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

as soon as he has the oil Industry In
working order. He intends to hire
n couple Of our best-known literary
men--he even mentioned the names
OF those he had In mlnd--to write the
country up. Lotus Eating In Lys-
tria." suppose. with Six Colored
Illustrations and perhaps The
Beautiful Bypaths Series. Lystria,
by With ten photographs of the
author" Cable In extraordinarily
thorough. He fs writing to an Ameri-
can literary paper for the name of
the best-known poetess raised on
their side" He means to commission
her to do some Lystrian Lyrics. II is
plainly no use my entering into CON-
petition with such people By describ-
ing the scenery, manners, costumes.
customs and morals Of the Lystrians.
They are q nice people. and they
have a beautiful country. but my only
Interest just then was to get through
II a. fast a. possible ! was not spe-
ciaily enjoying the scenery. was not
noticing the mountains. the torrents,
the villages. the pastoral scenes or
the ruined fortresses except to note
the speed at which we passed them.
The quicker we could get By II, oil
the better pleased I would be. At an
other time might return to admire
the scenery.
We caught our Arst glimpse Of the
schloss Amberg Just as Tommy did,
from the top of the hill on the other
side Of the valley. II was decked
with nags They hung out Of every
window. huttered from every nagstaff
there were a good many nagstaffs-
and were festooned along the walls.
Il wonder what that means" said
Troyte.
Looks like kings birthday show"
said Norheys "wiadislaws might
have told us what TO expect"
Much more likely to be the prin-
cess wedding" said Cable.
Perhaps" I said. 1T may be a pub
lie rejoicing at the death Of Emlly's
curate. shall be sorry II they've
executed him."
The car aid down toward the valley
and the stream that ran through II.
II was going at n comfortable pace
comfortable because II was rapid. The
chauffeur was missing the bumps, and
the speed at which we were travelling
did not seem TO be AZ fast rs Il actual
" was, because Of the quality Of his
driving. xMs~a~T~-~-
The car crossed the bridge and be-
gan to climb up the twisty road to
the gate Of the schloss. Suddenly q
salute was fred BY the guns on the
walls. They did not all 20 on az once.
and they were not very big guns, but
they made quite an impressive amount
Of noise. Every rife about the place
was shot or az or about the same
time. adding q clatter to the din. Our
bearded chauffeur, who had been get.
ting more and more excited since we
saw the nags, lost control Of himself
altogether when he heard the guns.
He stood up. waved his arms wildly
and shouted. There are nasty steep
banks on each side of the road. II
Norheys, who was sitting In front Of
the car. had not grabbed the steering
wheel. we should certainly have left
the road aud gone rolling over and
over TIL We reached the river In the
valley. In that case we should none
Of us have heard what had happened
about the princess and Tommy. 4
should have been sorry, for I was full
OF curiosity 49,. >~ss-sass-.'-@
We left the car at the gate Of the
schloss and passed into the courtyard.
II was half full OF soldiers. I fancy
that the whole Lystrlan army was
drawn MP there In a square. Many
OF them were still firing of their
rifles The officers were waving their
swords.
Something unusual was happening
but whati All the excitement portend-
ed some great event. something In
which the entire populace Of Lystrla
was Intensely Interested. In what way
did Il concern US II at allf
We were just In time. Through the
door Of the chapel at the opposite side
Of the courtyard came the sound Of
the. wedding march, played on the
organ. Tommy. with the princess on
his arm. walked out amid deafening
cheers Immediately behind them
came Janet Church. . solitary and
most misunderstanding bridesmaid.
Behind her thronged the Lystrian no.
bliity. All the Count Caslmirs were
there. except Istvan. The half-doxen
or % mobiles with other names were
also there. Janet In an old gray
tweed dress, and our party In our
travelling clothes were the only com
monplsce people. The princess was
splendid In q dress much finer. also
much longer, than the one she had
worn when she danced az the Mas
cote. Tommy had been fitted out by
Count Albert Caslmir In q very hand
some crimson silk suit with jacket
laced. hussar fashion. with gold. I
noticed that he wore one of his own
clerical collars round his neck. Per-
haps that was his idea Of full dress
for q ceremonial occasion. Perhaps
he did Il to please the patriarch. The
mobiles were gorgeous No one who
has not seen the Lystrian nobility In