Dayton tribune., June 11, 1925, Image 2

’ceR*Inly white ■Die dn.i.litor wasn't
born at that time, but her motile*
whs an Englishwoman and a coumi
of your own. It's moHt unlikely ibm
the girl Is black."
"Even so," said Norheys, •she'll tie
I
By George A. Birmingham 1 Lystrla. For the sake of England's more or less savage, and 1 don't care
greatness he was ready to sacrifice for savages. It's not that I'm par­
Copyright by Bobb^M«rrinC<x—W. N. U. Service
I Norheys, if sacrifice had been neces­ ticularly keen on civilisation. What
FINDING FAULT
I always say about that 1» that « tot
sary.
There was also another consldera- of It Is rather rot. Mill, that's a dif­
TM ENGAGED
T IS n lamentable evidence of weak­
| tlon which weighed with Troyte. He ferent thing from marrying a savage
ness In mortals when they deliber­
SYNOPSIS. — In Ix>ndon the
j came to it when he had finished with A girl ought to wear corsets, you
teller of the story of the adven­
know, and go to a decent dress­ ately shift the blame for rheir own
the oil.
ture« of 'Kln< Tommy." and
■ shortcomings upon the «boulders of
"The Germans." he said, “are maker."
known hereafter aa "Uncle Bill.**
"You're wrong about that,” I said. others.
scheming to put up a king of their
la Informed by Ix>rd Norheys. son
This not uncommon Infirmity ex­
of an old
friend,
that
Lord
own in Lystria. The man they have “The Central European arlstoemey -
Troyte. head of the British for*
in mind is the Prlnx von Steinveldt." and that's the class she belongs to— hibits what Is smallest and worst In
el<n otRce, Norheys* uncle, haa a
"I used to know him," I said. “He are quite civilized. She probably I character with ugly, repulsive colors
scheme to make him < Norheys)
was In the forei nt office fn Berlin. speaks, half a dozen languages and • Mich ns strong, honorable men stu­
kin< of Lystrla, In central Ku-
rope. through marriage to Ca­
He must be u bit too old for the prin­ gets her frocks from Paris or used diously avoid.
lypso, daughter of King Wladia-
The human who Is always making
cess. Do you think she'd marry to. She can't now, ¡amr thing. fot
laws. deposed monarch of that
him T"
her father is stony broke. That'» flimsy excuses, shunnin responsibility,
country.
A financier. Procopius
Cable, knows there Is oil In pro­
"The princess," said Troyte. “will the reason she's bud to take to danc* seeking consolation for hi» delinquen­
fusion tn Lystrla. and with an
marry the man she's told to."
Ing. And I'm told that she's quite cies by aldYtlng Ida faults to where
English king on the throne the
they do not belong. Is not destined to
I was not so sure about that. The a good looking girl."
output could be secured fur Eng­
“She may be." said Norheys, "but sit In the high places or take promi­
spirit of revolt against that doctrine
land.
Norheys. In love *lth a
stage dancer. Viola Temple, is
of a girl’s duty laid firm hold upon my point Is—that is to say, what I nent parts In making a brighter and
not enthusiastic over the propo­
better world.
the middle classes years ago. Since really feel Is—"
sition. The patriarch. Menelaus,
He disbelieves In the doctrine of ex­
There he stopped,
then it has been spreading upward,
highest ecclesiastical dignitary
In Lystrla. is heartily in favor of
"If she Isn't black,” I said, “and cellence and accepts without any qualm
and. I dare say. downward. It would
the restoration of the monarchy,
not surprise me to hear that rebel­ Isn't tattooed, and has ordinary man­ of conscience the dogma of Luck, and
and Cable has generously financed
lion is now openly advocatid In the ners, and wears corsets, which I'm then In his sublime foolishness sits In
the sentiment. Cals pso is mak­
schoolrooms of palaces. Besides, Ca­ perfectly certain she does, I don't see his easy chair and grumbles because
ing a living dancing in the Mas-
cotte.** Berlin cabaret.
Norheys
lypso appeared to be an emancipate«! what your objection is."
