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A B Birmingham irmin g ham t. t G se vivo ij i TO TOMMY Y MEt MEETS THE KING KINGo o Ot lJ ooT In London the theO fi 1 tb tha tory story of ot the O i teller lt ot of of nf KinG KInC Tomm Tommy and andI Join hereafter as Bill I n J I 10 w Lord b by Y friend thit iSS iSSI liAr j J IJ I b old friend that Lord III an me Nn o of British for for- 1 I head bead of the tho te Jt g a p noy uncle has a aci ad f j eP office t to a make him erne d ci Kyme In central EuI Eu- Eu r I Kr of la I PJ 1 through marriage to Ca- Ca 91 j I r e t. t daughter of ot King Wladis- Wladis n Il Q pro o deposed monarch of at that aI tJ a financier C 1 tr COUl A sail try 31 ro oil In th there re Is hi pron prof pro- pro I It f j I I k e knows In and with an L n 35 king on the throne the 1 j 1 9 if E could be secured for tor Eng- Eng b 1 Und In love with a Iud cod e b tl t dancer Viola 1010 Temple Is IsI s re C tot I I enthusiastic over tho the DroPo- DroPo J patriarch Menelaus The rl It on ecclesiastical dignitary l 16 S t I is Is heartily heartH In n fa favor vor of ot oftie l J. J a 1 Eo v Ie Ll of ot the monarchy monarch restoration tie the Q Cable has generously financed of he sentiment Calypso Is mak- mak the j i j dJ a living dancing In the u MasI Mas Mas- Masl las Ig I iPa b l te W I tote Cue tte Berlin cabaret Infuses to entertain the Idea of ot fg u rJ I up Viola lola Temple to whom engaged Uncle Undo the I he Is b secret secretly g f r t Is EI Ug sister Emily urges him to toI toa I iK a passport from Lord rasa tf I for a certain Janet iP I ti Church strong minded female foXS GA CI t s rho Iho wants to visit In Intje si i the interests of ot a society for tor fori i pc peace ace Janet Church loaves t 4 II far tor Berl Berlin Uncle Bill Is a again gain l pealed appealed to by his sister to find clad J I 1 certain curate eurate name not given j who has left his parish In Ireland i for tor or a visit to Berlin and cannot r It be found Lord and Viola 1 Temple disappear from om London 1 ius Cable receives b I t I t i. i cation catlon th that t with the I I princess has left there on his to but way appears apI appears ap ap- I pears with the tho former Viola ten to t Temple now his wife The question ques Ques- Is b. b Vho V Tho Is the who MM tt te M. M ton lion man has hass s gone gene CM to with the Princess C Calypso Casimir Introduces i orr and Janet Church vainly I reeking from the British consulate U late Ide a passport to be becomes be- be 3 93 ft nf comes climes acquainted with the two lr kt 4 e men In the Adlon hotel Tommy mistakes Casimir for tor a n hotel b thief and refuses him admission ferS b. b to his room Casimir Insists oni on r toI i Tommy dining at the Mascotte fly I l S' S Tommy Tomm again meets meet Janet In a telephone booth where he had gone Cone In an attempt to escape from CasImir Janet Church ET thinking Casimir can be Instrumental t In t tip ti-l ti mental In n securing her passport I urges Tommy to Introduce her He finally nall agrees she to pose as iH t his bis aunt Tommy Tomm and Janet visit r i. i ic rd d the tte Mascotte that evening When 11 ill tf Tommy arrives at the Mascotte be he is astonished at the attention Xi ri riven given him by the head waiter walter and 2 aCi his aids Calypso dances before JiG the diners and at the end of ot h her r B IJ performance she h throws a note mm to Tommy re 1 1 fe Ba tn i M D r CHAPTER IX a 1 di I 10 10 Tommy picked up the note B Sf f Before he could open it he was B i tare Rare that Janet Church was standla stand- stand la is f beside him In the excitement thich heh followed the princess princess' dance II lie ire had managed to tt leave her humble hum- hum ble be table and make her way unhindered unhindered r Fa dered across the room I You promised she said to in- in i me rae to Count Casimir fir z n Tommy remembered the promise remembered also ulso the form the Intro Intro- t f I was to take In the midst I of the fantastic unreality of all that r ti was vas l happening to him there seemed t ti t I a 3 thing thine absurd in Introducing Janet I precisely as he promised Casa Cas- Cas a lair a was sitting beside him smiling tautly Till Tills This said Tommy Is Is m my aunt I A Jo Jome me to Introduce her to you ou The Thc count stood up bowed took J Jrr's hand and kissed It He TIe ed not the slightest sign of ever evering ei moving nt lf ing seen her before thou though h he het t t rau have recollected the pink r r re oIn sing g gown and quilted slippers In L corridor in the morning He did rot ft seem Hem to feel that Janet In her ilby frock was out of place at the cotte By Br not so much as the tremble of an nn e eyelid did he show his astonishment that Tommy had I outfit t an nn aunt with him to Berlin Im very ery glad to meet you Count Casimir said Janet Junet Theres i want you OU to do for me Jai ills 11 sUr sure you can do it If it you will I am atu as I dare say you know act- act in log as continental representative of ot ott t the e Federation F for the time Promotion of or World Peace leuce Through the Union of I Christian Churches r. r Casimir bowed owed again Not even evenN N knowledge e of Shakespeare was F sufficient t for tur a Quotation suitable to follow iv Janet's sp speech ech The Patriarch li of Ly said saidI I Jauet is one