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Show THE GIFT WIF WIFE WIFEO.W WIFEOW . . . ' By RUPERT RU P E RI HUGHES H U G H ES 0 C RUPERT HUGHES-WNU HUGHES WNU HUGHEs-Wi4u Wi4u HUGHES - WNU SERVICEBy SERVICE SER\1CE SER 1CE \ . CHAPTER XContinued XContmucd XSContinued X X\ X XS \ , Continued -Contmucd Contmucd -Continued Contmucd15 - - Continued15 -15- 15 - - 15One 15One 15 - . - One day the Pogodms Pogodins came cami camehome camihome cahome home with a ch Id ld They said sald they thcj theyhad thcjhad thad ] had adopted berThat herThat her ber herThat That evening . while v.hlle vhlle sthile ' ! Mr Ir Pataky Patakywas Patak Patakwas Pat ; was at the Folies Caprice seemg seemmusical , , ' amusIcal a amusical g a musIcal work the Pogodins Pogodms Pogodma had hac hadmade hacmade 1 , , made haste to pack up their thelr belong belongmgs belongsngs _ ? ings mgs sngs and ship them to the stabon station stabonMr stationIIr Mr I\Ir I Ir \ Pataky being bemg away from homod home homo homed d d not learn " , vb ish , h ch ol of the stations stationsthey stationsthey statii statiithey they went to and fromIn from fromIn , In answer to Jebb s frantic de demands demands " mands tor for a a guess as to the probabledest probable probabledest "e e " dest nat flat on of the couple Mr Pa Pataky Pataky } taky pulled out a business busmess card the theduplIcate theduplicate ( duplicate of the one Jebb already alreadyhad alreadyhad alrea - had Mr Pogodm Pogodin was m in busmess business busmessboth businessboth busmi ! both in Pans Parls Paris and in Warsaw Hebad He Hehad : bad had not done well in Pest . . . I am sure you find them In Parls Paris Parisor Parlsor Pa Paor or in m Warsaw it if maybe they am ai aigone tgone tgone t gone to some other place placeTo placeTo To come to th s Y shaped tratl trail tratland trailand tr and realize that whichever whlchever way waytook hetook hetook he took he v . would touid ould wish wlsh he had taken takenthe takenthe tah en the other othcr and that every day of de delay delay < Ie lay 1 increased the difficulty dIff\.culty dIff.culty dIff .culty culty \ . and andblurred andblurred a nd blurred the track was maddenmg maddening maddenmgto maddeningto maddeni maddenito ng to Jebb Jcbb He gave Pataky the mon money money mi 'n n ' ey for Cynthia Cyntlua Cyntina s a little destructlons destructions destructlonsand destructionsand destructic ns and got nd rld rid of him with Wlth curt phrases phrasesWhen phrasesWhen 2S When Jebb reached Vienna Vlenna the thenext thenext t tnext he next morning mornmg and went into thebreakfast the thebreakfast 1 breakfast room he found llruma Minima Minimawaiting llrumawaltmg waiting waltmg tor for him lum Her face was lumi luml lumlnous luminous nous with Wlth . v.elcome velcome aelcome . but it turned turnedgloomy turnedgloomy gloomy as she crled cried crledYou criedYou You deed not finded faded the CynthIa CynthIachIld Cynthiachild Cyntt Cynttchild child Aman Arnan ' ' aman ' ' He told the story briefly bnefly hasbly hastily hasblyexplamed hastilyexplained explained explamed his ills new dilemma dllemma She Shesolved Shesolved solved it lt mane in one mstantLeesten instantLeesten instant mstant LeestenDo Leesten -Do Do - Do you speak PolIsh PolishMosgovian7 or orMosgovlan orMosgovian Mosgovlan Mosgovian ? He shook his head headThen headThen hei Then she ran on eyes flashing fiasbmg dashing Wlth with WlthdelIght withdelight delight over her scheme schemeI I am cherkes Circassian Clrcasslan born bornand bornand bo ; and I learn some Russian Russlan as ch child childbefore d dbefore before I am taked to TurkeyBut TurkeyBut Turkey But leesten ? You shall go to Paris Par ParlS P , is lS and look look , , and I shall go to War Warsaw Warsaw W < saw The one . who v.ho vho sho finds the ch child childfeerst ch d teleniraohs the other I bet you I gone gone t to find her the sheke sheker shekerbullthe shekerbuhthe shekebull bull-the bull the buh-the buh bull - the sugar lump teerst feerst . . Whatyou What Whatyou Whyou you bef bet9 befBy bet bet9By ? By this thlS tune tlffie time the Ludlams met m in inthe mthe the breakfast room and came over overto overto to their thelr table The story and the thescheme thescheme scheme told all over again agam enrap enraptured enraptured enra enratured tured sister Jennie Jennle Jenme and even opened openedthe openedthe openi the fat eyes of brother Charles As Asa Asa t ta a much traveled woman sister slster Jen Jenme Jennie Je me nie scoffed at the idea of any diffiultv dIff\ dIff diffi dif \ . ultv a way n _ _ . Brother Charles ' \ olunteered to getthe get getthe gethe the passport from the American Amencan consul constil con sul stil in m Vienna Vlenna An hour later be he became hecame hicame came back v ith it boastfully boastfullyIt It isn lsn t t everybody that could have havegot havegot bavigot got this he said I had presence presenceof presencio of ( mind mmd enough enougb to realize that if I IsaId Isaid .said said . saId Mme Mine Janghir Janghlr was a Turkishlady Turklsh Turkish Turklshlady Turkisilady lady there d be all sorts of red tape tapeSo tapeSo tapeSo So I I said sald she was an AmericanWell AmencanWell American Amencan AmericanWell Well she is by intention mtentlon saId saIdsister saidsister saisister ( - sister Jennie Miruma MlIuma Minima blushed and andJebb andJebb anJebb ( Jebb sIghedTbe sighedThe sighed sighedThe The Tbe Warsaw tram train left at noon noonand noonand nooland and required requlred seventeen hours bours for thejourney the thejourney tbijourney journey Jebb s train tram to Pans ParIs took tooktwenty tooktwenty tooltwenty twenty seven hours and he be was wasweary wasweary wa : weary of globe trottmgThere trottingThere trotting trottmg There was so little time to get getMIIUIna getMinima geMiruma t MIIUIna Minima aboard her train ( rain and there therewere therewere thenwere i were so many instruction illstructlOns instructions ! to glve give glveber giveher giviher i ber her that iliat leisure lelsure was left to tall talk talkof talkof c of nothing nothmg else And Jebb was sad sadIy sadly sadly Iy ly glad of this tlus it lt saved him fromthe from fromthe tronthe i the torment of restraining restrammg bis hIs word words wordsof wordsof ; s of adora adoration- adoration uon . . - Jebb s was wnen wnenbe be he returned to his ills hotel In Its ills his illsabsence hisabsence hisabsence absence the Ludlams had decided declded to togo togo togo go to Pans Paris by the same tram-a tram a tramaconSplIacy tramaconspiracy tram - aconspiracy conSplIacy conspiracy hatched by sister JelIlle Jennie JelIlleto Jennieto Jennieto ! to console himWhen him illm himWhen When dinner was finished slster sister sisterJennie slsterJenme sisterJennie Jenme Jennie told Charles to go to the thesmokmg thesmoking thesmoking smokmg smoking compartment andstay and staythere stay staythere staythere there and she asked Jebb Jcbb to comeback comeback come > back after alter the e expiration piratlOn of one Cl ci Clgar cigar cigar gar As soon as be he had accomplIshed accornplished accom accorn pushed plIshed his cigar ctgar he wandered backto backto back backto to sister Jennie Jemue Jenrue Then she unfolded unfoldedher : her ber plan planWhen When I first saw you in VIenna VIennathe Viennathe the other day and thought you .cre cre w . .crevery ere erevery very rich nch I told you I wanted moreof more moreof of your help you remember ? Jebb JebbsmIled Jebbsmiled smiled Now that I fnd rnd md you arenot arenot are not an art idle milliona mI.ll1ona mIll1ona milliorta . re but a a keenand keenanti keen and anti brilliant bnllIant surgeon-oh surgeon oh surgeon - oh don t 11ft lilt 11ftyour liltyour your hand-It hand It hand - it g ves yes you away as a asurgeon asurgeon a . surgeon and M rum ruroa ruma a has told me of ofyour ofyour ofyour your miracles mlraclos ill-.herever ill.herever ill .herever herever m-toherever m toherever m - . wherever it lt wasI wasI was wasI I spoke to you of