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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL CHAPTER XI—Continued W NU S .r v lc . what he does not get. He picked np the thousand marks again. — 14— Then he laid down a note for a hun "They will," «aid Janet. “ By this time I expect they have. He went oft dred marks, and asked to see the su to the police office this morning to ob perior officer who hud taken charge tain hla Auswels, taking the passport of Tommy. This time the young man. standing with him.” “ What?” said Caslmtr. “ He has behind his desk, bowed gratefully. Certainly the highborn gentleman gone to the police office 1" should see the superior officer at once. "That's what I’m trying to tell you,” Casimir was shown Into the Inner •aid Janet, “ and I'm very much afraid room. The young man at the desk there’ll be trouble.” pocketed the hundred-mark note. Per “Trouble I They will Imprison him. haps he spent half of It on a piece of They will deport him. They will— soap. His face looked as if he had But not even Von Steinveldt would none at home. dare shoot him. But— Excuse me. I Casimir dealt with the superior must act at once or all Is lost. The officer in much the same way, except princess 1 My beloved country I But that this time he laid down two thou I have frlenuo and I have money. The sand marks. He was received with king has friends. Perhaps It la not almost groveling civility. This officer yet too late.” looked at money not so much hungri He hurried across the hall toward ly as greedily. He had neither wife the door. Janet hurried after him. nor children and was not actually hun Tommy was In serious trouble. Cas- gry. But he was a man who liked en lmlr was excited and frightened. She joying himself, and in the good old could not benr the thought of not be days before the mark fell he was ac ing helpful In a crisis ns desperate as customed to spend his evening In this. She caught Caslmlr by the arm pleasure resorts less sumptuous ami Just as he reached the door. much less respectable than the Mas- “ Shall I ring up the embassy?” she cotte. From these delights he had said. “ The third secretary Is a friend been cut off for some months. With of mine. At least, I ’ve often talked two thousand marks a man can buy to him over the telephone. After all, ^ great deal of pleasure In Berlin. For vour friend— I mean my nephew—Is two thousand marks most government a British subject. The ambassador officials would have done a great deal. Caslmlr said what he wanted, an must do something. I shall insist on Auswels for Tommy. his moving In the matter.” The officer, his eyes fixed on the Caslmlr turned on her. He must have felt eitremely irritated, but his money, cursed himself, his bad luck, his government, the late war, the politeness did not fall him. "Gracious lady,” he said, “ I can Freach nation, the English nation, the think of only one thing in the world Reparations commission and the In control. He which would make this affair worse ternational Military than It Is, and tha^ Is the Interference of the British ambassador.” Janet says that his face was white, drawn and tragic when he spoke, and that beads of perspiration had gath ered on his forehead. But Janet is Inclined to exaggerate in the Interests of the picturesque. I do not suppose that Caslmlr was In the state she de scribed. He was upset about what had happened and foresaw a great deal of trouble. But he had no doubt that he could straighten things out even If the police had arrested Tom my. When he left the hotel Caslmlr went straight to his bank and cashed a check for ten thousand marks. In Germany It takes a long time to cash a check and It was half an hour be fore Caslmlr actually got the money. Then he drove to the police office and walked into the room Into which Tom my had gone that morning. There was still a long queue of Poles, Rus sians, Slavs, Ukrainians and other for eigners waiting to approach the police officer’s desk. Rut Caslmlr did not take his place at the end of the line. He handed twenty marks to the po- lieemhn who kept watch at the door and was Immediately placed at the Von Steinveldt Picked the Adder Out of Its Box, Held It Suspended by head o f the queue. In return for an the Pink Ribbon Attached to It. other twenty marks the policeman or dered all the other waiting people out cursed fluently, blasphemously and of the room. They were allowed to obscenely. At last he told Casimir draw a breath o f fresh air In the pass that Tommy had been sent on to the age until Caslmlr finished his busi Prince von Steinveldt. He hitaself ness. This was good for them, but could do nothing in the matter of the they did not like It. Ausweis. For some months the German mark The information was worth some had been falling rapidly. Official sal thing and Caslmlr paid for It. aries, from those o f cabinet minister Then he went back to his bank and to those of simple policeman, had In drew out, not marks this time, but March only about one-tenth of their five hundred pounds sterling. supposed value and a large class of Even with that sum in his pocket he more or less deserving people found did not feel quite sure of being able themselves starving. This, though to deal with Prince Von Steinveldt. disagreeable for them, was a great ad He drove to the flat which King WTad- vantage to any one who controlled Islaws occupied and took counsel with money In a stable currency. Caslmlr him. had Procopius Cable’s English pounds The king listened to the story. to draw on. He felt confident of be ’’The difficulty Is,” said the king, ing able to persuade any official to do “ that Von