of ot the leaders lenders of the Christian churches whom we are most anxious to enlist In our move move- Unfortunately our Forel Foreign cn t r. Cn glanced lv at nt Tommy The sudden appearance of ot lids fl spinster ter aunt startled him Her lIer of Interesting the 1 patriarch la In n n matter nutter of which he had never heard bewildered him film Tommy made no re reply repy P 1 y yen to tl the un- un aPok o en en appeal lie turned and walked a 8 way TI The entertainment at the Mascotte a lia as 6 evidently over The men and inen who had dined or supped b there re rose from their tables and und Passed out of ot the room Tommy Tomm td Ted ed his way through the p roves roves- Iu Elua ot of f departing people and found a place where there was still I Cht ht enough for He reading rending opened I a e not note which the princess had hud hadl l Ick ed 1 onto his plate and read rend JO o back to London London and Rod marry JoIn Temple Calypso i stun ed at the worda words He Be p p did not know any anyone one called Viola Temple lie He had d tion tinn of or f certainly n no in Intention marrying any anYone one of that name Indeed I do not think h he a ever heard the name before Of course It ft was well enough know known n in fa Lon Lon don clon and since her friendship w with Lord 1 s 's s became notorious u the ladys lady's picture had been In all the illustrated II- II 1 papers But Dut Tommy lived in a remote corner of Ireland He heard no social or theatrical gossip and seldom saw a paper except the Irish Times which does not publish pictures of dancing girls Nor did he understand wh why 3 the girl In ln the Mascotte by b by far the prettiest prettiest pret pret- of all nil 11 ha he e had should seen-should have singled him out among the men present present pres pres- ent to be the e recipient of this note and this odd command If It viola Temple had to be married there e must surely be some one more suited suited suit suit- ed for the Job than he was He lle remembered remembered re re- the scornful glances which the girl had cast ast at him while sli she e ethe danced danced and the mocking of ot her curtsies He lie wondered wh why on earth she did these things and what she could possibly know about kiln him Then slowly a little understanding a mere glimmer came to him r d r V u mu la promised mat he ne should meet a lady Indy at nt the Mascotte had Indeed brought him there for the purpose Well VeIl he had met Cal Calypso Casimir speaking to him Just before before before be be- fore the dance had called her a princess Princess Calypso The title was no doubt a n picturesque exaggeration exaggeration exaggeration tion Intended as an advertisement nd Tomm Tommy had heard of some one known as ns the Queen of ot Song Perhaps Cal Calypso was the Princess of Dancing DancIng Dancing ing though he did not think that she deserved the title The whole thing tiling was puzzling confusing confusing confusing con con- fusing utterly incomprehensible Yet Tommy Tomm- was glad that he had come cometo cometo cometo to the Mascotte very glad that he had seen the girl She was was was- Tommy always becomes Incoherent when he tries to speak of his first feelings about Calypso I do not wonder He had all nIl his life lite been accustomed accustomed accustomed ac ac- ac- ac to women like my sister Emily some of them older than EmIl Emily Em Em- Il ily lly man many of them of course younger But all of them wise sensible respectable respectable respectable re re- like Jaeger underclothing which though wholesome Is not ex ex- ex- ex citing Calypso was utterly different different differ differ- ent If It I were to compare her to a garment garment but but I do not know enough about clothes to do that and I am told that the best of these things are not exhibited In shop windows The fact Is that Tommy then and there suddenly abruptly hopelessly y fell leu in love IU with MUI Calypso UI p u. u j. j do 00 not profess to understand love at first sight The six or seven love lo affairs I have experienced In life have ha-e all been gradual a n growth of ot feeling so I Islow slow that the lady had generally passed out of m ray my reach reach reach- reach gone gone one to Nice or Monte Carlo or somewhere for the winter before I found out that I was In love with her ber But I am nm not a skeptic about the reality of these sudden passions No sensible man mun caa cau be e. e Literature gives us the cases of or Romeo Home falling In love Ime with h Juliet of Fanny falling failing Inlove in inlove inlove love with Nicholas and man many others In rea real life life at at the moment moment moment mo mo- ment I can cnn only recall Garibaldi and Anita but that is good enough He fell In love when he was looking at ather ather ather her for the first time at a n great distance distance distance dis dis- tance through h a telescope Tommy rommy had a better excuse than that Casimir tapped topped Tommy omm on the arm His Ills majesty he said wishes to speak to you ou Tomm Tommy looked round The room was almost clear cleor of visitors who had hud streamed off to finish a nl nights night's ht's pleasure pleas ure in the Palais de Dance next door Walters were busy clearing awa away the debris of ot meals from the tables Most of ot the the thelI lI lights had bad been put out Janet Church was