Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-05-28

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poured money into the country ane
has got the whole thing thoroughly
organized. In fact. ne told me thai
he'd managed 70 bribe the President
Of the Megallan republic and thres
OF bis cabinet ministers. so that they
won't make fuss when Lystria de-
clares its Independence. I've settled
things with the French. more or less,
that is to say. they've agreed 10 leave
II to the League Of Nations"
(which meansy'
Troyte smiled slightly.
Talk he said, "and time.~
$50 you really think that Il Nor
heys has gone there"
Everything win 60 quite smooth
~" said Troyte. But / wish he'd
told me he was starting at once. .
And It might have been better, =
said. IF he hadn't taken Miss TEN
pie with HIM"
Il don't believe he's done that. ="
said Troyte. Hang 1t all. the boys
a gentleman. He wouldn't go on to
marry the princess with that other
woman 10 attendance"
I felt as sure as / could be about
anything that Norheys had not gone
of to marry the princess But ne
might possibly have gone to Lystria
to see II 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" / said. III
he asked for the crown and refused
to marry the princess7"
He wouldn't get it, said Troyfe
The Lystrians are legitimists to the
hackbOne."
"And II by any chance-rm not
saying that It Is so. I'm only making
a suggestIon--if By any chance Miss
Temple followed him there Of her
own accord. what would happen9n
II should think" said Troyte, that
the patriarch would probably hang
Norheys and Imprison Miss Temple.
But that can't have happened. The
girl wouldn't be such fool as to go
there on her own"
Then servant came in and muir
INJURED to Troyte that Mr. Cable want
ed to see him on very important bus
mess.
"Show him In" said Troyte.
had never seen Procoplus Cable.
With Norhey's description fresh Ia.
my mind / expected a repulsive look
Ing man. Norheys called him "a Sc
mltic 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 mastertul and strong. i
saw that he possessed ability Of an
kind. I could understand
how 1t was that Troyte believed him
to be an empire-builder. Give and
Warren Hastings, in earlier days
Drake and Froblsher, later on per
haps Cecil Rhodes, must have been
men OF essentially the same sort OF
character. But looking at the man, It
was tolerably certain that he was
not by birth an EngIlshman. He had
become English because England Is
the natural home OF men OF his type,
he only country which has ever I'M
ierstood how to use them. But the
'oreign strain was unmlgtakabIe. II
vas not Semitic Il was not Latin.
do not think IL was Slav. II was
'omething that made him more ex- !
liable and more liable TO display ex-
.itement than q man OF our blood !
would be-
His eyes were sparkling. His face \
eemed to shine and his movements
Vere jumpy when he walked into the {
DOM. When he saw me he stopped.
alf way between the door and the \
replace.
Troyte introduced me formally. told Z
Inn that he need not hesitate to
peak Ia my presence and invited him n
, sit down. Cable stu looked at Il
le doubtfuily. Troyte explained that q
was Norheys godfather and knew I.
u about the Lystrian business. Then a
able bIurted out the news. v
Il came round 10 tell you" he said, 8,
hat I've just had q telegram from
aaimir. xon recoiiect, don't you, 81
cunt Istvan Casimir ls the most IN "
nenfial OF the Lystriau mobiles. He's 1.
y agent In Berlin" =
Yes said Troyfs. 'He was to re- r
i've Norheys there" Al
Everything has gone capltally so II
81 said Cable. Lord Norheys ar a
we'd In Berlin Casimir met him 20
hey crossed the Megnlian frontier 81
day" a.
''TodayT said Troyte. "Norheys IN
ID CasimirT Al,
Lord NOrheys and the princess,
Id Cable. ~CaslmlF couldn't 20 ga
IN them he wouldn't have been ~
lowed 20 cross the frontier. The
triarch is waiting for them in the te
hivas Amberg. They ought to ar n.
70 there tesmoFr0w evening. Next WI
'Fmlng the wedalng viii be ceIe- n
aked tn the Regal chapel. Tomor- ssg
y afternoon the coronation VIII take an
lca@
Cable wzs excited. wildly excited. ca