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
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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
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“ Worms are scarce In the barn
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we will have to give our patronage
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“ ‘We cannot remain where we get
poor service.’
“ Ten.v went to spend the night with
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“ Mahalla said: ‘Yes. I’ll tell you.’
They kept on asking each other:
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“ In the morning neither knew who
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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
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Bobby— Well, a *!arr down here—
become Its victims. The African buf
Teacher— Well, what has a sign go4
falo, however Is often Its master, an*
to do with It?
elephants sometimes are able to ovei
Bof by— The
sign
said
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A novel use for a vacuum has been
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An experimental room bus been built
In which rugs and other household fur
nishings are stored. The air Is then
partly exhausted, with the result that
all Insect life, such as moths. Is unable
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The room is 8 by 8 by 8 feet with walls
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D
Those F e m a le “ Esses”
A N
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Resinol
Saving a L ife
Melba Miller, age three, o f Letts,
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With mother’s consent, she carried
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" I expect so,” mother replied.
Melba stepped out In the yard. She
returned a moment later without the
bird.
“ Where’s your bird?" asked mother.
“ I gave him to the cat.”
"W hy?”
“ I was afraid It would die,” sol
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O
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Senator Cameron was analyzing at
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“ ‘Go on,’ he hissed. ‘Go on, you
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E specially a L a rg e O ne
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