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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-09-15, Page 2No longer able to conceal his col.-^ I 1CO S OS • cern, distresses you stoat enl • Charles," guict, safe, surd relief from 1 4'11 the story • Is not equalled 1a37 any other tem. O:Ft vim �tC:IMMEFt u s r w .w`x ey S A-ir CO ME SFOWC 1,144 141118 1 d stresses you so testily, Sir caAousos on the foot. he Sidled "I beg—'' ?Angel At all drug and s�h,oc Stares ' Ho ceased abruptly, and ran to assistanec, for the latter, ev hilt � °' � Put one on -the Tense of ,Yews in a leading article pub - I hosit's � - tau, is `"m lisped in The Reflex, a now luagaz ne una++ `"'"*F..i" devoted.to the secular interests of the .„_s. ses Lowish people Prominent Jew Defends ` R Jesus Against Attack Of Christian Nfi'uister Dr, t . M. Melamed, famous Jewish scholar. ailed oriitor, Conies to the de. dently enough, was h the tht:oss orf *orae sudden illness Or Seizure. "Hensen cried Harley, baldly "Quick! Your master is illi" '�f assert There cable a sound of swift a'ian- ning footsteps and the door was thrown open. "Too late," whispered Sir Charles in a choking voice. He began to clutch his throat as Benson hurried into the room. "Fire -Tongue," he said . , . "Nicol Brine" A stliied shriek sounded • from the doorway, and in tottered Mrs. Hew- ett?, the cid housekeeper, with-nth•sr servants peering over her shoulder into that :warmly lighted! dinging room where Sir Charles Abingdon lay hud- dled hi his own chair—dead. IRS Paul Harley,criminal investigator, . silver frame which occupied the receives a ll from Sir Charles' centre of the shelf. It was the photo- e iunusual- paetty girl. Abin�dcn. Sir Charles'tells Harley graph of an Y he i�,; being constantly followed by I"Presumably `Miss Phii'." be said parsons unknown to hint. Be admits 1 aloud. that he is much disturbed and ata He removed his gaze with reluc- lossveil 'to know the cause of the stiLL-�'tance from the fascinating picture, veillar.C�. III A robrery takes place at the home and chair, he lighted a cigaret. He h d just placed the match in an. ash tray when he heard Sir Charles' voice in the lobby, and a moment later' Sir Charles himself came hurrying into the library. "I was called ten minutes ago by someone purporting to be the servant of Mr. Chester Wilson, that friend and neighbor whom I have been at- tending." "So your butler informed nie." "My dear sir," cried Sir Charles, and the expression in his eyes grew almost wild, "no one in Wilson's house knew anything about the mat- ter !" Sir Charles was staring at Harley in that curiously pathetic way which he had observed at their earlier inter- view in Chancery Lane. "In any event," said his host, "let us dine; for already I have kept you waiting." Benson attended at table, assiisted by a dark -faced and very surly-look- of urly-look of Sir Charles and nothing is disturb- ed except a bureau drawer, from which is stolen a manuscript written by •Abingdon. Costly silver and jewelry remain undisturbed much to the amazement of Sir Charles. Harley is asked to dine at the home of the Abingdon and, when he: ar- rives, the butler informs him that the master :s calling on a sick friend. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. "yes, .:r. He is attending Mr. Chester Wilson on the other side of the square, and Mr. Wilson's man rang up a few moments ago request- ing Sir Charles to step across." • "I see," murmured Harley, as the butler showed him into a small but well-filled library on the left of the lobby. • Refreshments were set invitingly upon a table besicte a deep lounge chair. But Harley declined the man's request to refresh himself -while wait- CHAPTER III. s>IADows. "Had you reason to suspect any cardiac trouble, Doctor McMurdoch?" asked Harley. Doctor McMuedoch, a local 'practi- tioner who had been a friend of S'ir. Charles Abingdon, shook his head slowly. e. "Was he consulting you profession- ally, Mr. Harley?" asked the physi clan. "He was," replied Harley, staring faseinatediy at the photograph on the mantelpiece. "I am informed," said he, abruptly, "that Miss. Abingdon. is out of town?" ing and began aimlessly to wander Doctor McMurdoch nodded in his slow, gloomy fashion: "She is staying in Devonshire with poor Abingdon's sister," he answered. "I,am