| Show H- H K King 18 n g I II II I Tommy III IIII I Q O fl Q I Ix x Ily George A. A Birmingham L C b Co Ca Copyright by Dobbs V. l W. W N N. U U. Service CHAPTER XII XII Continued Continued 17 17 Strictly speaking said the kink kins lh they y didn't choose you OU Lord Ell Kd- round mund did that he Ire and ProCOPius plus Pius Cable Cabie between them There had to be he a revolution of course our I aristocracy couldn't afford to IHl pay for It Nor could the patriarch Revolutions He Ions are appallingly expensive things far fir more expensive e than you'd Cud think Cable Coble had the money and Im I'm bound to sa say he spent It generously He lIe Hooded flooded with English money mone to such an extent that the rate of exchange went up which of course enraged the l Ie who had been out of the making a very elY good thing valeta by hy paying off their debts In depreciated depreciated de de- currency The The are becoming actually rich But neith neIth- neither er Cable Cubic nor the patriarch nor any nuy of rest of us could have hn managed ed without Lord Edmund Without Without With With- out his help we couldn't have got any anyone anyone anyone one to recognize the thc new king and then of course we coul couldn't nt have had any uny monarchy I suppose not said Tommy But even yet ct I dont don't quite see see see- That gave e Lord Edmund a sort of right to nominate the king and and and- But really thc they ou ought ht to have ha explained all this to you ou before you left London Nobody explained anything to me said Tomm Tommy Well Ive I've explained It all nil now said the king Lord Edmund nominated you ou Im perfectly certain he lie didn't If It Ithe he nominated any anyone one It must have hafe been Lord and I keep on tellIng telling tell tell- ing lug you that Im I'm not Lord And I k keep ep on forgetting said the king But that doesn't really matter maUer when were we're alone does It It Tommy sat silent for a while The king had at nt last made the position clear to him lie lle saw exactly what Casimir's original mistake had been lie He realized that for some reason renson- er very likely because of Miss Temple Temple- the real marquis of had not arrived In n Berlin But even en If he had arrived he lie could not have hn married the princess Miss Temples Temple's letter had set settled et- et tIed that point Calypso was perfectly perfect perfect- I ly determined and behind her hel was the time terrifying figure ligure of the time puritan pa pa- Why WhY- should he le not ot step Into Lord N empty position CasImir was apparently quite ready y to accept any nn one as king who would seat the princess on the throne beside him The patriarch had no objection to a curate so BO long as he was a n respectable curate cu cu- rate And Tommy was perfectly re re- The Time head waiter waller kin ex-kin king ex-king was dell delighted to a at accept ept him as ns a sonin son- son in in lav So as ns he was uns perfectly straightforward and made his position plain to every ery one Tommy did not see gee that he could conid he be blamed afterward If he accepted a n bride and find a throne which were were almost forced upon him And besides In besides In judging him we must Va nl always s 's remember this he this he had fallen In love with Calypso The only person who doesn't seem to have ha been consulted said Tommy Is ls the princess herself Calypso wont won't raise any obJections objections objections said the king once the Miss Temple difficulty Is removed remo She's a I good girl always alwn's was as Takes after her m mother You didn't kno know knos the late queen did you ou No A thoroughly good woman said the king l In fact the only objection to her was that she was too good certainly certainly certainly much too good for me She Sue brought up Calypso with very ery strict I Ideas she and and the time patriarch between them 1 But Ive I've no reason to suppose shell she'll marry me said Tommy Oh Olt she will said the time king The aly down she ever er had on you ou was mat lOt little up muddle with Miss Tem Tem- le Until she heard of that she hadn't r any ny objection to you ou at nt all nIl But nut that Isn't an objection to me said Tommy It Iti an objection to Lord Exactly said the king what Im I'm saying And now that youve you've cleared up this Miss Temple scandal theres there's nothing at all nil against you that I can eRn see And I must say that youve you've cleared It up thoroughly hl and rand completely Theres There's not the smallest smallest small small- est vestige of n tain left lett on your char char- acter I couldn't have believed beforehand before before- hand blind that you could have e cleared d It up so weli well 1 dont don't see ace how either Calypso or the tho patriarch pl can have havo a n word left to say about It All the same saute said Tommy Id like to ask her myself So you ou shall said the king And you OU needn't be a bit lilt nervous Once youve you've convinced con her that you OU never nc had nn anything to do with Miss Temple Tem Tern pie pic shell she'll be bc perfectly ready to marry I you But Bat I should like h. h ask tt-ask ti fisl her before we wo get to L I suppose were we're on our way there now