Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-23

order to enlist his sympathies in our
great movement"
And I'm sure you'll succeed" said
the king. "our patriarch Is full Of
sympathy with all good causes. and
I'm certain that your movement Is one
of fhe best"
Janet helped herself to some Of the
veal which q waiter was pushing at
her In q large dish. The king reflled
her glass She had slipped away al
most half Of what was in II.
ITS the establishment Of world
peace" she said. through the medium
of the United Christian Churches"
In that case" said the king. "you
can count with certainty on eur patri-
arch. There's nothing, absolutely
Establishment of world peace except
perhaps the Unity Of Christian
Churches. though perhaps he's little
inclined TO take the view that the
other churches should unite with his
and not his with them. mean to
say. he thinks that IL there's to be
compromise. II must be on the basis
Of every one else giving way. But all
ecclesiastics are like that. Our pa
triarch isn't peculiar"
"When we speak Of the union Of
churches" said Janet, I'VE mean a
c6ncordat based on the essentials Of
the Christian creed"
"Of course" said the king. "and
you'll find our patriarch absolutely
agrees with you about that so long as
you don't ask him to shake hands
with the Megalian Archimandrite. He
might draw the line there. though, as
said. he's always on for anything
really good. A good cause simply fas-
cinates him. II he has q weakness
m we all have--it Is that he's not 50
fond as he might be of the things
which aren't quite so good as the
Causes. Take young men now. As
you very rightly said a few minutes
ago, young men are young men"
II said they ought not TO be-"
"But they are" said the king. "that's
what the patriarch cannot be got to
see. but I am sure I can rely on you
to put the thing before him In the
proper light. After all, Miss Temple
In long way on. II isn't as II she
was In the least likely TO turn up In
Lystria."
II fear that I can scarcely under
take"
Janet was softened, perhaps for the
nrst time In her life. II II had not
been for the wine, the good food, and
the kings charming manners, she
would no doubt have replied TO him
much more blankly than she did. She
might even have spoken fiercely.
II fear" she said, II cannot under
take to persuade the patriarch that
Miss. Temple doesn't exist"
swell, perhaps not" said the king.
"After all, the patriarch is very diff
ficult man to persuade. never could
do It. dare say Il viii really be bet
ter IL he doesn't hear about Miss Tenn
pie at all. And he never will IL Ca
lypso doesn't tell him."
II shall not consider II my duty to
tell him." said Janet. MY business
with him"
us world unity through peaceful
Christian churches"
"world peace" said Janet, through
the Unity OF Christian Churches"
"Quite So" said the king. land even
II II had been World Churches
Through the Unity Of Christian Peace,
II would still be far more important
than our little affairs. Still, II you
persuade Calypso not to tell the pa
triarch--"
II Cas!mir had been there he might
have said that the king, like poor old
Lear's worst daughter. gave "sweet
oeillades and most speaking glsnces"
TO Janet. doubt very much whether
any one had ever made eyes at her
before. The treatment had a certain
effect.
II shall not" said Janet. "advise
that the patriarch be told"
I dare say Janet's conscience was
gnawing her little. She had drunk
a glass and half Of Burgundy and