Askov American., 1925-04-02


sooner than he meant to BY contin-
uously pushing the Princess Calypso
at him and worrying him about the
crown OF I.ystria. Cable. with his at
tempt at bribery and his ill-timed
threats. had settled the matter But
there was no use making things
worse for Troyte By telling him that
II was largely his own fault. I tried
to soften the blow to him.
I'm told" ! said. that she's q
nice. iady-iike girl He might have
done worse
Troyte sat slipping a glass Of cog
mac without speaking. I went on:
.And. after all, II wouldn't have
been all JOY marrying q Balkan prin-
cess. I don't know this Calypso girl
personally. but can't help feeling
that n young woman brought up
among bearded brlgands. with. snowy
mountains all round. and heavy bar
baric jewels given her foe birthday
presents. might turn out TO be what
the French call farouche. 1 don't
! meant TO hint that she isn't q lady
but she may be bit lacking in Sc
renity."
Il don't believe he's gone on with
Miss Temple" said Troyte.
The thing seemed 90 obvious 10 me
that I could see no reason for doubt
ing IL. But the next thing Troyte
said startled me.
THE fact is" he said. 'that Nor
heys promised me three days ago that
he'd 20 out to Lystria. He said he'd
be ready to start tomorrow"
-Did he say he'd marry the prin
cessY
"No. He didn't. II you want his
exact words. he said, I'll have q q
at that jolly old crown. Uncle Ned,
just to please you"
have never known Nsrheys~ q
back on his word. II he said that he
certainly meant to do H.
I. "And he promised TO start tomor'
rowr I said:
"Yes. But he may have changed
his mind and started the. day before
yesterday. told him that every
thing was ready. As matter oi
fact. Cable has had an agent from
Lystria waiting In Berlin for a week
ready to make q dart across the
frontier the very moment Norheyi
arrives. Every one In Lystria 10 pre-
pared for the coup d'etat The patri
arch and most Of the leading MOBILES
are to be In the Schloss Amberg. one
Of the old royal palaces. Gable hal
poured money into the country and
has got the whole thing thorough,
organized. In fact. he told me tha
he'd managed to bribe the Presiden
Of the Megalian republic and thre'
Of his cabinet ministers, 80 that the.
won't make fuss when Lystria de
clares Its independence. I've settle,
things with the French. more or less
that is to say, they've agreed to leav
1t to the League Of Nations"
"Whlch meansY
Troyte smiled slightly.
Talk" he said, "and time"
$50 you really think that II MOI
| ucyo hub kouc tHtFt
Everything win 20 quite smooth
ly." said Troyte. But I wish he'
told me he was starting at once"
And II might have been better.
I said, IF he hadn't taken Miss TEN
pie with him."
said Troyte. Hang II all. the boy
gentleman. He wouldn't 60 or Il
marry the princess with that othel
woman In attendance"
| felt as sure as I could be about
anything that Norheys had not gone
OF to marry the princess. But he
might possibly have gone to Lystris
TO see IL he could secure the crown
without the princess. He told me he
was anxious TO please his uncle and
to supply the empire with oil.
What would happen" I said, III
he asked for the crown and refused
to marry the princessf"
He wouldn't get H." said Troyte
The Lystrians are iegftimists to the
backbone"
And II BY any chalce-rm no,
saying that It is 90. I'm only making
q suggestion-if By any chance Mis-
Temple followed him there Of her
own accord. what would happenr
Il should think said Troyte, -thai
the patriarch would probably hang
Norheys and imprison Miss Temple
But that cant have happened The
girl wouldn't be such q fool az to &c
there on her own"
Then q servant came In and mur-
INJURED to Troyte that Mr.. Cable want.
ed to see him on very important bus.
mess
"Show him In said Troyte.
] had never seen Procopius Cable.
With Norhey's description fresh In
my mind I expected a repulsive look.
ing man Norheys called him "a Sc
mite toad" an octopus" and "a
Shiny money+lender" was agree
ably surprised He did not look like
a gentleman. but there was no doubt
about his being masterful and strong
! saw that he pos-essed ability Of an