GREATNESS King 1 ommy By GEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM Copyright by Bobtw-Mcmll Co. W N. U. Servie» By DOUGLAS MALLOCH OT only I« attaining The soul of num la great. N For he who, uncomplaining. Fights on. whatever fate, Shull win. although lie liMea. Shall live, although he dies— Who, dying, rather clioose» Dvfeut than compromise. MR. HUNGER WOLF FOX am! two of Ids neighbor« M R. wer« «Ittliig «round the place une night In Mr. Fox's kitchen. Mr. Fox hud been »Itling quietly listening. Not u word for Mr. lox wu» lost In thought nn- twelve is your capital by eleven Troyte. ho»d of the British tor­ Defeat Is not surrender— very attractive, even If it pays no In proprlately dressed. I have seen him "Thnt !» about whnt will (nippen Surrender Is defeat; nt the stnrt of a boar hunt In Ly»- terest for a while. unless you bring In enough food to ihe flag may keep Its splendor. king of Lystrla. In central Eu­ trla with a tnll red feather sticking As everybody know», the financial till It," »aid Mr Fox In a solemn ton«« Whatever fate It meet ; rope, through marriage to Ca­ experts. Tommy's friend among them, up In the front of his cap nnd boots However torn and shuttered of volet». "A full »torvroom I« nil lypso. daughter of King Wladis­ laws. deposed monarch of that were disastrously wrens, even more that would have suited one ef Prim* (hill Will keep old Hunger Wolf from Our banner trail» the dust. country A financier. Procopius hopelessly wrong than experts usual­ Rupert's cavalier troopers. I have The thing that really mattered the <|oor. Hut of course you do nut clothe*. and ly are. The marks depreciated rapid­ seen him In hevi» to etwy here, Mr. Ponaum. 1 am fusion in Ly»trl». »nd with an Was how we kept the trust 1 perfect colili! be found nothing more ly nnd In the spring of 1922 It took English king on ths throne the certain that your ow n soft tied wilt output could be secured for Eng­ one thousand four hundred of them to In a drawing room comedy on the be far more comfort able Ilian my poor land. Norheys. In love with a buy a pound. Tommy r»>all«e>l he was London stage, I did not see him that house.'* stage dancer. Viola Temple, Is Adlon hotel. But i tbe victim, one of many victim«, of morning In the not enthusiastic over the propo­ Mr. I'ossum hastened to any Hint Janet Church ha« given me a descrip ­ sition The patriarch. Menelaus, a gigantic swindle. But being a man he was Just Joking. He knew per­ highest ecclesiastical dignitary of cheerful and buoyant disposition, tion of his clothes. He wore a pule fectly well It would take a whole lot In Lystrla, is heartily In favor of he did not wring his hands or curse gray suit with u faint blue Une In It, of focal to keep away Hunger Wolf, the restoration of the monarchy, perilous margin when W creases In all the right places, and fate. He thought that though marks and Cable has generously nnanced mid he was willing to do hl* »hure of n mauve tie harmonized with the blue the sentiment. Calypso Is mak­ ngurea were of little use In England, they our the hunting. ing a living dancing In the Mas- wilh dull consent Into Imi pul misdo ­ probably had some value in their na­ Une. a waistcoat- I must leave a For many night» Mr. Cium und Mr. cotta." Berlin cabaret. Norheys ing »nd shabby sohlsvemont — Georg» tive land; that Is to say, that he blank here und get Janet to tell me Kilot. possum worked und every morning would be able to buy a good many din­ about the waistcoat again. Tommy giving up Viola Temple, to whom they returned with full bug* und udd ho 1» secretly engaged. “Uncle ners. bottles of w Ine. theater tickets was in crumpled gray pajamas and MISCELLANEOUS DESSERTS ed to their supplie« Bill’»'’ »later Emily urge» him to and such things with his marks In his face was soupy. At lu»! the deep lode In the cellar secure a passport from Lord Count Casimir presented his card. Germany. He asked for a holiday, wu fllleil with food. "Now we must certain tor ORNSTARCH pudding. boiled rice Tommy read the name on It—Cas Church. »trongmlnded femat packed bls entire store of marks In tlnlrh storing wood,” suld Mr. Fox. with custard <>r chocolate »nuce, a dispatch box and went to