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FOUR <omi?NT if VINTM.BAlCH.kC*. W.M.* THE STORY CHAPTER I.?John Sponsor an< his cousin, Geoffrey Bohun, ars vac* Cloning in Austria. Geoffrey is I gifted portrait painter hut prefer Co paint landscapes and old build Inge. As the story opens John ii taking a stroll In the forest. H< hears English voices, and knowln) that Geoffrey Is some distance aw a; painting a vista and that his chauf Ceur. Barley. Is with him, it plainlj 'could not be they talking. He de icldes to Investigate, and from safi cover finds four men burying thi .body of a man in green livery who evidently, had been murdered. Phar aoh is the leader of the gang; th< others are called Dewdrop, Rush an< >3ugle. Unfortunately. Jonn makei himself known to the assassins b; dropping a letter with his name an< address an It. He tells Geoffrey o litis adventure and the latter, reallt fng that John's life Is in danger -declares he must vanish. Spencei discovers that the livery of the mur dered man corresponds to the llvsn of the servants or Torick castle, am tells Countess Helena, mistress o Che castle, what he had soon. Wltl Geoffrey ana Barley, jonn i? Annabel, a nearby villas*. They fln< 4he Inn In disorder and hear thi ^rolce of Pharaoh. Lady Helena arose. As Geoffrey and I stood up? *Pm aorry," she Mid coldly. 'From what Mr. Spencer told me, C fully believed I could count upon your support. He's very young and downright, and he can 9ee nothing but red. Bnt I fully believed you would see that my consent must be given before you took on theee . men. The man who is dead was osy servant, and the men are after my goods. If you stand and fight you will therefore be fighting my battle, and that gives me the clear right to decline your help. And I 4o decline It, Mr. Bohun. If London's not safe, then leave for Paris tonight" "I'm damned if I'm going," said I. V Latly Helena turned upon me with biasing e.ves. "iZ beg your pardon." "My blood was up and I gave her back look for look. *1 Mid Tm damned If I'm go'Sag.' And I'll tell you another thing, rm damned If Tm going to be treated as though I were seven years old." Lady Helena did not reply. 1 suddenly felt ashamed. Uneasllj i turned to my cousin, but he had strolled down the apron and was regarding his barn. For a momenl S hesitated. Then I made my waj Co the farther side of the Rolls... And there I was sitting, on the running-board, staring on the beau ty before me and cursing my un ruly tongue, when I heard a ster ' j ?My Lady Sat Down by My Sida on the pavement and before I couli tnove my lady sat down by my side ; "Where are you staying?" sin said. I swallowed. "I don't quite know," I answered "We haven't found a place yet." The girl gazed into the distance "I hope you'll stay here." i I could hardly believe my ears. "Here? At Plumage?" I cried "I hope so. I can answer for th man and his wife: and you'll hav a privacy here that you wouldn' get at an inn." "It's Ideal," I heard myself saj Ing. "Simply Ideal We'll be o the spot, yet In hiding. But why( don't understand." "If you Insist on fighting my bal tie, the least I can do is to bille you." "You're very generous," I said. Her eyes left mine?to light o the driving mirror, all splintere and starred. After a long look, they returne j to me. ) "Was that?" she said, nodding "a present from Annabel?" "Yes." "And yoo were driving?'' "I wa?" "Tell me exactly vrfaat hapj peaed." When I bad told the story, aha , draw a deep breath. " "If you'd knocked on that door. . . She shivered. "May I look | at that letter of yours?" I put it Into her band. [ She examined the envelope carei fully. Then? "Hare you looked Inside," she ' said, "since you got K back?" { I raised my eyebrow#. [ "As a matter of fact I haven't. J ! I never gave it a thought." I | She pushed aside the torn edges [ and drew out the shoemaker's bill r ; The note on Its back was printJ ed and easy to read. I Dear Mr. Spencer: i|| Tbe gentleman in green had done [1 something which he must have J known I should not like. That ii why he was being buried. Verbuir sap. Tours very truly We had read the words together, her face two inches from mine. < Then we turned and looked at i each other. Btit I had no thought I for the note. Her hair had stung my temples, and I could only wonder whether she knew how terribly attractive she was. ! She sat very still for a long mo' ment. And then she was up and was pushing her hair from