Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-09-17

Count Albert Laid One Of His Books
on Temmys Bed and Began Turn
Ing Over the Pages Of the Other.
show that he meant everything the
dictionary said. The two soldiers
held their rifles at the present to show
that they meant II all too.
Count Albert took up the second
volume OF the dictionary and looked
up another word. This time the Eng
fish translation was: ARRESTED" To
prevent any possibility of mistake. be
pointed first to Tommy. then the two
soldiers. and then once more. to the
word. Tommy had no excuse for not
understanding what bis position was
Count Albert looked out q third
word, and once more handed the book
to Tommy. This was q short word.
consisting Of three letters, one Of
which was an X, and three accents.
II meant: "Place Of execution" and.
according to Count fstvan's Shake
spearean tutor. might also be trans
lated: "Gallows. scaffold or guillo-
tine Count Albert nodded grimly
and pointed to the soldiers. Then he
said. "Piease.-
"But not at this hour said Tom.
my firmly. IT'S simply never done
as late as this The regular time for
shooting q man IL dawn and that's
passed for today. There won't be an
other TIL tomorrow. Besides, you're
bound to give me some sort Of trial.
He took the dictionary with the In
tention Of looking out SHOOT"
down tomorrow" and trial." be-
lieving In that way TO make his mean.
Ing clear. Unfortunately. there was
no English-Lystrian part Of the die
tionary, 30 the book was useless 20
him. Count Albert. with the air Of
great nation which delivers an ulti-
matum 10 a troublesome little tribe.
turned to leave the room. Tommy
Jumped out Of bed and stopped him.
He could not speak Lystrian and he
could not use the dictionary. But he
was not quite at the end Of his re-
sources. He tore out q blank sheet
from the end Of the dictionary and
wrote a letter.
"Ad Reverendissimum beatissimum.
excellentissimum Patriarchum, Lys-
triae. Archiepiscopum. cum Janetta
Ecclesia Miss Church) eonversari
volo."
Then he remembered that both
Count Istvan and Count Albert used
the word Please with extraordinary
frequency In the most unlikely con.
nections. II was evidently a word to
which the Lystrisns attached great I'm
portance. The ancient Romans APP
parently did not. for he could not re
member Latin equivalent Tor Il. He
added Isl Wis" TO the end OF his let
ter, and then, In order TO make Il
quite plain that he wanted TO be po-
lite, wrote. "Bitte. S'il vous piait.
please" He banded the note to Count
| Albert.
Patriarch" he said. -Beatitude.
Archbishop. please
Count Albert scowied, but he took
the note. He walked over to the door.
opened II. turned, said farewell
Please" to Tommy, and then went
out. leaving the two soldiers on guard.
Tommy got up and dressed. That
took him nearly half an hour. Then
he smoked a pipe. Then he looked
out Of the window for a while. The
View was entirely uninterestlng. for
his room looked out on a small court.
yard. but II cheered him to observe
that there were no signs Of the cree
ton OF a scaffold In all the romances
he had ever read the scaffolds for
the execution OF the heroes are put
up under the windows Of their cells.
and they are obliged TO listen TO the
sounds OF hammering and saving even
II they have enough strength Of mind
not TO look out
AT ten O'Clock the door 81 hi, room
was opened and q soldier came In
bringing some breakfast. The Lys.
TRANS. alone among central. southern
and eastern Europeans. have q good
Idea Of what breakfast ought 10 be.
Except that there was no marxnaiade.
Tommy could not have done better m
nrst rate London hotel.
/ AZ half past ten. before he had an
ished eating. Janet Church was shown
In Tommy greeted her with an eager
iccd Of questions
-whst's happenedr' he asked
Why an shut upf why did that
ass. Albert casimir. wake me up this
morning By sccwiins a me. Why did
Ae shove the great dictionary with
The verd 'inpessor- In ft-an enor'
! uess sletissary IN two velsnssf why