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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL King Tommy By George A. Birmingham •'TOMMY'8 AUNT" SYNOPSIS. — In London the t el le r o f the story o f the a d v e n tures o f “ K i n g T o m m y ,” and kn ow n h e r e a f te r as “ Uncle Bill,'* Is In fo rm ed by L o r d Norheys, son o f an old friend, that Lord T r oy t e, head o f the British f o r eign office, N o r h e y s ’ uncle, has a scheme to m ake him (N o r h e y s ) k i n g o f L y s t r la , in ce nt ral E u rope, th ro ug h m a r r ia ge to C a lypso, da u gh te r o f K i n g W la d is - laws, deposed monarch o f that country. A financier, Proc opius Cable, kn ow s there is oil in pr o fusion In Ly st r la , and w i t h an E n gl is h k in g on the throne the output could bo secured fo r E n g land. Norheys, in love w i t h a s t a ge dancer, V i o l a Te mple, is not enthusiastic o v e r the pr op o sition. T h e patriarch, Menelaus, highest ecclesiastical d i g n it a r y in Ly st rl a, is he ar ti ly in f a v o r o f the resto ra tio n o f the monarchy, and Cable has ge ne ro us ly financed the sentiment. Calypso Is m a k in g a l iv in g dancing In the "Ma s- cott e," Ber lin cabaret. N or he y s refuses to ente rta in the idea of g i v i n g up V io la Te mple, to w hom he Is se cr et ly engag ed. “ Uncle B i l l ’s” sis ter Em il y urges him to secure a passport fr om L o r d Troyte for a ce rtain Janet Church, st ron g- m in de d fe m al e w ho wants to vi s it L y s t r la in the int erests o f a society fo r w or ld peace. Janet Church leaves fo r Berlin. “ Uncle B i l l ” is a ga in appealed to by his sister to find a ce rtain cur ate (nam e not g i v e n ) who has le f t his parish in Ireland fo r a vis it to Berlin, and cannot bo found. L o r d Norhe ys and V io l a T e m pl e disap pe ar fr o m London. Proc opius Cauic receives i n f o r mation that Norheys. w i th the princess, has l e f t there on his w a y to Ly st rl a, but N or he ys a p pears w it h the fo rm e r V io l a Temple, n o w his wife. T h e q u e s tion is, “ W h o is the man w h o has gon e to L y s t r i a wi th the Princess Calypso?“ Cas lmir introduces himself, and Janet Church, va in ly se ek in g fr om the British consu la te a passport to Ly st ri a, be comes acquainted w ith the tw o men in the Adlon hotel. T o m m y mistakes C asl m ir fo r a hotel t h ie f and refuses him admission to his room. C aslmir insists on T o m m y di ni ng at the Mascotte. T o m m y a ga in meets Janet in a telephone booth, w he re he had gone in an att emp t to escape fr om Caslmir. C H A P T E R V III— C ontinued The door of the telephone box opened and Janet Church came out. Caslmir, like Tommy, recognised her at once, though he had only seen her once before and then In a dressing gown and boudoir cap. He was not particularly pleased. Perhaps she had talked tc him In the morning as she had been talking to the third secretary at the embassy. He bowed to her. but he moved away. “ Please,” he said to Tommy, "half ten at the Masrotte. Till then—’’ He pulled himself together and pro duced another quotation. “ 'Now, good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both.’ " With another bow he turned, crossed the hall and passed the whirling glass door, narrowly escap ing a determined effort of the guard ian boy to hit him in the back. Janet Church watched him till he vanished. Ther she turned to Tom my. "Pve been asking questions about that young man,” she said, “ and I find he’s in Rerlln on some kind of secret mission connected with the ex-klng of Lys.-la." “ Oh, Is he?" said Tommy. “ I thought he was a tout for a night club.” “ That’s what he pretends to be perhaps," said Janet, “ but he Is strongly suspected of being engaged In some royalist plot. The third sec retary at our embassy told me so this morning." I f the third secretary had been In discreet enough to tell Janet Church anything about anybody It must have been before «he began talking to him about her passports. No young man. unless he was reduced to terror by threats of violence would have spok en to her at all afterward. But I do not think It at all likely that any diplomatist, even a third secretary, would have shouted confidential In formation Into a telephone. It seemed to me much more likely that Janet Church had been making Inquiries about Caslmir from the head waiter or the hall porter. All porters of ho tels like the Adlon know a great many things, both true and untrue. “ I suppose he’s s friend of your»,” said Janet. "No. he Isn’t," said Tommy. “I mean neither of them- Is." He was uncertain at the moment whether she was speaking of Count Caslmir » r the third secretary. “ Juat eeme over with me to a quiet place," «aid Janet. “ I want to talk to you " Tonigiy followed her, unwillingly, to a retired corner of the hall, and sat down beside her on a deep sofa. A waiter hovered round them and asked whether they wanted eocktaila Janet drove him away at once. “ I ’m not asking you to tell me who you are." she »aid, "or what you’re doing here.” “ I don’t In the least mind telling you. Pm a curate and I ’m In Berlin for a holiday." “ Very well,” «aid Janet grimly, “ and Count Caslmir 1« a restaurant tout, ard Tm the prlma ballerina of the Boyal opera house In Vienna." Janet prides heraelf on tha power »r sarcasm. -Surety," said Tommy, “you can t Copyright by Bobbe-Merrill Co.