The Seaforth News, 1930-08-14, Page 6Tie Treasure of the Buco1ell
By A. D. HOWDEN
SMITH
CHAPTER XXIII.—(Cont'd,)
It was as hard n job as we tackled ,
but after two heats, .Hugh and Ver-
non King were 'lble to pry the slab
loose and let it fall ort with a mighty
splash. Hugh thrust in the end of
his °roe bar, and it struck brickwork.
Our torches showed this to be very
flimsy, and whe it was pounded it
rang hollow.
By t end Of the afternoon we had,
smashed througl an embrasure nearly.
three feet high and four feet long, and
Hugh nominated Betty for the honor
of leading the way into the dim pass-
age which abutted on the hole. The
gest of us crawled in afterward.
The passage was seven feet high
be.d four feet wide. It led straight
back between brick walls into a large.
chamber the roof of which was upheld
by brick piers, The place was musty,
foetid even, and very damp, but as our
torches struggled through the dark-
ness,tho rays were captured and jug-
gled by glinting, sheeny heaps that
were: stacked against the piers and
walls. Betty started forward invol-
untarily. There was a slurring sound,.
and then a tiny tinkling that died
away in a faint murmurous ss-ssh.
"It's gold!" she cried.
We flashed our torches eight and
left. It was true. Great golden piles
sloped away from us. The fragments
of the bags that once had held this
wealth projected from the multitude,
of cons. At the end of the chamber
the paes mounted to the roof. To the
left stood several, tiers of ancient
chests, The first yielded it once to
the point of Hugh's knife. When he
flung the lid back it fell apart, but we
scarcely noticed it ...on: the dazzling
glamor of the gems that seemed al-
most to fight to escape from their
centuries -long imprisonment.
Jewels and jewelry aid massive
plate were heaped in indiscriminate
confusion, huge salvers, cups, chalices,
ainphnrae, bracelets, armlets, amulet,,
brooches, necklares, rings beyond num-
ber—and runnir.g in and out of the
set stones, the endless profusion of
unmounted gems, diamonds, amethysts,
rubies, opals, pearls, sapphires, top-
azes, g :rnets, turquoises, emeralds,
and others I could not name.
Betty threw her arms around Hugh,
as shameless for the moment as Kara
"Oh, I'tn so glad!" she murmured.
"It's as much as you thought it would
be, isn't it?"
Hugh was dazed.
"As m'ich? I never dreamed of any-
thing like this! I told myself it was
up to me to see the thing through on
Uncle Janies' account. But—this! I
say, Professor, how much do you sup-
pose there is here?"
Vernon King swept his torch in an
are arot rd the chamber, the extreme
confines of which ere shrouded in
shadow.
"I am no fiscal expert, my dear boy.
It would take a committee of jewelers
to assess those chest: alone. I should
not be greatly surprised if the con-
tents of this chamber were discovered
to exceed $125,000,000. If—"
"If y aren't very lucky, Hugh, yon
are going to lose all this stuff just
because you were lucky enough to find
it," said Nikki's yoke behind us.
We turned to confront him. Kara's
dark, pa- tacate face was at his shoul-
der. "Win de you suppose is up -
"Mr.' ftileer." I exclaimed.
"tight. She'= not alone. She carne
back with Mahkouf Pasha. I've got
then both safe .tn •'e.r lock and key,
with We. -4t Mil:ali's knife tit their
throats. Still—"
He shrugged his ehaulders,
CHAPTER XXIV,
Relurtantly and with many a back-
ward lick, we retired from that glim-
a merino v-t,r!k of wealth, and climbed
to the +treini. "I'll have that pre-
ciote Mir fetched in if you like," vol-
unteered Ni1k,, as we sat about the
mini. 'But I don't see the use. They
The tingling taste of
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for your sweet tooth.
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A Nothing else gives so much bene -
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1,531)2: N!o. 3'1—'3O
aren't in a mood to be agreeable. Mr
Hilyer is consumed with revenge.
Mahkouf is politely threatening. He
figures that he has us on ch.i hip be-
cause df the killings last night—mu-
der of His Imperial Majesty's subjects
and all that."
"Could we, perhaps,' detain them
sufficiently long to permit us to get
away?" inquired my uncle.
