Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-10-22

which our younger clergy undoubtedly
possess. "A man who would face 8
Mothers union two days In q weei
and would take charge OF Girls
Friendly society for an outing In the
country must be daring enough for
any adventure.
"N0 curafe," said Cable sullenly,
would venture to marry a princess.
do you happen to know our patri-
archY" said the king. mo. thought
not You wonidn't talk that way
about curates If you did. l assure
you. Mr. Cable. that our patriarch
would do anything. Wouldn't he. Cas-
lmir9"
He 'dares do all that may become
a man." said Casimir. "'Approach
thou like the rugged Russian bear.
the armed rhlnoceros. Or"
your patriarch" said Cable. 'isn't
curate."
but he was once" said the king.
HE must have been. though before
my time. OF course. They ali begin
by being curates. And assure you
he wouldn't have hesitated-except
Cor moral reasons. Of course--to marry
two or three princesses. and their
mothers, who would be queens, II he'd
wanted TO. When I tell you that our
patriarch has often gone for me with
out a sign OF nervousness, and used
language you'd scarcely believe over
some trumpery little affair about
girl-and that was when was a king.
an absolute monarch, remember, with
an army and all that sort OF thing.
No. there's no use saying that the
clergy daren't do things"
The discussion was degenerating into
a wrangle OF purely academic inter
est. It was Troyte who brought US
all back TO the business on hand.
1.-THE real question" he said. rs not
what a curate or bishop might do,
but what has actually happened since
the-er--the fugitives reached Lystria. |
I sent telegram to the patriarch say
ing that the man was an impostor He |
surely wouldn't go on with the mar
riage after that"
"Curate or no." said Cable. Il hope
the patriarch has shot him"
He lies" said Casimir, Sin durance
vile. This very morning received
from the patriarch telegram
He produced II from his pocket. The
king translated 1t for us. 1t told Us
that Tommy had been put under ar
rest.
.sThat Is perhaps the beat thing
which could have happened" said
Troyte.
But Il was, even on his showing,
very bad best. The situation In Lys-
ria was extremely critical. A reyo-
luton, carefully planned and organ
lied. had actually taken place. The
patriarch and the mobiles, the only
people who counted In Lysfria. were
perfectly determined to have q King
" their own seated ON the historic
.hrone OF WladlsIaws the Hunter. the |
founder OF the Lystrian dynasty.
famous a thousand years ago for his !
xiii In killing boars. They wanted
o place on somebody's head the silver
yIIt fiilef which that monarch had be-
lueathed to his successors. But II !
hey did anything Of the sort every /,
balkan state would mobilize at once
md nothing could avert q war unless !
sngland recognized the new king /
md declared herself ready 20 support !,
i'm. That, and the benevolent neu- /.
raIlty OF France. might save the stu !
ton. But how could England recog- =
lie q revolution which had either put I
o king ON the throne or set up some {
impossible person like EmIly's curate9
Troyte explained all that to Us. -
Iowiy and carefully. Il
'.But / thought, said Cable. that
Ou'd squared the League OF Nations +,
nd all that lot" n
Troyte objected to the word =
squared I dare say the League OF q
atoms would have objected to II TOO.
hat ne had done. 20 he said. YVES to Al
'eate an atmosphere favorable TO the "
Of the claims Of an Ene- r
ID king 20 the Lystrian throne. II
Meaning Lord NorheysT" said o.
able. @
Troyte nodded. He certainly had n
4 meant his ''afmozphere" TO en- L.
'lop EmlIy's curate.
In my oplnfon.~ said the king. ~the 81
at thlng for as to do Is to leave
lngs as they are
surely. / said. ~not exactly as al
~ are. That curate belongs more XII
less 20 my sister Emily and she's tn
al. ON nndine him. There'H be g
ghffus row II she discovers hlm lylng
4 dungeon IN Lysfria- to
Nobody need ever know" said fel
ble- NO
The English lady who accompanied is
s1n. said toe king. ~musf be aware VII
she Facts. and IL Judge her char. IN
ler nvxree1lg she win certainty feil ysl
nt she knownp Tn
WHIST English lady1" said Cebsu the
Hnx name. said lhe kinx ~