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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1923)
Pelham Affair Jy- jCouis* Traci/■ • M NOP**is. Captain Arthur Pelham, arriving in London from Bombay, India, after several years’ absence, is told by a railway porter of his strong res« m blani to Sir Arthur, who h® aaya * was killed in France. Pelham declares that his cousin in very much alive Jenkins, th® porter, tells of words he heard the supposedly dying man repeat and declares that these names have been seen signed to personal items in the "Agony Column’’ of a London newspaper. After going to a hotel. Captain Pelham decides to .loin in the fun and writes a personal addressed to ’ Matador and Yaquero’’ who had sign 'd the ones which drew his at t tention. He warns both that "Bull' is after them. "Scotland Yard will know of this in the morning." remarks one of the clerks in the advertising office. (Continued From Yesterday.) For it young man who was revisit ing London for the first time in seven years, Arthur Pelham remained singu iurlv Insensible to the great etty's at tractions. lie lunched frugally, trans ferred his baggage from the hotel, sought advice from it policeman as o Hit quickest way to reach Almey Park cemetery, and. about 3:30, was standing bareheaded by the side of a ■tinve marked by a small wooden cross. In order to identify it he had to consult the lodgekeeper’s rec ords. A little later he approached the official again, and learned the routine which permitted of a stone being erected. Then lie Interview a monumental sculptor, selected a de sign in marble, and supplied the text \l>\ KKTI'KMI NT. With New German Oil—A Written Guarantee That You Can Do It. Why continue to suffer with rheumatic pain, aching muscles and stiff, creaking, .agonizing joints, when science now offers you Instant relief? 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As effective as the messy old mus tard plaster, does the work without blister. c Just rub it on with your finger-tips. , You will feel a warm tingle as it en ters the pores, then a cooling sensa tion that brings welcome relief. To Mothers: Musterole is now made 1n milder form for babies and small children. Ask for Children’s Musterole. 35c and 65c. in jars and tubes. Itctter Ilian a mustard plaster of an inscription, which read: "In loving memory of Gwendoline, wife • late Richard Harrowby Pelham, of S'etherton, Yorkshire, who died in London, March 8th, 1919, aged 47 years. Her loss will be ever mourned by her only son.*’ While the man was making out a receipt he glanced at the bronzed face of his patron. “I suppose you have only just re turned home, sir?’’ he said sympa thetically. He was aware already that the nature of the commission did not accord with the part of the cemetery where the grave lay. “Yes," was the answer. “I was in the Khaibar pass when my mother died." “Hard lines. The poor lady died rather young, sir.” "She never recovered from the ef fects of the last daylight raid." “Ah, them damn Germans! Cost me a son, they did.” “Did he fall In France?” "Yes, sir. At the battle of -Loos. . . . Thank you, sir. I’ll attend to everything. If you can call in three weeks you'll find the stone erected. Pelham, smoking a pipe on top of a homeward-bound bus, could not help dwelling on the coincidences of the last few hours. He had been at Loos, as a second lieutenant in one of the divisions which came up too late to press home the first superb attack. In fact, his commission was then a week old. Not until he saw his mother in I PIT did he know that his cousin was badly wounded and a prisoner. Indeed, the young baronet's name figured in a list of officers exchanged through Holland. Prompted by Mrs. Pelham's kind heart he wrote a letter of con gratulation and in reply received a curt typewritten message that Hir Ar thur Pelham, though obliged by the friendly Inquiry, was too ill to write personally, and did not wish to enter into any further communications. He recalled the rase which shook him when he read the insulting words but his mother had only smiled wist fully. "Those words are a legacy of hate. People who injure others never for give,” she had said, so he smiled grimly now at the thought that per haps he had that day stuck a pin Into the unregenerate baronet’s thick hide. * And that chatty railway porter had told him he saw Sir Arthur Pelham lying dead in a field hospital. What a queer world It was! Had the second baronet really died he, Arthur Pelham, advised by one in authority to raise chickens or grow ap ples for a living, would now be third of the line, owner of-q^fine estate and heir to much Invested wealth. 