Zurich Herald, 1930-07-31, Page 2IThe Treasure of the .u6oieoll
By A. D. HOWDEN SMITH
SYNOPSIS
Hugh ChesbY, on the death of his
uncle, becomes Lord ChesbY, and shortly
thereafter discovers the key to the Trea-
sure of the Bucoleon, which was left by
the first Lord Chesby the Crusader.
Hugh sets out in quest of the treasure,
which is hidden in a house in Constan-
tinople. With him are Watkins, his ser-
vant; Jack Nash, and Nikka 2arankto.
They are set upon by a band of desperate
criminals led by one 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 Tokalji, an ally of
Toutcu's. In order to further their ends
they consent to join Tokalji's band of
young men. Kara, a beautifuleYPsY
girl, is dancing for the young men when
Toutou arrives, Nash and Niltka are
recognized, but escape. The next night
they coma back in the launch of Betty
King, Jack's cousin, and enter from the
sea wall. They are ambushed and Hugh,
Jack and Nikka are captured. Toutou
starts to torture rikka by crushing his
bones with his hands, but Kara knifes
Toutou and chases him from the room.
Watkins discovers a secret passage and
they escape. Next clay hakins beenbrings
k d
news that Betty King has
napped.
CHAPTER XXL—(Cont'd.)
was scheming to throw the girl, but
as I drew near I perceived that he
had clinched with her in mortal terror
of her knife, She held his own power-
less by her grasp of his wrist, With
one pudgy hand he strove to ward off
he: blade, but he could not control
her lithe muscles. She tore her wrist
free, the steel drove home through
his sodden frock -coat and he collapsed.
Kara pulled out her knife as casu-
ally as though it bad been a familiar
occurrence, and turned to watch
Nikka's fight with Toutou. Nikka
from the corner of his eye saw the
two of us, plainly waiting e chance to
help him and he leaped clear of the
circle of his enemy's knife long enough
to snap:
"Let be! I finish this alone!"
The vaulted roof echoed his works.
'a'he "drieelrip" of curie and fungi
vias a ME anehcly pun^tuation for.
theist. But the rcatlion loosened our
taut nerves, Tt e r lie thought ef alt
of its to comfort laugh.
"Let's search the walls," said Nikka.
Everyone agreed to this plan. King
made a careful study of the stonework,
in which k assisted him, with a view
'of ascertaining beyond any doubt
whether there was any sealed opening
In its walls. Hugh and Betty wearied.
of so unexciting a task and left us to
explore the upper end of the drain.
We had been at this for rather more
than an hour, without the faintest hint
of success, when we were interrupted
by a hail from Hugh,
"Professor! jack! Come here!"
"Oh, Dad," called Betty, "here's a
funny inscriptic.r on the wall."
We dropped into the water and
waded to where they were standing,
with their ,torches bearing on a patch
of marble let into the rough face of
the right-hand wall. Hugh was work-
ing with his knifepoint, scraping away
the moss and fungi that partially ob-
scured the letters.
"I saw it by accident," bubbled
Betty. "My light just happened to
catch on this piece of stone here as
we passed it."
The stone was about three or four
feet square, and bele e 'it was another
similar one. Abo"e the Greek letter-
ing was an elaborately scrolled cross.
"What is it, Dad?" asked Betty.
CHAPTER XXIII.
"It says," began King, "and mind
you I am translating roughly—"In the
year after Christ 1185 and of the In-
diction 2, Andronicus, the scepter
wielder, Christ -loving: Emperor of the
A woman screamed again, horribly,
so that it rasped your heartstrings. It
was Maude Hilyer. She stood, with
hands clutching her cheeks, her gaze
fixed on the centre of the room. where
Montey staggered against a pillar, the
blood from a punctt.red lung gurgling
in his throat.
Hugh, relieved of the Englishman's
attack, was taking pot-shots at Tou-
ton and Hilmi. I saw Tokalji slip
through the door into the rain, and as
Vernon King ran up the stairs from
the atrit.m Hilmi followed the Tzigane
and Toutou jumped through a window,
squawling like the big cat he was.
Behind ine Watkins was scientifically
roping Sandra, hand and foot, regard-
less of the curses she spat in three
languages. Vassilievieh had fainted
from the pain of his wound. Maude
Hilyer sat on the dirty floor, under the
single wobbling lantern that remained
intact, and cradled the bead of her
dying husband.
