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Chapter One
Lord Geoffrey Braemer was a bit
young to have won the reputation
of being the most cordially dlaUked
guest at London's Hotel Doratone.
He was, in point of fact, just over
his fourteenth birthday. But for a
lad of that age he had known a
truly amazing flair for snobbery
and arrogant manners.
. Clerks bad learned to busy them
selves with some quickly appointed
task when he approached. Page
'boys gritted their teeth at the bitr
!ing sarcasm with which he always
addressed them.
This morning, coming out of the
elevator with his conservatively
dressed governess, Doris Clandon,
Lord Geoffrey looked and acted
his usual haughty self. He de
manded a town car to drive to the
jeweler's two blocks away, and be
came bitterly caustic at the slight
delay before it arrived.
The frock-coated manager of Mor
rcotfs greeted Geoffrey and Miss
Clandon with the best flourishes of
.which Bond Street is capable.
"Good morning, sir . . .Madame,"
he said, "What may I show you?"
"His Lordship would like to select
a. Blmnie fifllt lor nis moiner, muu
Minn rHandon.
"You see, the mater arrives from
TntiK tomorrow." ezolalned Geof
frey, "and I do so want tp get her
something lovely."
"Quite 1 understand
responded the manager warmly. He
brought out a couple of jade lockets.
The man who entered through the
swinging doors at this moment
.might have been a shade past fifty,
rwtth silver-gray hair, a heavy mous
tache, bl-focal glasses, and iron grey
business clothes. Slowly he appro
ached the show case next to the
one where Geoffrey was standing.
"Good morning, sir," said the clerk,
Ibowing.
"Good morning," replied the vlsl
jtor. "I believe you've been expect
ing me." He held out his card.
"Oh yes, Mr. Hempstead," the
clerk replied, "we had a wire from
your firm In Manchester this morn
ing." Effusively he excused him
self, unlocked a safe in the rear,
and came back with a plush case.
Opening It, he displayed a beauti
ful emerald necklace and pendant
Geoffrey's attention was attracted
by the necklace, and his eyes wid
ened and sparkled.
"Oh, Miss Clandon, how simply
lovely!" he exclaimed. He turned
to the manager Innocently. "I sup
pose It's much more than eighty
Iguineas, though?"
Tm afraid so," said the man
ager with an indulgent smile, "those
ere the Zyrantine Emeralds. A mere
matter of thirty thousand pounds."
"Oh!" exclaimed the boy, backing
away.
"Never mind," interjected Hamp
jstead, "A bright lad like you will
be able to buy those for your mother
one day."
Turning to the original lockets,
Geoffrey now started to reel dizzily
against the showcase. His knees
began to buckle under him.
"Geoffrey, Geoffrey!" cried Miss
Clandon wildly.
The lad only moaned and slumped
to the floor. Instantly confusion
reigned. Miss Clandon dropped on
tier knees beside him, as the mana
ger hurried out from behind the
showcase.
"Dear, dear," he exclaimed, thread
ing his hands together, "is he sub
ject to these attacks?"
"Yes. he's alway been on the deli
cate side," said Miss Clandon.
The clerk hurried out for a glass
of water and handed it to Miss
Clandon. She held It out to Geof
freys lips.
"Hadn't I better ring up a doc
tor?" asked the manager.
"Oh, no!" answered the governess,
"Lord Geoffrey's had these attacks
fcafnra. I know lunt what to do. I'll
get him back' to the hotel at once."
Geoffrey- rose and was helped by
several willing arms w ine aoor.
Then Miss Clandon hailed a cab.
Reaching the hotel, the governess
entrusted Geoffrey to the care of
the chauffeur and commissionaire.
Explaining that she had to get some
medicine, sne spea away.
It was not a pharmacy toward
whloh she directed herself, however,
but a small brownstone house in
Ebury Street Miss Clandon got out
hurried up a flight of stairs, and
knocked at a door, It was Hemp
stead, the man in the jewelry store,
who opened it
He was frantically removing a
facial disguise. The moustache stuck,
and he swore. His age, as one looked
at him now, could not have been
more than thirty-five.
'Well, that's done, darling!" cried
Doris Clandon. "Here's one for luck."
She kissed Hampstead gaily. He was
too preoccuppied untangling nis
feet to return the embrace.
"Went off like clockwork, didn't
it?" asked Doris.
"Clockwork, my eye!" cried jim,
We're in for It now."
"What's the matter? Tou got it
didn't you?"
