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A journalist loitering about Downing street in search of copy deacrided the exodus of the various memberade! the Cablaet Couacil from No, 10 a few days later as the "halfslerrified, half-stupefied exit of | re of sheep with thelr dreaded 3 Jack canine protector at their nw Certataly, though neither novelist nor journalist has ever presumed to attempt to disclose what may have taken place at & Cabinet Council, the events which immediately followed it elearly in- dicated the fact that it had been of a startling nature, Moat of the little company made thelr hesitat- ing way toward Westminster, Prime Minister, attended by a faithful subordinate, stepped into a ead and demanded to he driv- on to Carlton, Safely ensconced in the smoking room, the former ord- ered a whisky and soda, filled his pipe and leaned back in his easy chair. The world would have lov. od to have heard broadcast the first words of the Premier after the as- tounding events of the afternoon, Only the waiter who hrought the whisky and soda and his compan- fon, seated in the opposite easy ehalr, were privileged to hear them, His subordinate, himself a Cabl- net Minister of high rank and un. addicted to the use of strong lang- uage, stretohed himself out in his chair and looked helplessly up at the ceiling, His expression was still that of a man stricken dumb by the unexpected. . "What do you make of it all? the Prime Minister demanded, Hi eo nion glanced round the voom. At first I thought it was a bluff," he declared, "I am not sure that 1 don't think it mow, In any ease, it was the most outrageous attack upon a statesman of estahlished reo- utation which I have ever heard rom a young man attending his first Cabinet Council meeting." The Prime Minister sighed, "Marabels has thrown down a bombshell and no mistake. We are face to face with the worst erisis in history." : "His ultimatum is all very well," the other remarked, "hut wo still have our majority in the House of Commons." That isn't the point, Do you believe that we still hava it in the country? Of course we haven't, We're a well-meaning lot of duff- ors, Henry--that's what we've proy- od ourselves to be." "Wheat exactly are Marabels' de- "" The Prime Minister smoked fur- fously for a moment, "Demands such as have never before been made to apy Prime Minister of an established govern. ment," he said, "a course of action #8 he may dictate," "In other words, he Is to be Prime Minister," the other remarked, *Precisely, only he realizes the fast that there ean be no general election just now. He wanis to govern through me without it, Tam to wear the sheep's head and he's to do the roaring." "When are you going to see him agein?"' #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 to bring with him is Dessiter, head of our new depart- ment at the Home Office, which, by the bye, was his idea." At 11 o'clock that night, Miss Brown was comfortably tucked up in bed, her curtains discreatly drawn, but her window a few inch- es open, the clothes which she had discarded neatly folded up on one chair, the clothes which she propos- ed to wear in the moruing similarly arranged upon another. There were counted out ready for her hath in the morning six pennies on ths eor- par of the .manisinieca. the kettle Titled standing by the side of the stove, Miss Brown was peacefully sleeping when she was awakened by the sound of a motorcar stopping outside, and the shrill summons nf the electric bell. She sat up in bed, remembered her night dress---one of her recent purchases, which she had secretly considered fmmodestly transparent and decollete--and sliding out of bed, hurried into a dressing gown. She opened the door "op the chein apd peered opt, It was Mergen who wend manner A *Yery sorry, Miss Brown," le an- , "but the Chief wants you Whitebsll at once. He wants you so with him to a conferenze." "You will bave to give me ten minutes," Miss Brown decided y, "That will do very nicely, miss." Miss Brown hurried back to her room, and in very littls more than the ten minutes she had prescribed was out again and sealed fn the ear, It was barely twenty minutes to 12 when she presented herself ot headquaretrs. Dessiter was loung- his chair by the fire; 0ppos- was 2 man whose apearance wis vaguely familiar to her--a tall, of fair complexion, ious documents, and returned to his chain, "1 needn't ask you," Marabela sald, "whether the YORR® woman is to be trusted." "Implicitly," was