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Show THE ing CHAPTER XVII Continued 24 "All the tame," said Tommy. "I don't think the patriarch ought to hare talked that war to the princess about ker father." "The princess evidently felt that ay herself," said Janet "She changed lie subject abruptly, and well, she lent about the bush a bit, and It was Father hard to make out exactly what he meant. But I think she was trying to explain to the patriarch that he had no objection to marrying you. Of course, Chat wasn't a thing she could very well say straight out In plain words, and evidently the patriarch didn't quite grasp what she was at" "How did It endr said Tommy. "I'm not asking simply out of curiosity. It's really rather an Important matter with me." "1 can't tell you how It ended," said Janet. "That tall count man came in who sat at supper with you last night" "Albert Caslmlr." That's his name. He came in and told me that I might come here to see you." "I wish you'd waited a little," said Tommy. "I waited as long as I could. I was practically ordered out of the room. But I shouldn' t have been much wiser If I'd stayed. They were 11 three talking nothing but Lystrlan. As soon a the princess realized that the patriarch wasn't taking in what she said, she dropped German and poke Lystrlan. So did the count. All I can say Is that It sounded as if they were arguing." "It always sounds as If people were arguing when they talk a language one doesn't understand. Generally, they appear to be quarelllng. Which aide was Caslmir on, the princess' or the patriarch's?" "It seemed to me," said Janet, "that they were all three on different sides." "Well," said Tommy, "I suppose it's all settled by this time. I wish I knew how." "From the way they were speaking," said Janet "I should say the discussion might go on for hours. They all seemed to have a lot to say." "I wish you'd go back," said Tommy, "and try what you can do In the way f Influencing the patriarch." "I don't see that I've any right to Interfere." "Still, I think yon ought to try. It's a frightfully serious thing for me. As far as I can make out, I'm either going to be hanged or married." "I'm afraid I've no influence with the patriarch." "Oh, yes, you have," said Tommy, "as a representative of the League of Christian Churches, you must have. Suppose you were to offer the patriarch to make him president of a world conference of religions, to be held at Chicago or some place like that where a conference of the kind might be held. He'd love that. And at the same time you could tell Casimir that I don't in the least mind whether I'm king of Lystria or not. If I'm allowed to marry Calypso I'd every bit as soon go home as stay here." "That young woman," said Janet, "Is totally unsulted to be a curate's wife." "She Is," said Tommy. "I know that Perhaps it would be better for you to say to Casimir that I'd make quite a good king from his point of view give him any amount of balls and dinners, keep up the opera, not have any Income tax; and all that sort of thing. The late king told me exactly what's wanted and I'm pre pared to do It. It will be easy enough to talk over Casimir. The real trou ble is the patriarch. Look here. Miss Church, if you manage to persuade nlm, I'll promise faithfully to use all my Influence as king to unite the Lystrlan church to any Christian body in the world yon choose to name. Even If we have to wait till the present pa trlarcb dies and I have the appoint raent of a new one, we'll pull the thing oft In the end." That must have been a strong temptation to Janet. I dare say she would have given way to It and gone to the patriarch with a proposal that he should be president of some sort of world conference. Whether he would have accepted the position or not no one will ever know. Before Janet had made any reply to Tommy, Count Albert Casimir entered the room. He immediately ordered the two soldiers who stood on guard to go away. He spoke to them. In a manner that was actually savage, Just ns If they had forced their way Into Tom my's apartments against orders which he had repeatedly given them. Then he marched over to the win dow, where Tommy was standing, and saluted. After that he marched hark to the door, flung it open, stood to at tention at one side of It and suld "rieofce." It was evident that Tommy was at liberty again. Janet, eagerly questioning Caslmlr, scarcely pausing to translate his an wers to Tommy, got an outliue of what had happened. Die princess had earrlJ her point Casimir. who did not tnurh care who was king of Lystria, so long as there was a Wing of some sot backed her op. The patriarch, wh was a kind fond hearted old