Luck fails to bring him the exulted pis
refuses to entertain the idea of
"The fact is,” said Norheys. "that skiou In society to which be Imagines
woman. If she dances in a cabaret
giving up Viola Temple, to whom
in Berlin she must have shed most I'm engaged to be married to Miss hlmgelf Justly entitled.
he is secretly engaged.
of the garments of conventionality in Temple.”
Instead of taking off his coat, roll­
"Did you tell your«mcle that?" I ing up ids sleeves, and doing his beat,
which most princess<% nre wrapped.
“By the way." I said, "where's King asked.
he folds bls puny. InsutHclent arms
CHAPTER II—Continued
“No, I didn’t. I didn't want to ruf­ and thus, without realising It. openly
Wladislaws now? As the girl’s fath­
Having got all that settled. Cable er he may want to have a say about fle the old boy., and that would have admits Ids Impotence to cope with the
ruffled him. My idea Is that you essential things of life, intended by
approached Lord Edmund Troyte with her marriage."
“Wladlslawf has gone under utter­ might break it to him, gently, don't the wise Creator to develop Ida char­
a proposal that the marquis of Nor­
heys, my godson, should be king of ly,” said Troyte, "I don’t know you know, so as not to give him a acter and take him to pleasant pas­
Lystrla. He would have to marry the where he Is or what he’s doing. We shock. What I always say is this— tures.
If there's a jarring kind of thing
To deal openly, to accept defeat nnd
princess, of course. The Lystrian«, need not consider him."
which has to be said, it's (tetter for a admit that no one else Is to blame for
being strong legitimists, insisted on
fellow to get some one else to say It.” the miscarriage of hla cherished plana,
that. But the princess, so Cable said.
CHAPTER Ill
“You realize of course.” I said, la the manly thing to do. even though
was a beautiful girl, with charming
Two or three days later Norheys “that If you refuse to marry Princess he may experience a shameful sense
manners and far more respectable
came to me in the club «here I was Calypso you can’t be king of Lystrla.” of humiliation.
than her father had ever been.
"I’d be sorry for that. I don’t mind
Behavior of this kind makes better
“As a matter of fact," said Troyte, lunching.
“Look here. Uncle Bill," he said, saying that I'd rather like to be king men and women. It gives all of us a
“she’s a dancer in Berlin. Wladis­
laws did not succeed in carrying off a "you remember my telling you the of that country. If Viola and I could clearer Insight Into our frailties, and
If we have within us the right spirit,
penny from Lystria. so both he and other day about my going in for be­ go there together—"
"Viola F
we can soon pull ourselves from the
the girl have to work for their liv­ ing a king and that sort of thing."
"That's Miss Temple. If she am! shadows and step with «ssurnnce Into
“Yes."
ing. But that is not un Insuperable
"Well, Uncle Ned's been at me I could set up there as king and the glorious sunshine.
objection to her."
The man or woman who habitually
“Have you," I said, “laid that part again nnd he's rather surprised me. queen, we could have a high old time
of the schene before Norheys, asked Now, I'm a fellow who Isn't, at all and really make things hum. Viola blames others, misses the lovable and
him whether he was willing to marry easy to surprise; for what r always would make a splendid queen, abso­ beautiful In life, and loses the lofty,
soul stirring Inspiration which comes
say Is: Whatever happens—even If lutely top hole.”
the princess?"
“You may put that idea out of your and carries him or her to certain vic­
the Jolly old sun doesn't turn up In
“Not yet."
head at once,” I said.
tory.
“I would.” I said. “If I were you the morning at the proper hour—take
"Uncle Ned nnd that stockbroker
To be honest, successful, good heart­
I'd mention that to Norheys before It calmly. And that's what I do,
going any further. Indeed. It might make a regular rule of it; but I'm friend of his could have all the oil. ed. steer your ship far away from the
be as well to find out what the prin­ bound to say Uncle Ned made me We shouldn't want a drop for our­ treacherous shoals of fault-finding, up­
selves. and I'd make the good old on which are wrecked every year thou­
jump this time.”
cess thinks about It. too.”
“If there's anything more surprising Lystrians dig like the devil. You sands of Ilves.
“She’ll be all right.” said Troyte.
It Is the fault-finder that fills the dl-
“Her name is Calypso."
than being asked suddenly to be a might try to get Uncle Ned to look
at It from that jadnt of view."
voree courts with sobs nnd teirtw.