the confident ply, "I will take your word for it. You're a judge of men and women it ever there was one." "I ought to be, I've had ta back my judgment with my life plenty of times, I'd do so again In the case of Miss Brown." Miss Brown, who was just within hearing, paused in her task behind the wide-open safe doors to revel in the subtle glow of pleasura which crept through her veins, Marabels nodded, . "I'm content," he sald, "Of course you know political tactics and mill- tary tactics have this much in com- mon--the surprise blow is the great thing, We want to get this in and knock the wind out of Franklend's sails and bring Abel Deane to rea- son, The Premier doesn't 1ealize how near he 1s to trouble." "He'll know after tonight---after what we can show him," Dessiter observed, "Finished, Miss Brown?" "Quite finished, sir," Dessiter rose to his fect, drank his whisky and soda ana threw the |up remains of hig cigarette into fire, "To make history then!" he ex- claimed, "Come along, Marabels, Let me carry the dispatch case, Miss Brown * « #" At Downing street they found the Prime Minister with his secretary awaiting them In a small room at the back of the house free from any atmosphere of officialdom, He lonk- ed askance at Miss Brown, but Dessiter quickly explained, "You will understand, sir," he said, "that in my position I am bound to trust some one, T have selected Miss Brown who did wonderful service for me at a time when I scarcely knew wheth- er I was going to live or die, and to whose efforts are dues the fact that I was able to preserve tha re- cords of my work without having them fall into the hands of the other side." The Prime Minister bowed kindly, He used almost the sams words as Marabels, "One would never presume to doubt your judgment, Colonel Des- siter, as to the trustworthiness of eitier man or woman." "My position here is almost that of an onlooker," Marahels began, "I told you, sir, that if you would give me an interview tonight with Colonel Dessiter T would prove tn you how infinitely more serious things are in the country than you believe, The information which Colonel Dessiter is about to place hefdre you was some of it gathered hy him personally at a time when he was acting half offelally and half unofficially, and the remainder has been acquired since the institu tion of XYO and its affiliated organ- fzations--a very admirable stroke of policy," he added, 'put a little overdue." "I am ready to hear anything Colonel Dessiter may have to dis- close," the Premier declared, Miss Brown opened her dispatch box, Dessiter motioned her to a chair by his side, "I will now try to lay efore vou briefly, sir," he said, "the exact situation." Por three-quarters of an honr, Dessiter, in an even, undemonstra- tive tone laid his evidence upon the taple and expounded from it, EH: produced his proofs often withs out 8 word of comment, Figures he either guaranteed or admitted that they were estimates. When he had finished, the Premiers face was unusually haggard, He sat for a moment in a characteristic atti- tude, his hands flat upon the table in front of him, a frown upon his forehead. *¥ou have made out a damaging case, Colonel Dessiter,"" he said gravely, but why have you kept these facts so much to yourself? Why kave we not heard from you befege?" *Becguse," Dessiter replied, "it is slmost impossible to break through the officlaldom of certain members of your cabinet, sir." The Premier stretchod out hand for his pipe. He filled it with tobacco and lit it with i fingers, He seemed to have aged during the last half hour. "I am quite prepared to admit the gravity of the situation," he declar- ed, "but what precisely do you want me to do?" "I want you to take a very un- usual course, sir," Marabels replied, "It won't appeal to you--youw"ll pro- bably dislike it intensely, but in my considered opinion it's the only chance we've got of saving the country from disaster. I cappot tzke Colonel Dessiter's information into Parliament, attack you from the i fe 3 : s i i $ t to my scheme. You'll have 2 lot of troupleifrom your Own side, of course, but you've got the votes, you can do it." THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1928 going to support it." "Do you imagine that you can J this through the House of ommons?" the Premier asked wonderingly, ye "With your help, yes," wah the wool reply, "And you'll give your help all right, You'll ba an enthu- siast on the scheme before it's all over." The