Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-10-15
CHAPTER Xxx

The king and Casimir left us at
Breslau. There was no help for that
Neither one nor other of them would
have been allowed to cross the IRON
tier. The Megalian government was
determined not 10 have wladislaws on
the throne OF Lystria again. And
they knew Casimir for q persistent
blotter.
They said good-by TO NJ with regret
which was quite unfeigned. II must
have been intensely annoying to CAST
mir TO miss the last scene Of the
drains he had planned. II was not
working out exactly az he planned II,
which made the end NIL the more en-
citing for him. What should we Ind
at the schloss Amberg when we got
thersf What you'd Casimlr hays
found II he could have been with usf
A wedding end coronationf The
public execution Of q pretender 10
the thronea A counter-revolutio
with the Megaiian troops In posses
sion Of the schlossf A patriarch
prime minister under Q new mon
archy. or--such things have happened
In Russia. which is not very far away
- martyred archbishop
= For King wladisiaws the turn Of
events was even more thrilling. He
had developed personal liking for
Tommy. and. In his ewn way, he was
really fond Of Calypso. For all he
knew when he said good-by to rs at
Breslau. she might be Q queen. q pris-
oner Of state. q fugitive among the
mountains, q widow. q bride. or an
exceedingly indignant young woman
anxious for vengeance on everyone
concerned In the trick which had
been played on her.
felt very sorry for the king when
he had 70 say good-by TO Ne at Bres-
lau. He 10 the only king ever met
personally and I liked him. DO not
wonder that there 10 q strong monar-
chical reaction IN Europe Of present.
II there are many klngs like wladis
laws II 10 natural enough that their
people should want to have them back.
Democratic institutions are all very
well In their way. but they Invariably
end In elected presidents Presidents
II have known three or four In my
time-are stodgy compared to King
wladislaws, and Europe does nova
days want q little brightness
Europe has 90 long been used to the
pomp and pageantry OF monarchy that
Il IL hard for the people to accustom
themselves to the simplicity Of repub-
iicA or course the soclalistic element
IL perfectly satisfied. or at least that
wing Of the socialists that is not look.
Ing for something more radical than
republics and seeking communistie
forms Of government. but there are bur
few Of that class In Lystria.
The next part Of our journey was
accomplished In much faster time
than Tommy and the princess had
done n In. We crossed the frontier In
q train. for We had no fear Of being
stopped. and did not feel. AZ they did,
the necessity for keeping or the main
trafic routes We had only twenty.
ave miles 20 90 by motor. I fancy
that we had the same car and the
same driver that Tommy did; though
I cannot be sure about thia Men Of
the bearded brigand type are com.
mon enough In Lystria and many of
them may be chauffeurs II I kept
q car In London--a thing which I
cannot afferd TO dol should try "a
persuade the Lystrian chauffeur to
come homo with me. He would give
an air Of aristocratic distinction Il
any car.
But I was not 90 concerned abou,
the air Of distinction Just az that time
wanted to reach the frontier, want
ed 10 be where I could feel that w
were safe. and I was not feeling thai
way with that brtgand-looking indi
vidual a the wheel He would be al
right In London where there was |
bobby on every corner to offer pro
lection n Il were needed. but Il wal
different on the lonely roads We wer,
travelling.
n I had time and aptitude for IN,
literary guidebook style Of writing.
should describe eur journey through
that beautiful and llttleknown part o
nurops. ! am sure that people woul,
me 10 rad sbest the msuntains tor
rsnfa Villages iengAsrnsa oxen. n
Nd lsrtrssses - - fersA However