King Tommy
YOUR FRIEND
YOURSELF
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
iWiliiHilnTmTiiTrûWi
f^txiD friends in life ure life's most
lovely thing;
Two things I wish you ull along MR. CHIRP AND MR. HOP to harm me. They like to havu, me
around. Why, only lust night I hud
the way;
That you will have them, wintry day W CHIHI' mid Mr Hop met one th» nicest sort of Um» singing to u
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or spring.
rainy morning b> the nide of a young couple who were envying their
neighbor.
But never need them, spring or dusty country mad
"1 sung nnd sang until they forgot
wintry day.
They were cousins, though one wax
Bending low tie whispered Into Tom ¡>et without surprising him
to look across th» street at the big
Good friends are good, hut happiest n little cricket Utili
my's ear.
much.
handsome housu of their rich neighbor.
THE PRINCESS
big grtisshopiH-r.
Is he
“I need scarcely say that your lord
The princess' turn was evidently
Wlu>, having friends, needs not to weren’t the least Idt the name und ’Hark,’ said th» young wife suddenly
ship will be at no expense, none the chief |M«rformance of the eve-
SYNOPSIS — In London the
they did not drei« alike, either Chirp ‘there Is our cricket again,’
friends to turn—
I w hatever."
t«ll«r of th« ator> of the Hdven-
ning. Conversation wasefi. Men ant Who never needs to ask for charity, was always cheerful and tried to maku
“Pretty soon they hud forgotten to
tur«« of
'Ktng Toniniy" and
Then he turned and gave a series down their glasses and leaned for
But has tils food, hl* coat, lit* others bo , hut his couxin Hop was In be envious and were sitting by the
known hereafter as "Uncle Bill.’’
' of orders In German to a subordinate
ward In their chairs. The mualc of
tire listening to my song.”
ta Informed by I .ord Norheys.
clined to be quarrelqpine.
wood to bunv.
who stood near.
non of an old frtend. that Lord
Well.
tlie hand sank to a soft rhythmical
me!" exclaimed
Troyte. head of the British for
Tommy leaned back In bls gilt chair throbbing, a drum muttered aoftly.
Hop. "If that Isn’t the moat sense
Because,
the
older
that
grow,
eign office. Norheys' uncle, haa a
and looked round. Ho saw at once A girl in a dress shining with se
less tnlk t ever listened to Just Ila
learn
acheme to make him (Norheys)
that he had been given one of the quins stepped daintily down among
ten to some of th» things I do.
king of Lyatria. In central Ku-
That, n
all,
man
n
e«*<la
very best tables In the room. It stood the tables, stood In the middle of the
rope. through marriage to Ca
“Yesterday morning," Hop b»gnn, "I
friend
to
be
lypso. daughter of King Wladts-
st the edge of a greet square carpet carpet and curtsied low to Tommy.
got Into Farmer Joflea’ potato patch
To
him
himself-
to
save
as
,well
lawa. deposed monarch of that
which covered the center of the floor,
nnd you should have Been that place
He could have sworn that It was
country
A Anancler. Procopius
earn.
tin the carpet Itself there twere no to him alone that »Ke curtsied, that
when I left ; my, but the funner was
In
Joy
providing
for
adversity,
tables. But diners at tables of var she took no notice of nny one else In
fusion tn Lystria, snd with an
nngry I
Good
friends
In
life
are
life's
most
English king on th« throne the
ious sizes sat round It in parties of
"Then I hopped over to the lawn of
| two or four or six. Behind the tables the room. He also had an unpleasant
land.
Impression that she disliked, or per
the fnrnihousw where the farmer’s wife
I. In love with a
But, friends
keep, remember
।
which
stood
on
the
edge
of
the
car-
Viola Temple. Is
haps despised him, and only curtsied
was whitening some clothes on the
here's the wny;
I pet were others. Behind these still
not «nthusiastlo over the propo
to
him
because
she
w
as
forced
to
grass.
I just hopped nil over those
Thej
’
always
have
them,
wintry
day
sition
Th« patriarch. .Menelaus,
more und these
I
were set on a sort do It.
clothes nnd l< ft brownish marks wher
highest Bccleaiaatloal dignitary
or spring.
of platform i a step above the floor of
ever I traveled. That will teach her.
