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Show BEAVER PRESS ,wvaVYVW i And yet 1 was absorbed to Nlkka's success. My heart leaped la my throat when I saw that he was trying for tbe third time the trick which had twice failed. Dig knife went op ln the same way, be shifted posture as be bad In bis other tries, and Toutou as experimechanically ence bad told blm was safe and aimed a stab which should have cut Nlkka's throat But Nlkka was not there. He had varied the trick. Stooping, bis knife had fallen, then sliced upward and Toutou staggered, a look of bland surprise on his face, ripped open ' " from belly to chest 1" he hissed, and fell forward. Kara burled herself Into Nlkka's ' arms. - The Treasut side-stepp- of the Bucoleon- , By Arthur D. "Yon Howden Smith W, N. V. Service Copyright Copyright 1923 by Brentano's, Ino. 1923, Th Rldgeway Co. CHAPTER XIII : 20 Continued ; Thete was a crackle of pistol Are la front of us, and a knot of figures swayed Into viewdistorted, Indistinct. The deluge seemed to act as a freak lens to plav tricks with normal vision ; and that was why conipimi-tlvelfew were nhot Twice I had men 'air over the barrel of my pistol, and b th times i missed and I am rather hetter than a good shot But 1 had no time for philosophizing. Toutou and mini! Hey went for Nik ka. Lie was bleeding from a nt In the arm, and ail his men were Hugh, with King and Watty was developing an encircling move ment on the opposite end of the line. 1 started to go to N'Ikka's aid, but a man sprang at me from nowhere, and 1 was obliged to dodge him until t had a chance to shoot. I did not mis that time. When I looked again. Nik-kand Toutou were circling- - each other, and llllral was at grips with Kara. - . thought the Levantine was scheming to throw the girl, but as I drew pear 1 perceived that be bad clinched with her In mortal terror of her knife. She held bis own powerless by her grasp of his wHsl A moeklng light gleamed In ber eyes, and she shook hack her loose hair and leered at him Id the Tzigane dialect. With one pudgy hand be strove to ward off her blade, but he could not control her . III he muscles. She tore ber wrist sodhome his drove steel the through den frock coat and he collapsed wltb a squeal. Kara pulled out ber knife as ens ually as though It bad been a familiar occurrence, and turned to watch Nik ka's fight with Toutou. Nlkka from the corner of his eye saw the two of us, plainly waiting a chance to help him, and be leaped clear of the circle long enough to snap: V "Let he I I finish this alone I" ( couldn't have helped him. In any case, for as redoubtable a person as TokaiJI.; himself, attacked me at that moment Kara did not even notice my danger. She also Ignored the man she called father, tier whole attention was concentrated upon Nlkka. I tired otu-at the gypsy chief, and missed. " That was. the last cartridge Id the I til it) lose to and attempted magazine, to the rain. Rut he refused to be lost, and I was making up my mind to take bis knife In my wounded arm and batter his head with my pistol butt, when Watklns loomed in the mist and brought down his trusty crowbar on TokalJI's knife wrist The gypsy yeliw like a dog, and the knife clattered on the ground. Watty produced a nno rope from a pocket and deftly twisted the man's arms behind him. TokaiJI yelped again. "Easy." 1 said. "The fellow's wrist Is broken." "I'm tying 1m above the elbows. Ulster Jack, sir," answered Watty. "But If It did 'urt 1m a bit ! wouldn't worry, sir. I 'ave an hldea. sir, 'e was me ol the scoundrels that bashed At first 1 fr-e- . me 'ead." My one thought was of Nikka, and 1 sought him ovei the area of the court The fighting had drifted away toward the sea wall There seemed to he nobody near me. 1 listened hard, and In a lull of the storm my ears detected the click of I stumbled, toward It. and blades nearly fell on top ot Kara, crouching as I had left her. eyes glued on the two men who circled tirelessly, steel tipped arms crooked before thera. Toutou bad a huge advantage In reach, but Nlkka bad the benefit of lithe agility, a wrist of Iron the result of years of bowing; a hawk's eyes; and all the tricks with the blade that the people of bis race have amassed In