Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-09-03
CHAPTER xIv-consinued

brought him 10 the table where tbs
princess and Janet sat
ALLOW me to Introduce Mr. Allen Il
you. he said. Then. turning TO Allen
he murmured: MY wife. and my
secretary. Miss Osborne"
That left Allen 10 decide for him
self which was the wife and which
the secretary. He was puzzled He
looked at Janet and then at Tommy.
He looked at Calypso. and thought OF
his sister and the other unruly maid
ems in the canteen. AT last he de-
clded in favor Of Janet
Il want TO thank you. ne said TO
her. ..for all your kindness TO my sis
ter"
Janet took that very well. She had
been kind, after her own fashion. 10
so many different people that she
could not possibly recollect them all.
She inquired graciously for Miss Al
zen. and received an account Of her
marriage to. young officer she had
met at the canteen.
The introduction passed on surpris-
tngly we'll; but Tommy was by no
means done with Allen. That eve
ming they met again.
Ever see any Of the fellows from
the old regiment nowHdays7" said
Allen.
Tommy would have been glad to
know what the old regiment was He
wished very much that he had thought
OF asking Casimir and the king for a
little more information before he I'M
dertook 10 be Colonel Heard.
II ran into Simpson the other day"
said Allen. you remember Soapy
Simpson and the old Frenchwoman in
the rest billets behind Glvenchy."
Rather" said Tommy heartily,
that's how he got the name Soapy,
wasn't it7"
WAS itT" he said. "But there
wasn't any soap in that business, was
there7"
ct may have been cheese" said
Tommy zone gets confused about
these things"
"Oh." said Allen. you're thinking Of
Collins They always said 1t was on
account of that cheese that you rec
commended Collins for the d. S. o.
That" said Tommy. "is gross
Islander. AS matter of fact. Collins
recommendation for the d. S. o. went
In before any one heard word about
the cheese"
He felt that he owed that much 10
Colonel Heard's reputation. Whatever
Collins had done about the cheese,
whether ne had eaten Il, Fefrained
from eating it. stolen it, or baited a
mOusetrap with IT, no conscientious
colonel would have recommended him
for a ID. S. o. on that account alone.
ODDLY enough. said Alien. Il heard
from Collins the other day. sup
pose you know be married that little
red-haIred v. A. D. who used to be at
WImereux."
II always expected he would" said !
Tommy. though In my opinion she
was a great deal too good for him. t
can't Imagine what any girl could see
in Soapy Simpson,"
cit was Collins who married her,
not Simpson. Did say SIMPSON,"
s.0h, Collins. said Tommy That's
different, OF course. What's Collins
doing nowi%
..He and she are running a chicken
farm In Monte Carlo" said Allen.
making quite good thing out Of it,
/ believe.
After that Tommy escaped and went
TO bed. But Allen came at him again
the next morning. He had a passion
for "Reminiscences. and seemed TO have
known every single officer in ''the old
except Colonel Heard him
self Young Bright had come to grief
over a dud check which he cashed in
3 night club in London. Tommy ex-
pressed great regret for his fate. Poor
Styles was still llmping about and
would never get back the use Of his
ex. Tommy regretted that, too. After
! while Allen got hack to the subject
" his sister, and Mrs. Heard and the
.anteen-
shell be surprised when tell her
rye met Mrs Heard out here said
Allen. THAT last letter ! had from
Ter she said she'd been invited to
meet Mrs. Heard at a teaparty some
where in Kenslngton. Unfortunately
he couldn't &c"
THAT must have been long while
IgO, said Tommy
mot 80 long said Allen. Il only
rot the letter last week
'sTf your sister had gone to that tea
'arty,r said Tommy. -she wouldn't 4
ave met my wife. She's been out
ere for the last six monthsr
That, he felt ought TO put a stop
o any chance meeting in L0ndOn be Z
ween Mrs. Heard and Mise Allen. /
those name Of course was NOT Alien
ny longer, for she had married an Of Q
Ger whom she met In the canteen- {
thing which showed that Mrs. O
Heard had not kept q light enough 3
and over her.
Tumuay wems to bed very wala SAT Q
sfsed with himself. Ht had proved .
easy 60 play the part Of r