Show rY ti af yi i SYi R KIng 1 I Tommy rI Q 1 B George A. A Birmingham i 3 by Co ir W W. N N. U. U Service Ir i CHAPTER XVI XVI Continued Continued 22 22 preparations for the re- re of ot the princess were complete f The greater port part of or the n army Yarm army was there to greet reet her tier drawn up oa each side of ot the road As the car passed the men fired their rifles into IUie air nir each one shooting off round 1 fter round refilling his magazine it was J exhausted ted There was v Aplenty A plenty of ot which showed that some of or Cables Cable's money was wise wise- q 1 spent No doubt Is was his mone money O which had provided pro n new w uniforms ii for r the whole army not dingy y khaki l t and breeches Wee like those worn b by soldiers of ot western 1 ands but fine One blue cloaks and crimson crim son won tunics and great boots with fur furto li ops ps to th thin horn rn and wide black trousers r r short pleated petticoats like High high- Highland land and Scottish kilts Some of the men menI I J 11 ore vore caps with tall green reen feathers In hem em Some had shiny metal helmets At the file gate of the palace stood d a group of the magnates manates of L the I Very ery least of or them a n count by rl right ht of ot roar four r ur or five the hundred years years' descent om other counts Perhaps half of ot from hem were members of one Branch or other of the family of ot which I ant Istvan was the head They like I e soldiers were splendidly clad I I orne ome of ot Cables Cable's mone money had gone one In pro pro- 1 Iding laced gold coats lined fur-lined cloaks i d green breeches But their jewels ere their own Blue turquoise red and gr green en stones like emeralds rhone on the gilt metal belts which eld hl their swords on the broad brond collars found und their necks on multitudinous I of their clothes on tall cap cop edges even en on their spurs In the middle of the group of ot nobles tood the patriarch perhaps the tall tall- tall tall- mt certainly the thc broadest man there re e wore n a lon long purple cassock and a ar aJ r J purple urple cape lined with white fur mound his neck on a heavy gold old chain gating hung nn a double armed Greek cross thickly studded with Jewels On his mead end was a ft shiny shim miter Behind him Rood tood four priests white robed with ong ong black silky beards One of ot them the patriarchs patriarch's Immense pastoral staff Another carried a tall ebony pole with a n gold star on it a n ver very large rge arge and splendid star with sharp pointed rays sticking out of It In all dIrections The other two held aloft s kind of ot canopy made of embroidered bilk not unlike a n huge lingo two handled s. s I If they had held it as ns the they I j j ill over the patriarchs patriarch's head It I y WI ht have kept the dew from settling lion An n his miter Held crooked a little tittle ii him him It served no useful pur pur- lUr- lUr lUrI I o pose oser c. c But It was highly striking In and t I Calypso now at last a n veritable stepped from the car paced lowly forward to where the patriarch toed tood while the magnates cheered l and the army fired Its guns uns flie lle patriarch rol raised ed a plump pudgy t in benediction The four priests Ie Behind hind him wall walled cd a loud Amen The Tobies shouted and the guns fired Cn- Cn stood erect The patriarch a 11 ass ss bleary eav eavy man afflicted with rheumatism m mI I n his legs leJa knelt slowly and stiffly l e gravely kissed Cal Calypsos Calypso's hand Then Then one b by one the nobles stepped r ard headed b by Count Albert Cas Cas- I mir nir rhe They bent until their foreheads the ground and then kissed he e e toe of ot on one of Calypsos Calypso's boots The J I was OS I gathered the tile only inn nn nn entitled h by his rank to kiss her herand I anti and Cheers and more firing of guns uns reeled eted each earh act of homage When I he e last was accomplished a n band hand set setin in n the battlements above the gate sate of ot ote he e e schloss b begun began fun to 10 play the national anthem nth em the same tune which Cal Calypso lind i mod d the chauffeur had sung In the cur car earlier in the afternoon The whole Bass pass aSS of men the patriarch and his I ts the nobles and ond the arm army down downto to 10 the remotest of them shouted the theng among ng whole heartedly Tomm Tommy excited niP Tf fy y all nil he had seen Joined In and sang b UL bra bravely braly ly ns as the best Janet Church gj no doubt have sung too but ID the chauffeur stood beside her herth herthe th the most murderous looking of ot ofIs ofis otIs is knives in his hand hum lIe He made trade It car car to Janet Indeed Indeed she Mlle could arcely have mistaken his meaning meaning- at at nt If It she attempted to sing she JJ iId W Immediately be killed l 1 t jj When Ilien the whole ceremony was US O over Or r qi Sl i princess and Jun Janet t Church were d d away together to the lie state apart apart- I In the schloss Count Ahert Albert I d simir conducted Tommy to the suite T rooms which hind been prepared for forI Alin a. a Alberts Albert's English was not nearly rs 5 good as Indeed he seemed I J be able to say very ery little except lease Jease 11 He said Buld