Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-07-16

Prince Won Steinveldt. head OF tbs
German ministry for the control Of
aliens.
~You speak not German good said
Won SteInveldt stl@y.
Il don't speak Il at all" said Tom
my, except ia. nein.' helsz wasser
aud bite schoen. / don't believe
know q single weird It's great re-
lief to me to hear you talk Engilsh.
You can't imagine how I've been woF~
RED ali the morning by people AJAX
ing me questions which couldn't IA
derstand. II there's anything y0u
really want to know, I'll be delighted
to tell you provided you ask In Eng
llsh."
.Your namer
-Norreys." said Tommy. aRev.
Thomas A. Norreys. NJ A. I. @. D.
ZACH. soY'
-Yes." said Tommy pleasantly.
''just so. 1 see you've got my pass
port there. II you look at II you'll
see my photograph. My nose Is Of
normal size, my face oval, my eyes
Of a blush color"
@SoY
Exactly So said Tommy. and
then waited
The German referred to some pa
pers which lay before him and then
took another look at TOmmy's pass
port.
s'Your name.r he said. us NoFreys.
but II Is here In the passport not al
together rightly spelled"
~N-o-r-r-e-y-s." said Tommy.
'Here." said the German, tapping
enc OF his own papers. Il your name
N-o-r-h-e-y-s spelled ind Not trusTs
mot In the least true" said Tom-
my.
"Herr Marquis said the German.
we are OF your coming TO this comn-
Try and Of your plan for the reato-
ration Of the monarchy Of Lystria
and Of the so-deep-gripping plots Of
your minister Of Balkan affairs good
informed. The police Auswels per
hitting you longer TO remain In Ber-
lin will not ge-granted be-
II suppose you know" said Tom |
my. -that al that rigmarole about |
plots and monarchles and marQulses
has nothing whatever 70 do with me.
and my name Is spelled exactly az
II ii on my passport"
'The In English so-called blum do
most perfectly understand" said
the German. within the borders OF
the German state may you no longer
remain"
That said Tommy. sis a bit
rough on me, / came over here sim
ply to get rid OF lot OF your money
which I happened 10 have. I don't
want to say anything insulting to
Germany or TO. hurt your feelings In
any way. but you must know that
your money isn't very highly thought
of anywhere else In the world.
don't suppose the most unsOphlsticat-
ed South Sea islander would give you
a c0conut for a whole sackfuI OF
marks. II you turn me out OF Ger
many don't see how ! am to get rid
OF that money at ALL.
IN Germany. said Won steinveldt,
for you to remain Is strongly forbid
dem"
Tommy had begun to feel lrritated
with the ridIcuIously pompous old
man who sat before him. He had
tried to annoy him BY speaking Of
the worthiessness OF German marks.
But the attempt had not been a sue
cess. He tried again. This time q
different faunt.
every wen" he said, III you expel
ne from Germany. shall 60 to
strasburK and make a tour Of Al
sace and Lorraine. They're not in
Germany any longer. you know
ITO cross the frontier said Won
5teInveIdt, ''ls without the police
Auswels entirely impossible.
Tommy thought this over carefully
or minute and then realized the
IbsurdIty OF tbs position.
"YOu say ! can't stay In BerIinY
le said.
Anywhere ID GERMANY said Won
IteinveIdt. -is foE Jon strongly for
'ldden."
and at the same time Jon say
amt go"
TO cross the frontier without the
'olice Auswels impossible isv
so far as 1 can see" said Tom
~ 'the only thing leff for me to do
60 fade away Gradually like the
'heshire eat in ~Alfee In Wonder
md. and I ean.s DO that The only
ind Of man I evsr heard OF who
Duld 90 thas Is Agnhaema. with an
strai body. and I'm not one. But
are say you're sampiy making what
Ou believe TO be . Joke. always
card that German Jokes are q bit