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CHAPTER VI—Continued
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"Herrick's mother," said Elizabeth
gently, "was my mother's greatest
iriend."
"You're not staying with his
mother," snapped Old Harry. "By
consenting to do as you did, you
were playing straight into the hands
q( father and son. Supposing you'd
been discovered . . . Brief would
have seen his chance and have flat-
tened you out. He'd have trumpet-
ed the scandal, played the outraged
father and ordered his erring daugh-
ter out of his sight. 'Never darken
my doors again.' And you would
have had to go—your cousin would
have seen to that. Father fooled,
police fooled, Austria fooled. And,
ring or no ring, I couldn't have
helped you at all. I used to be able
to drop a soul-shaking hint, but I've
never mastered the art of raising
the dead."
There was a little silence, only
disturbed by the sleeveless fret of a
bee on a window-pane.
A length—
"You must blame me, madam,"
I said. "That Elizabeth should stay
at Raven was my idea."
"Are you proud of it, Richard Ex-
on?" J
"No, I'm not," said I. "I'm great-
ly ashamed."
"Good," said Old Harry. "In fu-
ture stick to your last. Take ac-
tion—that's your forte. But never
reflect. From what I hear, you
have instinct—a precious faculty.
Well, be content with that—and
drown your ideas at birth. And
now take a seat." She touched a
chair by her side. As I did her
bidding, she turned to Elizabeth.
"What were you going to tell me
about your mother's jewels?"
Elizabeth recited the facts.
When she had done, Old Harrj
wrinkled her brows.
"I'm not surprised that your cous-
in found you de trop. That he's
drawn and sold the gems, there can
be no doubt. And that by forgery.
Now the English are a tolerant lot.
They'll overlook treason and fight
for a murderer's life, while a
healthy theft in England is nearly
always worth while. But they've al-
ways loathed forgery—probably be-
cause they feel that it isn't playing
tho gann> Witness, your poor la-
ther . . . Now Cousin Percy has
committed that 'loathsome' crime.
But yours is the only voice that can
send him down. Without you, he
can't be arrested, much less ar-
raigned. With you, he is—doomed
. . . And so you had to go."
She glanced at a clock.
"Lunch," she said, "will be
served in a quarter of an hour. For
you two: in the Medici room. After
that, you may sit on the terrace un-
til I send. I must think this matter
over. I don't want to let you down,
but I can't make bricks without
straw."
We could not talk freely at table,
ior never less than three men were
constantly in the room. The meal
was royally served, and the dishes
set before us were fit for a king. All
the appointments were flawless,
and, ruled by the major-domo, the
footmen moved and waited as
though their duty had been tirelessly
rehearsed.
At these things I shall always
wonder, for Elizabeth told me later
that months had sincp the
Duchess had left her room, while no
guest had been entertained for
nearly two years. Indeed, I can only
submit that they showed forth Old
Harry's dominion as nothing else
could have done. The palace was
out of commission, its mistress was
out of sight: and yet, at a nod from
her, the machinery sprang to life,
to move with all the precision of
practiced vigilance.
Coffee <vas served upon the ter-
race, above an Italian garden, run
to seed. And there we were left
to ourselves—and the lizards that
stared and darted over the molder-
ing stone.
"She deserves her fame," said
Elizabeth. "I know no more than
you what line she's going to take:
but whatever she does, I haven't
wasted my time, because I have
seen and talked with 'Harriet the
Great.' "
(Here let me say that that sur-
name does her justice as can no
periods. A few men and women
have borne it, since Time was
young. If she had had as fair fields,
I have no doubt that she would have
borne it, too.)
"I wish," said I, "she was not
confined to her bed."
"She isn't," said Elizabeth, swift-
ly. "She stays there because she
likes it. She told me so. She said
she had crowded so much into fifty
years that she never had time to
digest 'the brilliant burden they
held.' And now she is doing that.
She goes leisurely through her di-
aries. considering in detail the play
which, because she was leading, she
never saw."
"And she never gets up?"
"Never. She says that the mental
•xercise keeps her perfectly fit and
the more she rests her body, the
clearer her brain becomes."
I -felt rather dazed. There were
more things at Tracery than were
dreamt of in my philosophy.
"Her English," I said, "is better
than that of an English judge."
Elizabeth nodded.
"Her brain's like mercury. When
I came in, 'Why you and not Brief?'
she said. I gave her the state-
ment at once. She read it through
in silence. Then—'I beg your par-
don,' she said. 'It seems you are
Brief. No need to ask why you're
here, but who opened your eyes?' I
told her all you had done. 'And
here's a man,' she said. 'Don't
let him go. I may or may not
help you: but such a man's little
finger is thicker than my old loins.' "
Before I had time to expose this
ridiculous estimate, the major-domo
was approaching—to give me the
shock of my life.
