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JUNGLE
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King Tommy n^
CHAPTER XIV—Continued
In the end Tommy cot out of his
difficulty In a way which struck him
as neat. He led Allen across the din
Ing room at luncheon next day and
breught him to the table where the
princess and Janet sat.
“Allow me to Introduce Mr. Allen to
you,“ he said. Then, turning to Allen.
he murmured : "My wife, and my
secretary, Miss Gisborne.”
That left Allen to decide for htm-
■elf which was the wife and which
th« secretary. He was pussled. He
looked at Janet and then at Tommy.
He looked at Calypso, and thought of
his sister and the other unruly maid-
•ns In the canteen. At last he de
elded In favor of Janet.
"I want to thank you.” he ssi d to
her. “for all your kindness to
Janet took that very well. She had
been kind, after her own fashion, to
•o many different people that she
could not possibly recollect them all.
She inquired graciously for Miss Al
len. and received an account of ber
marriage to a young officer she had
met at the canteen.
The Introduction passed off surpris
ingly well; but Tommy was by no
means done with Allen. That
nlng they met again.
"Ever see any of the fellows from
the old regiment nowadays?" said
Allen.
Tommy would have been glad to
know what the old regiment was. He
wished very much that he had thought
of asking Casimir and the king for a
little more Information before he un
dertook to be Colonel Heard.
"I ran into Simpson the other day.”
■aid Allen.
“You remember Soapy
Simpson «nd the old Frenchwoman in
the rest billet* behind Givenchy.”
"Rather." said Tommy
heartily,
“that's how he got the name Soapy,
wasn’t It?”
“Was Itr he said. "But there
wasn't any soap In that business, was
there?"
“It may have been cheese,” said
Tommy. “One gets confused about
these things."
"Oh," «aid Allen, “you're thinking of
Collin*. They always said It was on
account of that cheese that you rec
ommended Collins for the D. 3. O.”
"That,” said Tommy, “is a gross
Blander. As a matter of fact, Collins'
recommendation for the D. S. O. went
In before any one heard a word about
the cheese."
He felt that he owed that, much to
Colonel Heard’s reputation. Whatever
Collin* had done about the cheese,
Whether he had eaten It, refrained
from eating it, stolen it, or baited a
Bouse trap with It, no conscientious
■olonel would have recommenced him
1 for a D. 3. O. on that account alone.
“Oddly enough,” said Allen, “I heard
from Collins the other day. I sup-
pose you know he married that little
rod-haired V. A. D. who used to be at
, Wlmereux.”
“I always expected he would,’’ said
Tommy, "though in my opinion she
was a great deal too good for him. I
can't imagine what any girl could see
In Soapy Simpson?”
“It was Collins who married her,
BOt Simpson. Did I say Simpson?"
“Oh, Collins,” said Tommy. “That's
different, of course. What's Collins
doing now?”
"He and she are running a chicken
farm in Monte Carlo.” said Allen,
“making quite a good thing out of It,
I believe.”
After that Tommy escaped and went
to bed. But Allen came at him again
the next morning. He had a passion
for reminiscence, and seemed to have
known every single officer in “the old
regiment” except Colonel Heard hlm-
seif. Young Bright had come to grief
over a dud check which he cashed In
a night club in London. Tommy ex
pressed great regret for his fate. Poor
Styles was still limping about and
would never get back the use of his
leg. Tommy regretted that. too. After
a while Allen got back t > 'he subject
of his slater, and Mrs. Heard and the
canteen.
I "Sh«’ll be surprised win n I tell her
Tve met Mrs. Heard out here,” said
'▲lien. "That last leto r I had from
her she said she'd be n Invited to
i party some-
meet Mrs. Heard at a
.ifortunately
where in Kehsington.
■be couldn’t go.’’
“That must have be< n a long while
■go,” said Tommy.
'I only
'Not so long,” said Allen.
got the letter last wee :.”
“If your sister had gone to that tea-
he wouldn't
party,” said Tommy,
have met my wife. She'S been out
hare for the last six month*.”
That, he felt, ought to put a stop
to any chance meet In
n London be-
1 tween Mrs. Heard and Miss Allen,
whose name of cour*< vas not Allen
any longer, for she ha married an of
ficer whom she met In the canteen —
a thing which showed that Mrs.