"Yes, I got It and IVe got the
duplicate too!"
ed over the mouthpiece roughly. He
pushed Geoffrey away from the tele
phone and moved the receiver to
his ear.. :''' j';:-w.)w '
It was Doris Clandon at the other
end of the wire, -a-f
.."Jeff this is Doris "she said
"Something's gone wrong Jim
and I are-" -ixffe-Descerate.
held at: arm's length
ny acott, ueoiirey sxooa on tiptoe
ana yeuea ac ino top oi nu voice:
"Please Mr. . selective; mat must
be the doctor. I must ask him about
my medicine."
The warning was effective. damp
ing down the receiver and turning
to Jim, wno was standing beside
her, Doris looked panic-stricken.
"They've twigged us!" she cried.
"There's a detective in, the room
with him."
"That didn't take 'em long." said
Jim. "We've got to clear out, and
quick!"
"wnat aDout ueoiireyr
"He'll have to take care of him
self." ii.-
The three magistrates Geoffrev
found himself facing next moraine
consisted of a kindly-faced, matronly
woman, ana two niga-couarea men.
Scott, the Insurance detective, was
watching Geoffrey closely. A plain
clothes constable stood close by, on
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pip""
"How simply lovely," be.
remarked. "I suppose it's
much more than eighty
guineas, though?"
gtikaui
He drew from his pocket the Zy
rantine necklace, then the paste
duplicate.
"But what went wrong?" cried
Doris frightened, "We did every
thing the way you rehearsed it
you had the case in your hand "
"Tes, but I told you the brat
wasn't to drop until I had my back
to the clerk. You didn't give me a
chance to slip in the duplicate into
the case."
"Well, at least we've got the neck
lace," replied Doris, philosophically.
She removed her pince-nez and her
transformation, revealing herself as
an attractive brunette.
"Yes, and facing fifteen years
penal servitude. Like as not, they're
after us this minute."
He finally managed to rip off the
moustache, then seized Doris' trans
formation and threw the two dis
guises into the fire.
"There go Jim Hampstead and
Doris Clandon," said Jim.
Meanwhile Geoffrey was being
visited by a man named Scott, who
said he was an insurance under
writer. Relentlessly he questioned
the boy on details of his alleged
life in India and his family, tripping
him up on point after point.
The telephone rang. Geoffrey
hastily picked it up, and spoke
breathlessly into the transmitter.
Before he could say more than
"Hello." however. Scott's hand clos-
the table before him a pile of pho
tographs from police files.
The presiding magistrate was
speaking. He held before him a
folder, the report of the investiga
tion oi the case, indicating Geoffrey
to be an imposter.
"Do you know of any living rela
tives?" he asked the boy.
"No, sir," responded Geoffrey
calmly. "Father once said we were
the last of the family."
"You were born in South Africa?"
"Yes, sir. In Johannesburg."
"How long ago did you return
to England?"
"Nearly four years ago, sir. Two
months before the the railway
accident."
"Both your parents were killed?"
interposed the woman magistrate,
looking at the records.
"Yes, madam."
"Were you hurt?"
"Just shaken up a bit They took
me to a nursing home. When l
asked to see mother, they told me,
and I ran away."
"I see, and where did you meet
thin man and women?" asked the
chairman.
"I was standing in front of a con
fectioner's sir. It was warm and
it smelled so good. They took me
in and treated me to tea. Mr. Hamp
stead and Miss Clandon were always
very good to me. They bought me
clothes, and we traveled a lot on
the continent: Mis Clandon maM
me keep up with my lessons. j
"Were you ever engaged In 'this
sort of affair before? i
"Not to my knowledge, sir," Geof
frey was answering afi these queiv
ies with remarkable poise and cool
ness. ' "- ,l'"'-v .. - -" -,: ' i
"But didn't you suspect something:
was wrong when you pretended to
faint in the jewelry shop?"
"I understand now. sir. At the
time it seemed fun like a game.''
"Show him the photographs, con
stable," said the chairman, pointing.
xne ooy iookm at three pictures,
recognized one as a likeness of Jim,
and blankly shook his head.
"Geoffrey," said the chairman.
after a pause, "you're too promis
ing a boy to be sent to reform
school. But you're a ward of the
Crown until you become eighteen.
As representatives of the Crown,
this court is going to send you
among boys most of whom are or
phans like yourself, Tou had the
misfortune to fall in with criminals.
