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Show rope. KostabldJIan la one nt tne sgeats I employ to distribute my funds. I nse him because of ws connection wi my nncls's tribe." "Most of no have to use dishonest can helpers occasionally." I said. But we trust this man, Nikka? If he's all sell ns yon Indicate, Isn't he likely to Ms Copyright 1923 Arthur a ." ." CHAPTER VI Continued 9 "You go to the Pera Palace hotel. Met-- t Miss King and ber father, but dim't let anybody suspect tliut you expected to meet them. Remember, you will be watched all the time. You must have Miss King hide the copy of the Instructions you sent her. Not In hor trunks ah, I have It! Let ber place It In the envelope, addressed to herself, Poste rest ante. She can go to the post office and collect It whenever we need It. You and Watkins will oot be In any danger. Toutou's people will be too busy trying to And Jack and me." "But how are we going to get In touch with you?" asked Hugh. "Leave that to us," replied Nikka, with his quiet grin. "Make It a custom to lounge In front of the Pera palace every morning after breakfast for halt an hour; and keep a watch out for gypsies. Some morning two especially disreputable fellows will come by, and one' of them will contrive to get a word with you. Follow them." "That's a corking plan," Uugh approved waimly. If we were followed In Marseilles, we didn't know It. We only the railroad station to get breakfast and dispatch a telegram from Nikka to bis uncle or, rather, to an address In !ers which acted as a clearing house for the operations of this particular gypsy band At Plreaus we had a choice of sev era I steamers sailing for Constantinople. Nikka pitched upon a French lent that lay across the wharf from a Greek liner plying to Salonika and the Jreek lslnndr of the Ageiin. The Kremlin'; n was sailing at dawn the rest morning; the Salonika boat wis due to cast off several hours later. We booked two cabins on the French rmin, and hired a clerk at the British consulate to reserve passage for two mi thj Salonika boat .This arrangement made, we mustered our scanty Inijignge, and boarded the Frenchman Just before dinner time. We dined ostentatiously In the saloon, and after! dinner, with many yawns and protestations of weariness, we betook ourselves to bed. Our cabins were next to each other, and as a matter of fact, we played p. ker until long past midnight. Then Mkka and I said good by to Hugh and Watty, and sneaked out Into the Several aleepy stewards eyed us, but there were no passengers ntouL The quatermaster on guard at the gangvay we banded a Napoleon, telling blm we were obliged to land In order to dispose of some forgotten business- - The watchman on the pier was conciliated In the same of wny. And finally, the the Greek liner, once his Angers were greased, i.nd our tickets shown to hi in, ''ffered no objection to escorting us to our cnhln. ' At duwn we were awakened by the whistling of the Frenchman as he burked out from the pier, and from a porthole we watched blm disappear In the Hint of the harbor. At noon the ICpaCiifiondas likewise cast off, and Nikkh and I thankfully abandoned our Iwltlcs with the cockroaches that fotrjht with us for possession ol the luniks, "i d ascended to the dock. At Salonika we eniered a Europe which was new to ine, If an old Story to Nikka, a Europe which was bl ded with the life and color and form of the Orient. At the railroad nation we fought for places In a flrs'-ddeck-guar- a W, N. U. Berries Copyright 192. Ths Bldgewty by Brentano'a, Ine, In New Tork, Hugh Chesby, English World war veteran, relate a itory of a treasure in Constantinople In the existence of which his uncle, Lord Chesby, A cablegram firmly believes. notifies Hugh of his uncle's sailNew fork. At the dock ing for Hugh and his chum. Jack Nasn, learn from Watkins, Lord Ches-by'valet, that the old gentleman has left with a stranger, purporting to be a friend of Hugh. A mysterious telephone message notifies Hugh that his uncle Is In hospital, dying, victim of an Before his death he assassin. babbles of the treasure, and tells was he stabbed by "Tou-touthem With Lord Chesby's body Hugh and Jack sail for England. In London Bugh and Jack meet their war buddy, Nikka Zarenko, famous gypsy violinist, and pore over some old documents seemingly having a bearing on the treasure and Its location. A hidden room, referred to as the "Prior's Vent," Is frequently mentioned. Montey Hilyer, man of shady reputation, but owner of a neighboring estate, calls on Hugh with a party of friends, mostly foreigners. Conversation turns on the "Prior's Vent." That night Ja 'k awakens to find three men In the library. A fight ensues, In which one man Is killnd. Jack Is certain )ne of the men Is "Tou-touJack and bla friends find the hidden room, and In It documents telling that the treasure Is located In the palace of the Bucoleon In