' . "With the treasure? Hardly! I say,
do you realize the sheer physical job
of removing that stuff. In the mean-
time we might hold Mrs. Hilyer with-
out, causing any comment, but Mah-
kou£ is a well known person, Ile isn't
`The Grand' Vizier's Jackal' for no-
thing."; -
"I chink I can use Tokalji towork
out this mess," said Hugh. He'd do
anything for m>ney."
Wasso Mikali' brought in the bri-
gand chief, his broken arm in a sling,
a sour glint of hatred in his eye.
"Tell him," returned Hugh, "that
I'll' give him 100,000 pounds Turkish if
he'll come over to our side, and back
us' up against Mahkouf Pasha."
The cl.ange in Tokalji's manner was
ridiculous.
"He says," translated. Nikka, "that
he will kill the Sultan for you for
100,000 pounds Turkish. But he wants
to see the money."
Then when Watty tramped in fifteen
minutes afterw. re. and plumped .a
bulging sack into the old thief's lap a
miracle was wrought. Sweat beaded
on his forehead; his hands clawed the
lovely stones; his eyes shone.
"Tell him they are his if he plays
fair with us," continued Hugh when
he judged he had made his effect.
"He awaits your orders," Nikka
translated. "Wait a minute. He says
for you not to worry about Mahkouf
Pasha. He, the Pasha, has been smu:;-
gling arms from Roumania to Kemal
Pasha at Angora."
"I kr.ew such precious 'scoundrels BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON
would sell each other out," said Hugh.
"We .1 have Mahkouf in here and give Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur.
him an earful." wished Ti'j+r, n,,,,,.y pattern
The irterv:ew that followed was ab-
surd and sordid. Mah'touf Pasha after
an attempt at hectoring defiance, col-
lapsed completely.
Maude Hilyer was last. Hugh ap-
pealed to her on the grounds of self-
interest.
"It's all very well what you say,
Lord Chesby," she whimpered. "But
what ata I going to do now? Hilyer's
dead. Little Dapping is loaded with
mortgages. His cousin George will in-
herit what's left of it, anyway. And
I—"
"I am not going to pay you black-
mail," returned Hugh coldly, "but you
may call on my solicitors this day two
months."
t.on in which't'ey found' themselves,
I the S1, va still running t.-.ndet 'the old
Imperial registry. She was a tidy
tramp of 5,000 tons odd, and Captain
Malalcovich made no ibjjection to turn-
iag over the neeeseary cabins for our
use. Ile expressed himself' feelingly
as glad to help any one who: was try-
ing to diddle the Tutkish, government,
and he served us with a loyalty that
earned him a considerable' additional
honorarium upon our arrival in South-
ampton.
"I'll anter dour At ff on my mani-
fests after we dear, the port" he said
frankly. "I don't care whether I evar
come b: ek here,. As to Aleikouan-"
the Circassian—"Wer so Mikali can
send her to Salonika when he receives
Word that r have landed ,✓..r gentle-
men. I'll trade with the Greeksafter
this. I'm through with the Turks."
The transfer of. the ,treasure occu-
pied •week, for we could onlywork at
night. The last day after the treasure
boxes were'stowed away, we all'fou.,d
t.r, to go to the British Embassy to
ee Hugh and Betty married,
"Nikka," said T-1 igh. "Aren't you
coming with us?"
"No.. ;✓e are going to wander, Kara
and I. We will go up into .he Rhod-
,pes with Wasso Mikali for a while,
and . then we will tare the Tzigane's
Trail through the Balkans ani over
the Danube and tho Carpathians, on,
on, wherever we choose."
So when the Clava steamed out of
the Golden Horn, Hugh and Betty,
Vernon King, Watkins and waved
goodby to our comrade.
Watkins shook.his head sorrowfully.
"I've been thinking, Mister 'Jack,
sir," he said. "They'll never believe
this story in the Servants' 'All,"
"They'dlbeliev you if you accepted
your share of the treasure," I told him,
"Per'aps," he admitted. "But what
good would it do me, sir? I've no call
for it, and in the cud Lloyd George
would get it, 'int and the hincome-tax
collector."
And for the first and only time in
the course of our acquaintance Wat-
kins irdulged
at-kins"indulged in a broad grin. -
(The End.)
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CIIAPt.'ER XXV.
The next day at Nihka's suggestion
we called upon Wasso Mikali for his
advice.