centuries of bloody strife Four times, while I watched. Toutou endeavored to force down Nik ka's knife by the sheer strength ot hl gorilla-likarm, and each time Nikka disengaged and refused to give the op portuuliy his adversary needed Twice Nlkka tried a certain trick, a comb! nation of lightning thrusts and cUvet footwork ru the Frenchman parried It each lime, and retaliated so quickly as to drive Nlkka out 'of reach. Neither of thm said anything Too tou Rpaf and whined In his throat, cat fashion. Nikka panted from exertion Jtoth of them dripped wllb sweat, not There was withstanding the ruin something of an epic quality about their siruggle. and I discovered myself taking the same almost Impersonal Interest In If that Kara demonstrated fly all the principles ft normal right behavior. I should have ignored Nlkka's itrtiimand to let him fight It out alone, and rushed In at the first opening to kill a monster, who did not deserve tnd hsd.no appreciation of knightly treatment. But I could Dot I whs chained by an emotloe could out .futtioia. . e are the greatest knife-fighte- r of the Tziganes I" she cried triumphantly. "You are a king J You are my man! See, while you conquered your enemy, I too, stabbed the rat who tried to put his knife In your back." And she led Nlkka to the body of llllnil, which, I regret to say, she kicked with her brown toes. Nlkka absentmlndedly leaned over to wipe his knife on the Levantine's coat tails, but Kara Intervened. "No, no," she exclaimed. "Here Is my hair! Wipe It on my hair, beloved of my heart. Let me suck It clean with my lips! So we shall have strong sons." t Nlkka looked sufficiently annoyed to show that he had some instincts of civilization remaining. "Peace," he ordered royally. "Be . ' quiet, girl!" She cowered before blm. and be recv ognized me. "Oh, hullo, Nlkka strolled In from th courtyard, wltb Kara trailing him. "Hallo, Jack!" be greeted me. "Tough luck you bad to stop a ballet We're all more or less cut op, but yon had the worst of It although my ancle, who Is a practical surgeon In a crude way, claims the bullet missed the '' bone." 4'So Watklns told me. Any news? The police" "No, the storm covered the shooting. Hugh has been to Pera wltb Betty ln the Curlew this morning, and they beard no comments. One of Wasso Mikall's men stopped In at the corner coffee shop, and made sure there was no local gossip. The only danger, I think, is from Mrs. Ullyer. .We've got to risk that"; "Aren't you all worn out?" "No. Too much excitement, I expect. We're Just going to eat Then Betty Insists on going after the treasure again." Kara sidled up to blm, wltb a venomous glance at me, and ejaculated a remark soto voice. Nlkka laughed, and pushed her behind him. She heeded him like a dog that Is contented with a rebuke, so long as notice Is taken by Its'master. "She said," Nlkka translated, "that 1 ought not to talk with you any longer. She wants me to pay attention to her." 1 "Humph!" growled, returning Kara's look with Interest. "Help me up. will you? Thanks I What are you going to do with her?" "Tame her, I expect." he answered cheerfully. "I've begun by taking her 1 i Jack! Where's Hugh?" Iluuh loomed up through the rain as he spoke. "That vou, Nlkkal We think we've got TokalJI's people rounded up, but we need ycu to talk to them. Das Toutou. "tie's there." ' Nlkka pointed his knife to the heap of drab garments that had been the French "killer." "Good for youl" exclaimed Hugh. "I'm glail he didn't get off. When yon think of Uncle James and that girl we saw and I suppose others! What a beast I" We splashed after him, Kara following Nlkka like a dog. Wasso Mlkull. his surviving young men, King and Watklns were guarding thirteen shivering gypsies In the lee of the bachelors' quarters. In reply tb questions. TokaiJI told Nlkka and Kara, shame lessly throwing In her lot with us, corroborated blm that there bad been Bfteeu of their band on tbe premises. A search of the courtyard disclosed two of them deail, together wltb one of Wasso Mikall's men. We bound the arms of the prisoners, most of them suffering from bullet1 wounds or Btabs, and marched them over to the House of the Married. The one lantern was still Bickering when we entered, and Betty rose to greet us. "Thank God!" she said soberly as her eyes envisaged us all. "What did you do wiih Mrs. llilyer?" "Isn't she here?" asked Hugh. "No. I don't know just .when she left. There was a lot of firing, and I looked to where she had been sifting by her husband, and she was gone" Nlkka ami I sped back Into the courtyard. We picked our way over the occasional bodies to the street door, li was ajar. "1 locked It myself!" cried Nlkka. 