Calypso Is a pretty name, but I
“It won't do,” I said. "It really crushes loving hearts by robbing them
did not see that it gave us any guar­
won't."
of their sweetest Joys und Intimacies,
antee that the girl would marry Nor­
“I don't see why not. I mean to while going up and down the world
heys.
say I think it might be worked If we like a roaring Uon.
“Girls are dreadfully Independent
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went the right way about It. I'm not
nowadays,” I said “You can’t be
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much
of
a
whale
on
court
etiquette
sure.”
and
ecclesiastical
law
but
I've
always
“She’s dancing fn a cabaret In Ber­
had a notion that there's some sort
lin. So Cable says.”
of recognized dodge by which you
“She ought to prefer being marrlej,
can be married on the double if you're
to that.” I said. “Still if I were you
a king, both marriages being perfect­
The road to laughter beckons me.
I'd consult her. I should certainly
ly O. K.”
The road to all that's best;
consult Norheys.”
The home road where I nightly see
“There are morganatic marriages,"
Troyte took my advice about con­
The castle of my rest;
I said, “it's a left handed and unsat­
The path where all la fine and fair,
sulting Norheys; but lie did not give
isfactory
arrangement.
I
don
’
t
think
And little children run.
me the satisfaction of telling me he
For love and joy are wvhlng there
you ought to ask Miss Temple to agree
meant to. lie went on to discuss an­
As soon as day Is done.
to It.”
other aide of the affair.
— Edgar Guest.
“I wasn’t thinking of asking her.
"The main thing,” he said, “Is that
The
very
last
thing
I
want
to
do
Is
England should obtain control of the
SUMMER PIES
to put Viola Into an awkward posi­
Lystrian oil. The civilization of the
tion. In fact, I wouldn’t do It, not
Twentieth century rests on oil pre­
A GOOD rich pastry Is much ensler
even to please Uncle Ned. My Idea
cisely as that of the Nineteenth cen-
digested than one which lacks
is
to
marry
her
In
St.
George's.
Han
­
t :ry rested on coal.’*
Pastry
over square, with a bishop and brides­ shortening nnd Is tough.
“Is that fellow Cable an English­
maids and all complete. The other should be quickly made, handled as
man':"
one, this Calypso girl, that Uncle Ned little as possible, and baked In a hot
“He's a British subject,” said Troy­
Is so keen on, could be the morgnn oven. Take one cupful of shortening
te, “naturalized before the war.”
—what-do-you-call-it? I don't sup­ to three cupfuls of flour, a half tea-
After that I had to listen to an ac­
spoonful of salt, and Just enough Ice
pose she'd mind."
count of the uses of oil In peace and
water to hold the mixture together.
"My
dear
Norheys,"
I
said,
“
she
’
s
war which bored me; to a descrip­
Cut the fat Into the flour using two
a
princess,
the
daughter
of
a
man
who
tion of the distribution of the pres­
knives; when It Is like meal, mid the
ent oil supply of the world and the “My Dear Norheys,” I Said, “She’s a was a European sovereign until a few water, roil out and line the pastry
years ago.”
Princess,
the
Daughter
of
a
Man
small quantity of it controlled by
"I don't believe a black princess tin. The one-crust pie Is the most
Who Was a European Soverejgn
England.
would
be as particular as all that. wholesome nnd popular for warm
Until a Few Years Ago.”
There, I think, lay the real motive
Look here, Uncle Bill, you've always weather.
of Troyte’s action, the explanation of king,” I sold, “it must be something
been jolly good to me and all that.
his consent to the plan of setting which would make an ancient Homan
•Just you put the morganatic scheme
Currant Pie.
Norheys on the throne of Lystria. No stoic jump.”
up to Uncle Ned. Be ns persuasive
Take two cupfuls of ripe currants,
“You’d never think,” said Norheys,
doubt It pleased him—Troyte has a
as you can. I expect he'll see his crush them and add one cupful of
great deal of family pride—to think "that Uncle Ned would turn out to be
way to work It somehow. But you sugar, the yolks of two eggs slightly
of his nephew being a king. And the a giddy matchmaker."
must make It quite clear that there's beaten, and a tablespoonful of flour
I knew what he was at then.
