THE TURNER TRIBUNE
VOL.
TI'IENKII, OIIKOON, T H U K S D A V ,
X.
EUROPE
NEARING
AC C OR O
Itrolhrrhood o f Nations Idea Develop-;
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
C O M P IL E D
FOR
YOU
KvrnU o f Noted I ’w p ir, Governments
•nd I'srtlW N o rth »»»*. m d<M h ,r
T h in «« Warth Knowing.
Tho French radical t>«rty confer-
enre. overriding lhi> opposition of Fl-
naneo Minister CalUaui. Saturday uu
antmmialy adopted a resolution fnv
orina tho Imposition of a levy on
capital
All lint one of the passengers and
cr«w of the Clyde lino steamship Com
anrhe. which waa destroyed hy flro
61» m ile« off Muy port. Kin.. Saturday
night hu» bean accounted for. official»
of thn Him announced
A tnrrlflr yule In Cordova Saturday
nlnht moved a achool hulldlna »1* feet,
wrecked a haaetiall grandstand and
blew down acaffoldlna on a new hlah
achool hulldlna
Kaltlna Ireea tore
down electric and telearaph wire».
Five per»on», Indudlna Ocurgn M.
_
; !. entatlva, of I 'em
l>«l. were killed Inatantly when the
automohlle In which they were rldlna
wua »truck hy an Interurhan car at a
cro»»lny near I amaina. M id i. late Sun-
day
I’rohahlllty of a disarmament con
ference followIna the Imrarno agree
inent waa aecn hy Sir K»me Howard.
Ilrltlah amhuaaador to the t'nlted
State», who arrived In New York Krl
day on the Cunard liner Acqulianla
to reautne hi» poat at Waahlnatuu.
A lax revialon plan under which 3,-
000,000 peraona would he relieved of
all federal Income taxea waa dl»cua»ed
Informally Friday with Secretary Mel
lon hy Itepreaentatlve Horner of
Tuxua. the ranklna democrat on the
houae committee, which draft» tux leg
talatlon.
Ing
OCTOUEK
Herman) to Join la-ague.
Locarno. — Important progress has
been achieved at Locarno for the stab
|lllxatlon of Ibn peace of Kuropn. The
allied powerx declare they have reach
ed an accord with (lermany In prin
ciple on I he term» under which Oer-
matiy will Join the league of nations.
Tim general agreement concerning
arrangements for Germany's entry In
to tin* league of nation» 1» a collective
statement which will he signed by
tlreat Britain, Franco, Italy and Bel
gium
By Its term» Hertnaay agrees
to Join tho longue on the understand
ing (lint the league of nations Is com
petent to Interpret tho league cove
nant.
However, the powers algnatory to
the agreement, all of which are rep
resented In the council, Informed Her-
ninny In effect that In their opinion
the league of nations could not ask
from member states military, econom
ic or financial fonlrlhullons In rasa
of war which would be Incompatible
with their rapacity.
Phnneellor Luther and Foreign Min
ister Slreaemnnn promised the allies
to give a definite answer to the league
question after consultation with Ber
lin. but they gave private assurance
Hint It would be accept able.
In a meeting of Ihe allied nn»l Her
man ministers Monday night Franco
announced that she wanted the right
automatically to Intervene In case of
a flagrant violation of the Integrity of
Hermnny'a eastern frontier, but n» a
protection to Oormnny was ready to
submit doubtful rases of aggression
against Poland and CxechoSlovakia to
the league of nations If Germany re
fused to submit the difficulty to the
(•-ague, then France would have the
right Immediately to help her eastern
allies.
Three Dry Aldea Named.
Waahlngton. 1». C.— Aeslalant Secre
tary Andrews of the treasury Monday
announced his npprovnl of the follow
ing appointments In the prohibition
enforcement rdrps:
O. K. Nickerson, assistant adminis
trator In charge of enforcement at
Helena. Mont.
tl. W. f’ ylor, deputy administrator
at llolao. Idaho.
K O. Blrgfeld, deputy administrator.
Juneau. Alaska.
Crooks to Return Gems.
Itulph Chcevcr Dunnlua. an Amer
ican poet now realdlna In I'nrla, hua
won the twelfth unnunl Helen llalrv
I »-v in »on iZoo prlxe for tho best poem
hy a cltlien of tho United State». The
award waa made puhllr by I'oetry.
ptihllahod monthly by Harriet Monroe.