"A great treasure like .his cannot
be trusted in many men's hands," he
said. "You must put the treasure on
a boat, and you must go an that boat,
yourselves, and you must be sure ton
can trust the captain.."
"But hew can we find such a boat
and captain?" •asked Hugh.
"Leave that a me," answered
Wasso Mikali promptly. "And in the
meantime you must make boxes for
the treasure."
We heard no more from him for a
week. Prisoners as well as captors
labored with saw and hatchet, hammer
and nails. As fast as we shaped the
boxes we carried them down to the
drain and packed them, wrapping gold
and gems in whatever fabrics we could
find around the house, and it this way
we used up all the loose lumber, cloth
and bedding in Tokalji's store rooms.
Then one night as we sat in the
atrium, very aro c,: to hands and fin-
gers from unaccustomed carpentry,
there was a knock on the courtyard
door, and Wasso Mikali ushered in a
tall, lean man in a blue seaofficers cap.
He left this man 1 the courtyard and
came down to us.
"I have brought you a sea -captain
wiu5 does not fear to dodge the law,"
said the old Gypsy without preface.
"He loves a Circassian girl who lives
in a street near the Khan of the Geor-
gians, and I have made it ;,Main to him
that if we do business with him the
girl stays in my custody for surety of
his honesty. Ha is a Russian and his
ship is his own,"
"You did not tell hint what we
wanted hie. for?" questioned Hugh.
"Tell hint only what you must,"
counseled Wasso Mikali. `I think I
have a hold on this man, but I would
not trust him more than I could help."
"Why can't we tell him that we have
made a remarkable find of ancient
statuary, mosaics and that sort of
thing?" I suggested. "He will look us
up, and the story will sound credible
for King. We'll let him know that the
government wouldn't like to .see such
a valuable collection go to foreigners,
and we have to smuggle it."
"That will do,"' Nikka approved.
"And that will explain why c, a must
send the boxes aboard secretly."
We made the deal with the Russian
captain that night. He was not a bad
chap, but a bit put to it to earn the
keep of himself, his r'ew and his ves-
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Fruit Salad Dressing
Here's a nice dressing for fruit
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half cup sugar, mlked with one table,
spoon flour and one tablespoon melted
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Six nice, lean pork chops, six me-
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Pea Souffle
1VIelt 3 tablespoons butter; blend in
3 tablespoons flour thoroughly, add 1
clip milk gradually, stirring constant-
ly until thickened. Add 1 can mashed
peas, 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten, 1
teaspoon minced onion (1 omitted
this) % teaspoon salt and speck of
pepper. Fold In stiffly beaten egg
whites. Bake in moderate oven 30
atiletes. Sreves 6, 'I served this with
escalloped potatoes (with onion, tate
reason for• omitting them with peas)
hamburg loaf, strawberry shortcake,
Menem create pie, bread and butter,
tea and milk for those who preferred
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1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 114 cups
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level teaspoons soda and t teaspoon
baking powder, lie teaspoon cinnamon,
clove, and allspice; and ' egg, Cream
butter and sugar; add beaten egg, ap-
plesauce, in which soda has been dis-
solved; then acid sifted dry ingredi-
ents. Beat hard, and add floured nuts
and raisins, t cup of each.
Ways to Cook Mushrooms
Remove the tope of 1 pound of mush-
rooms and cut in halves or quarters.
Let the stems stew in 2 cups water for
about 10 minutes. To a hot spider add
3 tablespoons butter and melt. Stir in
3 heaping tablespoons flour and let
brown, stirring constantly, Then add
slowly the water in which the mush,
room stems have been cooked, discard-
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mushrooms, salt and pepper and cook
until the mushrooms are tender when
pierced with a fork—about 10 minutes,
Just before removing from fire, dis-
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serve hot, either on toast or on rice,
which has been boiled in an open ket-
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hot water has been poured before
serving.
Mushrooms are delicious saute In a
little butter add added to the last ead
of fricasseed chicken and served on
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Saute mushrooms and chopped hard
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Roll out a rich biscuit dough made
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Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for
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.''Your room, ;Timmy, is very attrac-
tive," said Aunt Emmy -Lon.
"Yes, it's all my own. Every piece
Of farniture•.in it is mint., every pic-
tul'e, even' the carpet. Why. Aunt
Emmy -Loa, T selected the wall -gaper,
And Mother makes mo keep my room,
neat" and clean, thyself. I even straight-
en out the drawers, And Sis does
the same in her room. But it's worth
It I have a lino place to read and
study. ,And the boys litre to come up
here to talk things over."
