Show M I THE GARLAND TIMES GARLAND UTAH u nectlon with any She left New Turk before Uncle James arrived 80 would be perfectly safe In her hands" “And In the meantime we’d better commit It to memory" I said The others agreed to this and wa reud over the brief transcript of the missing half of the Instructions” until we hdd the salient directions fixed in our minds Then we retraced our steps through the passuge climbed out of the Prior's vent and sealed It again and while Hugh aud Nikka motored down lo the village post office with the Idler for Betty Watkins and I saw to the oycessary packing In preparation for the Journey On the chunnel boat we had the sensation of being watched although we could not have pointed to any persons and accused them of spying and certainly none of the members of the llllyer house party was In evidence At i'll Is we passed the customs and passport officials expeditiously because both Hugh and N'lkka were personages —a doubtful asset as we were soon to learn And on the Paris train we actually thought that we had eluded surveillance — until we rolled Into tha Cure du Nord and started to disemIt waa Nikka bark who discovered the little red chalk mark on the door of our compartment and Watkins spotted- a furtive Individual who aluok 4ov a the corridor as we stepped into It 1 fellow of the Apache type We were all of ns familiar with Paris Nikka aid i perhaps more ao than Hugh Anu we drove to a small hotel near the Louvre — reThe four of ua were member we had been steadily “on the Trod' as Hugh aald since we wak ened In th early morning hours to re pel Toutou's Invasion and the uervoui struln had been wearing But before we turned In Nikka telephoned prl vate mmher at the prefecture of po lice The result of hla call waa demon atrateJ when we went down to break fast the next morning A Jaunty Uttl man In a nd with cane flew up sputa and a to Nikka and embraced him In the center ot th j lobby And Nikka Introduced him to na aa M Doumergue commlssalre of the ollce de sortie or secret police Would he lo ua the honor of taking breakfast with ns? Mats certalne-men- t It rra a pleasure of the greatest to have the company of M and hla cher colleagues lie had also examined the dossiers of tha Individuals Mr Zaranko had named “Of Toutou LaFitte Messieurs but little can be suld If you have seeu him then you have seen one whom no police official can claim kuowlngty to have laid eyes on But we feel him Messieurs We bear of him We sense hla manifold activities If the etorlea which others Ilka yourselves tell ua are true he la a genius a monster He rules the criminal world He bus the brain of a statesman the In stincta of an animal Ullrnl Bey we know well He baa been mixed up It various shady coups both In Egypt He has sources ol and lo Turkey Income we have never been able to Prior to this nobody has 'discover associated blm with Toutou “And thla Russian pair! Vassllle-ricand Vassillevnal They sre notorious as International spies They bold belr titles of right and undoubtedly come of an honorable family or families “The Hllyers have been watched since before t he war on suspl clon bf being Implicated In dishonorable gambling transactions But so far we have not txon able to catch them— bow Is It the excellent Americana say? Ab yes wlx se goods “Is this of assistance? deeply regret cunnot add more hut If I can aid you I any way If yon are anobnoyed In Paris or subjected servation pray call upon me" He bowed himself out “That’s all very well” remarked Hugh “and hla Information Is valu able Nikka but we can't call on him If wt officially! complain of betLg shadowed at the prefecturi of police they will ask ua the object of It and It we tell them the truth you can he sure the secret will leak uL No fads the ouly thing for us to do is to iodge our trailers There's only otie thing to do Where’s Watkins? We’ll colled him and book fot tho firm train to Marseilles They'll expect ua to go direct by the Orient express” We rather prided ourselves on out as we sat hack In a re cleverness served compartment of the and watihed terranean express the Tour Eiffel fade aganlst the aky Hugh voiced Ihe sentiments of the three of as when he stretched out bis legs bd exclulmed: What price Toutou's vermin now? I Jolly" well bet they esteem us art ful dodgers” Nikka smiled “Don't be toe sure” be cautioned Eluding detection Is their life work We are only amateurs We loafed through dinner and com plete darknej bad shut down when e returned to our eompdriment Nikka aa be “I say” exclaimed switched on the light ‘Was your baa op there when w left Tugh?” studied of the ugh arrangement the luggage 6n the racks “Can't say” be admitted finally “But It ought to show If It's been pawed over " He hauled It down and opened It Everything apparently was In perfect it A Arthur