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SYNOPSIS
Richard Exon. a poor young Englishmai
befriends elderly Matthew Gering. who <
his death, gives him a statement claimir
he. Gering. is Rudolph Elbert Virgil. Coui
of Brief, of ancient Austrian nobility wt
was betrayed 20 years before by his twi
brother. Ferdinand. whose sentence for fo
gery he himself served. Ferdinand appn
priatcd his title, property and daughter. B<
fore he dies. Gering tells Exon there Is
family secret, known only to the head <
the house, to be found in the great tower i
Brief, bv a doorway none can ever tint
Exon inherits his uncle's fortune and set
out to right Genng's wrongs.
CHAPTER I?Continued
?2?
If I did not like Percy's portrait
the moment I saw him that eveninj
I liked him less. Not at all re
sembling his uncle, he was a tall
dark man, overdressed and scented
old for his age.
I had been something surprises
that such a man as he should choos
a hotel, but I saw that he sat a
the table of one of the residents?;
quiet, sad-faced old fellow. whosJ
name i Knew to be Inskip. who usee
to go up to London twice in thi
week. The two spoke hardly at all
and I had no doubt that business
was to be done.
When Winter called me that morn
ing, I asked him if he could tell m<
what Inskip's profession was; anc
he said at once that he was a dia
mond merchant and added that hi
had heard say that he was "a very
big man."
Winter was the valet who always
attended to me. He was an excel
lent servant, quick and deft anc
willing and very quiet. He did foi
tne much that could not be callec
his duty, and. because he was sc
pleasant, I had come to know hirr
better than anyone else I had met
since Gering died.
That day I went to London mysell
?with a vague idea of engaging s
private detective to shadow Percy
Virgil and follow him out to Brief:
but, instead, I purchased some Aus
trian ordnance maps and then, on t
sudden impulse, walked into a mo
tor car dealer's and bought a Rolls
Koyce.
From this it will be seen that 1
was as good as hall way to leaving
lor Brief mysell.
And then another thing happened
Winter did not call me next morn
ing?for the first time for nearly su
months. As the man who had taker
his place made to leave the room?
"Where's Winter?" I said. "He'i
not ill?"
"He's gone, sir. He left las
night."
"Gone?" said I.
"That's right, sir. He's?left thi
hotel."
After breakfast I asked the porte:
for Winter's address, and fifty min
utes later I ran my friend to eartl
at his sister's home.
When I asked him why he hai
left, he looked distressed.
"I lost my temper, sir. That'
one of the things a servant's paii
not to do. In a sense it wasn't m;
fault, but the manager couldn't pas
it. If I'd been placed like him,
wouldn't have passed it myself."
I bade him tell me the facts.
"It was that foreign gentleman
sir. Mr. Virgil, I think was hi
name. He was to have left this morn
ing. I expect he's gone. He's?he'
not a nice way with servants,
waited upon him as well as ever
could, but?well, I don't think h
fancied me and I really believe h
set out to twist my tail. He ran
for me seven times in the sam
half-hour. 'Do this,' he'd say, an
stand there and watch me do it: an
when I was through, 'Do that.' An
at last I turned. 'Do it yourself.'
said, 'and be damned for the ca<
you look.' "
"I don't blame you at all," I said
wouia you iiKe 10 De my servant
I'm going abroad."
I took with me the maps I ha
bought and two powerful binoculars
and a certain bank in Innsbruc
was ready to honor my checks. An
that, I think, was all?except that
carried two pistols, in case of acc
dents.
I crossed the Channel by nigh
and before the next day was ove
had come to Basle. There I lay i
a well-known house on the banks <
the Rhine, and, liking the look <
. the place, decided to spend a da
there, before going on.
I could speak no language, exce(
my own. My helplessness shook m<
In this uneasy mood I present!
repaired to the garage in which th
Rolls was bestowed, to have a wot
with Winter?to whom, I may sa
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the curse of Babel seemed to b<
matter for mirth?and see that th<
n- car was no worse for her full day';
? run.
n As I walked into the place, I saw
a nice-looking fellow half-sitting or
r. the wing of a Lowland, with his
? hat on the back of his head. He
a" was very plainly English and mighl
>t have been thirty-five: his merrj
face was belying his injured air.