'Old Wasso MIkall picked it without damaging the spring. I took time when we entered to fasten It again." I was. feeling very weak. My shoulder throbbed. Nausea assailed me In recurrent waves. But I clutched the gne pot and peered Into tbe street Nobody was In sight "She escaped," said Nlkka. "Too bud! We might have" What's the tuatler. Jack?" lie cuuuht me as my knees bent un der uie I felt tbe rain on my eyelids and then everything was blotted out When I opened my eyes Warklm-wa- s bending over me. "Ah. tbeie. Mister Jack." he uld. "ave a drink of this. Thank you, sir. And us I struggled to a sitting posl thin: "No need of 'asie. sir. All's well. And you ad a bit of a kmck. If I muy say so, sir." "It seems as though you and I were the Jonahs, Watty," 1 answered. "Thli-Isjhthird time I've passed out cold "guile tight, sir. The same thought was In me own 'ead. If Mrs. I'rout) and Awklns the butler, sir and the others In the servants' all could 'ave seen me last night, they would 'ave been startled, sir. I do assure you the) would. There was that Russian young lady. Dow. I give you my word. sir. she cursed like a maniac, and 'er broth er was do better when 'e came from Is faint. A fair rowdy lot of people we "ad on our ands Including the young person In whom Mister Nlkka happen rs to be Interested, as the saye ing goes, sir." "You said 'last night , I believe." I Interrupted. "Yes, sir. It's close lo noon. Mister Jak. lint Lord bless you, sir, there's been no rest We 'ad a largish Job. let alone tidying up and minding the prisoners." "What have we done wltb the bod- s ies r "In the garden, sir. The prisoners did the work excipl the Russian persons, sir. 'E couldn't, account of 1 leg, and she. being a lady, so ta speak, was hexcused." "Well. I'm going to get op," I announced. "My shoclder feela better." "If yon wish, sir. My Instructions were to get you anything yon required, t but wltb submission, sir. mlxht I you sleep a little 'onger? There's nothlug ob, 'era's Mister Nlkka.t utig-ges- Bucoleon Is at our feet onder m red stone! feet, I mean. Up with the assented Hugh. she goes!" Up and Crowbars, chisels, mallets, picks paced and Hugh shovels appeared, tne the distance rom the Fountain of the Lion, His calculations indicated on estimated I stone that bad roughly our first visit to the garden. We all watched blm with madly beating were hearts. It was really true I We covered secret the bare to lay going the prize by the red stone, to grasp conthat the Emperor Andronlcus bad the before, centuries cealed seven generation after that generation prize of men bad striven for In vain. The thought exhilarated us, and when a chisel Hugh stepped aside and seized and mallet we all set to with superdo human energy. I was anable to e pleas-armuch, but I experienced a sharp In the mere act of holding with chisel upon my one hand the head of a which one of the others rained blows with a mallet We could not take time for conversation. We worked. Even his Vernon King, who had millions at of command, succumbed to the lure as and panted secret stone's red the he chipped the rotten mortar from the interstices between the red stone and those surrounding It. so Working at such a pace with a was only It many willing hands, matter of a few minutes before the stone was detached from Its neighbors, and Nikka thrust the tip of a crowa bar under Its edge. Followed then In the struggle of some duration, but end It sagged up and was overturned. Below It was a second stone of equal aldimensions, granite, unmortared, sifted had of ages though the dust Into the cracks around it This yielded to our efforts much sooner than had the capstone, and Uugh, kneeling Into amongst the debris, peered down a yawning hole In the pavement "Careful !" warned King. "A