Copyright!? Jot BrntaDQ'ln- SYNOPSIS In New York Hugh Cheabv English World war veteran a story of a treasure In In the existence Constantinople which hie uncle Lord Chesbv firmly believes cablegram wetlfie Hugfc-o- f his uncle's for New York At the dock Hugh and his chum Jack Nash learn from Watklna Lord valet that the old gentleman has left with a stranger purportA ing to be a friend of Hugh mysterious telephone message notifies Hugh that his uncle Is in a hospital dying victim of an assassin Before hla death he babbles of the treasure and tells them he was stabbed by With Lord Cheeby'e bodv Hugh and Jack sail for England In London Hugh afld Jack meet "their war buddy Nikka Zarenko famous gypsy violinist and port over tome old documents seema bearing on the ingly having treasure and Its location A hidden room referred to as the "Prior's Vent” Is frequently men tloned Montey Hllver man of shady reputation but owner of a neighboring estate calls on Hugh with party— of friends "mostly' foreigners Conversation turns on the "Prior’s Vent” That night Jack awakens to And three men the library A fight ensues In which one man Is killed Jack Is certain one of the men Is Jack and hla frlenda find the hidden room CHAPTER IV— Continued Fie took the electric torch and dropiied the sack of lime down the hole the Breplace We climbed after It one by one The stairs conrlnued to deseci d for another fifteen or twenty foe and then raljjhfhed oub At the foot of the last rtep lay the body of the gypsy Hugh was carrying the lime sack so Nikka and picked up the dead man following Hugh who ligliled the way with the torch The passage was beautifully built with ai even floor and wide enough fot one man to walk comfortably Acto on Nlkka’s cording compass wiiitb chain It trended across the park towards the ruins ol the priory We estimated that we had walked a kllometji when we noticed a gradual upwurd slope In the flooring The pass age turned a cornel and the light o! Hugh's torch was reflected on the usty Ironwork of wb t once had been a massive door Of the wood only a pile of dust renin Inert cluttered about the broken lo k but the great binges at II across the pad upholding a r stretched o bolted darkness ghostly barrier We deposited the dead gypsy on the floor and helped Hugh to beDd back Ihu creaking Iron frame We stood on the threshold of a mausoleum similar to the one In which we bad seen Lord Hugh (’fleshy laid to rest stepped across the stone sill of the doorway and swung the light back and forth - hot the plUara Suddeuly It g hated on oietal We all pressed cUvser staring at the picture that took shape under the white glare On a stone shelf lay a skeleton In armor The peaked helmet land rolled aside from the naked skull hut the chalnuiall of the hauberk still shrouded trunk and limbs Next to If loy a smaller skelefon dad In threads A bygone Lord of of rich vestments I'lip'by and his lady “We are Ij this place" seem right “It doesn’t exclaimed Hugh” "line feels Indecent In being bere" 'agreed Nlkl a Hugh frowned down upon the two skeletons ‘They wouldn’t mind' he suld “We have a reason for coming " And while the echoes hud their will with his declaration be led us slowly around the dreu’t of the chamber Niche followed niche On shtlf after shelf la the honea of men and women whose bodies rotted ages ago Half way around we came to a shelf that The Inuer obviheld two skeletons ously a woman’s thrust Its poor rone through tie tattered fabric that robed It The man wore an Immense pot helmet 01 the early type with eye holes in' nasals drilled In the fashion was very of a cross Hla chalnmall finely wovpn and Jnejurtert mall shoes on noil had collapsed pathetically criinihVd tames HI gnuntleted hands were clused on the hilt of long sword which lay upon his chest with the point between his feet On ls'hest Just above the clased tin nds was an Iron box Identical with fh one whl’i’t we had found behind the panel of the over mantel the sec mol 01 the two boxes ot Flanders Iron' which Conrad had furnished to Lady Jane bla torch on the Hugh switched In rough hose of the shelf angular tlothlc characters we spelt the Inscription HIc Jarct Hush Domlnua Chesfllensts wu lnfrdrs et uotnlna Cbesblsnsts ITugb “The firnrilugb !weiclalmed with a note of awe In his voice He Mhiiiited a moment and then removed readied out reverently and the Iron box from the mailed breast t me be raised th forrt Edith V - D Kowden Smith w the dingy cover Inside was a chest of ebony bound with silver sound and whole It was unlocked As Hugh lifted the lid a sheet of pnper Nil out and Nikka caught It Across the wus “Cnstle top engraved Chesby “ and It was covered with fine cramped writing """If’ Ur cl' Jiimes ""record” laid llui'h “After the exultation of plumbing the mystery to he murdered like a dog Poor old chap!” Last