that every time he hedes des fd d anything n b and he always smiled iOn so tt n a friendly way way But language for tor ly f a simpler affairs of or life Ute Is s not real real- 69 necessary Tommy Tomm understood with with- ott tt t difficulty that the rooms were en en- lt G Gi e 1 for his fely use that a bearded sate sav- sav te e et who bowed d to the ground e. e every fY un any uny one looked at him was ilLs his servant that there was hot water for forthe forthe forthe the bath and ond that a as soon as he was wan ready he be could descend to to to- There he lie would have ha been thankful for tor u few tew intelligible words lIe He had to descend somewhere and supper would be waiting waiting wait walt ing for him when he did but bur where the place was Tommy could not make out Half an nn hour Inter later washed brushed and very hungry Tommy was led by his servant to a n large stone paved hall It was an on Immense room with a n vaulted vaulted vault vault- ed cd roof root placed high tiny windows and anda a raised dais at nt one end On this dais daisa a small table was spread Four servants servants sen ants stood stiffly behind the chair set for a solitary dinner fhe They wore dark green reen liveries decked with sliver silver buttons buttons buttons but but- tons near nearly ns as big as half crowns and had silver epaulettes on UJ their lr shout shout- ders The whole scene was US as ln strikingly I medieval al and Tommy who was fond of ot Scotts Scott's novels appreciated It There was Just one Jarring note A stone stone- flagged ged vaulted hall In a n medieval schloss ought to be lit with torches stuck Into Iron brackets bracket's on the walls or and or-and and even en this would have been heen a n concession to modernity with modernity with tall toll wax candles in sliver silver sconces But King WS who used to come ome to the schloss occasionally had conceived ed the Idea of or making use o of the thc water waterpower waterpower waterpower power supplied by the torrent In the tho valley The whole castle from turret to dun dungeon eon was lit b by electric light Bright groups of ot bulbs hun hung from the vaulted roof root of the hall On Tommys Tommy's s stable table stood a n silk shaded lamp like those in use on the table is the Mas- Mas cotte After supper Just ns os Tomm Tommy had lit his first cigarette the patriarch entered entered en en- terel the room lIe He came In some state clad in his purple cassock accompanied accompanied ac nc- ac- ac companied lI by Count Albert Casimir and two of ot the clergy Tommy rather uncertain how he ought to receive such company laid down his cI cigarette orette stood up and bowed The patriarch bowed a n little stiffly He lie was a portly man and had no doubt supped somewhere else The girdle of or his cassock seemed a little littleR 1 II R I l t Tommy Was Led Lcd by His Servant to Large Stone-Paved Stone Hall tight for him One of the four servants servants ants set a chair for him hint and he sat down The two clergymen bowed muttering softly as they did so What hat the they said ma may have ha been the n equivalent of ot the American Furry Vurry VUlT urr curry vurry glad to meet you ou or the they may inns have felt It their dut duty to offer otTer n a short prayer The They sat down Count Albert Albert Al Al- bert hert clicked his heels together bowed and saluted T Tommy failed to io click his heels together though he lie tried but he managed a Ii fair Imitation of u military salute He and Count Albert sat down The patriarch gave an nn order and a servant senant brought ht a n fresh bottle hottle of ot wine One of the priests drew a u box of cI cigarettes from sortie some pocket among the folds of or his cassock and handed It round The llIe business of the meeting he began un Count Albert acted as Interpreter Sic Sie Deutsch please he said Tomm Tommy understood that and replied em emphatically that he did lid not Tommy with an effort recognized as the German for French Keln he said That Is to say a Non on at ut least nothing worth mentioning men men- though of ot course I know a n few words like petit petit and bonJour hon bon Jour and mo mol 1 said Buld Count Albert but hut not el very hopefully No Z said suld Tommy I dont Nor Spanish Portuguese S Swedish Russian nor modern Greek In fact I may mn aswell as us aswell well own up at once that Its It's Eng Eug i English lish nothing with or me It ItUS was US evidently e ver very difficult to communicate with Tommy There was consultation In the course e of which one olle of the priests made n suggestion which was regarded as af hopeful Cc C nt Albert Al AI- J. bert turned to Tommy Patriarch he said pointing to him hits All right said r Tomm Tommy Ill try Ive I've learned Latin o of course and I used u.