| Show T Telegram eo By P. P G. G I Fiction T Thank You Jeeves I I CHA CHAPTER Intrigue Ir I r felt fell it only lr fair to to- stick Uck l up fo for fors Jeeves 1 eeves I said d. d He Hc was s perfectly right la heD heart t tat I 1 used to know the thing by at school This cove found an angel sitting Bitting by his bed writing in a book the of dont don't you know and upshot the whole affair was Oh allright all allright allright right If you dont don't want wan to hear I withdrew to a corner of the room room and pl picked ked up up a p photograph t graph album A Wooster W oster does not thrust his conversation upon the unwilling For some somo time after this there was a good deal of what you might call mixed chatter in which which- h- h through dudgeon dudgeon I I X took no part Everybody talked at once and nobody nobody nobody no no- body said Bald anything that you could have han described as being in the least east I constructive Except old St Stoker ker who proved that I X had been right in thinking that he must at t one time hivo hive been a pirate of the Spanish or orsome orsome orsome some other Main by coming boldly out with a suggestion for tor a aa rescue escue party What U the e. e matter he wanted to Ito know lenow with going out and breakIng break- break ling tog Ing the door down and getting him out and smuggling him him away w and arid hiding him somewhere and letting these hese darned cops run circles round themselves trying to find him Chuffy Chuy demurred We Why not You heard Jee Jeeves cs say Dobson was wal on guard Bat him over the head with a shovel Chuffy didn't seem to like this Idea much I 1 suppose If If youre you're a aJ J J. P. P you dont don't have to be careful what yo you do Bat a policeman over the head bead with shovels and the county looks a askance kance Well Vell darn it then bribe him You can cant can't t bribe an English policeman You mean that Not a chance I Lord what a country said old Stoker with a sort of whistling I groan and you could see aee that he I would never never be able to feel quite I the the- same towards England again Bertram Hernam Rings for Jeeves Jee I My dudgeon melted We rs I are arc human and the spectacle of so I much anguish angush in n a moderately sized I room was too much for me I crossed t to the fireplace and pressed the bell With the result that just as old Stoker was beginning to to say what he thought about the English policeman the door opened and there here was Jeeves Old Stoker eyed him balefully You back Yes sir Well Vell Sir What do you want The b bell rang s sir r Chuffy did another spot of hand band waving I II No no Jeeves Nobody rang n I stepped forward I rang Chuffy What for For J Jeeves eeves Wo VVo dont don't want Jeeves Chuffy old man man I said ald and those present were no doubt thrilled by the quiet gravity of m my tone If It there could ever be a time when you wanted Jeeves Jee more than you do now I I. I I lost the thread ui UA of lur my remarks and had to 10 LU start In I I I ui UA lur my to 10 LU start In again Chuffy I said what Im I'm driving at is that there is II s only one man who Can can get you out of at this mess He stands before you I I. mean Jeeves I X said to make the thing clearer You know as well as I 1 do that on these occasions Jeeves al always always always al- al ways finds the way Chuffy was plainly impressed I could see that memory memory- had begun to 0 stir and that he was recalling some somo of the mans man's triumphs By Jove yes That's right He do does s doesn't he Ho He does docs indeed I 1 shot ahot a quelling glance at old Stoker who had started to say IY something about angels and turned to the man Jeeves I 1 said We require your operation co-operation and advice Very good sir air I To begin with let me give you youa OU OUa a brief synopsis do o I X mean synopsis synopsis syn yn Yes Yea sir aIr Synopsis Is b perfectly correct a brief synopsis then of the position of affairs I X have no doubt that you recall the late Mr George Stoker That cable you brought just n now w was waa to say that tha his lis will under the the terms terms of which Mr Stoker here has benefited so considerably is being behig contested on the ground that the testator was as goofy as a I coot Yes sir In rebuttal of this Mr Stoker had lad Intended to bun bung Sir Roderick Glossop into tho the witness box to testify as an expert that old George was WIlS Grade A A. in hi the unity sanity line Not a gibber in him If you see aee what 1 I mean And in ordinary circles this move could not have failed It would have brought h home me the bacon Infallibly Yes Yea air But and this Is the nub of the tho thing Sir Jeeves Roderick is II now In n the potting the shed the larger potting pot pot- ting tang shed with shed with his face covered with burnt cork and a sharp sentence sen len tence for tor burglary staring him in tho the eyeball You see ace how this weakens weakens weak weak- ens him as DI a force Yes sir In this world Jeeves you can can cando do one of two things You can I act t yourself up as a n final authority on whether your fellow fellowman man la is laune sane or not lot or you can go bl blacking your taco faco aco and getting put in potting sheds You cannot do both So what Is s to be bo done Jeeves I X would suggest rem removing Sir Roderick from the shed air I turned to the meeting There I Didn't I tell you would find the tho way One di dissentient ae voice Old Stoker Stokers Stoker's Stokers Stok Stok- er ers er's He seemed bent on n heckling Remove him from the shed hed ye yes he said and in an exceedingly nall nasty Y vo vole voice c How with a team of angels an an- gels V He started his hi buffalo imitations again and I had to push him pretty firmly ok a Can you remove Sir R. R from the s. s Je Jeeves ves sir Yes You are convinced of or this this this' Yes sir Ir S You have already alread formulated formulated a aplan plan pInn or scheme Yes sir I X take It all back said ald old Stoker reverently Forget I Isaid said I it IL Get mo me out of this jam and you can come and wake waite me up in the night and