Heard had not kept a tight enough
hand over her.
Tommy went to bed very well sat
isfied with him elf. It »had proved
surprisingly eas to play the part of
' Colonel Heard. It would, no doubt,
have been equally easy to play that
of Lord Norhej
He began to feel
. sorry that he b d not done so In
atead of claiming his own name and
position. Then he remembered Miss
Temple and felt glad that he had re
fused to be Lord Norbey*. Miss Tem-
| pie would, apparently, have been a
hopeless obstacle to his marriage with
I Calypso. He wondered a little wheth
By George A. Birmingham
CocrrUht by Bobtw-Marnll Co.—W N. U. Sirvtce
er the existence of a Mr». Heard would
b« another obstacle. If Calypso ob
jected to a man who was engaged to
be married, she might very well ob
ject even more strongly to a man who
had been married for ut least seven
years.
CHAPTER XV
The princess. Janet Church and
Tommy sat at lunch on the third day
after their arrival In Breslau. Thanks
to the king's Influence with the man
ager of the hotel, they had a very
pleasant table, placeri tn a bow win
dow from which they had a view of
the town's market place.
drove slowly
A large motor
across the square and pullet! up at
the door of the hotel. The driver was
remarkable. He wore a high cap of
black fur with two long black ribbons
hanging from the back of it, a brown
overcoat, double-breasted and adorned
with great silver buttons. The collar
and cuffs of the coat were of curly-
black fur. Even while he sat at the
steering wheel It could be seen that
he was a very big man. probably tall,
certainly broad and strongly built. A
thick black mustache covered his
mouth.
He had heavy eyebrows
which met across his forehead. His
face was almost mahogany-colored.
Tommy stared at him with Interest
■nd pointed him out to the princess.
Largo Motor Car Drove Slowly
Across the Square and Pulled Up
at the Door of the Hotel.
The moment she saw him she jumped
to her feet and clapped her hands in
excitement and delight.
"It’s Sandor," she said, "Sandor
from the schloss. He has come to
take me home."
Tommy realized that they were en-
terlng a new stage of their adventure,
that the journey into Lystrla was to
begin.
They hurried over luncheon. They
spent half an hour In frenzied pack
ing. Hotel porters dragged down bags
and rugs. The little party gathered
In the porch of the hotel. But the
start was delayed.
An official In uniform, perhaps a P<>-
llceman, perhaps a military officer, ap-
peered from the room of the hotel
manager; and walked up td Tommy.
He halted, saluted and In a long
speech asked to be allowed to see the
passports of the party. Tommy did
not understund anything the man said
except the word passport. That made
him uneasy. Breslau Is not a frontier
town. The examination of travelers'
passports there Is unusual, and In
most cases unnecessary.
Tommy
turned to Janet.
"Is it our passports he wants?"
Janet, who knew she was traveling
with a stolen passport, became nerv
ous. She spoke to th« officer bad-tem-
peredly, asking him what right he had
to Inspect their passports. It was the
worst thing she could have done. Her
nervous Irritation aroused the man’s
suspicions. Her question did not
frighten him at all. His uniform gave
him a right to do almost anything he
chose.
"Come on,” said Calypso. "We can’t
stand here all day.”
She seized Janet Church by the
arm and pulled her Into the car. The
officer hesitated and stepped forward
to stop them. He was a shade too
late, but be stood between Tommy
and the car, clearly determined that
he at b ast should not get Into It.
Tommy's mind worked quickly. One
of two things had happened. Perhaps
Colonel Heard had discovered the loss
of bl* passports and set the German
police looking for them. In that case
Tommy saw no hope at all for him
self and his party. Colonel Heard’s
passports would be recognized at once.
But perhaps It was Prince von Stein
veldt who had set the police In mo
tion. He might have changed his
mind about leaving Tommy free to go
where he liked. He might not care to
run the risk of allowing the princess
to enter Lystrla. But he would not
know what passports the party held.
It might be possible to persuade this
troublesome officer that he was Col
onel Heard and that the two ladles
were his wife and secretary.