her temples as though to be rid of her thoughts. "Come. Let's talk to your cousin and then we can look at your rooms." Over her shoulder she threw me a dazzling smile. "To tell you tlie truth, they're ready. If you insisted on staying, I hoped you'd stay here." "We must go to bed," said my cousin. "We've had an Arabian day." We had bathed and changed and , eaten and now we were strolling on I the apron under the stars. "Never fight Fate," Geoffrey said. I "My one idea this morning was to , get you out of the way. To say so I would have been foolish, for the , blood was up in your head and you wouldn't have gone. But I meant | to cool you at Annabel?let you flirt with the hope of finding your men: then Barley was going to re 1 port that he'd seen Pharaoh in Salsburg: when we meet him at Villach tomorrow, you'll see It's the ' first thing he'll 9ay. So we should have left for Salzburg. . . And after a week or two there, young Florin's face would have faded and you'd have come home. Very dis honest, of course. But put your - self in my place, and you would have done the same." "I don't think I should," I Mid, frowning. "Yes, you would," said Geoffrey. "I'm your keeper, you know: and when people like Pharaoh get goI ing, ordinarily people like us mast pass by on the ether side. The moI ment Barley comes back, we've got I to locate these blackguards. First i come, first served, you know." He drew in his breath. "We simply must find them, John, before they find us." With that, he insisted that we should retire for the night. Sharply at eleven next morning Lady Helena Yoriek rode up to the farm. Her groom led two spare horses, for after we had consulted, Geoffrey and I were to ride t? Yo! rick for lunch. As I stepped to her side? ; "Nothing new?" says she. "Nothing," said I. "And you?" *; She shook her head. "Except that my brother's returne tng. I wisli lie wasn't Just now, but It can't be helped. At least he's coming alone. He's very young, you know: and people spoil him. and?and sometimes he makes ' the wrong friends. Where's Mr. Bohun?" "Map-reading," said I. "His man, ' with our big luggage, will get to e Villach tonight. He's got to be e met, of course. What Geoffrey is trying ro ao is to work out how we can fetch him without fetching r- Pharaoh, too. That show at Anna bel's eaten into his brain." "I wish it would eat into yours." Here Geoffrey walked out of the t- bouse and gave her good day. it "And now tell me this," said he. "Had young Florin keys upon him?" n "No," said the girl. "While he's d within the castle, the night-watchman carries keys: but before he j goes out, he leaves his keys with his mate." ^ "Well, you beat them there," said Geoffrey. "Young Florin was killed for the keys which he hadn't got." "I think you're wrong." said the THE STATE P< girl "To enter Yorlck won't hilp them. I'm the person that matters. They've got to bring ?? t? my knees." Geoffrey looked at her very hard. Then? "Lady Helena versus Pharaoh and others. You know I can't help feeling that yoa ought to go to the police." My lady pulled off hor gloves. "Let's walk In the meadows," she said, "and I'll tell you one of two facts." In silence, we left the apron and took to the fields. . . . "My father," she said, "had vision. He knew toe great war was [ coming and he saw that after the war the world itself would fall I upon evil times. Mother had a ' very great fortune, and father was i rich, and his one Idee was so to Invent this money that, while the lean years were passing^ It would be perfectly safe. I think he really wanted It for Yorlck. Our motto Is: All things pass, but Yorlck endures And he wanted to insure that Yorlck would always be maintained as It has been maintained fee about five hundred years. Well, this Idea obsessed him, and I think that my mother's death affected bis brain. He threw back to bis ancestors, and ha put his whole fortune in gold. Golden sovereigns, mostly." She put her hands to her eyes. "I tell you It's the curse of my life " "You don't mean?" began my cousin. "Yes. I do," said too girl. "Lying in the cellars at Yorlck Is the best part of two million pounds. It's going, of course. We live upon capital. But even so, It'll last for a hundred and fifty years. And long before that, of course, the Idea was to change It back." "Good God," said Geoffrey. And then, "Bat what astonishing foresight your father had." "He was wise?in theory. But how would yuu like to have charge of two million pounds in gold? The only people who know are old Florf*? ortA T I ?,ma In eh/* ?