—W. N. U. Service He wae an Innocent and Inexpe rienced young man. But even to him Janet Church did not look like a prlma ballerina. “ I ’m Juat as much a dancer as you’re a curate. But, as I said to be gin with, I don’t want to aak ques tiona. It’s quite enough for me to know that you're an Intimate friend of Count Caslmlr’s." "I'm not," said Tommy, “ but I sup pose It’s no u se my saying bo .” “ And I want you to Introduce me to him." “ I'll do that with the greatest pleas ure," said Tommy, “ If I ever see him again. But I don’t expect I shall." “ You’ll see him tonight at the Mascotte." said Janet. “ I ’m not going to the Mascotte.” “ Oh, yes, you are," said Janet. “ I heard you making an appointment to meet Count Caslmir there. I shall be there too and you can Introduce us." “ Very well,” said Tommy, helpless ly. “ Be there at half past ten.’’ A feeling of recklessness born of bewilderment was beginning to lay hold on Tommy. He did not In the least want to Introduce Janet Church to any one. He did not at that mo ment even know her name. He did not want to see any more of Count Caslmir. He did not want— But a curate Is only a man, and though Tommy had no Intention of entan gling himself with an unknown lady at the Mascotte, he thought It might be interesting to see her, speak to her, perhaps to offer her a glass of wine. Tommy was Inexperienced In such matters, but he thought that any lady to he met at the Mascotte would probably expect to be offered a glass of wine. “ O f course,” said Janet, " I have more or less made Count Caslmlr's acquaintance already." She was thinking of her Interview with him In the corridor outside Tommy's bed room. “ But It’s always better to have a formal Introduction," she added. Tommy was not paying much at tention to what she said. He was thinking of the lady at the Mascotte and wondering whether his phrase book provided the German for “ May “ In T h «s« Continental Towns,” She Said, “ It’s Generally Dangeroua to Drink Water.” Troyte was the bead of tha conspir acy. They knew that If Janet one« got into personal touch with the pa triarch of Lystria the Union of Cbrta- tlan churches would be accomplished and a great world peace established. "They are afraid of that,” she said grimly, "afraid of It because they know that a world peace would put an end to their trade of secret di plomacy. That Is why I want to be Introduced to Count Caslmir.” It was a little difficult for Tommy to follow the working of her mind. I do not know that any one at that time could have guessed exactly what she meant. Looking back over the whole thing now It seems plain that with the help of Caslmir she hoped to get Into Lystrla without a passport. He was. as she had some how managed to discover, a conspir ator and a secret agent. He would therefore have no objection to break ing tha law and would almost cer tainly be In a position to do so suc cessfully. With his help she would get Into touch with the patriarch, unite the churches, establish peace, and so— "The Foreign office won’t be pleased when they hear of It," she said vin dictively, “ and Lord Fdinund Troyte will be furious. Bu* the first thing Is to get to Lystrla. And Count Cas- imlr can do that for me If he will.” ’T've no doubt that he will," said Tommy politely. “ I’m very glad to hear you say that, for, of course, you know.” " I don't know In the least,” said Tommy. " I don't really know any thing. Indeed. If you asked me this minute, I could not tell you where Lystrla Is.” Tommy finished the last sip of his cocktail. He felt elated and ex tremely cheerful. "In Introducing you this evening," he said, “ shall I tell Caslmir all about the world peace and the Christian churches, or shall I simply say that you’re my aunt?" " I am averse to any form of de ceit." said Janet. But—” ’There are times— " said Tommy. "H e might not grasp the full sig nificance of my mission to Lystrla." “ Then I'd better tell him you're my aunt," said Tommy, “ unless you’d rather I said sister." Janet looked at Tommy. He la only