Chicago.
New York. Information was obtain
ed at police headquarters Monday that
arrangements have been made through
underworld channels for Ihe return of
Jewelry valued at $693.000 stolen from
the Hotel Plaxa apartment of Mrs.
Jessie Wuolwnrth Donahue, Soptem-
l>er 30. Police Investigators said re
I'oat mortem examination of the turn of Ihe stolen properly would not
body of Mr». laitiru lllddle. tiromlnent deter them from arresting tho crim
I’ lilladelphla aorlety matron and wife inals If their Identity could be learned.
of Craig lllddell. wealthy aportaman.
led County Autopay Surgeon Wanner
Red Cross Meet Begins.
of l.oa Aiiyd«-», Cut., to announce late
St. Louis, Mo. The fifth annual con
Sunday that death wua probably due vention o f the American Bed Cross
waa opened here Monday with present
to nlcohollaiu.
A continued increaae In employment ation of a message from President
Cnolldge. who. hy virtue of his office,
durlna the month of September waa
reported Saturday by the bureau of heads the organisation.
Itogrct that official dutlea made It
labor »tnllatlc» of the department of
labor a» Indicating n "w ell defined up lnadvl»nble for him to be absent from
ward trend" In employment thut mark» Washington was oxpresaed In the
,
a favorable outlook for tho country'» prvaldcnt'a note.
mnnufaeturinK Induatrlet.
Mall Loot Is $600,000.
Los Angelos.— R. C. Knox. poHtnl in
spector In charge o f Investigation of
the mall .truck robbery here last
Thursday, Mondny officially estimated
the loot at "»lig h tly In excess of $500,-
000." Previous estimates hod been
considerably lower.
T w o more »uspecta were arrested,
I’realcleiu and Mr». Coolldite are pro- milking n total of five in custody.
paring for an active winter’» »octal
Scratch of Nall Fatal.
hcuhoii . A new »ocluí secretary, »elect
Berlin -Sigmund Brelthnrt. billed In
ed from the diplomatic corpn. waa In
»tailed Saturday ut tho White Houae. circus nml vaudeville programs for
and Immediately afterward tho date» years ns the "world's strongest man,"
of nine big dinner» nml reception» died Mondny. aged 42.
Breltbart. whose exhibition consist
were announced at tho executive of
ed of pulling against two horses, bend
fice».
ing Iron liars nml tearing horse shoes
The iiuoco of Slam has been reduc npnrt. succumbed to blood poisoning
ed from the royal rank» hy a slate tie- which developed from a small nail
rroo, according to a cable received
scratch.
from Bangkok. Thn decree »tute» that
Hint the king promoted hla wife to
Jackson's Slave Dies.
royalty because he thought »he could
Hagerstown, Md. — John Oroen.
enrry out the duties of a queen In a former slave and hostler for General
fit mnnper, hut ho found hu watt mis Stonewall Jackson throughout the
taken.
civil war. wns found dead In his bed
New York police Saturday arrested
a woman and »even men at leader» of
n hand of criminal» reaponalhle for
many crime», Including murder and
robhertcM, over a period of alx year».
The leader» are ullrip'd to have mude
u aperlulty of prnvhllnK their HUborcl
Imiten with plMtol »Heneen.
Uncle Sam’s biggest ami newest mo at his homo In Wllllnmsport. nenr
bile »hooting Iron, a 14-Inch rifle on a here. Sunday.
Green reckened his ago ns 98. llo
railway mount, »lartetl westward Sun
day from the Aberdeen, Md„ army was born In Virginia.
proving ground» hound for California
St. Loula Block Burn*.
over the trail biased by the pioneers
St. Louis, Mo. — Dnninge estimated
of ’49. Within two month» ll will bo
j at $250,000 was cnused by fire of un-
pointing out over the Pacific from
dtormlned origin In thq National En
Fort McArthur, 26 miles »oulh o f I,os
ameling & Stamping company plant
Angele».
hero Friday. The building, containing
President Coolldgn will Immediately i steel rolling mills nml paint shop. Is
cnll another arm» limitation confer located In the levee district and oc-
ence for tho primary purpono of re I cuplés nn entlro block.
ducing the »funding artille» of the
world If ho acts favorably on a pro
Fi anclne Lnrrlmore. actress, receiv
posnl made to him Saturday morning ed a divorce In thè supremo court of
hy Senator Foss, republican, Ohio, dur New York Friday from Conrad Dobor,
ing a conference at tho W hite House, better known as "Con Conrad,” song
Such a conference, If culled, would bo writer nnd composer. She charged In
held In W a»lilnglon.
fidelity.
