Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-05-21

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I've read most Of them. Do you re-
member the beginning Of one Of the
plays-I didn't remember which Il
was nj the time, but I've looked Il
up since. and It's ''The Tanning Of the
Shrew." At the beginning OF II there's
kind Of little play which hasn't
anything 10 do with the threw. or the
tanning or anything else"
No more than Tommy am O
Shakespearean scholar. But I recoi-
iect that there was a kind OF pro-
logue to The Tanning of the Shrew."
tits about q sort Of SPOOL" said
Tommy, (which q lot Of people played
OF on a ragged beggar called Chris
TOPPER Sly, pretending to believe that
the poor man was king or a great
lord or something until they very
nearIy persuaded him that he was !"
remembered the scene when Tom
my described II. A certain lord, re
turning from hunting with his Mt.
tendants, all OF them in merry mood,
found q beggar In a bed in an INN.
And out Of sheer Eaiety Of heart set
to work to persuade him that he was
q wealthy nobleman.
my idea was" said Tommy, "that
they were trying that trick on with
me. ] don't know how the game end
ed In Shakespeare. In fact I don't
think II did end. But I thought I
might just as well 60 through with
II and see what happened. There
was Calypso, you See"
"Yes," said. you've told me how
you felt about her. Did you believe
she was q princessr
"Of course. l didn't" said Tommy.
AT least, not at first. I thought she
was just dancing girl. And
thought her father was head waiter,
and that Caslmir was silly ass
who'd got Shakespeare on the brain.
I'd have chucked the whole thing
and kicked Casimir next time I saw
him. only that really did want to-"
"You wanted TO marry Calypso3"
"Most frightfully." said Tommy,
who is very simple soul.
Considering your position" I said,
''and your profession. and-and my
sister Emily. don't you think you
ought to have hesitated about mar
rying a girl like thatr
II suppose ! ought" said Tommy.
But didn't. A fellow doesn't. you
know. when hes told you that
Calypso laid me out, absolutely
gone man. the very moment saw
her"
That Is all very we'll: but I still
think Tommy ought to have thought
what he was doing. II he married
her, supposing her to be. as he
thought. simply German dancing
girl. he would have had to take her
home with him and she would have
been the curate's wife In my sister
Emllys parish. what sort Of exam
pie was Calypso likely to set TO men,
bers of the Girls Friendly society,"
What would the members Of the
Mothers union have thought about
herr What would dear old Canon
Pyke. simplest. gentlest. most inno-
cent OF men. have thought Of a Gu
the air on the platform Of his paro-
chial hall at the annual entertainment
Of the Temperance society,"
And Emily herselfi My imagina-
ton utterly failed when I tried to
imagine Emily's reception OF Caiyp-
30. She had not very high opinion
Of Tommy before he went to Berlin.
In her original letter to me about his
disappearance she had said that he
was not altogether suited TO be
clergyman. She would have been con.
drmed In that opinion when he came
back with Calypso for wife. There
was no real harm In the girl. she
was as thoroughly respectable as vio
la Temple was But Edmund Troy
te, who was man ~ the world. SHE'D
at the idea OF his nephew marrying
her. Emily, who Is lady not OF this
world but OF the next. would have
been outraged and scandalixed. II
Canon Pyke's curate, man who
preached TO her on Sundays, brought
home Calypso as a wife. How would
Calypso have taught a class In sun
day schoolf Emily would regard u
as part OF the duty OF curate's wife
to teach class In Sunday school.
There are things which Tommy
certainly ought 10 have thought
about: but did not. As he said. "a
fellow doesn't" when he has fallen
suddenly and violently In love. And.
OF course. there were other consid-
erations. Calypso really was q prin-
cess. Tommy did not know that, at
the time. Perhaps no one In the par.
ish would have known Il nj first: but
In the end Il would have leaked out.
What would have happenedl My sis
ter 10 no more q snob than the rest
Of us; but. like all decent people. she
has q respect for royalty. she might
severely condemn the manners. Gus
toms and morals Of q Berlin cabaret
dancer; but she Is not the woman
to do more than whisper nasty things
about a princess Her position would
be really awkward A curate's wife
occupies q definite. quite humble
place In parish. But q princess In
any well regulated church is received
nc the door by the clergy In full ca