twenty-six and looks younger, owing no doubt to the virtuous life he has had to lead under the eye of my sister Emily. Janet Is superior to the desire to appear younger than she Is. which Is supposed to be a weakness of her sex. "You'd better say aunt," she said. “ Very well,” said Tommy. “ My aunt, who Is looking after me." "A young man,” said Janet, “ la the better off having an aunt to look after him In a city like Berlin. I feel sure that the Mascotte la a dangerous and undesirable place." • • • • • • • At half past nine Tommy drove np to the door of the Mascotte. He was received by a stately man In n hand some uniform and led up a flight of thickly carpeted marble staira. At the top he was banded over to a su percilious young lady with startling ly red lips and very pallid cheeks, who took his overcoat and hat from him. Under the guidance of another splendidly clad retainer he passed In to a very large and most Impressive room. The lights were dim and faint ly pink. The air was heavily scented. Tommy looked round him a little nervously. He hoped that he might see Janet Church. Her companion ship would have sustained and helped him. But she was not there. Except for six servitors in gold and purple clothes, there was no one In the room. Two of these men took charge of Tommy. They walked one on each side of him, both a little in front of hint. They conducted him acrosa the room. At the far side of It they halt ed In front of a pair of heavy cur tains which hung over an archway. With a solemn and dignified sweep of their arms they pulled the curtains apart to right and left. Then, bow ing low, they motioned Tommy to pass on. He entered a still larger room, very brilliantly lighted, so brilliant ly lighted that for a minute he stood blinking, unable to see distinctly. I offer you a glass of champagne?" Champagne, he supposed, was the proper wine to offer to a lady at the Mascotte. The waiter whom Janet had chased away when they first sat down was hoterlng round the table again. With a recklessness which surprised him self Tommy ordered: “ Bring two cocktails." Janet turned on him with an acid smile. “ It’s rather unusual,” she said, ’’to find a curate drinking cocktails at ten o'clock In the morning. I f you really are a curate you wouldn’t do th at” The waiter, who was Interested In their talk, was very quick in fetch ing their cocktails. He set them down on a little tray In front of (T O BE C O N T IN U E D .) Tommy. Janet looked at hers with a fierce scowl. Tommy pushed the A u th o rity on C a r d a thing toward her. She looked at It The expression "according to Hoyle" »gain with a milder scowl. Tommy took It off the tray and set referi lo Edmond Hoyle, a writer on It down before her. Janet stopped gnmea, who was horn In England In 1672. Little Is known about Hoyle's scowling. “ In these continental towns,” ahe life. Tradition says he was educated said. “ It's generally dangerous to for the bur. At any rate, he went to London, where he spent much o f his drink the water." It Is the British teetotaler who Is lime writing on gnines and giving les re»pon»ible for the superstition that sons In card playing, especially wlilst. all the water on the continent of He published a hook In which he sys Europe Is poisonous. Having accept tematized the laws and rules of «hist, ed that as an article o f faith he holds a game on which he was considered an to It firmly. He 1«, therefore, entire authority. His name became prover ly against his will, obliged to drink bial as an authority on games. Playing a game “ according to Hoyle” wine when he croseee the English came to mean playing It fair and ac channel. Janet tossed off her eorktall. Tom cording to the recognized rules. Hoyla my, who did not know that cocktails died in London In 1761)— Kansas City ought to be swallowed In a single Star. gnlp, sipped his. C h u rc h to B e H o m e Now, the efTect of cocktails tsken Is Belgravia afreet, In l-ondon, the»* on almost empty etomache by people unused to wine o f any sort Is sur I« ■ church building that for many prising. Janet became confidential. year« ha« hers In dlnuae. Recently It She told Tommy that the officials of waa bought by ■ woman realdent of t » . the British Foreign office hed con community and she Is converting It la spired together to prevent her going ta a rasldence. Sh« obtained to Lystrla, and that Lord Edm ad •Ion «I a public «actlaw MY F A V O R I T E STORIES By IR V IN S. C O B B (C o p y rig h t.) Q u estio n : H ow F a r Did G e o rg e G o ? The white man— eo the story nina— waa named Ferguson. He owned a string of two-room frame cottages and his tenants exclusively were colored. Very great wus his chagrin when a negro man in a tit of pique cut a wom an's throat In one of hla houses eo that she bled to death, leaving a large dark stain on the floor, because Im mediately the word spread among the black population tliut the building was haunted and thereafter nobody would rent it, even at reduced rates. For months the cottage stood empty. Then the owner had a bright idea. He went one evening and hunted up a large dark Individual named George Titus, upon whom by way of beginning, he conferred a drink out of a bottle of corn spirits. “ George,” said he, “ these darkies tell me you know quite a lot about h’ants and ghosts and such things?” “ Well, suh, Mist’ Ferguson,” replied George modestly, “ 1 does know a right smart Tout sfcli.'