Show M M y CHAPTER XI 16 1115 7 continued 1 accept it he said eald in rec doinog not of the services junices I 1 lune have ren von dred but of those I 1 liopo hope to render native land I 1 think you sou un kami to your t count sir casimir did 11 or thought lie did no doubt bt von veldt wits of opinion that he woula render valuable berv let B to by marrying marring the prin ascending the throne om and ceng 1 I bin am also charged by his majesty hebald said to inform 3 your our excelled ex cellen that be should wish to vist time you if at any the mascotte Mn scotte a table will be reserved it and a proper deduct deduction iono fifty you for or per C cent ent in fact will be made inide to your sour bit I 1 0 1 I ball certainly accept tile the imitation invitation said von Stein veldt 1 I have long to see free the caryl so go dance she is 18 still lancing there I 1 hope she danced list last night and tonight no tonight I 1 nin engaged find 11 tile the night after wm will the princess calypso be dancing next net bonday night dight casimir sincerely hoped not if lit his rians plans worked out as he wished tile tho would he be well on tier her way to pl princess lystra on monday night but lie he lid did not cot want to say that to von stela veldt beldt lie he ninde made tin an effort to get away from tile the subject of tile the princess calypso ills HIS lie ho sale said hopes tu to engage an all english n glish dancer for the mascotte slie she Is I 1 am all told well known and greatly appreciated in london if your will come and see tier her when she arrives you will no doubt be pleased her name Is te temple incle viola temple ach said von Stein veldt 1 I think I 1 know the name mime let me see ae I 1 hear a little of the gossip of tile the london clubs though I 1 should no longer be admitted as 11 member of one of then them Is ig not that the lady to whom young oung lord noches is so deeply attached casimir felt that tile time had come collie for getting it at the ruil real object of his mission this chance mention of nor lies heys nnnie nanie gave gae him his opportunity speaking spooning oking of lord norh Nor Veys eia lie said reminds me that his majesty asked me to say to you ou von tel moldt interrupted him that lord Is in berlin but I 1 know it already I 1 had a visit from him tills morning A very charming young soung man perhaps lie he la Is over oer here to take cure of miss temple who had been uneasy all through the interview became actually uncomfortable ile he lid did not understand der stand what yon von Stel veldt meant ml temple lie he said lias has not yet et arrived in berlin indeed then perhaps there Is no truth in the junior that lie int linds to marry niarra Ws miss temple indeed I 1 have heard it whispered that another anti and much more moie de desirable marriage tills has been planned nned for that fortunate young boung man ni in tin 11 princess calypso Is I 1 understand der stand a very beautiful young oung lady lal casimir was as not surprised to ind find that von on Stein veldt knew nil all about the for the marriage of calap so eoina lind Nor rhes heys but lie ha was as startled puzzled and frightened to hear the nitter spoken of in tills way a lord norheim Is it a rich man I 1 believe yon von Stein veldt went on ile he will no doubt make nn an excellent king c Ly L a post which could hardly be accepted by b a man without private means and if your our oil fields tire aie developed ve elo pul lie he will see to it that england obtains control of them well ingland gets everything nowadays days to the victors the spoils it is enough for us poor germans that we e ure tire allowed to live please tell the king that I 1 to do not grudge lord noches his good fortune I 1 found hirn him a most attractive young oung man I 1 have seldom otil enjoyed it 11 chat more moie than the one I 1 had with him tills this morning casimir felt perfectly certain that von on stein veldt would grudge the princess cess and the throne of lystila to lord ches or any one else except himself himsel ile he was equally sure that no german would be content to ee england in control of the Lys trian oil ile he mt felt that lie he wits was being played placed with laughed tit nt und and that some very ery disagreeable surprise awaited A him blin lie he began to be tingry and to tb lose lohe con dence in self what brought bi ought lord here e he asked abruptly tit there re was ns some borne trilling irregularity about his passport sald said von und and lie very properly brought it straight to me zw or thought he knew all aalt mys passport and that the ie irregularity but trl tri was anything ani thing fling lne ile also knew that tommy had ot sone gone to yon von Stein veldts office of if 1118 B on free will lie he had been it ar r bcd and taken there lie he jumped I 1 0 the conclusion that von I 1 ad Ill real ernt t lord noches hack back 0 arlund t and amas was now enjoying ills his IQ in a disa disagreeable greeble und and spi reful manner lanner 1 I was so RO gl glad lid to ile be able to set the mutter right for him nt at ance once mild von n 1 I SU PIUse said casimir that you ou lieve 0 deported hini him ill in von Stein veldt el dt raised his eyebrows d surprise i dear stunt casimir lie he said thal ly should I 1 deport lord Nor