Berlin. Imlr Istvnn Graf—but was not much makes a good dessert and not much "I huve a hud »pell of rheumallain. I the Interests of a society for could He meant to stay there as long ns enlightened. He would If he um aorry to «ay. ao you fellow« will Another which world peace. Janet Church leave» work to prepare. the marks lusted nnd to huve as good have rend what wan printed under makes for Berlin "Uncle Bill" ta again have to flnl«!i bringing It In. but I good emergency dessert 1» appealed to by hi» »taler to find a time as he could. Tommy was n the name. It was a large canl. much cun manage lu hobble about and cook prepared by beating the yolks of two a certain curate (name not given! larger than the visiting curds used fool to buy the marks originally. He our dinner.” eggs until thick, udd one-half cupful who has left his parish In Ireland Foa» was wise In hl» plan for getting rid by ladles In England, and there were of maple »Imp, or n brown sugar »Irup Wars Sitting Around in for • visit W> Berlin, and cannot When spring came Mr. Coon and of them. Things of the sort he want­ four Unes of »mall print on It, no flavored with maple flavor will do; a be found. Lord Norheys and Viola Kitchen. possum run off to their own Temple disappear from London. ed really were very cheup In Berlin doubt a description of Count Casi­ the pinch of salt and one capful of milk. Idea they were scared. "Did you never homes but before Procopius Cable receives infor­ mir ’ s position in society. Unfortu ­ In the early part of 1922. tn the woods, Mr. mation that Norheys. with the end of the putii Dip slices of bread Into this mliture hear about him?" He had never been abroad before nately, these were In a language which princess, has left there on his possum suld : "It strikes me thnt Mr. It and brown In butter in a hot pan. Mr. Coon and Mr. Possum »hook Fog got the boat of our winter way to Lystrla. but Norheys sp- and he did not know a word of Ger- Tommy had never seen Serve with or without u maple sauce. pears with the former Viola their liMds und looked around to rangement und he Is by fur the fat- man. He started with a return tick­ seemed a very queer language. There Temple, now his wife. The ques­ make sure the window nnd the door et, a Baedeker’s Guide to Berlin nnd were curious curly accents over the tion is. "Who is the man who has test of the three." Delicious Dessert. toK Mr. Fox’« house were securely a German-English phrase book, which consonants. The letter X appeared gone to Lystrla with the Prlnces.s “Yea," retdled Mr. Coon, "be always Cut a layer cake into halve* If the fastened. Calypso?" professed to give him, spelled phonet­ with unasual frequency. There were rooked the meala which he said wn« family 1» small, or split a sheet cake. several R s with their faces turned the "He Is a pretty bad creature to ically. all that a traveler could pos­ the hardest part of the work, but I wrong way. looking very much as Put together with vanilla or chocolate meet," replied Mr. Fox. "worse thnn sibly want to say. noticed thnt he waa never hungry ice cream and serve with a hot choco ­ It must have been a good phrasq If some one had lifted them up, any I have ever heard of. but u« he when he came to the table. Next win- late sauce poured over It. book, much better than most of Its turned them over and set them down never comes around only In the win­ ter I «hull watch for old Il unger Wolf kind. Tommy, on the morning after the wrong way. The same thing hnd ter time when there bus been a long from h tuli tree nnd not from a borne Frozen Apricots. his arrival, was able to ask a cham­ happened to a couple of N's and there cold »pell we have nothing to fear at on the ground." CHAPTER VII Take one quart cun of apricots, add bermaid for hot water, a waiter for was a B with a curious little born at­ present. Mr. Fox was laughing to himself u« where breakfast and another man to clean tached to It. Tommy could read ing enough water to the Juice to muke h« stretched out In the »un by blw It is easy to understand how the bls boots. Most phrase books are no Greek. He had a nodding acquaint­ one quart. Take two cupfuls of Juice, he canltot find us." suggested