* “That’s good,” said the wily white man. “ I’m ruther an uuthorlty myself on such matters. Now, then, speaking as one expert to another, I want to tell you that gun-barrel shack of mine out here on Clay street, where that woman was killed, Is not haunted. She died In a state of grace and her spirit rests In peace. “ But the trouble Is that these colored people around this town don’t know It and they’ve given the place a bad name. What I want to do Is to prove | to them that It’s not ha’nted. And here’s the way we’re going to do It— you and me. I’m going to hire you to spend tonight in the room where the killing took place. Then, when you come out tomorrow morning and tell your people that nothing happened there during the night. I ’ll be able to rent the house again. I ’m going to give you the rest of this bottle of li quor now and a fresh bottle besides. And tomorrow morning I ’ll hand you a ten-dollnr hill. How about It?” That slug of corn whisky already was working. It made George valiant. Besides a white man had appealed to him for professional aid. He con sented—after another lusty pull at the flask. The crafty Ferguson took no chances. Straightway he escorted his newly enlisted aid to the house of tragedy, provided him with a pallet on the floor and left him there in the gathering darkness. But before depart ing he took the precaution of barring the two windows from the outside and securely locking the front and rear doors. Next morning bright and early he came to release his brother expert. The windows still were shuttered, the doors still fastened tight; but the house was empty. Also If was In a damaged state. At one side the thin clapboards were burst through, as though a blunt projectile traveling at gieat speed had struck them with terrific force from j within. The shattered ends of plnnk- l Ing stood forth encircling the Jagged i aperture In a sort of sunburst effect. Upon the splintered tip of one of the boards was a wisp o/ kinky wool. Up on a paling of the yard fence was a rag, evidently ripped from a shirt sleeve. Otherwise there were no signs of George Titus. He was utterly gone, with only that yawning orifice In the cottage wall to give a clue as to the manner of his departure. Mr. Ferguson waited all through the summer day for the missing one to turn up. George failed to return. On the sec om! day the white man gave the alarm A search party was organized— men on [ horseback with dogs. Bloodhounds took the trail. They followed it from early morning until late that evening. Just before dusk, in a swamp thirty miles away the lead-dog hayed exul tantly. The pursuing posse, with Ft r- guson in the lead, spurred forward. Here came the missing George. Ills face was set toward home. It was a face streaked with dust anti dried sweat, tom by briers, wet. drawn, gray with fatigue. His garments were In shreds; his hat was gone. Ills weary legs tottered under him us he dragged one sore foot after the other. He uaa a pitiable sight. Yet in the heart of Mr. Ferguson in- | dignation was stronger than compas sion. He rode up alongside the spent and wavering petlestrimi. “ Well, by heck, you are certainly the most unreliable nigger in this state!” he said. “ Here night before last I make « contracl with you for a oer tain Job. I leave you in one of my houses. 1 come there the next morn ing and not only are you gone with out leaving any word, hut one side of I my house is busted out. And then 1 have to lew\e my business to come hunting for you. Ar-d after homing all over the country 1 And you here, thirty miles from home, in a swamp. Where in thunder lime you been sines I last saw you. forty-eight hours ago?” “ Boss.'* said George. ‘T’ ve been coin in' back " G oing an d C om ing Two scholars, a Frenchman and an Italian, were having an argument Each lnalated hla own country had produced the B (at distinguished lit erary figure that lisd ever lived. “ Dante." said the Italian, “ waa tha greatest of all writers. 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