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N Parker Comedy I A Picture of Eng Eq I of Famous lish Life Told In Story I of the Form by Marion Marion-A- I L Early 70 a SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS CHAP TEES RS s Disraeli prime primo minister of or England and hiss vito Lady are tho the guests elta of at the duke and duchess of or Gla Glas- Glas Disraeli wants to purchase the Suez ca l. l thereby opening a pathway to India and acquiring that nation Sir Michael Probert governor of or the b bank of ot England refuses to l lend nd the needed money for or tho scheme like lIko nil all men of or that period looking looking- upon It as madness borrows the tho sum from Hugh Meyers a banker and sends Charles an nn assistant to Egypt to purchase purchase pur pur- chase the canal He Ic has bas learned teamed that Russia has found round his plans and Is hf trying to r reach ch Egypt ahead of or him Then he takes 8 Clarissa In love 10 with Charles an a away S to as the guest of r himself and hl his wife witt Fourth Instalment V The younger mans matie anger bc began n to me melt away He Re was not riot so different fro from mo most t men nun as to be proof against flattery flatter Disraeli saw him become soft and pliable in his hands and he went on England En land stands stAnd In need of ot Just S ST sue sueS such I S men taen as 5 1 70 you I T can not see lee that said Charles Charle though his tone was not as thoroughly convinced as his words seemed Listen said sola Disraeli putting his hili banon hand ban handon on Charles' Charles wrist and using his hla mo most Is lac Isolated Isor Iso Iso- persuasive manner England s as sated as a ship lying out at sea Hc Her r people go O on chore but only for for fora n d do- do bauch then they come home with a a. headache head head- ache and thank heaven Ven they arc aro not a as other men Titanic forces force are aro at work 1 in tho world forces you ou have no conception of I 1 shall not live to see It his vole voice becoming low and Intense his hand holding holding hold hold- ing the other mans man's wrist tightly but bu you ou m my m God what things you OU will wit witness It- It ness need The nations must expand an and now while England nd stands alone while France Prance is Js crippled and before Germany German Is recovered now Is Russia's chance t ti to i snatch ut at India With India lost Ui tho whole hole fabric crumbles England sinks sink into Insignificance a Belgium at sea sec v No Now man do you ou sec see do ou you see why vh Clarissa refused you ou These are th thI the I I things I have ha been showing her I 1 see see eec said bald Charles impressed am and half hatt inspired by the others other's sheer marJ mag mar J But what Ie Iff is your solution feet A ditch Disraeli leaped to his j J sir u a ditch he cried a 1 ditch litch dU dug Ii in shifting sand a a thing all men aro arc laughIng laughing laugh laugh- ing at f f. You mean began Charl Charles s. s but before beCore he ho could go FO o on on Disraeli advanced to th the thedoor S S door with the noiseless step like a neat cat and suddenly flung It Jt There was s a suppressed sed shriek and Mrs Travers half hal fell feU into the room Sho She laughed to cover cove her confusion and Disraeli laughed too that this wom woman n for no now v he be was nu sure hud be begun un spying Mrs Travers ers advanced Into the tho room Dear CIrl sa left her book she c cx explained ex- ex S picking up soft wrt cushions ani and making snaking a search for Cor the volume Help us us- look for it It Charles asked Disraeli overturning everything in an ar elaborate search his eyes ees following th the woman wherever she walked and never forget torget he went on on that a OUch ditch a ditch J d dug In sand makes the best soil soli for eel cel Cr ery eo S Mr office in a awing wing of his home In the this fashionable part of oC London Lou Lon done don was 03 one of the most cheerful places 5 o In the whole house A largo large table for fos fori i himself st stood near hear n ar the center of ot the room room a 4 one at one wall wail In adjoining 1 rooms were the offic offices of oC his various secretaries l and derks One of ot the clerks clerk Mr had lad b been be n th the tho object o of or Disraeli's suspicions 1 for some come time Russia had spies piC every every- J where he knew she was as watching him like lIko a a eat cat t watches a mouse ready leady to tc 4 I spring If It she ahe saw sar the tho slightest chance j He knew she was waiting wl to buy tsie t Sun Suez Sue canal He lIe know Ismail Ismall the tho kho- kho dive dh of Egypt E bad had rained drained his country countr J 1 until It was Mas dry ry bone h from m which he 4 had sucked the last bit or of marrow And 1 Russia was to see how much England would offer to outbid her andI and 3 I I I take poss possession of the tho canal region th ditch in tho the sand Band Men olen laughed hed at the S even In those Cla days 6 only this one had bad 1 S eyes that saw sw tar for enough Into tho the future fu- fu lure ture to see how England had to tie herI her together or lose I possessions them little by little And with possesS posses'S posses posses- S I aJ n of ot the Suez canal and control over o the what tho the only short route to I wonders onders might she not accomplish t. t The Tho refuSal re- re i The canal he meant to have of 0 the governor of the Bank of or England had not weakened hl his i. i t. t nation He lie had gone as he had told SirS Sir S Probert to Moses He lIo had hild wired tired Hugh lugli richest bankers Ini in 5 Meyers ono one of at the Ii i the world orld and that t morn morning In as he lie satIn sat satin II in his office he be awaited his arrival S. S And nd as ho he sat at hI his desk from from- tho the I Mr watching 1 1 corner omer Qt of his eye eyo he was watching him ed edge o toward his j 4 desk to read re-ad the private ate papers spread ad 1 4 on uti It Apparently he ho wax