L ip
Ï0 OUTLAW WAR
STATE N E W S
CN BRIEF,
22,
192Ö.
Accomplished.
J King Tommy
Ilurrlaburg -The new Pacific high
way bridge aero»« the W illam ette!
river here nears completion. A crew j
of painter« Is at work. It Is estimated |
It will lake about six weeks to spread i
the eolor work.
N A T IO N S A R E PLEDGED
By GEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM
Coer>1*< t>f Bobbs-MovOl Co.—W N. V. Servies
CHAPTER XVI— Continued
— 21—
In-re .tr a Scot happens to be."
Weidon
- Construetlon of i high
j».., . j ti.■ -t, "Is Scotland."
Provisions Arr Ma .r and Approved school gymnasium will be commenced
“The .!•» can't really be exactly like
o', nn early date. Plans call for a that." »md 'he princess. "It would be
for Arbitration o f A ll I ’o ¡ble
screened enclosure for Ihe gymnasium
too ln< \ enienL"
Disputes o f States.
proper, with raised seats for spc-cla-j
T h a t Is the law." said Janet " I f
I any that I'm married to him. I shall
tors outside the screen.
be. and there'll be no getting out of
Marshfield -L e s lie Carr, a Gold IIill j I t That would be Intolerable."
Ixx'arno, Swltxcrktnd
Just a« thn
" It wouldn't be particularly pleas-
armistice ended the great war. ao youth, was mistaken for a deer and I
ant for me, either," aald Tommy.
Thursday, making history, treaties shot In the leg hy bis companion. Clay-'
Ue ought not to have said that; but
were adopted at Locarno, designed to Ion Cornwall of Gravel Ford, late 8at-| he was getting angry with Janet. A
urday,
the
limb
being
so
badly
shat
make Impossible any reopening of that
woman has a perfect tight to refuse
great war. Herimtuy and the allied tered it will have to be amputated.
to marry any man who asks her; bur
she ought not to tell him to his face
powers approved thn text of the Rhine
McMinnville — A special Joint com
that ne is Intolerable. No man can be
part of aecurlly.
mittee of tho McMionvilte city coun
expected to submit tamely to that
This puct p le d g e s Its signatories. cil and the chamber o f commerce U
particularly when be has not really
France. Germany and Belgium, not to considering a city bond issue as a
offered himself as a husband.
attack or Invade ouc another’s terri means of fulfilling a city pledge of
"Besides," said Calypso. “ If be mar
tory and to obataln from war. Great $25.000 to Llnfleld college made this
ried you, what would haivpen to poor
Britain amt Italy aland as guarantors summer.
Miss Temple?"
of this engngement and promise 10
" I wish ro goodness Mias Temple
Cove— C ore’s annual flvc-day Chau was here.* said Tommy; "you won't
throw their forces against any of the
three parties which vlolule Its terms. tauqua festival opened in a gaily dec listen to me. But If she were here she
wouldn't want to marry me any more
France Is allowed to keep certain orated Maccabee hall Friday, with
than either of you does. But anyhow.
rights embodied In Ihe treaty o f Ver Miss Helen Loughery as director and
If we're to go on at all. one o f you
sailles. and. notably, take Immediate prominent business men and women
must own up to being my wife. " I ’ll
of
town
and
country
composing
the
action should Germany commit a hos
leave yon settle It between your-
tile act by constructing fortifications committee In charge.
selves."
either on the left bank of the Rhine
I I « walked off, walked to the car
A lban y—Operations are now going
or within 60 kilometers (about 30 forward at the old Far W est manufact and looked at It, walked a little way
along the rued and back again, finally
miles l of Its east bank. or keep arm uring plant In the southern part of
oat down on a stone and looked at the
ed forces within that area.
