Zurich Herald, 1930-07-10, Page 2The Tr.easure of the Buooion
By A. D. HOWDEN SMITH
SYNOPSIS.
Tiug!r Mosby, on `tare death of his
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uncle, becomes ora Mosby, and shortly
thereafter discovers the key to the Trea-
sure of the ktucolson,which was left by
the first Lord c;hesby, the Crusader
Hugh sets out in quest of the treasure,
Which is situated in a house in Constan-
tinople. 1'irith him are Watkins, ins Her -
want; Jack :Nash, and Nikita Guarico.
They
iminals setupon
b ' nebY aTonto nd of
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 Tolcalji, an allyof
Teuton's. They are disguised as GYP
In order to further their ends they con-
sent to Join Tolcal3l's band ouis nan root
Kara, a beautiful Gypsy girl,
for 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 Betty,ging, Jack's cousin, they slip
along the shore bound for the treasure
house, 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 the 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 shoreline, be-
coming visible to our unaided sight,
furnished an index to the progress we
were making.
We moored the launch to a ruined
jetty, a remnant left from former
days.
"The old wall between the two
wings—between the bachelors' quar-
ters and warehouse and the I•Iouse of
the Married—ought to be easy to
climb," I concluded.
"The wall there is very
ry irregular,"ed "
said Betty. W -
hi a number of tirnes by daylight, and
we are all agreed an active man could
climb it."
"That's a good idea," approved
Nikka. "If you could enter by the
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
back for it"
We left Betty to watch the boat and
made the perilous climb to the shore.
At last we found ourselves in the
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 mounting courses, shat-
tered and riven by centuries of neglect,
removed his shoes and starter 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
eternity. Spread-eagled against the
wall, he appeared as infinitesimal as a
fly in the darkness.
Our first knowledge that he had
succeeded came 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, brae -
kg his feet against the wall when he
was tired. Then I went tip. Then my
uncle. Watkins came last. We stood,
bending dow, 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 we 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-. and Nikka will conte
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 Sokaki
Eus. Tiien he advanced, leaving the
i door open against the wall, and un-
hooked the stable4antern which hung
from his belt, He placed this close to
the grating, and prowled over to where
Nikka lay,
'Toutou flashed his knife, and 1
closed my eyes, thinking to see the tor-
ture begin. But when I opened them
again, the knife was slashing the ropes
that bound Nilcko's limbs, Per a see-
1 l loadI'credited the incredible. Were we
to be set free? But no Teuton shea.th-
lilasyeli, the large courtyard on our ed the knife, and crouched before
right, the Garden of the Cedars on our Nikka 'once more, animal like, menac- That never knew
left. The trapdoor was shut, but un- Jug. „ .
astened and Hugh lifted it. The lad I am a bane -breaker, he rasped. A smoky town. Anel there
fastened, low- "I break mien, bone by bone, joint by A rug or two
der was in place under it. Hugh
ered himself gently, and creaked down joint, Have you ever felt your bones ,
to the floor, We fotowed him, The
room was in pitch -darkness..
The hinges of the door rattled slight-
ly as we shifted it. The next moment
we peered through a yawning cavity,
ears alert. ' Not a sound reached us,
and we stole forward with :.e utmost
care. Midway of the hall were the
corkscrew stairs up which Kara hacl
guided Nikka and me. I judged we
were close to then when a door jarred
beside us. Thera was a shout, and we
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.
A Little Prayer
(For Larry)
Is there .a country, Lord,
Where Thou dost Imo))
A place reserved for dogs.
That fall asleep?
Large, airy kennels, yards
For hiding bones;
A little river chattering
Over stones,
Anel wide, green fields for
those
breaking, your sinews cracking?"
He pounced, and Nikka screamed,
screamed"in an excess of agony as the
beast's fingers sank into his shoulder,,
torturing the nerves, tearing the sin-
ews 'and muscles,, dragging the bone
from its socket.
But there was another cry from the
open door. Wi.lr a whirl of skirts a
slight figure darted in, a knife gleam-
ed and plunged home, and Toutou
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
one hand, pistol in the other, stood
Kara, 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, jerked open the door and
ran out into the passage after him.
(To be continued.)
What New York
• CHAPTER 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-
silievich ran up the stair. I heard
somewhere the snarling voice of Tou-
tou LaFitte.
"Jack, hold them for me!" cried
Nikko: "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 wound around my neck. I tried
to hit over my shoulder with the crow-
bar, but somebody caught my wrist.
As I fell I heard Nikka's cry:
"Run, Professor! Save Betty!
We're—"
That was all. Toutou had me on the
floor and was choking the life out of
me. I lost consciousness.
When I came to I was lying on a
very damp, hard floor. Several lights
dazzled my aching eyes, and a number
of people were talking in French.
Alive now to the position I was in,
I opened my eyes wider and tried to
rise. Br.t I was bound hand and foot,
and could not nixie I could, however,
see when. I was. Not far away Hugh
and Nikka were propped against the
stone v: all 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
any 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, in their mod-
ish costumes, looked singularly out of
place. They len„ a touch of unreality
to what was otherwise a singularly
brutish picture. `As I looked, Helene
stepped forward.
"Mr. Nash, do you join with your
friends in ref :ming to give up your
secret?" she saie,.
I nodded.
"Very well," she answered, "we will
leave you to th nk it over. I advise
you to make 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 went out, locking the door
after then.
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 were
prepared for us no matter which way
we came." •
"Did the Kings and Watty gat
away?"
"Must have. Helene and the others
said ...othing about them."
IOf course we had no means of esti-
mating the passage of time, but we
} figured it was well into the forenoon
when we abandoned efforts to escape
our bonds.
"Twenty-four hours must be nearly
up," croaked Nikka.
I fought for a while to work over
on my back; but my limbs had become
so stiff that I could not. I had to lie
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
Imetal, not outside the door of the dun-
geon, but somewhere underneath.
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