Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-10-08

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Vile. This Very Morning ! Received
From the Patriarch q Telegram"
him. That. and the benevolent neu.
trality Of France, might save the stu
alton. But how could England recog.
nixe q revolution which had either put
no king on the throne or set up some
impossible person like Emlly's curatef
Troyte explained all that to us.
slowly and carefully.
"But thought" said Cable. shat
you'd squared the League of Nations
and all that lot"
Troyte objected TO the word
squared" I dare say the League Of
Nations would have objected to II too,
What he had done, so he said, was 10
create IN atmosphere favorable to the
consideration Of the claims OF an Eng
lish king to the Lystrian throne.
Meaning Lord Norheysf" said
Cable.
Troyte nodded. He certainly had
not meant his atmosphere" TO en-
velop Emily's curate.
I'm my opinion" said the king. "the
best thing for rs TO do is to leave
things as they are"
Surely" said, mot exactly as
they are. That curate belongs more
or less to my sister Emily and shes
bent on finding him. There'll be q
frightful row II she discovers him lying
In a dungeon In Lystria."
Nobody need ever know" said
Cable.
THE English lady who accompanied
theni,- said the king. must be aware
Of the facts, and II judge her char.
acter correctly, she win certainly tell
what she knows"
"whst English ladyf" said Cable.
'Her name" said the king. lis
Church, Miss Church, and unless I'm
mistaken about her"
IF Janet Church IL there" I said.
shes certain 90 have telegraphed TO
every ambassador In Europe and also
TO the prime minister aud the leader
Of the Labor party and all the differ
ent Liberal parties there are. demand
Ing the instant release OF Emily's
curate."
"What I want to know" said Cable.
lis what's going to happen about my
oil concessionf"
Nobody could give him any informa.
ton about that. II had not been
granted by the Megailan government.
Indeed. II had not been granted by
anybody. All Cable really had In
writing was promise that Il would
be granted by the king OF Lystria
when he was safe on the throne.
THAT" said King wiadislaws lis
why I say that things had better be-
left as they are"
"But they can't" I said. "Emily's
curate can't be left In prison. You
don't know my sister Emily or you
wouldn't suggest IL. Besides. there's
Janet Church to be reckoned with"
81. think" said the king. shat by
this time the young man has probably
been released. perhaps married. poe
sibly even crowned"
Good Cd" said Troyte. "fou
don't mean to say you actually
think"
The king waved his hand cheerfully.
The patriarch" he said. Us a man
OF unbounded patriotism. devoted to
the cause Of Lystrian Independence.
And he dislikes. intensely dislikes. the
archimandrite OF Megalla. The Lys-
TRAN nobility wish for king. an Eng
llsh king. a sportsman"
"Emllys eurste seems to be that.
I said
MY daughter" said the king. Il
am now speaking very conndentially--
my daughter rather liked that young
man. liked him myself. Casimlr
liked him Everyone liked him. Ny
daughters only objection TO marrying
him was the existence OF . certain
Aiss Temple Now Il appears that in
his case there 10 no Miss Temple. Il
10 hkely-T DO not say certain. hu,
vssy akely-that Calypso will insist
Il - nE