Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-08-20

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strictly speaking said the king.
..they didn't choose you. Lord Ed
anund Troyte did that. he and PrOco-
plus Cable between them There had
20 be revolution. OF course, and our
Aristocracy couldn't afford to pay for
II. Nor could the patriarch. Revolu-
lions are appalllngly expensive things,
FAR more expensive than you'd think.
Cable had the money and I'm. bound
60 say he spent II generously. He
flooded Lysfria with English money 10
such an extent that the MegalIan rate
Of exchange went up. which OF course
enraged the Megalians. who had beer
making . very good thing out Of the
valuta By paying on their debts In de-
preciated currency. The Lystrlans
are becomlng actually rich. Bur Meth
er Cable nor the patriarch nor any Of
the rest OF us could have managed
without Lord Edmund Troyte. with
out his help we couldn't have got any
one to recognize the new king. and
thea Of course we couldn't have had
any monarchy"
II suppose not. said Tommy -But
even yet don't quite See"
THAT gave Lord Edmund Troyte
sort OF right to nominate the king.
and But really they ought to have
explained al this to you before yoa
left London
Nobody explained anything to me. "
said Tommy.
well. I've explained II all now"
said the king. Lord Edmund Troyte
nominated you,
I'm perfectly certain he didn't. II
he nominated any one. II must have
been Lord Norheys. and I keep on tell
ing you that I'm not Lord Norheys."
.And keep on forgetting said the
king. But that doesn't really matter
when we're alone. does it7'
Tommy sat silent for while. The
king had at last made the position
clear TO him. He saw exactly what |
Casimir's original mistake had been.
He realized that for some reason
very likely because OF Miss Temple
the real marquis OF Norheys had not /
arrived In Berlin. But even II he had /
arrived. he could not have married the
princess. Miss Temples letter had set
tied that point. Calypso was perfect
" determined, and behind her was
the terrifying figure Of the puritan pa
triarch.
Why should be not step Into Lord
Norheys' empty position? CasiInir
was apparently quite ready TO accept
any one as king who would seat the
princess on the throne beside him The
patriarch had no objection to q curate.
40 long as ne was respectable Gu
rate. And Tommy was perfectly re
spectacle. The head walter ex-kIng
Was delighted 10 accept him as a SON
In-law. SO long as ne was perfectly
and made his position
plain to every one. Tommy did not
wee that he could be blamed afterward
K he accepted bride and atbrBne
which were almost forced upon him.
And, besides-In Judging him we must
siways remember this--he had fallen
n love with Calypso.
The only person who doesn't seem
o have been consulted" said Tommy,
is the princess herself"
CALYPSO went raise any ohjec-
IONS" said the king. "once the Miss
Temple difsculty is removed she's q
rood girl, always was Takes after
Ter mother. You didn't know the late
Iueen. did your"
EMO,
"A thoroughly good woman, said the
ing. 'sln fact. the Only objection to
er was thzt she WAC too good. Ger
ainly much too good for me. She
r0ughf up Calypso with very strict
teas. she and the patriarch between ?
hem u
-But rye NO reason to suppose she'll y
larry EBe. said Tommy. p
-Oh. she win. said the king the
ally d0wn sEse ever had on ron wRs =
vat little muddle-up with Miss Tenn
Ie. UntEa sHse heard Of that sibe hadn't
~ ob5eetign 20 you at all.
sBut that izn't an objection to me-
10 Tommy. sta az objection to -
ord Nokheys
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hat Fm snyfm@ And now that y
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