my poor brother brotherWcntworth brotherWentworth brotherWcniworth Wcntworth Wentworth Before I die dJe I want to tosee tosee tosee see a memorial of that beautiful beautifulsoul beautifulsoul beautifulsoul soul cursed through no fault of his hisown hisown hisown own by an inheritance mhentance from poor poorancestors poorancestors poorancestors ancestors that had heaven knows knowswhat knowswhat knowswhat what sorrows or failure to drivethem drive drivethem drivethem them to despair despalI My poor dear dearbrother dearbrother dearbrother brother was as started wrong he couldnever could couldnever couldnever never hope to be what he ought to - : ; have beenSo been ! So I thought that a hospital for forcorrectmg tor- tor torcorrecting forcorrecting - , correcting correctmg the malformations malormations ! and andthe andthe andthe the inherited mhented hand caps of little chll chit chlldren chitdren cbildren dren would be about as good a me memorial memortal memorial morial mortal tor for poor Wantworth WQntworth Wentworth as a < Icould I Icould Icould could findAnd findAnd find findAnd And I wanted a large part of ltS its itswork ltSwork itswork work to be experimental experImcntal . I want It Itto itto itto to keep investigating finding findmg new newnethods newmethods new-neuiods new neuiods -nethods nethods methods - - pushing into the dark You Younderstand Younderstand Younderstand nderstand don t you you7 you7That ? ' That s about all I understand Inhis In Inhis inhis his world M ss Ludlam Jebb ex claimed cIalffied with unusual fervor fervorhim for foi formm foihim or him mm That s a my religion and the tht theclosest thtclosest closest I can come to a prayer ' isan ti tian Is an operation And as tor for e expert expertmentingit exp peri perimentmglt < ri mentmg-lt mentmg lt menting-it menting it mcnting - it s the crying crymg need of thcssorld the thc " , world ssorld orld M ss Ludlam If only a man mar mancould marcould c lan could have a lot more money tc tcspend tospend to spend and all his time tlffie to devote devoteto devoteto dev to explor ng Experimental Expenmental surgery surgeryis surgeryis surgi surgiis is the new world it s unbounded unboundedundreamed unboundedundreamed unbound unboundundreamed undreamed of-why of why of - why my God It its itsexcuse : , s se -e e -excuse excuse - excuse cuse meHe meHe me meHe , He collapsed In full fiIght flight fiIghtashamed flightashamed flig . ashamed of his own excitement excltement , . , but bul butslster bulsister I , sister slster Jennie cried cned Don I t mmd mmdmeI mine minemeI m ; me-I me I me - - I m used to Charlie I I love tohear tcbear to tc hear bear you swear It shows you have havethe havethe the frenzy that a man needs to begreat begreat be great . . You are the man I I need tohelp to help me found th s memorIal IImust It II must be just a little l1ttle d fferent from fromthose tr < those that are already establIshed establIshedit it must-but must but must - but you know so much bet better ter than ilian I do what is needed Won Wo Woyou tyou t you plcase-please-take plcase please take please-please-take please - please - - take charge ofit of it lt for meJebb meJebb me Jebb almost tainted famtcd fainted at this thlS giltso glft gilt glftso g ; so great he had never even dreamed dreamedof dream ' of lt it . . . They talked talhed t tU II 11 the porter informed informed in formed them that the whole car was wascomplammg wascomplaining w ' complammgWhen complainingVhen complaining complammg \ When \Vhen Vhen the tram train at last reached reachedPans reachedParis reach Pans Paris the Wentworth Ludlam Ludilam Me MemOrIal Memorial h monal mOrIal Hospital Hospltal and Experlffiental Experimental Expenmen Expenmenor . S * ' 1- 1 - . , C ) , \ ' - . . . . \ a - i ia \i i \ / \ g \ & ) d _ _ m , I S Leisure was lett left to talk of ofnothIng ofnothing onothing ( nothIng elseStation else elseStation Station Statlon vas v as nretty oretty well talked out outand outand ouand and a