gentleman nd of fh princes, had given way Im U rHf Mi. onimy By George A. Birmingham Co. W. N. U. Sanrka Cocmght by TIMES-NEW- S. BoU-Mrri- Part IV London and Lystria We may en place yet" said Cabl. be In time to stop it" "Even If we do," Mid Troyt. "there'll be trouble.' "I don't see why," said Norheys. "Of course I'm only an outsider and this Is your Job, Uncle Ned. But I don't see why. It seems to me things ought to settle down. These mountalny fel lows In the place " "Lystria," I prompted. "The good old Lystrlans," said Nor. heys, "wanted a king, and they've got one. That dusky queen of yours. Uncle Ned, wanted a husband and she's got one, or will very soon If we don't Interfere. He may be a wrong un. Seems rather as If he Is, but If she's satisfied I don't see hat it matters to us. The great thing U not to start Interfering with other people's business. That never does any good." Troyte, who was seriously troubled. murmured something about a war In the Balkans which St might be impossible to localize. Cable crossed the room from the writing table with three sheets of note psper In his hand. 'This," he said, holding out one of them, "ig a telegram to Casimir. The other two are to the king and to the patriarch. Can you get them sent off at once, Lord Edmund?" "I think so," said Troyte. "I can send them round to the Foreign office, and they'll get them off for me. But I doubt If there'll be any operators on duty at this hour In the postoffices abroad. I shall have to write some telegrams myself. I must communicate at once with our ambassador in Berlin, and with our ministers in Prague and Bukarest and " 'Seems a pity, doesn't it?" said Norheys. "After all. Uncle Ned, that fellow, whoever he Is, evidently wants princess. And what I always say is : Why shouldn't he have her if he does?" "The patriarch will probably have him shot out of hand when he gets my telegram," said Cable bitterly. T hope not," said Norheys. "He decent fellow, not a may be quite wrong un at all. And It Isn't every one who'd take on that princess of yours, Uncle Ned. Lota of men don't like It." "I've told you all along," I said, that the princess Calypso Is as white as you are." "Still, there's always a risk," said don't you Norheys. "A throw-backnow. What scientific Johnnies call atavism. Tou never can tell when a perfectly baby might turn np. Horrid things, black babies. What I always say Is that If a fellow Is prepared to take the risk, why not let him? No particular business of ours. Is it, if the babies turn out to be black, or even brown?" Troyte was attending to Viola, tak ing her coat from her, offering her cushions, trying to Induce her to drink champagne. Cable grew Impatient. "Perhaps," he said, "you will phone these telegrams through to the For eign office, or would you rather I sent a messenger with them?" Troyte got up and went to the tele phone. Norheys talked on, address ing no one In particular. "What I can't see," he said. "Is why we should butt In. So far as I can make out, I'm the only one of us with a shadow of a grievance, and I don't want to trot it out I can't well take an action for breach of promise I'd look against an Indian queen. such an ass, wouldn't I. Uncle Bill?" He turned to me because Troyte was at the telephone and Cable had turned his back on us. "I know you'll say she's not an Indian." said Norheys, "hut Persians seem to me Just as bad." "She's not Persian, either," I said. what-you-ca- ll CHAPTER XVIII I find myself at last, to my own great satisfaction, able to return to part of the story In which I myself bore a part. I am no longer writing hearsay, but narrating what I actually saw and heard. The scene of Lord Edmund Troyte's library in Grosvenor street, when Lord Norheys and his bride walked In, remains vividly pictured In my mind. Troyte sat bolt upright on the edge of a deep chair In which he had been lounging. At his elbow was a little table with the empty coffee cups and the liqueurs on It. Behind It sat Cable, staring at Norheys with an expression of ngry amazement on his face. Half way between the door and the fireplace stood Norheys and his bride. I had never before seen Viola Temple off the stage, and her appearance surprised me. I expected her to be pretty, of course. I did not expect her to look gentle, shy and even timid., A girl who has faced huge audiences hundreds of times would not, one might suppose, be frightened of three old gentlemen sitting round a fire. But she was. NorHo heys' attitude was protective. held one of her hands, and kept her close beside him. The library In Troyte's house In Grosvenor street is a comfortable, and, I think, a beautiful room. There are a couple of good