/*!. AM * IV "?? III I.V* lars, but It Is not as easy as that It's in a private cellar. The way to which nobody knows. "But of course it was bound to come out. I've done my very best, but there's been a leakage somewhere, and Pharaoh knows. "Well, there you are. He obviously can't get away with a million pounds. He could never transport it, for one thiug. Very well, what's his object? I imagine to levy blackmall. Of course 1 shan't submit, but I can't afford to let the position be known. That's why I can't go to the police. I'd be an outlaw tomorrow if people knew. Everyone's hand would be against me and half the thieves in Europe would be camping outside my gates." "The remedy's too obvious," said Geoffrey. "Wliy don t you get rl'd of the stuff?" "Because I have passed ray word. My father made me swear that until the world was settled I'd keep our fortune in gold. "Well, now you know why Pharaoh the Great Is here. He may prove hard to deal with, but I'm in no personal danger?I think that's clear." This was too much. "Clear!" I cried. "I don't think it's clear at all, I think you're in very great danger, by day and night The man is ruthless?you know It." "I entirely agree," said Geoffrey. "And I'll tell you another thing. In view of what you've told us yhi? morning, I ttilnk It was no mere chance that sent John down to that dell." ?? Yorlck was like no castle that 1 have seen, for though It was moated, the moat was nst under Its walls, and the pile seemed to rise from an island which Nature had brought from a distance and set In a fold of the hills. We crossed the moat by a drawbridge that could no longer be moved, and a gravel road brought us up to the castle gateway, which must have been twenty feet high. This was now shut by vast curtains of silver-gray, and to my surprise, my lady rode straight between them, her horse's head and shoulders parting them as she went. In the hall my lady left us. to go and change, and, when we had washed our hands, a servant led us to the terrace where a table was laid. The view from here was astounding, for we looked clean over the forest, which seemed to spread out like a fan, on the foothills and mountains which stood in their ancient order, the nearest some seveD miles off. An Austrian lady joined us. a Madame Olava, who plainly lived at the castle, for Lady Helena's sake. But though In this way convention was doubtless observed, as I have shown, my lady went unattended whenever she chose. When luncheon was done, my cousin went off with Madame Olave to see the gallery of pictures, but Lady ilelena walked with me round the ramparts, showing me certain landmarks and telling me the lie of the land. After a little? "Was that gray all right this morning?" "Yes," said L "He gave me a lovely rtde." "I thought he would. You shall 3RT PILOT, SOUTH PORT^ have him to take you back. I shaT keep three horses at Plumage a/ long as you're there. With a groom of course. You may have news anj moment which I should hear." "I shall ride to Yorlck," said I "to see how yon are." "But not too early," says she "Yorick wakes up at six, but lti eyes aren't properly open tlH eighi o'clock. So don't ride before then If you please, either in this dlrec tion or anywhere else." Tm going to ask you to do i difficult thing. It concerns old Flor In. You see. It's so awful on him He knows I can take no action And what can he do? He's got t< I sit down helpless under this shat j terlng blow, while the men thai dealt it go free. And so I want you to see him and tell him whal you told me?that you are out tt get them and to *** that justlct Is done." "With all my heart," said I "Let me see him at once." Without a word she led mc across the terrace and Into a 11' brary. Then she summoned a aerv ant and hade him ask the warden to come to her there. Two minutes later a man ol some sixty summers was ushered into the room. Helena spoke In German. "John, this is my warden. Florin, this Is the gentleman of whom 1 spoke." The warden bowed to me, and 1 went forward directly and took his hand. . "I can't bring back your son, Florin, but one day I'll show you | his grave. It's a pretty place, far better than any churchyard, fit for "This Is the Gentleman of Whom I Spoke." a king. But before I take you there, I've some work to do. I'm going to find the fellows that took his life. And they're going to