Constantinople Jack Nash's cousin, Betty King, with ber uncle, la In Constantinople, and Hugh, Nikka, Jack, and Watkins set out tor the Turkish capital. On tha way Tou-to- u and a female accomplice kidnap Jack In an effort to learn from him where tha treasure Is concealed. They fall. D. Howdesi Smith Co. compartment, which had room for ill and must accommodate eight The seccars were Jamra.d ond and third-clas- s to the doors. Women wept, children howled and men awore and struck each other and their women Indiscrlra Inately. That was a dreadful Joume7, not long as distance, but tediously protracted In time. But the engine tolled or, and in the full tide of hours we crawled over a mountaln-rldgand saw the sun rising In the east d the roofs of beyond Seres. Nikka commandeered a fiacre In the "He'd sell ns In a minute, If ne flared" reiolned Nikka. with a tightif lipped smile. "But he knows that mm. in a knire would he set he did It would only be a question of time. "Nice company you've dragged me Into." 1 grumbled. "Well, let's eaten un on our steep." His outburst had eased Nikka's nervous tension, and be soon dozed oft. For a while I watched the afternoon sunlight outside the windows, then the weariness of our travels over came me, and I, too, slept woke abruptly, feeling a light blazing of uncertain parentage, I afterward discovered, with the Ingrained servll Hy pounded Into that unfortunate race by centuries of oppression drew up chairs for us. "Your telegram was forwarded at once to the Chief," he said to Nikka. "But Wasso Mikaii sent back word In ray eyes. yesterday that he would be delayed A man was standing in the door In waiting upon you In consequence way of the room, with a kerosene of a caravan of cartridges which the lamp in bis ha id, a tali man, with the band are running into Albania. It Is face of an eagle. Wisps of sil an affair which has attracted his at proud hair escaped from the vari tention for the past month, and he colored turban that wrapped his dares not trust the work to another." brows, but be held himself with the "When will he be here?" erect poise of youth. Oe was dressed station-square- . "He spoke of tomorrow" In tight breeches of brown cloth, and "Do you know the house of "Then serve as food, and lead us a blue shirt and short red Jacket the 'money-lender?- " he asked to a room where we may rest" Around his waist was twisted a heavy the driver tn Greek that sounded more The Armenian clapped his hands, sush, bristling with knives and pisthan passable to me. "Very well, then, and the olj man with the wblskers-wh- d tols. was dumb in consequence of hav drive n there." As 1 prodded Nikka awake, be "Who Is KostabldJIan?" 1 inquired Ing bad his tongue cut out in one of closed the door behind him and set as the driver whipped up his horses. the Turkish massacres of the red past the lamp on a table, Nikka, rubbing A dour, secretive look had settled returned and carried word in his the sleep from his eyes, took one look on Nlkka's face In the last two days. own fashion of our wants to the kitchat the apparition and leaped from the Ills eyes narrowed, and their gaze en. Presently we sat down In the din- bed. ing room to a hot meal of pllaf, with "Wasso P he cried. chicken, dough cakes and coffee, which The stranger raised fingers to Hps KostabldJIan pressed upon us officiousland breast in a graceful salaam, and yIn the gypsy patois, a caNikka sat through the meal with a replied musical denced, speech when used by black frown on his face. I was secretthose i v-- hom it was a motber-tonguly amazed by the constantly growing Nikka grasped bis band, and ex change tn his manner, for be was nor- changed rapid fire of question and mally of a uniformly pleasant disposi- answer, then called to me; tion. But It was not until we bad been "This Is my uncle. He arrived soonshown to a bedroom on the upper floor er He guessed my than be that be' unmasked his feelings. I be- need was expected. and traveled without (Treat floor he gan to undress, but paced the respite. Come and meet blm." restlessly from wall to wall. Suddenly The old gypsy sank to his baucbes he turned on me: on the bare floor, with a sweeping ges"Jack, I hope I haven't Insulted yon ture of Invitation to both of us to Join in the pest twenty-fou- r hours." him. "I'm not aware of It if yon have," "No, no," txclalmed Nikka as 1 I returned cheerfully. for a chair. "He has never started "I'm having a h 1 of a time," he a on sat chair in bis life. D. a, he groaned. "The two selfs In me are does or be will think you are trying There's soul. at Nikka, my wrenching to demonstrate how different you are." the gypsy freebooter, who has been So I crouched cross-legge- d beside dead for years, and against him fights seemed to be easy enough for them it man the of the artist and the Nikka, town. Neither of them owns me. Until Nikka to resume the ways of his boyhoodand concealed my