Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-05

It was partly In Lystrlan and partly
In German. Troyte understands mel
Their language He turned 10 me to
interpret for him.
WHATS he sayingT' he asked
Ny German Ia rusty through long
disuse and never knew any Lys-
trian. However. think l picked up
the main thing the patriarch wanted
10 say.
.As far as can make out" / said.
hes trying TO tell you that one Lord
NOrheys viii do quite as well as an
other. The coronation Is to be this
afternoon"
"But." said Troyte. ''thIs young man
isn't Lord Norheys. Tell him that"
l told him. After / had finished,
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 If the Lystrlans 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 and isn't Nor
heys at all"
Then Tommy Joined In.
There's no use saying I'm not Nor
heys when am" be said, though /
spell my name with two RS instead
OF an 'rh. which strikes me as q more
sensible way of doing It. As for my
DOT being count. If you can get that
into the pafrlarch's head, you1 do
more than / can I've been at him all
morning and so has Miss Church.
We've assured him over ana over
again that I'm not count. But he
can't be got to understand Not that
I care what he calls me. only 1 didn't
want any trreguiarity about the mar
riage. which there might have been II
I was married under q wrong name"
THE confusion" said. an the pa
triarchs mind probably arises from
the custom, prevalent all over Europe
of every member OF titled family
using the title Take the CasImirs,
for instance. / don't know how many
Casimsrs there are
They're all Casimirs," said Tommy,
waving his hand toward q group OF
Lystrian mobiles. 'All except seven"
@And I'm sure. said. shat they're
all counts"
Every single one Of them" said
Tommy
so you see" said to Troyte. chow
the patriarch's mistake arose. He |
naturally thought that everyone called
Norheys must be marquis"
But he isn't" said Troyte.
SIS It worth WHILE said, Correct
ing the mistake now7T
Apparently Troyte thought IL was.
He insisted on having what he called
a conference with the patriarch. do
not think the patriarch liked Il, for
there was wedding feast waiting 10
be eaten In the great hail Of the
castle. But Tr0yte was firm. He and
the patriarch and Cable went OF. TAX
Ing Janet with them TO act as Inter
prefer The princess and Lady Nor
heys went away together, their arms
round each other. Poor Lady Norheys
had been travelling fast for DAYS. /
Ihink she wanted q bath and some
clothes before she sat down to the
banquet amid the magnificent nobles
II Lystria.
While ! had no doubts at the time
nat Tommy would make quite as ac-
.eptable king OF Lystria, as would
s0rd Norheys. 1 also had no doubt
hof VaA~ NoRhov,n .r-....fz - I
i 0uch more attractive queen consorf
han the somewhat plain Calypso.
That matter. however, had been ended.
md Tommy evidently was more than /
atigled with the turn OF eventa AS !
Os Lord Norheys. remembered re-
park he had once made TO me:
I'm not a prejudiced sort Of fellow. {
What always say about things Is
his: A fellow may not have been at I
decenf school, but be may be quite :
decent sort Of fellow. It's the same l
nth girls" '
And be had won the girl Of his {
e0ice. The loss OF the throne Of Lys-
Eia be viewed with the utmost equanl-
Dity. a
could not feel tnAt haQ been q o
reat help, either to Troyte, Lord Nor 0
eva or my sister Emily, IN the whole a
latter. though Il IL worthy Of record Q
Vat N0rheys sfEn calls ma Uncie Bklis =
ud comes to ma for advice when be q
In trouble. which In more or less fire. q
aently. He never by any chance
Ikes Tng advIcs, however. ! dare say q
3 w0uld get into worse tr0ubIe II be q
"a
On tina occasion / was not asked \
r advice. My mephew and mis- Charm 2
< bride evidently had peFheea nm
srstnmdlng aa 90 their future partici-
Ifi0n IN Lystrian nsTairA
gathered that wiem Norheys kook
ssmag by the arm and Spoke 70 him n
aAdemtaagly. m
n sag, yom kzsaws mssDwk pour being b
as instead Of ns aad an kAAaf. Tm n
nv @zaa Never really waneea easa ~
b d Bsk. 0mfy pxwsmzmea 10 take II 4 ~