The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-23


Hotel Royal 1T rinart.
"Iiendlcw yoke here" exclaimed
the young MarC"pI engineer III sur
prise. Then suppose It means
that Id better get back 10 London.
he said rather gr!mly.
Isn't It too had Of mother? Shes
lust told me that she wrote - the
fellow asking him Ia join Us ON our
motor trip Ia Touraine." tue pretty,
dark haired girl said petulantly. II
shall decline :" go
But YOU know the reason dearest
Just as do" said tHlconer. Your
mother disapprores az uS being 50
much together. and intends that you
shall become Lady Hendlcwycke."
Il obey mother in all thtngs-but
l WON'T marry NenliewyCke." de-
clared the girl decis!vely. "Of course
he's awfully useful to US socially,
Through him we've got TO know
some OF the very best people In Lon
don. Mother likes all that sort of
thing. but personally lie borcs me-"
After Mrs. Beverley's stay ut Pold-
hu she had taken sylvia on n motor
tour. They had landed ut Boulosne
from Folkestone. and had had beau
tiful run to Dinard. where Geofrey.
with three weeks leave due to him.
had Joined them a few days before.
II was noon. The gay. cosmopoli-
tan idlers Of both sexes were either
bathing or taking their aperatf. or
else wandering about the srrupu-
lousy clean streets and inspecting
the shops.
Sylvia, in her cream summer gown
and large hat. presented dehSht1u'
figure rs, at her lovers side. she
wandered presently along the Hue du
Casino. in order to buy some flowers
for the table OF their private sitting
room at the hotel.
The weather was glorious. 1t was
warmer on what the French term
the Emerald Coast than had been
in Cornwall. while the life and So
ciesy was. indeed. change from
the rural quietude OF Poldhu cove
Just as the pair was passing the
entrance to the Casino. n stout. md
dle-aged, very smartly dressed
woman halted and spoke 10 sylvia.
Well Madame Claudet." the girl
cried. "why--how lonS have you
been over in Europe?
about four months" she replied.
arsakinS broken English with Il
strong French accent. My husband
died. you know"
what" exclaimed sylvia. Mr.
Claudet dead"
And for the first time she noticed
that the lady was in mourning.
He died OF heart failure, suddenly
II, %he street in New York" the
rather handsome widow said. Then
when Sylvia had expressed her con-
dolence, she turned and introduced
Godfrey. -,
I'm at the Hotel des Terrasses.
Madame Claudet said TO the girl.
where are YOU stayine?"
Sylvia told her, and begged her 70
call upon her mother that afternoon.
we shall be so very delighted to
see you again" she added. Mother
has often spoken Of you, and re-
called our gay days together at RAIN
Beach"
Madame promised to call. and
then. when Sylvia and Geohrey
walked on. the girl said:
Poor Madame Claudet! I'm so
sorry. Her husband was a very
wealthy man. They had Il LOT OF
valuable property. l believe IN
Brazil. We knew her in Florida.
I'm so glad we've come across her'
I shall ask mother to invite her to
20 with us To Touraine.
In the afternoon the French widow
called upon Mrs. Beverley. and was
received with great enthusiasm. AT
tea Geotrrey met her again. ana
afterwards agreed with Sylvia that
she was n most charming person.
She had been born In the Alpes
Maritimes. but had been taken TO
America by her parents when she
was about eighteen, and had married
a Mr.. Claudet, an American. whose
father had been French. Hence she
possessed all the natural chic OF the
Frenchwoman combined with the go
ahead characteristics OF the Amcrl-
can.
Back again at the Marconi Works
at Chelmsford. Godfrey became i'm
mersed In his patient research into
further wonders OF wireless. He
was engaged with others upon new
idea.
One day he had occasion to so
from Chelmsford over to Witham.
where there had just been estao-
lished the new wireless station In
direct communication with PARIS.
wftham is nine miles from ChesIns-
ford. and although messages from
France are received upon the aerial
wires there. the transmission IL et-
fected from the great aer!s: at the
Chelmsford Works.
On that particular morning he
had been in the transmission room
at Chelmsford. watching the huge
panel with It's big array OF great
Illuminated gloSes-the transmission
valves for continuous waves-and
chatting with Mr.. Drew. the shrewd.
dark haired engineer N grey tweeds,
who was. perhaps. the worlds great
est expert in wireless telephony. In
tho big hail. full Of wonderful APP
paratus and huge conference.-the
result Of many scientific brains-the
pair had been watching tho relay
work. the rapid dots und dashes
from the kcy ut Witham. and then.
in consultation. they had agreed
upon still further diagram that
might perhaps give better results.
In consequence. Falconer had gone
over to Witham. leaving the ever