discomfort the other day except now and then as stoically as I could. It was close to temwhen the old self reared its head when we were awakened, an i midnight porarily! had thought I had thrust the talk with Wasso Mikaii lasted foi I a fool But me. was the gypsy behind to think so. Jack. God, what a fool I several hours. First Nikka explained to him the circumstances of our trip Why, the music In me always was to The Watchman on tha Pier Was ConConstantinople, and the old man's I gypsy ciliated In the Same Way. at the mention of the "My people are not like Toutou's eyes glistened treasure. He with a liquid interrupted was fixed upon the far horizon when gang. They are gypsies. They live hy flow of polysyllables. they were not shrewdly surveying their own bands, and every man's "He says," Nikka interpreted, when the appearances of the people around hand Is against them. They make their he bad finished, "that he has beard him..' own laws, and abide by their own cus"He is the agent of the tribe," be toms. They take what they need, and about It It Is Just as 1 told you and replied shortly. "It was through blm consider I their due. I tell yon this Hugh, the tradition Is known all . . i I sent word to my uncle." because I don't want to fly false colors through the Balkans. He says that I held my peace after that. At last with you. I lived that life when I was the treasure Is concealed In an anwe stopped at a gateway overhung by a boy. But I shouid like to make yoo cient palace In Stamboul which has olive trees, and the driver got down understand that in some way, by some been Inhabited longer than men can remember by a tribe ot gypsies whose e which protrudeo esoteric, Involved, well-nigto pull the Impenetra chief Is one Berara Tokaljl. He says from an opening by the gate. The hie profess of psychology, it la not stealsolemn clangor echoed faiutly, and ing in the sense that Toutou steals. there Is a rumor amongst the tribe that be, Tokaljl, Is an ally of a group was succeeded by shuffling footsteps. My people have been outcasts for cenof Frank thieves. There Is a tradi A wicket opened, and a dark, bewhlsk been In bred this have turies: they up ered face was revealed. Nikka ejacu way of life. It isn't wrong In their tlon In TokalJI's tribe that their fore lated a single sentence in the gypsy eyes. Put It that way. And I I can fathers believed the treasure ulti dialect that Toutou's gang sometimes see it both weys. Jack. I can see how mately would go to them." "Will he help us?" 1 asked eagerly used, and the gate swung ajar. I gave wrong It Is. and I An see how right Nikka gave me an odd look. the driver of the fiacre a couple of It seems lo them." "His tribe are mine. My wish Is "You don't need to say all this to drachmas, and followed Nikka Inside. The individual with the whiskers, a me." I told him. "Why. Nikka. lt'8 their wish. How can they refuse?" dried up, elderly man, quickly fastened -It- 's-" CHAPTER VII "It's what? Hard to understand I" the gate again, with a sldewlse look at Nikka, half respect, half fear. At the "Easy to understand," I corrected. " door, be stood aside and ushered us "Hard to phrase. But I know yon too The Road to Stamboul Into a parlor furnished In the Frem-i- i well to wrry about you. As for the Wasso Mikaii was a very wise man. style. A stout, smooth-faced- , elderly wrench, I'm beginning to feel It my He questioned Nikka closely concern man rose from a desk as we entered. self." our situation, and this was bis He started to salaam, thought better Nlkla resumed his restless pacing. ing verdict: of It, and offered his hand. Then he "I don't mind anything so much as "When you fight with thieves you commenced to speak In the Tzigane dithat oily Armenian downstairs." he must use thieves' tricks. You did right Insisted. "He he is dishonest And to come to me. Now I alect, and Nikka cut him off. will secure fit him Not make we Nikka said dishonest. that I've ting garments for you, my sister's sou. "Speak French," curtly. "1 have no secrets from my friend, Mr. used him so. Jack. Most of what I and for Amerlcansky friend, Jak earu t'.ces to my people, who need It ka. For your Nash." And to me: "This Is Monsieur him also 1 will brew a dye KostabldJIan." pool souls, especially since the war that will make blm as dark as our Kostahldjian he was an Armenian laid its blight on all southeastern Eu- people, so that men will not turn and stare at him on the road. OCH3KKKHKCKHK!CHaaiKH2 0HKH3tHHHOmCKKHO "After that 1 think we had best go away from this place as soon as possible. You have traveled rapidly ami shaken off your enemies' pursuit It is well to take e.ery advantage ot an The Sargasso sn Is a region of the For a long time this sea had an un Atlantic ocean lying ofT the American enviable reputation, as It was thonght opportunity. We will collect some ol const about the latitude of Florida that the ship which was