As I reloaded my pistol, I felt a
pressure on my back. I turned and
very nearly impaled myself on a long
knife -blade. A tense, willowy figure,
bare-footed and tumble -haired, stood
over me.
"You are Jakka," said Kara in the
Tzigane dialect—I could now under-
stand simple phrases. "Where is
Nikka?"
Dumbfounded, I - pointed •to the
courtyard.
With a single leap, she vaulted
from the window Toutou had escaped
by..
A whistle shrilled in the courtyard.
"Hugh!" It was Nikka's voice.
"Jack "
"They seem to be waiting for us
out there," I said.
"Yes" said Hugh. "Betty keep an
eye on Mrs. Hilyer end the Russian
girl—and her brother."
"Don't you worry about me,". an-
swered Betty valiantly. "I can take
care of myself. Do hurry!"
"Coining, Nikka!" shouted Hugh.
And to us: "The big fight is the key to
everything. We must break it up.
They've got Nikka pinned in."
Tokalji's gang facets aroand as we
attacked their rear; but we went clean
through them and almost drove on to
the knives of Nikka's party.
"After them!" panted Hugh. "We've
got 'em breaking."
Nikka called to his men in their
own tongue and they linde up with
us in a thin file across the courtyard
from wall to wall. There was a crackle
of pistol -fire in front of us, and a knot
of figures swayed into view, distorted,
indistinct.
Toutet: and Hilmi Bey went fox
Nikka. He waa bleeding from a cut
in the arm, and all his men were en••
gaged. I started to go to Nikka's aid,
but a man sprang at me from nowhere
and I was obliged to dodge him until
I had a chance to shout. When I look-
er agani. Nikka and Toutou were circl-
ing each other, and Hilmi was at grips
with Kara.
At first I thought .;lie Levantine
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CHAPTER XXII.
I couldn't have helped him, in any
case, for as redoubtable a person as
Tokalji, himself, attacked me that
moment. Watkins loomed in the mist
and brcught down his trusty crowbar
on Tokalji's knif -wrist. He produced
some rope from a pocket and deftly
twisted the man's arms behind him.
My one thought was of Nikka. Ton -
ton had a huge advantagee in reach,
but Nikka had the benefit of lithe I Romans, built this drain new from the
agility, a wrist of iron—the result of tide level."
years of bowing; a hawk's eyes; and He broke off.
all the tricks with the blade that the "So far it is no different from thou -
people of his race have amassed in sands of other inscriptions we might
centuries of bloody strife. Twice find on the city walls. But now comes
Nikka tried a certain trick, a combing- the part I cannot understand. • "If
tion of lightning thrusts and clever there were tongues, many might praise
footwork. But the Frenchman parried hint'."
it each time and retaliated so quickly "Then there must be something in
as to drive Nikka out of reach. it," Betty insisted. "`If there were
My heart leaped in my throat when tongues many might praise him.'
I saw that Nikka was trying for the Don't you see what it means? There
third time the trick which had twice were no tongues to praise him. This
failed. His knife went up in the same work was not known at the time.
way he shifted posture as he had in Why?"
his other tries, and Toutou mechanic- "He may have murdered all the
ally side-stepped as experience had workmen," replied her father slowly.
told him was safe and aimed a stab "Exactly," triumphed Betty. "And
which should have cut Nikka's throat. why would he have murdered them, in
But Nikka was not there. He had order to keep this work a secret? You
varied the trick. Stooping, his knife see he built the drain new from the
had fallen, then sliced upward—and tide -level, probably to this point. That
Toutou staggered and fell forward. means there was a drain, but it needed
Kara hurled herself into Nikka's repair and he seized the opportunity
anus.
"You are the greatest knife -fighter
of the Tziganes!" she cried triumph-
antly. "You art. a king! You are my
man!"
Wasso Mikali, his surviving young
men, King and Watkins, were guard-
ing thirteen shivering Gypsies in the
lee of the bachelors' quarters. In re-
ply to questions, Tokalji told Nikka
that there had been fifteen of their
band on the premise:. A search of
the courtyard disclosed two of then
dead.
The one lantern was still flickering
whn we entered and Betty rose to
greet us.
"Thank God!" she said soberly as
her eyes envisaged n.. all. "Only Mrs.
Hilyer escaped."
"Isn't she here?" asked Hugh.
"No. I don't know just when she
left."
Nikka and I sped back to the street
door. It was ajar.
