Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-07-02
King Tommy

ton Of marrying any one OF that
name. Indeed. / do not think he ever
heard the name before OF course.
II was well enough known in Lon
don. and since her friendship with
Lord Norheys became notorious, the
lady's picture had been In all the a.
Illustrated papers But Tommy lived
In a remote corner OF Ireland. He
heard no social or theatrical gossip,
and seldom saw a paper except the
Irish Times which does not publish
pictures OF dancing girls.
Nor did he understand why the
girl In the Mascotte-by far the pref
test OF all he had seen-should have
singled him out among the men pres
emit to be the recipient OF this note
and this odd command. II Viola
Temple had TO be married, there
must surely be some one more suit
ed for the Job than he was. He re
membered the scornful glances which
the girl had cast at him while she
danced and the moeklng ebeisanees
OF her cnrtsIes. He wondered why
on earth she did these things and
what she could possibly know about
him.
Then slowly a little understanding,
a mere gllmmer, came to him.
CasImir had promised that he
should meet a lady at the Mascotte,
had indeed brought him there for the
I purpose. Well, he had met Calypso
Casimir. speaking to him just be-
fore the dance, had called her a
! princess. Princess Calypso. The title
was no doubt picturesque exaggera-
ton intended as an advertisement.
Tommy had heard OF some one known
as the Queen of Song" Perhaps
Calypso was the princess OF Dane
ing" though he did not think that
she deserved the title.
The, whole thing was puzzling. con-
fusing, utterly IncOmprehensible. Yet
Tommy was glad that he had come
to the Mascotte. very glad that he
had seen the girl She was
Tommy always becomes incoherent
when he tries to speak OF HIS first
feelings about Calypso. / do not
wonder. He had all his life been ac-
customed to women like my sister
Emily, some OF them older than EN-
lily, many Of them of course younger.
But all of them wise. sensible, re-
spectacle, like Jaeger underclothing,
which though wholesome is not ex-
citing. Calypso was utterly differ
=ent. II l were 10 compare her to a I
garment-but I do not know enough |
about clothes to do that. and am
told that the best OF these things are
not exhibited In shap windows.
The fact Is that Tommy. then and
there. suddenly, abruptly. hopelessly. |
fell In love with Calypso. do not +
profess to understand love ut first
sight. The six. or seven love affairs
have experienced In life have all
been gradual, a growth OF feeling so
slow that the lady had generally
passed out Of my reach-gone to Nice
or Monte Carlo or somewhere for the
winter before / found out. that was
In love with her. But / am not a
skeptlc about the reality OF these
sudden passions. No sensible man
can be. Literature gives us the
cases OF Romeo falling In love with
Juliet. OF Fanny SQueers falling in
love with Nicholas Nickleby, and
many others. In real life-at the mo-
ment can only recall Garibaldi and
Anita, but that Is good enough. He
fell In love when he was looking at
her for the first time at a great dis
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had a better excuse than that
CaslmIr tapped Tommy on the
arm.
"HIs majesty" he said. wishes to
speak to you
Tommy looked round. The room
was almost clear OF visitors, who had
of to finish nights pleas
ure in the PalaIs de Dance next door.
Walters were busy clearing away
he debris OF meals from the tables
Most OF the lights had been put out ,
Janet Church was standing by her
,elf beside the table where she had i.
,een introduced to CasImir. Tommy !
law no one whom he recognized ex-
.ept the little head waiter. He was
leated By himself table IN
.orner OF the room with a bottle Of
champagne In front OF him. Thus, Il >
nay be supposed, head walters re- 4
ak themselves and recuperate after
heir tolls are over. 4
His majesty waits" said Casimir. :
He was standing very erect with 4
ifs hands az his sides IN a military 4
ttitude. OF attention. With q side n
lance he indicated tbs head walter.
-ommy felt that he was living
through some confused and fantastic
lream-dancing girls transformed
alto princesses and head walters In
D kings. Or perhaps--lt seemed r
hldly improbable-thIs might be n
art OF the evenings entertainment I.
{ the Mascotte, an original kind Of a
B,
He walked slowly over to the tn r.
Ie az which the head waiter SAT-. He a.
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