Steinveldt wants to step In what he wanted done. to my shoes himself. He can’t, of He began his Interview with the po course. The Entente powers would lice officer by laying a thousand never allow a German to sit on the marks on the table In front of him. throne of Lystria. And, besides, Calyp Then he said he wanted an Auswels, so wouldn’t murry him. But that's not duly signed and in proper form, for the point. He thinks he'll be able to sn Englishman called Norheys. The manage It and of course he'll want to police officer stood up and bowed re get Norheys out o f the way.” spectfully to Casimir. Then he fixed "Fortunately,” said Casimir, “ and his eyes, hopefully at first, sadly aft thanks to the excellent Cable, we have erward. on the thousand marks. He plenty of money." began to apologise. “There's no use offering Steinveldt if he had knew® a little earlier that marks," said the king. “ He under Vine highborn gentlnmam wished for an stands all about marks and knows ex Auswels— The young Englishman had actly what's going to happen to them." been there, in that very office— There “ Naturally,” said Caslmlr. “ I should had been a trifling Irregularity in hla net offer him marks. I have In m.v passport, very trifling, nothing that pocket live hundred pounds sterling.” mattered. I f he had known— Now, “ That ought to be enough," said the unfortunately, he could do nothing. king. “ He wouldn't make that much The young Englishman had been clear profit, after paying all expenses, passed on to his superior officer. out of Lystria in two» years unless he The poor man eyed the thousand is a great deal cleverer than I am. But marks hungrily. He had a wife and you’ll have to be careful, Casimir. two children at home. They had very He'll take the money all right. But lltue food and no firing. A thousand he's a prince. Yon must allow him marks would have made life a much to keep up his self-respect.” “ I had thought,” said Caslmlr. ”of pleasanter affair to him. “ Ach, most highborn sir,” he said, laying the money on hla desk »abou t " I cannot now Issue the Auswels. saying anything about It.” “ I should be rather inclined," said though how willingly I would do so If the king, “ to band It over to him open 1 rould.” Caslmlr la not a man »h e pays tor ly, saying that I aent it as a donation to whatever charity In Berlin ha thinks most »orth y of support. Tell him at the same time that I want ts remain anonymous and desire no re ceipt for the money." The king, who bad been lounging In a chair, got up, went over to hla writ ing table and unlocked a drawer. Hs took from It a small case made of real morocco leather. "You may as well offer him this at the same time,” said the king. He opened the box and displayed a small golden snake. It was curled up so that Its tall was in Its mouth. Its eyes, which had a fierce expression, were gurnets. Caslmlr looked at It with reverence. It was the sign of “The Most Noble Order of the Golden Adder of Lystria," an order granted to very few people and worn by no Lystrian except the king himself. “ He may like to have It," said the king, “ though I don’t know why he should. It's only nine curat gold, and the creature's eyes aren’t rubles. Still, he may like It. Try him, and you might say If at any time he wants a good table at the Mascotte, he has nothing to do but ring me up and I ’ll arrange It. What's more. I'll take fif ty per cent off his bill, and be won’t be expected to tip the waiters. Tell him all that, will you?" Casimir went off to Von Stelnveldt’s office In good spirits and full of con fidence. He did not expect that his Interview would be pleasant, but h* had no doubt that he wohld be suc cessful In obtaining Tommy's release. Von Steinveldt would probably try to bully him. He usually did try to bully any one he met. He would certainly bargain and the haggling might be prolonged. Casimir expected bullying Hnd bargaining; but he felt that no living German would resist the offer of five hundred pounds In English bank notes, a decoration to pin on bla coat and the chance of supper at the Mascotte whenever he liked at half the usual price. Never was any diplomatist, engaged In n demarche of an Important klud, more surprised than Caslmlr was. Von Steinveldt made no attempt to bully him. He received him with ex treme politeness and showed every kind of courtesy and consideration. This made Caslmlr suspicious. He knew Von Steinveldt fairly well and had never seen him behave like a gen tleman before. “ His majesty the king of Lystria—” Casimir begun. “ Ah, poor King Wladislaws,” said Von Steinveldt. “ My heart bleeds for him. Such a position for one who has been a king. Tell me, how la he get ting on?" Casimir did not believe that Von Steinveldt’s heart ever bled for any one. He felt sure that he did not care whether King Wladislaws starved or not. His suspicions, already awak ened by Von Steinveldt’s politeness, became acute. “ His majesty,” he said, “ sent me to place a small sum of money In your excellency’s hands. He knows little of the needs of the poor In Berlin and he hopes that your excellency will be kind enough to spend this money in the way that you think wisest." He drew from his pocket his packet of English bank notes and laid it on the table. Von Steinveldt picked It up. There were fifty Bank of Eng land notes for ten pounds each. Von Steinveldt bated Rnd despised almost everything English. But he had a deep respect and a genuine liking for English bank notes. He became al most genial, certainly facetious, while counting the notes. The feel of the paper between his finger and thumb gave him a sense of physical pleas