"By your ladyship's leave, Her
Grace will receive Mr. Exon with-
out delay."
Elizabeth smiled and nodded, and,
generally bound to respond to her
call, I am not bound to make a fool
of myself. If she likes to wish for
the moon and comes crying to me, I
have every right in the world to
send her empty away. Do you agree
or don't you ? Not that I care a
curse, but I may as well know."
"I agree with you, madam," said
I. "The request must be reason-
able."
"Very good. What is her request?
Not to reach her the moon, but to
help her uproot a tree which is
more than twenty years old. 'All
right,' say I. 'It certainly cumbers
the earth and it ought to come down.
Where are your tools?' " She
slapped the quilt with her palm.
"Mr. Exon, she has no tools. And
neither have I.
"For me to move in this matter
would be to fail: and for me to fail
in this matter would bring me into
derision, if not contempt." As I
made to protest, she held up a
sparkling hand. "I don't expect you
to agree. You'd cheerfully sell my
soul to buy your pretty darling an
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"So I'm Going to Treat You as an Equal—'the Play's the Thing.'
begging her to excuse me. I got to
my feet.
Two minutes later I stood before
Old Harry, as a sheep before her
shearers is dumb.
The piercing eyes held mine, as a
magnet the steel.
"Mr. Exon, I have formed of you
a very pleasant opinion, and I am
usually right. But I must request
your assurance upon one point. That
is that you are aware that you can-
not possibly marry the Countess of
Brief."
The bedroom went black about
me, and the blood surged into my
face. And I felt as though some-
thing had taken me by the throat.
Somehow I answered thickly.
"I am well aware of that, ma-
dam."
"Good," said Old Harry, agree-
ably. "I thought as much, but I
simply had to be sure. And now
come here and sit down, and I'll do
the talking until you've got your
breath." As I took my seat, her
hand went on to my shouldec and
held it tight. "Always remember—
these things cannot be helped. I
loved a commoner once, and he
loved me. But there are some bars,
Richard Exon, more rigid than
those you loosed. So we both of us
did our duty. He bowed and went,
and I married the Duke of Whelp.
And, all things considered, it turned
out extremely well . . . And you
are the only person to whom I have
ever told that—not because no one i
else would believe me (though that
is a fact), but because I have met
no other person for whose sake I
felt disposed to open an ancient
wound."
I believe that I thanked her there,
but I cannot be sure. I was like a
man sunk in deep water, whose
senses are out of hand because his
soul is possessed by a frantic in-
stinct to rise. I had harbored no
hopes, of course. But, because I
Wi« only human, I had made me a
dream to play with — a pretty
dream. And now, as one takes from
a child a toy that may do him harm,
the Duchess of Whelp had taken
away my dream.
Old Harry was speaking again.
"I have no other questions. Fate,
that great producer, has cast you
for one of the parts in this highly in-
timate play, and I am far too wise
to question her choice. Besides, I
think it's a good one—to date you've
done very well. So I'm going to
treat you as an equal—'the play's
the thing.'
"Elizabeth, as you know, has in-
voked my help to dispossess her
unrip nf the birthright which he
stole from her father some twenty-
one years ago. Her request is a
natural one, for it is her bounden
duty to do her best to bring his
parricide down. But, while 1 am
easy hour. But what I say is true,
and, though you will not admit it,
you know it as well as I. Very
well. Now listen to me. I am go-
ing to move in this matter, cost
what it may. And this, not because
I am bound, for nobody can be
bound to bring themselves into con-
tempt; but because, if I do not do
something, Elizabeth, Countess of
Brief, is going to lose her life."
After a pregnant pause the Duch-
ess went on.
"In her cousin's sight, the remov-
al of Elizabeth was always to be
desired. Once he had forged her
name, her removal became expedi-
ent—I think that's clear. But in
view of what has occurred in the
last seven days, her removal is now
essential to Percy Virgil's health.
A week ago she could have sent
him to prison for seven years: to-
day she can send him to the gal-
lows for the murder of Max. Why?
Because she—and nobody else—can
switch on that current which makes
all evidence live. Motive. Prove
the theft of the jewels, and you
prove the abduction: prove the ab-
duction and you prove the murder
of Max ..." The sweat was out on
my face, but still Old Harry laid on.
"Do you see now, Richard Exon?
Have I chopped the scales from
your eyes?
"Don't lose sight of two things-
first, that any da:' now Virgil is
going to turn into a desperate man;
and, secondly, that if you come into
collision, you must; not expect him
to keep to the Queensberry rules.
Oh, and one thing more. All that
has passed so far is between you
and me. Elizabeth is to believe that
I have come into this business be-
cause I desire to honor my ances-
tress' bond."
"May I tell Herrick, madam?"