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The large sizo Is the more economical. sit ms. »Rs, cnilBiiun cnartty was an very well, but he hoped that "J>»" and “Matador" and "Vaquero” would fret and fume when they read that advertisement the following morning. Yet, in the next instant, for his vigil by the graveside had calmed rather than excited him, he realized that those foolish gibberings of melo dramatic idiots might never disturb the placid existence of his wealthy relative. The ex soldier, having been mistaken in the one ill-important matter, might have blundered in the other, though the man's testimony was borne out most singularly by his recollection of the two unusual words and a French numeral. But here was Pelham In the Totten ham Court road, with shopping to do, as the hali-porter *t the Mansions could only undertake to send in a re spectable charwoman, “who could cook a Ijlt," next day. He purchased quite a variety of stores, campaign ing in France and India having taught him the art of catering. These he piled Into a taxi and the hall porter assisted in transferring them to the flat, a well-furnished and comfortable place. The man was an ex-marine, so they drank success to« the new menage in whisky and soda. as a reiepnone was avaname, i'ei hatn rang up a friend in the "Rag,” and the two dined together. After wards they walked in the park and derided to inquire into the Nova Sco tian apple-growing seheine. arranging to meet next morning at 10:30 Pelham, sound asleep in No. 11, was aroused by an electric bell clang ing at 8. o'clock. It was the char woman, freed unexpectedly by the de parture for the seaside of the people she "did for” in No. 10. While eat ing his breakfast, a meal which Mrs. Smith handled quite creditably, he glanred at the newspaper, and found hie advertisement. Seen in the cold garb of print it impressed him as rallier foolish, a schoolboy's trick, which could have no possible mean ing for anyone but himself. How ever, the game was started now, no matter whither it led, so, finding a bottle of gum on a writing table, he stuck all the queer looking little slips into his pocket diary, writing the date on which each happened, rather than trust ati excellent memory for those details. He headed the collection: "The Strange Story of One Jenkins, railway' porter at Victoria, S. E. C " On the table lay a telephone dlrec-' tory. Moved by curiosity, he looked up "Pelham. Sir Arthur Bart," and discovered that his cousin lived it Cedar Dodge, Chestnut Avenue, Barnes, a new address, because the family's town house for three genera tions had been in Eaton Square. A muschievous impulse seized him to ring up Cedar Dodge, and make sar castic inquiry as to the well being of “Soixante-neuf." But common sense prevailed, and he closed the book with a laugh, His friend, an ex-major of gunners named Drummer, which facte added to a certain rotundity of figure, sug nested the obvious nickname of "Turn turn," was off apples that morning. Some fellow who knew South Africa "like a hook" had suggested that growing oranges in Natal was "the thing." “Kids eat apples only when they ean't get oranges, ' he announced oracularly. "Apples grew in the Garden of Para di*e," countered relhsm. Liner Dwarfs Greatest Battleship m Tlie leviathan and the Colorado, largest ships of their rlasses. and the Colorado looks like a rowboat in comparison. They were photographed to gether recently at New York City pier. "An admitted mistake.” said Turn turn. “Now, just hearken unto words of wisdom. This South African johnny lunches with me tomorrow. Come and hear the bird warble. Let's go for a toddle round the Jolly old rark, lunch at Ranelagh, for which I’ve two tickets, and watch a hefty knock at polo between the Wanderers and 'A' Team, How’s that for sub merging life's worries?” They carried out the program faithfully, even remaining to see some good tennis, and dine in the club with two other men. About 10 oclock ft game of bridge was suggested, but Pelham declared he could not con cent rate on cards that night. A rub ier was formed without him, and he bade his friends farewell, meaning, he said, to walk homewards for an hour. lie had the vaguest notio nof the topography of that part of London. Tottenham Court road lay north eastward, and