King Tommy
CHAPTER X—Continued
—12—
Janet Church was watching about
the central hall looking out for some
one In whose business she could In-
terfere, helpfully of course, Janet
always wants to be helpful. When
she saw Tommy at the desk of the
reception office she walked over and
joined him. She agreed with
head clerk that an Ausweis was nec-
essary, and showed the one which
the Berlin police had granted to her.
Then she offered to take a look at
Tommy's passport just to see that it
was In order.
It was. Tommy's
mouth, nose, eyes and hair were de
scribed In the usual official style.
Ilia photograph, not tn the least like
him, was stuck in the proper place
and duly stamped by the Foreign of
fice. All the visas were there, ns
illegible as usual, But Janet raised
her eyebrows In surprise. Taking
Tommy by the arm she led him away
from the desk.
“You'd better be careful with that
passport,” she said. “The German
police know more than you’d think.”
"But it’s all right. Isn’t it?"
“Oh. It's all right, of course, for
Norreys, an Irish
the Bev. T.
clergyman.”
"And that's who I am.”
"I don't see what good you expect
to do by keeping up that pretense
with me,” said Janet.
“I assure you—"
"And 1 assure you.” snld Janet,
“that no ordinary Irish clergyman—
that's what you profess to be. isn't
my did not know It
Copyright by Bobb. Merrill Co.- W N. U. bervaa
Prince von Stelnveldt. heud of
German ministry tor the control
aliens.
iot Germán pood."
stiffiy.
Von
I don't speak It Ht nil," said Tom
my, "except ’ja.’ ’nein.’ ’heiss wasser'
nnd ’bitte «ihnen,' I don't believe 1
know a single word, it's « great re
lief to me to hear you talk English.
You can’t Imagine how I've been wor
ried all the morning by people u«k
Ing me questions which I couldn't un
derstand. If there's anything you
really want to know. I'll be delighted
to tell you provided jou ask In Eng
Uah."
“Your name?”
Tommy.
“Rev.
"Norreys."
««Id
Tbomus A. Norreya M. A T. C. 1».”
"Ach. sot'
“Yes," said Tommy
pleasantly.
"Just ao. I »1* you've got my pn«<
port there. If you look at It you'll
see my photograph. My nose la of
normal size, my face oval, uiy
name, which happened to M“ written
very legibly. He stmed nt It. looked
at Tommy, and then begun searching
through n pile of documents nt the
side of Ms desk. He came on the one
he wanted, opentsl It out beside lorn
tny's passiairt and eompnrvMl the two.
He took the clgarett« out of hls
mouth and looked ut Tummy with n
smile of malicious triumph. He made
a remark in a tone which was evi
dently meant to be Insulting. Then
he gave an order to a couple of men
In uniform who stood at the door of
the room. The men stepped forward,
touched Tommy on the arm and mo
tioned him to follow.
Tommy, puzzled and rather suspi
cious, followed the constable Into an
Inner office. There be found him
self in the presence of another police
officer, evidently a man of superior
rank. for he was smoking « cigar,
The constable made n short report
and handed over Tommy’s passport.
The superior officer stared curiously.
>, too, began to ask questions.
then
a large number of questions, lom-
my could neither understand nor
answer. All be could do was to point
to his passport. But It was evldent-
Iy In some way unsatisfactory. The oft-
ener the police officer looked at It
the more insistently he repeated Ms
At last, thoroughly dis
questions.
satisfied both with Tommy and tile
passiiort, he rang the office
sharply.
Two minutes later Tommy
was not
himself under arrest.
actually handcuffed, but It was made
quite clear to him that lie was un
der the charge of two policemen who
stood one on each side of him.
The police officer laid his cigar
down carefully and took up a tele-
phone receiver which stood _ on his
desk. Then followed a long conver-
satlon, or rather a series of conver
sations. Tommy, listening and watch-
A
afterward.
By George A. Birmingham
till
SCHOOL DAIJS
Marine Kni
"Exac{ly so," said Tommy, and
then waited.
