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Updated: June 2, 2025
We have received reports to the effect that a small army of them have been around Buckingham Palace all afternoon, as well as at your hotel; so it is evident that Smith's story was no fancy and that these men are after you in desperate earnest. Would you mind telling me, Mr. Edestone, what are your plans for the future?" "Not at all. My movements are extremely simple.
"Can't you stop the machine as if something had gone wrong? Then Mr. Edestone will come back here and see what is the matter." "Not on your life!" Black shook his head violently. "The Emperor now is in a perfect fury. He and Mr. Edestone have had one or two 'set-tos, and Mr.
"You Americans are the most extraordinary people," he said; "I must admit, I never quite understand you." "Then you must grant us a slight advantage," rejoined Edestone evenly; "because we believe we do understand you Englishmen.
He turned with a laugh and a new impersonation to the surgeon as he left the room. "Thank you, Doc. You've cert'nly been kind to me, a poor working girl. Just send the bill to Mr. Edestone. He is my greatest gentleman friend."
This was an old trick of his to divert the attention of his adversary, therein improving on Bismarck who always used his cigar to gain time when driven to a corner. "That is your final answer?" said the General. "My final answer," Edestone bowed. "And you, Mr. Secretary?" "I am but the mouthpiece of my Government, and she has not spoken yet."
"What has brought you to London, Schmidt? Aren't you afraid that these Englishmen will capture you and shoot you as a spy?" "Sh! Not quite so loud please, Mr. Edestone; these English are such fools. They think that because a man has a German name he must be a fighting German, when you know that I am a perfectly good naturalized American citizen.
Rebener," interrupted the proprietor, "if thereby we are instrumental in saving thousands of the sons of the Fatherland." "That would not only not save the sons of the Fatherland, but would put an end to our usefulness, both here in London and in America, especially if Edestone has already turned the whole thing over to England.
If it should happen, however, that the British Government has the invention, His Royal Highness tonight will try to get enough out of Edestone to enlighten Berlin, and in that way we shall at least get an even break. That is, always provided that Edestone has not a lot of the completed articles, whatever they may be, at the Little Place in the Country.
The barber almost cut his ear off when James came to announce the fact than an officer of the Royal Household was downstairs and that Mr. Black and Mr. Stanton had returned from Grosvenor Square with the apparatus and films, and when Edestone stopped him long enough to say through the lather: "Tell Mr.
And he turned with a bow to Admiral Sir William Brown, who was leaning across the table frowning at him and who with his scrubbing-brush hair, long upper lip, and heavy brows looked more like a Rocky Mountain goat than ever. "I have invented an instrument," continued Edestone, "which I call a Deionizer.
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