Albany remodeling the building for
Thn pact ceases to hold when com the home of the new saddle and har river, which ran. turbid and yellow,
under a little bridge.
blned penalties against any aggressor ness factory which Is soon to be In
But Tommy’s 111 temper never lasts
nation are ordered by the league of stalled in Albany by A1 Sternberg.
long, and he la a man of active and
nations, or when by virtue of article
resourceful mind. In a quarter of an
Raker Anticipating that the steady
15 of the league covenant or by rea
hour he was back with a proposal to
growth of the city of Raker within a
meet the difficulty.
son o t failure of the council to reach
> » years will make an additional
"According to that Scotch law of
unanimity on any dispute, the league
-ater supply necessary, the city has
yours," he said to Janet, “would you
members may take such action as they
just purchased from Mr. and Mrs.
be married to a man If you said you
deetn necessary for the maintenance
G orge Burr the Pine creek reservoir
were hla wife, but he didn’t say be
of right and justice.
was your husband?"
and watershed. Including their farm of
The permanent court of Interna
“ O f course not," said Janet.
240 acres.
tional Justice, boards of conciliation
"Even If there were witnesses pres
Klamath Falls That thousands of
and the league council are all pos-
ent?"
"That wouldn't matter,” said Janet.
slIditles for arbitration of all disputes wild ducks which are dying in the
under the pact, and arbitration Is ob marsh lands of Tule lake are suffer "Unless we both laid we were married
we wouldn't be married."
ing from botulinus poisoning was the
ligatory.
“ And supposing while you were say
Realties the Rhine pact an agree belief expressed here Saturday night
ing you were hla wife another man
by
Dr.
G.
S.
Newsom,
county
health
ment was reached, on collateral arbi
aald be was your husband— quite a
tration treaties between Germany and officer, following an autopsy on eight
different man whom you didn't claim
France and Germany anil Belgium. of the stricken birds.
at all— which of them would you be
Baker—Baker's building permits for
Theae Interlock with the pact Itself.
married to?”
September totaled $$9.579, the records
" I shouldn't be married to either,"
said Janet.
in tho city clerk's office show. The
Modern Youth Praised.
"Even according to the Scotch law?"
Columbus. Ohio. —The modern col largest single Item was the Churchill
"O f course I shouldn't.”
lege student Is no ungel, hut “ the school and Ihe next were improve
"Very well.’' said Tommy, "when we
moral standards o f conduct prevailing ments on the Baptist church, and the
get to t?iat frontier post you say that
(w o generations ago would not be tol south Baker steam plant of the east Colonel Heard Is your husband. He
ern
Oregon
Light
&
Pow
er
company.
can’t say that you're his wife because
orated today, either In college or out
lie won't be there. Therefore you won't
of It.” says President \V. O. Thompson
Salem—Adolph Bombeck has filed
of Ohio State university. Dr. Thomp suit in the circuit court here to col he married to him. I shall say that
son retires November 5. when he will lect damages in the amount of $5600 you're oiy wife, hut If you don't claim
me as a husband, which you won't,
be
years old, after 26 years here as from L. C. Leidstrom as the result of.
having already claimed Colonel Heard,
president.
injuries suffered by his daughter In then you won't be married to me and
The superficial and artificial phases nn automohlle crash on October 4. Mr.
I shan’t be married to you. In fact,
of youth, he maintains, are taken too Bombeck alleges that Leidstrom fail we shan't either of us be married to
serious while (he good In the young ed to exercise care in the operation of
any one. even by Scotch law. That
will be all right, won't It?"
er generation often is not even sus hla machine.
"Besides.” said Calypso, “ Colonel
pected.
"T h e modern student will
Harrisburg—Charles Klzer. local Ox
Heard seems to be married already,
Justify himself.”
ford sheep breeder, reports the sale
and nothing you could say would make
of two o f his prlxe sheep at the re any difference to that, would It? ’
Men Resort to Corsets.
cent Oregon state fair for the com
"Exactly.” said Tommy. "That's an
New York.— Men arc taking up cor bined price o f $250. The first sheep
other point. Even Scotch law ~nn't
set and waistline reducers to make nn brought $150 and the second an even
let a man In for bigamy. In that cas
rmpresslon upon the fair sox. said $100. Both were bought by a sheep
ual way. especially against hla will,
Robert C. Stlrton, president of the grower In Fort Kells. Canada. They
nnd I .don’t suppose Heard particular
ly wants to marry you.”
leading corset firm, who returned Sat will be shipped at once.