The German referred to some pa
Thu popular “mcvia
pers which lay before him and then
in Hollywood as th« “most p«rf«ct
took another look nt Tommy's pa««
woman." When h«r ircaiurimtn*'
port.
war« taken som« time ago th«y wer«
i____ --------------------------- 1
“Your mime." he said. “Is Noire.'« found to b« exactly those of the Greek
“Time will un
but It Is here In the passport not al Ideal of feminine perfection. She «P
Th« Hummingbird,
veil
all thing» ta
barmte«» IHhuiln«.
together rightly spelled"
peared In a prominent picture at the
"N-o-r r e-y s." sai l Tommy.
potierity"
request of a producer who sought a
“Here.” said the German, tapping perfect woman to represent a living Th" burnished
one of hls own papers. "1 your naive statue adorning the wall of King Da
HE author of thia truth wax Eurlp
writer
Willi» wake« th" nixbltna bb>«« on.
N'-o r h-e-y-s spelled find. Not true?
vid's palace.
But Just too Ute to ae«,
".Not in the leust true.” said loin
of plays. Euripides wax a thinker nnd.
“Quite ordinary," said Tommy, “not
•d her bosom
my.
like all thinkers, wns Inclined to think
even an archdeacon.”
John Tabb.
"Herr Marquis," said the German
of things that were nlu nd“ of h’s time.
"No ordinary clergyman. English.
"we are of your coming to this coun
It may "ell be that the above quota
Scotch or Irish, would have Count
PICKLES AND RELISHES tion was Ids reply to criticism directed
try and of your plan for the reato
P, ASPRI »
Casimir calling on him the moment
ration of the monarchy of f.vstrln
E CURRHK
nt him for nome of hl« advanced be
he arrived In Berlin. Every body
and of the so-deep gripping plots of
NIUE crisp cucumtwr pickle 1« liefs. “You may believe It or not." we
M. D.
knows that Casimir is up to hls neck
your minister of Balkan affairs good
liked by moM people. It Is not can Imagine title Greek man of letter«
O
in international ¡dots. What would
Informed. The police Ausweis per
necessary to use alum, which ts In saying, "but the future "III prove me
he want with an ordinary clergy
mitting you longer to remain In Ber
jurious used e'en In small quantities. right. Time will unveil till thing« to
man? And If you're nothing but a
lin will not ge-granted be."
For a good pickle that I* ea»y to put posterity I”
HABIT-FORMING DRUGS
curate, how do you account for the
"I suppose you know,” said Tom
up, try these: Take three quarts of
way you were received at the Mas-
The first published play of this great
my. “that all that rigmarole about
cotte last night? I was there when
NY substance used In nny way to vinegar and one cupful of water, one tragedian was “Pellndee," wlilcb
plots nnd monarchies and marqulkiw
you arrived. The whole staff simply
a drug, even cupful each of sugar nnd dry mus pen risi In 4,’S II. C. The play was well
treat disease
lias nothing whatever to do with me.
tard. nnd salt; Mir until well mixed, received. but did not win the first
bowed down to you and you were
though It may be used for other pur
and my name Is spelled exactly as
then drop In small fresh cucumber®, prize which the Greeks were In the
given the best table in the room. Ev-
It is on my passport."
erybody turned round and stared at
Tea, coffee, alcohol. muMard. prunes, the Mualler the better If of uniform habit of iH'StowInf on the writer of the
’The In English so-called bluff do
you when you came in. The head
most meritorious piny-
soap, bicarbonate of soda, «nd many
I most perfectly understand." snld
waiter, who was drunk later on.
Like every man of prominence, Eu
other
tMug«
In
dally
use
In
the
h»us-
the German. “Within the borders of
Mustard Pickles.
served you himself. And that’s a
rlpldvs had hls enemies and these
hold. have a medicinal as "ell a« tbelr
tiie German state may you no longer
Take equal quantities of small cu men determined upon hl« downfall.
thing head waiters don't do in the
ordinary ecomuulc value.
remain."
case of ordinary curates."
Habit-fonnlng drugs may be perfect cumbers. the largest sliced. green to- They charged the poet with Impiety
a
bit
“That.” said Tommy,
"I know It looks odd,” said Tom
ly gornl ami useful and legitimate for nmtoea, cauliflower picked Into flower and unbelief In the gods. Whether or
rough on me. I came over here sim
my, “but, all the same, I really am—“
medical purposes, but they often tempt et«, anti button onions. Cover with a not the charge® wore true, they were
ply to get rid of a lot of your money
twenty-four hours. bellrrcd by the people, and their nd-
“I hope for your sake.” said Janet,
people to use them unnecessarily and strong brine
which I happened to have. 1 don't
using
one
cupful
of
snlt to a gallon of tnlrntlon for Euripides turned to on
“that the police will believe you. I
want to say anything Insulting to poison tffem.