pictures, but for the most part the walls are covered with bookcases. Troyte has deal on books great spent . during his life, rare books, exquisite examples of printing and books which have fine bindings. I do not know that be, or Indeed any one, ever reads books of that kind. It Is generally easier, and pleasanter, to buy a modern edition of an old author if you went to read htm at all. But there Is no doubt that the presence in a room of good books, good from a bibliophile's point of view, creates an atmosphere which is very agreeable, especially after dinner. A Persian carpet, on of the best I have ever seen, covers the floor of the library. Some good chairs, Chi nese Chippendale, stand with their backs against the bookcases. But Troyte Is too sensible a man to sacri fice comfort to artistic feeling. Round the fire he had deep leather-coverechairs of thoroughly satisfactory late Victorian design. I, the fifth person present and by far the least Important, leaned back In my chair and giggled feebly. "Unless it's Emily's curate who s gone to Lystria," I repeated, "I don't know who It can be." Procopius Cable turned and glared at me with ferocity and contempt. at had been guilty of an tempt at a Joke In the middle of a very serious crisis. I stopped gig gling abruptly and murmured an apol ogy. After that, for a while, nobody spoke. Troyte was the first to recover his He rose from his chair and walked over to where Nor heys and his bride were standing. "My dear Viola." he said, "that stupid husband of yours has never in troduced me to you, so I must introduce myself as your uncle. Won't you come over to the fire and sit Pro-copi- d down 7" He took her by the hand and led her to his own chair. He set her in it and placed a footstool at her feet The recognition had been a little long In coming, but there were excuses to be made for the delay. Nothing conld have been more courteous than Troy te's manner when he got over the shock of her sudden appearance and made up his mind to accept the Inev itable. The girl looked up at him with timid gratitude and blushed In the most charming manner. "Good old Uncle Ned," said Nor- hevs. "I knew you'd take It like num. What I always said to Viola was tills: Uncle Ned may he a member of parliament and a cabinet minister and all that, but he's still a gentle man." Cable, his hands thrust deep Into his trousers pockets, stood scowling. "Wlmt's happened In Lystria?" he said. "ft seems to me." said Norheys. "thn some other blighter has chipped In.' Cable strode over to Troyte's writ Ing table, seized a pen and beciin to scribble nt a terrific pace, faster than anv one I've ever seen write, except on the stride. He talked while he wrote, another thing which reminded me of the theater. "I shall wire to Berlin at once. Casimir Is still In Berlin. I shall wire to Kine Wladislaws. I shall wire to the patriarch In Lystria." "Seems a pity, doesn't It 7 said Norhevs. "to butt In like that. Whn I nlwiivs say Is: if a thing's done, then It is done, even if It happens to be the ililnir which a fellow would rather wasn't done." Troyte passed his hand over hi forehead anxiously. "There'll be trouble In the Balkans,' he said. "I don't see tw,w tills bus! ness can end without fresh trouble In the Balkans." "The marriage has probably not tak k, coal-blac- k (TO BB CONTINUED.) Celibatet by Choice KEPHI. UTAH More Good Cows Rye Is Surest for Winter Cover Crop Needed on Farms Associations Show Individual Production Records. Cow-Testin- g United StalM (Praparad br th or Agriculture.) DprtroBt profitable dairy farms re usually found In groups, lhe center of each group Is some farm. some man, some Idea, says the United States Department of Agriculture. g associations The 732 now active In the United States represent that many groups of Improved dairy farms. W hat has been accom plished ty these groups for the dairy Industry and for the members of these associations Is told In Farmers' Bulle Asso tin 1440, entitled ciations and Stories the Records Tell,' and Is now ready for distribution. The purpose of this hnlletin Is to show the need and the value of cow- testing associations, to present briefly some of the outstanding results ob tained from a tabulation of cow-teing association data, and to show how such associations may be organ ized and conducted. More Good Cows Needed. In most sections of the country we have enough cows, but not good enough cows, says the author of the bulletin. Our slogan should not be "More Cows," but "More Good Cows. Here Is one place where there Is an abundance of room nt the top. Know ing the Individual production records of the cows In the herd is one way to get more good