Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-10-22
SYNOPSIS

In secordsncs with The sage aSviss II
mir. joins e.. ssr,y :! s:,iin' = .srs.:.
the situation ana siisw Tommy. with
Calypso, - ascend the throne Of Lystrta.
ne was undoubtedly right Concern
ing the flame" which Miss Viola Tenn
pie. az one OF the most popular stage
dancers Of the British metropolis, had
enjoyed. That fact had been at the
bottom OF Lord Troyte's scheme Of the
Lystrian marriage. With the cool, far.
seeing wisdom for which he was noted
he had seen In the union q double
purpose, the saving Of his nephew
from an undesirable alliance with .
dancer whs did not happen TO be .
princess. and the exploitation Of the
Lystrian oil fields In the Interests Of
England He had once remarked to
me, when We both felt that we must
save" Norheys from Viola Temple:
IF England 10 to hold her place In
the van Of the worlds progress she
must control IN adequate supply Of oil.
With an English king on the throne Of
Lystria and an English company at
work In the oil fields"
Treyte is.a great statesman. Only
great statesman could or would say
q thing like that. Only q sincerely
patriotic man could have conceived
such q scheme.
The princess. one arm still around
viola's neck. cooed Into her ear:
Elm 90 glad you've got him safe
I wouldn't have taken him from you
for anything. And now I'm married.
too. Isn't II splendidf And only for
your beautiful letter perhaps neither
ever would have been"
II should Hike" said Troyte with dig.
nifty, ito have some conversation with
the patriarch"
The patriarch, Il seemed. wanted
70 have some conversation with
Troyte. He had been pushing his way
through the excited mobiles while the
princess was kissing Viola. A soon
az he had secuted q place for himself
In the front row. he made q speech.
II was partly In Lystrian and partly
In German. !Troyte understands mel
Their language. He turned TO me to
interpret fof him. .s.~~sSr~~.
What's he saylngf" he asked.
My German Ia rusty through long
disuse. aud I never knew any Lys-
trian. However, I think I picked up
the main thing the patriarch wanted
10 say.
"As Tar a. can make out" I said,
hes trying 10 tell you that one Lord
Norheys viii do quite as well as an.
other. The coronation 10 TO be this
afternoon
"But." said Troyte. "this young man
isn't Lord Norheya Tell him that"
told him. After bad nnished.
Janet Church told him again. In
much better German than mine. We
did not make much Impression on the
patriarch. All he said In reply was
that n the Lystrians could not have
Graf Bunny Norheys, they would be
perfectly satisfied with Graf Tommy
Tell him." said Troyte. shat this
young man isn't count aud isn't Nor
heys at ALL"
Then Tommy Joined In.
There's no use saying I'm not Nor
heys when I am" he said. though
spell my name with two RS instead
OF an 'rh.' which strikes me as a more
sensible way Of doing Il, AS for my
not being q count. n you can get that
Into the patriarch's head. yoo'll do
more than can. I've been at him all
morning and 90 has Miss Church
We've assured him over and over
again that I'm not q count. but he
can't be rot TO understand. Not that
care what he calls me. only didn't
want any irregularity about the mar
rage. which there might have been n
I was married under a wrong name"
The confusion" I said. in the pa.
triarch's mind probably arises from
the custom. prevalent all over Europe.
OF every member Of q titled family
using the title. Take the Casimirs.
for instance. don't know how many
Casimirs there are
They're all Caslmirs," said Tommy,
waving his hand toward q group Of
Lystrian mobiles. IAN except seven"
"And I'm sure" said. shat they're
all counts"
"Every single one OF them said
Tommy.
so you see" said 20 rroyte. show
the patriarch's mistake srose. HI
naturally thought that everyone called
Norheys must be q marquis"
"But he isn't" said Troyte.
rs II worth while" I said. Correct
ing the mistake nowy'
Apparently Troyte thought Il was
He insisted on having what he caile,
q conference with the patriarch. d,
not think the patriarch liked Il. 70
there was . wedding feast waiting b
be eaten In the great hall Of IN
castle. But Troyts vas nrm. He an
the patriarch and Cable went on. tai
Ing Janet with them 70 act ~ Intel