Show I Telegram mi 1 TT T I 1 By P. P G. G I I Fiction Th Thank y You You au J Jeeves eaves II i I CHAPTER Angels At ft Time Like LUte This TILi Jeeves bellowed Chuffy J Jeeves eeves screamed Paull Pauli Jeeves I shouted Hey yelled old Stoker The door had closed and Ill I'll swear It hadn't opened again N Nevertheless there was the man in our midst once once or an expression of courteous inquiry Inquiry- on his face Jeeves cried Chuffy Chuy J Jeeves eeves I shrieked Pauline Miss Jeeves I vociferated Sir Hey you boomed old Stoker Whether Jeeves liked being called Hey you I could not say His well face betrayed no re resentment re- re Sir he said sald What do you mean by Iby going off of like that than I 1 was under the impression that his lordship occupied with more vital matters was not at leisure to attend to the communication I de desired de- de sired to make sir I planned t to re return return return re- re turn later sir Well stay put for a J. second wont won't you Certainly Certain sir Had I been aware that you were desirous of speaking to ne sir I 1 would not have withdrawn withdrawn with with- dr drawn wn from the room It was merely mere mere- ly lythe the apprehension lest I might be intruding at a n momen moment when my ray presence was not desired i. i All right all right all an right I noted not for lor the first time that there was something about reeves Jeeves' conversational methods that seemed to jar upon old Stoker Never Nover mind all that Your presence Is III of the essence Jeeves I said Thank you sir Chuffy took th tho floor Stoker beIng being being be be- ing occupied for the nonce with making a noise noise like like a wounded falo tale Jeeves J 7 Did y you u say that Sir Roderick Glossop had been arrested 7 Yes It was on that point wished to speak k to your lord lord- ship I came to inform you that Sir Roderick had be been n apprehended by Constable Dobson last Jast night and placed In the potting shed hed hedin in the hall grounds the constable remainIng remainIng remain remain- Ing on guard at the door The larger potting shed not the smaller one me The potting shed ched to which I allude 1 I had never b been en as you might say sag frightfully fond nd J. J Washburn Washburn Washburn Wash- Wash burn St Stoker lter but it It- seemed only neighborly at at- this mom moment nt to 10 try to save him from a apoplexy Jeeves I said saith Sir N Never ver mind which potting shed No No sir Not of ot tho the essence I I quite Understand sir sL Then carry carry- carryon on oP J Jeeves leeves eeves He cast a a. glance of ot respectful commiseration at old Stoker who seemed to bo be having a good deal of trouble with his bron bronchial tubes tubel I Charged d Ith Burglary It appears U that at Constable Constable Constable Con Con- stable Dobson arrested Sir Roderick Roderick Roder Roder- ick at an advanced hour hour- last night He was then then in something of at a quandary as to what means to take for his disposal You must under under- stand that in the conflagration conflagration ration which d destroyed Mr r. r Wooster's Wooster's Woos Woos- Woos Woos- ter's cottage that of Sergeant which is Is' contiguous w was s salso also burned dO down In And as this cottage of Sergeant is also the local police station Constable Dobson was not unnaturally somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what at a loss Joss to know v where to place his prisoner the prisoner the more so as Sergeant Voul s was not there there to advise him he in fighting lighting the flames having d an unfortunate unfortunate injury to his head and havIng having hayIng hav hay ing been removed to the house of his aunt in Regis I refer fer ferto to his Aunt Maud not his Aunt Emily who I 1 did the square thing again Never mind which h ch aunt Jeeves No sir Scarcely germane Quite so o sir Then carry carryon on Jeeves Very good sir So In the end acting upon his own initiative the constable arrived at atthe the conclusion that as secure a place as s any would be the tho potting shed the larger potting potting potting pot pot- ting shed We V understand Jeeves The one with the tiled roof Precisely sir He therefore placed Sir Roderick in the larger potting shed and r remained on guard there throughout the remainder of the night Some little time ago the gardeners came on oi duty and nd the constable summoning one ont of them them them-a a young fellow named All AH rIght Tight J Jeeves eeves Very good sir Summoning this young fel fellow ow he de patched him to the temporary residence of ot Sr- Sr geant In the hope that the latter would now now be sufficiently restored to be bo able to Interest himself himself himself him him- self in