Prime Minister rose to his feet, "We have gone as far as we can with this discussion at present, I think," he announced. "I accept your terms so far as they go, Mn, Marabels, I will support your scheme. I will stand on ome side and see what you can do, but I re- serve the right at any time I find myself hopelessly in confliet with you, to resign." "You can go to the country the moment we've dealt with his plot," Marabelg declared, Miss Brown and Dessiter found themselves under a claar and star- lit sky as they left Downing Street and entered the car, There was a touch of frost in the air, A late newspaper hoy was still shouting the news, "You can drop me at Whitehall," Dessiter sald, "I'll take your papers Marabel's speech In the House of Commons, delivered without any attempt at eloquence or without any of the orator's tricks for arristing attention, held the House spell- bound for two hours and made his- tory, There had heen rumors for days, even weeks, that the govern- ment had something sensational up its sleeve and that there wag going to be one huge, almost cataclysmic effort on its part to cope with the great upheaval, which had seemed every day to grow more threatening, Marabel's proposals were simply a detailed exposition of the scheme which he had laid before the Prime Minister some nights before, but the secret had heen well kept and the amazing breadth ang secopa of the suggestions took every one hy surprise, The other side ef the House frankly professed themselyes unable to discuss changes of so drastic a nature without careful consideration, Such debate as followed was spas- modic and unrepresi:tative, Fenn- ington was the only one who rose to his feet, and the utmost he could do was to attack the proposals on the gomewhat illogical gonnd of their being a gift to a community who had already made up their minds to take what belonged to them, His speech met with feehle response, even from his own party. The ad- journment hrought members hurry- ing together in little groups, Secre- taries of the various party leaders rushed hither and thither full of affairs, From the strangers' gallery Malakoff and Bretskopt = scowled down upon the scene. Nothing like it since the days of Oliver Cromwell!" oue excited membper declared in the lobby. "I always knew," a Cabinet Min- ister remarked thoughtfully, "that Marahels had something forming in his mind. He's ope of our intellec- tuals, and yet for months he hus heen one of the most silent men in the House." "He must have a sense of drama," another member obsery- ed, "He waited his time, and he chose it with psychological exaeti- ade." Marabels, who had slipped away from the House unnoticed, walked plong the embankment through a little storm of windy rain and reached the Adelphi without hav- ing spoken to a soul, He let him- self into one of the cresent of gray stope houses and mounted to his rooms upon the first floor, The appartment which was evi- dently hig sitting room was fur- nighed simply, almost severely, The walls were so lined with books that there was no room for pictures, Marabels took off his coat, found & pipe in a smoker's cabinet, filled it with tobacco and lit jt. Then he mixed himself a drink and sat dow in his shirt sleeves. There was not a trace of exalta- tion in his manner, nothing to de- note the fact that he had passed through a great ordeal successful- ly, In his mind he went over his speech. So far as he could remem- ber he had pot missed a single point. Presently he rang the bell, A young man entered with some papers in his hapd--Marabels' secretary, "Still at work, Hugh?" "I've just finished, sir," was the quiet reply, "How did it go?" Marabels smiled grimly. "All right, I think, I missed no- thing, but ix was the queerest au- dience in the world, They sat with their mouths open, most of the time, No one wanted what [ was offering, except, pertaps, Abel Deane. Our own party were siupe- fied even though they had had hint of what was coming; the ex- tremists who are out to fight were one thing, though: ing to the House of Commons at all--I was spesking through them to the country." : The telephone rang in the nest room. The yOouURg Wan went away to answer it. "The Prime Minister is on his way down to see you, sir," he an-| pounced op his return. For a moment Marabels' face kened dar h "If that means he's backing out," certainly get. There's no ope Ap, Hugh. Youd beiter pay and lot Aim in. Go to bed afterward.