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CHAPTER IX—Continued
—12—
After a while ray cousin pushed
back his hat.
“As a child,” he said, “I never
liked bllndman’s buff—boys and
girls, I mean I liked it less. That
dislike I have never lost." He
put his hands to his head. "I’d give
a hell of a lot to know where Pha
raoh is.”
I looked at him sharply. The
last few words he had spoken half
to himself, but his tone was the
tone of a man who is worried to
death. Because I was fond of
Geoffrey, the Instinct to share his
trouble lifted its head, and in that
moment my apathy fell away.
"Pharaoh. Yes, whore was Pha
raoh? and what would Pharaoh
do?"
As I asked myself these ques
tions, my newly awakened inter
est leaped into life. I saw that
here to my hand was the very dis
traction I needed to drive my dis
temper away: the location and des
tination of Pharaoh and Pharaoh’s
men.
Yorick and its treasure be
damned— I had my own quarrel
with Pharaoh. Ten days ago he
had murdered a fellow-man; I had
sworn to bring him to Justice, and
so I would. More—a hundred times
more. My duty to Helena was
over; the yoke that had cumbered
my efforts was off my neck.
I began to think hard.
Pharaoh would be close to the
castle. Not, of course, at Plumage.
But Pharaoh would be close to the
castle because he was up against
Time.
I had no doubt at all that he
► meant to attack.
The position was formidable, for
Yorick was up in arms. But what
were its walls and sentries, when
more than a million sovereigns
were lying within? And since finesse
had failed. Pharaoh was going to
do what Pharaoh had done before.
He was going to commit burglary.
Once within the castle, a gang of
four such men could have its own
way. What were footmen and
. grooms and porters? Only troops
could cope with the violence which
these felons were ready to offer
to gain their ends. Throe or four
writhing servants, and the Count
ess must open her cellar and bid
them take what they would. Who
knew better than Pharaoh that
ruthlessness pays?
I remembered that Helena told
me that when she went to Salzburg
she carried a thousand sovereigns;
that these were contained in two
boxes; that each of these weighed
nine pounds. Allowing for the
weight of the boxes, I reckoned
that the Rolls could carry at least
fifty thousand sovereigns in canvas
bags. And fifty thousand sovereigns
meant seventy thousand pounds.
The calculation bore fruit.
Before I had finished my sum,
I knew where Pharaoh would be.
And that was as close to the castle
as he could bring the Rolls.
A moment’s reflection assured me
that Pharaoh would make no use
of the entrance drive. That was
too dangerous.
I was ready to wager a fortune
that the Rolls was now standing
in Starlight—the lovely coppice less
than two miles from Yorick. And
where the Rolls was, was Pharaoh;
her way was his line of advance and
his line of retreat. The thing stood
out. In the woods between Star
light and Yorick—somewhere there
Pharaoh would be.
I began to wonder how Pharaoh
would enter the castle. If Rush coul'.l
reach a postern. . . . But how could
they cross the bridge?
Here, with a shock of dismay, 1
remembered that I was unarmed.
For a moment my hopes seemed
dust. Then I saw that this was a
matter in which I must use my
wits. My cousin would arm me, if
I could show him good cause. This
would not be difficult. I was so sim
ple a fool that he would never
doubt my good faith. I began to
think how to deceive him.
“This home-coming stunt," I said.
“Won’t Pharaoh be there to receive
us—at the mouth of the entrance
drive?’’
".As like as not,” said my cousin.
“The only thing is that unless he
heard or saw Lady Helena leave the
castle, he’ll never imagine that
either of you are outside. So he
won’t be ready. But we’ll have
to go by all out. All the same. I'm
damned uneasy. I can sympathize
with detectives who are answer
able for the safety of royalty. And
I know very well what they'd do.
They’d take her straight to Salz
burg and put a guard on her room."
He gave his head to the air. ‘Tm
tempted to go by Plumage, but, to
tell you the truth, I'm afraid to
get out of the car. If we meet the
fellow on foot, we re damned wTell
done. Will you go with her in her
4r ?"
•‘No,’’ said I. “I won’t. I'll follow
with Barley behind.”
"All right,” said Geoffrey, “all
right. But Barley's the better shot,
so you’d better drive.”
