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CHAPTER II-continued

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Having got all that settled. Cable
approached Lord Edmund Troyte with
a proposal that the marquis OF Nor
heyA my godson, should be king OF
Lystrfa. He would have TO marry the
princess, Of course. The Lystrlans,
being strong legitimtsts. insisted on
that. BBt-rhe princess. so Cable said.
was a beautiful girl. with charming
manners and far more respectable
than her father had ever been.
-As a matter OF fact" said Troyte,
she's a dancer In Berlin. Wladis-
laws did not succeed In carrying on a
penny from Lystria. 80 both he and
the girl have to work for their iiv-
Ing. But that is not an lnsuperable
objection to her"
"Have you" said, "laid that part
Of the scheme before Moneys, asked
him whether he was Wiling to marry
the princessT"
mot yet
II would" / said. IF / were you
I'd mention that 10 NOrheys before
going any further. Indeed, 1t might
be- as well to find out what the prin-
cess thinks about 1t. too"
"She'll be all right" said Troyte.
"Her name Is Calypso"
Calypso Is a pretty name. but
did not see that 1t gave US any guar
antee that the girl would marry Nor
heys.
"Girls are dreadfully Independent
nowadays" l said "You can't be
sure
"She's dancing in cabaret in Ber-
lin. SO Cable says"
"She ought to prefer being married.
to that, / said. 'Stili If were you
I'd consult her. should certainly
consult Norheys."
TrOyte took my advice about con-
sulting Norheys; but he did not give
me the satisfaction of telling me he
meant TO. He went on to discuss an
other side Of the affair.
''The main thing" he said. is that
England should obtain control OF the
LystrIan oil. The civilization Of the
Twentieth century rests on oil pre-
cisely as that OF the Nineteenth cen
fury rested on COAL
as that fellow Cable an English
man7"
Hes a British subject" said Troy
Re, 'naturalIzed before the war"
After that had to listen to an ac-
count Of the uses Of oil In peace and
war which bored me; TO a descrip-
ton Of the distribution OF the pres
ent oil supply Of the world and the
small quantity OF II controlled by
England.
There. think. lay the real motive
Of Troyte's action, the explanation Of
his consent to the plan OF setting |
Norheys on the throne OF Lystria. No |
doubt II pleased him-Troyte has a
great deal Of family pride-to think
Of his nephew being a king. And the
Troytes had some slight connection
with the Lystrian royal family. No
doubt he thought that marriage to
The Princess Calypso would save Nor
heyB from an undesirable enfnnRIe-
nent with Viola Temple Troyte
hated the idea Of having to welcome
hat young lady as the next marchlon-
- of Eorheye No doubt also Ca
Hes remarkable personality had some
influence with him. Procopius Cable
s accustomed to getting his own way
With all sorts Of people. and has per-
Iuaded several clever men to do
oolish things Troyte likes and ad-
hires men Of the Cable kind He
las a theory that the British empire
Ias been built up By buccaneers; IN
he Elixahefhan days By buccaneers
rho went forth in ships and looted.
Iyfng the British nag for their own
rejection. leaving IL stTll fiuftering "a
he places which they sacked after
beg sailed away. In the Eighteenth
entury the empire-building bucca-
GERS called themselves merchants. or
lerchanf mdvemturers. bat they acted I
zmcfIy aa their predecessors DID. I
,oting. and then leaving the care Of i
Ne conquered PROVINCES 10 embnr- {
lssad statesmen at home. AT the 1
Id OF the Nlneteenfh century the {
nccnneers became nnancieF& hut {
'eIK methods and the results 81 them /
ere the same as before. Procopius {
able was thu latesf and albeit Of
leaa nIibustersmg empira-buiIdera '
hnf Vas Troyte's theory about hfn. d
al 4 inflnenced him "a favor Of any ,
fesne suggested b. Cable. n
I.