He took the passports out of his
pockets and handed them over. The
officer scrutinized them carefully. He
appeared to read through all the visas
■nd to examine all the official stamps
At last he fixed his eye« on the pho
tograph. As a rule, pu»»!»>rt photo
graph* are totally useless for the pur
pose* of Identification and might Just
as well represent any one else. Hut '
Colonel Heard had a heavy mustache. [
Tommy was clean shaved. The of
___
_____________
ficer __________
looked at ____
the ,_____
photograph,
looked
at Tommy, looked nt the photograph
and became suspicious._______________ I
Mrs. Heard was a plump, good na-
tured lady of about forty-five, with
round cheeks, a double chtn and fuzzy
hair. The officer looked at her photo
and compared It with Janet's lean face
and sinewy neck. Then he tried to
see If It In any way resembled ♦ '«lyp-
so. It did not.
"These are not your passports," he
said.
Tommy win actually uncomfort-
able ; but he was not yet desperate.
The officer was not searching for Col
onel Heard's passports. He was mere
ly looking out for suspicious travel
ers. It was possible that a bold at
tempt at bluff might cow the man.
"Here,” he said, “I've had abont
enough of this tomfoolery. Hand over
those passports at once and let us get
away out of this."
The man did not understand a word
that was said to him, but he was Im
pressed by the confidence with which
Tommy spoke, He might possibly
have given back the passports, if the
princess had not tried a plan of her
own for getting away. She leaned
forward and whispered to the driver
of her car.
The man stepped out of the car and
stood, a huge and threatening figure.
In front of the officer. He deliberately
nnbuttoned his long overcoat, flung It
open and displayed a whole row of
weapons tucked Into his belt There
were two large pistols, silver mount
ed, with very long barrels. They
looked ns If they might be of some
value as antiques. There was also a
heavy modern revolver which was cer
tainly valuable ns a weapon of of-
fense. There were flve large knives.
two of them straight and pointed like
daggers, the other three curved In a
manner that struck Ti>mtny as horri
bly murderous. These were evidently
the man’s favorite weapons. His An
gers closed round the handle of one
of them.
But the police officer was a man of
courage. He had. besides, help at
band. From various parts of the mar
ket square uniformed men appeared,
all of them with swords, some of them
with revolvers. They ga there-! round
the group In front of the hotel.
The swarthy driver was not at all
dismayed. His heavy eyebrows were
slightly raised. The eyes under them
shone with a joyful anticipation of
battle. He gripped bls revolver with
his left hand. His right hand held
over the curved knife.
Tommy was frightened. A fight In
the streets of Breslau might end in a
victory for the German police, or It
might end—that seemed almost prob-
able—In a victory for the militant
chauffeur. Either way Tommy and
his party would get Into serious trou-
ble.
"Look here, he said to ths officer,
“If you don’t believe we’re the people
we say we are, send In to the hotel
and ask for Mr. Allen. He'll Identify
us."
The officer, who did not understand
a word Tommy said, stared at him
angrily.
"Oh, hang It," said Tommy. "Why.
can't the fool understand plain Eng
lish? Say It to him,” be turned to
Janet, "In German or some language
he does understand. And at the same
time tell this swashbuckler to stop
fiddling with bls revolver and get back
Into the car.”
— Janet, who was quite as frightened
as Tommy was, began with the orders
to the chauffeur. She gave them In
German, and the men took no notice
of them at all. He understood Ger-
man no better than the officer under-
stood English.
"You tell him,” said Tommy to the
princess.
Calypso spoke to the man In a lan-
guage which sounded as If several
hungry ducks were quacking, all at the
same time. The man replied with a
number of deep bass quacks, which
sounded threatening. Calypso quacked
back at him. The man bowed low to
her, kissed her band, and stepped
back Into the car.
In the
Wifh Cheer ups and dwQuixies
/¡Grace Dliss Steward
TO PRODUCE CLEAN
MILK IN SUMMER
MRS. OSTRICH TO MARKET she found herself In the thick, deep
Jungle.
During summer months, many dairy
"Now, I wonder,” *he »aid aloud,
men lose considerable money because
BS. OSTRICH wm troubled.
looking up. "If that breadfruit would
of milk souring so that It cannot he
Something wail wrong with the
sold as sweet milk but must bo made children. Her fourteen beautiful egg«, be lo th« children'* taate.”