"Jim is proud of his room," staid his
mother froth the doorway.
vBy the way, hasn't Cris Tobin a
room very much like yours, Jimmy$"
I asked.
"Yes, but much handsomer, Aunt
Empty -Lou. Put he doesn't take much
interest in his things, He doesn't
have to take care of his room -and
he's hardly ever in it. You see his par-
ents are away most' of the time. I don't 4,
believe he realizes lie has a home, or f
knows how much fun you eau have la'
ones'
"You and Sister -Mamie always bring
your crowd here, don't you, Jiminy?"
Aunt Emmy -Lou inquired.
"We sure do, And we can matte
candy and play the radio, take up the
rugs and dance or do anything' we
want to do. And Mom and Dad," he
looked proudly .and eletvotely at his
mother,"are always here to help share
in the fun, and to think up something
else to do. Oh, this mother of mine,"
he laughed as he lifted his dainty little
mother off her feet, "is a peach!"
When Jimmy left his mother told
Aunt Emmy -Lou and me: "01 all looks
easy and -simple`. But ,you've no idea
of the sacrifices we've made and the
outside things We've given up to make
the children love their home like that.
You know what gadabouts Dad and I
used to be? Well, my dears, I soon
discovered the children were follow -
lag suit. When they came home and
found us gone they and their friends
went romping off, too.
"'Well, Mom,' Jim said to Inc one
day, 'T guess home is just a place to
stay in while the automobile is being
fixed.'
"Now that opened our eyes," the tit-
tle mother 'went on, "Dad and 1 de-
ciders then and there that our children
We knew
came first. -we'd have an
up -hili Tight winning them back. We
started by staying at home in the
evenings ourselves. We would casual-
ly say, 'Bring a few of your friends in
for dinner to -night'. Then we'd join ,x
in the fun after dinner. We soon die •
-
covered the young people loved that
kind of an evening. Dearie hie, but
we were happy over it."
"Well, it's fine not only for Jim and,
Sister, but for their friendsas well," -
Aunt Emmy -Lott agreed.
"And for us'!" the mother continued.
"When we saw we were getting such
splendid co-operation we began trying
harder than ever. We encouraged the
children to take more interest in their
rooms, in their home, and in their
town. We're trying to teach them to
be good future citizens as well as
homemakers and hourelovers."
And I went away thinking, "Wise
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Woman's Hand
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is likely to be shorter•. This liar been
confirmed, says Dr. E. E. Free fn trig
Week's Science (New York), by Rug-
gles George of the University of Tor-
onto, and is reported by the Wistar
Institute Bibliographic Service of
Philadelphia. We read:
"The result was obtained, Mr.
'George reports, by examining 630
hands of white adults in,North Ameri-
ca.
"There is no difference between
right hands and left hands in this par-
ticulai; both femiuine hands tending
to have long first fingers while both
masculine hands'tiave long third ones.
Mr. George's ailttoullcement sloes not
commit him to any theory of the cause
of this curious difference, although
some cause must exist in differing ac-
tivities or heredities of the two sexes;
"It is tempting to cor.,4t,ier the dif-
ference a result of diiferea'. habits of
men and women in salvage times or .
in the still more ancient period when
mankind was evolving slowly out of
apelike utacreres, Under.such savage
or prehuman conditions, the male
hand probtebly was need most import-
antly for grasping something; per- h
haps the limb of a tree or the handle
of a weapon. Such use might be ex-
ecell to strew th
p t en and lengthen the g t
g
third finger, which is at the centre of
the grasp. -
`Under the sante social conditions
women, it is probable, had much less
need to grasp things, but greater need
to handle small and delicate things,
like picking seeds from the ground or
out of a seed pod, or handling small
domestic tools like pins or needles.
Thus the first finger•, which fs used
chiefly for such things, got snore exer-
0100 from its feminine owners, and,
grew correspondingly longer:"
Dora—"But mother, I can't marry '
him. He's an atheist•and doesn't be-
lieve there's a hell," ' Mother. -"Go
ahead and marry him, dear!"
A man tvho plays three instruments
in a jazz hand is stone deaf. But he
ought to•think of those wlio aren't,