I thought before replying.
“Incidentally.” I said. “I haven't
a pistol to fire—or any sort of
weapon, for the matter of that.”
“You won't need one. If you
drive.”
“I’d rather have something.” 1
said. “I’ve been caught bending
once through being being unnrmed.”
"Perhaps you're right,” said Geof
frey. He put his hand to his side
and unfastened a hunting knife.
"Knives seem to be your portion,
but except my pistol, I haven’t any
thing else."
The blade was sheathed, and 1
slid the knife into my pocket with
out a word.
“And allow me to add,” said my
cousin, "that I am immensely re
lieved to see you showing some
signs of taking thought for your
self. I take off my hat to valor, hut
to valor plus discretion I go on my
knees.”
And at that moment we heard the
drone of a ear.
Two minutes later Barley drew
up beside us in a smother of dust
“O. K.?" said Geoffrey, shortly.
“Every time, sir,” said Barley.
“It couldn’t have gone more easy
if you’d been there. The old fathers,
they wasn’t half pleased. Ilis lord
ship come to his senses as we wns
gettln’ him out, but I don’t think
he cared what happened—his head
was too bad. An’ when he saw the
monks an’ the gateway, I think he
thought he wns dead. I gave them
your note and I showed them the
‘punctured wound.’ I’d made it with
my trousers’ buckle, same as you
said. That was good enough for
them. Four of them carried him off,
an’ two of the others rushed off to
heat the irons. I only 'ope they
don’t take the leg off.”
My cousin strove to steady his
voice.
“Hush,” he said. "Her ladyship
knows quite enough."
I turned to see Helena approach
ing.
“All’s well,” said Geoffrey. “Tour
brother is safely bestowed. I think
we’ll all be the better for breaking
bread.”
Helena nodded.
“I’ll sit with Barley,” she said.
“I’ve got to try and show him the
way to my car.”
Ten minutes later we sighted a
good looking coupe, tucked under a
rock that looked like a leaning pul
pit, by the side of a fall.
As Barley slowed down—
“And now,” said Helena.
“May I come with you?” said my
cousin. “I’d like you to drive.”
“Very well. But Barley must
lead. I don’t know the way.”
This was not at all to my liking,
but happily Goefrey stepped In.
“Barley shall lead,” he said, “till
we’ve eaten and drunk. After that,
I’d like to go first. Please do as
I say.”
Helena hesitated. Then—
“All right,” she said.
After some 1! miles we stopped
at a wayside inn. The fare was
rough and all the appointments
most rude; but I think we were all
four thankful to break our fast.
Though they did not know it, I was
a good deal more thankful than
anyone else; the others would find
plenty at Yorick, but God only
knew when and where I should eat
again.
No more was said of the order the
cars should take, and when our
meal was over, the coupe was un
der way before I had taken my
seat.
Quick as a flash—
“You’ll have to drive, Barley,"
I said. “You haven’t heard, hut
Dewdrop stuck me last night. I
think he found a muscle or some
thing. I’m stiff.”
“Very good, sir,” said Barley, and
took the wheel.
A mile or two later—
“Where's your pistol?” I said. “I
don’t anticipate trouble, but now
that you're driving, I’d better have
it i\ case. I suppose you can guess
wto's got mine.”
As Barley surrendered the weap
on—
“Her ladyship did tell me some
thing. Fancy Dewdrop stabbin’ you.”
I was now well armed; but, rack
my hralns as I would, I could think
of no way In which I could give
Barley the slip.
The position was this. I wished
to alight as close as I could to
Yorick, yet not at the castle gate.
Some s(H>t In the entrance drive
would have suited my purpose well.
It had been arranged, however, that
the last three miles should be cov
ered as fast as ever they could. Un
less. therefore, I left the car be
fore we approached the mouth of
the entrance drive, I should have
to wait until we had crossed the
drawbridge, and that would be the
end of my effort, for I should be
seen retreating, and Geoffrey and
Barley would follow and spoil my
game. It looked as though I should
have to enter the castle and leave
by some window or other as Pha
raoh had done. But then there was
always the drawbridge, flooded with
light. . . .
