Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-10-08

which divided the compartment from
the corridor.
Thought I'd look In" he said. .just
to see how you're gesting on. Viola
has dropped on into a doze, and
was feeling bit bipped with no one
to talk to-"
He looked around with an amiable
smile. as II he were sure Of a warm
welcome. He got nothing Of the sort.
Troyte and Cable scowled at him. The
king regarded him as an inconvenient
outsider. looked the other way.
Casilnir was the only one who spoke.
He quoted Shakespeare In aliusion to
Lady Norheys doze:
Sleep that knits up the raveird sisays
"Hit II In one" said Norheys. set
thing down between Gable and the
king. well. Uncle Ned. settled up
the affairs Of eastern Europef"
.No." said Troyte.
"weh." said Norheys. II don't want
to chip In, don't you know. I hate
fellows who shove their oars In when
not asked. stu. what always say
Is this: An ordinary sort of fellow
with no particular brains and that
kind OF thing often gets there. though
you don't expect him to. That's why
I'm offering TO help. II seems to me
the position Is this--you'll pick me up
II I'm wrong about facts, won't you,
Uncle Nedf I'm often q BIT weak on
facts"
Facts In this case" I said. ARE
much more like fancies."
That's just where come In" said
Norheys. "A fact might have knocked
me out. but when II comes to fancies.
I'm there all the time. Well now,
these Lystrian johnnies seem to want
king. Don't see why they do my
self; but there Il IL. They've got
princess, but that doesn't satisfy
them
"It doesn't satisfy the League Of Ma
tions," said the king, "or the Entente
powers. That's where the trouble Ia.
The Lystrians would be quite salts
ied with Calypso. In fact, they'd be
very glad to have me back again. all Of
them except the patriarch. But the
Entente powers simply won't stand
me-"
@That comes to exactly the same
thing as what I said" said Norheys.
"well. along comes some fellow we
don't know, dropping like what-d'you-
call-hlm from the thing-a-me-bob.
whatr"
"A deus en- machina," I suggested.
THAT'S not what I meant" said
Norheys. II meant a jolly old bolt
from the blue. But whatever we cali
him, thunderbolt or little tin god.
there he Is. quite ready to take on the
Job. princess and all. That's the way
things stand. isn't II. Uncle Nedr
Troyte was looking out of the win
dow Casimir murmured something
about a Daniel coming to Judgment.
Norheys went on:
swell. then. why not let himf
That's what I always say: II there's q
fellow who'll buck In where wanted.
then let him buck In: 30 long as he
doesn't interfere with u.s."
Unfortunately" said Troyte coldiy.
you've left out Of consideration the
League Of Nations and the treaty of
Versailles and the policy Of the Al
lied Powers"
"what I say about all that" said
Norheys. is this: What did we fight
the war fort don't know. of course.
not 10 to speak out OF my own inside.
Just fought because all the other
fellows knew did too. But do know
what you said at the time. Uncle Ned.
and It's no use your saying you didn't,
for you did. What we fought for was
the self-determlnatlon of small nation
alities. Well. there you are. and you
can't 60 back on Il now. Lystria In a
small nationality. Isn't 1T"
two and half millions before the
war" said the king. Probably about
two millions now"
Couldn't possibly have q smaller
nationality" said Norheys, "and what
I always say II this, Uncle Ned: II
you've said q thing. you've jolly well
got to stick to Il, even II you wish
you'd said something else. which Of
course everybody generally does"
felt quite sorry for Troyte. He
really did talk about small pationall-
ties and self-determination several
times during the later years Of the
war. I dare say he deserved to be
twitted with II. But I felt I must
speak q word for him.
"you forget" ! said to Norheys,
that you also fought TO make the
world safe for democracy. Setting up
an absolute monarch In Lystria Is not
democracy"
when I talk about democracy"
said Norheys. "or rather when other
fellows like you. Uncle Bill. talk about
democracy--for It's q thing I never
mention myself either In club OF any
where else--I always say that the
nrst thing is to settle: what Is dem
ocracyr
We all felt. think. that Norheys
had better be left to answer his own
question. Troyte. know, distrusts
the American formula-"Ry. with. for,
TO. at. In. the people, None OF the
rest Of rs had q formula AZ all
Democracy" said Norheys simply
means being able TO say. You 20 TO