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as I'm ever likely 10; 30 unless your
news is really desperate-It's about
Miss Temple, l suppose"
Miss Temple-viola Temple Of the
advertisement hordlngs and the pie
ture papers-is a very beautiful lady
with a spotless reputation. At that
time all London was enthusiastic
about her dancing. Norheys was more
enthusiastic than any one else.
hoped he did not mean to marry her.
but was very much afraid he did.
"yiola doesn't come In at all so
far said Norheys. Though Of
course she may later on. No fellow
can possibly tell who'll come into
what, can her You might be In II
yourself. Uncle Bill, before we're ac-
tually through IT.
"That." said. rs extra reason for
telling me what II Is"
tits new stunt of Uncle Ned's."
His uncle Ned--this time a real I'M
cle--is Lord Edmond Troyte. son Of
the seventh marquis. uncle of the
ninth marquis OF Norheys, one of our
ablest, quite our most sincerely pa
triotic statesman. at present minister
for Balkan affairs Whatever the
stunt" was. II must surely be safe
and decorous II Lord Edmund invent
ed II. SO I thought; but was wrong.
l might have remembered that there
Is queer vein OF adventurousnes
and daring In the Troyte family.
There was n Lord Alfred who made
himself sort of Arab sheik early In
the Eighteenth century. Before him
there was an Ellzabethan Lord Ed
mund who came back from the Span.
lsh Main with shipful Of gold plate.
There was a Lady Elizabeth Troyte
who married Prince Boris of Lystria
In 1762, and. after a brilliant military
career, had her head cut or by the
Turks, who were playing about In Ly-
star nj. that time. There were others.
And that kind OF thing, II Il is In the
blood. Is very hard to eradicate.
uncle Ned" said Norheys. wants
me to be king"
Norheys was perfectly right to in
qulre about my health before he made
an announcement like that. A man
who had slept badly or who had had
no breakfast might have tainted
through sheer astonishment.
"A king" I said. Good gracious
But--he can't possibly have suggest
ed your being king. King Of whati
wheref"
Does seem a bit Of facer Just at
first, doesn't II. Uncle Billi But the
way to look at all these things Is
this: Why notf Before you turn II
down you ought to say to yourself,
Why notf That's what I've been say.
ing to myself ever since Uncle Ned
sprang II on me-"
WELL" said, when you put Il
that way ! can see--I dare say you'd
make a fairly good king OF some very
small country. But I still ind Il very
difficult to believe that your Uncle
Ned really proposed IL. Did he men.
ton the name of the country"
He did; but It's slipped out OF my
head for the minute. II was the same
place where my greataunt Elizabeth
went with that mucker Of hers one
hundred and nfty years ago"
"Lystria." I said. "But--well, OF
course your Uncle Edmund knows bet
ter than do. but have an impress
sion that Lystrla isn't an Independent
state any more"
was right about that. looked
the matter up after Norheys left me.
Lystria, once an independent king.
dom, was Incorporated into the Re
public OF Megalia by the Treaty Of
Trianon, Megalla Is one OF those new
republics which make the map Of
Europe very confusing to people like
me who knew Il before the war. No
doubt the Lystrians deserved to lose
their Independence. The late king.
Wladislaws vi, backed the wrong side
In the war and like all who did that.
lost his throne.
'I.ystris Is the spot Uncle Ned men,
toned" said Norheys "Potty little
one-horse place: but Of course q Eel.
low can't expect to step into. q first.
rate job when he FIRST goes into the
king line OF life"
But" I said. IF you really are to
be q king"
As his godfather I felt Il my duty
to speak seriously 10 Norheys about
his future. ! had thought OF quite a
nice thing to say. but he interrupted
me.
Uncle Ned wants me to- he said,
IT isn't q thing I'd have thought Of
going In for all on my own; but when
Uncle Ned has set his heart on It,
well. no fellow with any sense OF de-
cency wants to start a family quar-
rel by going against his relations, un.
less he absolutely has to. I've been
thinking things over since Uncle Ned
spoke 70 me. My idea ID that n kinr,s
duty Ia to make rs few laws N nos
sible. and to stop other fellows max.
ing them n he can. What I ALWAYS
say Is this; Most fellows are an right
II you leave them alone and don't 20
trying to make them do things they
don't want TO. or course II they take
to batting each other N the head,