pay for It, Florin. I'll never rest till they're taken, alive or dead." The warden lifted his head and looked me full in the eyes. Then he turned his head to his mistress and looked at her. Though he never spoke, he seemed to ask her some question, for after a moment she nodded and looked away. With his hand still in mine, the warden went down on one knee. "Your servant, sir," he said quietly. And then, "I am very grateful, sir. I cannot say more. My son will not rest in his grave if you come to hurt." Then he rose and turned to his mistress, and when she had smiled and nodded, he bowed to her ant to me and left the room. As the door closed behind him? "He shouldn't have knelt," said I Helena shrugged her shoulders. "That's his affair. But please tel AlA ^ Vau on/I Ha onr Iiv uuc lie UIU 9U. ivu auu ?v I know, and that's enough." Upon a sudden Impulse, I pul out my hand for hers. She gav< it to me gravely enough. Then ] went down on one knee and put th< cool, slight fingers up to my lips As she caught her breath? "Your servant," I said quietly "and you may tell whom yot please." Eight hours had gone by, and 1 was sitting at Villach, In the drlv er's seat of the Rolls. My cousit was on the platform. The train from Salzburg steamed out Without a word being spoken oui j baggage was lifted aboard, and as I Barley climbed in among It, tr; cousin sat down by my side. | "Let her go. John." Ten miles on we pulled up bj the side of the road. I felt my cousin nudge me. Ther he lifted his voice. "Anything to report. Barley?" The answer came pat "No, sir. Nothing at all." My cousiD sat very still. Ther he slewed himself around in his seat "That's strange," he said. "I'd half an idea that yon might per haps have seen sompone? S"meom yon thought you knew." "No, sir," said Barley, firmly, "No one at all." "Look here," said OeofTrey, "be fore yon left?" A desperate voice cut hlra short "Could I see you alone, sir, i moment?" "You can speak the truth here and now, Mr. Spencer isn't going. r ^ Y N. C 1 We're all three going to stay." ' "Very good, sir. Then I seei Pharaoh. And Dewdrop beglde. IT f swear It was them. In Salzburg this afternoon. Oome out of the station, they did, as I walked In.' CHAPTER III i _ On Patrol. ' ? F BARLEY'S news had given ui J- something to go on, it pointec t the wisdom of acting without delay This for two very good reasons. Ii the first place, Salzburg for Pha raob was dangerous ground, foi | anyone moving In Salzburg musl plainly be under the hand of the t Salzburg police: If, therefore, we t could And him and then aroust , suspicion sufficient to have him d? ) tained, although he might put up t , fight, his race was as good as run Secondly, It seemed pretty certail that Pharaoh had split his force and that Rush and the fourth, ol , the rogues were yet in the coua . tryside: and that meant that If w? could find tbem, we should onlj , have two men to deal with, and those very ordinary thieves, (And here I will say that I afterward/ I learned that the fourth rogue wai known as Bugle.) I will not set out our discussion , of these very obvious points, foe fully three hours had gone by before with many misgivings oui [ plans were laid. i Early the following morning, Geoffrey ai.ii Cailey and I were t( visit The Reaping Hook: that Bu 1 gle apd Rush would be gone, we had no doubt, but we had some hope of tracing the damaged car If this should lead us up to the men we sought, we should at once give battle and do our best to laj the two by the heels: but unless by midday we had picked up some /toOnifo pIup fhpn fieoffrev and Barley would leave for Salzburg by train, whilst I remained at Plu mage, lying low during the day time and patrolling the roads about Yorfck from dust to dawn. "And I give you my word," said Geof frey, "if only you'll mind your step , I think you're more likely to get there than Barley and L We've got to search a city, and we don't know where to begin. But your field is much more narrow. Id the firsi place, Yorick's a loadstone, and Bn gle and Rush will naturally turn that way. . . But you simply must watch your step. You're out to gel information, not to attack. If yon find them, you must not strike: lie down and see them home, and then drive all out for Salzburg and Bar ley and me. Will you give me yotn word to do that? And always to be back at Plumage before it's light?" T gave him my solemn word, but 11 I knew in my heart that he would I never have left