You are DIe said the king Im not Im I'm Im I'm going to see you Into your hotel at ut and then take tho night mall back buck to Berlin You will be there for two days u s 's at nt least Casimir Is doIng doIng doIng do- do Ing his best but ho cant can't ha have hae e arrangements arrangements ar ar- ar- ar at nt the thc schloss made any sooner You can spend the whole time asking Calypso to marry you If necessary But I dont don't expect you'll require more than half an nn hour Of course I must see her private private- privately I ly said Tommy I I Ah Ali said sull the king I 1 see your That aunt of yours not m my aunt I meant to SO say that aunt of ot Lord s 's said suld the tho king She looks ns as if shed she'd be u little difficult to get rid of But Ill I'll manage e that for you Ill I'll manage It at nt once Ill I'll take Miss Church ChUlch off oft to lunch with me In the restaurant car nr and Ill I'll things s up so that you ou and ancI Cal Calypso will have to lunch later Inter That will give you a clear hour all to yourselves You ought to be he able to explain away Miss Tempie Tem Tem- Temple pie In far less tuna than an nn hour believed helle that he Tommy hoped and would be able to explain to the prince princess princess prin prin- ce cess that he was not Lord If he got a n chance of talking to her But he remembered the note she had flung at nt at him him in the Mascotte It seemed to him him quite likely that she would not allow him him to talk to her bel at atall oil all But nut even If you take Miss Church away iway said Tommy will vili the princess talk to me Of course cOUlse she will said the king l Shell love to She tul tikes takes es after her mother an and the late queen was almost almost al al- most passionately fond of talking to tome tome tone me ne especially about Miss Temple Temple Temple-I I mean meun of ot course whoever er the time Miss lIss Temple happened to be bc at nt the moment mo- mo ment The number of times lines she talked to me on that subject would amaze you ou And Calypso Is exactly y like her mother In many wa ways b I assure you uy my dear bo boy whatever er else you may have to complain of In married life liCe you'll never ne have It to say that your wife wont won't talk to you ou And the same thing Is s true of the lie patriarch CHAPTER XIII The Time Princess Calypso It appeared was not so fon fond as ns her mother had bad been of talks tulles on uncomfortable and embarrassing subjects The Thc king took Janet Junet Church away to the restaurant car By an exercise of skill and tact of which only a man trained as u king would have hn been l een capable he lie left Cal Calypso and Tommy behind The They were safe from flom interruption interruption inter Inter- for tor an hour Tommy ought to have lave been able to explain his position to her Jer He lie failed because Calypso refused to listen to him She turned her back huck on him and stared out of the lie window This was discouraging but Tommy was not going going going go go- ing to be defeated by hy her manner He lie took the corner comer seat opposite her Calypso Calypso Ca Ca- 1 Immediately got up and und crossed to to 0 the other end of the compartment Tom Tommy ny did not venture to follow her tier herthe herthe the whole wn way lie He sat sut down In the middle of the seat opposite to herI herI her I hope he lie said that you will al allow al aI- fow low me to explain myself s lf to tell you who woo I am fim and und what Im I'm doln doing here This letter which you ou wrote to me me- me He took from flom his breast pocket the time note which Calypso had hall thrown to him In In Inthe the Mascotte She was vas starIng starIng star star- Ing lag steadily into the corridor outside and she did ld not turn tum- her head hend but she knew perfectly well what Tommy was talking about I 1 dont don't want to listen to fin any explanation explanation ex ex- she said and und Ive I've nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing to say say to you o except what 1 suld said in that letter Go buck back to Miss Tempie remI Tem rem pie plc I. I But you must allow me to explain said Tommy Calypso had no answer to give him except a n muttered repetition of at the words Go IGo back hac to Miss hiss Temple I 1 must say this said Tommy Im not the man you ou think I unit am Youre a n vcr very heartless and cruel man said suld Calypso I If f you ou weren't heartless and cruel you rou wouldn't be breaking Miss lIss Temples Temple's heart wont won't you ou go 0 hack back to her I 1 cant can't g gt back to her because Ive I've never spoken to her and und I dont don't know who she ste Is How can you say a thing like that when youre you're deserting her Tommy In his eagerness to be listened lis its to had edged his way across ucross the thet t carriage until he sat exactly opposite to Calypso She crossed the carriage again to get away from him and once once more Tommy followed her half halt way I dont don't want to worry you he said suld but I think you really ought to listen lis lis- listen ten to me You are worrying me Youre You're doIn doIng do- do In lag Ing worse youre you're persecuting me The lust last thing In the world I 1 want to