Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-08-13

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LORD HORHEYS."
The king gave pleasant anC
smiling imitation OF Tommy's emphat
ic assertion.
Il don't think you quite understand
me even NOW. l really am not LORD
Norheys."
The king waved his hand airily.
That's a tremendous comfort &c
me" he said at gets us out OF the
Miss Temple difficulty. and. TO tell the
truth. that affair was becoming Sc.
rious."
who on earth is Miss Temple r
asked Tommy. desperately.
''Oh. an actress, / believe" said the
king. smiling. ''Or a dancer. But It
doesn't matter. does lit Lord Nor
heys. II seems, has foollshly promised
10 marry her. Even that wouldn't
really have mattered. You could have
kept her In the background"
Don't say YOU" said Tommy.
I've told you over and over again
that am not Lord Norheys."
''Of course you're not. know that
and I'm very glad of IT. II simplIies
things immensely. for though Lord
Norheys might have married Calyp-
so in spite of Miss Temple. I'm afraid
Calypso wouldn't have married him.
Miss Temple wrote letter to my
daughter. most pathetic letter. beg
ging her not to take Lord Norheys
away from her. Il affected Calypso
greatly. There was something In II
about 'one eve lamb. and Calypso.
having lots OF fiOcks and herds. II
seemed TO me rather am odd descTip-
ton of young man. The patriarch
used to quote that parable TO me, but
then II always was-welI, eve
lamb. That stun never made much
Impression on me. but Calypso wept
when she read t. She said that II
you'd promised to marry Miss Tenn
pie
But haven't"
$50 / told Calypso. I told her that
she must not mix you up with Lord
NOrheys. She said that even II you
hadn't actually promised to marry her.
you had certainly stolen away her
young affections"
II haven't" said Tommy.
.of course not. Their affections
are seldom as young as all that At
least. that's my experience Those
eve lambs are generally pretty well
able to take care OF themselves. But.
of course, II would have been no good
saying that to Calypso. or for the
matter OF that. to the patriarch. The
patriarch Is a very supplemented old
man. He believes in young affections
and broken hearts and all that sort OF
thing. However fortunately. We
haven't got to argue with him and
Calypso along those lines All we've
got to do Is make them believe that |
you are not Lord Norheys. Once they
believe that, all our difficulties van
isE The marriage can go on.
do you mean TO say" said Tom
my, that you're still willing to al
low me to marry your daughterf"
.0f course l am said the king "
always was. I never took that Miss
Temple business In the least serious
". These things will happen. Every
body except Calypso and the patriarch
knows that"
.But it hasn't happened" said Tom
my. AT least, II hasn't happened TO
me- II may possibly have happened
to Lord Norheys l don't know any.
thing about that
lust what / said TO Calypso. and
just what you will have to say to the
patriarch Then the only obstacle TO
the marriage yanishes.
No. II doesn't said Tommy. AT
least, that one may. But there's an
ofher obstacle. a much worse one"
"If there's another" said the king.
for heavens sake don't let her write
20 Calypso Who IL she7 Don't say
rs Miss Church. If IL Is. we're done"
Il never saw Miss Church In my
ife tin yesterday said Tommy.
Il thought It could hardly be her.
she really Is rather too old foe that
Iorf Of thing. But II IA had been her.
( would have been awkward. very
lwkward indeed shed have gone in
Ders0n 10 the patriarch. and nothing
T0u could have said would have
fralghtened things out. However, II
{ isn.t her. Il doesn't really matter.
o long as the other one doesn't tele-
rmph o. write
There lsn'g another one"
You've tusf told me there Is" said
ha king You said. .anofher and s