The Strong City Press (Strong City, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1936 Page: 3 of 4
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SYNOPSIS
John Spencer and his cousin Geof-
frey Bohun ars vacationing In Aus-
tria Geoffrey is a gifted portrait
painter but prefers to paint land-
scapes Strolling In the forest John
bears voices and decides to Investi-
gate From cover he finds four men
burying a man In green livery who
evidently had been murdered Pha-
raoh is the leader of the gang the
others are Dewdrop Rush and Bugle
Unfortunately John makes himself
known to the assassins by dropping
’ a letter with his name and address
He tells 'Geoffrey and his chauffeur
Barley of his adventure Geoffrey
realising that John’s life Is In dan-
ger deo'ares he must vanish Spen-
cer discovers that the livery of the
murdered man corresponds to the llv-
ery of the servants of Yorlck castle
and tells Countess Helena mistress
of the castle what he had seen
V With Geoffrey and Barley John
starts for Annabel a nearby village
They encounter Pharaoh In making
" their getaway they exchange shots
with the gang without serious re-
suit They arrive at the Yorlck estate
where Lady Helena had requested
John and his cousin to meet her
She reveals that her father had con-
verted his Immense fortune into gold
and hidden It In a secret vault in
the castle Knowing that his son
Yalentlne Helena’s brother was In-
capable of controlling the fortune
he had revealed It to Helena alone
Just before ' hla death The news
leaked out' and Pharaoh Is after the
treasure They planned that Geoffrey
and Barley would go to Salsburg to
' watch 'for Pharaoh while John was
to remain at Plumage Several nlghtd
go by without Important Incident
John visits Yorlck castle and finds
that Helena’s brother Count Valen-
tine Is there and with him on most
friendly terms Is Pharaoh as Cap-
tain Fanlng Hearing that John Is
stopping at Plumage Pharaoh speaks
to his servant Dewdrop: John sus-
pects a plot As dinner is announced
Helena and John escape
CHAPTER IV— Continued
Then the engine of the Rolls
coughed twice and the car slowed
' down - -
As I frowned the troth came
pelting— tci sear my brain' V
"What is It John? That is It?”
N "Petrol" I ’ said ' hoarsely ‘ "I
meant to fill np before we patrolled
: this evening bat with all this Pha
raoh business—" '
The nearest village lay roughly
11 miles off and whether It boast-
ed a pump we could not tell
The road was a main highway If
I locked her switch and her bonnet
no man could take the Rolls but
left on the road 'she was bound
to attract attention
Some forty-five paces ahead a
track led Into the forest— a decent
track what was more It ran slight-
ly downhill If 1 could manhandle
the Rolls as far as Its mouth her
weight would help me to carry her
out of sight But the road though'
level was cambered '
' While Helena steered and stood
by to apply the brake I moved the
Rolls by the spokes of one of her
wheels The strain was great for
the car was very heavy In des-
peration I moved her perhaps six
Inches towards the crown of the
road but then the weight of her
beat me and she began to return
and In my effort to hold her before
I could cry for the brake I strained
or tore some muscle In the small of
my back
I smothered a grunt of pain— too
late' for Helena’s ears before I had
drawn myself np my lady was
standing beside me
“You’ve hurt yourself John"
“A muscle" said L “It’s nothing
As long as I don’t use It I’ll be all
right" Ruefully I regarded the
Rolls "But we’ll have to leave her
here"
If we were now In no peril our
case was sorry enough Stay with
the Rolls we dared not for the
chance that some friend would
come by before some enemy seemed
to us very slight Helena’s brilliant
plan was back In the melting-pot
for her nurse would have kept her
counsel but we could not now sum
mon Geoffrey until we were sure
of our host And the Rolls had to
be recovered before we could move
"Are you sure you can walk?”