cows. This information is made available to dairymen through the association. In the Newaygo county (Mich.) association the herd that one year had the highest average produc tion of butterfat per cow consisted of 10 cows, and the herd that had the lowest average production consisted of 20 cows. The herd of 10 cows' had a total Income over cost of feed of $060 and the herd of 20 cows $455. The owner of the larger herd needed 9 more cows of the kind he was keeping to get as much Income over cost of feed as was produced by the smaller herd. It Is better, however, to own 10 good cows than 29 poor ones. It de mands less labor and other costs. To build up a herd of 10 good cows re quires much headwork. To take care of a herd of 29 poor cows requires much handwork. The man who does not use his head must work harder with his hands. The value of association records Is not limited to the Improvement of the females of the herd, tut may also be used to determine the true value of the herd bull or the bulls in the bull association. In the vicinity of Grove City, Pa., there are two bull associations and one association. From the latter, records are now available for the yearly pro duction of 18 daughters of the bull association bulls as well as for the dam of each daughter. What Records Show. When all records were figured to ma turlty. It was found that on on average the dams produced 8,785 pounds of milk In a year and the daughters 9.212 pounds. The dams averaged 355 pounds of butterfat a year and the daughters 394 pounds. Thus the daughters produced about 5 per cent more milk and about 11 per cent more butterfat than their dams. The figures further showed thnt the daughters were oy six uuns, uuu mat in uu case did any daughter bring discredit to her sire. What would have happened If the IS daughters had been sired by scrub or Inferior lulls is not hard to guess. In nearly every case a association depends upon the activity of a few progressive farmers and cen ters around the Idea that every dairy man should know the individual rec ords of his cows If he Is to manage and develop his herd protltobly. The knowledge can be obtained through association records. A copy of the bulletin telling how to start and conduct an association may be secured free of charge as long ns the supply lasts, by writing to the United States Department of Agrlcul ture. Washington. D. C. First-clas- s, cow-testin- "Cow-Testin- g - cow-testin- g cow-testi- g cow-testin- g Amebkbn Makes More Growth on Poor Soils Than Any Other. Of all winter cover crops, rye la th surest and the nearest fool proof. 'It will make more growth on poor soils, whether clay or sandy, than any other. It Is resistant to winterkilling, and may be sown successfully from August to December; but Octo ber 1 Is probably the best date of sowing for most localities," says E. C Blair, agronomist for the North Caro lina State College of Agriculture. "A bushel of seed should be used per acre. The seed may be scattered over a corn or cotton field and covered with e a cultivator. This may be done at laylng-l- n time or Just after the first picking of cotton. Rye may be sown this way In a corn field, or the corn mny be removed, the land disked and the rye drilled in." Mr. Blair states that rye often gives good grazing in the fall when sown early. It will also give grazing in the early spring. Live stock should be taken off In time for the crop to make good growth for turning under. The rye should be turned under as soon as the heads begin to show, as at this time It will rot quickly In the soil. If allowed to become too ripe the stems may Interfere with cultiva tion and soil moisture conditions all summer. Rye Is not a legume, Mr. Blair points out and takes no nitrogen from the air. Its value Is In the preven tlon of soluble plunt food from leach Ing out of the soil, the checking of ero sion and In adding organic matter to the soil when turned under. It la one of the best crops to Improve the tilth of the soil In this way. Whenever the success of a leguminous cover crop Is doubtful, rye should be sown with the legume. one-hors- Carefully Store Apples for Use During Winter Care should be taken when storing winter apples to do this Job "Just right." Apples keep to the best ad vantage where each apple Is wrapped separately In paper. If the apples are not already wrapped the wise householder wraps each one himself; but where this seems to be too much like work, at least be careful to put them In paper-line- d barrels or boxes and then "go over" them frequently during the winter to pick out any that may shown signs of decay, for "one bad apple vrill spoil a whole barrel." Care should also be taken not