Troytes had some slight connection
to be no hanky-panky about Viola's mixed with four tablespoonfuls of
with the Lystrian royal family. No Troyte must have taken my advice and
position. She may or may not be water. Bake the shell and fill with the
doubt he thought that marriage to mentioned the proposed marriage.
queen of Lystrla, but she's Jolly well above mixture which hns been cooked
“He wants me to marry a black
the Princess Calypso would save Nor­
going to be marchioness of Norheys." five minutes. Cover with a meringue,
heys from an undesirable entangle­ princess," said Norheys. “Now I’m
"I’ll speak to your uncle about It," using the egg whites, a fourth of a
ment with Viola Temple. Troyte not a prejudiced sort of fellow at all.
I said, “but it won't be the slightest teaspoonful of baking powder nnd four
hated the idea of having to welcome Any girl may be a lady, don't you
use. The thing's Impossible.”
tablespoonfuls of sugar, the two last
that young lady as the next marchion­ knowj snd a fellow ought to marry
"I don’t see why. Lots of those Ingredients stirred In at the last.
ess of Norheys. No doubt also Ca­ her, supposing he wants to, like the
sultans and pashas and people have Brown slightly In n moderate oven.
ble’s remarkable personality had some king that the poem's about who went
whole harems full of wives. I don't
Influence with him. Pro -oplus Cable round pretending to be a landscape
want to go as far as that. At the
Blueberry Meringue Pie.
is accustomed to getting ids own way paintar and then married a beggar. I
same time, if they can do it, why
Take one cupful of sugar, one table-
with all sorts of people, and has per­ always say he was quite right there,
can't I?"
spoonful of flour nnd the yolks of
suaded several clever men to do If he really fancied the girl. But-
"Nobody’s proposing to set you up two eggs. Bent together and add three
foolish things. Troyte likes and ad­ well, hang It all. Uncle Bill, however
on the throne of a Moslem state," I cupfuls of blueberries. Bake with one
mires men of the Cable kind. He unprejudiced a fellow Is, he must draw
said. “Lystrla Is a Christian coun­ crust and cover with a meringue after
has a theory that the British empire the llhe somewhere, and I do think it's
try."
the pie Is baked, using the whites
has been built up by buccaneers; In a bit thick asking me to marry a black
“Oh, come now. Christian. You of the eggs, four tablespoonfuls of
the Elizabethan days by buccaneers princess."
can’t call those countries Christian. sugar nnd anj flavoring liked. Less
"Bnt,” I said, "the Princess Calypso
who went forth In ships and looted,
Hang it all, Uncle ».III, It was only sugar may be used nnd half a dozen
flying the British flag for their own isn't black. What makes you think
last gweek I gave a fellow a subscrip­ marshmallows, cut Into halves placed
protection, leaving It still fluttering in she is?"
tion to u missionary society especial­ about on the top of the merln'me be­
the places which they sacked after
“Sure to be. All those desert
ly to convert the heathen.
He fore baking.
•
they sailed away. In the Eighteenth islandy places are governed by black
wouldn't want to convert them If they
century the empire-building bucca­ princesses. I dare say she's good
were Christians already, would he?"
Strawberry Pie.
neers called themselves merchants, or looking enough In her way. Uncle Ned
“There's an archbishop there," I
Bake a deep shell and cool, fill with
merchant adventurers, but they acted seemed to think so. But I don't like
said. “A patriarch, which Is a supe­
crushed berries well sweetened. Top
exactly as their predecessors did, them black. And—well, hang it all,
rior kind of archbishop. His name Is
looting, and then leaving the care of no fellow can possibly be expected
with whipped cream anil garnish with
Menelaus."
the conquered provinces to embar­ to be pleased when he finds his wife
halves of fine ripe berries.
“
Sounds
to
me
like
Greek
gram
­
rassed statesmen at home. At the is tattooed all over; and they all are.
Bananas may be served In the same
mar,
”
said
Norheys,
"for
the
matter
end of the Nineteenth century the Quite right of her, of course, if It’s
way, adding a bit of lemon juice to
buccaneers became financiers. But the thing to do In her own country. of that, so does Calypso, nnd I've al­ them, with the sugar. Cover with a
their methods an I the results of them I'm not blaming her In the least. ways barred learning Greek gram­ meringue or with whipped cream.
mar.”
were the same i s before. Procopius Only just I don't like It.”