lieis heys that eal celent llant young oung man Is at pres tnt JO YIng the sights 0 of berlin in panr Per perhaps with ald temple 01 0 did d YOU ou say that she had riot not yet by george A birmingham copyright by bobbs merrill Mertill co WN W N U savica servi a arrived I 1 suave aste iste in liny any case caa he dors does not mean tu to tier glicr it would lie avry awkward fur for you vou and king s if any formal promise ot it darriall mar rialL existed it he be billiel it to itly bio oil miss temple rett ipie I 1 ill ilig that YOU vou would have to pay liny her diore than linn live hundred pound perhaps the lie king might lur her tile the gold adder of lystila lie ile fingered the pink ribbon on ills his breast as lie he spoke poke i or a table lit tile the ond and fifty per cent oft off tier her bill hut but I 1 forgot she tills hns already been engorged ensti Ked to dunce there cashaie was by bv this ahne nervous ns as well ns as angry von would scarcely venture to laugh at blin so 0 venly unless lit iless lie he nere cre very ery sure that lie had tile boht best of tile the balue anine 1 I suppose hii poe lie he said that you u hiie have imprisoned lord iSor Nor heia heys it if you stu deported ailin 1 alven I vell if I 1 wished to imprison him said von Stelli veldt I 1 barent da rent we poor C wrin tins lost the ur you know tile hand of tile conqueror ties llos heny heavy on us if I 1 arrested nn an english nobleman lit in tile the iti of sterlin I 1 should probably ile bo tried for in illy life by the of Nati lon olvi my property would certainly in be hut but I 1 need not talk of such things even en if I 1 could to do jo illi III I 1 should not vui va nt to intel interfere fani avith lord corlos Nor los or to 0 curtell cartall ills his liberty in any way MI 11 casimir lins ling the temper of a healthy and therefore ninIn ble child lut hut like most rno it children and simple minded people ile he Is liable to gusts of passion which lie cannot control youve youe alist taken llo hundred pounds of our idono money tie lie slid said tor for the impoverished german aels to ciaci cracy said yon von dt und and I 1 assure it all will be well all spent you tiie have accepted the order of the golden adder in return for son services ices alch which you sou hoped I 1 would bould render to your country Is not ehni so count casimira Casi mirl well I 1 have hae rendered reli dered them before un rne me three hours ngo ago your friend lord loid noches left tills this room entirely free to go where lie he chose choe and to do what he liked like 1 I dont believe you ou said casimir it if you ou will inquire lit at his hotel said von or miss temples hotel nut lilt I 1 leep keep forgetting you sat said slie she was as not in nerlyn or perhaps perli aps lie he has taken the princess out to luncheon somewhere or lie he way may be making arrangements for ills his journey our to li Ly you will find aul him ia somewhere no doubt if you wu look loo for illin him ile he Is certainly at liberty casimir rose front from his chair and tin crossed the room 1 I dont know kno what ant you expect to pain gain lie he said mild angrily nn gilly by tr enting the king and myself as you ou have hut but it if you ou think that after tills this the will ever er accept you ou as a king you ou tire are very badly mistaken staken nil lie he opened the door as lie spoke when lie had fillis finished lied speaking fc lie w passed through it rind and sla milled it alo lenity behind him I 1 hae no doubt that von sint smiled singled led lie probably chuckled when hen S casimir imar left him the mistake about tommas tommys Jd identity entity wits s sure r tobert to be its ls covered sooner or later when it was discovered cared every one concerned would I 1 feel fee so s 0 foolish that there would be no further talk about tin nn english bandl stor late for the throne of asua Lyst rifi once lord Norh evs cys was out of tile the way von Stein veldts own chances would be greatly improved CHAPTER XII casimir spent a harassed and trying time to for the rest of the day dav ile he was convinced and the king agreed v with th litin him that von ste Stein veldt st to play a trick of some kind it was vas conceivable concel vable indeed likely en lough that the german r would leave accepted TS it bribe that lie had lit lowed lord to go free before he was bribed was n thing which delther tn the king nor casimir could believe nut but they did not know and co not guess gue what kind of a trick von Stein veldt infant to play or what trick lie could play the 1 simplest Sd thing to 10 wits send to send the princess and thommy dominy orr orf to lysal a tit nt once unfortunately tills this wits was not lie ble tile the arrangements for crossing the frontier ond their reception in tile the schloss were not yet complete TILL plan which casimir Caslin lr had madl was that the patriarch anti anil the lending leading gotab notables ies of I 1 should hr be waiting tit lit tle tile schloss to celebrate t the lie wedding and the coronation immediately lini nedi after the princess and lord nor heys arrived but the patriarch was not ilot there and nothing could bo be doni done without t hlin him only a few of tile the nobility in the schloss w were ere actually casamir Caslin lr required require