Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-28

the murder of NJ. Duchesne and the conse-
ouent arrest of my father"
81 believe-nay. 1 am certain 1t was, an
swered Lorelie.
Her ewes drooped and a shadow passed
over her face. Any reference to Eric Mar
vile seemed to trouble her. and ldris re-
solved to avoid the mention of his name.
And during the many centuries in which
this ring was in the possession Of the
Ravengars.' he continued. was no one
ever found capable Of deciphering the runic
inscription"
mo one. In time past the ring was sub
mitted to many antiquaries. but they could
make nothing of it,
Idris. though justly proud OF his success
in a matter wherein experts had failed.
kept his own counsel for the present, and
complished the feat.
Then. Of course. the treasure Of old
Orm-Draco. 1 mean-has never been dis
covered?"
mot by Ravengar."
But by some one else probably. 1t is
not likely that the buried treasure has re-
manned undiscovered for thousand years. >
1.-THE legend says that only Ravengar
can discover It, and that In the very mo-
ment of discovery he will forfeit his life
as an atonement for the death of the her
aid. But this" added Lorelie with a smile,
us. OF course mere poetic fancy
There Is one omission In your story. You
did not state where this sea king, Draco,
was buried"
1.-The legend does not say. You ara for
getting that it is a legend. invented, per-
order to decorate the vanity of the first
earl OF Ormsby with long pedigree and
romantic origin"
But Idris had received proofs that the
story was true in, the main. For example,
there had actually existed an altar ring
such as describedAfor he had seen and
handled 1t himseif-Ah ring engraved with a
sentence which notJonly spoke of a buried
very persons. orm, Hilda and Magnus, who
had figured so prominently IN the story.
The fragment OF TAPESTRY brought from the
interior OF the ancient tumulus Supplied
additional evidences as to the historic ex-
istence Of the Golden Viking and the Wild
owed Hllda.
This Draco" continued Idris. IF he re-
ceived the sepulchra1 honors due to Morse
chief. would be buried beneath an immense
tomb in this eneighborhood we shall per-
haps hnd 1t In a tumulus on the seashore
about four miles from here.
know the eminence you refer TO-" re-
piled Lorelie. 1T, Is called Ormfel1 that
Is Orm's Hill:p and therefore it cannot be
Draco's tomb. otherwise 1t would be called
Draconfell, or something similar"
ldris did not stop to show the fallacy of
this mode of reasoning. but continued:
"Has this hillock never been opened by
the earis OF Ormsby to see what It con-
tains?"
Not that am aware of.
It was strange. Idris thought. that while
the tumulus had retained the true Moose
name of the Viking, his descendants. the
Ravengars. should have remembered him
only by his Latinized name of Draco. This
explained why Ormfeil had never sus-
gested Itself to them as the tomb of their
ancestor. In forgetting that he was like
wise called Orm, they had unwittingly de-
prfved themselves OF an indication az to
the place of the buried treasure.
at,0iv tn ava
by Lorefie's rising to take her departure.
which caused him to murmur something
about the sadness OF parting.
But II there were no parting there would