, and wont out, locking the door
after them.
Hugh laughed with hollow mirth.
"That girl Helene has an uncanny
mind. She told the others, when their
trailers reported they had lost us, to
watch out for a raid on Tokalji's prem-
ises. They were so exultant over it
that they blabbed everything. They
didn't hear the Curlew or see her. They
didn't know we were .here until we.
raised the trapdoor, But they weee
prepared for us no matter which way
WS came."
'Did the Kings and Watty get
away?"
"Must have. Helene and the others
said . othing about them,"
Of course we had no means of esti-
mating the passage of time, but we
Keep awake with figured it was well into the forenoon
when we abandoned efforts to escape
very damp,'hard floor, Several lights
dazzled niy aching eyes, and a number
of people were telkini; in French.
Alive now to ,.he position I was le,
jumble of bowlders constituting the
breakwater at the foot of the sea-wall,
'Which reared its moss -grown battle-
ments high overhead. From the beach
it looked unclimbable, but Nikka, after
surveying its moun Mg courses, shat-
tered and riven by centuries of neglect,
removed his shoes and started the as-
cent, an end of the grapnel -rope looped
around his waist.
We who watched him stood with
knocking hearts for what seemed an
eterhity. Spread-eagled against the
wall, he appeared as infinitesimal as a
fly in the darkness.
Our first knowledge that he had
succeeded carne when he jerked up the
grapnel lying o the beach at our feet.
He hoisted it slowly, lest it clash
against the wall, adjusted its prongs
and tossed down the knotted length of
rope.
Hugh followed him with ease, brac-
ing his feet against the wall when he
was tired, Then I went up. Then my
uncle Watkins came last. We stood,
bending clow, on the seaward verge of
the roof over which Nikka and I had
fled the previous night. Naturally and
by right, Hugh took command. It was
his expedition.
"Do ,re go down through the trap-
door ack and Nikka used or do we
use the rope to drop directly into the
Garden?" he asked.
"Best use the trapdoor." advised
Nikka,
"Right -o!" endorsed Hugh cheer-
fully, "Jack, yo" ani] Nikka will come
with me. Professor King and Watty
will be rearguard and second -line for
emergency. use. Stay where you are,
Professor, until you hear from us."
We crossed the roof toward Sokalci
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"Twentds.y-four hours must be nearly
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I fought for a while to work over
on my back, but my limbs had become
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on my'stomach, with my head resting,
now on one cheek, now on the other.
In this position, ear to the floor, it
seemed to me that I heard a clink of
metal, not outside the door of the dun-
geon, but somewhere underneath.
Again I heard it, and almost im-
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- ISSUE Fro- 27--'3Q
A Little Prayer
• (For Larry)
Is there' s eouuti•y, Lord,
Where Thou dost keep
A place reserved for clogs
That fall asleep?
Large, airy keunefs,.yards
• For hiding bonds;
A little river chattering
Over stones,
An
And wide, green Ile!ds for those
That never luiew
A smoky town. And there
A rug or twa
Beton a: fire where sparks,'
Do not,ily out.
Sparks are such nasty things
To have about!
I like to . think there is.
And so I pray
For one small Newfoundland
That diedto=day.
He was so full of tun,
Not very wise::
The puppy look still lingered
In his eyes.
But he was very dear!
He'd come to me
And rest his soft, black chin
Upon my knee.
Thou know'st him. One night
Not long ago
He tramped with ate across
the frozen snow.
And there, beyond the wood.
Peaceful and still,
We met Thee walking on
The moonlit hili.
Lord, keep him safe, wherever
He may be,
And let hint always have
A thought of me.
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Mind acting upon thoughts so as to
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New Planet Apology
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Appeared in 1919
Eugene, Ore.—The celestial ooject,
Pluto, which lead a sensational debut
to this world at Lowell Observatory
Mardi 15, .'early has been shyly wait-
ing to be discovered and p'ibiicized
since as. far back ad 1919, it was dice
closets here. by F. L, Whipple, Lick
fellow in astronomy of Berkeley, wl,o
addressed the Astronomical Society of
the Pacific division at the fourteenth
annual meeting of the American As
satiation for the Advancement of
Science recently on the University of
Oregon campus.
The object was actually visible on
photographs taken at Mount Wilson
Observatory in 191e, bet it hidden
away, with a tare' number of brighter
stars a .1 objects. dimming its light, in
Its vicinity, Mr. Whipple said. When
the discovery was made that it actual-
ly existed, a clue to its 0 hereabouts
was furnished and roar days ago Dr.
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servatory came across a tiny spot on
the 1919 photeease h, With this infor-
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Lick fellow, and also Dr. Nicholson
and N. U. Mayall of Mount Wilson
computed the path of the new planet. 1
Finding' of the transneptuulan ob-
A friendly barb! ject on the 1919 plates is of utmost
—13y Mina M. Brown in Church itnportauoe, since it enables astrono-
Messenger. mers to calculate with exactness the
i orbit of Pluto, and fu. 'ter, these or-
Sandys Dilemma bit findings indicate that the object is
Representative Christiphereon said a planet, although natural scientists
at a dinner in Sioux Falls: still feel tha the possibility of its being
"America, compared with other a coniet'is not entirely excluded.
countries; isan earthly paradise, and
when I hear Communistic growls, I For Slisters —. Minard's Liniment.
can't help thinking of Sandy McPher-
son.
