Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-28
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INSTALLNiENT XIV.

" Downing street IN search oi
u cory described l,, The S,. exodus d. ,S of
Cabinet Council from No. 10 a
few DAYS later rs the "hafierrihe0'
lsf.stlnefei exit Of a flock OF sheep
with their dreaded Yet reNered canine
,,yntcctor nj their heels" Certainly,
frouch neither novelist nor Journalist
las ever presumed - attempt 20 dis
close what may have taken place al
a Cabinet Council, the events which
Immediately followed il clearly indi'
Gated the fact that il had been of a
startling nature. Most Of the little
cnrapauy made their heSitatnG way
toward Westminster.
The pvime minister attended ny n
faithful subordinate. stepped into a
taNicah and demanded 70 he driven 20
tho Carlton. Safely enSconCed IN the
smoking room. The former ordered
whisky and soda filed his pipe and
leaned hack in his easy chair. The
world would have Owed 10 have heard
broadcast The first words Of the pre-
nlier after the astounding events Of
The afternoon Only the waiter who
brought The whisky and soda and his
companion. seated in the opposite easy
Chair. were Dviy. io&ed 70 hear them.
Well, I'm damned"
His subordinate. himself a cabinet
minister q high rank and unaddicted
10 the use ~ strong language.
stretched himself out IN his chair and
looked helplcsSly Up n the ceiling.
lis expression was still thai Of
man stricken iun1h by the UNEXPECTED.
What 80 YOU make Of il allH' the
prime minister demanded. His COM
panion c'ancei round the room
AT first I thought II was J huff"
re declared. II am rot sure that l
don't think 50 now. In any case. j;
YVES the most outra geous attack upon
a statesman Of established. reputation
which have ever heard from a young
man attending his first cabinet council
meeting"
The prime minister sighed.
"Narabels has thrown down a bomb
shell and no mistake. We are face
20 face with the worst crisis IN his.
tory
His ultimatum is all very we'll"
the other remarked. but we still have
our majority in the House of Com.
mons"
That isn't the point, Do you be.
neve that we still have X in the coun-
Try? OF course we haven't We're
6 we'll meaning lot Of buffers. Henry
that's what we've proved ourselves
20 he"
What exactly are Marabels' de,
n1ards?"
The prime minister smoked furious.
y for moment.
Demands such as have never be-
fore been made TO any prime minister
O. an established government" he
said. "a course of action as he may
dictate"
In other words. he IS TO be prime
minister" the other remarked.
Precisely, only he realizes the fact
That there can be TO general election
Just now. He wants to govern through
ne without It. / am TO wear the
sheep's head and he's TO do the roar.
!ng."
When are you going to see him
egain?"
AT my house at midnight" the
prime minister replied, with a grim.
ace He insists upon it that no other
minister is present. The only person
he wants 10 bring with him IS Dies.
SITTER. head Of our new department at
TIE home Office. which, by the by.
was his idea"
Al II O'Clock that night, Miss
Brown was comfortably tucked I'D in
bec. her curtains discreetly drawn. but
her window few inches open. the
c4othes which she had discarded neat.
" foIced up on one chair, the clothes
which she proposed to wear in the
morning similarly ranged upon an.
o'her. There were counted out ready
Tor her bath in the morning six men.
res or the corner OF the manteIniece
the kettle filed standing by the side
CT me stove. Miss Brown was neaca.
:oiIF sleeping when she was awakened
ny We sound IF rnotorcar stopnsnr
o91E'oe' and the shrill summons OF
LlIe e'ectrlc bell. She Sat UP in bed.
,ffiFfnsSered her night 6ress-one Of
~ recent purchases. which she had
secretly considered ,rnnodestIv trsns.
parent and decollete-and eIiGire ~.
O bed. hurried into a dresg'np.e,o,vr,
ehe opened the door upon the cbafr
sho peered out. II was Nergen who
Etcco there. his hat in his hand. his
n2a nner apologize.
very sorry, Miss Brown" he an.
rophceo. but the chief wants yo,, q,
nhfenaN Al once. lie wa nts Won, IN
% WIN rim 70 a conference
'c1 vii have 10 give me ten y,t,-
cteE. Miss Brown decided caIy,Iv
nat vii do very nicely. miss
@3ss Brown hurried bach IN bar
Tn151n. end In very little ,roya ,t,,.
me ten minutes she had nreecrit@a
vas out again and seated IN ,bn me-,
- vas barely 20 minutes Ia - ,.ba.
ere presented herself 81 headnuar ta,s
t1eAsfer Was loYng!ng in his char
~ me IRE; opposite him was a 49,,
IRE appearsnc was vaguely "a
r'L22r ~ her--a tan. gti,rdv rnsr -,
s@ir complexion, clean-ahayen o,f,h
FEATURES which seemed carved ON, ~
Pya mite. "0 cut OF
Ihls ts my secretary. Miss grov, /.
.FssafHr snnounced. You Lnovv NJ
"sFab"is bp sight, I daressv We
naFe = conference in Dow.rp r,ree,
% - Brown. anG ] want y0, 10 br,rs,
WIN you certain papers. I win gf~e
you ~" outlines AMI you can Iook
GT"m oDt fpr Yogrself''
@liss Brown followed her chief
ftf"hS - the safe he tanned the
yes which weTe banging fhgrs nne
~ one and ezpia;ne6 his nee,ie Then
y" teff her - The task If filing a
f"aA dispatch boz WIN various doc.
bfer5fr aHd Yr'Jrre7 - his chair
NEEDN'T arb ~Gs," NaralHls SAID
whether The young woman IN to be-
t,Isfec "
Implicitly" was the confident re.
ply
+ viii take your word fof t. You're
,%9fe - men ana women II ever
il're Ras one"
Il onRht ~ te. I've lad n tack
~ 5uGY;nent Win ny H.e plenty II
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