Show a arem 1 1 King Tommy rem lU c Or k L Le e 1 Lid l By GEO GEORGE GE A. A BIRMINGHAM f. f Merrill Bobbs Co W. W W. W N N. U. U Service M Copyist b t fay by y yi i 1 c WS DEEP LAID DEEP LAID SCHEMES an nn Irish curate cutt cu- cu Tommy Invested d In German marks s tt id Tate rate the they the w went ent nt IOwa down and andt d when ran overo over overto t nt t on going Tommy kept Berlin i to spend his fast dial to o Tommy Tomm was a mod mod- investment t tee when a gentleman S. S ut est t soul out so o English accent approached approached ap- ap frith h an him I in his hotel an and d Sid lied fled him Mm Your our LordshIP Tommy Jimmy blinked his bright Irish But gut when the head waiter Ws eyes f n I III C. C repeAted th the c accusation R as ho he hog I owed bowed Tommy to a table Tomm Tommy g S' S 1 pearlY nearly collapsed I the r Vho Who am I Tommy Tomm asked i- i iWho r f It German Jest the I himself Is Is a I dou- dou I dreaming or have a m re 1 am he had time to 1 tie ble But Rut before 1 be answer his own que queIn questions he ho was wasn L deep deeD n In suen a mesh of Intrigue l even enn his Irish Imagination Imag as as 1 Oj dreamed ofA of m I never never OnS Oal A lI H little tee later a very cry pretty dancer threw him a noto notA which back to London and andA said ld J Mf- Mf Go marry marr Viola Nola Temple Tommy y yi i A YER A t was iras intrigued to know who Viola lol r. r r Temple wa was s sith but t the he lov lovely ly little ith held first claim on his dancer IQ F Q attention So he stayed taye thereby Y Br tr r 4 greatly complicating the already complicated complications SS lotI George A. A Birmingham Is ge ept orra really an Irish preacher preacher Yet Very Reverend James Owen Manna lIanna the fRe canon of or St. St Patricks Patrick's cathedral II ie e ul hJ so Dublin so you ma may be sure ture hes he's fr portrayed King Tummy Tommy to the thea life liCe and made him th the lovable a l 1 bero of a dell delightful romance in iu el reds a setting of light comedy l' l 16 Ii Part ar I. I London I.-London London on on pa 1 t Ez s r F CHAPTER I II hit I had finished breakfast and md was tee the Iri Irish h news In the Morn Morn- u I D Post It Rave gave e 1 me some pleasure o o r read the Irish nc news vs in the time Morn Morn- torn's s 's ig g Post In the earl early part of W prat be he Republicans or the Free rs r l lid Id d burned my house bouse In County Clare od nd d I 1 liked bl being told that such leOin leO peo- in h h b. jle Ie Ic come to a bad end The Morn Morn- g post told me that every err day 1 a with Ci I dig Lord s 's w-alke w I In and greet- greet I d d me Good morning Uncle Bill LI Had ad a adim arau dim rau f food night Sleep sound and Lid all aJl that re f Chewed up a satisfactory n breakfast t 7 1 lr St hat 1 I always say Is if n fl fellow be Tact rr sleeps erS f-erS and eats h hes he's s 's lit for anything iw j ta U I 1 am not nut 1 0 uncle unde anti and my may ii k name Dame Is not Hill BIll or even en William e b but t I 1 have ha known him glum ever er since he heas was Ryas as born and I suppose he has a aright tight right rl ht to stick to the nickname which g lie e first rave gave me ale when he lie was a child I in n the nursery His Isis fath fattier father r the time eighth e C I F was m my best bell friend lie He and ond andI ondI I mI I und and Edmond te the younger I brother were ere at ut Winchester stel tu eth- eth r er r and afterward at Oxford I 1 was B a godfather to tu the present marquis i Thanks I said I gut got through h t the lie he nl night bt fairl fairly w well t an and n d the coffee cuffee BE WUI tras quite luIte hut hot at breakfast Jt f I 1 thou thought ht Id I'd Inquire aid wild Nor Nor- lins heys because e what hat Ive I've got ot to tell Jre Je om on a may give gi lye you van n a bit oit 0 of a shock hok And ind n what I always s say I Is this unless s LN a l fellow is pretty yell well braced up Its It's i better to let a n shock stand over O for fore fora a e