"Sandy, the stonemason, was draw- Walking, running, wood -chopping,
Ing $12 a day,'but when his brother and dancing are stated to be the fav -
front the country asked him how he orite forms of exercise of Mr. Henry
was situated he shook his head. Ford, the millionaire motor tnanufac-
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"'But, holy smoke—'
"'Tile wages, that's the trouble,'
growled Sandy. 'They're so darn high,
I can't afford to take a day •000."
ENTHUSIASM
Montalembert's constant recommen-
dation was to do all one undertook
with enthusiasm. "Without it," he
said, "your life, will be a blank, and
success will never attend it. Enthusi-
asm is the one, secret of success. It
blinds us to the criticims of the world,
which so often damp our very earliest
efforts; it stakes us alive to one single
object—that which we are working at
—and fills us not with. the desire only,
but with the resolve of doing well
whatever is occupying our attention."
Big -Game Hunter (In thrilling
tones): "Once, while I was having a
meal in the jungle, a lion came so
close to me that I chalet teal ie breath
on the back of my neck. what did
L do?" Bored Listener. "Turned your
collar up."
mediately afteswa,d a wholly differ-
ent sound: footsteps approaching the
door..., The two noises persisted to-
gether until the dungeon door was
thrown open with a clatter. I forgot.
all about the first noise in the sight of
Toutou LaFitte, standing by 'himself
in the doorway, his shirtsleeves rolled
up and a grin of horrible anticipation
distorting his beautiful face.
In the doorway he stood motionless
for a moment, surveying the three of
GUILT
Guilt has always its horror and soil-
citudos-but innocence dreads no eye,
innocence suspects;: no tongue.
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Thank you for inviting me,—I had a
charming time;
The people were delightful, the truf-
Res quite sublime'
We talked with wit and nonchalance
about the -Latest Things,
flak! hed
Plashed our small importances, s
our costly ringe.
I left a little early—
I fuel I should explain:
I had an old appointment
-With my friend, the rain.
I ran outside your fine house
Aud through your lordly park,
Up a road, across a 5:'.2,
Until, long after dark,
I reached a hill with one tree,
Where the grass • geew . long
And the rain comes swinging down,
Wild and cool and strung, •
I said, "Hello! -I'm here again!"
The grass was a wide sea,
I heard familiar' greetings;
The rain spoke back to me
The old way, and the,wet leaves
Beat like a thousand wings.
We all talked very wisely
About the Ancient Things.
Thank you again for asking me. It
was, i." I may say,
A most successful party; and when I
ran away
It was because—because—Oh,, how
can I explain?
Something to do with me, something
to do with rain.
—Doris Peel.
What is the difference between a
window facing the street and a per-
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the front, the other a pain in the back
What month do the sheep eat th
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Advantages For
The ChVren
Hilda Richmond
Mr. Schramm was rejoicing.over his
wosfdertutly good year in business,
more because of what he could do for
liis children than for his ownpersonal.
benefits.
"I'm going to get the boys each a
tip top sled," lie confided to his wife
as December twenty-fifth approached -
"When I
pproached."WhenfI was a boy I had to make: my
awn things,' and I want my children
to have some advantages. I well re-
member` how it took four of us boys
to drag the heavy old sled 've cobbled'
together to the hill where • we wanted
to. slide."
Santa Claus was very generous to
the Schramm childr'en,' and their par.'
eats enjoyed the fun as much as they p
did—winding toys and making,wheels
go round on,.Ehristmas morning. It
was an idaat Christmas for coasting,
Sp after dinner in company with a
number of neighborhood youngsters
the three boys set out for thk. hill a
few !blocks away.
• "LetIS go over and watch them,
Mary," said Mr. Schramm, " Vire won't
let them see us, but I'd, like to know
if they are able- to manage their new
sleds, this being the first winter we"vo
lived where they could coast. It's a -
novelty to them, but the Dad coasted"
from November till spring, year after
year, at his little farm home."
Four boys panted along near Mr.
and Mrs. Schramm with a homemade
sled. Their caps . were tied firmly
down with old pieces: of flannel that
might have been a petticoat in former;
days, and their home-made mittens
were clumsy ' and big. Mr. Schramm
looked at them with pity in his eyes
remembering, his own limited outfit hi
boyhood, But the chattering boys
hurried merrily on. They reached the
brow of the hill out of breath and
throwing tllems'lves facedown on the
sled they flew like birds down the hill.
Back they came•panttng and instantly
every boy on the hill was bargaining
for asride. Mr. Schramm became in:
tensely. inte'tested He and his wife
arrived in time to hear their own
children begging to go .dowti "just
once."
Catching sight of their father they
rushed to him to say, "0, Papa, won't
you help us make,a good sled like
that? It is so much better than the
ones Santa Claus made!"
When Mr. and Mrs, Schramm walk-
' ed homeward after watching the fun,
the father laughed as he said, "Mary,
le all my ideas of advantages have had
a severe jolt this afternoon. We'll be
cheating our children if we don't en-
courage them to Meet and overcome
difficulties."
"I'm glad we've both found that out
before the. children are grown up,"
said Mrs, Schramm.—Issued by' the
National Kindergarten Association, 5
West 40th Street, New York City.
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Suit Weighs Seven and a
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"I spent about an hour at the bot-
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armoured' deepwater driving suit"
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Tho dress, which weighs PA cwt„
is the Invention of J. S, Peress, a.
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It is hoped that it will greatly faciil-
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As the wing of en aeroplane imit-
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lobster or crab. In the dress at the
bottout oe a tank I telt strangely like.
a crab in au aqu,rlum,
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cruel grip of any victim or article.
within reach. With practice I was
able to use my unwieldly limbs with
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penny at the first attempt fromthe
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By the latest form of a deoontpres-.
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