, The moment he saw me he smiled
and put up a hand. Then he touched
_ the proprietor's arm and pointed to
me.
"There you are," he said, using
j English. "The hour produces the
't man."
! Recognizing me, the proprietor
! bowed and smiled, and I stood still
' and waited to know what was want
' ed of me.
The other went straight to the
I P?'ntt
"I desire your ruling," he said.
"Will you be so very good as to
* say what this Lowland is worth?
I j And put it as tow as you aare. xou
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I
t ; see, I'm inclined to buy her: but
Mr. Schelling here is asking me
too much. She's in perfect order,
> two years old and has done 20,000
miles."
r I raised my eyebrows and took a
. look at the car.
n The others watched me in silence.
At length?
i "I think she'd be cheap," said I,
"at 350 pounds."
s "I'm much obliged," said Herrich
j ?to give him his name. "Well,
Y Schelling, what about it?"
s The garage proprietor sighed,
j "What will you?" he said. "I gc
to make out a check."
As he made his way to the office?
i, "I beg," said Herrick, "that yoti
s will lunch with me. If you hadn't
i- appeared when you did, I should
s now be the poorer by exactly ont
I hundred pounds."
I "But I thought?"
e "I know. I was selling the car?
e not Schelling. I asked him 301
g pounds, and he wouldn't go beyonc
e two."
d Ten minutes later we entered t
d good-looking cafe where he wa:
d plainly known, for the host himsel
I conducted us up some stairs ant
d gave us a table beside an open win
dow, commanding an agreeabli
I. prospect of lawns and trees.
? "Now, isn't that nice?" said Her
rick, regarding the pretty scene
"Sit down with Madam Nature, ant
d your meal, however humble, be
; comes a repast. Of course you mus
k have fine weather. A picnic in th(
d rain can provoke more downrigh
I misery than anything I know,
i- envy you going to Innsbruck.
had a stomach-ache there in 1912
t. Eating too many figs, I think. Ant
ir the country round is superb. Then
it again, the people are charming
>f the peasants, I mean."
>( Since I was accustomed to kee|
y no company, the entertainment hi
offered was like some gift from thi
>t gods, and I found myself talkinj
!. and laughing as I had not done sinci
iy I left Oxford?three years before
le It was when they had brought th
d coffee that Herrick spoke of him
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? "I'm really a tout," he said: "at
: leas!, I was. Employed by a firm
3 in England to sell their stuff over
here. I sometimes think I was meant
i for better things, but when you come
1 down to concrete, a double-blue at
5 Cambridge is about as much good
in the City as the art of elocution
t would be to a Trappist monk. As
' it was, my French and German got
me a job. And it's not been too
I bad, you know. But the English
I company's failed. * Thanks to you,
i my dear Exon. I can now discharge
all my debts and travel back to
England in that degree of comfort
which an insolent flesh demands."
"And then?" said I.
Herrick considered his brandy.
"I shall take a new job," he said.
"Between you and me, it won't be
for very long. My uncle. Lord Naseby,
is failing and I'm his heir. He
hates the sight of me?a family
quarrei or something: I don't know
i what. But he can't do me out of
the money?be would if be could."
i got to my teet. "Thank you '
I Announced That We Were Lost.
| very much for the last two hours. |
Will you dine with me tonight? I'm
not going to dress."
I "I will with pleasure," said Ilerrick.
"Let's say nine o'clock."
But long before then I resolved to
obey my impulse and made up my
mind to offer John Herrick a job.
It was when we had dined that
1 night and were sitting above the
river, which hereabouts seemed to
be a gigantic race, that I told him
' Gering's story and gave him the
statements to read. Then I spoke of
Percy Virgil and, finally of the busi1
ness which I had set out to do.
"And now," I concluded, "we
come to the waterjump. I need a
' companion in this, an Englishman
[ who can speak German, a man that
' I can talk to, who's willing to work
! with me if there's work to be done.