said Helena'
"Comfortably" said L "And if I
saw Pbaraoh coming I quite ex-
pect I could run ' The burning
question Is where to look for a
lodging that’s not by the side of
this road"
Together by the light of the
torch we studied the map Upon
this there was shown a farm called
Holy Tree So far aa we could make
out it stood some seven miles off
We had walked for an hour and
a half before the track we were
using came to an end The going
was rough and because' I was
weary I stumbled and every time I
did so the muscle which I had In-
jured protested with all Its might
"It Is useless" said I halting
"We must wait till the dawn comes
In" I stepped to a mighty beech
and flung the clothes I was bear-
ing down at Its foot "You must
lie down here my lady and take
some rest And Sabre and I will
watch”
"I see" said Helena slowly
Then she put up her hands and slid
my coat from 'my shoulders and
drew' It clear of my arms "You’ve
got to change" she said and de-
spite my protests Insisted on help-
ing me Intel dry clothing
"Now you lie still” said Helena
lighting my torch Tm going to
get some leaves"
Three times she went and came
with her coat full of dry leaves
These she poured Into a hollow by
the side of the ’ beech I found
there an ease of body which I had
not expected that night And she
sat down behind me with her back
to the trunk i
“When we get to Holy Tree I'm
going to borrow some lotion and
rub your back I shall tell them
we’re brother and sister so remem-
ber to treat me rough It’s really
Important John if you value my
name"
The fluting of a bird woke me
and a glance at the leaves above
me showed that the dawn was up
At once I rolled on to my side
but Helena’s lodgment was empty
and she and Sabre were gone :
My back was stiff as was nat-
ural but to my relief I found
could walk with ease so I set off
towards the clearing for there' the
night before I had heard the song
of a rill -
When I had found this I bathed
my head and my hands but before
I had finished this very simple toi-
let Sabre gave tongue beside me
A moment later my lady stepped
out of the woods '
"How’s his back?” said Helena
taking her seat on a tree-stump
"Stiff" said I “but better"
“Rest Is the medicine” Bays she
"We simply must find a farm Be-
sides I want my breakfast"
“God send It you quick” said I
"We must go on walking east but
if after half an hour we don’t
strike a path or something—”
“I’ve struck one” says she “I
don't know where it leads to but
think we might try and find out"
Nearly an hour had gone by when
we saw before us no farm but a
llttl time-honored cottage stand-
ing In a glade of the forest with
a garden of flowers about it
“Bread and milk” said Helena
turning a glowing face “And
honey perhaps — there's a beehive”
We were 40 paces away when a
young woman entered the doorway
and stood looking into the garden
alight with the ‘ sparkling flowers
For a moment ’ she stared upon
them Then She leaned against the
jamb put her arm up to her eyes
and began to weep
Helena and I stopped dead
Then— '
“You stay here" she said quietly
“and I’ll go on and see what the
trouble Is”
Twenty minutes went by before
I 8a w her again and then she came
out of the garden with the lass that
had stood at the door The latter
was smiling bow
For a moment the two stood
speaking
Then the woman dropped a curt-
sey and leaving Helena standing
started across the forest in hast&
Helena beckoned to me and I got
to my feel
As I came towards her—
“The trick" she said -“has been
done - Our hostess has gone for
petrol and when she comes back
n two hours she's going away for
good— for three days at least to
Salzburg"
I followed her Into the cleanest
of tiny kitchens all bright with old
wood and copper and smelling of
sweet wood-smoke Beneath the
open window a table was laid with
our breakfast
Sabre was lying on the flags In
front of the hearth and a pretty
fair-haired baby that might have
been two years old was seated be-
side the Alsatian
Helena sat down by the 'Infant
and drew him on to her lap
Max" She said "this la my
brother He’s rather nice"
CHAPTER V
The Forester’s Cottage
ftpONVENTION he darned" said
Helena
"All right" I said "I can’t help
It Do wbat you like If the Count-
ess Helena of Yorlck Is determined
to dwell In a solitary 'two-roomed
cottage with an Imitation brother
an lnfant-ln-arms and a dog—"
’Till your cousin arrives she Is
And now listen to me Freda’s man
la In Salzburg : he’s lying In a hospi-
tal there and gradually getting bet-
ter of a fever which nearly carried
him off Yesterday she got a letter