compartment which has been sealedd for centuries will be full of carbonlc-aclgas." Hugh sniffed. "It's as damp as as that beastly drain," he said. "But It smells reasonably sweet" We poked our torches Into the hole. All they showed was a steep flight of stairs descending straight into blackness. "Most extraordinary 1" mumbled Vernon King. "Byzantine masonry, beyond a doubt Observe the squaring of the blocks, and the composition of the mortar. This Is no such slovenly work as Turkish masons do. The uilders of old laid these stones." "If It's safe, what are we waiting for?" I barked. Our nerves were on edge. "Oh, take your time," said Hugh Ini patiently, and he lowered himself, feet tbe master-b- He Lowered Himself, Feet First knife away irom ber. She wanted to stick Betty because I talked more than Ave minutes to Bet about yon." "A sweet Job 1 She'll end by sticking you." "Perhaps," agreed Nikka equably. "Come and get some breakfast A cup of coffee will help you to take a more charitable view of a wild little gypsy girl." Hugh, Betty, and Vernon King wel coined us as we entered the atrium, where a low table of packing boxes had been rigged Wasso MIkall and bis men were either guarding the prisoners or else keeping watch on the street entrance. Kara scowled at all of us, but squatted determinedly be hind Nikka. We talked very little. The one Idea In the mind of oacb of us was to get at the red stone, which wt could see from where we sat, and we choked down our food as rapidly us possible. I forgot completely my Injured shoul der. Watklns actually hurried himself In passing the eggs. Betty and Hugh crumbled a few bits of toast, and stranded over their coffee. Vernon King alone ate placidly, wltb the zest of a man who feels he has done s good Job well. At last Betty could stand It no longer, and she sprang up with an Imitation of Karn's scowl so faithful that everybody, except Kara laughed. "Paddy, you've had time for two breakfasts." she decreed. "That's enough. Besides, I won't have you get ting fat In your old age.. Cornel Every body! We've got our chance, our chance that we began fo think was The treasure of gone agllmmeiing. New York Leads All In America, waste Is an old hattlt of long standing and not wholly dishonorable descent. It Is a legacy 1 the pioneers, a part ot the old Amerl can tradition; for with a wilderness to subdue and the wealth of a con tlnent at their doorsteps. Ihe first set tiers troubled themselves little ovet what they wasted flier was plenty more, whereas speed in producing food or clothes or shelier was a mat ter of life and death So the tradition 'be descend became established; ants of the earliest fathers have blithely agreed with the latest imml grants In a least this one American tradition: to get things quickly, to build hastily, lo tear down when It is convenient, and to use up at brvak neck speed the gifts thai the pener ous gods have lavishly provided. And as all things American are on their grandest scale In New York. U Is Ihere that we must look for at: orgy ol waste that would have appalled Imperial Rome. If the Yankee metropolis Is not the most American of cities, either In Its culture or Its population. It Is at least the most observed, both by foreigners and by otbet cities of the land. It octiuilua ''' tlrst inu I to -- 1 cThe Kitchen Cabinet g Jig, 15 ?feb000000OUXXX)00000O0OOOO Newspaper Union.) Is simply luck. luck call we "What doln th!I"SS 0Vef And t ((& 182S. Western ' perseverance and four leaves ot Luck's arnd will, Courape ' Arthi i clover." RELISHES AND PICKLES fhenFood all tot Now is the time to get ready add so much which things tbe good to the table dur- - Sours ing the whole Lots of folks who think they hav year. Be sure to try "indigestion" have only an acid one or two Jars tion which could be corrected Incondt flT of these attrac- or ten minutes. An effective f tive pickles: like Phillips Milk of Magnesia sooa Cucumber Cir- restores digestion to normal. clets. Select cu- Phillips does away with all that Inches In sourness and gas right after rumbers one' and one-hameals it diameter, pare, cut into halves and prevents the distress so apt to occur remove the seed portion with an ap- two hours after eating. What