Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-09-17

Inc law cant really De exactly Tx
that, said the princess. 1T would b
too inconvenient"
THAT Is the law" said Janet Il
I say that I'm married to him. shall
be. and there1l be no getting out o.
II. Thar would be Intolerable
1T wouldn't be particularly pleas
ant for me. either" said Tommy.
" He ought not to have said thnt; but
; he was getting angry with Janet A
woman has a perfect right to refuse
to marry any man who asks her; buI
she ought not to tell him to his face
that he Is intolerabIe. No man can be
expected to submit tamely TO that,
particularly when he has not really
offered himself as a husband
Besides" said Calypso. III he mar
rled you. what would happen to poor
Miss TempIe?"
'9 wish 10 goodness Miss Temple
was here" said Tommy "you won't
listen 10 me. But II she were here she
wouldn't want to marry me any more
than either OF you does. But anyhow.
II we're to go on at all. one OF you
must own up to being my wife. 'T'll
leave you settle II between your
selves"
He walked on. walked to the car
aud looked at It. walked q little way
along the road and back again. finally
sat down on a stone and looked ut the
river. which ran. turbid and yellow,
under a little bridge.
But Tommy's III temper never lasts
long. and he Is a man OF active and
resourceful mind. In quarter Of an
hour he WAS back with a proposal TO
meet the difficulty.
According to that scorch law Of
yours" he said to Janet. would you
be married 10 a man II you said you
were his wife. but he didn't say he
was your husband?"
"Of course not" said Janet.
Even II there were witnesses pres
entY'
THAT wouldn't matter" said Janet.
unless we both said we were married
we wouldn't be married"
And supposing while you were say
ing you were his wife another man
said he was your husband-quIte q
different man whom you didn't claim
ut all-which Of them would you be
married to?"
Il shouldn't be married to eIther,r
said janet.
Even according to the Scotch law7"
"Of course ! shouldn't"
Very WE'LL" said Tommy. when we
get TO that frontier post you say that
Colonel Heard is your husband. He
can't say that you're his wife because
ne won't be there Therefore you won't
be married to him / shall say that
you're my wife. but II you don't claim
me as husband, which you won't,
having already claimed Colonel Heard.
hen you won't be married to me and
shan't be married to you. In fact.
We shan'r either Of us be married to
my one, even by Scotch law. That
viii be all right. won't IT."
Besides" said Calypso. Colonel
Heard seems TO be married already,
md nothing You could say would make I
my difference to that. would it7'
Exactly, said Tommy. That's an
ther point Even Scotch law can't
ct man In for bigamy. In that cas- I
al way. especially against his will, 7
nd I don't suppose Heard particular
: wants to marry you"
so that's settled" said Calypso.
Janet did not seem satisfied. and l 4
an scarcely wonder A woman as In Z
mateIy connected as she Is with the 8
Movement for reuniting the Christian
hurches OF the world has 10 be very &
areful Of her reputation. II would be Il
terrible thing for her II Il were to a
acome generally known that she o
aimed a married man as her husband. Il
hat is the sort Of thing woman new F
quite succeeds In living down. and
e world is censoriOus II
The men at the German frontier
,st turned out to be peaceful and il
Iiet. They looked at the passports "
II made no comment on them. They
CURED whether the travellers we're II
king any new clothes. gram0phones. pa
apparatus surgical In m
telescopes or dyes out Of lie
.rmany. The princess said that their pr
esses were years old. that they all
ted gramophOnes and never took Il
ot0craphs. Janet added sOlemnly Sc
AZ the party did not possess a single In
icet or a telescope. Tommy, when Of
understood what was happening.
ID @Neln" four or FIVE times emphat- da
lily Then there we're some inquir- DID
about the car. The princess asked ia
} bearded chauffeur to produce bis VIC
pers In getting at an Inside pocket fel
displayed his pistols and knives to ste
at advantage. The Germans asked Is
more questions about the car. did he
. look at the papers and permitted mt
travellers to go on. Very likely, on
E Dogberrys watch. they thanked
d they were well rid Of a knaye. dol
The Megalians. when the car reached Z
Ir post. turned out to be men OF tina
te q different kind. They looked as UNI
age and we're quite az well armed for