Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1928, Page 18

REATL ESTATE. Miss Brown of X.Y.O. By E. Phillips Oppenheim. 927 Conyright. 1 (Continued from Yesterd INSTALLMENT XXV, JOURNALIST Dow? very t we still well.” have use of Com- the fact election 1S to govern through I am to wear the nd he's to do the roar- wan! a grim- nsists upon it that no other present. The only person s to bring with him is Des. head of our new department at the by, minister o8 w I¥ folded 1 . the clothes proposed to wear in the morning similarly arranged upon a o'her. There were counted out ready for her bath in the morning six pen Ties o the corner of the mantelpiece, Y:‘- e filled standing by the side o ve. Miss Brown was peace. . when she was ed the sound of & motorear stopping ummons of t up in bed e st of bed, Burried § o nd & nto a, dres door pon th " he an- 5 you at ou to © 10 give me 1 Xive min. k to her more than had preseribed 214 keated in the ear. tle T daresyy. T want y T8 0u 1o I vin g n1, you can look A her er 1o back Are You b Caro It by E. Ph We e 'in Dowing wrect, chict vped the there one o ‘Then Z a tricted llips Oppenheim cs. T do so again in the case of Miss Brown.” Brown, who was just within paused in her task behind ide-open safe doors to revel in Wtle slow of pleasure which h her veins. Marabels he . cont said. vOf course you litical tacties litary tactics ve this much n—the surprise blow is the We want to get this in the wind out of Frank- ing Abel Deane to ¢ doesn’t real tonight — after 1" Dessiter ob wn?" m v Know < ank his and threw the re- ette into the fire ory then!” he ex along, Marabe Come the dispatch case, Miss they found the with rom 4 He, . but Dessiter he said, in my bound to t some one. n who did wonderful service for when 1 scarcely knew ving to live or d sele s to the Iy than vou bel which” Col. Dessiter before you was by him persor was actin officially on is about time he re : e the in-. 1 its afiliated admirable { acqu wn opened x. Dessiter mo is sid her dispatch tioned her to a chair ou | a- | to lay before “the exact s “or three-quarters of an hour, Des. | tive | pon the table | { and exp He produced his proofs often without a word of ures he either guar- nitted that they were When he had finished, the r's face was unusually haggard. He sat for a moment in a character- a de, his hands flat upon the able m! !rn’nl of him, a frown upon forehead, You have made out a damaging case, Col. Dessiter,” he said gravely “but why have you kept these facts 80 much to yourself? Why have we t heard from you before?” “B 2 iter replied, “it is | almost impossible to break through the officialdom of certain members of your cabinet, sir.” The premier stretched out his hand | for his pipe. He filled it with tobacco | and lt it with shaking fingers. He| seemed to have aged during the last half hour, “I am quite prepared to admit the gravity of the situation,” he declared, “but whag precisely do you want me to do?” “I want you to take a very unusual course, sir,” Marabels replied. “Jtq cal to you—you'll probably like it intensely, but in my con. | | the only chance | « got of saving the country from disaster. 1 cannot take Col. Dessiter's iformation into Parliament, attack | ou from there and | | { ing you out, the fat would be in the fire, and, while we studled our election addresses, the etorm would have burst. This is the only way. must act as though you were out of office, and you must g{ve your support to my echeme. You'll have a lot of trouble from your own side, of course, but you've got to get the votes, and hat precisely 18y the prime minister asked. am golng 1o take the bull by the 1 am going to anticipate what Labor, as representod by Ahel and his men, 18 on the point of ing and give it 1o them before k for it. 1 am going 10 bring ard a8 a government proposal, you, sir, are going to support it.” “Lo you imagine that you can pass this through the House of Commons? the premier asked wonderingly. With your help, yes,” was the cool reply. “And you'll glve your help all | horns o cted Miss | ome of it | Kopf JOH\N' Cromwell!"” | ed his | mounted to his rooms upon the first | t! d you to the | | country. Even 1t I succeeded in turn. | You | ur | THE EV [ IN RABBITBORO—At the Sewing ] WEVE SIMPLY GOT To RAISE SOME _MONEY To OEY A NEW CARPET FOR THE CHURCH — | | of the orator's tricks for arresting at- | {tention, held the house spellbound for | s and made history. There | had been rumors for days, even weeks, that the government had sensational up its sleev