The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-12

DO you mean a room that seh1s
you of instead OF drugsTs
Young Edensorough was looking
puzzled. but for the moment taken
out Of himself. lie had heard Of
Doctor Dollar ms a rather eccentric
consuitant. but as the very mhn
for him. from no less an authority
than the home secretary OF Eng
land. and no further hack than that
very evening at dinner. Hs had
come straight round from Portman
Square
That's exactly what DO mean.
said tn. doctor. IT'S the most
silent room in London. and there
are other little points about H."
Il would give anything for one
decent night" he said But you
are far too good. air. especially 20
a man you know nothing at all
about"
Il ough, to know more In the
morning. Mr.. Edinborough. but II
viii keep very well TIL then.
Enough for the night that you're
"a friend OF the home secretary. and
at your worst at Just the time when
a man wants to DO Mt his best"
It's on Thursday" Edenhoroush
cried. as one In exquisite dread.
My Heaven. I'm TO be married on
Thursday. and this IL Sunday night
How can | toe the mark unless
get some sleep7 And how can ]
sleep
Leave that 20 me-" said Dollar.
leave everything to me. and come
straight upstairs. keep the room
in constant readiness. you shall be
fitted with paiamas. and I'll send
special messenger anywhere you
like for whatever You may want in
the morning Come, am burn.
ing to give my Chamber OF Peace a
crucial test. because I know we
shall all come out with flying col
orsl"
There was less confidence in the
Doctor Dollar who ran downstairs
little later and sat at his tele.
phone with an urgent face. In an.
other minute he had left the house.
and in another two Mr.. Topham
Vinson was opening the door to
him In Portman Square.
II can stay five minutes" said
| Dollar. looking at his watch. to
hear as much as you can tell me
| in the time OF what I ought TO have
known before ] saw your neurotic
| friend"
Hasn't he told you all about
himself"
Hardly a word worth anything
| In a case like this. where the cause
matters more than the effect I
gather, however. that he's ono OF
the first lords secretaries. a friend
OF yours, on the brink OF being mar.
ried. and IN more than the normal
state about H."
I'm take your points In order"
said Topham vinson. George
/ Edenborough II not only one OF
! Stockton's secretaries, but the most
! private and most confidential Of
: the crowd. I've been n friend to
him for family reasons. and found
him a nice enough fellow. But the
girl he's going 10 marry-if they do
marry-is one OF u.s."
'If!" cried the doctor. DO you
mean to say she'd draw back in the
/ last week."
"She may not be able TO help her
self" was the grave reply. George
Edenborough Is under a cloud that
may burst at any moment"
! "A sudden cloud2"
"Out OF the blue for me. I only
heard OF It from Stockton on Fri
| day night But it's no new thing
1 to him. He might have told me
/ sooner. I think, seeing II was thru
me that Edcnborough ever went to
! him
I'm some special capacity.
rather gather7'
/ Yes. he can draw blt--in fact,
/ he's not a secretary at all except
/ in name. but the first lords private
craftsman Stockton's whale for
details. 20 he makes his inspections
/ with Edenborough and a sketch
I book. illustrated notes are taken at
every turn. and all sorts OF impos
sible improvements worked out in
subsequent collaboration. had
that this evening from the boy him.
self II will show you what chances
} he has had OF giving things away