“ So that's settled.” said Calypso.
urday after a fashion tour of Europe.
Dallas.— Petition has been filed In
Janet did not seem satisfied, and I
From
Constantinople
to
London,
can scarcely wonder. A woman as In
everywhere he has gone, ho has found Ihe county court here for probate of
timately connected a» she Is with the
woman of fashion discarding surplus the estate of Clinton I. Baun. who was
movement for reuniting the Christian
garments. T o wear only two articles murdered near Independence Septem churches of the world has to be very
of apparel Is the vogue today, he said. ber 1 by W . R. I.loyd. The estate is
careful of her reputation. It would be
"W om en are returning," he said, "to appraised at $4724.22, $750 of which Is a terrible thing for her If It were to
real
estate
and
the
balanee
personal
j
herome generally known that she
garments that give a fuller expression
property.
Mrs. Hilda Rose Baun,
claimed a married man as her husband.
to the natural body Hues.'*
widow, has been appointed adminis Thut Is tho sort of thing a woman nev
er quite succeeds In living down, and
tratrix.
Madonna Seen. Report.
Baker— The potato grading law pass the world Is censorious.
Mlnoola, N. Y. Crowds are Jam
The men at the German frontier
ed hy the last session of tho legisla
l>oat turned out to he peaceful and
ming St. Martha's Roman Catholic
ture and now in force is leading to quiet. They looked at the passports
church here ns a result of a report
considerable confusion, according to
but made no comment on them. They
that nn apparition of the Madonna and
local merchants. "F o r the local trade
Inquired whether the traveler« were
child Is plainly visible on the walls
no inspection of potato stocks is call taking any new rb-thes. gramophones,
of the church
Hundreds have gone
ed for under the law," Paul Carpenter, photographic apparatus, surgical In
to the church to see If Ihe stories told
struments, telescopes or dyes out of
county agent stales, "it being only in
by devout worshipers were true.
connection with car lot movements Germany. The princess said that their
The figure Is sabl to be nbout three
dresses were years old. that they all
that inspection is mandatory."
hated gramophone# and never took
feet high with the halo about the head
Janet added solemnly
Albany. Large acreages of straw photographs.
of the child and the outline of a cross
that the party did not possess a single
berries are reported as being set out
visible.
near Laronib, in the Cascade moun lancet or a telescope. Tommy, when
he understood what w-as happening,
tain foothills. Several hundred ncres
"Cupid's Clerk” Weds.
said "Neln" four or five times emphat
Vancouver, Wash. — Miss Mary are being set out this fall. One now
ically. Then there were eorne Inquir
Hortel, who during her four years’ planting contains 41 acres. The prices
ies about the car. The princess asked
are
good,
contractors
on
the
Job
in
service In the county auditor's office
the bearded chauffeur to produce his
papers. In getting at no Inside pocket
Issued thousands of marriage licenses, that vicinity bidding lip tho prices far
he displayed hla pistols and knives to
was Thursday married to J. H. above last year's quotations. Some of
great advantage. The German« asked
(H a rry ) Williams, slate traffic officer, the berries have been contracted for
no more questions about the oar, did
at the homo of her mother. Mrs. J. ns high ns 8 cents.
not look at the papers and permitted
Hertel. Rev. Charles H. Powell of
Marshfield— Setting a broken leg
the travelers to go on.
Very likely,
ficiated.
for a large bull moose Is tho novel
like Dogberry«' watch, they thanked
operation performed by W . V. Glals-
God they were well rid of a knave.
T o Remove Iron Rust.
The Megnllnna, when Ihe oar reached
yer. county veterinarian, Friday night.
their post, turned out to be men of
Iron rust may be removed (even the Tho moose was one of those brought
quite a different kind. They looked as
worst marks will yield If tho worker to western I.ane county three years
savage nnd were quite ns well armed
Is persistent) l>y applying common ago nnd liberated near Takenltch lake.
ns the chauffeur. They spoke a tongue
table salt and the Juice of a freshly The animal broke Its leg a few days'
which was neither German nor the
cut lemon to the slain and holding It ago and District Game Warden Art f quncWng language of the Lysninns.
over the spout o f a steaming teakettle. Fish called upon Dr. Glalsyer. The | Tommy nnd Janet did not understand
A fter a few minutes repeat with a broken leg was placed in a caste a fter' a w ord of It. Even the princess seemed
fresh application.