Happening to glance at the mir
ror—the car was closed—I noticed
the great Alsatian crouched on the
hinder seat. It occurred to me
that the dog was there to watch
me. My decision to cheat this sur
veillance hardened into a stony and
vicious resolve.
One thing was in my favor—dusk
had come in. And since Helena was
not hastening, night would have
fallen by the time we came to the
drive. So my cousin had ordered,
for though I think we all knew Hint
the risk of encountering Pharaoh
was very slight, it was Helena’s
presence that hoisted the flag peril
and made it essential that we
should omit no endeavor to keep
her person safe.
Again, it would have been worse
to have been in the leading car.
The net might have been drawn
rather tighter — but that was all.
My chances seemed desperately
thin. . . .
In this state of mind 1 spent the
next fifty minutes, smarting. And
then at Inst, a mile from the en
trance drive, the tail-light bore to
the right and the coupe slowed
down and stopped by the side of
the way.
At once we did the same—and,
somehow or other, 1 felt that my
chance had come.
“I’ll see what they want," 1 said,
and slipped out of the car.
As 1 came to the door of the
coupe—
“Look here, my son,” said Geof
frey, “Lady Helena wants you to
lend. I don’t think It really mat
ters, and so I have given way. From
now on put down your foot and
don’t take it up again till you’re
over the bridge.”
“Whatever happens,” said Helena.
My hlood was boiling.
“Is that an order?" I said.
“You gave It that name,” said
Geoffrey. “But we’re going to do
the same.”
“All right,” I said. “I don’t care.”
I made my way hack to Bar
ley and opened my door.
“I’ve got to leave you,” I said.
“They want me to ride with them.
After Some 14 Miles We Stopped at
a Wayside Inn.
You’re to go first now and don’t
lift your foot till you get to the
castle gate. You’ll be keeping them
back as it is, for the coupe’s the
fastest car.”
‘•Very good, sir,” said Bnrley.
I slammed the door and stood
back and he let in the clutch.
As the car leaped forward I fell
on my face in the road.
I watched him pass the coupe—
and, a moment later, the coupe drew
into his wake.
In a savage triumph I watched
Its tail-light diminish. Then the
road bent round to the left and it
flicked out of sight.
CHAPTER X
Pharaoh's Way.
\|Y SIX-MILE walk to Starlight
•L’'-*- did me a world of good. It
seemed to limber my muscles and
steady my wits; the darkness se
cured me, the cool night air re
freshed me, the silence rested my
mind.
A furlong before 1 reached the
place, I was careful to leave the
road and to make my way through
the woods for the next half-mile.
I believed it was that that saved
me, for as I shall presently show,
half an hour later Geoffrey and Bar
ley and Sabre came down that sin
ister three-way spot.
I heard the ^Vlsatlan coming a j
minute before he arrived.
For s moment my heart stood
still, and then I saw that if Helena
was not wiih him I ought to be able
to charm him from his duty to Geof
frey into a service he knew.
lie found me seated a little way
up the track.
In a flash I had him by the col
lar and had flung an arm around
his neck.
“Sabre,” I breathed, “Sabre, don’t
let me down. Stay with me, Sabre.
I’ll be glnd to have you. I’m on a
good thing. Sabre. And you can
help me, old fellow, to pull it off."
So we stayed for five minutes.
Then, with my hand on his col
lar, I got to my feet.
I am sure the dog knew that
the business on which I was bent
was perilous stuff. From that time
on, no man could have been more
sagacious, more swift to make
report, more scrupulous to obey.
And, well as I saw, his sight was
better than mine, for he saw the
Rolls before I did, and checked me
by standing still.
The car had been backed up the
track and so stood ready to leave.
No one at all was with her. iier
radiator was cold.
For a moment I hesitated, won
dering whether or no to make some
disconnection and so disable the
car. And then I decided against
this. The outlook was too uncer
tain ; before now I had wanted a
car, and wanted It quick. I took
my knife from its sheath and turned
to the delicate business of running
my quarry down. . . .
And here for the first time I saw
that Sabre alone was going to save
my venture from becoming ns ab
ject a failure as ever was seen.
As though I had told him my
plight. I felt Sabre lower his head.
Then he moved past the Rolls, led
me up a sweet-smelling hank and
presently out of the coppice and
into the rolling park.