don’t know who you really are, and
People who nre thus enslaved think water. In the morning seul.I the brine Uilty and he was forced to flee from
Germany or to hurt your feelings In
It Isn't my business to find out ; but
they cannot get along without tbelr nnd jxiur It while boiling hot over the Greece. At the court of Arcludnus,
any way. but you must know that dope; their will power mid self-control plckl'-s. When cold drain thoroughly the king of Macedonia, the poet was
if the police believe that curate story
your
money
Isn't
very
highly
thought
I shall be surprised. Don't you be
und prepare ns much vinegar ns I« warmly received nnd wax accorded Hie
of anywhere else In the world. I nre lost and, sooner or later. If n"i
them. To one quart highest honors by the sovereign nnd
under any mistake about the Berlin
cut
off
In
other
ways,
they
g
t
fata!
don't suppose the most unsophisticat
police. They’ll know exactly what
of vinegar use one cupful of brown Mx courtiers.
dlsen«e
from
use
of
the
drug.
ed South Sea Islander would give you
Euripides lx entitled to l>e culled the
'happened last night at the Mascotte,
Frequently nn overpowering dose of sugar, one-half cupful of flour, isie-
a coconut for a whole sackful of
fourth of n pound of dry mustard. Boll mnxter of the Greek tragedy nnd one
and In all probability they know,
the
drug
carries
them
off
mid
b
illy.
marks. If you turn me out of Ger
what I don’t, exactly who you are
the sugnr nnd vim gur, then mix the of the greatest playwrights of all time.
p«0| 1 ■ are, differently affected
many I don't see how I am to get rid
and what you’re doing in Berlin.”
flour and mustard with a little cold He Is said
the same drug at different time«,
of
that
money
at
all.
’
This made Tommy a little unensy.
<>n vinegar «nd pour Into the hot vinegar. 76 and HO tragedie«. Wayne I». Me-
dose
of
morphine
has
more
effect
"In Germany," said Von Stelnveldt
but he was not seriously anxious. His
Cook for a few minute«, then when Murray.
an empty stomach than whin
“for you to remain Is strongly forbid-
Mattle-
passport was in perfect order. He
smooth pour over the pickle«.
«¡a by
stomach 1« busy digesting food, nnd
i
den.”
had papers In his pocket, a check
will take effect mpre quickly when
Tommy had begun to feel Irritated you are tired nml slinepy. than when
book and some letters, which ought
Tomato Catsup.
with the ridiculously pompons old full of life and activity; moreover, If
to be enough to establish hls identity.
Put n bushel of tomatoes, skins nnd
man who sat before [dm. He had It 1.« taken to relieve pain, more "III nil. Into a kettle, boll until tender, then
He took a cab to the police office.
tried to annoy him by speaking of be necessary If the pain Is aevere than put through a colander to remove the
re found hls way after some trou
the worthlessness of German marks.
ble. Into a small, grimy, badly over
skins. Mix one cupful of salt, two
Curiously.
But the attempt had not J^een a suc If It Is not.
The
Superior
Officer
Stared
heated room. It was filled with shab
People are also differently affected pounds of brown sugar, half nn ounce
Ask
Ques-
cess.
He
tried
again.
Tills
time
a
Then
He,
Too,
Began
to
By F. A. WALKER
by looking people, men and women
by different samples of the same drug. of cuyenno, three ounce« of allspice,
tions, a Large Number of Questions. differs t taunt.
of various nationalities who stood In
A quarter of a grain of morphine the name of mace nnd celery seed. two
“Very well,” he said, "if you expel made by one chemist may produce the odnet*« of cinnamon. Add two quart«
an Irregular ill-formed queue. Tom Ing carefully, realized that the officer
shall go
BIASED MINDS
my took his place behind a smelly was repeating hls story several times me from Germany,
utmost effect desired by the doctor of vinegar, cook until thick, strain, re-
Polish Jew and waited. After about over, with long pauses between each Strasburg and make a tour of Al who gives It. while half a grain made bent nnd bottle.
half an hour he found himself stand telling, during which It seemed to sace and Loi Traine. They're not in by another chemist miw fall In pro
O AN Incredible degree, our beliefs
you know."
ing opposite a desk at which a young Tommy that he was being switched Germany any
are greatly Influenced by our feel
during that effect, the first specimen
“To cross the frontier." said Von being n pure drug, the second adult
man in plain clothes was writing. off from one listener to another. Tom
ings nnd wishes. By bringing together
without the police
This man was smoking a bedraggled my did not understand a word lie Stelnveldt,
Mens nnd dwelling on them under the
ated or unsuccessfully made.