wan in conven conversation atlon Ji with Lady who nho wa was talking I Jt their days day's engagements The door opened and Charles entered It was quite a 0 different young oun man mon from Crom the spotlessly correct p. p person non who nho had idled hl his time Ume at tt Glastonbury Towers ers only a week before H lie walked with a loud louil J and d determined tr tread h he held his hie head uncomfortably high ho he banged his lila books open In his hurry burr an and coughed loudly and unnecessarily b by way nay of or 1 I keeping h himself in mind of the fact Lct that he be was the busiest man In London For Charles Chirles was wall not yet ot enough accustomed to work to take ta It Jt unceremoniously Disraeli's eyes Ces twinkled as he watch watched d the efforts of or his new assistant Then he lie turned and sent ent Lad Lady Beaconsfield for or her morning drive c as Hugh Meyers was announced Both men In ip the tho room looked d up IP ex ex- ex This Thin was one of the tho richest t men men head head of the most powerful banking firm In existence Yet he was most unAssuming un un- Assuming in appearance slightly round shouldered the kind of or man iran as Dl Disraeli had said sold who would be passed unnoticed unno unno- S on the street His hair was U half laIC laICa ray gray a the nose nese a a. trifle prominent his eyes like live Jive fire from were black and slowed lowed 6 1 ben beneath ath his thick eyebrows The two men went Into an an adjoining I room TOOm end and Charles turned back to hJ his books came over o and leaned leane above him hint Do you know eno what hes he's here forD for h he sal said Insinuatingly Charles frowned I Iam 1 am lm very eo bull busy ho said Mid curtly Hes Res hero for the Suez Suez hues canal that I is what hat he ho is said ld watching Charles keenly for tor a trace of or expression at ot this bold guess gUell Charles leaped from his chair as 88 though a shot had been fire fired at him That will do do Mr ho he said cak angrily and turned again to his hla work The door swung mung back and Clari pa fol followed rol- rol lowed by Mrs Travers Traver came into Ui the room Ch Charles rles greeted the girl Irl enthusiastically enthus too absorbed in talking to lie lieto her herto herto to notice that Mrs Travers and nd Foljambe h had d n exchanged ed quick glances and anti that tha the thc man hastily had scribbled a a. unto note an ami laid l it Jt on a a. pedestal p as ali he went out Mrs Travers slipped the note Into he her down don tb the glove Ito then walked leisurely room to where the ho two were ero standing talking Wo came to take lake Lad Lady Beaconsfield Bea- Bea for a Q drive Clarissa Clarisa was sayIng say SlY lug Ing Inand and we ve 0 wanted to see you with i R. R added Mrs Wet wot towel around your head Travers ers with an nn laugh Not I I. I laughed Charles I work but I do not know kno at what I have hn found lately how much about nothing I know That is great strides toward your goal isn't it ItT asked the girl admiration creeping into her eyes as she w watched this thi transformed lover la l It he lie asked The gir blushed and walked to tho the wIndow an and stood looking over the garden Wont Won't ont you OU como come out and see eee our plants pl Charles coaxed anxious to have hav her to himself a a. moment This was what Mrs wanted so fiO she ahe said quick Quick- ly h Yes do go children but leave leavo an nn old woman to rest her weary bones When tho the two were out of or the tile room she ahe quickly read the tho note stuffed it back bach Into her glove and nd picked up tho the paper papel paperknife knife Four tI times s she struck the table signal FolJambe Foljambe Fol Fol- FolJambe I deliberately and arid as by a Jambe appeared In the tho doorway whispered Agatha ho he Hush she s ald Meyers Yes they are arc agreed About the canal Yes Then Then Z The Tho man Jumped Cairo start now flow a little tittle but but the woman went on quickly Instructions at Trieste By wn way of or Ostend Another door opened and Disraeli entered entered en en- the room room alone Foljambe shut his door loor noiselessly hoping he had been un un- observed herall her Well Mrs rs Travers Trava he greeted all alt alone lone How Is your our poor husband Just the same came sho he sighed in a manner At you know kno now Too bad d. too bad bada he murmured all an she rose roe Youre added as QS sympathy an anti not ot going BO so soon coon duchess The tiThe she murmured I t must will nil want me mo Make Mako my my CX excuses to the in the garden people they arc are young oung oung pt out and md she sw swept he he muttered as Ostend Osten Ostend down watched her tier slim figure disappear the he hall hail Ostend he repeated sitting at t the desk and ab absently beating a tattoo while ho thought Once more On n a tho the top head Foljambe's and the lie door flew open appeared as it bad before at the signal of f Mrs Irs Travers I 1 I I be beg your pardon I thought you iOU in confusion sir 15 he lie said I IA shut a again ln the door and he lie pulled called ailed the suddenly broke over I A great light and ministers minister's mind Mrs Travers rime prime then they were in spies Foljambe Russia were had his secret but how league to his Jumped know He did they much nuch called caned Charles Charles and feat cot running In folks came The two to young Did Dl Foljambe ever ver Ea say the garden from mm personal matters matera mat mat- about my any anything thins to you Ou questioned era he rather im he lie acted Sometimes sir innocently Charles answered p pertinent For Instance and If it you asked awhile ago he Well VelI Yen Suez about tho the talking weren't canal anal And what did you 1 0 say Of OC course I 1 snubbed d him I merel merely and looked at him stood toed up horror In I his hands linds Disraeli threw up Dl ou have told him if could you What more talked an nn hour he aked de- de ou ha had jou pair coming corning over him To be e continued tomorrow |