lh» fact sufficed. He paid no special attention to his route until he noticed by a sign post that he was in Barnes. He speculated as to where Chestnut Avenue and Cedar Lodge might he. and questioned s postman who was unlocking a pillar box at the moment. The man told him and added: “That's the bouse where a burglin' was fired at last night." "Was he hit?" inquired Pelham. "No, sir. He got clean away.” "With the plunder?" "Oh, no. The gentleman who lives there found him using a j' mmy on a pantry window.” "I don't know much about such things, but is it lawful to shoht a man without warning? What did the police say?" "The police don't care how many burglars are shot. They're fair sick of 'em." Pelham saw no reason why he should not have a look at bis cousin s place, as he might never again he in the locality, so, following the post man's directions, he found himself in a broad, tree lined road in which lighted lamiw on a June night were few and far between The second lamp post on the right, however, marked the gate of Cedar Lodge As he happened to be on the opposite path he crossed the road, passed di rectly under the lamp, and approached the sate, noting that a curving car riageway led through broad lawns and dense shrubberies to a large house of Georgian architecture. A gate-keep er's lodge was in darkness, and there were no lightR in such windows of the main building as were visible among the trees. "So that Is where you live, Sir Arthur,” mused the man w-ho might have owned this very property. "You’ve got a nice, comfortable looking nest. 1 wonder if you are married—and happy." 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It was a simple trick to jump aside first, and swing around after wards, and the action disconcerted a lithe, slimly built man who had in tended to surprise him by a cat-like spring. “Ach, so!" breathed his assailant, barging Into the gate, yet simultane ously dropping his right hand into his coat pocket, whereup Pelham sent him reeling with a straight punch between the- eyes, and had him pinned to ttie ground before the revolver, which he felt with his knee, could come into play. “Which are you, Vaquero or Mata dor?" he demanded in the quiet tone of one who asked for a match. “Das dieh ter teufel hoi!'' gasped the other. "I imt misdake. You are nod Karl!" w "So, but you are Heine, all right. Now, what’s the game?” “Ded me ub. 1 will exsblain." “First, let me take this,” and Pel ham Secured the revolver. "Got an other? No. Well, you know what you'll get if you don't behave. Now—“ At that instant Pelham wag seized from behind and a gruff voice said: “I want you two beauties. Come along quietly, or—” ^elham threw himself flat on the man beneath him, thrust out his feet violently, and rolled over. The po liceman who had collared him hurt and disconcerted, but stuck on gamely-. Unfortunately, he did not realize at once that his cel-like ad versary ceased struggling- The first cause tif all this excitement, evidently a desperado of quick perception, sprang to his f^et and made off. He was pursued by the lodge-keeper, who had eome to the law's assistance, but he might as well have eh sed a ghost. He saw a dark shadow flitting among the roadside trees, and that was all. Meanwhile, the policeman, a burly fellow, with a heavy knee planted on his prisoner’s chest, was about to handcuff him. “You idiot!” said Pelham, quite calmly. “Don't you see 1 am not re sisting yop? I could have broken your neck easily. And you have let the ruffian who attacked me escape." Now, the constable, who had been concealed In the lodge, had sense cnongh to grasp the essential truth of some of these statements. He had seen the beginning of the fray. He knew that the man who addressed him so placidly was a gentleman. Hut one remark rankled. '“Break my neck, could you?" he growled. “I'd like to see you try." “I can't try. I can only succeed, you ass! And 1 don't want to do that, for the sake of your wife end family." . , The lodge-keeper came running back. ^ ■ j couldn't catch that other chap, h- whe zoil. "but you've got one of 'em all right." lie looked at Pelham, whose face v ..« clearly visible in the light cast by the lamp. "Sly Oordl" _ he almost screeched. "Who Is lt?^ The policeman began to believe that things were not what they seemed He relaxed his grip "If you'H come quletlv— he began "Oh, you worry me.” was the as tonishing answer. “Why shouldn't I come quletlv? 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