I was feeling very weak. My shoul-
der throbbed.
Nikka caught me as nay knees bent
um.der me. I felt the rain on my eye-
lids and then everything was blotted
out.
When I opened nay eyes Watkins
was bending over me.
"Well, I'm going to get up," I an-
nounced. "My shoulder feels better."
Nikka strolled in from the court-
yard.
"Hullo, Jack!" he greeted me.
"Tough luck you had to stop a bullet,
although my uncle claims the bullet
missed the bone."
"Any news?" I said. "The police—"
"No, the storm covered the shooting.
Hugh has been to Para with Betty in
the Curley this morning, and they
heard no comments. The only danger,
I think, is from Mrs. Hilyer."
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Northcliffe Left His Mark TimeOn Fleet Street For All
•7571
All newspapers, certainly on the pro- 'was in the air. Northcliffe was not
duction side, bear testimony' to f ther one among many who were planning•
late Lord Northcliffe. They may dm
in their methods of presenting policy,
but with regard to make-up and gen-
eral appearance, from the "Times"-
Lord Northcliffe was its proprietor
•
to improve m .
"He stood alone; his notions were
scoffed at. He had to convert all ,who
worked with him to faith ha his re-
velation; he had to teach them the
new technique. Thus be revolution-
when
evolution
when he died—to the smallest daily,
izecl journalism. He created a new
or evening paper, his methods of pr
auction hold the field. Mr. Hamilton
Fyfe, in his book, "Northcliffe: An In-
timate Biography" (Allen & Unwin)
brings this fact `out. He writes:
"We can say for certain that if
James Watt had not discovered how
to use steam power, if Stevenson had
not applied that power to a locomo-
tive, if Cooke and Wheatstone had not
invented the electric telegraph, if Mar-
coni had not transmitted the first
message by wireless, someone else
would have done thes things.
"They bad to be clone. Many were
working along the same. lines. The
time had come for advances in man's
mastery of the elements. Most great
inventors have thus been agents for
their age. They happened to be the
first to put in practical working ideas
that were in many minds.
"But there was in the nature of
things no reason whatever why Bri-
tish newspapers should not have re-
mained very much as the) were to-
wards the end of the nineteenth cen-
tury. German and French newspapers
have altered little. It could not be
said that a revolution in journalism
Concentrated flared fulness at left -
side front of the skirt, distinguishes
this slenderizing model of printed
crepe silk.
The surplice bodice contributes fur-
ther slimming effect by detracting
from breadth.
A flat girdle encircles the hips. It
creates a swathed movement caught
with decorative buckle.
The vestee has becoming rolled col-
lar.
Style No. 2533 can be had in sizes
36, 38, 40, 44, 46 and 48 inches bust.
It is very pretty and wearable in
printed chiffon cotton voile.
Shangtung, crepe de chine and
to hide his treasure. Hugh where are printed dimity make up lovely.
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"Lord Northcliffe in his youth fought'
and won a •gallant dight against ad-
versity. He quickly attained a pre-
dominant position in the Press and
beyond, and his influence war largely,
to ameliorate the position of his fel-
low -workers by shorteninc hours and
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"In some direction' the energy that
he breathed into journalism has no-
ticeably slackened. Newspapers have
settled down to doing mechanically
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asm. He left a mark on his age. which
cannot be overlooked, whist never will
be. For the newspaper was among that
age's most prominent and powerful in-:
stitutions—powerful, that is to say, in
its influence on the public mind, the
national character; and the news-
paper as'we know it was the creation,
of this one man.
Contrary Mary
You asks why Mary was called con-
trary?
Well, this is why, my dear:
She planted the most outlandish
things
In her garden every year:
She was always sowing the queerest
seed,
And when advised to stop,
Her answer was merely, "No, indeed—
Just wait till you see the crop!"
And here are
child
(Although not nearly all) :
BanallarCiSSns and eucumberries,
And violettuce small;
"There are three things to be clesir- Make friends—for the your Potatamatoes, melonions rare, •
ed on earth—life, happiness and liber- have the greater will be your power And rhubarberries round,
ert K. Chesterton. and the happier your days; but do not With porcupineapples prickly -rough
slobber in the making of them, for a On a little bush close to the ground.
Liniment for all Strains. wet mouth accomplishes nothing.
some of the
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my
Minard's
more
made preparations for the search. We
set to work- and it was only a matter
of a few minutes before the stone was
detached from its neighbors, and
Nikka thrust the tip of a crowbar
under its edge. Below it was a second
stone of equal dimensions, granite, un-
mortared, although the dust of ages
had sifted into the cracks around it.