Old Harry wrinkled her nose.
Then—
"Yes," she said. "He should
be informed. If he resembled his
uncle, he wouldn't be 'one of the
best.' "
"Lord Naseby dislikes him," I
said.
"Ca va sans dire. To find favor
in Naseby's eyes, you must be sanc-
timonious and servile and reap
where you have not sown. He de-
mands, but never supplies, and he
still has family prayers. But I un-
derstand he's failing."
"Herrick gives him another three
years."
The Duchess picked up a tablet
and made a note.
"I'll have that checked," she said,
and laughed at the look on my face.
"My agents are paid to find out
what I want to know. Some people,
when they retire, devote themselves
to the study of bygone days: each
to his taste, of course, but I've al-
ways preferred a live ass to a de-
composed lion. For me, the crea-
tion took place some sixty years
back, and while I respect the ages
that went before, the present is the
dunghill on which I shall always
scratch.
"And now to business.
"Elizabeth must stay here—no
doubt about that. You will return
to Raven, to fetch her things. Noth-
ing of hers must be left there, and
everyone living at Raven must for-
get her visit as though it had never
been. Very well. Tonight I shall
write to Brief." She picked up a
penciled sheet. "And this is what I
shall say.
"I have the pleasure to Inform you
that the Lady Elizabeth Virgil is now at
Tracery, happily none the worse. I am
loth to part with her—I wish I had
known her before—and since her place
is at Brief, she has persuaded me to
restore her to you myself. This will en-
tail a visit: but the occasion warrants a
breach of the rule I have made, and you
may expect us on Tuesday at five o'clock.
"I had invited to stay at Tracery a
Mr. John Herrick, whose uncle I used to
know. He is staying at Raven, by Devcr,
not far from you. Since I cannot now
receive him, I shall be obliged if he and
his friend. Mr. Exon, may be invited to
Brief for the length of my stay.
"Now I think that will do very
well.
"You see, Brief can't refuse to do
as I ask: and so we shall all be
together within the enemy's camp.
Brief will be ill at ease, because
he will have to pretend to be the
brother I knew. And Virgil won't
be at his best, not only for reasons
we know, but because to entertain
Herrick will undoubtedly shorten his
life.
"I've set the stage, Richard Exon:
and on Tuesday at five o'clock, the
curtain will rise. But I can't give
out any parts, because I have none
to give. The performance will be
improvised, but it shouldn't be dull.
And now you be off. young man." I
got to my feet. "See your darling
first and send her to me. How long
will it take you to get to Raven and
back?"
"Madam," I said, "I can do it in
less than five hours."
The Duchess glanced a a clock,
which said it was a quarter past
two.
"Then do it in six," she said, "and
dine here at half past eight. Bring
Mr. Herrick with you."
(TO UE CONTINUED)
Old Law Bans the Flying of Kites in
Washington; Dueling Also Forbidden
The District of Columbia, national
legislative center, has a law forbid-
ding kite-flying and many another
strange statute.
Under the law, you can't tie a
horse to a tree, and if you use French
or Latin during a trial you nave iu
pay your legal opponent $331.33.
The dusty code books do not ex-
plain how that figure was agreed
upon. Neither do they explain an-
other amount—$26.07, which, if lost
in a game of chance, entitles the
loser to sue the winner.
The loser not only may sue for the
$28.67 or more but can, if he's rea-
sonably lucky, collect three times
the amount lost. Some gamblers
think it's a fine law. So do District
officials, for the city receives half
the sum collected in such gifts, ac-
cording to a Washington United
Press correspondent in the Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
' Sometimes the lawmakers appar-
ently ignore old statutes when
drawing up new measures. A wom-
an lias to be twenty-one years old
before signing a contract. Yet when
she is the beneficiary of a will she
reaches her "full, mature or lawful
age" at eighteen.
To win title to property by ad-
verse possession, a Washingtonian
according to the law books, has to
show tax receipts for 15 years—or
sometimes for 20 years, depending
on which part of the code he is gov-,
erned by.
Although the district forbids kite-
flying, dueling and certain other per-
sonal activities, the law permits con-
certs on the Capitol grounds by "any
band in the service of the United
States."
The law provides one exception:
the band cannot play while con-
gress is in session. The music might
disturb the legislators.
What to Eat and Why
C. Houston Goudiss Helps to Answer the Question:
What to Eat During Lent?
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS
A CLERGYMAN friend of mine once remarked that in his
opinion, Lent lasts far too long. He had reference, I be-
lieve, to the fact that in a swift-moving age, people might
be more apt to keep Lent faithfully, if it terminated in a
shorter period than 40 days.