For the future, you will be in re
spectable surroundings. Of course.
if your conduct is not what it should
be, you will be recalled here, and
sentenced to reform school. Do you
understand? ' M
"Yes, sir," said Geoffrey. 1
"Geoffrey Braemer," declared the
chairman, "this court remands you
to the custody of the Bernardo
Homes."
He beckoned to a man standing
quietly in the rear, who came for
ward and put his arm around the
boy in a friendly fashion. Geoffrey
stiffened defiantly, but tried to con
ceal his feelings from the magi
strates as he walked slowly away.
On the bronze facade above the
entrance to the Barnardo Homes,
was the sign: "NO DESTITUTE
CHILD EVER REFUSED ADMIS
SION." As Mr. Burke led Geoffrey
through the doorway, the boy turned
back like a prisoner taking his last
arlimose of freedom: then he pro
ceeded Inside, to the superintendent's
private office.
The superintendent was a kindly
faced man in his fifties. His manner
toward all the boys was one of pat
ernal guidance rather than schol
astic authority.
"Geoffrey, we're going to be
friends," he began, holding out hia
hand. Geoffrey stood silent ignor
ing the gesture of friendship.
"This is a cnanty nome, isn't iti"!
he asked.
"Not so much a home of charity,
Geoffrey as of friendship. Every
boy needs help from his parents,
from his relatives, or his friends.
You want to stand on your own
feet when you're a man, to learn a
trade, so you can be self-reliant"
"You teach boys to be trades
people?" questioned Geoffrey,
"Precisely. There are a hundred
of our homes. They are schools,
really. You may select which one
of them you prefer. You can become
a farmer, or a carpenter, a printer,'
a baker almost anything." j
"I don't want to be any of those
things. I want to be a gentleman,"
replied Geoffrey coldly.
The superintendent paused a mo
ment. "The first quality of a gentle
man is to pull his own weight In
a boat," he said slowly. 'I'd rather
you made the choice as to what
your vocation will be."
"I wish I'd been sent to goal in-'
stead," cried Geoffrey scornfully. I
"In time youll be glad you
weren't," replied the superintendent .
"Since you won't decide about your
vocation, I must." Again he paused,'
surveying the boy. "There are no'
limits to where a man may rise in
the. Mercantile Marine." ;
The superintendent moved over to
his desk and began to write on a
card. Geoffrey glanced over his
shoulder and read: "Geoffrey Brig
mer, Age 14, assigned to 111 "
Cotes Nautical School."
', ,. (To be continued
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
SERVING
WITH THE
CHRIST
LIVING
International Sunday School
for June 26th, 1938
Lesson
JGolden Text: "And they went
forth, and preached everywhere,
the Lord working with them.
Mark 16:20. -
Lesson Text: Mark 16:1-8,14-16, 19-20
Our lesson last week -concerned the
crucifixion and death of Jesus. ' Our.
lesson this week reiates his resurrec
tion and his final
apostles.
The Christian Faith is based on the
tween Emmaus and Jerusalem were
met by Jesus, who talked and walked
with them. Luke 24:13-31.
(5) On Sunday evening at Jerusa
lem Jesus appeared to all the apos-
ties except Thomas. John 20:19-25. j
6) Eight days after the preceding
appearance (one week according to
our count) Jesi3 appeared to the
apostles, including Thomas. John
20:26-29.
(7) Sometime subsequently, prob
ably two weeks, Jesus appeared to
seven disciples, who were .nshing in
the Sea of Galilee. John 21:1-13.
(8) At a mountain rendezvous in
command to his Galilee Jesra appeared to the eleven 1
disciples. Matthew 28:16-20. I
(9) Paul, in 1 Corinthians, 15:6,
of Jesus. As Paul said, 1 in relating some of the appearances
resurrection
our iaith is in vain it there was no
resurrection. The triumph of Jesus
over death is the assurance of im
mortality to every man and the con
firmation of the divine in the person
ality of Jesus of Nazareth.
Our lesson text gives us some de
tails of two occasions upon which
Jesus appeared to his followers after
Lis resurrection. In all, the New
i Testament recounts eleven different
"appearances of Jesus during the forty
days between his resurrection' and his
' ascension. In connection with this
week's lesson, it would be interesting
therefore, we give them in chronolig-
ical order with the scriptural refer
- nce:
(1) 'The first appearance on Sun
day morning was to Mary Magdalene
near . thft : senulchre. reonuntnd in
,Mark 16:9 and John 20:11-18.
(2) Shortly1 afterwards Jesus ap
peared to a group of women return
ing from the grave, as related in.,
Matthew-28:9 and 10.