to store the apples too near strong vege tables, such as turnips, onions, or even potatoes. For apples, like butter, are apt to "take on" the odors of other food that happens to be near them. Everyone knows that apples should be stored In a good dry cellar and in a cellar that will keep them cold but where they will not be frozen. The tart varieties of cpples are the best for canning purposes. All bruised spots, of course, should be carefully cut away from the fruit before cook ing It. The most completely satisfactory method of preserving the apple Is to make it Into apple sauce and then place It In glass Jars while It Is hot. Of course, some may prefer to can the apples whole, so that they can be used more advantageously for apple dumplings. d Fniit Growers Urged to Order All Stock Early Prospective fruit growers should order their nursery stock early In the fall, stipulating the grades desired, and that delivery shall be made on a designated date. Nursery trees are usually graded according to height although diameter measurement an Inch or two above the bud should be taken Into Trees for planting consideration. should be well grown and stocky, explains E. II. Hawl, assistant extension horticulturist at Clemson college, who points out the method of handling. When you receive your trees they should be Immediately be unpacked where the soil Is moist. and heeled-lThis heellng-lprocess Is accomplished by placing the roots In a trench a foot or 18 Inches deeper than they are to be planted, with the earth packed around them. Trees ore usually leaned at a 45 degree angle In the heellng-ltrench. LKffl Copy for ThlB Depmrtmnt Supplud by th American Ltloa Nws Srvlo.) PLANNING TO MEET IN PARIS IN 1927 Holding of the proposed national convention of the American Legion In Paris, France, In 1927 was brought several steps nearer reality, It was Indicated at natlonul headquarters of the Legion at Indianapolis, following important recent developments in the matter. The Trunk Line Passenger association has offered to grant to all Leticket from gionnaires a round-triany point In America to the port of fare. John embarkation fo? a one-wa-y J. Wicker, Jr., of Richmond, Va.. chairman of the France convention travel committee, predicts that other railroad associations will follow suit Assurances have been received through diplomatic channels that the welcome will French government Legionnaires with sincere pleasure, Word has Mr. Wicker has reported. come from officials of Paris post of the Legion that the people and offt- dais of the city of Paris will to make the gathering a success. The last week in September, 1927, has been recommended by the committee as the best time for holding the Final decision In the convention. matter rests with the national convention, the governing body of the Legion. At the meeting at which Mr. Wicker made his report to the national executive committee, Garland W. Powell, director of the National Americanism commission of the Legion, presented bis resignation. Mr. Powell, who became assistant director in 1921 and director in 1922 took the lead In campaigns for employment of veterans In 1921,- for restricted immigration, for tetter education In all Its phases, for Americanization work, against illiteracy, against revolutionary radicalism and extreme pacifism. lie conducted the American education weeks and th Legion's national essay contests. Mr. Powell, whose home Is at Cumberland, Md., and who was a captain pilot in the American aviation forces, resigned to become Identified with the organization and administration of Woodrow Wilson Memorial university at Valdosta, Ga. Frank Clay Cross, of the faculty of the Colorado School of Mines at Golden, Colo., succeeded Mr. Powell. lie achieved fame through the nationally known "opportunity school" In Denver. He was chairman of the Americanism committee of the department of Colorado during the past year. Lie served overseas for 14 months. At the same meeting adequate provision In the federal budget for mainfixed taining the naval ratio of by the Washington conference was urged. Provision for the proper defense of the Hawaiian Islands by fortifying them and Improving Pearl Harbor and also for an Increase of 4,000 In the enlisted personnel of the navy was recommended by the naval affairs committee of the Legion, headed by E. E. SpafTord of New York. In a report submitted by Reed O. Landls of Chicago for the aeronautic committee and adopted by the executive committee, support was pledged to Postmaster General Harry S. New In his reported refusal to contract for airplane msll service between the United States and South America with any company financed by foreign