This yielded to our efforts much sooner
than had, the cap -stone.
We poked our torches into the hole.
All they showed was a steep flight of
stairs descending straight `into black-
ness.
Hugh lowered himself, feet first.
The others followed hhn, one by one,
and I brought up the rear.. The pitch
of the stairs was sharp and were bare-
ly wide enough for one man. They
terminated in a passage that led off
at right angles, with an appreciable
downward slope.
"Hold tip!" Hugh called back to us
a moment later. "Hetes an opening
into amid* passage, There's a step
down. Why, this is the drain again!;'
We joined hint, incredulous, only to
be convinced at once that be was right.
The passage deboriched`on the sewer
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ISSUE No 30----230
Miss Broadway '30
Carman's Boyhood
Home Preserved
Memorial Tablet Marking.
"Old Shore House" is
Unveiled
Fredericton, N.B. — The boyhood!
home of Bliss Carman has been pre-'
served for posterity through the ac -1
tion of the provincial chapter of the'
Imperial Order of Daughters of the'
Empire.
A bronze memorial tablet marking
the "Old Shore House" in Shore
street where the poet spent his youth.
was unveiled recently.
The province whose natural beau-
ties he immortalized in verse, the
I.O.D.E., and the profession, which
brought him fame were represented
at the ceremony.
Hon. C. D. Richards, Minister of
Lands and Mines for New Brunswick,'
delivered the chief address and un-.
veiled the simple but impressive
plaque.
The tablet is the first memorial
erected to Bliss Carman, who spent
the latter part of his life in the Uni-
ted States and died a year ago in.
Connecticut. His ashes were brought
to Fredericton and interred at a
state funeral in Forest Hill Ceme-,
tery here. A movement is under,
way to erect a statue to him in Fred-,
ericton.
Scotland For Sunshine
She gathered the stuff in mid-July
And sent it away to sell—
And now you'll see how she darned
her name,
And bow she earned it well.
Were the crops hauled off in a farm-
er's cart?
No, not by any means,
But in little June -buggies and automo-
beetles
And dragonflying machines!
—Nancy Byrd Turner, in "Zodiac
Town."
Scots Will Restore
Historic Old House
Edinburgh.—Plans were passed re-
cently by the Dean of Guild Court for
the restoration of Huntly House, one
of the Canongate's most historic build-
ings. It is to be used as part of the
new city museum.
The scheme includes the restoration
of the wing behind Huntly House that
contained the Canongate Rammer-
men's convening room. Later, it is
hoped to take into the scheme Ache -
son's House, a notable seventeenth
century mansion, and other buildings
adjoining. •
The present exterior, which is dated
1570, stands some seven feet forward
from the older front, which is believed
to date from the time of Flodden.
"The Biggest Dam"
The clergYiniln who always said "As-
suan" when things went wrong on the
golf course, because Assuan was "t'he
biggest dam in the world," will have
to change his "swear -word."
A great dam has just been tom•
pleted on the Gatineau River, Quebec,
which has a capacity nearly double
that of the Assuan Dani on the Nile.
It has been built to ensure sufficient.
water -power for industrial purposes
even in dry seasons.
"It's sunnier farther North" is the
paradoxical promise that Scotland is
making to holiday folk this summer.
Paradoxical—but true! The fartheri
north you go, the longer grow the snnm-.
mer days, and therefore the more sun
shine you may expect to got.
Already, figures show that, during u
number of months this year, Scotland
has been sunnier—and even warmer,
—than ^nglalyd. In one month .Aber-,
Been actually headed the sunshine
list, with six hours' more sun than
Penzance has enjoyed; while, time.
month after, Tiree, in the Hebrides,,
camp first for sunshine.
When the sun does shine in Scot';
land, apparently it does so whole••
lmeartetlly. Answers.
The Assuan Dam was constructed in
order to retain water for irrigation. It
I'd interesting to note that, when it
was opened in 1902, he capacity of the
reservoir was less than'half what it is
to -day. Since thea ,the ,clam hips been
made higher, thus increasing the ca.
parity. --Answers.
,., (4 "I've changed my mind," He,
was;"i electocl dWen, doe,s it work any better?",
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�thing for this!' g>;oaned Hugh. , participated.
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