(3) -Lufke, 24-34, tells about a"
appearance near Jerusalem to Shriou
Teter alone. - , , . . 4
of Jesus mentions one to more than
five hundred of his followers in Gali
lee. , '',
tells of an appearance to James
alone, the place not mentioned, but
probably Jerusalem, - i
(11) The final appearance, just
before the ascension, which took
place at the. Mount of Olives, near
Bethany, in the presence of all the
apostles, related in Luke 24:50, 51
and Acts 1:6-12. v ;
There are skeptics who question
the dependence which can be placed
in the gospel story, but these are in
the minority. The story itself Hngs
true. (Minor conflicts on detail indi
cate an independence of testimony,
which would not be present had the.
entire narrative been manufactured.
Then, we have the admitted dJpcJ'W
ties encountered by some who refused
to believe, all faithfully recited in the
gospel story, which would certainly
not have been the case had the story
been an attempt to deceive. - ;
The facts as related are so un
usual, so unlike those which a creator
of a story would have invented, that
they testify to the authenticity, f
the episodes. ; One would never f ab-
(10) Paul in 1 Corinthians 15-7, ricate the details of Jesus appearing
HERE'S THE BUY
WHEN IT C0WES TO
RAZOR BLADES!
firsjt to women not in that far-off
day when women's rights were un
recognized. The writer of an imagi
native narrative would have had
Jesus appear after his crucifixion be
fore Pilot, or kings, or some great
personage, rather than the simple
Galilean followers.
.Probably one of the most effective
justifications we have for the accept
ance of the resurrection of Jesus lies
in, the miraculous change which oc
curred in his disciples between the
crucifixion and the day of pentecost.
When Jesus was arrested, his dis
ciples, .fled, later they were back in
Galilee at their old tasks. Then they
saw Jesus, believed in his, resurrec
tion, and received the gift of the
holy spirit, after which they, were ag
gressive leaders having new faith
which they preached and for which
they died surely, no one can question
the sincerity of the belief of "these
men that Jesus." lived. ,- , r
Before his ascension Jesus delivered
what has been termed the great com'
mission to his followers. . So confi
dent was he of the eternal nature; of
the principles which he taught and
that they could be successfully applied
by inan through the successive cen
turies that he commanded his apostj
to win the world by teaching them to
observe his doctrines. Coupled With
the injunction, was a promise of sup
port and aid, and assurance of his
everlasting presence with them at all
times. The apostles believed, suffer
ed, and died to establish this faith,
which has found an answering-affirmative
in countless millions of hu
man hearts.
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER
Mrs. Asa Stallings and Mrs." "Har
vey Stallings entertained at a mis
cellaneous shower complimentary to
Mrs. Carlton Whedbee, who before
her recent marriage was Miss Alice
Stallings, at the home of the bride's
parents near Bagleys Swamp.
Games and contests provided much
amusement, the contest winners, be
ing Miss Grace M. Smith and Mrs.
Anthony Elliott, who presented -their
prizes to the honoree." " ,f--
The bride received many beautiful
and useful gifts. - V;,'"
i. The guests included Mr. and Mrs.
CarltonWhedbeeMrSand MrsAsi
Stallings, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Stall
ings, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hollowell,
Mr. and Mrs, Vick Stallings Mr, and
Mrs. R. B. Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Niixon, Mesdames Junior MUler Hor
ace Long, Claude Winslow, Joseph
Winslow, Walter Williams, J. B. Lane,
Anthony Elliott, Clyde Layden, N. Q.
Ward, H. L. Ward, Dennis Winslow,
David Miller,-Elwood White, L. E.
Shendell, and W. D. Rogerson, Miss
es Helen, Evelyn, Margaret and Allie
Mae Trueblood, Clara, Virginia and
Mary Elizabeth Winslow? Grace, Ruby
and Mdzelle Smith, Margaret Jordan,
Nellie , Mae Ward, Rosalee Griffin,
Gwendolyn , Fox,-Frances Rogerson,
Neppie Maude Smith, and William
Jordan, Eugene Ward, Eugene Smith,
Ntettie Leo Long, Joel Hollowell, Jr.,
Willie Elliott and-Willie Stallings.
Those sending gifts were Mr. and
Mrs. Adrian Smith, Rev. and Mrs.
Jim Smith, Mrs. Ernest Stevenson,
Mrs. Roy Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Smith, Mrs. T. R. Winslow and Mrs.
Alvin Winslow.
The Ashley Brothers
and Roy Evans
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