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A Christmas Mystery Intro:
A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY
THE
STORY OF THREE WISE MEN
William
J. Locke
“I
cannot tell how the truth may be:
I
say the tale as ‘twas said to me.”
“I
heard it. I felt it. It was like the beating of wings.” Frontispiece
“I
told you the place was uncanny.”
Instinctively
they all knelt down.
Carried
with them an inalienable joy and possession into the great world.
A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY
Three
men who had gained great fame and honour throughout the world met unexpectedly
in front of the bookstall at Paddington Station. Like most of the great ones of
the earth they were personally acquainted, and they exchanged surprised
greetings.
Sir
Angus McCurdie, the eminent physicist, scowled at the two others beneath his
heavy black eyebrows.
“I’m
going to a God-forsaken place in Cornwall
called Trehenna,” said he.
“That’s
odd; so am I,” croaked Professor Biggleswade. He was a little, untidy man with
round spectacles, a fringe of greyish beard and a weak, rasping voice, and he
knew more of Assyriology than any man, living or dead. A flippant pupil once
remarked that the Professor’s face was furnished with a Babylonic cuneiform in
lieu of features.
“People
called Deverill, at Foulis
Castle?” asked Sir Angus.
“Yes,”
replied Professor Biggleswade.
“How
curious! I am going to the Deverills, too,” said the third man.
This
man was the Right Honourable Viscount Doyne, the renowned Empire Builder and
Administrator, around whose solitary and remote life popular imagination had
woven many legends. He looked at the world through tired grey eyes, and the
heavy, drooping, blonde moustache seemed tired, too, and had dragged down the
tired face into deep furrows. He was smoking a long black cigar.
“I
suppose we may as well travel down together,” said Sir Angus, not very
cordially.
Lord
Doyne said courteously: “I have a reserved carriage. The railway company is
always good enough to place one at my disposal. It would give me great pleasure
if you would share it.”
The
invitation was accepted, and the three men crossed the busy, crowded platform
to take their seats in the great express train. A porter, laden with an
incredible load of paraphernalia, trying to make his way through the press,
happened to jostle Sir Angus McCurdie. He rubbed his shoulder fretfully.
“Why
the whole land should be turned into a bear garden on account of this exploded
superstition of Christmas is one of the anomalies of modern civilization. Look
at this insensate welter of fools travelling in wild herds to disgusting places
merely because it’s Christmas!”
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