J about three hours’ work.
i puzzled.
j
5.
■-■si. - eh -«,' » » ¡ A » . j g r f - ' -
Harrisburg — The discovery of a
human skeleton along the foothill road ,
east of here was reported this week.'
From appearance of the teeth It la'
supposedly that of a man.
European Security Pact Finally
NO.
"As wall as I can maka out." she aald.
"they're saying that th« photographs
on the passports ars not In the least
like ux."
“T e ll them," said Tommy, “ that
th it's a matter o f opinion, and that If
they know anything about the recent
Cubist and Vortlclst developments
they'll see at once that these photo
graphs represent our subconscious
selves and are exactly like them."
"I don't believe I could say all that
even In German." said Calypso, "and
I don't know two hundred words of
Megallan, which la what they're talk
ing."
The chauffeur, seeing that some
thing had gone wrong, left hla car and
approached the Megallans with hla
overcoat flying wide open. They were
less Impressed than the Germans by
hla display o f weapons. In fact they
were not Impressed at all. All they
did was unbutton their own coats and
show that they possessed weapons of
similar kinds.
“This." aald Tommy, “la getting quite
like Ireland.”
Tlie chauffei r quacked at the M e
gallons In Lys'rlan. They replied In
Megallan. a language which consists
principally of sounds like hisses. He
quacked again, hut mingled a few
hisses with hla qu ks. They hissed In
reply, but uttered a few quacks too
Gradually the spetr era drew toge'l er
until the Megallai.» were q .aching
Above Them the Schlosa, With the
Light Still Bright on It, Looked
Like a Fairy Palace.
nearly as much as they hissed and the
chauffeur was hlsstug frequently. The
princess understood about half o f what
each party said.
"They've Just asked him,” she said,
"which o f us la your wife."
•Tell him.” said Janet, “to say I'm
noL"
But It was too late to tell him any
thing. He was making a long speech
In mingled htsses and quacks.
The princes« giggled again.
“ He’s Just told them," she said, “that
I'm Mrs. Heard, and that we're all
French subjects."
“ I won't be called French," said
JaneL
“ I hope he’ll be careful," said Tom
my. “ I can't talk French any more
than I can German. Why didn't he
say we were English?”
"It's no use saying that to the Me-
gallans.” said the princess. “They
think the English never send armies
anywhere or do anything except pay
other people's debts for them. But
they’re desperately frightened of the
French."
The chauffeur quacked and hissed a
little more.
" I ’m awfully sorry," said Calypso to
Janet, "but he’s Just told them that
you're my maid.”
The man had been treating Janet as
If she were a servant ever since the
party left Breslau.
She wns deter
mined to assert herself and not to
leave the Megallans under a false Im
pression.
"Please tell him at once.” she said,
“ to say that I'm the European repre
sentative of the l-eague for Establish
ing World Peace Through the Union
of Christian Churches."
She spoke so fiercely that Calypso
dared do nothing but obey her. She
did her best to explain to the chauffeur
Janet Church’s position In the religious
world. I do not know what the chauf
feur thought or how much he under
stood o f what was said to him. Nor
Is there any way of finding out what
he told the Megallan soldiers, or how
much they understood. But the effect
on them was excellent.
They all took off their hats, knelt
down and crossed themselves piously.
They fuusf somehow have gathered
that Janet wa* nn ecclesiastic of an
unusuul kind. They continued to kneel
for several minutes In h o t» of a ben
ediction which Janet did not give
them.
Troyte tells me 'hnl Megallans have
the reputation of being the most re
ligious people In Europe. They take
the grouteat delight In Passion Plays,
which they continually perform, keep
row« o f spittoons In their churches (a
sign of real reverence) and have sev
eral well authenticated miracles every
year.
As soon as they realized that Janet
was a priestess, deaconess or abbess,
they made no difficulties about allow
ing the party to go on.