“It look* good to me," «aid a small
into butter or used In other ways.
like Ivory globe«, hud hutched Into
"Milk la nature's most perfect food." fourteen lively young birds They hsd merry voice Which seemed to come from
says John A. Arey. dairy extension eaten gravel for »everai day« after right under Mr*, oatrlch'» very toe*
specialist for the North Carolina they came out of the «hell. which all "But of course I don't know for whom
State College of Agriculture, "und ostrich mother* know I* the beat thing you nre marketing"
"Dear me." «napped Mr«. Ostrich In
every person connected with Its him- for their young ttomach«, but after
dllng should be < lean lit his methods. that they didn't aww to thrive. Father surprise and alarm, "dear me, who'«
Interfering now?"
There are few living germs or organ
Oat rich had brought them the tender
"It's only t'herrups. Madam, nnd I
isms in milk when It 1» freshly drawn eat leave* and twigs, und even some of
from healthy cows and the secret of those woflderful watermelon» which thought perhaps I could help you pick
producing clean .tullk Is to keep all grow on the edge of the deaert, but out your fruit for breakfast, ns you
were a llttl«» uncertain,“ sold tbe voice.
dirt and bacteria from getting Into It nothing agreed with them.
"Well, well, this 1« luck," cried Mr«.
while handling and then to cool the
"Wbat'a to be done, my dimr?"
Oatrlch, looking down at Cheerup*
tullk Immediately.”
roared Father Ostrich tn Id* loud, im
from Iter eight feet of height, nnd
Mr. Arey state* that expensive portant voice.
winking ami blinking her great eyes
equipment Is not necessary to produce
"Well. I don't know, Father,” sold
clean milk. The stable should be Mother Ostrich, "but It does scent to with their long lashes. “To think that
I should run right Into you, Mr Cheer-
clean and well lighted. Since most of
ups. Why. all the Desert ami Jungle
the dirt comes from the body of the
Folks «re talking about you and your
cow, she should be kept clean. So
, wise word« und your wonderful ways.
should the hands of the milkers. All
| Her« I am In a terrible tangle, and
containers used In handling the fluid
[ you appear right lii front of ma to
should be of metal and the corner»
unravel It. Miraculous. I say. «Imply
filled with solder so that no crevice I*
; mlrnculou* 1”
left for milk to lodge and sour. These
"First, pirns« tell me who you are."
container* should be first rinsed, then
|
»ndled
t'herrups. “and whnt Is your
scrubbed with a good washing powder,
trouble I surely don't deserve the
after which another washing In boil
i fame you speak of, but I shall be very
ing water should be given.
glad to help you if I can "
Tho milk should be cooled Immedi
"oh, thank you. Mr. Cheerupa; you
ately after milking, states Mr. Arey.
I are so kind. You s«-e. I am Mrs. Os-
Inexpensive cooting apparatus may be
I trlch nnd 1 have at home fourteen a*
rigged up by using the spring or well
'
handsome little ostrich babies ns you
water to which Ice has been added
! could see any day In n twenty-mile
Those dairymen who ship their milk
■ run “
to a wholesale market should use ■
"But I couldn't run twenty mile«,"
felt jacket to keep tbe milk cool while
i cried Cheerup»
in transit. If the Jacket cannot be
"Oh. excuse me." replied Mrs. Os-
had. a good burlap bug soaked In
| trlch "I forgot thnt you hadn't the
water will fill the need.
’ long-distance apparatus,” und «he
"If such simple precautions a* these
! looked proudly nt her tall, strong leg«.
are observed," say* Mr. Arey, “there “Now, Father, Don’t Ba Croea,” Said
I "Well, my bablca had their gravel
Mr«. Ostrich.
Is no reason why clean milk, free
meal* for two or three day«, as wa*
from bacteria may not be produced
right and proper, nnd then they didn't
me
ns
If
I
could
find
something
which
and sold.”
would be good for th« ehlhlren. 1 acem to Ilk« the leave* nnd vegetable«
don't believe you looked far and wide. 1 which Father Oatrlch brought them.
I «hall go a long distance away to | W« Just cun t find anything they will
day. I am a faster runner than a 1 eat. And if they don't cut, they will
die. Oh, Mr. Cheerup», I'm nlmo»t
horse, so it will be easy.”