Mr. roe- door. "Well. I »hull have io work all mistake was made. ance with the Hebrew alphabet and add two cupfuls of augur and boll five Count Istvan Casimir does not use for that sort of thing. They only could distinguish between German minutes. Cool, add th« apricots und sum. summer, I suppose,” he »nid, "but I tell you how to «ay “ Good morning, "That Is the worst of old Hunger know English very well. He has capital B's and Vs. Count Casimir’s the Juice, put through a sieve, then Wolf," «aid Mr. Fox. "My grand­ lived by my wits thin pnst winter honored sir. Will you give me the and I am a pretty slick looking ani­ never been in England and at that freeze. pleasure of dining at my house to­ language was none of these, father «aid he could get In anywhere, mal. which goes to prove that I am time had never talked to any welcome," said Count you •T bbl day. bringing your gracious lady with did not have to go through n door­ a very clever creature, very clever, llshman except the tutor who educat­ Maple Mousa«. Casimir. “In the words of your great way; the only way to keep him out Indeed." ed him as a boy and taught him to you?" and things like that which the Shakespeare, 1 any. 'All's well thut Take one pint of whipping cream, 1« to have plenty of ftaxl on hunt!." read Shakespeare. The tutor must tourist seldom wants. beat until thick, add one und one-half While he drank his coffee and ate ends well.'” have been a Shakespearean enthusi­ ‘T’m afraid.” said Tommy politely, cupfuls ef maple sirup and a pinch of the wretched little roll which the ast, for Casimir has more quotations salt. Puck in n mold in equul parts German hotel-keepers give to guests •that there is some mistake.” ready for use than most of us. Un­ At this moment Janet Church came of ice and «alt and let Stand three to fortunately. lila knowledge of Shake­ What’s in a Name? Small baking powder along the corrWoy. wearing a pink four hours. speare did not help much in his cor- dressing gown, a pair of blue quilted cans make nice molds. Slice und By MILDRED MARSHALL reapondence with Procopius Cable. slippers and a very ribbony cap. She serve with a maple sauce to which Fsete ebout your name. Ha Malory, The English which Cable uses Is of whs on her way to a distant bath. pecans have been added. meanins. whence II •** derived, a modern and commercial kind. I By H. IRVINQ KINQ nl»r ante, your lucMy day. lucky jewel She saw Casimir, erect and beautiful A delicious sauce to serve with can fancy bls writing to Casimir: _ he is a very good looking man— baked custard, cornstarch or rice pud "Yours of even date”; or “of the 12th in front of Tommy’s door. She also dings is ” MYRA ult. to hand"; or “re Lystrfan mon­ BUBBLES AND MONEY saw Tommy, with the lather begin­ Maple Sauce. archy, we regret—” Shakespeare did ning to dry on his face. Cook together one cupful of maple not write in that style and I do not N THIS country and Canada n com­ Janet had been three days in Ber­ sirup, one teaspoonful of cornstarch suppose that Casimir understood half mon superstition I» that bubbles A point, Myrn represents the eternal lin, worrying the consul and the sec­ and two tablespoonfuls of butter. Cable wrote. Nor did Cable quite un- floating on a cup of tea or coffee sig­ etymological question. It 1« ««id to retaries In the embassy for permis­ Serve hot or cold. d< rati nd Casimir. He was inclined nifies that money is coming to. you. In mean "«he who weeps,” but where It sion to go on to Megalla. She had to skip the quotations of the count's some sections It Is considered neces­ come« from mid how It reached It» not received my letter about Emily’s letters, not realizing that they con­ sary to try and take up the bubbles In present form Is clouded In mystery. lost curate. Indeed, she never did veyed the most important kinds of The consensus of opinion seems to ■ paper L nlon. ) receive it. It reached Berlin after a spoon; you will have as many dol­ information. Casimir, for instance, she had gone away and was finally lars ns you can Catch bubbles. This be thnt It mmeS'from the word maruh, might write: ‘‘Now Is the winter of Is a remnant of the ancient magic art meaning bltteAess, which was then returned to