“My dear boy,” I said, "I’m not ad­
Cable was the latest and ablest of
these filibustering
empire-builders. vising you to be a king, or to marry
N >rheys evidently it not
That was Troyte’s theory about him. the lady. But I think I ought to tell
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strong on geography but hie
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And It Influenced him In favor of any you that Lystrla Isn’t an island. It's
heart teems to be all right.
scheme suggested by Cable.
miles, perhaps hundreds of miles,
A new "comb type" of moving stair­
What’s the next development?
But the main thing was England's from the sea, and I don’t think that
way Is to be placed In London at sta­
need of oil, and the possibility of ob- the Princess Calypso can possibly be
tions of the Underground Kallway
tatnlng an enormous supply of It in I black. I met her father once. He's
company.
(TO BIO CONTINUED.)
King Tommy
I
Just us they hud wanted the rent sun
they hud seen, und because they did
TN A far off land. Inside a high not give It to her she begun to cry.
At the foot of Hie mountain whs a
a mountain, then* once was a conn
try of the dwarfs. There they hud n poor shepherd boy watching his gouts.
big diamond like stone fixed in n big Ills mime was Waynne, and he was
rocky sky for their sun und a pearl very poor. A little hut und Ids gouts
were the only things he owned.
for their moon.
The little men quickly surrounded
Little twinkly Jewels wore their
Waynne und begun to pull Ids clothes,
stars, which were scattered all over
the rocky sky. You see, this land of trying to drug him with them; but
the dwarfs wns so hidden from the though there were tminy of tlm
big sky outside thut they had to muke dwarfs Waynne whs big an I strung,
"What do you want?" he asked.
a sky of the overhanging rocks.
"Listen," answered the dwarfs.
But one night u dwarf crept out
Waynne listened und heard th*
from this rocky country nnd happened
to look up and see our moon, nnd he scream« of the runaway prince»« who
was crying for the sun of dwurflnnd.
told the other dwarfs about It nnd
Inside the rocky home of the dwarfs
they nil came out to look, nnd right
he found the princess still screaming.
away they wanted It.
The princess was so surprised thut
They stayed so long looking nt the |
she
stopped crying.
moon that the first thing they knew
“Are you the king'» daughter?" asked
Waynne. "Your father's servants are
looking everywhere for you. Come, I
will take you home ut once." And be­
fore the princess could any any more
Waynne picket) Iter up and placed her
on his shoulder und run down the
mountain.
When he arrived at the palitee the
king nnd queen ran to inert him.
"What shall we give you to reward
you for finding our child?" asked the
king “You shall be made rich und
given a palace If you wish It."
But Waynne said no, he did not
wish for a palace. “I will usk for the
mountain yonder where I found the
princess ns my reward. It belongs to
your kingdom and If you care to re­
ward me give me the mountntn and
the land around It u mile In width."
It did not take the king long to
Waynne, a Poor Shsphard Boy, Watch­ write the deed of gift and Waynne
ing Hla Goat«.
thanked him und departed.
The dwarfs were willing to do any­
there was a beautiful big golden nun thing for Waynne thut be asked, nnd
In the sky, handsomer than theirs, when he told them they could live
and they wanted that, too.
there ami have the big sun nnd moon
Now there lived not fur away from they hud seln In the Idg sky outside
the home of the dwarfs a lovely little their lend, they willingly let Wuynne
princess named Alfrtdn, nnd one day take out nil the gold he found and
she wanted a butterfly that flew precious atones.
through the palace garden, nnd run
of course Waynne became a rich
away from her nurse trying to man nnd he t<s>k cure of the dwarfs
catch it.
ns long us they lived, but lie was
She ran so fur nwny that she never able to learn where they mine
reached the land of the dwarfs, nnd from.
because they had never seen so beau­
To the king and queen Waynne gave
tiful a creature us the princess they the largest of the Jewels for their
wanted to have her Ihe with them.
crowns nnd to Princess Alfrldn he
It was such a strange place flint gave the very moon she had cried for.