The managers of the Udscotte. I
Who never need them, spring or
; the room. Farther back among pillars
---- «»«w ZIIDIIHIV <1 J,
I guess, not to cover up niy gru«».
having secured the services of a real
wintry
day.
and Cable haa generously financed
and under archways In what Tommy princess, made the most of her. nnd
"There were some berry bushes near
the sentiment. Calypso Is mak-
, thought of as broad side aisles, were gave her every chance of making the |
the bouse, and those I nibbled until
iag a living dancinq In the "Mas-
'
other
places
for
still
more
diners.
the leaves
cotte.” Berlin cabaret. Norheys
quite pretty, I
most of herself. The higher lights I
I Gazing round curiously Tommy
< thought. But the farmer's wife didn't.
were
extinguished
ail
over
the
room.
I
“
Mr.
Chirp
and
Mr.
Hop
Met
Ona
Ktvtng up Viola Temple, to whom
I i-aught sight of a woman standing up Only the small shaded lamps on the I
I She said she wished th» hens and tur
Rainy Morning."
at one of the farthest tables. She
key» would gobble every one of us."
diners' tables still burned. A bright i
was waving her hand and signaling
••cure
i passport fro
bord
“Good morning. Cousin Hop,“
“Maybe If you did not do so much
beam from some hidden lamp fell on i
"To
dwell
happily
with
each
other,
Troyt»
to him. At a second glance he rec- the princess und followed her wher- I
for a
eertali
people sh -uld be versed In the nice- Chirp cheerily, although he lind IxM'll harm, cousin," said Chirp timidly, "th«
Church, strong-minded
I ognlzed her—Janet Church. In a se ever she moved.
singing nearly nil night.
farmer's wife would not feel thut wuy
The twitchins of
who wi
visit Lystria
vere black dress, the only evening
the Int
the violin strings grew faster,
"Morning." answered Hop. “I don't towurds your family."
The ulty tor willing comprehension.''
gown she took with her when trav
"Wen. If you think I am going about
players drew their bows aero
se«« much good about It. Cold and
the
for Berlin "Uncle Bill" is again
eling, she looked much out of place strings and th
MEATLESS DINNERS
•Inglng a »Illy little chirping dong as
wet! Makes my lugs stiff.”
music
cutue
loud
and
appealed to by his sister to find
in the Mascotte. Having attracted tempestuous.
The girl on the curpet
a certain curate < name not given I
"But the sun will soon be out warm you d<> nnd never do a thing to ntak«
> Tommy’s attention, she began to
who has left his parish in Ireland
with the light on her looked younger, F”» those who must and those w ho and bright and dry things, cousin." re a show In the world, you are quite
cross
the
room
toward
him,
evidently
for a visit to Berlin, and cannot
mistaken. Cousin Chirp," replied Hoji.
fresher, more beautiful than any of •L wish to leave meat out of the diet. plied Chirp.
ba found. Lord Norheys and Viola
with the intention of sitting down at
Ctilrp watched Ids roualn out of
the others who hud dun ed before the following recipes and suggestions
T«mpla disappear from London.
"Huh.” answered Hop harshly, "wait,
his table. But this was not al her.
may prove helpful;
Procopius Cable receives Infor
wait I That's It ! Why ahuuld I bave sight, nnd then he crept fur under a
lowed.
The
head
waiter
caught
sight
mation that Norheys. with the
Vegetarian Main Dish.
•Unfortunately she could not dance.
to wait? It ought to be whining now bush and fixed himself for a comfort
of her and gave an order to one of
princess, has left there on his
able rest. "1 can’t nee how Cousin
Take equal parts of fresh green peas so I can get about.
Her
performance
would
scarcely
Jou huve
way to Lyatria. but Norheys ap
his men. Janet Church was stopped.
and sweet corn pressed from the ker been singing your silly song all night Hop can get nny pleasure at all out
have
won
applause
In
a
second
rate
pears with the former Viola
turned round and conducted to the
of life," thought t’hlrp. ”1 guesa I do
nels, chopped raisins, und dates mixed long?" he twitted t'hlrp.
Tempi«, now his wife. The ques
obscure and distant table which she theater. Her steps nnd attitudes
tion Is. "Who Is the man who has
lend (I rather quiet sort of life, but
were graceful enough but were easy with honey and olive oil to moisten.
"Yes,"
replied
Chirp
good
had
left.
niitured- It aeema to me I get more pleasure
gon« to Lystria with the Princess
Press Into cups to mold and serve with
of
accotiHdlshment.
There
was
no
Introduces
Calypso f
ly. "tBylng tu make psopls happy.”