the matter Such it appears was the case case A nights night's sleep acting act act- ct- ct i ing gln in conjunction with a naturally robust constitution had enabled Sergeant to rise at his usual hour and p partake of a hearty breakfast break break- fast Breakfast I 1 couldn't help heIp murmuring mur mur- In spite of my Iron self self- control The word had touched an exposed nerve nerve- in Bertram On receiving the communication Sergeant hastened to to the hall to interview his lordship Why his lordship His Ills lordship is a justice Justice- of the peace sir air Of course yes And as such has the power powe t to tP commit the prisoner to incarceration tion in a more recognized prison He Is waiting in the library now till your lordship lo Is at leisure to see him If It the word Vord breakfast was was asit as asIt asit It were the key word that had had- the power to set Bertram Wooster aquiver a a- q quiver iver it appeared that prison was was' the one that tickled old Stoker up properly He uttered utter a hideous cry But how ho can he be in prison What's he ho g got t. t to do with prisons Why does docs this fool of of- ofa a R cop think he ought he-ought ought to be in prison 1 The charge I understand sir ste Isone is isone one of burglary Burglary Yes sir Stoker Learns All AU Old Stoker looked so piteously at atme me why me-why why me I dont don't know but he did that did that I nearly patted him on on the head In fact I might quite easily eully have done so had not my hand been stayed by a sudden noise in my I rear like that made by a f frightened I hen or a a rising pheasant The I Dowager Lady had come come charging charging- into the room Marmaduke she cried and I Ican 1 can give no better indication of her emotion than by saying by-saying saying that as she spoke her eyes eyes eyes' rested on my lace face and it made no impression on her whatsoever For all the notice she took of of- it I might have b been en the Gre Great t White Chief Marmaduke Marmaduk I have the most terrible news Rod- Rod crick erick All right said Chuffy a a- little mOe petulantly I 1 thought Weve Veve had hadit it tt too Jeeves is just telling us But what are we to todo do I 1 dont don't know And it itIs Is all aU my fault tault all my fault Oh dont don't sa say that Aunt Myrtle said Chuffy rattled but still preux You couldn't have helped it it itI I could I c could uld I shall never forgive myself If It It had for tor me me he would never have gone gona out of the house housa with that black stuff on his his' face lace I 1 vas Was really sorry for poor old Stoker One thing thing- after another I mean to sa say His eyes came out of his head like a snails Black stuff he gurgled faintly He had covered his face lace with burnt cork cork- to amuse Seabury Old Stoker tottered to a n. chair and sank into it Ho He seemed to ba be bethinking thinking that this was one of those stories you could listen to better sitting down You can only remove the horrible horrible horrible hor hor- stuff with butter And WAnd petrol so the cos tell me I couldn't help putting in I like Jike to keep these things straight You Yo support me mi Jeeves Petrol does docs tho the trick Yes sir Well We petrol then Petrol or butter At any rate it was to get something that would that would take the stuff off oft that he must have broken Into his house And A d now She cheesed it Jt In sentence mid-sentence deeply moved Not however any anymore anymore anymore more deeply than old Stoker who seemed to be more or less passing through the furnace This Is the finish he said in a sort of ot pale of-pale pale voice olce This is where I 1 drop fifty million dollars and try to like it Jt A lot of use an any testimony In a lunacy case Is going to be from froma a fellow who g gets ts himself pinched while wandering around the country In black face Why there Isn't Isn a judge in Ame America who wouldn't rule out anything he said on the ground that he was crazy himself Lady quivered But he did it to please my son Anybody who Anybody who would do anything to pIe please a s young hound like that said old Stoker mu i have been crazy He emitted a mirthless 1 I. Jokes Joke's on Stoker Well the jokes joke's on me mc all l rl right ht Yes the jokes joke's certainly on me I stake everything on the evidence of this man Glossop I Irely rely on him to save my fifty million by testifying that old George wasn't loco And two minutes after Ive I've put hi on the other side Jl come right back at me by showing that my expert expert ex ex- pert is a loony himself loonier than ever old George GeorgC could have been if hed he'd tried for a thousand years Its It's funn funny when you come to think of it |