"C Q", or, In the Wireless House

by Arthur Train

 

“C. Q.”

or,

In the Wireless House

 

By Arthur Train

Novels

“C. Q.” or, In the Wireless House

The Confessions of Artemus Quibble

The Butler’s Story

Essays

The Prisoner at the Bar

Courts, Criminals and Camorra

Short Stories

M’Allister and His Double

Mortmain

True Stories of Crime

Micky left her standing gracefully in the wind

“C Q”

or,

In the Wireless House

by

Arthur Train

Author of “The Prisoner at the Bar,” “Mcallister and
his Double,” “True Stories of Crime,” “The Con-
fessions of Artemus Quibble,” etc., etc.

 

With Illustrations

By R. M. CROSBY

 

 

Toronto

McClelland & Goodchild, Limited

1912

Copyright, 1912, by
The Century Co.

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Copyright 1912, by
The Curtis Publishing Company

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Published October, 1912

 

To
Adele

 

Contents

I	page
“Micky” quarrels with the captain of the Pavonia, and becomes pals with a lady in high society	3
II
Micky stumbles upon a peculiar passenger and explains the mysteries of the wireless to a young lady	25
III
The reader learns something of the career of an international beauty, and attends vicariously an artistic entertainment in the second cabin saloon	42
IV
“CQ—CQ—CQ—!” In which Micky learns of the murder of the Earl of Roakby at Parsley Croft	56
V
In which Micky overhears a midnight conversation and prevents the commission of a crime	66
VI
In which Micky tucks the son of a Marquis in his bed and mixes some drinks and the news	78
VII
In which Mrs. Herbert Trevelyan commits an indiscretion and discovers something while so doing	93
VIII
In which Micky has a strange dream and Mrs. Trevelyan becomes worried about pearls and other things	110
IX
In which Micky hears a confession and is forced to deliver an unfortunate message	127
X
Mrs. Trevelyan makes an error of judgment and the Captain scores	148
XI
Micky’s mind is momentarily relieved	171
XII
Mrs. Trevelyan has a bad quarter of an hour	182
XIII
In which many persons are surprised	198
XIV
At close quarters	206
XV
Micky plays father confessor for the second time	215
XVI
In which every minute counts	227
XVII
The way of a maid with a man	244
XVIII
Mrs. Trevelyan avails herself of a “locu penitentiae”	255
XIX
In which the rat-faced purser, some others, and perhaps the reader, receive a jolt	273

List of Illustrations

Micky left her standing gracefully in the wind Frontispiece
	Page
Mrs. Trevelyan and a dark gentleman were calmly eating from his operating-desk	21
“What are you doing on this boat?” It was Mrs. Trevelyan speaking	69
She read of the murder of the Earl of Roakby	107
She turned to him with a face full of childlike simplicity	167
Before he knew it he had taken her in his arms	219
“It's true! I swear every word is true!” moaned the girl	267
“Micky!” she gasped. “I thought you must be dead!”	289