"Milk cows," says John Arey, ex
"I don't know how fur you'll go,” I distracted!”
tension dairy specialist for tho North
“Don't be anxious, Mrs Ostrich, I
said Father Oatrich a bit peevishly,
Carolina State college, "suffer from
for he didn't like Mrs Ostrich's criti ; beg of you," «aid Cheerup* In a ton«
heat just about ns much ns people and
cism, "but I'm sure you’ll go wide If I full of klndneas. “I have a plan. Just
they need shade during the hot part
you go around In circle* ns usual. And lay a few extra egg« outside the nest
of the day. If the dairy Is located
mind, don't get frightened and hide and fe«-d the wee blrdllngs on them
near the city where there is not much
Uidlbthey nre old enough to ent other
your hend In the sand I"
natural shade, the cows ought to be
things. Am! when you hutch the next
"Now.
Father,
don't
be
cross,
”
mild
stabled during the heat of the day."
। brood, you might lay the extra eggs
Mrs.
Ostrich.
"You
have
the
nnme
Mr. Arey states also that to get the
first. ■<» the Imides' breakfast will be
bad habit* that I have, you know.
best returns from the cows during
all ready and waiting for them when
Good-by,
I'll
be
back
before
dark,"
nnd
this season, tiles should be kept from
1 they come.”
she trotted away over the desert, her
This means that the barn
them,
"That's n splendid Idea," cried Moth
legs moving *o fust thnt her toe*
should be screened and a fly repellent
er Ostrich. "Thunk you n thousand
■wmed
scarcely
to
touch
the
ground
used.
times. Mr. Cheerup«; I'll do Just as
"I'll have to go,toward those trees you say,” and off sho ran ut top speed
The fl rat step, though. In getting
nnd growing things over there." toward home Ever since. Mrs. Os
rid of flies Is to clean up about the
thought she. "There's nothing here on trich hu« followed Cheerup»' advice
place. All stables mid manure pits
the desert fit for my bubles to eat." with succe«A
need to be cleaned at least once each
And «he ran so fast that all at once
week and. If practical. It Is best to
(gd by Little, Hrown A Co )
haul tbe manure from the barn direct
ly to the field. Litter und garbage
should also be hauled away. Some
times when It is Impossible to get
rid of the flies, poisons, traps and
By MILDRED MARSHALL
sprays could well be used to combat
“Man i» to man either
Pacta about your n»m*. Ila hiatory;
them.
maanin*. whanca It -»» darlvad, si*,
High prices for hay am! feedHtuff«
agkanca. your lucky day. lucky )«wal
god or a wolf.”
reduce the profits from dairying and
the wise dairyman, Mr. Arey states,
I) ESIDEHH S ERASMFS. the mi
VIOLA
will plant some quick growing crops
thor <>f the above quotation, win
to provide additional feed. Those who
HE practically unique occurrence born nt Rotterdam, Holland, in the
have silos are urged to fill them full
of an old Lntln word as n modern year 1407. His real mime was Gerard,
this summer because by feeding extra
feminine name, without change of but this he changed- u practice which
amounts of silage the amount of hay
spelling or Hlgnlficanee Is evidenced In was greatly In vogue In Ids day.
needed may be reduced.
Viola. It Is one of the few names
Erasmus hnd been left un orphan
which has not undergone ii lengthy nt nn early ng«, nnd tin- efforts of Ids
process of evolution from Home root In guardian« were largely responsible for
Dry cows or heifers bred to calve a dead language. It has not even sub-
ids entering n monastery und «wear
In the fall are often left on pasture
ndtted to revival but has passed down ing lie would become a priest This
too late and they calve In poor condi through the centuries n* the Lntln
determination he later relinquished,
tion. Many of the best dairymen feel
word for "violet” nnd will remain n nnd by special dispensation from the
that extra feed given a cow for a
feminine proper name signifying violet pope nt Rome was relieved from Ids
month or six weeks before calving
to the end of time.
monastic vows.
will do as much or more good than
There are many Instances of the use
In the year 1192 the year that Oo-
the same feed given after calving. A
of Violet In Englund and Bcotland.