® The front door bell rang a few minutes later, The young wan des» cended and presently reappeared ushering in the Prime Minister, The latter had the flushed cheeks and bright eyes of one who had emgag- ed in vigorous argument for the last half hour, which was indeed the case. Marabels rose to his feet.' "This is very kind of you, sir," he said. "I would have come to you it you'd sent for me." "I preferred it this wav," was the urbane reply: "Marabels 1 cone gratulate you, I mever heard a cleaer exposition of such a revolu. tionary proposal. You stupefied the House tonight, although there was. n't a word of yours which lemt ite self to misinterpretation." vv yourself tomorrow, sir?" "7 am." - PARA . "It I might make the suggestion," Marabels ventured, "forget all that we have learned from Dessiter. Drop the alarmist note entirely, Ours ia the initiative, mot the defensive, The classes have been drawn too far apart, It is our policy to bring them closer together for the good of our suffering industries, far the 800d of the empire." ge The Premier nodded. "™ ° "I'll remember, Marabels." "I hope sin," the latter went on, with a vague note of apology in his tone, "that you won't think of me only as a cuckoo in the nest, I en- tered the Cabinet for mo personal reasons whatever, I saw what was coming to the country, and 1 knew that the present policy of drifting would have to end, or we should cease to exist," "As a politican,"" ths Premier confessed, "I have plenty of faults, but I am not an egoist, neither am I personally ambitious, I have dome my best, under very dificult cons ditions, but I am quita content to give way to the new Ideas if the new ideas will benefit the country where I have failed." | The Premier mused for a moments, 'Forgive a personal Marabels, but are you a man?" "I hava all T need. My father was a merchant of moderate means in the country, I was educated at A grammar school In Lelcester and got a scholarship to Cambridge. | took no degree. I was in business before I wag 21." "And your age now?" "I am 39," Marabels replied. "On ny 30th birthday the faphial of the usiness was, roughly speaking, £100,000. T changed it then an profit-sharing concern, ! have none of the gifts which make for popul- arity--I shall never be a popular statesman, for instance--but there isn't one of my work peopls who doesn't vote for me, who doesn't work for me at election time and who doesn't put his heart and soul into the business, They work like human beings, not machines, That's why we shall go on making more money each year," "It seems strange that T should know so little of you," the Prime Minister remarked, "considering ihe closeness of our political associa- tion; but I never remember to have heard whether you were married." "Not yet." "A bachelor Prime Minister will be something of a novelty," the other reflected, "I shall probably marry during the next year," Marabels announced "Your are engaged?" The Premier nodded sympathetl- cally. "Have I, hy any chance, pleasure of knowing her?" "You know her as well as I do," was the somewhat enigmatic reply. The Premier was puzzled. Rapidly in his mind he ran over the list of feminine acquaintances whom Marabels wag likely to know, He gave up the task, however, "Might I know her name?" he enquired, | "Miss Brown," Marahels confided, Miss Brown?" the Prime Minis. ter repeated, in a puzzled fashion, "Curiously enough I don': seem to remember any one of that name" The young lady who came with Colonel Dessiter to see you last night," Marabels explained. *Dessiter's secretary! Bless my soul! I didn't even see you spe LH RRR I "I didn't, As a matter of faet [I don't ever remember haying spok- en to her, She represents, however, exactly the type of young woman I shall require for a wife, She is sufficiently agreeable-looking, very neat, very self-respecting, calm in ber manners, can face g crisis with- out getting excited, capable of ef- facing herself when required, She has the gifts which I consider most import in a working msp's wife." The Prime Minister had never ex- pected to laugh on that fateful day, but he did laugh. He leaned back in his chair pnd yielded himself up to unrestrained mirth at this upexpected appes! to bis sense of humor, nw lle "Mr. Marabels," he pronounced, rising and shaking the ashes from his pipe, "you are at any rate com- sistent, You're clear-cut in all your views, and unencumbered, I should imagine, with a superfluity of sem- timent. 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