three days to t ave it ive everything untidy hut flat if von find any eard ird in his land hand anti and meant to play it it wasi plainly unwise to keep the princess and lord Norlie ys in berlin lie ile and the king decided to send them to there they would be within easy reach of th alse e frontier and when they crossed it would lit at once he among tile the mountains of Ly lystila if tiley they stayed there quietly von stein stean veldt inight not gu guss guess ss where they were and they would at worst be further out of its ills reuh reach than it if they stayed staved in ll erlin Casi casimira original plan had beon been unit ahn t his sister the countess Coun Count tesa olga should accompany company nc the princess us as elv in walting waiting neither it lie e nor th the e lang kitle could go with tier her they would liu lit clor lv watched and stopped at 11 the e frontier hut but liu lie had every hopu hope that with tile the purports passports lie meant to provide tile princes lord anti lilt he outlets figu iga would bo be able to get into lv L astria that part of the glnn was spoiled by bv tile unexpected appearance it apen ra lice of if janet chach site she Insl Insi stol on going to lv Ly and ahon lie be cattle to think it over oer wits was not altogether sorry the count countess t sq olga might le he suspected janet church a wandering english spinster of a tyl tape e perfectly well known nil all over surope rope was ns us its safe it traveling companion its could bu be found for it a pair of political conspirators casimir Caslin lr and the king agreed tint stint the party should start for alre blau next morning then work ork began ilo ile engaged tents seats t in the train ife he telegraphed for rooms lit at tit the best hotel in breslau lie ile sent hunt long t telegrams el e in code to tile patriarch to his cousin count altert casimir nil and I 1 to several other people in lustrin I 1 Ly ilo he warned his sister that colonel II earda passports must lie ile secured during thi th da illy if liy by somo unfortunate ceatice ch atice tit lie colonel had not left his 1118 keys lying nebout a 10 it the countess olga would hav to cut open a suitcase sul or a boy box if necessary slip blie could go to prison for a while lille na its it housemaid but tho the passports must le he kot got then lie he tried to find tommy in order to evarn arn litin him to he be rendy acad he calne on janet church having hav lii tier lier afternoon tell tea in the hull hall of the adlon hotel 1 lint 11 t site she knew nothing about tommy she had not sein seen ailin since it lit left the hotel in tile the morning to RO go to the police office slie she very ery willingly agreed ni rec to hell to find and him they nv vent nt out and searched berlin janet jitni t made a round of all the picture galleries museums and churches a loni long business and entirely futile all public buildings lit in berlin tire are shut in the afternoon and by six it Is not possible to enter even it a church cast casl gilr who ho knew better than janet alil tit rushed round the chief picture palaces and it number of likely restaurants lie failed to ind find tommy I 1 asked tommy afterward ard how he h spent that afternoon lie ile told mt that after lunching comfortably in it ft restaurant lie determined to see the city in a simple and inexpensive wily ile he got into the first street car lie he saw went ent in it till it stopped and came back ngali to the place from froin which lie started then took another car and did the same thing altogether lie he seems to have worked over the course counse of fourteen dIffer different vilt cars I 1 cannot imagine it better way of ellid el ud ing it pursuer I 1 shall certainly try it if I 1 ever want to tie keep out of tile the clutches of tile the police for a few hours at nine tommy went back to the hotel cli banged tinged his clothes and took a taxi to tho the mascotte Mii scotte ile he was determined to see calypso again agnin and that was the only place he could think of where he was likely to meet tier lier ile he did not meet tier lier there for she was tit at home packing tier her clothes ile he lid did not even meet the king who hat had taken tin an evenings holiday no doubt in order to give some soine final advice to lila his daughter daug liter tommy seated by himself at it a table in it a corner comer of the great room wits was glad to see casimir when lie came in casimir was tired after his long search through and it as so pleased at finding tommy that tie he ordered two bottles of champagne I 1 lure dare say lie he drank too much of it tommy lid did not lie he remained perfectly clearheaded clear headed and he thoroughly understood what casimir sald said to him lie he agreed to go to breslau and front from there to li Ly ile he would have promised quite as readily ret tolly to go to tind thence to the fiji islands in company with calypso but lie he insisted that lie must explain to calypso to the king and at once to that lie was not lord nor heys on that point he was absolutely determined ile he refused to go adventuring under tinder another mans name if lie he wi was 1 ts to marry calypso which he very much wanted to do it must be as rev T A Nor Norre reys jS not as a marquis or any one else TO DO BB CONTINUED |