Thursday svcnlng In studying Jane’s doggerel on the back of the Instructions suddenly perceived the cipher It occurred to ms t hiT the verse on the In the gunroom muet have some connection with this and after several daye’ examination fell upon the secret In my terest In fhe- task had ahut myeell up and r e r u s ed lu n c he nd din- net and finally late In the evening sank against the weak and half fainting Mv handa atropine tor support atruck ihe sphinx a head and Ihe monk’a stomach felt them heard the flagstone fall give After that hunger waa forgotten descended the chimney alalrs and found mv wav here the first Chesby to traverse the Prior’s vent since that singular old ancestress of mine so cealed It the clew to the treasure do not see how can fail to find the treasure but shall leave the missing half of the Instructions together with this note In Ladv Jane's Cheat so that If should fall the Information may be available for Hugh Jamee Chesby Lady “Tills was what he tried 0 tell— at the lust” said Hugh “There la uomethlug about hla finding the secret tu one way and our finding It In another so shortly afterwurd” said “The soothsayers of my poopli would call It a sign a premonition” replied N’lkkH with a melancholy am He “Of what?’ ‘‘Of the removal of whatever curse or Inhibition baa prevented the discovery of the treasure up to thla time” “Well two men have died already since this last search was begun” an swered Hugh fumbling In the chest “And who knowg how many others have been killed on Its account?” He drew put a bundle wrapped In ecaylng velvet cloth Within waa a all a wrapping of silk and under folded blank aheet of parchment en veloplng two other documents One was a parchment tattered and worn which had evidently beeo much bnn died Ita surface was crowded with the same Intricate Black Letter script In medle a) Latin as comprised the lnstrnctlo-on the Charter Chest was badly faded and a The writing number of words In the lower right bad been smudged hand cornet by dampness at some remote time The second doonnirnf waa a penciled translation of the first In James handwriting: Tbs Grsat P lacs—or as some call It fbsPalaca of the Bucoleon — Is over against tha Hippodrome and tha Church In ths Inner Court cf 8t Sophia which fronta upon tha Bosphorus there te a door under tne elgn of the Bull the door te a hIL- At the end Beyond of tha hall there la a etalr At the foot Paas of the etalr there le a Kata through tha Kata Into the atrium which of the Cedare In the Is ofr the Garden Fountain of the Lion Garden is the take of the Fountain the center From tour paces west toward the wall of the atrtum Then walk three paces north Underfoot le a red stone ao all square Be lee the and forwet not my eon farewell the monks of Crowden Priory and the plight of Jerusalem Thine In the love of Christ and the Sainted Cutbbert Hugh beneath scrawled The Below jeeme N C Service Copyright thla Lori Chesby bad missing portion la not essential the stone le the treasure That certain looked at one another hardly The thing able to believe our senses had appeared s difficult so nnattaln We 1923 The Ridgeway Co able And now It waa almost within onr grasp— or ao we reasoned In the first flush of cot:fileul anticipation “It's a question of course whether any portion of the Palace ot the remntns" Nikka pointed" nut “But Uncle James seemed to have no doubt of rhat answered Hugh "Do Jack you remember CHAPTER Hide V and Seek Hugh slipped the penciled translation In his pocket swiftly rewrupied the Bluck Letter original and stowed It In the jbnnj chest and refustened the Iron box which he returned lo It former jrtuce on the mailed chest of Ms— dwnd -- sncesTor — Cotneun "you chaps” In the doorway he paused by file body of Tootou'a gangster “What about this?” he demanded “I won’t have him left In there— with rhose” Nikka eurt-i- j “No need to” returned as be the emptying “Leave him here" spoke “If seems to me we have got to move rapidly If we are going to ghake off Toutou's gang”- Ungb aald wbeD Jr' Hugh Switched Hla Baas of tha Torch Shelf on tha we reached the library “They are fully as formidable aa Nikka warned ns they would be We ought to start for this afternoon” Constantinople no question “There’s ol that" as seuled Nikka "But what are yuu going to do with the key to tin trensuie? Too have It In your pocket now hut It Is a long journey to Constantinople Suppose they steal It en route? They r ay have plenty of opportunities you know Personally" t am not wngntne of shaking them off It will be a simple matter for a gang like Tntiiou to waylay yon or search your bag- gage” Hugh flushed “I had thought of lhat” he suld “Er — the fact la— Jack lias a cousin— a girl we both know She and her fa ther are at the Pera palace— he's an awfully good sort” “And the girl?” Inquired