wonder- ing how we are going to break the news to her." Perceiving that Doctor McMurdoch had clearly been intimate with the late Sir Charles, Harley determined to make use of this opportunity to en- deavor to fathom the mystery of the late surgeon's fears. "You will un- derstand me, Doctor McMurdoch," he said: "if I venture 0 ask you one or two rather personal questions respect- ing Miss Abingdon?" Doctor McMurdochlowered his shaggy brows and looked gloomilyat the speaker. "Mr. Harley," he replied, "I know yu by reput for a pian of integrity. But before I answer your questions will you answer one of mine?" "Certainly." about the room, apparently studying ing maid, in whom Harley thought he the titles of the works crowding the bookshelves. Now, upon his musing these sud- denly intruded sounds of a muffled. altercation. That is to say, the speak- ers, who were evidently in the lobby, beyond the library door, spoke in low I tore-., perhaps in deference to the presence of a virdtor. Harley was! only mildly interested, but the voices had broken his train of thought, and when presently the door opened to admit a very neat but rather grim - looking old lady he started, then look- ed across at her with a smile. Some of the grimness faded from the wrinkled old face, and the house- keeper, for this her appearance pro- elaimed her to be, bowed in a queer. Victorian fashion which suggested that a curtsy might follow. One did net follow, however. "I am sure- 1 apologize, sir," she said. "Benson did nc't tell me yen had arrived.'_' "That's quite all night," said Har- ley. genially. "The danger is "Servants in these times," she in- merely increased." formed hit, "are iot what servants Wen in my young the housekeeper's bete noir. youn clays." "Unfortunately, that is so.," Har -When presently both servants had Iey agreed. I temporarily retired. "You see, Mr. The old lady tossed her head. "I Harley," began Sir Charles, glancing do my best," she continued, "but that about his awn room in a manner al- gid would not have stayed in the melt furtive, "I realized today at house for one week if I had had my , your office that the history of this way. Miss Phil is altogether too . dread which has come upon me per- soft-bcarted. Thank goodness, she" haps went back so far that it was goes to -morrow, though. I allrniost imp}ossiible to acquaint you "I mean Janes, the new parlor with it under the circumstances." maid. Four hours off has that girl "I quite understand." had to -day, although she was out on "I think perhaps I should inform Wednesday. Then she has the hnpu- you in the first place that I have a dense to allow someone to ping her daughter. Her mother has been dead up here at the house; and finally I `for many years, and perhaps I have discover her upsetting the table after' not given her the attention which a Benson had laid it and after I had' motherless girl is entitled to expect rearranged it" I from her father. I don't mean," be Wandering from side to side of the' said, hastily, "that we are in any library, Harley presently found him- i sense out of sympathy, but latterly self standing still before the mantel- . in some way I must confess that we piece and studying a photograph in a have got a little out of touch." He not Pflalis�.zr.W-Company Dr, Melamed upholds Josue against an attack by the' Rev. John Mayne* l Iolmes, pastor of the Christian Com- munity Church of New York City. Dr, Holmes, a Christian minister, said in a recent sermon that the "re- ligion of the future will have nothing to do with. Jesus. It will have no use for the Bible or for any church. It will be based on truth .only, truth as found by man and not as revealed bY. God." Dr. I/Iela/nod says that Dr. Holmes Is a Philistine and a false prophet. "As Jews, we have no attitude to Jesus. No Jew hasunless he Is a Jesus Rabbi," says this Jewish schol- ar "but as contemporaries of Dr. Holmes, we have our own thoughts about the incarnation of the Christian myth. Jesus achieved what no other mortal ever has or ever will achieve. He became the central figure of the world's history, the very embodiment of anti -Caesar. Auti-Caesar became the son of God. There are many anti - Caesars to -day, There were many anti:Caesars, one, two, or 500 years ago, but Jesus of Nazareth, the hum- ble Jew, was the first anti -Caesar in history. As