day dap or two I I feel as fit this morning I said i im o H s Im I'm ever er likely to so su u unites o your u lr m n news 8 Is rull really des desperate lt's I II Its It's Its It's about I i s Temple emple I 1 suppose JI Temple Ioia Viola b n Temple l of t the e fl advertisement Ilor and the time pie pie- tore ture papers papers-is papers is beautiful Ind a u er very lady ladya ladyE E With a u spotless gel reputation At that jC a time all London Landon was enthusiastic bout about her dancing s w was more t enthusiastic than any one else elop I 1 g he lie did dill not ant mean to marry her i but tot was teas er very much afraid he hl did id Viola Iola due doesn't doen nt t come cOllie In at al all MI 0 t l tar ar Bald aid s 's Though 1 hough of If course she stay may later on No o fellow tan can I o t tell lell ll boll who'll conic come lute lulo can he lie You r u might h be hIn in ihm it your elf If Uncle Pill mil before were we're ac Ill Sl b through ugh It I l said Bald Is exU extra a reason on for ur telling me nie what it Is II 1 Its a new stunt of Lit Uncle Unde Neds Neils U Hi lies His uncle Xe Ned this Ned this time ihmle a real unIs un- un All r I t-I t Is Lord ird J e son of U I l tI the Ie e s reventh marquis I uncle c u of ur t tile the hex nuth li x marquis of t one of our I n Ih quite 1 tor ins our my must t sincerely i pay PH a- a lat at present minister fur or 1 er lIal 1 r the th a st Muni ant was as It II must mst surely lie Ill safe afe Ind and no decorous If Lord Lard cl invent invent- I ed ll at it h. h So u I thou thought but hut I 1 w Wit u wrong on mIght K t Ii hll ve rell remembered I Pili 11 l r I that there I Is II a queer vein eln of If s 1 J I mind I here darill darling daring in the Troy it 0 family ll e w 1 iwas s n mt 1 Lord c rd Alfred lI d who made f gloat elf lf n a sort p of f t Arall i rah i sheik early 1111 in Ih the lr century Before Lefore him there therl er nas am II an un I In Ll I. I Lord Lurel Kil- Kil r nunI n umi ulm Willi cant callie bath from fromn l the Im c ti l ln pan tan 1 n with a II of gold old plate n 1 There nh t re UH tins it tt Lady Ludy matt I lh h 1 route e III i Ie m re fe Burls I of I J J 1 Ill W. W and ancl rafter after r I n I brilliant military 1 tore II AI T tr timid had I II I her H r head hend cut off lilY 11 by thes the Ille ft Ill ks s Win who who's I Pre u-Pre re about In 1 Lw Lwy star y 1 fc A ar lit thit tine tIme Thew Thera we w were re rc others other r I Ami I Moll I H that f I Mn of thin timing If lf It jl Is in tile the o 1 I i Is i fI I IU very iy hard hatI to er eradicate all o r at e. e Ned t 01 It to he fluid Norge y s s ants n ogre tl was HIS Perfectly right to In in in- R as lOut m Ill lly he It mn trade e n anon khu like that A man o r Jn Hili sleet kleit 1 lIl Or ur wh who u huLl had ha had t tY d I Y ki no breakfast might have faint tainted fainted ed eder through slit sheer er astonishment A king I sa said Good grac gracious I he s But But he he cant can t possIbly have haye suggested suggest suggest- su st g ed your being n king Ian King 6 or of w hut 7 Does Dues seem a bit of n a facer Just List at dt ills first t doesn't doesn t It t Uncle Bill But nut the wu way to look loop at all these tiling q I is this tills Why not Before you ou turn It t down you JU ought to sa say to yourself yours c l f h no not t. t That's That s what I Ive to been sayIng say say- sayIng tn Ing to m myself elf ever eyel since Uncle Ned I sprang it on me tue Well fell I 1 sal said when you put it that Unit way I can see see t I dare sa say you'd make ninke a u fah fairly iv gon good gonel d hIn king of some setae very small shall country But nut I still find It tt Iter ver er very y y to believe leti a that your Uncle Ned really proposed it Did he mention men men- tion the time name of the countr country lIe He did but hut Its It's slipped out of m mead my head hend ead for tim the e minute It was the snore same place where m my Elizabeth I went with that of