When the lighth go out,” said
Dewdrop. “Thath what he thald.”
“That's right," said Bugle. “That’s
’ow we done that villa down in the
souf of France. That was a show,
that was. You never see such pre
cautions against a poor thief; ’otise
like a prison turned inside out—an’
'alf a packet of candles between two
'undred rooms, Ally Sioper was In
that with Pharaoh. I cnn honr him
laughin’ now as he opened the gar
den-door. ‘Dear brothers,’ he says,
‘I’m afraid there’s some bandits In
side. So don’t yon go for to cross
them by showin’ a light. Just as
we makes the bnllroom. a (lunkey
comes bustlin’ In with a candle In
each of his hands. ‘All lights out,’
says Pharaoh, and shoots him dead.
Talk about panic. We well helped
ourselves.”
“But the stuff was there,” said
Rush. “That’s what gets me. Pan
ic’s all right, but we don't know the
way to the gold."
“Pharaoh’s fly,” said Bugle. “It
ain’t only the keys you can make
wot can open doors.”
There was a little silence.
The three were sitting in the
meadows, just clear of the woods—
not between the castle and Star
light, but close to the entrance
drive. The lights of Yorick were
showing a furlong away.
I was crouching directly behind
them, ngainst the trunk of a tree.
Sabre, beside me, was standing still
ns a rock. I could, I believe, have
killed two—perhaps all three. But
it was Pharaoh I wanted, and Pha
raoh was not there.
I could not follow their reasoning.
Why should the lights go out? In
tttf ordinary way the lights were
put out at midnight—perhaps be
fore. But now the case was altered;
the drawbridge had to be watched.
And thefl this talk of panic. . . .
Had Pharaoh suborned some serv
ant to do his will?
Rush lifted his cuff from his
wrist
"Twenty past eleven,” he said.
“Gawd, wot a—day.”
"When the lighth go out,” said
Dewdrop. “Unlehth of courthe, he
thould happen to talke before.”
I felt more confounded than ever.
Dewdrop’s final sentence did not
make sense.
Rush led me back on to ground
on which I could stand.
"I’d like to know where those two
was takln’ that dog.”
“Dogs Is nil right,” said Rugle.
“You bet,” said Rush, warmly.
“But that ain’t the point. I’d like
to know wot they’re up to; they
haven’t come bnck.”
“We’ve left no trail,” said Bugle.
“We never got out of the car.”
“We’re out of It now,” said Rush.
“An’ I don’t want no more surprises
—not after las’ night.”
Dewdrop shifted uneasily.
“Ith very awkward,” he said,
“your lothln’ that car. Pharaoh
won't like that, he won’t.”
“Well, he’ll have to lump It,” said
Rush. “I wish he’d been there. I
tell you, I never saw nothing; there
weren’t no scrap. We don’t even
know who took It. Some performin’
goriller, If you ask me. An’ wot
’arm ’ad I done? ’Ow would he like
to be wiped off one of them benches
on to them (lags? Backwards, too.
I dunno why I'm not dead. An’ you
talk about losing the car.”
“It wasn’t your fault,” said Bugle.
(TO HE CO ST INV ED)
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While the sooty tern Is black with
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HOJi^RE
//b»T©DAY
/ DR. JAMES W. BARTON
T«lk» About ®
Weight in Middle Age
WHILE insurance com
panies would sooner have
their middle-aged policyhold
ers weigh a few pounds less
than normal rather than a few
pounds more, nevertheless If the In
dividual has been of normal
weight and has lost a number of
pounds they like to see this weight
regained.
For Instance colds that “hang on,”
the after-results of the flu, the pres
enee of Infected teeth or tonsils for
months or years, all have a “wear
ing" effect upon the body tissues,
and also interfere with the appe
tite so thnt less food Is wanted.
Added to this is the fact that In this
“run down” condition the Individ
ual has less desire to go out, or
move about, which also lessens the
need and the desire for food.
In order then to build or to fatten
up these thin Individuals, two things
Dr. Barton
art* necessary, first
removing anything
that may be Inter
fering with the ap
petite and diges
tion, and. second,
giving the kinds
of food that will
build tissue.