Nikka with hla quiet grin “Oh you’ll meet her too She's very different from whHt you'd exped In a cousin of Jack Anyhow she knows about thla treasure business and she murder and read of Uncle Janies she's fearfully keen to be In Hie game inn with ua My suggestion Is (Inti ot the key to Uncla Janies' translation her In Constantinople Nobody knows that she knows me or Ims any eon 0HKHaKHKrtHWHKH00KHKHKHKHKHKHOHqHWKHKH5HKlKlOtlOO Sense of Sight in Plants Seems Proved The sense most developed In plants Is that of eight which enables them but not to distinguish to see light This sense limitation Is objects found among many living creatures such’ us the earthworm oyster and corah etc which possess no localized but give proof of their visual organ luminous Impressions by the contractions that they manifest when exposed It la Similarly to a ray of sunllghL of tight on Influence the easy to gauge plants Cultivate a plant In a room with a window ouly on one side and Its stnlka In growing w(ll Incline to ward the source of light Physiologists that ihe suggesting explain this aide to the dark grows more quickly There than that exposed to the light the fact that the remains however tf — Lacky Individual The lucky ones seein to be always If they Just came Into the world There la still in them -something Of Adam optm the ’first day: with shining eyes they reconnolter the layout of the garden and sure at such novel curiosities In admiration Mon— E C moon and atari tha as tagus as baa reacted to the light of whose effect It waa conscious A sense common to many plants Is that of touch Of this the must Illustrative example Is as lit name the sensitive Another plant tea f ' responsive to lhe "Touch ‘ Is" the catch-flwhose two halves close down one upon the other by means of central bingo plant Twwia Liksd Typewriter Mark twain Is suld to be the first mato submit typewritten In the aulumh nuscript to a publisher of 1S74 Mr Clemens was strolling down one of the streets of Boston with a friend when he was drawn deto a by curiosity vice In the window of a stationery store It made a deep Impression up this prltnl ' on Twain who purchased and shortly (hereafter live typewriter the manuscript of “Life on the Mia was type3 ojp tha machine slsslppl” which he had bought author W Sound Perhaps hearing ourselves as others bear ns would be worse than just — Terra Hants Tribune seeing Mow order on though” be cried pnrstng In low whistle "Watty you Don t you usual t this bag the razor at bottom?" pot “lea jonr lndMp” (TO M CONTINUED) bis Hold lips packed MravtajUff4 f am Westers Newapeper Union) you are blue as Indlso Look cheerful! prettier when you smile vou know Look cheerful The world abhors a Kloomy face And tales of wos ars commonplace 80 stir yourself snd take a brace— Look cheerful —Anon Though You're GOOD THINGS TO EAT T Acidity more appealing to and a Tha common causa of digestive dlflk seasoned fruit sal a- d- It- Is efreshing culttea - la - excess add Soda cannot — attractive and alter thla condition and It burns the furnishes the seat stomach Something that will neu lunchto simple trnllze the acidity la the sensible eon thing to take That la why physicians tell the public to use Phillips Milk of French Fruit Take one cup- Magnesia a sd —each ' One spoonful of thla delightful prep ful of diced sratlon can neutralize many times Its of one oranges and grapefruit cupful volume In acid It acts Instantly re seeded grapes either white or red lief la quick and very apparent All cupful of nut meats end one all aourneaa Is soon gas la dispelled half cupful of diced' marshmallows Mix andcfitll "the" frultaT l'nln off goner ihe "whole system la sweetened Do try thla perfect and re Serve In cups of lettuce any Juices as good for children member la Just It and top with : take Dressing— Take four egg yolks beat too and pleasant for them to Any drug store has the genuine pre of until thick add one teaspoonful tcriptlonal product of a cupful of sugar salt teaspoonful of paprika and of dry mustard four tablespoonfula flour cupful of lemon Juice Mix the dry one cupful of water gredients and blend well with the water and lemon Juice Cook slowly and until thick and creamy stir constantly Cool add two thirds of a cupful of whipped cream and serve with the salad Cuts Green Pepper Salad — Take two or three even sized green peppers parTry HANFORD'S boil for five minutes after removing the seeds and white fiber Chill Mix Mfiwfte Al feUm in eetobl le nt- -J re one cream cheese with enough cream A aiakakM to moisten and add one dozen finely minced stuffed olives Tack the with this mixture and let stand Slice In to become firm on ankle’ hock stifle knee ori slices snd serve on lettnee with maythroat is cleaned off promptly onnaise dressing by Abeorbine without laying up' one Salad— Cut Tomato Stuffed