talk about angels if you want Thank you rou sir By removing Sir Roderick before re h he is la actually brought into the presence of ot his lordship lordship lordship lord lord- ship sir proceeded Jeeves Je ves we shall shallI I think obviate all His identity Is is not y yet t known to either i- i Constable Dobson or Sergeant Vo The constable had never seen seen him before their meeting last night lIght a and ld assumes that he is Is' Isa a member of the troupe o of negroid minstrels who performed on Mr Stokers Stoker's yacht Sergeant is under the same lame sion slon We Ve have therefore only to release Sir Roderick before the matter is gone further into and andall andall andall all will be well I X followed himI himI him I follow yo your you i Jeeves I si slid said dIt d. d If It you will allow w me me sir air wIll I now sketch out the method d which would I advocate for ac accomplishing this end Yes said old Stoker What Is this method Spill It JU ItI I r held up a hand A thought had struck me e Wait Walt reeves Jeeves Isaid I Just one moment I fixed old Stoker with a compelling compelling compel compel- ling eye Before we go any ar are arc two things to bo be be settled Do you give your solemn word to purchase purchase pur pur- chase Hall fr from m old Chut- Chut fy here at a price to be agreed greed up upon n between the the- two contracting parties parties par par- ties Yes yes yU yes yea Lets Let's get on HAnd And you c consent to th the union a of your daughter ter Pauline with old Ch Chuffy ty and none non none of at that r rot t abo about t her marrying me Sure sure I Jeeves J eLev s I ald you may sp speak k I stepped ba back k and gave him the floor floor noting as 1 did s so so 0 that hat at his eye was gleam a-gleam with the light fight of pure pur intelligence ce His head as usual sual bulged out at the ba back k Having given ri this matter matte a g good od deal of consideration air I have come to the conclusion slon that the chief difficulty that confronts us in m our attempt upon our objective Ills In tho presence before the entrance entrance en en- trance 10 of the potting of Con stable Dobso Dobson V Very true Jeeves eve Ho represent ta the crux If It I t may say so Cert Certainly you may say so Jeeves Another way of putting It y would be bethe the snag 1 Precisely air Our first move accordingly must be to eliminate Constable Dobson Dobon That t wh what t 1 I laid iad put In hi ol old Stoker rather querulously u And nd you wouldn't listen to me I I sq squelched him You wanted to hit him over the head with a spade pride or r something All AU wrong What Is Ia is neede needed l here is what's the w word Ord id i'd Jeeves Finesse sir Exactly Carry Carryon on Jeeves This in my opinion may be ber readily read read- ad- ad ily fly accomplished d by sending word to him that the pa Mary wishes to see him in the raspberry bushes bushel I I was was was' stunned by the mans man's sagacity sagacity sagacity saga saga- city but not so stunned as to be unable to turn urn to the oth others rs and add addan an explanatory footnote foot o o. o This Mary this I Isaid Isaid Isaid said is to the tho blighter Dobson and nd while I have only seen her In the distance I can testify th that t she is exactly t the the- c sort ort of ot girl girt any red-blooded red constable would some soma leaping Into the raspberry bushes bushea to to meet Full of aex appeal eh reeves Jeeves An exceedingly attractive young woman sir And Andr I think that we we might make m matters even een more certain certain tain tarn by Including in n the message a word t to the effect that she had a acup acup acup cup of coffee and a a ham hani sandwich for him The he constable I not y yet t breakfasted winched I t I Skim lightly o over this bit Jeeves I 1 am ani not made tm I beg your pard pardon n air Ir I was for foi getting Quite all right J Jeeves ev s. s Tau Tou will have to square M Mary ry No sir I have been canvassing her her views views and X h I find fina that she la is e extremely eager t to convey r refresh refreshments f e h- h ments menta to the officer I 1 would sugI suggest suggest sug sug- I gest giving h her r a osten m ost sten- sten n sibly from the latter latter to to the effect that that he he Is waiting at the spot Indi- Indi I had to interrupt t. t A A snag Jeeves A crux h in fact tact If he wanted want d food why wouldn't he come s straight to the house hous He Ho would be apprehensive r of b being observed by Sergeant sir air He Is Is' Is under fr from in his superior to remain at his post Then would he le leave vc It lU asked Chuffy My dear old man man I said He HehM has hM not yet breakfasted And this girl will be dripping with coffee and ham sandwiches Dont Don't hold holdup holdup holdup up tho the run run of the dialogue with foolish foolIsh foolish fool fool- ish questions Yes Jeeves In his absence sir it be a a simple task wk to remove remOve Sir Roderick and lead lead him him to some lome place of con concealment nt His His lordships lordship's bedroom suggests sta Itself 1 r rAnd And Dobson the nerve to conf confess confess' as' as that he had aban abandoned the post oat of duty tY That's what youre you're driving at aU Ms would be Precisely ely sir air lips w sealed Old Stoker shoved himself t forward for for forward rW r- r W ward td tda a again No No good he said work Im rm not saying we Wt couldn't ge gel Glossop away but the cops wo would see that there had been funny business bu lne s Th Their lr man would have g gone ne arid and they'd figure It out that somebody had got him away They would put two yo and two together and get wise to to us us having done donI IL Last night nigh for example ion on my yacht He stopped not wishing I 1 suppose IUPpo sup sup- suppose po pose eJ to disinter the Uie d dead past t. t but butI butI I saw what h he meant When I had got away fr from m th the yacht U Lt had hadn't Resigns Res gns r A K l r r ph tr D D. D DI L I. Roberts Roberto taken him long to see aee that 1 Jeeves eves must have haye been een at th the bottom botto o of it TOMORROW Not At All Sir |