do Is to annoy you ou In an any way But for your own sake as well liS as mine and mI for Lord sake and for tor Miss Alisa Temples Temple's sake you ought to listen lis Us ten to me I wont won't said Calypso and If youre you're a n gentleman you'll go o away away Ill go a away avny I If t you II like ke after youve you've heard what Ive I've got to say I thought all Englishmen were gentlemen gen said Calypso Not quite all Ive I've met one or two who weren't An And Im I'm Irish not Eng Eng- lish If It you OU wont won't go away 1 I must said Calypso She stood up as she spoke Intending to go out Into time the corridor But nut to do that she would have been forced to pass quite close to Tommy He Be was touch fouch him as ns she passed She Sho hesi- hesi make her listen so she might hove have to leaning forward In his eagerness to If It you OU like said Tommy Ill telegraph telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph to Miss Templo and ask her to say that she doesn't know me mc and d doesn't wont want to have hu nn anything to do with me How can cnn she sho say that when she wrote to me mo that she loved you with all her heart She began to push past post Tommy But he proved Ted that lint he had hud a gentleman's gentleman's gentle Jentle- mans man's consideration for her feelings s. s Rather than thun allow her to go out into Inton a n draughty and uncomfortable corridor corn corri dor he hc got up and went there himself him him- self He stayed there smoking unhappily Dily until the thc king and Janet Church came back from the thc restaurant car Then Tommy went off and had his his his' own luncheon Calypso her contented herself herself her her- self with a n few biscuits and an apple which Janet Junet Church produced from her bags Wherever er Janet travels she n al always s 's carries biscuits and apples with her The l king Ing made himself very fery agreeable agreeable agree agree- able to Janet In the restaurant car and find no monarch In Europe has hns better better bet bet- ter manners than lImn he lie has Perhaps he had never before exerted himself to tobe tobe toc be c agreeable to a lady Indy of or Janet's age and appearance The result was ex ex- Janet was pleased and flat fiat I am am nm so very er glad he said that you rou are ore accompanying my may daughter to L I feel that I can cnn rely on you on your our kindness your our discretion your our wisdom When all alt Is said and done a young oung girl cannot have a better companion than titan an nn English lady Indy My dear wife was English Im Scotch said Janet M My dear wife wiCe said the king was half Scotch and If theres there's anything In Inthe Inthe inthe the world to be preferred to an nn English Eng Eng- English lish lad lady as ns a u companion to n a young and Impressionable girl It Is a Scotch lady A waiter alter flung three dishes of at varied hors d'oeuvres on the thc table The I king helped Janet tenderly to a sardine sardine sardine sar sar- dine an nn oily ally slice of tomato and a small salted eel Then he hc ordered a bottle of Burgundy At a time like this this this- he said After all marriage Is a great grent occasion occa occa- sloe sion In a n girls girl's life The help and adIce advice advice ad ad- vice Ice of at n a wise Ind lady a n little older aider than herself you herself you wont won't mind my sa saying a little older will you you Im two fifty said Janet and not In the least ashamed of ot it It I knew you OU wouldn't be ashamed of It I could see that lint at fit once Your firm mouth your clear seeing far-seeing eyes Your calm strong outlook upon life your our profound Idealism idealism- Janet Is far less sensible than she looks She bridled with pleasure atthe nt at the kings king's s 's compliments II lie e filled her glass with Burgundy and Janet so far forgot herself and her principles as asto asto asto to sip It without saying that all nil continental con con- water Is poison polson A young girl said the king Is apt to take exaggerated views Jews of ot things thing's which you and I regard as as- as what shall I say not say not right certainly not right But The colter whisked rn Q away awny Janet's plate gave her another and dumped an un enormous spoonful of on It ft She sipped her Bur Burgundy again The kings king's s 's manner was caressing The wine alne was strong The was excellent But It takes es more than thun wine vine food and caresses to dull ull Janet's conscience If It youre you're alluding to that unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate nate young youn mans man's entanglement with witha a n London actress actress- she said Young Youn m men n said the king 1 will Ul be young men They ought not flat to be said Janet firmly However er said the king ch cheerfully cheerful cheerful- erful- erful ly Jy Im Imin not Dot really nervous ous about Ca Ca- Ipso Shell She'll get o er It after u a while Her IIer poor dear deur mother alwn always s 's got over oer it after a n while Got over o what Come Comae now s said ald the time king you yon youcan can cnn hardly expect me to answer that Of or course you OU said you OU were forty forty- two but but but- two Fifty said Janet TO DE BE CONTINUED |