It would Interest me, though per
out of living thnn he doea. I must g >
hlm«elt. and Janet Church, vainly
haps no one else, to know what Tom kind of spirit or any delight In her a rich creum sauce made with cream,
"Wasting your time singing »Illy to sleep now or I shan’t bo tip in time
• ••king from the British consu
addlug
honey
or
maple
Blrup
and
nut
dancing,
Even
Tommy.
knew
my
had
to
eat
and
drink
that
night.
lat« a passport to Lystria. be
songs.” grump Hop answered. “You to sing for my nice young couple after
nothing about
the art,
realized meal mude from the bruzll nuts.
comes acquainted with the two
will get stciqx'd on some day nnd that their supper tonight, nnd they might
that this girl
was gr
the
man tn th« Ad I on hotel. Tommy
will bo th« end of you."
get to thinking about their rich neigh
Mock
Saucages.
mistakes Casimir for a hotel
Inferior of those
had gone
thief and refuses him admission
"Oh, no, I won’t," said Cblrp cheer bor again nnd tie unluippy."
Soak one-half cupful of Uma beans
before her. Iler dancing meant noth-
to his room. Casimir insists on
Ing, conveyed nothing ext >t a feel- overnight in water to cover. Drain fully. "Folks are always careful not
Tommy dining at the Mascotte.
N«
nnd sunk in s^ted water until soft
Ing that she disliked doln. It and de
telephone booth, where he had
Put through a pure. strainer, add one-
splsed the people she was doing It
gone In an attempt to escape
third of a cupful of dry bread crumbs,
It
seemed
to
Tommy
that
sho
from Casimir.
Janet Church,
was dancing specially for him and three tablexiHMmfuls of butter, one-
thinking Casimir can be Instru
that she disliked and despised him hnlf teaspoonful of sage, one beaten
mental In securing her passport,
urges Tommy to introduce her.
more than she did the others,
egg and salt and ¡tepper to season.
He Anally agrees, she to pose as
The music rose to a climax of Shape In the form of sausage, dip inio
his aunt. Tommy and Janet visit
sound, The dance came suddenly to lenten egg und bread caumbs nnd fry
th« Mascotte that evening.
an end. The lights blazed out again. In deep fat. Serve with rings of fried
The girl sank to the ground In a low apple, overlapping around the platter.
curtsey with her skirts spread out
CHAPTER VIII—Continued
GEESE AND WEATHER
CONSUELLA
A nut roast may be prepared, using
round her. right in front of Tommy's
—9—
table, within a couple of feet from the coan-ely chopped nuts In place of 'T',, a T tame ducks nnd geese flying
AL NAMI! that belongs almost out
A small dapper man in evenin;
him. There was a burst of applause. the meflt, with the other Ingredients of
*• «bout In n marked manner foretell
right to literature Is Consuella
clothes came up to him and bowed.
Men stood up and shouted. It was a veal loaf. Baste during the baking rain Is n common saying In the United it Is generally regarded us French,
Tommy saw that thin gray hair was
not the dancing they approved. Not nnd serve with a highly seasoned to States und Canada. This Is an ex though In popular usage It has a dis
carefully brushed across a bald patch
a Jewess among them, not a slant mato sauce.
tremely undent superstition which has tinctly» English flavor. Very few
on top of his bead. He was by no
In the sum» oven with the roust
eyed Russian lady, not a profiteer,
etymologiat» list It among feminine
means a young man. He had small
or even an American bur knew per bake peeled potatoes with two onions descended down the ages. In some names, and it Is not possible to trace
twinkling eyes and a rounded paunch.
fectly well that the girl could not sliced nnd six -tnhlespoonfuls of any sections, however, we find variations Its evolution.
But he bore himself with a sei-taln
dance. Their applause was for them good oil. bast lag often during the bak which ckurly Indicate the line of de
Consuella first gained fame In the
dignity. Even when he was bowing
selves, not for her. It was the new ing. Add pn $ey well sprinkled over scent of the Hiiperstltlon umb approxi
time of George Sand» (Madame
low there was no sign of servility in
rich proclaiming thejr triumph over the vegetable .and season well with mate the modern to the ancient version Budevnnt). In her novels "Consuella"
his manner. This was the head wait-
the old aristocracy, over royalty It salt and pepper.
more closely than does the commoner nnd "La Comtesse de Rudolstadt.” the
er of the Mascotte and he did Tom-
self. Risen from the slime of the war
saying. Thus In some sections they heroine was a .Spanish singer whose
my high honor by granting him this
period, they aceiaimed themselves
say tbat turne geese always fly toward noble purity
i
was sustained amidst
person.1 reception.
masters of the old order which was
the point of the compass from which temptation* and disillusion*. < 'onsuel-
‘Tour lordship's table Is reserved. The Princess’ Turn Was Evidently there, like Samson among the Phil
the wind Is going to blow; and In oth- In waa swept along on th» wave of
one of our very best tables.”
the Chief Performance of the Eve istines, to make sport for them.
ers
that ducks or goose, swimming, popularity which accompanied literary
ning.