Inmbus first set foot on the «bores
cow should have considerable ator<-d
There Is the equivalent Yolande In
of the new world Erasmus left his
up food reserve In Iwr body If she Is
France umJ also Violetta. Bm In Italy,
home In Holland nnd, with tin- per
going to be able to stand up under
where the Viola arose, there Is no rec
mission <>f the bishop of t'hnmbrny,
heavy milk production.
ord of Its having l»een used as a
who was In charge of th«- mona«tet^
proper name.
where the lad was living, traveled tn
The common opinion of etymologiqte
tG-G-G'G-G-G-G-G-C-O-O-C-O
Paris. There be studied theology and
seems to be thnt It was a fanciful
literature nnd there he formed nr-
name Imported from Italy by Shake-
qtmlntam-e with many wtalthy Eng
speare nnd bestowed upon on«» of Ids
^G v G-G-G-Q î G-G-G-O-G-G-Q-G
lishmen whose Instructor he becntne.
heroines In "Twelfth Night.". But
on«- of these Lord Mountjoy was so
“Hf.ndsome Is that handsome does”
however It mny be, tin- Viola who
Impressed with the monk, and bci'iiinc
Is a good motto 1'or the dairy farm
loved Orslno endeared the name In
so grout nn ndmlrer of Idin, that he
and laying yard.
English lienrtH and It has cbnllnued
settled on (dm n lifelong pension.
wllh great popularity ever since the
Long wart» on cow’s tents mny bo
In 1407 Erasmus accompanied Lord
time of Shakespeare.
(TO UK CONTINUED.)
removed by twisting or tying n silk
The amethyst Is the tallsnmnlc gent Motintjoy to England, where he was
thread tightly about the base of the
assigned to Viola. It promises her graciously received by the king and
Irith Wake
growth. The warts will eventually
success in love and freedom from vex where Ids learning sccurcil him con
wake Is a vigil with a corpse,
slough off.
ation. Friday is her lucky day and sldernble attention from the mon of
The word Is derived from "wnecan,”
letter-« of that 'country.
Soon after
3 her lucky number.
Anglo-Saxon for a watching. It Is still
High-producing cows need grain
Erasmus returned to the continent and
(® br Wh» i-r Hynde-st«, Ino.)
customary in many countries for
■■ ■
-fl -
even If the pasture is luxuriant, be-
secured tho dlspensntlon from tho pope
friends and neighbors of the deceased
cause n cow producing 50 to 00 pounds
relieving him of his monastic vows.
to »it up nights with the corpse until
Upon obtaining this release, ho pwb-
of milk a d:iy cannot possibly consume
it Is burled. The custom probably
enough feed In the form of succulent
Halted several of Ids works. In 1510
originated In the ancient auperstltlon
to produce aie h nuantlties.
he again returned to England where
that unless carefully guarded a pasture
ho was given n professorahlp at Cam
corpse was In danger of being car
the
yearling
heifers
two
to
bridge.
In 1514 he returned to tbe
Feed
ried away by spirits from Hades. The
continent where ho lived until death
Irish wake Is especially notorious. In three pounds of grain per day to keep
overtook him In 1530.
some parts of Ireland those remain them growing. • • «
Erasmus was easily one of the most
Ing up nights with a corps« spend the
Those farmers selling whole milk
notpble scholars of his dny and to
time in drinking, dancing and telling can profitably feed three to four
him can be given much credit for the
jokes and stories. It Is a highly fes pounds of beet pulp per cow per day.
reviving of scholarship In that ago.
tiv« occasion. Grace Greenwood In wet with four times Its weight In wa
He attacked the disorders of monas-
her “Stories of Travel” has this to ter several hours before feeding.
tlclsm and superstition and was ac
say about tbe Irish wake: "A wake,
sure It’s an entertainment a man gives
tive In the reformation, although lie
Cleanliness Is the one big asset In
after he Is dead, when bls disconso milk and cream production. The barn,
was scored by Luther for lukewarm
late friends all assemble at his house,
ness. The "Praise of Folly" Is. per
bow, ami all utensils used In handling
haps, Ids best work.—Wayne D.
to discuss bls virtues and drink bls milk and cream should be clean If the
poteen.’’—Pathfinder Magazine.
McMurray.
best cream Is tc.be produced.
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