me. our discontent made glorious sum- Some women would have hurried of hydromuncy, divination by a cup supplied to the bitter gum, myrrh. The mer.” Cable would take that for on. turning their heads the other of water ns practiced by Joseph In smne term was used to designate the mere ornament, the exuberance of a to way. Tommy was in his pajamas. Water brneklsh springs In the Egypt. See Genesis 44:5. He man not trained to business. She herself was most imperfectly was used for divination by the Egyp­ which the desolate widow of Bethle­ would fall to realize that Casimir clothed. But Janet does not suffer tians because Isis was sometimes re­ hem referred when she cried "Call me meant that the restoration of the from modesty and she loves Interfer­ garded ns the earth when fecundated not Naomi (pleasant), cull me Maruh monarchy was a gloriously accom­ ing In other people's business. She by the waters of the Nile and a vessel (bitter)." plished fact, or would be gloriously This Is, on the whole, the most sat­ calls this being helpful, and ’ believe* of water was therefore carried In her IS IT SLATER? accomplished as soon as the monarch isfactory derivation of Myrn. some­ It to be virtuous. processions. In undent times any put in an appearance. time« referred to In the Middle nges "Can I," she said, "be of any as- HE founder of the distinguished troubling of the waters. In a pool or In as Mjrrh of the Sen Myra was fre­ Of course the similarity of the two slstance to you? I speak German a cup. was considered of «IgnUlcimce names deceived Casimir. He was In Slater family In this country was fluently.” In modern necromancy Ihe coffee cup quently used In the early ilnys of Bib­ Berlin waiting and watching for the Casimir turned, put his heels to- Samuel Slater, who was born nt Holly- has succeeded to the divining cup of lical history mid Hie heritage of sor­ arrival of Lord Norheys. It was nat­ At This Moment Janet Church Came row which the nnme suggests seems gether and bowed to her. Then he house Farm, Derbyshire, Englund, in ural enough that he should think his Along the Corridor. Wearing a Pink kissed her hand. Janet. In a red 1700. He was fifth son of William and Joseph und ten nnd coffee to the fe­ generally to have accompanied Its cundating waters home before Isis. But of Blue Dresslng Gown, man had come when he saw Norreys dressing gown and boudoir cap, must Elizabeth Slater, members uf the land­ as of old, the bubbles rising In our di­ progress. It has been a great English Slippers and a Very Ribbony Cap. In the register of the A'Hon hotel, have been a surprising and rather a ed gentry. His father was a timber vining cup mean something. favorite and has likewise hud wide­ There is only the difference of one disgusting sight. But Casimir's man­ merchant of wealth, but he died when spread vogue In this country. Its popu­ who breakfast In their bedrooms, he But why money? Because the In ­ the two names. He letter between ners are as perfect as his clothes. He Samuel was fourteen years old. larity, curiously enough, being con­ opened his dispatch box and counted was further misled by the 'Reverend.” So, at the age of fourteen he ap­ fluence of Egyptian mythology upon fined largely to the South. would have bowed as politely and Boman mythology wan strong «ml Tommy. In thos^ days, was most par­ his money. prenticed himself for »lx ami a half Jet. the emblem of sorrow, 1« Myra's •‘It was the first time In my life,” kissed her hand with the same ele though the cult of Isis was but slight­ ticular about his “Reverend” anl gant devotion If she had stepped years to Jedediah Strutt, a cotton ly Identified with the cult of Juno; yet talisman gem, but by wearing It the he told he, "that I ’ d been a million ­ set himself down as Reverend T. A. straight out of her bath to be help­ spinner in Derbyshire. Then followed Isis was the chief of the Egyptian god- ancients believed thnt she could e« Norreys. Casimir was not familiar aire, and I liked the feeling. In fact, six and a half y«ur« of arduous labor, cap* her legacy of tears. It should ful. / with the title. It was n t, apparent­ I gloated.” but Samuel turned It all to good ac­ desses as Juno was th« chief