horse No blister no pain no or Into One cubes hair gone At druggists or $2 50 large cucumber add two tablespoonfuls chop parsley postpaid Describe your case for Valuable special instructions of chopped onion and three of chopped free horse book green pepper Fill firm ripe tomato A tbM wear Mr"OoltekMa vwel a cups with the mixture after adding In four to fivatuDMmml ueo Brake end na far two wwke Now little salt cayenne and salad dressing woU'AiworbiiMlieansreoL’ to season well Top with a spoonful of thick mayonnaise and sprinkle with a bit of minced parsley Serve on lettuce Ice cold Tongue Salad— Mix one cupful of cold boiled tongue cut Into small cubes with one cupful of boiled potatoes Bring Rays cut Into cubes add two tablespoonfuls to Harmful Bacteria one tableof chopped green pepper An invisible electric death ray baa spoonful of finely minced onion nnd been discovered by a German physicist cnpful of minced spiced beets The apparatus Is fitted with valves and serve on lettuce Chill thoroughly ilka those used In an ordinary radio with a highly seasoned mayonnaise set of ao small a alze that it will fit dressing In a cigar box wltb which ha could Jumbles— Cream Coconut waves of a length cupful of butter add one cupful of send out less than three metres cupful sugar one beaten egg These waves will kill Instantaneous of milk alternately with twg cupfuls Insects and even small anl ly of germs of flour sifted with one teaspoonful mats which coma within their reach teaspoonful baking powder "My assistant and I" aald ths to of salt find- - lastly fold In one cupful ventor “are now engaged In perfectof coconut Roll out about ing the apparatus Inch thick and cut with a doughnut “Our death wave la not dangerous cutter Sprinkle with granulated sugar to living beings apart from those which until delleately and hake 4n a come within Its carefully limited brown Flies and insects sphere of action Dinner for Something across this field drop dead which For a clever way to use up bits of Mice passkilled In a few seconds Rats are and at leftover meat and vegetables are dead within three to five minutes the aaine time have "If we succeed In perfecting our an apprizing dish apparatus we shall be In a position try the following: without In any way Injuring ths tis0 n Com b n a sue of the human body to kill Leaf — Tnke one bacteria within the human each of cupful body” carmeat cooked rots green peas Tenant Impovtrubsd one cooked Wife — The doctor says he has given chopped raw onion one stalk of celery you a new lease of life with one mix all together chopped Husband— Well he hasn’t left me beateu egg and a tablespoon ful of much with which to pay the rent— melted butter salt and pepper to sea Montreal Star bn king Put Into a greased son well crumbs dish sprinkle with buttered Hud bake In a moderate oven for a Serve baked potatoes and half hour with tomatoes the loaf scalloped and he dinner will all be rooking al III Ihe same time economically Stuffsd Tomatoes— Cut fresh ripe toniate8 Into cups Fill with chopped of Woman Who Verdict green pepper apple and celery with a or two of cliopited nuts liiblesioonful Tried Pinkham’s Compound Season nnd mix with mayonnaise Garnish with slices of hard cooked Tully N Y—"It hurt me to walk or sit down without help and I frit eggs nnd top with a soonful of maysick and weak onnaise My tnhle Sauce — Cook one Orange took Lydia each of flour and butter nn sjMionful TLrinkbm’i Comt iTsiniM illtTa JT one ha ff eu p fuToT hdTF' Vegetable and she and snme of pound water augur the Ing ms to induced cupful when welt cooked add am I take it or more of orange Juice with a little ol now on the fourth the grated rind and serve at once bottle and have With Eggs — Peel and Mushrooms also used Lydia E Pinkham’s chop a half cupful of mushrooms cok ol ImMer fu ttuee Wash la s lahlespoonful Ranative medicine Break In four eggs season The minutes nd stir lightly or bent before adding that will do for me what the Vegetable Compound snd Sanative Wash to the mushrooms Cook until the eggs have done are certainly worth their are creamy add a half cnpful of thick weight in gold I think I have given cream and serve on toast them a fair trial snd I expect to take Chtesa and Ham Sandwich — Spiend two more bottles ol the Vegetable butter on very thinly sliced rye bread Compound"— Mss Cuaki ra add a hit of mustard ihen a tlup alUc iL F D Tully N Y of white meat of chicken and on the chicken a diver of cooked Virginia hunt and Knottier thin wafer like h Press on an slice of Swiss cheese upper slke olthe nui'ered trend and The entire thick ness eut Into halves should not be uior of the sandwich than one ln'h There la nothing the appetite than PHILLIPS a Milk of Magnesia For Barbed Wire Balsam of Myrrh hfAM!igui!iiammigaca to Death “WORTH WEIGHT GOLD” ' trcdL f |