me if he had thought It likely that I should find Bugle and Rush, and that, though 11 he disliked the Idea of m.v work \ ! ing alone, he was doing his host to choose the lesser evil and to keep me away from I'haraoh at any I price. Thanks to my lady's foresight, we could now send word to Yorick without any waste of time, and he, fore we left the nest morning out groom was on his way to the castle, bearing a note from my cou sin in which he had set out our plan. It was barely eight o'clock when we ran into Annabel. By Geoffrey's direction I stopped ! the car at cross roads out of sight of The Reaping Hook: then he and ! Barley descended and walked as far as the forge which was walling one sWe of the forecourt that 1 graced the inn; and there GeofTrej I stood by the corner while Barley walked up to the house. > As luck would have it, a servant was washing the steps, and a word I from Barley brought him to Geef I frey's side. . Then my cousin turned end t waved, and I brought up the Roils, ! for, as we had fully expected, thf i birds < -re flown. One minute Iatei s we were speaking to the host and his wife. . . . Now we had had no doubt that , the moment we questioned their i late undesirable guests, the two would be only too ready to tart themselves hoarse: but we were [ not prepared for the spate of incoherence which our casual inquiry i unloosed. The two were simply bursting to vent such a volume of 1 grievance as I can only compare to the burden of Christian's sins. When we had heard them in silence i for what seemed a quarter of an '4 hour and had inspected the spots at which violence had been committed or damage done, we ven > tured to put the questions which we had come to ask. i The strangers were gone. What was the order of their going and what had become of theli car? Our words might have been a i spell. i I have never seen human beings so suddenly change their tune. As I though we had turned some tap, the I fountain of talk stopped dead: all their excitement died an Immediate death, and the two became as crafty and sullen as though we had come to trap them and to do them some evil turn. They had seen nothing at alL One minute the strangers wera i there, and the next they were gon* They had not seen tbem go: they knew nothing of any car: whefl J we spoke of Its. being, dlaahlatf. WEDN they glanced at one another and' i shook their heads. "Scared stiff," said Geoffrey : shortly. 5 In silence we returned to the; Rolls. "And now for Plumage and! Villach. At least, this means we can catch an earlier train." Pour hours later I bade my cousin farewelL 3 ****** I 1 Helen* glanced at her wrist and i folded the map. , We were sitting by the water at . Plumage, and bad been for half aa f hour, for when I got back from t Vaiiloh, a note from my lady was , waiting to say that 1 might expect \ her at are o'clock, j "Do you think yon can find your . w*yT j t "I think so," said I. "By night, without lights, upon j roads that you've never seen?" , I swallowed. t "f propose to watch certain . point*?the. turning to Lass, for ( Instance, and the coppice (hat you r ?all Starlight: that's where the I road turns closest to Yortck ItI self." , "And the oar?" , "I'll find some track or other and PMk her there." ( Helena drew In her breath. "And supposing they're there be' fore yon. and watch yon arrive. ... .' They'll let you park the car and steal back to the road. They'll let yon pick your position and settle 1 down. . . And tomorrow at dawn ' they'll be digging another grave." ( "Be honest," said I, laughing. J "Why on. earth should Rush and his fellow be watching these roads?" , "I don't care," said Helena swift? ly. "It isn't a one-man Job. Mr. r Bohun must be out of his mind, i Will you take Sabre with you? At > least, he'll give you warning if anyI one else is at hand." r "I will, indeed," said L "What time are you leaving . here?" "About ten o'clock," said L I "Sabre shall be there tonight at a quarter past ten." , "And I'm not to thank you," 11 t said. "I stay at your house. I ride t your horses: and now I'm to have r your dog. As partnerships go, It i seems to be rather one-sided." t "That," said my lady, "Is foolish. What am I doing that. If you i were placed as I am, you wouldn't t be glad to do?" ; "That ought to be the answer," i said I. . She was sitting sideways, propi ping herself on an arm: and either because of her pose or because her hair was tumbled, she seemed no i more the