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Dinah
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THE LIMITS OF DOMINION
(Continued from page 1.)
GERMAN INTEREST IN ROTOR SHIPS.
Takes Part In North
Sea Manoeuvres.
The public has heard so little opened the door, and "Of course, we must be thankful f when sEa opened it shehe leaves us even a crust now with about the German idea of the rotor his grand friends and all!" She ship lately, utilising the theory of visitor blushed because the male
snorted, flushing and lifting her saub aviation to obtain added power was obviously a swell and because nose, as Ralph helped himself to two from the wind by means of huge lumps of cheese when there were only her hair was in Irons.
* revolving towers, that it was "Good afternoon," said the visi-two lumps on the dish.
It was as if she had put a match to thought by many that it had been tor. "Can I see Mr. Ralph Fur-
a timefuse; all waited for the bang, abandoned. That this is not so is ber?"
He had a London accent, But no bang followed. Ralph-sleeves shown by the news that the rotar which real Five Towners regard as rolled up, hastily washed face, block affected and absurd, but which Th-finger-nails, rough hair-Ralph started ship Barbara, the largest vessel and glowered, then checked himself., built to the idea, having three timidates them. He did not say For once in his life he was genuinely large rotor towers, recently rolled "Rafe"; he aald "Ralf."
anxious to communicato facts to his "I think he's in the engine-shed," fellow-creatures, and the opportunity one of them out while manoeuvring In the North Soa with the German enid Dinah, all of a flutter, wonder-had arrived.
he Navy. She has been employed on "I never saw the follow before," be ling: "What's afoot with our Rafe?"
She added:
step said, with pride, "But his scheme is to one of the fruit services, but has set me up in business. There's a always been owned by the Navy, through."
works for sale at Longshaw. He's which has a very keen interest in ready to buy it if I'll take it on, and the idea and has backed the ex- he'll find twenty thousand capital be- stées. And now ye know." He was periments. careful not to look at his father. "Well, I never!" gasped Mary "And what did ye nay?"
challenging, dangerously.
you'l
The visitor stepped through. The whippet in his kennel growled.
"Ralph, you're wanted," cried Dinab, and loft the visitor alone to face Ralph and the whippet.
Maldic
Herr Fleitner was placed in a very unfortunate position by the extraordinary interest aroused In a few second both Maidie and Mr. Furber were acquainted with ter? That's what I sald.
sald, Who're ye codding of, mis.when the first rotor ship was built, Bat he for enthusiastic observers claimed the remarkable and disturbing ad-wasn't codding. He's going back to for it all sorts of powers which it vent, Maldic and Dinah were peep-London to-night, and he'll come again never possessed and which he never next Saturday for my answer, That's ing out of Maidie's window.
intended that it should. He is only how they do it, them falk! And Furber was too proud and aloof to now ya know."
Jone of many inventors who have "And should you be the boss of a to echo the old prayer to be de go downstairs; but he leaned out on Jone elbow with ears cocked. The great big works?" Maldie demanded, fonded from their friends, but it
with calulated incredulity. whippet had had a clout on the head" "Yea, miss. I should be the boss is worthy of more than passing from Ralph.
With that Ralph suddenly rose, notice that the German Navy ja pushing his Windsor chair gratingly atill so much Interested.-The
Mr.
see
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cross the tiled floor, and passed into Navy. the front room. He was too excited
Fancy 1 awell calling to Ralph! Ralph's importance was increased tenfold man instaat. The and triumphant to remain another mo- household, richly confirmed in its mentment with the family. He could conviction of Ralph's unprecedent-not bear the emotional tension of his personage important enough to scorn such a dazzling offer as Ralph was ed faculties, waited spellbound for triumph. The kitchen was scared by about to scorn.
the unbelievable magnitude of the the sequel of the visit.
The next Saturday afternoon every- event. The meal abruptly ended. Nothing was the same as on the first And it indeed had to wait. Itane could eat any more.
Saturday. The warm bright weather was still waiting at supper-time, What about it, father?" Dinah ask-was the same. Ralph was working in eight-thirty. The impressive vial-fed mildly.
his garden "shop"; though expecting a Mr. Farber finished his beer, got up, well he had from prido mado no change tor had afayed nearly an hour, and and went to bed. formidably mete,
The girls retired into the scullery; eided, must take him as they found
in his habits or dress; wells, he do had then stepped through again, back to the front door, under out of earshot of Ralph, and chattered him; moreover, he was to treat the Ralph's own guidance; whereupon what Ralph had told them, and yet startler for the swell, whe assuredly in whispers. They knew naught except swell very curtly indeed; he had a Ralph had returned to the engine they managed quite easily to find sub-was not anticipating a rofusal. Dinah shed and been no more seen.
ject matter for more than an hour's Supper took place in the clean and glib, swift, dramatle discussion of the was in her kitchen, but this time hor hair was not in irons. Mary was tidy kitchen, at the bare white deal terrific situation.
afteld in the land of tender sentiment. table, under a gas-jet. It began
When Ralph, last of all, went to bod, Maidie was in her bedroom mending and caving the ground floor to dark night not gloves but stockings, Mr. Farber the whippet (who slept in tho was lying on his bed; he had come his father were punctual persons acullery unless under correction for home an hour later than assal and had with imperious appetites. They sins), he found that his father bad not eaten no dinner.
put the caddle out. The ageing man,
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{ate cold sausage and cheese and with heavy lower lip protruding, lay. The moment approached for the ar- much bread, and drank a glass of in wait for the son. He brushed his rival of the swell. Dinah, to pass the beer spiere
beard from the back of it upwards into time, had left her, kitchen to see whether Mr. Furber was all right. It The girls were content with the air and said:
was as though the house itself await- nibbles of cheese and bread, and "What didst say to that there gen-led a crisis. drank water, or milk, or milk-and tleman as called?"