In a word, I want you."
A hand went up to his brow. "I'm
j on, of course. I'll love it. And I'm
I greatly impressed by this business.
More than impressed. I'm dazed.
( You see, I know something of . . .
. Gering. In fact, I was a page at
| his wedding. His wife, the Countj
ess Rudolph, was one of my mother's
best friends. And I've stayed at
, Brief. I was only twelve at the
time, and I've never been back. But
I still remember the house and the
seven staircase-turrets which led to
j the upper floors. But I never was
in the great tower, it was holy
j ground."
t CHAPTER n
I ?
I Now my idea had been to discover
some villaee. not verv far
i from Brief, at which we could take
i, up our quarters for as long as we
- meant to stay. From there we could
make such approaches as circump
stances seemed to permit,
s Kerrick approved these plans?if,
e indeed, they deserve the name, and,
j after two nights at Innsbruck, we
e left that city at six o'clock in the
i. morning, traveling east. At nine
e o'clock we had breakfast, some 25
- miles from Brief, and, after that,
we set out to prove the country.
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Face
ID YATES
working, of course, by the map and
aiming at finding a reasonably comfortable
lodging, which rss neither
too near nor too far.
I must confess that the country
through which we ran was some of
the very finest I ever saw. On all
sides forest-clad mountains with
neighboring streams and pastures
and delicate woods.
It was half-past five that evening,
and we were beginning to wonder
where we should spend the night,
when for the fifth or sixth time we
lost our way.
We paused for a few moments,
then for more than a mile we
threaded a dark green forest of
close-set firs, and then we passed
over some ridge and began to go
down between meadows of very fine
grass. And then, on a sudden, there
appeared a fork in the road.
As I set a foot on the brake, I
threw a glance at Herrick, to see
him asleep, and after a moment's
reflection I switched te tt>? left, I
confess that the way to the right was
the better road, but that climbed
up once more, while that to the left
led on down, and, to tell the truth.
I was more for the comfort of country
that man administered than the
proud domain which was ruled by
Nature alone. Facilis descensus . . .
Before half a mile had gone by, I
had an uneasy feeling that we were
making the most of some private
road, but since I could not turn
around there was nothing to do but
go on. Another 'wo furlongs proved
my suspicion just, and I rounded a
bend to see our way swallowed up
by the shade of two mighty chestnuts
which were standing, like Gog
and Magog, before a substantial
farm.
Now I could not turn the Rolls
round without driving past the
chestnuts and so right up to the
house, and since, if we were observed,
we could scarcely withdraw
without excusing ourselves, it
seemed to me that we might as
well ask where we were and then
endeavor to find the farm on the
map.
The doors and windows were
upun, uui iiu une was no oe seen, and
I saw at once that here was more
than a farm, for the house was more
important than any of those we had
passed.
As Winter opened my door, a
pieasaiii-iooking woman appeared at
the head of the steps . . .
I had no hat to take off, but I
bowed and smiled. Then I pointed
to the map in my hand, and, speaking,
for some absurd reason, in what
I believed to be French, announced
that we were lost and requested
the name of the house.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Roland's Sword
Roland's sword was called Durindana
or Durandal. It was fabled
to have once belonged to Hector. It
had in its hilt a thread from the
Virgin Mary's cloak, a tooth of St.
Peter, one of St. Denis' hairs and a
drop of St. Basil's blood. Roland
was the most famous of Charla
magne's paladins.
| Ample Precaution? I
Hence Little Concern 1
Adeline Gcnee, famous dancer
now retired, tells this story: '
Two young ladies?nongolfers?
who wandered over a golf course
and, finding a nice smooth bit of
turf with a little flag in the center,
sat down to rest. A couple of
men in the distance shouted
"fore" and madly waved their
arms, but not having been introduced,
the ladies took no notice.
Soon one of the men came
striding up. "Don't you think it's
very dangerous to sit here?" he
asked gravely.
"Oh, no," replied one of the ladies,
with a smile. "You see,
we're sitting on a mackintosh."?
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Rpnt tr? noil ~
? a fcny onense
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