The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-09-10


move into your grandfather's rooms"
Now. Deppy. don't let the Brownies
talk you into everything they suggest"
she complained, determined to be stub
born to the end. "rhey know entirely
too much"
That's all very good. my dear. but
you know quite as we'll as I that we
made frightful mistake in choosing
these rooms. 1t is cooler on that side
of the house. Pm not too proud to be
comfortab BILE. don't you know"
The next day they moved into the
west wing, and that evening they had
the Brownies to dine with them in the
banquet hall. Deppingham awoke in
the middle of the night with violent
cramps in his stomach.
Don't say word to Lady Doping
ham," he grunted. sitting up in bed
and gazing wildly at his valet, but
I've been poisoned. The - serv-
ants-ouch!-don't you know! Might
have known. Silly ass! See what I
mean? Get something for me-quickw
For two hours Antoine applied hot
water bags and soothing sirups, and
his master. far from dying as he con-
tinually prophesied, dropped of into a
peaceful sleep.
The next morning Deppingham, fully
convinced that the native servants had
tried to poison him, Internationally dis
charged the entire force.
OF course there was great upheav-
al. Lady Agnes came tearing down to
the servants hall, followed directly by
the Brownies and Mr.. Britt.
"Stop" she cried. 'Deppy, what
are you doing? Discharging them
after we've had such time getting
them? Are you crazy"
They're pack of snakes-I mean
sneaks. They're assassins. They tried
to poison every one Of us LAST
Britt smoothed the troubled waters
with astonishing ease. The servants
returned to their duties. but not with
out grumbling and no end of savage
glances. all of which were leveled at
the luckless Deppingham.
why poison?" demanded Britt.
'They've got knives and guns, haven't
they?"
"My dear man, that would put them
to no end of trouble cleaning up after
u.s." said Deppingham loftily.
Meanwhile it may be we'll to depict
the situation from the enemy's point
of view-the enemy being the islanders
as unit. They were prepared t.
abide by the terms Of the will so Ions
as 1t remained clear to them that fail
treatment came from the opposing in
terests. Rasula, the Arafat lawyer, IL
mass meeting had discussed the docu
ment. They understood its require
ments and its restrictions:. they knew
by this time that there was small
chance Of the original benefciariei
coming into the property under tn
provisions. Later came the news tina
marriage between the heirs was out O
the question. Then the islander
laughed as they toiled. But they wer,
not to be caught mapping. Jacob Vol
:. Blitz. the superintendent. stolid Ger
man that he was, saw far into the fu
ture. 1t was he who set the nativ
lawyer unceremoniously aside and ure
ed competent representation in Lon
. don. The great law firm headed b.
Sir John Brodney was chosen. A wild
: awake representative of the distin
guished solicitors was now on his wa,
to the island with the swarthy com
mittee which had created so much In
terest in the metropolis during 1t
brief stay.
Jacob Won Blitz came to the islam,
r when he was twenty years old. Tha
+ was twenty years before the death o
Taswell Skaggs. He had worked Il
d the South African diamond fields an,
e had no difficulty in securing employ
i ment with Skaggs and Wyckholme.
Won Blitz was shrewd enough to Sc
: that the grandchildren were not CON
t. ing to the island for the mere pleasur
It of sojourning there: their motive wa
y plain. 1t was he who advised-eve
= COMMUNICATIVE horde of servants t
d desert the chateau.
?, He lived, with his three wives, /
h the hills just above and south Of tn
t town itself. The Englishmen wh
n worked in the bank and the three Boo
= foremen also had houses up Their
o where it was cooler, but Won Blitz wa
the only one who practiced polygam!
% His wives were Persian women an
!. handsome after the Persian fashion.
10 One hot. dry afternoon about wee
r. after the reopening Of the chateau. tn
siesta Of a swarthy population wa
r. disturbed by the shouts Of those wh
.r kept impatient watch Of the sea. Fiv
"a minutes later the whole town Of Ar
tat knew that the smoke Of steamt
N lay low on the horizon. No one doub
"A ed that it came from the stack of til
- boat that was bringing Rasula an
;. the English solicitor. Joy turned
- exultation when the word came dow
l.. from Won Blitz that it was the Ion
;" looked for stea mship. the Sir Joshua.
g Won BlitZ stood at the landing plat
10 to welcome Rasula and his comrad'
- and to be the first to clasp the har
u of the man from Brodney's.
III At last his figure could be made Of
- on the forward deck. His straw hi
IN was at least a head higher than ii
w turban of RaSula who was indica tiI