standing b by herself herself herself her her- self beside the table tuble where she had been Introduced to Casimir Tommy Tomm saw no one whom he recognized except except except ex ex- the little head waiter walter He was seated b by himself at a table In a corner of the room with a bottle of ot champagne In front of him Thus It mn may be hc supposed head waiters walters relax relax re re- re- re lax themselves and recuperate after their toils tolls are over His fIls majesty waits walts said Casimir He was standing vcr very erect with his hands at his sides In a military attitude of ot attention With a n side glance he Indicated the head writer waiter er Tommy felt that he was living ID 11 through h some confused contused and ond fantastic dream dream dancing dancing girls transformed Into princesses and head waiters Into into In in- Into to kings s. s Or perhaps perhaps perhaps-It it seemed wildly Improbable thIs Improbable this might he be part of the e evenings evening's s entertainment at the Mascotte on an original kind of harlequinade He lie walked slowly over vr to the table table ta tn- ta- ta ble at which the head hend waiter walter sat lIe He friendly cordiality was greeted with dear boy hoy Please sit Sit Bit down rn rny my down and have another glass Cluss of ofIne wine Ine Tommy stan stared at ot him in amazement amaze amaze- ment Not at nil all in this familiar fashion had the head waiter treated him earlier In the evening Then he glanced at who was standing stiffly to attention Theres such divinity doth loth hedge a u king king king- said Casimir Explain Casimir said Bald the head waiter walter Lord docs does not un un- said ald CasImir you are Inthe inthe In Inthe PI Please ase f the presence of ot King of But I dont don't keep up any pretense of f etiquette here though CasimIr sold the Ule kimg kl aft ae It f we Were Insists on n behaving e atilt down to Do ei Bit t tUp Up to that moment Tommy Tomm never heard had the name o of f the king ot of a It was State a very sm and although It took the wrong side de In the war nobody paid much at attention to it It He How Rory s sut at down did you ou like Ilke Calypsos Calypso's Ing said the ling king Not much eh W Well ell I dont don't thInk much ot of It self In fact she wouldn't be dan dancIng Ing here It ff she wash t That's a princess what males makes eS k It t worth Wort worth while to o employ ov h her These nouveaux riches are amazingly fond of ot royalty In fact fact he he dropped his voice mice to a confidential whisper I should never have got the Job of head walter waiter here If I hadn't agreed to Calypsos Calypso's s 's Ing tan That's S how how- U It t happens that she's here t Tier lIer salary Isn't much nut But m my Job as head waiter waiter- However we can tal talk Ie o of f that rater later on What I want to sa say to you now is that you'll ouli y have to be ver very careful with Calypso She's got her knife Into you about that other girl He chuckled pleasant pleasantly y and refilled refilled re re- re- re filled hl his s own glass gloss and Tomm Tommys s I dont don't mind a n bit myself of course course he lie said and CasimIr doesn't mind But u t Wh Why did you ou allow w Miss Temple to write that letter to her Its It's made things a bit difficult you rOU know You'll have to reason rens with her a n little Pitch 1 n 1 it stron strong L ou might ten tell ner her perhaps that Miss Temple is over tort forty and squints That would soften things down a n bit I shall shaH fn say said Tommy that I never heard of ot Miss Temple In to my ray life until this tills evening If you ou can get her to believe e that that that- said the king doubtfully But I dont don't know I never could get her mother to believe that And Cal p so Is s ver like her very In some wn ways s But perhaps you'll be more successful successful successful success success- ful than I was B By the way I suppose suppose suppose sup sup- pose Miss Temple can dance Do you ou think think think- It might help to do away with any feeling of grievance that she may have have have- un-e- un Do you ou think that shed she'd care for an en engagement here In Calypsos Calypso's place We e couldn't say she was a n princess but we might advertise advertise advertise ad ad- vertise her as the Marchioness of Do you ou think shed she'd care for It I dont don't know her said Tommy so I cant can't tell The king looked at him with twinkling e eyes es You do It ver very well he said far better than ever I did Before you ou say an anything thing more said Tommy omm I want to tell you that youre you're mistaken about who I am Im I'm not Lord s 's or Lord anything anything anything any any- thing else Im I'm Reverend Thomas A A. Norres Norre's a curate good said the king dIstinctly distinctly distinctly dis original I never ne thought of ot It But Bui You'll have to b hr be v ver rv r ful tul Its It's Its It's not only Cal Calypso Theres There's the patriarch too You dont don't know him yet et BUt Bui you ou will He lie used to worry the life out of me about about- well about an any Miss Temple I hap hapPened happened I to be Interested In at the time And And Cal Calypso sa says s 's shell she'll tell him di directly directly directly di- di she sees him But perhaps you ou know how to manage the clergy I never could Ive just |