cigarette, which looked as If he had said, but lie caught Ms name occa Ausweis entirely Impossible.”
swuy of strong feelings, the mln 1 t -mis
Drugs are taken to Influence dlseas
Tommy thought thin over carefully or produce steep or relieve pain.
licked It all over before lighting It. sionally, very badly pronounced. Aft
naturally to believe In the correspond
He was very badly shaved and near er a while he began to recognize the for a minute and then realized the
It lx because they make you c< m
ing realities.
ly as grimy as hls office. Hls tem words “Junger Englander.” Tommy, absurdity of the position.
fortable or produce certain agreen e
Tills Is seen In the strength of belief
"You say I can't stay In Berlin?" sensations that they allure you wb n
per, like the atmosphere of hls room, who was still In quite a friendly
associated with the wild dreams of
was overheated.
they are not required medicinally.
youth. To keep these airy visions con
mood, turned to one of the policemen he said.
He asked Tommy a number of beside him.
"Anywhere In Germany,” «aid Von
Drugs onffnnrlly harmless, like t<
i tantly before the mind without testing
questions rapidly. Tommy did not
coffee, or tobacco, may be taken !n
them In practice, sooner or Inter Is sure
"It’s a pity,” he said, “that he Stelnveldt, "is for you strongly for
understand a word that w.is Bald to
such quantities us to be Injurious.
to cause a blns or prejudice which In
doesn’t try broadcasting. That must bidden.”
Mm and shook bis head am.ably. The
Doctors hnve often been accus d of
“And nt the same time you say 1
IS IT LAMBORN?
fifth time he’s told his story.'
turn brings about dangerous likings or
be
the
young man asked his questions
laying the foundation of drug habits;
disliking« t<> the detriment of the In-
After the police officer had talked can't go.”
Tom
loi Ty,
more
over
again
"To cross the frontier without the this may lie true In Some cas"«. but la -rOSIAH LAMBORN of East Hemp- tellectual forces.
into his telephone for half an hour,
better
any
my did not understand
many years of experience I have seen J stead wns born in England In Moll.
To exercise the senses and let them
he gave an order to Ids two men and police Ausweis Impossible is.”
than before, but he tried 'he experi
few such cases.
He bad many children—Thomas, have undisturbed freedom Is the best
“So far ns 1 can see," said Tom
Tommy was led oft. They shut him
ment of saying "Ja” In a > agreeable
They usually come about tiecnus
and left my, "the only tiling left for me to do
Mnrln. Robert, John, William, Sarah.
way to accumulate the richest store
ds merely up In a small Inner room
tone to each question.
feel is to fade away gradually like the people prescribe for themselves, nr
In 1713 Robert migrated to Amer of clear Impressions, without which no
him there. Tommy began
>
Tommy,
Irritated the young man
¡mrtleMnrly because, until within the ica nnd settled near London Grove, man or woman In hls or her calling or
slightly annoyed, but was not in the Cheshire cat In "Alice In Wonder
who was beginning to leurn a little least frightened, It was evident that land,” and I can’t do that. The only last few ymir«, it 1ms been so e:my to Pa. Nine years later, on August 6, profession can hope to attain any de
Schoen.'
German, said, "Ja,
the hotel clerk had been wrong In kind of man I ever heard of who get a drug or a medicine which would 1722, he married Sarah, a (laughter of gree of distinction.
Even this appeared to he unsatLsfac- saylng that the police proceedings could do that Is a Mahatma, with an satisfy the craving of the drug fiend. Francis Swayne of Philadelphia.
To become biased nnd “set" In Ideas
<© by O«or<e
Adama)
tory, and the young m in was getting are merely formal, and Janet Church astral body, and I'm not one. But I
Their son, Thomas, of Lamborn. Pa., Is to become warped and Imprisoned
Tommy tried
seriously annoyed.
right when she warned Mm that he dare say you're simply making what
was a member of flu Society of In a vicious circle from which, ns the
"nein,” and then, aiming at pollte-
‘ ' of you believe to be a Joke. I Blwnyx
was likely to have a great deal
Friends mid as an advocate of peace years advance, there Is but little likeli
ness, "neln, danke." The young man
trouble before be got permission to heard tout German Jokes are a bit
In the Revolution w:.s once arrested hood of escaping.
