GARTH STORY-THESE MEN ARE MINE

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF GARTH STORY PUBLISHED IN HINDUSTAN DAINIK [HINDI NEWSPAPER IN INDIA] FROM 3 MAY 1970-25 JULY 1970 AS "अपने आदमी "----

 

 

Professor Lumiere is having dinner with Garth and a prominent industrialist otto metlar after finishing an exhausting job on a top secret experimental work for defence-

Otto metlar- oh professor you look very tired, you need rest, and I will even suggest you a pace for that..spend ten days in arcadia smith’s nursing home, she worked wonders for me she is a fantastic  woman.

Garth- arcadia smith? Who is her sir otto?

Otto- a beautiful woman and intelligent too, runs best nursing home in the country, all big shots go there

Garth- professor go there, what is good for pop singers should be good for you too!

Professor- rest therapy? oh the offer seems tempting!

Professor- I will telephone to fix an appointment with her.

Otto- no no! Professor, arcadia agrees only with great difficulty ,,leave I to me I will fix it for you!

That night Otto metlar  calls on arcadia smith on telephone-“arcadia,lumiere will be ‘useful’”

Arcadia- ok matler I will meet him tomorrow at 11 am give me the full data on the life of professor lumiere from the file of character and life of important persons data base.

Ok !miss smith

“This eminent scientist who is well connected and is on friendly terms with many big people, I think he is the right case for our ‘special’ treatment.

Next day in front of a large regal palatial house in mafayer London-

Ok professor I hope you will regain your health and fitness when we meet after two weeks-says garth as he drops proff. Lumiere at arcadia smith nursing home

Professor- I hope the same Garth.

Arcadia-professor I am arcadia smith ,I am happy to find you amongst overselves,when would you like to be admitted?

Professor –‘right away madam smith’

Keep professor in a vip suit adjoining lord mountathol’s suit.

Oh! The banker mountahol?

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Arcadia smith- dr Helmut you perform an encephalogram on professor lumiere tonight, I want you to study his brain before you perform the operation on him.

Dr. Helmut-very well Miss smith!

Professor lumiere- why I am being given this injection?

Ms smith-it is only a mild sedative totally harmless!

Professor lumiere-[yawning] I am tired, I want to sleep.

Ms smith- he is ready take him to Operation Theater.

Lumiere’s neuronal synapses are being analyzed-

Dr helmuth- a model case Miss smith, when do I operate?

Smith- right now! Helmut.

A tiny microscopic electrode is inserted inside professor’s brain—

Stitches will heal in two days and you will have one more slave ready Miss smith

Smith- we well put him to test when he regains consciousness.

Lumiere!from now onwards you will obey my commands unhesitatingly without question, is that clear?

Yes madam!

Test of lumiere’s complete obedience-----

This revolver is loaded.put it against your temple and pull the trigger!

Lumiere-with pleasure!

Dr. helmuth and arcadia smith watch the professor obeying the command of shooting himself in the head

Helmuth- he is your’s until death! Miss smith!

Smith- good one more recruit for our project!

Meanwhile Garth picks up the telephone to know how professor’s health is improving  in the nursing home

Garth! Hello!! Am feeling rejuvenated! Ten years younger and full of vigor!- Lumiere booming voice in the phone startles Garth!

Very well I will come and see you! Garth answers on the  phone.

The electrode implanted in the professor’s brain relays the wish of Arcadia smith—“Lumiere! No visitors! Get rid of him”

No garth! Please stay away .i don’t want to see you now! Professor responds.

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Garth- professor what happened to you? You do not want to meet me?

Lumiere[at the other end of the phone]—lumiere!stop irritating me![click]phone disconnected!

Garth [thinking and wondering]-professor disconnected the phone while I was still talking; he has never done that before!

“he has changed! What have they done to him in that nursing home? Garth is puzzled.

 Ms smith--Professor Lumiere leaves nursing home after a fortnight—lumiere! Remember you are constantly under my control! Whenever I call you, you  will come without any fuss!

Lumiere-[I am] your obedient slave miss smith!

Ms smith- you will not speak about this to anybody, to break this rule will mean instant death!

Lumiere- I understand ms smith!

Now you get on with your work Lumiere…whenever I need you my message will be relayed to you!

Now go!

Garth meets the professor outside the nursing home, helping him with his bags he comments-“professor you indeed look ten years younger.”

Professor “Garth I feel as if I am reborn! Arcadia smith is certainly an amazing woman! ….i have never met anyone like her whom I admire and respect so much!

Garth- if I hadn’t known you better ,I would have said you have fallen in love with that  woman!

Professor turning his back on Garth- bah! You don’t understand anything, now if you please excuse me I have work to do.

Garth [thinking to himself]—

“Professor you have changed! I would like to meet this Arcadia smith!”

“ am sorry sir ,but you can’t meet miss Arcadia smith without prior appointment”- Garth  is being held off at the door of nursing home by an orderly.

“Then I will make that appointment now” responds an adamant Garth

“That is impossible , now go away- orderly tries to shut the door on Garth’s face while Garth hold it open with his iron hand-“tell her that I am Garth and I want to see her now.

Garth forces his way in as orderly gestures menacingly-“so you want to play it rough? Have it your way suits me fine I love to play it tough too it is my nature! Try me!

Garth catches hold of the orderly’s wrist and swings him like adoll over his head and strikes his other two roughneck colleagues.

Arcadia smith witnesses the fight- who is that tough guy deno?

Calls himself Garth! Miss Smith almost broke my neck!

“Garth? if he really is Garth  I can use him” thinks Arcadia smith.

Stop this racket right now do you hear me? She shouts to her bouncers fighting Garth.