During the week not one word had water. Mr. Furber and Ralph
"Nothing," answerer Ralph sullenly, been sald by Ralph or Mr. Farber to ware in shirt-sleeves, Dinah wore as I should speak to you about it."
inging off his boots with noise. "I said any of the girls about the mighty
£20,000 offer. Nevertheless the girls. her housewife's apron.
Mary,
"And what need to speak to yet fey know that Mr. Furber had ordained iti freshly arrived from the transther about it? Haven't yo got th' refusal and that Ralph would obey:
sense to settle it for action abread of affairs of the heart, does want to go into business for? his resolution, and that still he hated
What and that t yerson?
nothing could possibly change alone was dressed up. Ordinarily Yo're a workman and the son of a work to give a refusal; and despised himself. Mary would have been in a brood-man. I might ba' gone into business The girls were profoundly disappoint- ing, withdrawn state of mind; but on me own. Many an offer Ive had. ed. Maldie and Ralph had had a fright- 4th Feb. she was by far the most inquisitive Lets wanted to be partners wi' me. But ful quarrel because in quite another
I've
· I would
всед too many member of the family, and
good matter she had accused him of being a her workmen ruined by a bit o capital, miserable coward-and he well know curiosity had now been stimulated They think they're going to turn th' to what she in her merciless feminine almost to exasperation by the mur-town pack and ting emselves ont had not spoken to each other for thres
down, paying wages and
and subtlety was referring. Those two mured news of Ralph's visitor. keping books
Jackets and However, she did not speak. Nobody
neckties,
state of and going into days, and were definitely spoke. It was not the Furber habit the saloon bar stond of th bar parlour. exacerbated mutual suiks.
And in six months there's writs out Ralph was all the more annoyed, to converse at meals. Meals were for against 'em. And then can they go therefore, when from his vibrating re- eating, not chatter. Unlike over-civi- back to an honest job7. They can non, treat in the garden ho saw that Maldie laed and decadent people, the Forber slicnes
and not Dinah, was showing the swell family felt no awkwardness, in
and they dunna, neither. at table; Indeed, it scorned mere
got a good job at Fyden's." through the back door; the girl must small talk as being insincere and (Fyden's was the old name of the have taken Dinnh's place simply from FT.E.C. before it became limited and a mischievous desire to quiz the swell. affected politeness. Dinah, though she would gabble nineteen to the dozen in grand.) "Ye maya't think it, but A few seconds later and before the 22nd Jan. private with the other girls, rarely can see ye earning ten pan a week at stranger had reached the engine shed-
sald
word at meals. Mr. Farber was Fyden's afore ge're thirty. Ten pun a Ralph saw the beer door open again
and Maidle uniformly taciturn. And the most week. And they'll give ya something
"Bafel" taciturn of all was Ralph, whom noth for yer patents, too-they'll give ya a
He scowled. ing but the need of something that he share. And no risk and no nonsencol
"What is it?" could got himself,or, the desire to And ye want to ask yer feythor whether
"I want you," orled Maldio in an in- carry on an altercation, could rouse ye ought to chuck up a ten pan a week into speech. Nent, not even Mary, dar job for this akylarking w somebody perious tone,
He would have liked to kill her, but ed cross-examine Ralph: being made of yo've never heard of I wonder who's dynamite, he might have exploded been stuffing him up with a tale about the presence of the stranger prevented.
Ho strode and blown the entire house to bits. ·
up the long garden, nodding you, my Ind"
passing him without a word. brusquely to the astonished visitor and
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But something was bound to hap The son Hstoned grimly as he un pen that evening. It happened. Mai- dressed with violent movements and die, the red-haired, falled rat in self-draggings and pullings of serviceable
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was arrangement pricked. He saw that ho was nobody Mr. Farber had been feeling queer after all or almost nobodyThe great for two days. He was late for dinner offer of the afternoon might be mir because he had been to see his club vellous, but it was: silly wit was a doctor. But he had confided in nobody Mighty offer, the offer of a fibbertigib-at home.
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A bear thing, A near-thing, Well," he said at length, sharply to that Avery near thing his father, his fose in the pillow I
STEAMKE 22 Iron Hong Kong Lay don't know what yo're making all the Mr. Ralph Furber sat in his study on to-do about, not taking it on, and a Saturday afternoon reading a very
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{1:never was for takingston here: his father had died, and
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A daring speech (Also te llet Fort was faralshed in mahogany and gilt and damask Emperors had been cast he had certainly intended to accept the from their thrones yet Ralph looked offers)He had had his head snapped little older. He looked flercer, and off for far lessin, the past But even jailler Mr. Furber would think twice beforgjeng attempting to snap of the head of a
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