forced Into my young men who can handle a Recent scientific exIt Is composed of floating masses of It was doomed. knife, and go on to Stamboul. Ail men brown characterized have demonstrated by peditions seaweed, that go to Stamboul, and who will notice bladders. ships need have little fear of the a Tzigane band?" nnmerous small berry-lik"But It wasn't my thought bnt yon This dense gulf weed (Sargassum bac-c- i masses of weed. should abandon the affairs ot the forum) is the borne of many stnat' tribe and come and fight with me," remarine animals, crabs, prawns, etc. Finding Square of Number ' It Is supposed that the weed grows monstrated Nikka. desire a the Suppose you square of on the American coast is torn away "Are you not the son of my sister?" certain number, but discover that you by the waves and washed by the cur rejoined the old gypsy. "If you had lost the mental power to multihave rents round the North Atlantic ocean oot elected to go to Buda with your ply. How could you find its square? Into the comparatively still waters with one and add as many violin would you not be chief ot the Begin I where It floats in accumulated masses. consecutive odd numbers as there are band? Oo not 'stand In your place? The older masses of weed slowly lose units in the number to be Well, then, light of my eyes, we will squared. do for you all their power to float and then sink and that we may." Suppose you want to find the square in was Columbui becalmed Nikka me perish. a proud glance as flung of six. Add together the first six odd the Sargasso sea, and this made his he translated the pledge.. 1. 3. 5, 7, 9, 11. The sum numbers men despair of, ever reaching land. Mikaii left us. and Nikka and 1 s of these Is 30. the square of six. The cured another square of seven Is equal to the sum returned he hour's sleep When be was accompanied by a odd seven first the of numbers taken Wed to Get Class Shirts younger edition of himself, who carried Likewise the of square consecutively. In a In the course of trial Brighton two bundles which were disclosed as Is equal to the sum of the first ten England, a police court Judge asked a ten suits of Tzigane dress. II complete man If he never loved his wife why odd numbers taken consecutively, etc, himself, carried a pot of warm, brown Pathfinder etc. Magazine. he married her. The accused hus liquid, and he proceeded to apply th band's answer was, "To get a clean stain to wltL s small paint-brusMean Brute. shirt" The astounded magistrate Hair, mustache, face and KmI, were The meanest brute is the husband darkened to a mellow sentenced blm to do the household brown. Tii washing for one year, and told the who has the morning paper sent to stuff Med quickly, and was g, aggrieved wife to report to him if the ofPce so his wife won't get a able to pull on the strange garments' the man didn't do a good Job. The chance to see what bargains are being which Nikka showed me how t0 aijUJ remark wta: advertised for ths day. Cincinnati and fas. en parting magistrate's "Now you win bave clean shirts," Enquires. (TO BB CONTlNtfTD.J ... - e ver-whl- close-packe- Kosta-bldjia- , "'.' bell-wir- h Evil Reputation of Sargasso Sea Myth e Reliable Houses Best for Seeds KnOW Should rtnrrJener Something of Trade and Various Methods. care Vegetable gardeners should be rrom seed wiueiy their to ful purchase known, reliable seed aeaiers ou.jr, This precaution Is urged by A. ja pinHoc ncsiwintA nrofessor of hortl culture at the Colorado Agricultural To buy seed Intelligently, the gardener should know something of the seed trade and of the methods and conditions under which It operates. This business, like many others, Mr. Binkley says, is somewhat dependent upon the character of the men in It, and it is therefore necessary to know the reputation of the concern witn which one proposes to do Dusiness. Know Seed Dealer. Not all seed Is produced onder careful methods and no seed house hanseed dling a general line of vegetable can crow all of Its supplies. A few grow a large proportion, and some hnv it all. The buyer should know with become personally acquainted local seed dealers and ascertain their stnnilnnla of business. The best companies are extremely careful In buying and handling, and are earnestly seeking to satisfy rea sonable expectations. It costs more money to produce high grade seea, and as long as the planters are willing to buv seed from the lowest bid der, there Is no Inducement for the seed producer to exercise a high de gree of care in the selection oi Dener seed stocks. Pay for Quality. While hiith priced seed Is not al wava a euaiantee of Quality, it Is not often that carefully selected stocks can be sold at the price of cull stocK. The vegetable grower should be win Ins to Dav for auallty in seeds. Inquiries concerning the origin of the seed to be purchased should be made. 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