saying that now she might visit
him but that on no account must
she bring with her the child
"I offered to care for the baby
and to give her a present as well
If my ‘brother and I might stay
here until her return She simply
jumped at the bargain— she’s gone
for petrol and when she leaves for
Salzburg she’ll take a letter to your
cousin
“Now if to serve convention
you’d have thrown such a chance
away we’d better say good-by here
and now You’re jealous of my
honor Well and good If you
weren’t we shouldn’t be here It
Is because you respect me because
you’re so very anxious -that I
shouldn’t put a foot wrong that I
like you and trust you"
"All right" I said slowly and
hardly knew my voice "I'll play
the pretty game"
When Freda returned she was
heavy laden for' she bore two gal-
lons of petrol which she had begged
of the farmer that sold her milk
and as well she brought two chick-
ens and a basket of new-laid eggs
She had little time to spare if she
was to catch the train which would
bring her to Salzburg that night
a t
1 took my ease for the most of
the day but while I am sure the
repose did much for my ' bafck It
was Helena’s use of the lotion that
actually healed the strain
“Tonight" I said “I am going
to get the Rolls Til fill her up at
some pump and then find some
place near Witchcraft and park her
there"
“I shall come too" said Helena
“Sabre can mind the baby and keep
the house"
“I think” said I “that you’ve
done' enough today You’ve fetched
and carried and nursed me and
played with Max”
“Oh John why wasn’t 1 born to
a life like this? The life IJead
Is a duty— and that's the truth"
“We’re not born to Idylls" said
I “We’ve no such luck"
Helena crossed her ankles and
laced her delicate fingers behind
her head
“D’you find it idyllic too?”
“I tried to say bo this morning"
Helena knitted her brow
"Then you said It very badly"
she said "I thought you were jib-
bing at being here alone with me"
"For me that’s the Idyll" said I
Helena turned her head and gave
me a dazzling smile
It was when we had eaten our
supper and the Infant was fast
asleep that Sabre was given his or-
ders and we set out with the pe-
trol to seek the Rolls The dusk
would come In I Judged by the
time we had crossed the clearing
and gained the track and that was
Just what we wanted ' for so we
could use the daylight yet be
wrapped In the cloak of darkness
by the time we dime to the road
For all that I was none too easy
for If by some evil chance friend
Pharaoh had found the Rolls his
Instinct might well have suggested
that we should return at nightfall
to try to recover the car And If
he was lying there waiting
Five minutes later perhaps the
darkness ahead was lightened and
I knew we were approaching the
road
With my right hand upon my pis-
tol I moved like any shadow along
the side of the track
Arrived at Its mouth 'I waited
straining my ears So perhaps for
three minutes Then I stole around
the corner and on to the edge of
the road
The Rolls was gone
I was up betimek the next morn-
ing and had shaved and bathed and
dressed before Helena called to me
to know If I was awake
In my note I had asked my cou-
sin to bring some food I judged
that my ' cousin would reach us
by five o’clock And that would be
the end of my Idyll with his and
Barley’s coming my present estate
my kingdom must be resigned my
lovely hour would be over and nev-
er so long as I lived should I ever
be given another that smelled so
sweet
From a covert which we selivit-i
we could see the way to Witch
craft yet could not be seen for the
ground rose up a little to make u
knoll V
As I turned to peer through tbi'
fronds—
"You are very Impatient" said
Helena
“That’s the wrong word" said I
“I can’t tell you what’s the right
one’ but It’s rather dike standing
on a platform seeing somebody off
by train" 1
Helena knitted her brows
"I know the feeling" she said
“but I don’t see how It applies"
"You wouldn’t" said L ‘Never
mind The train will leave when
Geoffrey and Barley arrive" '
Again I turned to glance at the
Bhadow way down which they must
come ‘
“I like Mr Bohun" said Helena
"He’s the best In the world” I
cried
"Well he’ll be here soon— If yon
don’t keep on watching that path
Watched pots ' never boll you
know"
You- don’t understand" I said
and lay back on the turf "I don’t
want Geoffrey at all I'll be glad
to see him of course But If he was
delayed or something I— I shouldn't
mind"
Some time later Helena suddenly
peered through the fronds "At
W Could 8ss the Way to Witch-
craft
last" she said “Enter Mr Bohun
and Barley” ’