a pleas, half-Inc- h ant preparation to take! Ann . ple corer. Now slice Into Simmer for a couple good it is for the system! Unlike a thick pieces. of hours In half vinegar and water, Durmng aose or soaa which Is but to cover, salting to taste ; drain. temporary relief at best Phillip, Make a sirup of one pound of brown Milk of Magnesia neutralizes many sugar, three cupfuls of mild vinegar times its volume ln acid. Next time a hearty meal, or too rich and boil five minutes with a bag of mixed spices; skim and pour over a diet has brought on the least dithe rings. Stand over night: repeat scomfort, try two days mdre. On the third day. pack In jars, cover with the boiling sirup and seal. A few large, plump raisins added to this pickle Improves the flavor and adds to the appearance. Rhubarb and Orange Marmalade. Take three pints of good flavored pie plant, add the grated rind of three oranges and one lemon, add the juice Misunderstanding and pulp, and three pounds of sugar; The late Avery Hopwood, the plamornin the and over let stand night ywright who bequeathed a quarter of ing cook down until thick. Put Into a million to the University of Michsmall glasses to serve; seal with parfor annual literary prizes, was igan affin when cold. Peach Conserve. Scald and peel talking one day ; In New York about six pounds of ripe peaches, add an a banned book. "The libraries," he said, "banned equal quantity of sugar, the shredded book because they misunderstood this kernels of six or eight pits, two or The thing Is ludicrous, really. It meat the chopper anges put through "It reminds me of the colored woand the juice from a small bottle of maraschino cherries. Cook, stirring man who staggered out of a chiropodist's establishment with a very large frequently until well blended, adding heavy burlap bag on her back. a few minutes before taking np, the and -'Calls hlsse'f a chiropodist,' she In fine cut Into Store cherries pieces. grunted, 'and can't stuff a dog!'" Jelly glasses or half-pin- t jars. Watermelon Balls. Cut the pink but firm part of the center of a ripe watermelon Into balls with a potato scoop. Soak over night In weak alum water. In the morning rinse and pour on Ice water, drain and put Into s boiling sirup made of M IJK if' of fruit In sugar and just enough wa1 -i f ter to cover the balls. Add each of a lemon and orange thinly sliced to each pound of fruit and one ' ounce of ginger root cut Into small eey pieces to each three pounds. Cook until clear, sklra out the fruit, boir the sirup until thick and rich, reheat the fruit and pour into Jars. This Is a very pretty conserve as the balls keep their color fairly well. Economical Dishes. When a little meat of any kind Is left over, put It through the meat chopper and use It In layers with scalloped potatoes, I adding a little onion, and lacking fat, some butter. Bake until the TT'S folly to suffer long from neu potatoes are done. Such ritis, neuralgia, or headaches whea a dish will be sustaining relief is swift and sure, with Bayer medical enough for a main dish Aspirin. For 23 years the and a little meat will it It recommended has profession season a large dish of it Take does not affect the heart potatoes. sciatica, rheumatism, for colds, Meat Pie. Cut fine or chop any leftthroat lumbago. Gargle it for a sore over meat, add any cooked vegetables for directions or tonsilitis. Proven and gravy and mix with a good white packags. in its every uses, many sauce, season well with onion, salt and All drug stores have genuine Bayer pepper, cover with a biscuit dough or identified small biscuits, or a layer of leftAspirin which is readily and tbe box the on name over mashed potato brushed with egg. the lv Bake ln a moderate oven until well Bayer cross oa every tablet heated through. Poverty Pudding. The wealthy need not spurn this pudding for It Is good : Take six cupfuls of milk, one-haf cupful of rice, cupful of sugar, AjpirT. th. tnd. 7 one teaspoonful of salt, one-hal- f of nutmeg and one-hal- f . ' -D cupful of raisins. Put all together ln a say pt The Doetor-T- hey baking dish and place In a moderate makes oven. Stir frequently at first then think ,n. .... . perfect tfn rw tours mate occasionally. Butter or finely