The Washington times., 1921-09-18
Tie DOOR OF Tile UNRE AL.-1eersd Bliss

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I saw Blenkinsopp only yesterday.
and he admitted in condolences.
which he won't mind my divulging
to you, that II Is Q proper brick
wall Of Q problem"
ibid he mention the German pro-
fessor to your" / asked.
"Yss, and he interested rue very
much a. q type. What has he rot
to do with III" ,.s
linked his dirsctAsss q . quick
thinker.
Possibly everything" I replied.
~ my instinct be not playing q
trick on me. have q theory.
strange and bizarre beyond all
words IN this humdrum twentieth
century. one which touches SUB.
ject we discussed ut considerable
length one night In Rumania: and
ne Il the keystone, the pivot Of the
whole thing. which only came homo
TO me AZ the result Of my years Of
travel In the remote parta OF the
Near East.
cit IA fantastic 10 . degree and
may prove futile: and II 10 certain
~ not the sor. Of thing would care
TO spring unsubstantisted upon
coid-blooded officialdom for fear OF
being locked up IN one OF your po-
lite lunatic ssylums for the rest Of
.But I must have heipLimme,
date help; and that is where you
come in, n you. viii give mp q
month, or POSSIBLY less, OF your
valuable time. Time Is OF the ut
most urgency to forestall the pos
sibility OF even worse happenings"
Its the vacation fortunately"
he said, "and apart from the last
few pages Of those proofs"-waving
his hand IN the direction OF the big
table In the window overlooking
the gardens--'T have nothing TO do
but golf according TO programmes.
So come along and ,inburden your
SEX fuIly to me. certainly shall
not think you mad" he concluded.
with a little laugh.
And then and there. walking up
and down the room a. I often do
when thinking hard and talking at
the same time. ! laid my whole
weird theory before him. tecapitn-
lating. the story OF the Brighton
Road Affairs and picking, up my
points ss I went along. laying spec
faI stress upon the reasons, which
had tconnected Professor Woiff with
them IN my mind and keeping moth
fng back.
Manders proved % splendid lis-
tener as he absorbed mis- brief. 20
TO speak. and was delighted at
the fact that, beyond starting once
and raising HIS eyebrows, he did
not turn hair rs unrayeiled my
theory. ! covered q good
deal OF ground. recalling much of
our talk IN Rumania and spoke for
nearly an hour IN my anxiety to !
prove the possibility, II mot the
probability, OF the suggestion ! was
propounding. On "a
When stopped and threw my-
self back IN the armchair Q tribe !,
exhausted. he gave one long low
whistle. -, 4. :
ssMy God. he said. passing me
another cigar almost mechanically;
and then he put me through -
searching and strenuous cruss-ex-
animation a. ever Il has been my
lot or most other peoples 20 fece.
Now what DO Won want me b
dor, he asked, when he mad con-
ciuded. II 40 not cal you mad,
ana 20 my mind you, have made out
Q terribly strong case: and Tn
WITH yon to see II through TO the
end. however ghastly 4 may prove.
Az ron say, shove an things We
must Try and forestan worse hap
penings, n what you surnfise- be
true. No, obviously, there b not Q
moment to be lost"
.sI must stay on the spot and
watch any possible developments.s
said. 81 am convinced that Il 10
my plain and obvious duty, pending
the elaboration Of sufficiently
strong. case to take action upon.
Preventive action shall take my.
self at all hazards, if all else fail;
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