ure. "K ing Wladsilaws," he said, “ seems to have been doiug pretty well at the Mascotte.” “ His majesty,” said Casimir stiffly, “ wishes his gift to be anonymous, and hopes that you will make no acknowl edgment of the receipt of th« money.” Von Steinveldt pocketed the notes. “ Among the German aristocracy,” he said “there are many who have suffered severely by the fall of the mark. Their pride forbids them to make any public complaint of their poverty. I think, If your king ap proves, that this money would be well spent, perhaps best spent, in relieving their distress.” Casimir had little doubt that the German aristocracy—at all events one member of it—would benefit by the five hundred pounls. "It is,” said Von Steinveldt, "a most generous gift. I beg o f you to con vey to your king my warmest thanks.” Casimir took ont o f hlg pocket the crimson case which contained th# Golden Adder of Lystria. "His majesty,” he said, “ la deeply conscious o f your kindness In acting as his almoner, and Is not unmindful o f the many services which you have rendered in the past to the unfortu nate kingdom of Lystria. He begs your acceptance of the Order of the Golden Adder of Lystria.” Von Steinveldt picked the adder out of its box and held It suspended by the pink ribbon attached to It. Then, standing up and bowing deeply to Cas lmlr, he pinned the decoration to the breast of his tunic. It hung there, the Inst In the second row o f decorations which Von Steinveldt wore. There were twenty-nine of them and the Golden Adder made the thirtieth. (T O B E C O N T IN U E D .) M ig h t in th e Jungle Tired, Lame, Achy? Are You This Man? laj, ^ Ñ a r y Graham^ Bonner \Ll NATURELAND NEWS Billie Brownie had Just finished get ting out a copy of NaUireland News, printed on Fairy land Birch Bark. His b r o t h e r , Bennie, had helped him get out the copy on time, for that evening there wus going to be a supper party at Old W itty Witch’s Cave, and before the supper Billie had promised to get out the Na- tureland News so he could read It aloud to every one. He finished just A Particularly Fa on time and he vorite Teacher. und Benule trav eled In haste to the party. The guests were all there. The Fairy Queen, Fairy ITincess Ybab, Fairy Princess Twilight-Bell, Fairy Wondrous Joy, Fairy Wondrous Se crets, Fairy Merriment, Fairy Playtime, the Pond Fairy, Eftie E lf and other members of the Elf family, Peter Gnome and the other Gnomes, the rest o f the Brownies, all the members of the Bogey and Oaf families, and Old Mr. Giant and all the rest of the Fairies. Billie began to read at once and these are the items of news he read: “ Mist?css Lucy has got hold of the Forgetting Habit. There are a num ber of copies of the Forgetting Habit around and she has one. I f she will summon Count Concentration to her aid she may be able to get rid of For getting Habit. Count Concentration understands how to do this. Mistress Lucy at present can’t remember her lessons even after she has read them over. “ Mr. Long-Tailed Monkey from A f rica has been named String-Bean Joe. He eats them all the time. When he came over from Africa on his way to the zoo he stopped off with his owner at a hotel. He refused to eat the food brought to his room, tut one evening when his owner was having his dinner In the room, the monkey s tw string beans on the plate. “ He hoppt-d and jumped over and ate them all, and so they discovered that he liked them. “ As he Is a rare monkey they want to give him what he will thrive on, and he certainly does love string beans. “ So they call him String-Bean Joe, os Joe was the name he arrived with before the others were added. “Joe is black and white and his tall Is very long. There is not another monkey like him In the zoo. “ General Sparrow ordered a new battle yesterday. The Sparrows all obeyed the order. “ The Hay Fields are at their best and are willing to entertain at a hay ride any time now. “ Worms are scarce In the barn yard. The roosters and hens are not at all pleased. 'If things don’t get better, and by thihgs we mean worms, we will have to give our patronage elsewhere,’ they say. “ ‘We cannot remain where we get poor service.’ “ Ten.v went to spend the night with little Mahalla Inst week. ‘Let me know if you go to sleep first,’ Teny said. “ Mahalla said: ‘Yes. I’ll tell you.’ They kept on asking each other: 'Are you asleep yet?’ Finally they both forgot to ask. “ In the morning neither knew who had gone to sleep first. Neither one had announced the fact when it had happened! “ Melly has a particularly favorite teacher. She Is very strict, Melly says, but very _ _ _______ just. She Is fair to everyone, and Melly doesn’t mind her strict ness as she is so Just. “ Desmond, the yellow and black kitten, plays wild- ' ly with two dis carded dolls which have been given to him to do with as he likes, lie chases them about a f t e r he h a s tossed them ahead of hi m. H e He Chased Them scratches the fur About. niture and wakes up the members of the family by pull ing the blinds In their rooms In the morning and letting in the light. “ And this Is all of the News for npw I’’ *4A very Interesting number." they II said, and spoke alxtut different items of news. Then Witty Witch hnd one o f her famous suppers and later they all danced under a wonderful mid summer moon. The Hon. noted an being the nobleoi B e lie vin g in Signs o f the Jnngle'a beauts. Is. of course, a. Teacher (to tardy student)— Y/hy mighty hunter. His ferocity is pro verblal. AU animals as well as man are you late? Bobby— Well, a *!arr down here— become Its victims. 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