minced 1 suet will add to the richness of the and . . bolh prefer .. having us rich. Cincinnati r.npi""pudding. ' antl-adr- lf PHILLIPS mini Magnesia three-quarter- tF one-hal- The others followed hlra, one by one. and 1 brought up the rear, ashamed of myself for the temper I had exhibited. The pitch of the stairs was so sharp that we had to bend only a little In passing under the rlra of the opening. They were barely wide enough for one man, and I counted thirty of them before they terminated In a passage that led off at right angles, with an appreciable downward slope. "Hold up I" Hugh called back to as a moment later. "Here's an opening Into another passage. There's a step down. Why, cltls Is the drain again I" We Joined him. Incredulous, only to be convinced at once that he was right The passage debouched on the sewer some distance Inland from the grating ot the dungeon. "My O dl" groaned Hugh. "And we've goue through everything for Was there ever such a sell !" this The vaulted roof echoed his words. The "drlp-diip- " ot slime and fungi was a melancholy punctuation for I hem. But the reaction loosened our taut nerves. The one thought of all of us was to comfort Hugh. "There may be some explanation." said Nikka. "Perhaps we overlooked something," I voluufeered. "It Is a most unusual archeologk-a- l discovery," offered King. "There Is ua explanation," cried Betty. "We have overlooked some thing. I know It There must be." "It's no go." answered Hugh despondently. "I've brought you on a wild goose chase." , We all looked rather white and wan In the cold light of the electric torches 1 (TO BE CONTINUED.) v If lv) SPIRIN lf '. ' cne-hal- ul 'ftS' 1 ult .i-- Lemon Crumb Pudding. Pour two cupfuls of milk over two cupfuls of bread crumbs, add of a in teaspoonful of salt, cupful of sugar, one beaten egg. the grated rind of a lemon, three more land, builds higher tablespoonfuls buildings, of the juice of a lemon and one handles more business, receives more visitors and attention, lives at a tablespoon ful of melted butter. Pour quicker tempo than any other city in Into a buttered baking dish and serve Amerlca-wh- lch means that It wastes with a crefimy pudding sauce. on a more lavish and Cheesettes.Fo!d In one and one-hascale than any other city in stupendous cupfuls of grated cheese In the the world -J- ohn Bakeless In whites of three eggs, add the Forum. suit and cayenne and pile on circles of toast and brown In the oven. These We.ltb From "Scr.p" are nice to serve with a ' simple salad. By the 0f reclaniath.n of the Cherry OlivesFill jar, WL. w being strap pile washed cherries with the stems f0 left lowed by nearly all the generally railroad com on. Pour over equal parts of vinegar panics, bright new tin buckets, cups and water, adding one o and other articles are being salt to each pint Can teaspoonful manufacand seal. tured from old metal roofing, Grzpe Juiea Lemonade Take four empty powder anC carbide containers and lemons, one pint of grape Juice, one other JunU salvuged., Old broom f han and cupfuls of water and one dies are made Into staffs for signal cupful of sugar. Ron the water and Dags. olC canvas Is transformed Into for the minutes, chill, add the curtains foi the loeorm tlve cabs and supir Ju ce Af the lemons and the grape coaches, steam-pipJuice. Do not add ice to coverings 8r)( any of the aprons. Thrift practices such at these children s drinks but have them cl.liled nave the carriers hundreds hear the Ice. Children ore not gf tnn apt to sands of dollars annually. he slow in drinking, so Iced chilled drinks taken too rapidly are bad to serve them. D.tb'. Dally Hr,.,f It is estimated that mm persons die exery day. Tula Includa; the entire world Orgy of Wasting Would an office building . iu one-fourt- h . ..li Hiiifed Hiieui-- one-fourt- h proiunoif TUUK N.v.-ie-ni - AOlICt OF HER M P'' Praises Lydia E Vegetable Compound ' Vfetmoro. Colo. "When I 14 vears ago I was in dm fnr a cuuii flea tid andl! I'-- . one-hal- e w " ID i lf well-beate- that F -. j i S lu,noaiH o2 andoa years to w. fi BUBdre" women, ' given j birth it .ii I ore l children ud.have of Pf Compound es a t0' , me worw, birth. It has done t ji and h recommended vlUi BaASstA, Mas. Jons rado. |