of the be worn, however, against the flesh "Thanks," said Tommy. "Just tell I do not wonder. The German notes Itomun goddesses. ly, accorded to the clergy In Shake­ this gentleman, will you, that there’s count, and by the time he hnd served So It Is the breath of Juno thnt rises to Insure Its potency. Tuesday la spearean flays. The parson in "As are most opulent looking and impres­ some mistake. Most likely they’ve his full time he was a master of every­ sive things, far superior In size and You Like It” was styled "Sir”—“Sir in bubbles In our coTee cups nnd Myrn’« lucky day mid 7 lifer lucky sent him up to the wrong room. I'm thing connected with spinning as It N Juno, under her name of Moneta, number. Oliver.-’ as if he had be°n a knight, texture to the flimsy little scraps of not the man he wants to see.” was practiced In those days, and he ( 0 by Wholar Syndic»!», Ino.) menns money. Doubtless when the nn- On the other hand, "Keverend” was paper which England has to be con- -O----------- months over few Janet made a long speech In Ger ­ was still but a dent Bomans practiced this rite with used of Venetian seigneurs and such tented with. There are large gray man. Casimir answered her with a twenty. people. Casimir took it for an Eng- note*, as big as half sheets of note still longer speech. Janet replied to a cup of water they Invoked the god­ English paper In an One day he saw llsh version of ‘‘Hoch Wohl geborne.” paper, worth a thousand marks each. that, anO ’ le3s, y clean. Nobody could he had ever heard of Lord Norheys “He says his name Is Count Istvan because England herself was In such have helped fingering them lovingly either, or of Procopius Cable, or In­ desperate need of skilled men. But Casimir.” By John Kendrick Bangs. deed of Lystrla. He had not the and reverently. It was a delight to Samuel was bent upon oonilng to the count them. slightest Intention of going farther new world with the Information that But It 1« poor fun feeling that you east than Berlin. Indeed, he did not Tommy is the victim of a mis­ was needed to carry on cotton manu­ mean to leave .Berlin during his hol­ are a millionaire nil by yourself In SMILES take which appears to have im­ facture here. In order not to be ap­ idays, unless perhaps for a little trip a hotel bedroom. Tommy realized that mense possibilities. Are they prehended, however, he had to leave he ought to be out-of-doors enjoying ASK not luxuries to please to Potsdam. pleasant? all Ills papers on which lie had made My taste for soolal vanities. Tommy has explained to me exact­ himself and getting some solid good Although I frankly do conf»»» notes and drawings of cotton machin­ ly why he went to Berlin and what for ills money. He finished his cof­ I like them rather more than Io»», ery in England. He left Derbyshire. he meant to do there. A year or so fee, swallowed the last morsel of (TO BK CONTINUED I But luxury of lime »nd apaca Englund, and came to this country, de earlier he had bought a number of bread, and began to shave. To do the little deeds brighter pending entirely on his memory for Then came a knock at the door. Wherewith German marks on the advice of a Reaching for the Mirage the Information needed. Eventually he day friend who professed to be a finan­ Tommy said "Herein." His face was The cloud’s »liver lining, however, it became one of the foremost cotton For fellow trav»l»r on th» way. That I» th» »ort of ptantltud» cial expert. At that time he got covered with thick lather of soap, and apparent only to tho»e who stand manufacturers of Pennsylvania. he did not care for opening his I d»»m to hold th» greater good. three hundred and forty marks for a great way off.—Duluth Herald. I« by MnClur» Nawapapar Syndicat. » The nnme Is an occupational one, DWlá pound and they ae med cheap enough. mouth very wide; but he spoke quite and mean« a man engaged In slating. (©br MoOur« N»w»p»s«r Syndltat«.) Tommy's friend said that very soon distinctly. And he was sure that Elfe is a long leason in humility. I© br MoClur« N»w»p«p»< »yndlo»!« ! they would stand at twenty-five or "Herein" was the German for “come Moihe^CooKDook C Part II.—Berlin «THE WHY of SUPERSTITIONS I OUR Last Name T I M