Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-06-04

twice Tor each OF the three servants,
. and It had been understood. This
time the man outside simply went on
knocking. Tommy went to the 0eoE
and opened It.
He saw Count Casimir, beautifully
dressed, smlliRg and bowling politely.
Casimir IL always beautifully and ap-
proprlately dressed. have seen him
at the start OF q boar hunt In Lys-
tria with a tail red feather sticking
up In the front Of his cap and boots
that would have suited one OF Prince
Rupert's cavalier troopers havs
seen him In evening clothes and
nothing more perfect could be found
In a drawing room comedy on the
London stage. / did not see him that
morning in the AdI0n hotel. But
Janet Church has given me descrip-
ton Of his clothes- He wore a pale
gray suit with faint blue line IN II.
and creases In all the right places,
a mauve tie harmoniEed with the blue
line. q waistcoat--I must leave 3
blank here and get Janet to tell me
about the waistcoat again. Tommy
was In crumpled gray pajamas and
his face was soapy.
Count CAEimir presented his card.
Tommy read the name on it-Cas-
imir Istvan Graf-but was not much
enlightened. he would IL he could
have read what was printed under
the name. It was large card. much
larger than the visiting cards used
by ladies In England and there were
four lines OF small print on Il, no
doubt description OF Count CAST
mfrs position In society. Unfortu-
nately, these were In a language which
Tommy had never seen before. Il
seemed very queer language. There
were curious curly accents over the
consonants. The letter X appeared
with unusual frequency. There were
several RS with their faces turned the
wrong way. looking very much as
II some one had lifted them up,
turned them over and set them down
the wrong way. The same thing had
happened to a couple of Ms and there
was B with a curious little horn at
tached to II. Tommy could read
Greek. He had a noddlng acquaint-
ance with the Hebrew alphabet and |
could distinguish between German |
capital BIS and V,s. Count Gaslmlr'a /
language was none of these.
II bid you welcome" said Count |
Caslmlr. "In the words Of your great |
Shakespeare, / say, AIS well that
ends WE'LL"
"rm afraid" said Tommy politely.
"that there Isl some mistake"
At this moment Janet Church came
along the corridor, wearing pink
dressing gown, pair OF blue quilted
slippers and a very ribbony cap. She
was on her way TO distant bath.
She saw Casimir. erect and beautiful
The is a very good looking man
in front Of Tommy's door. She also
saw Tommy. with the lather begin
ming to dry on his face.
Janet had been three days In Ber-
lin, worrying the consul and the sec
retaries In ,the embassy for permits
sion to 60 on to Megalia. She had
not received my letter about Emily's
lost curate. Indeed. she never did
receive Il. 1t reached Berlin after
she had gone away and was finally
20 me.
Some women would have hurried
on, turning their heads the other
way. Tommy was In his pajamas.
She herself was most imperfectIy
clothed. But Janet does not suffer
from modesty and she loves interior
ing IN other peoples business. She
calls this being helpful, and believes
It to be vIrtuous.
Can r" she said. -be OF any as
,istance to your speak German
iuently"
CasimIr turned, put his heels to- =
gether and bowed to her. Then he
Kissed her hand. Janet. in a red
lressihg gown and boudoir cap. must Q
lave been a surprising and rather y
disgusting sight. But casimir's man.
lers are as perfect as his clothes. He
would have bowed as politely and ?
;iased her hand with the same ele- a
amt devotion II she had stepped
traight out OF her bath to be help
al. d
~Thanks~ said Tommy, ~just tell t,
his gentleman. viii you. that there's
ONE mistake Most likely they've
emit him up to the wrong room. I'm a
OF the mpn he wants to see" g
Janet made long speech In Ger
ian. Canlmir answered her with q
IN Ionger speech. Janet replied to n
hat. and Casimir, with an immense n
ow OF language. answered her. Tom
" declares that they talked TO each
Their for ten minutes. Then Janet RI
aFned 20 him "a
~He says hls name Is Count Istvan
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