a reward, he was ele- vated to the position of the Son of God—the highest reward ever re- ceived by a mortal for a groat mortal feat. The reward killed Jesus for -the Jews. He is not acceptable to us and never will be. Jewish monotheism re- jects not only doctrines but even sym- bols liable td becloud its purity. "The Son of God is a blot upon Jew- ish monotheism. But the fact that Jesus is not acceptable to the Jews does not warrant a Christian Minis- ter's attempt to relegate him to reli- gious mummydom." "Because Jesus was the greatest ex- ample of pure religion without any admixture of ethics and politics, he impressed himself so deeply upon the shivering souls of a world tortured by Caesar that he became Christ," con- tinues Dr. Melamed. "Since nobody claims that the Bible. Is a book of science, -its proposed re- jection on the ground that it doesn't contain science is a display of Babble ism," Dr. Melamed concludes. 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Patterns sent by return mail. "Then my question is . this•: Does not your interest cease with the death of your client?" "Doctor McMurdoch," said Harley, sternly, "you no doubt believe your- self to be cting as a friend of this bereaved fancily. You regard me, perhaps, as a Paul Pry pehme d by idle curiosity. On the canti''ary, I nd myself in a delicate and. embar- rassing situation. From Sir Charles' conversation I had gathered that he entertained certain fears en behalf of his daughter." "Indeed," said Doctor Mc1VIurdoch. "If thee fears ere well grounded, the danger is not removed, but mere- ly increased by the death of Miss Ab- ingdon's natural protector. I regret, sir, that I approached you for in- formation, since you have misjudged my motive." "Oh," said Doctor McMurdoch, gloomily, "I'm afraid I've offended you. But I meant ell, Mr. Harley." A faint trace of human emotion show- ed itself in his deep voice. "Charley Abingdon and I were students to- gether in Edinburgh," he explained. "I was inayhap a little strange." His apology was so evidently sin- cere that Harley relented at once. "Please say no ntlore, Doctor Me- Murdoch," he responded. "I fully appreciate your feelings in the mat- ter. At such a time a stranger can only be an intruder; but" he fixed Iris keen eyes upon the- ph alcian— l this "there is more underlying than you suspect or could readily be- lieve. You will live to know that I have spoken the truth." (To be continued.) More schoolboy howlers: -A dem Bogue is a vessel containing beer an other liquids. Contralto is a low sort of music which only ladies sing. Am monia is the food of the goods. Al vacuum is a large empty space' where the Pope lives. An angle is a triangle with oily two sides. removed, but is a profitable companions. It removes the odors of dining or smoking from the breath, soothes the mouth thirst and tongue, allays and aids appetite and. digestions. glanced anxiously at his guest, in- deed, almost apologetically. "Pray tell the story in your own way, Sir Charles," said aHrley with Isympathy. "I am all attention,•and I shall only interrupt you in the event , of any point not being quite clear." '"Thank you" said Sir Charles. "1 fing.h so Mucha easier to explain the Imatter now. To. continue, there is a certain distinguished Oriental gen i tleman-" to. He paused as Benson . appeared remove the soup plates. .The butler, an excellently trained' servant, went about his work with quiet efficiency, and once Harley heard him mutter rapid instructions to the surly parlermaid, who hovered disdainfully in the background. When again host and guest found them- selves atone: "I don't in any way dis- trust ed Six ervamt s exclaim s trust the , Charles, "but one cannot hope• to prevent gossip)' He raised his ser- viette to his lips acid almost imme- diately resumed: " 'was about to tell you, Mr. Harley, about my daugh- terre--» He paused and cleated his throat, then, hastily, pouring out a glass of J•+�a�ca.'LNAt_l.r Its Pleasantness Explained. Hubby -"Your• visit to the dentist thing new and piquant was a very pleasant one? How could royal careerto see It what b truotemem bat be?" interesting term the lung- Wifie- „Tho dentista--4ot in. errgenehdo owouldydo with the job VVndoubtedly Commander Byrd will of. king. Maybe "Mad . 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