My beautiful dream ' was over
and now through misunderstand-
ing our lovely precious relation
was going to come to an end If I
did not speak oat It was finished
“As Geoffrey’s here you may as
well know the truth I think of
you as ‘Nell’ deep down In my in-
most heart It’s the pretty name
I’d call you If we were engaged
You see Fm mad about you I love
you— I’ve always loved you from
the moment I met 'your eyes
love you walking and riding and
sitting here on the grass I love
your head and your shoulders and
that tiny vein In your ankle that
looks like a thread of bine slk
I love everything about you and ali
you do I love your voice and your
laughter and the glorious light In
your eyes And I love your shin
ing nature as I love the smell of
your hair and the breath of your
lips And to be with you here
like this— well now perhaps you
can see wbat it’s meant to me and
why I clung to my secret and why
I was handicapped in trying to play
your game" I got to my feet
"Good-by Nell" I said gently
I turned to the path and the smil-
ing cottage below
For a moment I stood blinking
Then—
"Have they gone In?” I asked
“I— I made a mistake" said Hel-
ena "It wasn’t them” -
I was sitting on the settle in the
kitchen with my head in my hands
And I do not know how long 1
sat there but all of a sudden 1
knew that I was not alone
I could smell the faint perfume
that Helena used -
As I started up I found she was
sitting beside me looking very-
grave and gentle with her precious
hands In her lap
“I tricked you" she said “I’m
sorry’ But It was the only way
You are very— reticent John And
very very humble — and rather
blind Old Florin knew In an In-
stant and Pharaoh too"
"Knew that I loved you?" 1
cried
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Irish Retire Ancient Bell
Used In the pork market on a
church and then as a fire alarm
an ancient bell has been honorably
“retired" In the Urban council
rooms of Dungannon Irish Free
State City employees removed It
from a pole near the R U C bar-
racks where It had done duty for
many years as a fire alarm For al-
most a centnry the bell was used In
the pork market then In Market
Square and when the parish church
was being rebuilt in 1S68-60 It sum-
moned the congregation to worshlj
in the primitive Wesleyan preach-
ing house which was lent for tw
years to the Church of Ireland ai
tborltles
HE
T0DAY
DR JAMES W BARTON
Tifiii About O
Middle Ago and Overweight
ABOUT tea or twelve years
ago health stood first as
an advertising appeal That is
in all the advertising about
comfort luxury wealth econ-
omy beauty and other subjects
the benefit to health — freedom
from Illness— stood first Today
health still stands first and despite
our carelessness and thoughtless-
ness we know In oar hearts that
the biggest asset
in life Is good
health Twelve
years ago beauty
stood thirtieth on
the list as an ad-
vertising appeal
today beauty stands
right at the top
sharing first place
with health Nat-
urally the appear-
ance of the body Is
Important to beau-
ty hence we see
the widespread demand for meth
ods of bringing the weight to with-
in normal limits In fact the ten-
dency has been to overdo the reduc-
ing of weight In an attempt to ob-
tain a willowy or boyish figure
Every overweight person knows
that he or she eats too much
The amount of food eaten may not
be as much as that eaten regularly
by thin and normal Individuals but
nevertheless it is too much food
for his or her particular body
All overweights know that If they
will reduce the Intake the weight
will gradually come off Many of
them honestly try to reduce weight
by eating less food but on the first
feeling of weakness they become
afraid and feel they were simply
meant to be fat and do nothing
more about It
Looking for Short Cuts
Others are looking for a short
cut to weight reduction They are
reading about all that medical scl
ence Is now able to do for other
conditions — diabetes smallpox scar
let fever malaria yellow fever—
and so expect that something can
be done to reduce weight without
having to reduce the amount of
food eaten
Now medical science can help
some who are overweight By
simply measuring the rate at which
the body processes work it is
learned whether these processes are
working too slowly to burn or use
up the excess fat tissue and if so
thyroid extract Is given which 1©
creases the rate at which the body
processes work and so fat is grad
ually removed
However Dr W A Styles point-
ed out some truths In Hygela some
months ago : “Seemingly there Is no
end to the number of tablets pow-