fine lady, but only a beaui tiful child. Suddenly I kn,ew that I was In love. I I That night was very dark, and I I would have given a lot to have seen i but once by daylight the roads that I was to patrol: quite apart from picking my way, I could see no i track or turning until I was actually there. It follows that after ten minutes the only idea I had left was to get to where Sabre was waiting at the mouth of the castle drive: and this, after great tribulation, I found about half-past ten. I overran It, of course. However, I knew I was right, so I stopped the engine and listened and then stepped Into the road. I was hastening back In the shadows when I suddenly found that something was moving beside I me, and then, before I could think, I the Alsatian was licking my hand. At once I turned, to make m. way back to the car, but the dog i dW not turn with me and when I put my hand on his collar, he would ' not move. I had not begun my patrol: the ' Roll* was out in the open; and 1 Sabre refused to move. If he would aot come. . . . I perceived that the first thing ' to do was to get the Roils off 1 Ha rnarf T# Rneh onH Untrlo WPPP V" V LVfHUl 1L A* UkJU uuu ?? v? ? 1 out? Fa* la the distance I beard tbe ' drone of a car. For an Instant I stood spell1 bound. Then I was out In the road and was whipping back to the 1 Rolls. . . . Before I started the engine, 1 > listened again, to hear on the road i . *vvWfcl .-ft Wyj ^Kr^Hr^n * v i "i. r*t, i^OTiTP^i^Mvrii u ?*r ji Th? Or on* of th* Car Was Louder. u behind me footfalls of some- ^ - ttutn- " "Ia 7?U ?o 0,1 opeainf,^ ^'n,, saat' f-e ^ leaP^hfa , . a* 3H{ *<> A hundred e'*- "Aj qmC|;' ' 't'l **? ?-CS yon." % || Th- drone of th? er?some car on -k. ^N As I ieft the roaT- ^ he *?* of ti^ H turned Into a 50arlC% 1 "topped th. ^ stay here," i CfJ facktothe hu8h?S The * tb? <m The car was kMOgkkim, "N K? *,' lw to?! lights and alackened k, I ?tarted to rt? J' with Sabre loplnj J' The car had nJjT doae to the entra? * Cautiously I raaj, ^ ward. *' i I ?M almost abrtn,tf light, wtan Bugle ?*. "Two 'undred gf what ha said, 2 ' | speedometer readSa, J went." * I ,K would;' w'l t?. Cause he ain't ?. Bh?le. "He's tore.' "Now took Rush. "I'll work 4? If I'm doln' go^, g goln* to find little a^,, these roads." "Who's rakin' rMfcpg "Pharaoh says 'Wrrk * an' Pharaoh's right It. known. An' once he', \ lady, he'll find her good.? carcase Is,' sayg Phar,oi'| that, he laughed fatly. "Gimme the pomps; | Rush. "He', got to tifa and 'ow many Rolls dj, "Pumps," said Bnrle? ou3ly. "An' when Phma we're got him, whit h 'Well, we ain't exactly g, 'ere's a list o' the petrol, used.'" He let out i tfe " 'E'? a nasty mind," ( "That's Gawd's truth, uy It Look at that rod Salzburg first-class, but j must let up. 'E's in sow now?you can lay to tt " 'Ow far 'ave we ts Bugle. After an audible sttg the tale the speedooetr "Ninety-four," sail Js "Gawd 'elp," Mid Bufh said two hundred a day* "Well, we can't Is is Rush. "If '# said is < castle?" "Figures Is proof at "Anyways, young Arthur i and, with that, he let la i I ran for the Roll! Ik man and, pantina Itcek Helena, started tie ?l backed the car onto then stant later we wereW suit of Bugle and HA frantic ten minutes I ?*' quarry was lost "John, if they cone? row, I bet we folio* " 'We'?" said L *W ing out again." "I certainly am." ? "For one thing. I and you're not p<r." this that you can doit"' To my horrid dlsafP kept a "fruitless vl|i!* nights. So two days and t*e bv, and I had no ??? and, to Judge from tU he sent, he had none J Our third patrol ** my lady and I from Plumage "J*1 peering over the Helena turned to a* "Will you come ? evening? I'm *>? f? "I'd love to, He.eoa. "Then you ride at a quarter to ^ to bring up the roa ^ edge of the fort* 011 hesitated. Tb{?- ( "I wish." I sa!^ miss tonight." _ "It isn't every mi ? _ of People like Phtrrtw Poah's crowd. The Joint, my dear Mo: di help reduce It, I're^l ?f my beat. Ami ten '1 look. I'm poinz to r-j As she gave me I the maddest impulse 1 self off my horse my arms. J As I pulled tuyseil "You're trembling cold?'' J "bio," said L "I? know how dogs shit' *1 when they're dre^J clous dream." M "What are you dret&M Helena. J (Continued b'estjw "That new as made a great tand. Does he pf&M 'Peaches?" m '"Yea, I can testfiW live next door Saturday night he nidnlght what he', 9 'Peach next moro& aotiuips -7 J0d 0)V)S ?<U U
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