Prlnee-s Alfrida soon forgot her own Which goes to show Unit sometimes
home nnd begun to amuse |ierself I those who cry for things do get them
looking at the big stone they culled In the end; but II would not be a good
the sun nnd nil the other queer sights. plun to cry too long so you hud bet­
After n while she told the dwarfs ter not try If.
that she wanted the sun to play with,
I® by M-Clurs N»w»i»tp®r Mrs Ileal» )
WAYNNE IN DWARFLAND
(THE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
What’s in a Name?”
By MILDRED MARSHALL
By H . IRVIN Q K IIJ Q
Pacts about your nama. tti history;
meaning. whence H was Uafivad, Mg
nthiJhca. your lucky day, lucky jewel
THE EVIL EYE
JACQUELINE
many people believe, or
A GREAT
Imlf believe, that to watch n friend
rrMIE most piquant mum* in the lexl-
■A con of feminine appellnthcs Is
Jacqueline. Her origin dptes far back
In Biblical days when one of the twin
sons of Isaac and Hebeccn was called
Jacob and the mother predicted that
ho would sufll'lnitt the other. Thus tils
mime came to »Ignlfy "the supplanter"
und Jacqueline, which Is derived from
this source, Ims same significance.
As the derivatives of Jacob spread
throughout Europe, Franco adopted
Jacquea.
The great church of Ht.
Jacques ut Liege spread the love of
the name In Flanders and It was when
the English and French were mingled
together In the camps of the Black
Prime mid Henry V thut Hu* name
spread Into Englund.
The feminine Jacqueline hnd already
arisen.
Henry V culled the wild
Jacqueline of Hulimult, Dame Jack.
She, like his Flemish sister-In-law,
Jacquette of Luxemburg, was named
In honor of the saint of Liege. The
nurse of Edward VI, whom Holbein
drew by the soubriquet of Mother Jack,
was culled Jacquette. Jacquelines in
France are very numerous and the
name la extremely popular In this
country where Its ready diminutive,
Jack, sounds good to Yankee ears.
Jade Is Jacqueline's tallanmnlc
stone.
It Is said to bring her all-
around good luck ami wearing It sho
will find her heart’s desire. Friday Is
her lucky day nnd .’I her lucky number.
out of sight when be departs on a jour­
ney brings him bad luck. This Is
merely n phase of the superstition of
the evil eye—a precautionary measure.
For you may have the evil eye and not
be nware of It, and so cast a malign
spell upon your friend without wish­
ing to.
Plutarch, writing In the first century,
says that relatives ami fathers some­
times cast n «¡s*ll on their own chil­
dren without knowing It.
In fact this appears to be the opin­
ion of all the old writers on the evil
eye. And starting out upon a Journey,
or any sort of an expedition, Ims al­
ways been Imiked upon as a time when
the evil eye was particularly liable to
get In Its malevolent work. Also there
Is no knowing how far the Influence of
the evil eye will carry. Nicolo Valletta
of Naples, n firm believer In the evil
eye. offered. In 17W, a reward of ten
scudl for a satisfactory answer to this
question—and twelve others concern­
ing the “Jettatma", as the Italians cull
It. So you will see that you can't be
too careful. If, perchance, you have
the evil eye let your friend get away
from Its Influence before ho Is fairly
sot out on his Journey - don't follow
him up with your glance. Aa to the
superstition of the evil eye In general
It has a whole literature of Its own—
ancient and modern.
(©. 1921. McClure Newapnper Syndicate )
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Italy Lays Claim to
World’s Largest Tree
“The largest tree In the world," snys
Jean Henri Fabre In “The Wonder
Book of Plant Life," “Is the chestnut
tree that grows on the slopes of Etna
In Sicily. It Is known as the Chestnut
Tree of One Hundred Horses, because
Joan, queen of Aragon, having come
to see the volcano was surprised by a
sudden storm, and took shelter beneath
the tree with the hundred horsemen
who formed her escort.
"Beneath Its foliage, a forest fn It­
self, both men nnd horses found abun­
dant shelter. Thirty mon, holding
hands, would not quite succeed In sur­
rounding this giant; the circumference
of its trunk Is more than 160 f^et. In
the matter of bulk, the trunk of this
mighty tree Is something more than n
trunk ; It Is a tower, a veritable for­
tress."
J, McClure
Symtlcat» )