Marty homemakers, I feal sure, would echo his senti-
ments, but for a rather different reason! Numbers of them, I
know, find the six weeks of Lent the most troublesome of the
entire year. Their difficulty^
lies in planning meatless
meals that satisfy hearty ap-
petites. And since the weath-
er is often bitterly cold in late
February and early March,
families usually seem hun-
grier, and harder to satisfy,
than at almost any other
season.
A Chance for Variety
Lent does challenge the home-
maker to exercise imagination and
ingenuity. But it al-
so provides a golden
opportunity to get
out of a menu rut,
if you happen to be
one of those people
who follow a set
formula most of
the year. It may,
likewise, offer a
Hi. iMm c',ance *° "lake
BHk kSijlj some significant
n&uwek savings in your food
budget.
Most of us feel that meat makes
the meal. And it cannot be de-
nied that its savory extractives
give it a most appetizing and in-
triguing flavor. But there are a
number of other foods which con-
tain proteins of equal biological
value. Furthermore, nutritionists
hold that it is desirable to obtain
protein from a number of different
sources. That is because different
protein foods contain varying
amounts of different amino acids;
and by eating a variety of protein
foods, we can best obtain a wide
assortment of these "building
stones" of the body.
For Meatless Meals
Fish comes to mind, first of all,
as a main dish for the meal that
does not include meat. For those
who are far from the source of
supply of fresh-caught fish, there
are the quick-frozen varieties, the
dried and salted fish, such as fin-
nan haddie, shredded codfish and
block cod, and 27 types of canned
fish and shell fish.
Canned salmon is one of the
least expensive of all protein
foods. And so many things can
be said in its favor that one na-
tionally known food authority re-
ferred to it as the most nutritious
animal food that could be had for
children over six. It is a notable
source of minerals, especially cal-
cium, phosphorus and iodine, and
contains vitamins A, D, and G.
Cheese in Many Forms
Cheese is another splendid
source of protein that should be
used more freely, not only during
Lent but throughout the entire
year. It is high in energy values.
At^d in addition, it contains the
milk minerals, calcium and phos-
phorus, and is a good source of
vitamin A. Cheese is so flavor-
some that it adds zest to any
meal at which it is served. And
it certainly should interest the
homemaker with an eye to thrift.
For a little goes a long way. It
is, therefore, an ideal food around
which to build nourishing, appetiz-
ing and economical meals.
Macaroni, Spaghetti and Noodles
Cheese is especially good when
combined with such foods as mac-
aroni, spaghetti or egg noodles. It
affords a pleasing flavor contrast.
And it helps to balance the menu
—in two ways. First, the proteins
of cheese supplement those found
in wheat from which macaroni
products are made. Secondly,
cheese contains a substantial
amount of tat, which teams well
with high carbohydrate foods,
such as' any of those made from
the cereal grains. Cheese may
also be combined with vegetables,
to make another balanced food
team. The cheese contributes pro-
teins, energy values, and miner-
als, while the vegetables are an
outstanding source of cellulose or
bulk, as well as vitamins and min-
erals.
Don't Overlook Nuts and Legumes
Legumes are one group of vege-
tables which are high in energy
values. They also contain protein
which is suitable for repairing
worn-out body tissue. Dried
beans, peas and lentils may there-
fore be used as a main dish at
Lenten meals, replacing both
meat and potatoes. There are
many varieties of ready-cooked
beans on the market, packed in
both glass and tin. And dried
lima beans are particularly well-
suited to being made into cro-
quettes, patties, loaves, chowders
and ragouts.
Nuts are another possibility for
Lenten meals that should be con-
sidered by every homemaker.
They, too, can be used for cro-
quettes and nut loaves, as well
as souffles and casserole combi-
nations. Nuts can be combined
with vegetables for a main-course
dish . . . with fruit for dessert.
In the form of nut butters, they
make a nourishing spread for
luncheon sandwiches.
Moreover, each type of nut has
a distinctive taste, and walnuts,
peanuts, brazil nuts a«d pecans,
for example, each make a thor-
oughly delightful dish, with a fla-
vor quite different from the
others.
3Iost homemakers will also want
to use eggs more frequently dur-
ing Lent, because they are so
readily available and easily pre-
pared. This is commendable, be-
cause besides being a fine source
of protein, eggs rank next to milk
as a protective food.
Only a few of the many possi-
bilities for Lent have been sug-
gested in this brief review. But
surely they give a hint of the many
good and nutritious foods a home-
maker can choose on those days
when she plans meatless meals.
©—WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1D39—51.
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The yew tree is an evergreen tree
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northern Africa, often called Eng-
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work, bows and hoops. The origin
of planting yew trees in church yards
was to secure the trees from cattle,
and in this manner preserve them
for the encouragement of archery.
A general plantation of them for the
use of archers was ordered by Rich-
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that there are some yews in Eng-
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1939, newspaper, February 23, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth411872/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.