ders and prescription nostrums
used In the Internal treatment of
overweight If these products con
tain thyroid extract they may be
effective by rapidly burning np the
food and tissue instead of storing
them but only at the cost of an in
creased pulse rate- palpitation fe-
ver tremors sleeplessness and gen
eral lassitude or tiredness Such
a powerful drug should never be em
ployed by overweights themselveR
as Its use with lack of supervision
has led to serious consequences'
Some Sports Strain Heart
Many middle-aged men who have
let themselves become overweight
with a real “middle-age spread"
rightly decide that It is exercise
they need and suddenly plunge Into
hard muscular exercise which ai
their time of life and In their “soft
condition may do serious harm
For instance “badminton looks
like a simple game” ancLls deserv
edly popular at athletic and social
clubs but as a ' matter of fact It
ranks with tennis and Is only sec-
ond to basketball In Its strain on
the heart and blood vessels
What the middle-aged man needs
first is to cut down on his food In-
take do considerable-walking and
then go Into a gymnasium for sys-
tematic exercise about three times
a week
X-Ray Examination of Teeth
When a physician believes that
a patient Is suffering with some
infection he looks for the likely
places where Infection Is most com-
monly found He thns starts with
the teeth then the tonsils then gall
bladder then intestine and then si-
nuses adjoining the nose
If the teeth have crowns or
show that they have the pulp (nerve
and blood vessels) removed he
sends the patient to have an X-ray
S lamination The X-ray will show
there Is any Infection about the
roots of the teetb by casting a dark
shadow When this Is discovered
the teeth are usually extracted al-
though sometimes continued treat-
ment will Save them
Dr Wilbur B Gilmore’s sugges-
tion is that the X-ray specialist
should have in mind the patient
first and his examination and his
report should be such that when
It reaches the dentist by way of the
physician that the infection of the
teeth and gums the presence of cav-
ities the way the upper and lower
teeth meet one another should all
be Included
C — WN“U Servloe
Killing of White Rhino
Highly Arouses Natives
Illegal killing of a white rhino©
eros one of the rnrest species of
animals In the world In Mahlabatlnl
has aroused all that part of South
Africa and an extensive hunt for tha
culprits started as soon as offldala
were informed
The killing for which natives iri
)elleved to be responsible has cause!
considerable official interest because
of the recent killing of numbers of
game Including hippopotami It la
)elleved that the rhino which was
one of a comparatively email herd :
of less than 200 was shot at cloea
range and tbat the poachers wera
disturbed at their work As soon aa
the killing was known steps werf
aken to preserve the carcass which
a valuable — Philadelphia Inquirer
JACK SPRATT
NOW EATS FAT
AND ANYTHING ELSE IN 90tfl
NO STOMACH SOUR
CAN KNOCK HIM FIAT
FORTUMS HAVE SOLVED HIS PUOHTI
WHO ELSE WANTS TO
FORGET SOUR STOMACH?
“THE way to eat favorite foods and avoid
A heartburn eour stomach gat and other
yuiptoeat of add indigestion it no tecret now
IdOliont cany Turns Nothing to mix up No
drenching your stomach with harsh tlkilin
which doctori say may increase the tendency to-
ward add indigestion Just enough of the ant-
acid in Tumi i released to neutralize the itoa-
nck The reatpames on inert Cannot over-alkn-liae
the atomach or blood You natr know tchtn
to cany a nil alwaya 10c at all druggiettu
FOR THE TUMMY
TUMS ARE
ANTACID
SET A LAXATIVE
Oar Dependence
The race is not alwaya to the
swift It often depends upon the
character of the man in the judge’s
stand
A Three Days’ Cough
Is Yonr Danger Signal
No matter how many medicines —
you have tried for yonr cough chest
cold or branchial Irritation you can
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Serious trouble may be brewing and '
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of the trouble to aid nature to
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Even if other remedies have
failed don’t be discouraged your
druggist is authorized to guarantee
Creomulslon and to refund your
money If you are not satisfied with
results from the very first bottle
Get Creomulslon right now (AdvJ
Useleia Knowledge
It la little use filling your brain
with knowledge unless you can
evolve thoughts from it-
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30 YEARS
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