or hers one hun hundred and 1 lifty ft years ago ugo L I 1 said well Lut But well of course your our Uncle E Edmund knows better better hettel bet het- ter tel than I do but I have an nn Impression Impressing sing sion that isn't an In Independent state an any more I was right about that I looked the matter up after orl l' e s 's left me L once an independent kingdo king king- do dom m was Incorporated Into the Republic lie lie- public of by the Treaty of Trianon Is one of those new republics which make the map of ot l Europe ver very confusing to people like me rue who kne knew It before the war No doubt the L reserved deserved to lose their Independence Tile The late king VI YI hacked bucked the wrong side In the thc war and like all who did that lust lost his leis throne L Is 18 the spot pot Uncle Ned ed mentioned mentioned men men- said Pott Potty little one horse e place but hut of cour course e a felI fel- fel H J i im m l lI V I r r I Had Finished Breakfast and Was Reading the Irish News In the MornIng Morn Morn- Ing lag Post low cant can't expect to step into u a first- first rule rate jog job when he lie first goes ues into the king kinq line Ihie of of f life But I said ald If you JUu rea really 11 are to tobe tobe be he a kingAs king king king- As his godfather I felt Celt It m my dUI duty to tu speak seriously to s 's about his Ills future 1 I hl laid hart thought of nf quite a u ni e tiling thing to say U but bat t he lie Interrupted inc mc Uncle Ned e wants tints me rue to It I he lie leu Mild Auld f I 1 It i a thing Id I'd have Iw thought ht of If going oin in for all on my may own but hut huth h when n Uncle Ned has lots set et his Iris h on It It- It n ivell II no fellow with un any en tense en e of ot decency de lle- wants ants to to start shirt a II family quarrel quarrel junr- junr rel I by h jo going n against his relations rt unless uns un un- less s Iw he be absolutely has bus to Ive I've e been m mI t thinking I. I 1 In g th things ings h over since Uncle Ned ed l' l lt poke 1 k e to t t I me ate My I idea Is 13 t hat I a kings king's n ns s duty lut Is to wake make as f few la laws s vs as us pos posy possible Bible sible 1111 and I to 11 stop other oilier fellows fellow making mak ing In g them If lie Ill can What hul I ul H always s 's say say- S' S i is this Illis' III t fellows are an all ull right them alone and Lind dont don't t go II I If you u leu e 1 thing thing- lIin s they do du t tl trying n ti to make ni thew dont don't I t 1 want II t I to o II 0 Of r cou course If they the J take on Lin the head other each cach lo In hinting batting ll then youve you've 1 got gat I to tf send a u 11 t. t Hilt But otherwise Tell otherwise Well t 11 to titS stop 1111 1 i theta them my I Idea of If kings g and pt Ic I and I people like that is that 1 I Ie 1 fur far too tuo good an m opinion of ch tk The limey ul III always I think II In it I tl they I know what's hestand best hest want fellow to 10 do du It lt I and amt t the Ilie other outer tl Whereas Heres the other f fellow fello l' l II lJ knows rea really really real real- ly h Just JURt as well us as t they I w c do du 1 u. u And n II my idea it- it lit Let 1 idol him lm S So o Ion lon ns It t doc nt sunny annoy an anybody h d el else e nUll notch much II let him political principles I I Ies struck me rue us as sound I 1 felt It tin that I t if ir ever evel I lie Ie became king II of r L I should lOt I II I h lake Ie there Taxes ought I I t to toy to go y and live part It of our pI he light fur for the greater national semis seems to go in ill I p pay pay- yIng y- y people to I do io 11 Ing to compel nt want ant to There ler timings things they U don't dont II t hf f that sort would be he no nu expenditure In IJ under S. S f w I In n this her snot There i 1 shies Un Uncle I. I c Ned el t he lie said salt 1 e. e of one oat called II e I Cable AI I J Ie Ever r rear hear n h un any uny Ive I've Iwar heard beard of ProcopUs S C Cable a II J e II I Isaid said