This means then
a complete exami
nation hy tin* fam
ily physician and
dentist so that In
fected teeth and
tonsils may be removed, and slow
acting llv*'r and Intestine stimulat
ed Into activity by very small doses
of epsom salts daily for a few
weeks, and the use of bending ex
ercises with knees straight.
Fresh Air Aids Appetite.
Encouraging the thin individual to
get outdoors stimulates tlie appe
tite ns the extra oxygen In the out
door air burns up food completely,
thus increasing the demand ^or
more food.
Tile building up diet means thnt
more food than seems to be needed
should be taken daily, nnd it should
be “rich" food. The diet should In
clude plenty of milk, eggs, fresh ani
mal proteins, nnd cereals—vegeta
ble proteins, as the principal work
of the proteins is building tissue.
The dally use of foods rich In min
erals—lime, iron, phosphorus, and
Iodine, nnd also rich in vitamins, is
also very necessary for building up
the body tissues.
The “rich” foods used for body
building are butter, cream, fat meat,
eggs, salad dressings, bacon, ce
reals, bread, sugar, crenm soups,
peas and beans, nuts, dried fruits—
the exact foods that are “forbid
den" to those wishing to reduce
we i glit.
Of course any of the above foods
—fat meats, pastries or rich sauces
which may have a tendency to "dis
agree” with the thin individual
must be avoided or used in very
small quantities.
The best proteins are meat, milk,
and eggs, but even eggs disagree
with a considerable number and
even milk with a few.
Foods Rich In Minerals.
Fruit and vegetables are not only
rich In the minerals and vitamins,
but the roughage or fiber in them
gently Irritates the lining of the
large Intestine and stimulates the
movement of wastes, preventing
constipation.
Many thin Individuals actually
have small stomachs or the stomach
may hang low due to lack of fat
supporting the abdominal organs.
This means that rich foods In small
bulk would be best If they do not
disagree.
Thus an extra square of butter at
each meal, plenty of cream, bacon
and salad dressings, with olive oil
after each meal are simple but ef
fective methods of getting 20 to 30
per cent more food calories eaten
dally.
In Institutions where body build
ing or Increased weight is a great
part of the treatment—tuberculosis
sanitariums—extra food Is given
between meals and at bed time.
The best foods to use between
meals are milk, eggs and milk—egg
nogs, and fruit Juices.
• * •
Cutting Down on Salt
SALT will hold 70 times Its
weight of water In the system
and water is needed to keep the
body processes In good working con
dition.
However there are times when
too much water In the tissues Is
really a hindrance to the proper
working of the body processes. For
Instance, in lnflnrned conditions of
the mucous membrunes of the nose
and throat such as occurs In the or
dinary head colds or In Inflamma
tion of the sinuses adjoining the
nose It has been, found that cutting
down on the amount of salt eaten
or avoiding salt In the food entire
ly lessens the inflammation.
Dr. S. Markees, Merlin, tried to
find a method to find out to what
extent a salt-free diet Influenced
inflammation.
The test was made on 30 patients
and it was found that the Inflamma
tion was reduced during the time
the salt Intake was reduced, Hnd
that when more salt was again
taken the inflammation became
more severe.
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Maiiioulean—We In this generation
know more than our parents did, and
our parents knew more than their
parents did.
Slmolenn—Maybe that’s true, but 1
hate to think what fools your grand
pnrents must have been.—Pathfinder
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Teacher—Who knows what the
five senses are?
Peggy — Nickels. — Washington
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“It’s a good Idea. Somebody ought
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The Evidence
“Dave a good time at the party?”
“Oh, splendid 1 I feel awful this
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Foolish Risk
Teacher—Robert, If you are al
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playmates, what will they think of
you?
Robert—Some of 'em would think
ley could lick me!—Chicago Dally
ws.
Doubling Up
“And so,” said the magistrate, se
verely, "this is the fifth person you
have knocked down this year?”
“Pardon me,” said the girl motor
ist, with dignity, “the fourth. One
of them was the same person twice.”
—London Tatler.
In His Steps
Prisoner (to Jailer)—As a special
favor, I wish you would put me In
cell No, 38.
Jailer—Why so?
Prisoner—It’s the one that my fa
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In his eighty-fourth year he wrote
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an unfailing Interest In the life of
his age.
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