The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-03-24
The
''Chirmeeons"
~ WILlsAm PALE

i ~ WILLIAM FALL
g, 1871. wsstsrH Newspaper usionl
F. Addison Blake whistled as he
set down his lawyers letter. Then he
looked out Of the windows Of the din
Ing hall of Fyles Abbey into the heart
of8 an English countryside In June.
Suddenly he turned In answer to his
wife's inquiry.
"Muriel. DEAR" he said, "if ! hadn't
received this letter by this mornings
post we should have lost our new
home forever"
"How. dearf' inquired his pretty
wife, startled.
This way: You know Lord Tyne.
side, from whom we bought 1t. didn't
appreciate having to sell a property
which had been In his family for eight
hundred years to an American whose
father made his fortune packing pork.
And you remember he was quite nasty
to US. Well. he omitted to point to i
very vital item In the title deed. which
Barrett & Go. have Just discovered In
the nick Of time. Fyles Abbey was
granted to the first Lord Tyneside By
Henry v, who. as you may remember,
died from overeating. And, while nomi.
nally gift, It was to be held, like
many Of these old castles. upon q co.
rious condition. and to revert to the
crown II ever this condition were not
complied with. In brief, the owner
has to present to his majesty every
year, on the anniversary Of the gift,
ten surgeons. And the anniversary q
next Thursday. And the king is n
Scotland"
present ten surgeonsl" exclaimed
Muriel In amusement.
"Yes. my dear. The original deed
is almost undecipherable. but the law
yers say there Is no doubt that the
word Is surgeons. or as the spelling
has It, 'chirurgeons.' I suppose King
Henry used them to cure his indiges.
ton, but I'm sure don't know what
King George will use them for. i
guess he'll knight them andtsend them
home"
They kept it out Of the newspapers.
but everybody In London was talking
about the kings illness on Thursday
afternoon, even before the train. bear.
Ing eleven gentlemen pledged to strict
est secrecy, rolled into Balmoral sta.
tion. Upon the platform stood the
station master, with an army OF
newspaper men.
wont you let us know what Is the
matter with the king7" pleaded the
youngest reporter ingenuously, as the
puzzled medics looked around IN be.
wilderment.
"Not a wordi" exclaimed Mr..
Blake angrlly. Gentlemen, this is all
mistake. There's nothing the mat.
ter with his majesty. This is purely q
political visit"
THE kings playing golf on his
links" piped up the inevitable small
boy. II saw him through the hedge"
"Then It'll be an operation groan-
ed the station master.
Blake and his surgeons started up
the road.
At last they left the. road, and, trass
ersing field, halted before a hedge
Of hawthorn, behind which could be
seen golf green. sire itching away up
to where Baimpral castle stood In the
:s:!ast 6: IS 11z.ks AMI woods. GT,hero
the doctors, who hail been in quiet
consultation, halted.
"Mr. Blake" said the leader, dig.
niied, elderly gent ieman, before we
go step farther We must insist on
knowing just why = pu have brought us
to Balmoral. and " hat your authority
is. We respectful lily decline to ap'
proach through ikap in a hedge.
Il told you v puld pay you City
pounds apiece" shouted Blake angrl'
~.
"My dear sir" al d the eldest, In 4
smooth, professional voice, III you will
come back home, + am sure we car
bring him to your bedside"
my bedside2 II ou think I'm crazyy'
demanded Blake.
AS he shouted something whtzzed
over his head, an ] two men came UP
to the hedge.
"Sllced, slrl" q kclaimed one Of the
players. 18TH be In the long grass,
think"
u want to 90 the kingl" yelled
Blake, as the pl ayers stopped.
"At your servA e. sir" answered tbs
other, short N an with pointed
beard and prom inent eyes. At The
sight of him the doctors closed round
Mr.. Blake, ate mpting to pull hin
down.
Listen, your majesty" shouted thu
American. I'm not crazy. I've bouHh
Fyles Abbey, an I've brought ten sur
geons to pay ny yearly rental. I
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