The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

people like Pharaoh get going, ordi-
nary people like us must pass by on
the other side. The moment Barley
comes back, we've got to locate these
blackguards. First come, first served,
you know" He drew in his breath.
1--WE simply must find them, John,
before they find u.s."
With that, he insisted that we
should retire for the night.
And that was the end of that as
tonishing day, upon which by the mer-
est chance my fortune was Joined with
those Of the finest lady that ever / saw
and one of the deadliest ruffians that
ever drew arms. The one sought to
preserve, the other to take my life !:
and I was of consequence to neither.
Sharply at eleven next morning Lady
Helena Yorick rode up to the farm.
Her groom led two spare horses, for
after we had consulted, Godfrey and
I were to ride to Yorick for lunch.
AS stepped to her side
Nothing new?" says she.
"Nothing," said I. "And you?"
She shook her head.
Except that my brothers returning.
wish he wasn't just now, but it can't
be helped. At least he's coming alone.
He's very young, you know: and peo-
pie spoil him, and-and sometimes he
makes the wrong friends. He brought
two back last time. One was
French. He took to me at once. I
think he'd have gone very well In some
servants halls" She laughed at the
look in my eyes and swung herself off
her bay. worries of chatelaine."
she added. "If only I'd been the boy,
and my brother the girl :. Where's
Mr. Bohun?"
"Map-reading," said I. "His man,
with our big baggage, will get to VIII
ZACH tonight. He's got to be met. Of
course. What Geoffrey is trying to do
is to work out how we can fetch him
without fetching Pharaoh, too. That
show at Annabers eaten into his
BRAIN"
IT wish 1t would eat into yours.
Rush mayn't be there next time, to jog
his superior's arm"
Here Geoffrey walked out Of the
house and gave her good day.
sand now tell me this" said he.
"Had young Florin keys upon him."
NO." said the girl. "While he's
within the castle, the night-watchman
carries keys: but before he goes out,
he leaves his keys with his mate"
swell, you beat them there" said
Godfrey. "Young Florin was killed
for the keys which he hadn't got"
81 think you're wrong" said the girl
ITO enter Yorick won't help them. I'm
the person that matters. They've got
to bring me to my knees"
Godfrey looked at her very hard
"Lady Helena versus Pharaoh and
others. You know I can't help feeling
that you ought to go to the police"
My lady pulled off her gloves.
Lets walk in the meadows" she
said, land I'll tell you one or two
facts"
In silence, we left the apron and
took to the fields. 80.
"My father" she said, chad vision.
He knew the great war was coming
and he saw that after the war the
world itself would fall upon evil times.
Mother had a very great fortune, and
father was rich, and his one idea was
so to invest this money that, while
the lean years were passing, it would
be perfectly safe. / think he really
wanted 1t for Yorick. Our motto is
All things pass, but Yorick endures.
And he wanted to insure that Yorick
would always be maintained as it has
been maintained for about five hum
dred years. Well, this idea obsessed
him, and think that my mothers
death affected his brain. He threw
back to his ancestors, and he put his
whole fortune in gold. Golden SOW
ereigns Mostly She put her hands
to her eyes. II tell you it's the curse
of my life"
"You don't mean" began my cou.
sin.
Eyes, do" said the girl. Lying in
the cellars at Yorick is the best part
of two million pounds. It's going, Of
course. We live upon capital. But
even so it'll last for hundred and
fifty years. And long before that, Of
course, the idea was to change 1t
back"
Good God" said Godfrey. And
then, But what astonishing foresight
your father had"
HE was wise-in theory. But how
would you like to have charge of two
million pounds in gold? The only peo-
pie who know are old Florin and l..
said 1t was in the cellars, but it's
not as easy as that. It's in private
cellar. the way to which nobody
knows. Once a month l take what
I need to Salzburg: there's an old
firm of lawyers there that sees me
through.
''But of course it was bound to come
out. I've done my very best. but
there's been leakage somewhere, and
Pharaoh knows.