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"Visitors? Who?" he began when his brother silenced him with a frown. "Oh, let's not go into that now," Val said hurriedly. "There is something more important to be discussed. Since you left this afternoon we have had an addition to the family." "An addition to the family," puzzled Ricky. "What do you mean?" "Rick Ralestone has come back," Val announced.
I did come across one interesting fact in Laurent's notes covering those years. In 1861 Laurent St. Jean built a blockade-runner called the Red Bird. His backer in the venture was a Mr. Ralestone of Pirate's Haven. So once Ralestone did meet Ralestone without being aware of the fact. "Laurent St.
"Because there is only one Roderick Ralestone in this generation and he is standing right there. Permit me to introduce Roderick St. Jean Ralestone!" The person he turned to was Jeems! Val ventured to break the sudden silence which resulted from Creighton's astonishing statement. "But how why " "Yeah," the rival had collected a measure of his scattered wits, "whatta yuh mean, wise guy?"
"Once upon a time two brave princes and a beautiful princess set out to make their fortunes " began the dark-haired, dark-eyed boy by the roadster. "Royalty is out of fashion," corrected Ricky Ralestone somewhat indifferently. "Can't you do better than that?"
When young Denys LeFleur was shipped over here to New Orleans under false accusation of his enemies, the first Richard Ralestone became his patron. He helped the boy salvage something from the wreck of the LeFleur fortunes in France to start anew in a decent profession under tolerable surroundings, when others of his kind died miserably as beggars on the mud flats.
Although the city was not begun until 1724, this house was started in 1710 by workmen imported from England. "The house of an exile," Rupert continued slowly. "Richard Ralestone was born in England, but he left there in his tenth year. In spite of the price on his head, he crept back to Devon in 1709 to see Lorne for the last time.
"Awfully casual about it, isn't he?" she said. "Just the same, I believe that this is a clue and I know what our visitor was after, too," she finished triumphantly. "What?" "The treasure Richard Ralestone hid when the Yankee raiders came." "Well, if our unknown visitor has as little in the way of clues as we have, he'll be a long time finding it." "And we're going to beat him to it!
"Have you ever heard that old saying that 'possession is nine points of the law'? I am the Ralestone in residence, and I shall continue to be the Ralestone in residence until after this case is heard. Now, as I am a busy man and this is the middle of the morning, I shall have to say good-bye " "So that's the way you're going to take it?" The visiting Ralestone glared at Rupert. "All right.
Gentlemen," he bowed slightly toward LeFleur and Creighton, "one cannot fight bad luck, and this time Fate smiles upon you. It was a good idea if it had worked," he added musingly. "Young Ralestone seems to have gathered all the aces into his hand.
"Between the pages of the prayer-book, covering the offices for St. Louis' Day, you'll find the birth certificate for Laurent St. Jean with his right name," he said. "That's a very important paper to keep, young man. Mr. Ralestone my author." He wiped his forehead with the handkerchief from his breast-pocket. "How stupid of me not to have seen at once. But why "
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