He spoke with an excellent Eng
The bend blared into a noisy march.
when they dip their head* under water names In Englund.
lish accent. He waved his hand in
The girl remained crouched at Tom
and raise them again very quickly, in-
In this country It achieved no great
Unfortunately, he can give me no ac
the direction in which he wanted
diente thut It Is going to rnljp. In the yogil» until the time of the lovely
count at all of his meal and does not my’s feet, flushed and panting, the
Tommy to go and then walked In I know the name of the champagne he fingers of her right band twitchin;
South they are said 'o be "pleading
Consuelln Vanderbilt, who married th»
front of him. There was no mistake
at the bodice of her dress. Sudden-
rain."
i drank.
duke n[ Marlborough, . nnd became
about the dignity of the man’s bear
ly she rose, With a quick nod and
chatelaine of ope of the noblest houses
•Shortly after eleven o'clock Tom
This
shows
flint
the
widespread
SU-
ing. It was almost kingly, just such
a little motion of her hand she flicked
my discovered what the stretch of
I hts : ilion
ardlng the connection ■>f Great Britain. The widespread use
a bearing and manner as suited the
a note
to Tommy. It fell on
carpet In the middle of the room was
between ducka and gov.sp und the of Consuelln whs apparent Immediate
bead waiter of the Mascotte.
the plate In front of him. The girl,
IS
IT
WYCLIFFE?
for. The band, which had been play
weather Is but an echo of the old ly throughout the country.
Following the man’s lead. Tommy ing some of the music of Tosca sud- without glancing at him again, look
The penri Is Conauella'a la
Greek
Superstition us recorded by
passed between two lines of inferior ; denly struck up a dance tune. Two ing neither to the right nor to the
nunm. either spelled Wlcllffe,
Theophrastus who, writing about three gem nnd Is said to proerve lu;
waiters, all bowing low. From tables
left,
walked
through
the
applauding
-A Wycllff or Wycliffe, Is from the
girls appeared from a curtained re
hundred years B.
said, “Divers and nnd bring her friends nnd n
to the right and left reven-rs looked cess at the far end of the room, run people and disappeared.
name of a parish In the North Riding
ducks,
both
wild
and
tame. Indicate Monday Is her lucky day, an
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
up and watched him pass. They
nf Yorkshire, England, (t was h-re
down among the tables, pirouetted In
rain
by
diving;
but
wind
by fluttering lucky number.
whispered to each other, inquiring
that the famous reformer, Jtdin de
the middle of the carpet, and began
their wings.” And the superstition
who it could be who was received so to dance.
Snake Does Not “Sting”
Wycliffe, was bom In 1324.
was old ( (n In the days of the Greek
Impressively by the head waiter and
The stinging snake is a myth. Al
David Wickliffe was the first male
Tommy had seen dancing before.
philosopher,
it Is based on symp.i-
his staff. Tommy came at last to a on the stage at
though
thousands
of
people
apparently
white
child
born
In
the
state
of
Mary-
the Gayety theater
theflc magic. The duck dipping her
small table set a little upart. The In Dublin at the
believe there Is such a thing as a lumi of Protestant parents,
His fa bend ami »linking the water from It
time of the Christ-
head waiter pulled back a large gilt mas pantomime,
But this was a very stinging snake, and many af them In then reached Maryland Is tile year Imitates rnln und, therefore, produces
chair. Tommy noticed a small card different thing,
BKW, where he died In 1(M2. He left,
There he viewed sist that they have seen such snakes,
rain. By fluttering her wings she sets
on a silver stand in the middle of the dancers from
a distance, with an no competent scientist or observer has a wife, Jane, who married n Mr. air In motion, imitating a blowing of
the table. It bore his n • ie, Norreys;
ever
had
the
privilege
of
seeing
one.
Brook, for a second husband.
He
orchestra and a row of footlights be
wind. und by sympathy creates a
but not the Rev. T. A. Norreys. He
tween him and them. They were re Rewards for stinging snakes are oc left, nlso, n son David, who migrated breeze—like produces like; primitive
was described on the c.
as the mote creatures, unreal, scarcely flesh casionally offered, but no such snakes to Virginia, where he married Mary
man's firm conviction with regard to
Markgraf von Norreys. It seemed to
and blood. Here they came close to are ever produced. The nearest ap Nic! oh . .(nd mad's n contract to bring cause and effect.
Tommy well worth while to be a him, go close that the whirling
proach to the supposed stinging snake up her children by two fonm-r 'hus
I of Is the “Furancla abacura,
(<) by M< Clur« Newepnper Syndicate.)