Calypso's splrir« rose after passing
th« frontier posts. That corner of tlie
Megallan territory consisted of the old
kingdom o f Lystria. so that the prtn-
ce«s was at last hack In her own land.
The few peasants who were herding
cattle on the hillsides were Lysrrians
and oo doubt talked to one another in
the quacking language which the
chauffeur used. The cattle were Lys
tria n cattle, long-horned. active little
beasts, which looked as If they afford-
ded Httle milk when alive and not
much meat when dead. The cottages
were Lystrlan, the roads, the heather,
the mountains themselves, all were
Lystrlan. Calypso drew deep breaths
o f Lystrlan air with keen delight,
pointed out one thing after another
to JaneL who was not deeply Inter
ested. Now and then she clapped her
hands with Joy.
The spirits o f the brigand chauffeur
rose too. He still drove carefully. Any
other kind o f driving would have
' ..... rht swift disaster on the Lystrlan
rueds. But he blew his horn when
ever he saw a man. woman or child,
however distant. He threw off his cap
and let the mountain air blow freely
through his thick curly hair. Once,
for a abort while, he quickened the
car’s pace and pursued a hare which
was foolish enough to run straight
along the road. A fter a while he be
gan to sing, mere snatches of song at
first. In the end whole verses. This
was highly unconventional behavior In
a chauffeur driving a royal car. But
Calypso did not resent It. She seemed
actually pleased. Soon she Joined him
in singing. When the man heard her
high treble ring out he dropped natur
ally Into a bass part. The Lyatriana,
like most half-civlllxed people, are very
muslcaL and every kind of singing Is
a delight to them.
Calypso started the Lystrlan national
anthem, a wild tune, as exciting as
the Marseillaise, with something In it
of the grandeur of the old Russian
cxarlst national air. The chauffeur
Joined I d with a kind of fierce enthu
siasm. They sang the tune through to
gether three or four times. Then Ca
lypso leaned forward and laid her hand
on Tommy’s shoulder.
“ Join In." she said. "You sing. too.
Let's all sing."
She shook up Janet, who was dos
ing. and told her to sing.
Janet has no more ear for music
than a crow has. Hymns are the only
things she ever attempts to sing, and
I am told that when »he does the rest
of the congregation suffers acutely.
It was her attempt at the Lystrlan
national anthem which pnt a stop to
the singing In the end. Janet, who Is
quite unconscious of her Infirmity,
sang loud when she began to enjoy
herself.
She has a very powerful
voice. The chauffeur must have been
actually musical, more musical than
either Tommy or the princess. Hls
face twitched when Janet's high notes
reached him. Hls steering became
very erratic and once or twice he ran
the car dangerously near the edge of
the road. He tried to assuage hls mis
ery by sounding hls horn fiercely when
he knew a high note was coming In
the song. I suppose this only made
the discord more Intolerable. At last
he stopped the car. turned round, and
quacked out an angry speech to the
princess.
Calypso understood what he »aid
well enough. She would probably have
understood hi» feelings even If he had
not spoken, for »he was sitting beside
Janet. But she was very tactful.
“ Sandor says that we had better
stop singing. The mountain air Is bad
for the voice and we shall have sore
throats tomorrow i f we go on.”
What Sandor really said wns that
unless the English housemaid »topped
squalling he would be forced by un
controllable emotion to stab her and
throw her out of the car.
They drove on without singing for
the rest o f the arternoon. steadily
climbing Into the mountains hy twist
ing and sometimes perilous roads. At
about six o'clock they reached the
highest point of a lofty pass. On each
side the mountains rose to snow-clad
peaks. In front the road dipped steep
ly Into a narrow valley. Beyond the
valley stood, steep and frowning, an
other mountain. On Its side, perched
on a plateau— Sandor gripped Tommy's
arm and pointed forward— there, a
gray pile of masonry, stood the schlosa.
oldest, most Impressive and least com
fortable of the palaces of the Lystrlan
kings.
The car plunged Into the valley, out
of the sunshine Into deep shadow.
Above them the schlosa. with the light
still bright on It. looked like a fairy
palace. They crawled over a narrow
bridge whir" crossed ' a foaming tor
rent. They began a winding ascent
along a singularly «¡ony road.
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Airplanes capable of carrying 2.9
men and of traveling l«»> miles without
a stop have been developed la llulg.