good deal of it was mapped mappedon mappeon on paper The paperThe first place Jebb sought in inParIs InParis hPans ParIs was the ilie office of the Maclunes Machines Machinesa Maclunesa a ecnre ecrlIe ecrire Flaubert The pres dent and andills andhis an bis ills his son received recelved bun hlffi hint and recog recogmzed recognized reco ; ! nized mzed the name of Nikolai Nlkolal Pogo Pogodin Pogodinwith Pogodiwith dIn dInWlth a Wlth with contrasting contrastmg feelings feelmgs Theyounger The Theyounger Thiyounger younger member of the firm firmlaughed firmlaughed firilaughed laughed the elder sworeMr sworeMr swore sworeMr Mr Pogod Pagod n they said sald had been beenthelr beentheir becitheir " thelr their agent but his ills interest in ill the therace therace thirace race tracks of various varlOUS capitals capltals had hadmlXed hadmixed ha mixed mlXed up his accounts so that they theyhad theyhad the had regretfully erased him h1m tror- tror from fromthelI fromtheir - their thelI ' rollsThe rollsTIle rolls The TIle Flauberts promised promlsed Jebb any anymormation anyinformation an-information an information - mormation information ! m in their thelr power but they theydoubted theydoubted the doubted if 11 Pogodm PogodIn were m in Warsaw Warsaw War saw or that he . would .ould ould remain remam anywhere anywhere any where long - CHAPTER CnAPTER CUAFTER XVIJebb XVI XVIJebb J Jebb ebb went back to his hotel to tell tellsIster tellsister tellsister sIster : Jennie Jenrue that he resigned hlS his hlSstewardsh hisstewardsh hisstewardsh stewardsh p in her great proJect proect projectHe ) . . He must set out on a dismal Journey journeyto to Poland But sister Jennie was wasnot wasnot wasnot not to be found She was shoppmg shopping shoppingm shoppmgm shoppingin m in the Rue de la Ia Pa.x Pax . . . He went to tohIs tohis tohis hIs own room and nd was d smally smallyfl fl 11 ng ng bis hIS things thmgs into mto his SUItcase SUItcasewhen suitcasewhen suitcasewhen when a telegram was brought to h Ii sdoor s sdoor sdoor sdoorVE door doorVE VE ARR ARE NORD NOED EXPRESSoosr EXPRESS EXPRESSJOOSr EXPRESSJOOSr JOOSr oosr OUTSITE RUSSIANS RUSSIANSBORDERS RUSSIANSBORDERS RUSSIANSBORDERS BORDERS VE ARRIVAL IN INPARIS INPARIS INPARIS PARIS DAY AFTER TWO MaR MOR MaROW MOROW MOROW OW CYNTA IS GOOD AND ANDSINS ANDSENS ANDSENS SINS SENS : LOAF TO NU"KEDAY NUKEDAY NU " < " KEDA Y NUMCEDAYMIRUMA NU"KEDAYMIRUMA MIRUMA . . . Through th s fog tog of m sspelled sspelledwords sspelledwords sspelledwords words a blast of suni sunl ght came that thatalmost thatalmost thatalmost almost smote Jebb Saul wise to the thefloor thefloor thefloor thefloorIt floor floorIt It seemed seemcd intolerably mtolerably long to Jebb Jebbbefore Jebbbefore Jebbbefore before the Ludlams returned returncd to the thehotel thehotel thehotel hotel , , , and when they came in m they theywere theywere theywere were fagged with Wlth shopping shoppmg The tel telegram telegrain telegram egram egrain acted actcd Lke lIke an elixir ellXir of newlife new newWe newlife newlifeBut We life WeBut lifeBut But the true laggardlmess laggardhiness of time timewas timewas timewas was felt only when Jebb tried to tol1ve tolive tolive l1ve live out the day and a half hal ! between betweenh h m in and Miruma Mlruma s return . . He spent a large portion of o ( the thetime thetime thotime time writing wntlng and rewriting a cable cablegram cablegram cablegram gram to Mrs Thatcher This Tlus wa- wa wanot wanot wa wanot - not easy tor for he must inform herthat her herthat herthat that her child chlld was a al ! ve ye and well welland welland welland and on the way home homc borne that her husband hus husband husband band s good name was rescued af'd afd ard af'ddocumented arddocumented arddocumented ' documented and that the poor faIth faIthful faithful ( aithful ful soul had lett leU left an invention which whicha a prominent manufacturer Charles CharlesLudlam CharlesLudlam CharlesLudlam Ludlam had hild inspected mspected and |