Markgraf—whatever a murkgraf was their skirts
" L small, bands, “so fm-re nt school» us to write
as they passed
—If the title secured so much consid fanned the air against his fine. hi tn harmless snake with a needle-like and rende.”
These eons were Na-
He spine on Its tall.
eration and respect. Tommy felt could smell the
In different parts thanle! Pope and Lewis Nochllns.
scent from their
>0000
rather glad that Count Casimir had clothes and see the heaving of
of the South this ennke, along with
David had n brother Robert, who
their
made his mistake.
A LINE O’ CHEER
throats as they caught their breath. kindred species. Is known «-arlously as married Margaret, stepdaughter of
The head waiter murmured confi And the music was far more excit the hoop snaae, the rainbow snake, t'ol. William Pierce, son of Capt. Wil
the mud snake and the stinging snake.
dentially In his ear:
ing than any he hail ever heard.
By John Kendrick Bangs.
liam Pierce of Virginia Council, whose
"If your lordship will allow me to
The waiter who attended him filled But the notion that these snakes sting daughter J ine was the third wife of
ooœooooooooœooooocioooo
order the dinner and ch >se the wine his glass with champagne. Tommy with their tails is all poppycock.— John Rolfe.
—I assure you that I thoroughly un sipped It as be watched the dancers. Exchange.
LUXURIES
MERRITT—Thia name Merritt Is
derstand wine."
Others took the places of the first
from the parish of Merriott, In Som
His English was perfect, far bet two, dancing wildly, sometimes danc
Miracles of St. Leonard
DO not
ersetshire.
on
ter than Count Casimir's and he ing well. The music grew louder.
If there were such a personage, St.
The mime is from Pierre or Peter.
Which hath the «weeter cant,
spoke It with the Intonation and ac The whole scene began to grow dim Leonard would certainly have been the Prince Edward used to call the fa
fresh youth or age.
cent of a gentlemen. Tommy felt sure before Tommy’s eyes, as a man might patron saint of prisoners. He was vorite, Pierce or Peter de tiavegton.
The dreams of youth are fair, all
that he might be trusted to order the watch the figures In a dream.
tunnhiK full
originally a French nobleman nt the Perot.
Of Kolden promises delectable,
very best food nnd wine obtainable
Be was awakened to the reality court of Clovis I. and became a monk
LUMLEY—This Is an old Anglo-
And y»t somehow the notion
In the Mascotte. But he had an un of his surroundings by the sound of nnd founded a monastery-w hich, after
comes to me
Saxon name. The f unlly have lived
comfortable feeling that the bill for Casimir's voice In bls ear. The count his death, about 590. was known as St.
That
as the years pass on reality
In England In th« county of Durham
the entertalnmeni might be startling. had slipped over quietly from some Leonard Ie Noblat. He was famed for
Holds riches worth, and In the
harbor's calm
His pockets were full of marks, other part of the room and had sat Ids charity toward prisoners, and Is re from the time of the Conquest. In
1M3 King James I visited Lumley cna-
rarer
stuffed with them. But It might down at Tommy's table.
puted to have worked many miracles tlc. nnd the bishop of Durham, bilking
balm
very well take a trunk full of marks
To Rootbn the troubled soul than
“Please," he said, "the Princess on their behalf. These miracles In ré to the king there, wanted to do honor
In the ntrife
to pay for the dinner which the aris Calypso now.”
leasing unhappy ceptives continued
to Ids friend Lord Lumley, so he gave
Attendant on our bnttllnjça with
tocratic head waiter would order.
Tommy was scarcely surprised nt after his death, according to ■ tradi n long account of the family, "oh,
(W by MuClur« Nswapspar Syndicat«.)
life.
Tommy hesitated and made a grab the announcement. A princess, a tion, which was very convenient, ns
Whlche’sr the sweeter be I’m
mon,"
said
the
bored
king.
'gring
no
A new type of farm tractor hns
at the menu, Intending to make sure queen, an empress, any kind of ex his festival happened to he the first
nothing loth
further. Let me digest what I have.
To thank my stars that I have
of the worst that could befall him. alted lady, except perhaps one of Fra day of the Michaelmas term, when
been Invented for plowing nt night.
tasted both.
The head waiter, a man of quick ap Angelico’s angels, might have danced writs were made returnable.—Family I did na ken Adam was named
A single automobile headlight at the
(15 by McClure New^psper Ryndlcate )
Lumley !"
front supplies sufficient illumination
prehension, guessed his thoughts. I before him there on the Persian iUr- Herald.
(© by McClure Newanaper Syndicate.)
for the driver.
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