A
LINE
O
’
CHEER
repeated his questions in a very loud
difficult to see."
stay In Berlin.
The simple process of thinking clear
by the sheriff.
and threatening tone.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
When Tommy had been Incarcerat
The name Is a pure English one, ly, accepting facts as they prewent
By John Kendrick Bangs.
Tommy, still confident that every
ed for about an hour he was taken
coining from nn estate In Cornwall, themselves and weighing the accum
thing must go well in the < nd, got
Made Lonely Journey
two
England, which has been In the same ulated evidence Ibus gathered on scales
out bls passport and han led it across out and put In a taxi. His
A woman farmer In a lonely part of
whose weights are true. Is the only
family since the <Hv< of Edward II.
A COODLY TASK
the table. It contained .ill the infor guar'la went with him. They were South Africa, Mrs. Ida Francis, has
WAKEMAN -TM«
name
comes method by which the young or the old
mation which even the most inquisi perfectly civil, but they never took just shown that in luck and endur
from the Anglo Saxon words waec- can expect to achieve and attain.
HE world may be all dark
tive policeman could de re, hls name, their eyes off him for an Instant.
The cab Mopped opposite nn im ance British women settlers are not
If you will study the bright Intel
man, meaning watchman. The waec-
and glum,
Ms profession, the date and place of
But none the leas I'm Kind
mense, floridly decorated doorway. behind the men.
tnan'« duty was to blow a cow's horn lects of the past, the minds which have
Ms birth were all there. Hls height
About two months ngo a cyclone
I've come,
In hls v III hk « every night at nine left their nhlnlng monuments In the
was stated, and the color of his eyes Tommy was led through IL Into what devastated her farm, which lie« be
For after all It saem- to m«
seemed
to
be
a
public
office.
He
was
o’clock. If between this time and sun world, you will find that they reached
The
great«»t
task of all ther« ba
and the shape of hls mouth and a
yond
the
western
fringe
of
the
desolate
conducted along a corridor, taken up
la to spread light where gloom
rise the next morning any thievery their exalted places by dear reasoning,
large number of other things. It cer
Kalahari desert; and then came floods
holds
took
place, It was mad® good nt the nnd a cheerful willingness to listen to
tainly seemed as If every possible an elevator, led along two other cor which destroyed the food and shelter
To warm ft bleak and chlllaome
ridors and finally with Immense cer
words nt counsel from others.
public
expense.
question was ans vered.
way
for her cattle. The only way to save
There was In them no desire to de-
LAVENDER This Is an old English
of cheer, and
With little gleams
I
The police offi< "r opened the pass emony, ushered Into a very hand her animals was to drive them 400
fill
name, from an obsolete French word, cl a re their superiority, for they wore
port with a jerk >f his hand and al somely furnished office.
With peace some frowning coign
A tall, fierce-looklng man, elderly, miles across the desert to her son’s
iHvandler, meaning a washerman. Lav- ever anxious to avoid the ruts and
lowed the ash of hls cigarette to fall
of 111,
farm, and this she did, unaided.
grizzled
and
most
Imperfectly
shaved,
anderle, which meant the place where drive steadily up the hills with free
And If ths world ts black with
on the paper In order to show hls dis
She
found
that
many
of
the
wafer
rua
clothes are washed, has given rise to reins and open minds nntramtneled by
dain of everything English. There sat at a large table covered with pa- holes In the desert had dried up, and
It glvna us so much more to do
He was evidently a person of
our word laundry, nnd so lavandler, prejudice nnd bias, those terrible de
was really very little of it he could pers.
To dissipate the elouds of car.
took sometimes she had to ward off attacks
one who washes, ha« given rise to our stroyers of success, lying In wnlt at
read or understand, for he knew no great Importance and Tommy
And raise hope's gleaming beacon
by
lions
with
her
rifle;
but
she
kept
a good look at him. His short gray
name Lavender. Launder nnd Lander the cross roads for the foolish, the ob
there.
English; but he pretended to study
steadily on, and In the end brought
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durate and the self-conceited.
are from the same source.
it with a sort of contemptuoua atten hair stood upright on Ids head like nearly all her charges through safely
the bristles of a brush. There weye
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«W br McClur« Newspaper Hyndloat«.)
tion.
Suddenly be became really
large rolls of fat on Ms neck. Tom- —Family Herald,
alert Hls eye had llt 00 Tammy's
Moihei’j (ooR Book
Health
IP HO SAID
A
SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
T
Name