there was going to be one most cataclysmic effort on its p: cope with the great upheaval, | bad seemed every day to grow throatening. Marabel’ | detailed which more proposals were simply a exposition of the scheme which he had laid before the prime minister some nights befor secret had been we | amazing breadth and scope stions took every one by "he other side of the house professed themselves unable ges of so drastic a weful consideration. as followed was spase me and epresentative. Pen- nington was e only one who rose to s feet, and the utmost he could do was to attack the proposals on th somewhat _illogical ground of their being a gift to a community who had | already made up their minds to take what belonged to them. His specch met with feeble response, even from his own party adjournment | brought m ing together in little groups. Secretarics of the various party leaders rushed hither | and thither full of affairs. From the strangers’ gallery Koff and Brets- owled down upon the scene. othing like it since the days of one excited member 1 lobby the sug- surprise. frankly to dis- nature declared in t “I always knew,” a cabinet minister ked thoughtfully, “that Mara- had sometl forming in his mind. He's one of our intellectuals, and yet for months he's been one of the most silent men in the house.” “He must have a sense of drama.” another member observed. ‘He wait. e, and he chose it with psy- chological exactitude.” Marabels, who had slipped away from the house unnoticed, walked along the embankment through a little storm of windy rain and reached the Adelphi without having spoken to a soul. He let himself into one of the crescent of gray stone houses and floor. The apartment which was evidently his sitting room was furnished simply, almost severely. The walls were S0 lined with books that there was no room for pictures. Marabels took off his coat, found a pipe in a smoker's cabinet, filled it with tobaceo and lit it. Then he mixed himself a drink and sat down in his shirt sleeves, There not a trace of exaltation aner, nothing to denote the d passed through a great ordeal successfully, In his mind he went over his speech. So far as he could remember he had not missed a single point. Presently he rang the bell. A young man entered with some papers in his hand—Marabels tary. “still at work Hugh?” e just finished, sir, quiet reply. “How did it go?" Marabels smiled grimly. “All right, I think. I miss ing, but it was the queerest in the world. They sat with mouths open, most of the time. one wanted what 1 was offerin cept, perhaps, Abel Deanc. O | party were stupefied even though they had had a hint of w the extremists who out to fight were seeing the ground knocked from under their feet, and they didn't like udience thelir No | ex v own was coming; | NING STAR, WASHINGTON, ircle. D. C., SATURDAY, WHAT ARE_ You GOIN' To DO ? JANUARY 28, 1928. REAL ESTATE. By ALBERTINE RANDALL | s WELL WEVE TRIED EVERYTHING ¥ S0 NOW WE'VE DECIDED HONEST WE COULD THINK OF - TO HAVE A BAZAAR ! the Houte of Commons at all—T was speaking through them to the coun- try.” he telephone rang in the next room. The young man went away to answer it. The prime minister is on his way down to see you, sir,” he announced is return. or a moment Marabels' face dark- 1 If that means he's backing out,” he muttered, “it will be the end of our present constitution. He'll be asking for what the country will certainly get. There’s no one up, Hugh. You'd better stay and let him in. Go to bed afterward, The front door bell rang a few min- utes later. The young man descended and presently reappeared ushering in the prime minister. The latter had the flushed checks and bright eyes of one who had engaged in vigorous argument for the last half hour, which as, indeed, the case. Marabels r feet is is very kind of you, si “I would have come to you if you'd sent for me.” I preferred it this way,” was the ane reply: “Marabels, I congratu- vou. 1 never heard a clearer ex- n of such a revolutionary pro- You stupefied the House to- night, although there wasn't a word of vours which lent itself to misinter- pretation.” You are opening the debate your- self tomorrow, sir?’” “I am 1t 1 might make the suggestion,” Marabels ventured, “forget all that we carned from Dessiter. Drop the st note entirely. Ours is the tive, not the defensive. The classes have been drawn too far aps It is our policy to bring them closer toxether for the ood of our suffering s, for the good of the empire.’ » premier nodded I'll remember, Marabels.” “I hope the latter went on with a vague note of apology in his tone, “that you won't think of me only cuckoo in the mest. 1 entered net for no personal reasons | which T col | whatever. I saw what was coming to the country, and I knew that the pres- ent policy of drifting would have to end, or.we should cease to exist.” politician,” the premier con- fessed, “I have plenty of faults, but I am not an egoist, neither am 1 person- ally ambitious. I have done my best, under very difficult conditions, but 1 am quite content to zive way to the new ideas if the new ideas will benefit the country where I have failed.” The premier mused for a few mo- ments. “Forgive a personal question, Mara bels, but are you a wealthy ma “I have all I need. My father was a merchant of moderate means in the | country. I was educated at a gram- mar school in Leicester and got a scholarship to Cambridge. I took no degree. 1 was in business before 1 was 21 “And your age now?" “I am 39," Marabels replied. “On my 30th birthday the capital of the business was, roughly speaking, £100,000. 1 changed it then into a profitsharing concern. 1 have nona of the gifts which make for popularity —1I shall never be a popular states. man, for Instance—but there isn't one of my work people who doesn’t vote for me, who doesn't work for me at tion time and who doesn’t put his heart and soul into the business, They work like human beings, not ma. chines. That's why we shall go on making more money each year.” it. They all secemed to realize one | thing, though: I wasn't speaking to “It seems stranke that I should know 80 little of you,” the prime min- Jameson-Built Mo 9 right. You'll be an enthusiast on the eme before 1t's all over. ho prime minister rose to his 4 far us we at present, ceept y / K0, Mr. Maral cheme, 1 will d bec what you 1 will support 10 on one wide n do, but I rc tine I find Juyrclt hopel fict with you, to resign “You can go to the country the ment ve've dealt witl his plot,” abe's decla M. Brown nnd winivs |ves undep » | BKY 88 they Joft Downing sercd the car. There of frost in the air. A lats ne [ 8 wtill shouting the news can drop ot White Deswiter waid. Il take your papers up.” Murabel's &peech Cormonm, delivered tempt el e th id Ktarlit street and a touch spia per n the without o Houwe any without” any ot ut ‘Acquainted th lina Park 1 Driv community, hounded er 12 winutes from See .the New Homes Erec ted by Winfield Preston A 16th and Price (35,9 ) Sample Ho uee, t E Sts. N.E. 9()-00 less than heat rent, Buil electyic ol lights garage te and ( Sunday ( 160 8 ! 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May we send you estimates? ister remarked, “considering the close- ness of our political association, but I never remember to have heard whether you were married.” Not A bachelor prime minister will be something of a novelty,” the other re flected, I shall probably marry during the next year, bels announced. You are engaged?" Not even that. 1 have scen the young lady, however, whom I shall ably marry.” premier nodded sympathetically. “Have I, by any chance, the pleas- of knowing her u know her as well as I do,” was the somewhat enigmatic reply. The premier was puzzled. Rapidly in his mind he ran over the list of feminine acquaintances whom Mara bels was likely to know. He gave up the task, however, “Might I know her name?” he in- quired “Miss Brown.” Marabels confided. “Miss Brown?” the prime mini repeated, in a puzzled fashion. ously enough I don’t seem to remem- ber any one of that name." “The young lady who came with Col. Dessiter to see you last night, Marahels explained “Dessiter's secreta soul! I didn't even her.” didn’t. As a matter of fact 1 don't even remember having spoken to her. She represents, however, ex- actly the type of young woman I shall require for a wife. She is suffi- ciently agreeable-looking, very neat, very self-respecting, calm in her man- ners, can face a crisis without get- ting excited, capable of effacing her- self when required. She has the gifts ider most important in a working man's wife.” The prime minister had never e pected to laugh on that fateful d: but he did laugh. Bless my ee you speak to You Should See The New Bungalows and Semi-Detached Brick Homes at Manor Park N.W. “On the 14th Street Car Line” Inspect these New Homes Sunday 14th St car marked X Sifet off at 3rdand Ritte TERRELL & LITTLE, Inc. 1206 18th St. Main 3285 How Plaster does c/in TAKES much more than your own strength to pull them apart. 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