raid Ivel ECI Everybody hod hua I I haven't said s At least I hadn't until yesterday What sort of or n bird Is he I found It a little difficult to give Ive a clear cleur account of fl Cable NObol Nobody knows where he came callie from Ills His Christian name sounds Greek and andI I 1 have leave heard heal It said that he lie w wn was as a n Levantine Le Jew I could not call him hlin a captain of industry for ho lie does docs not manufacture nor drive other people to manufacture nn anything I suppose e he lie might be described as a n financier I 1 said so 60 to sAn s An Anything to do o with oil he be asked Not that I 1 know of pc ot I said lint hut buthe he lie may mH It wouldn't surprise e me to hear that Cable Callie had hind something to do with anything In the world if It f theres there's money to be made out of or it I III mentioned It said Raid because be because cause Uncle Ne Ned said something about oil In I cant can't say I much like the Idea IlleR of living In a place Illuce that stinks of paraffin nasty stuff always s 's set getting et Into your our food and dripping about However cyer Uncle Ned fla says gays s 's the good old British empire wants oil and if It does docs Im I'm nil all for Its ln ha having as much as It can get That's what I uha always s 's say to n a fellow who starts talking about the The empire proper prop prop- er thing Is to let the British empire get what it wants with the least possible possible pos posy sible fuss whether Its It's oil or nr rubber or whatever the tine thing mn may be Uncle Uncle Un Un- cle Ned seemed to think that In this case It was oil Is Ills there oil In I never heard of It That fellow Cable seems to have said so sold said s 's and I rather gather gather mind mind you ou Im I'm not saying this as ns a certain sure timing thins My 1 general en ral impression Is that thu t If I was ns king of Uncle Ned and the JolI Jolly old empire would collar the oil See I began an to see CHAPTER CI II I 1 I took the time first chance I got of or I having in n a chat with Edmond Tro te lIe He was perfectly frank with me and und told me nie all about the scheme for making his nephew IIII king of L He lIe he begun began un with the political part of the plan The L are s so so he said an intensely patriotic people and the they very much dislike heln being mer merged ed In the Republic of Ie In fact E Edmund mund admitted this to me mile the framers of the Trent Treaty of Trianon made mude a mistake a bad ball mistake In depriving L of Its independence The They are Ule a u people said frog te with a 1 t strong feeling in favor of monarchy monarch fhe They dont don't like tike the ic- ic publican form forum of ur government o Time The aristocracy c do doesn't like it The Church doesn't like It It and In the thc Church counts for fur a lot Whatever I I the patriarch sn says s 's the people sa say after after aft aft- er him Minor The patriarchs patriarch's name is Menelaus lie went on to tell me that the Lys L s 's would woul like to have ha their old king buck back But that's Impossible The rhe Entente Entente Entente En En- tente powers wouldn't stand It Be lie Besides sides silles that fellow Is s a bad hud one He Ife treated his wife badly she fihe was an Lin l Englishwoman As a matter of fact fuet she was a n distant cousin of m my OW ow I. I An Any king who treats a n relative of Tro te s badly dl deserves f es to los lose hose hl his g I I throne 1 I saw aa at al once that Wladis- Wladis Ia Wladislaw is- is laws law I lad ail h ably lost Iris hi lIi Patriarch chi Menelaus and the time aristocracy said know know perfectly well that they cant can't have hane back So some time dome ago they asked to fo fo an un Englishman En The lime only onty com condition the they made was that he should marry the kings ex daughter Of or course coune we turned the proposal down at nt once and no nu more inure wax was heard Beard of it t. t You seem semi to have IIII turned U U. up again I 1 said Now |