-ed to know it quite well but not conver conver- tin The patriarch was not so fluent with his Latin ns as he might ht have been It ItIs ItIs Itis Is the ecclesiastical language of the world but hut hut- but Well I once knew n a priest who asked whether In the tile title of ot the famous Ne Bull was wn a n second or a third conjugation verb erb Yet that man read his breviary hrc faith faith- fully There was more e excuse for tor the patriarch than for him The fhe services of ot the an church are ure not said I In Latin But nut even If It the patriarchs patriarch's Latin had been much better than It was there would have han been difficulties x Our English schools have ho of late lote years al altered altered al al- their wa way of ot pronouncing Latin No doubt the ne new v sounds are better hetter than the English as a's is i's and soft toft cs c's to which I was brought up but we have ho not yet et achieved ed the true tnie Italian ecclesiastical whine Tommy did not understand the patriarch nor could he make the patriarch understand himEs himEs himEs him Es 1st said Count Albert Albert Albert Al Al- bert n at t last A pity not so EO 7 er E Every one especially t the e stout patriarch patriarch patri patri- arch was e extremely humored good but no one knew how to say what had to be said to Tommy If It If Count Alberts Albert's En English came very ery slowly If U If here were Casimir Casi- Casi mir were Istvan nn Graf Graf Graf-Ach Achl I 1 II I 1 say say said ald Tommy What about getting the princess to come and In Interpret interpret In in- She knows nil all the languages there are arc He lIe must have pronounced the word princess er very badly for tor no one knew v what he meant Calypso he lie fried tried This time the patriarch but he shook his head decisively For some sonic reason the presence of r the prIncess princess princess prin prIn- cess was not desirable Well then try tn Miss Church said Tommy Sl She e k knows German though she cant can't talk tolk L flees rees said Count Albert doubt doubtfully rull Y Yes cs said Tommy Miss Church Fraulein KIrche That Is to say suy if It you yon really speak French Mademoiselle Eglise or here or here he turned to the patriarch patriarch patriarch pa pa- and spoke e er very clearly Ec clearly Ec clesia clesia Virgo Virgo o Janetta The part party of or was entirely bewildered but hut Tommy was not beaten beat beat- en cn yet et He lIe took a n pencil and a n piece 0 of paper from his pocket and made a rapid sketch o of Janet Tomm Tommy was no artist and nn any resemblance his picture pic plc- ture bore to Janet must have been that of a caricature But nut It was Instantly recognized and greeted with Ith applaud applaud- applauding In ing laughter Ach so so said Count Albert And the patriarch made sounds which are the L equivalent of Ach so One of or the priests was sent to fetch Janet Taner The patriarch ordered a n fresh bottle hottle of ot wine The cigarettes were handed round and the party settled down clown downer er very comfortably to wait walt There was no conversation for tor the were much too well bred to talk to toone toone toone one another In a language which their guest west did not understand But nut everybody everybody every every- bod body smiled amiably at nt everybody e else Janet had hall gone gone to bed but the priest who was sent to fetch her was wasa wasn a n determined man A quarter of ot an hour later he lie led her info into the hall She was clad In the pink dressing gown and the slippers which she had worn when Tomm Tommy first saw her Inthe in inthe inthe the corridor of the A Adlon lon hotel Janet was not In the least embarrassed embarrassed embarrassed embar embar- b by her costume or by the company com coin pany In which she found herself but she was Yer very much annoyed at nt being roused out of her first sleep I wish to goodness she said to Tommy that you'd oud learn enough Ger Ger- German German man to be he able ahle to get on without perpetually perpetually perpetually per per- appealing to me The fhe patriarch unfortunately shared the view of Sandor the chauffeur that Janet was the princess princess' maid He lie neither stood up to greet her nor Invited invited In in- her to sit down This very verj naturally naturally nat nat- Increased her feeling of Ion tion ion If Tom Tommy nr had not rushed off to get a chair for her the chances of ot the reunion of the other Christian churches with that of would have been compromised The patriarch spoke to her Janet listened for a while and then cut the poor man mon short In the middle of or n a sen sen- tence lie sn says s 's she told Tommy that the marriage is fixed for tomorrow morning Marriage l The princess and I I suppose so said Janet Its It's certainly certainly I not you Ou and I. I But he lie cant can't do that said rom Tommy my OI Marriages cant can't be lIt rushed In that U way It takes tules a n fortnight to get a li li- li cense If H he calls the banns bann it'll take tal three weeks Janet said something to the patri patriarch arch and he replied lIes Hes surprised she said to Tomm Tommy Tommy Tom Tom- m my to OIto hear that you ou are unwilling to marry the princess Im not In the least unwilling said Tommy Tell him him theres there's nothing Inthe in inthe inthe the world Id I'd like Ille better Make that clear to him will you gnu ou 1 Its It's n a most important point and I dont don't want any misunderstanding about It Janet trun translated but hut Tomm Tommy did not altogether trust her He lie tried an nn explanation of hl his own In Latin et laetus ero he said re in any anytIme anytime anytime time you ou like TO DE nE CONTINUED |