capital or tncered by subjects of foreign countries. Germans are financing and operating a concern which has been attempting to obtain such contract between Key West Fl-- . nd 8outh America, according to Information laid tefore the committee. p . I think that It Is true there are men and women who wisely realize thnt. having reached the approach of middle age, It Is better to remain unmarried rather than marry from any but the most serious reasons. Honored Former Foe j Marriages made In middle age may 2 For the first time In the his-- X be extremely happy. But there are tory of the country. It Is women, as there are men. who have American Legionnaires through experience, through adversity, recently burled with full mill- - y through the need of tary honors a German soldier & attained so great a degree of individuwho fought against them in ality that they feel that in marriage, Corn and 1918 on the battlefields of Soy Beans Are with lis enormous need of adaptability, France. This took place at Good for Hogging Down they would become lost. Fairmont Minn. Military rites, We ought not to dismiss such people of down corn The hogging prurtlee were A a firing squad and taps as necessarily selllsh and Is growing hy leaps and bounds In v accorded to Irvln Hoffinun, who Probably they know that their capacity all the corn belt states. It has been was drafted by the kaiser In for friendship, their ability to be of it saves proved to lie prirmaote. 1918 when he was attending real service to ninny widely differing labor. In fact. It seems as though school st the Pge of fourteen. $ types of human nature, t'lolr wider when bogs gather their corn In the Alfalfa mny be seeded either spring 2 Tuberculosis resulting from prl- - y leisure, makes it possible for them to field, especially so when It Is prop. or full. 5 vatlons and shrapnel wounds 5 express themselves more generously as erly supplemented with a protein feed caused Hoffman to come to this g X, unmarried people. Exchange. like tankage, they can produce more A silo filled with really good silage country some months ago. He a amount from than when a assurance Is about the best given for pork died at the age of twenty-one- . 2 Queer "Felicitation" fed In dry lot. Perhaps that Is due profitable wlnU-r- . man who gave his life 5 "Any y of a Frenchman Knglish, Ignorant to the more sanitary conditions under for his country, no matter what wished to telegraph his congratulawhich they live in the cornfield. Per are among the greatest menaces $ country. Is entitled Cats to the tions to an English friend on his marhaps, under those conditions, their to nesting gmiie birds, conservation tribute accorded a soldier," de- - A work riage. lie elllclently. digestive organs authorities state. j clard 0. M. Merry, Fairmont V He wrestled wtlh the dictionary until that as It may. as previously stated, 6 post commander, who arranged S the happy couple were fairly on their thp practice Is profitable. .Make the hoe cut below rather than X the J military funeral. honeymoon, and hy that time he had In more recent years It has been Just ot the surface of the ground to evolved the following: "May you be found that a given acreage of mixed get rid of weeds. very happy In the workhouse!" corn nnd soy henna will produce more His friend was about to demand an Green ryo In amounts of 15 pounds To Plan for Convention than corn alone. The reason- Is expumntlon. when It dawned upon him pork In or more fed one hour before milking furnish beans that soy A. II. RMmrdson. president of protein was was: meant thnt what "May you which corn Is lack in:. flavors milk slightly but not enough to prominent oil company in Nebraska, It P.y growing be happy In the union." J For the benn ration tlwit be objectionable. the new general chairman f the comefit of American renders It should be the two crops together Is oMnlned. mittee planning for the 1P25 natlonul stated that all F.nglish workhouses (or Is well balanced for ho;: The care given the strawberry bed convention of lhe American L"g'.oti to Besides, the leaves of the beans institutions for the poor) we known a furnish succulence alone with the now will largely determine the size of be held In Omaha. October 5 to !). union workhouses. A row well filled Richardson was chosen H vuci-cprotein In the seed nnd that Is ntt the crop next year. f well of not loo full) grown, vigor- late Everett Bucking! inn I (but contain These leaves The hosrtzln, a bird found along the advantage. are essential to the ous plants this fall Is a pretty good Invlttniln itlog of the coi)er.iit Amaion river, bs feet an Us wings. surance for the 1920 crop. cow-testin- g n n f i i - I -- hl i r- -n |