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= v n « CHAPTER XI—Con tinned — 1 IS— "I accept It," he said, "In recogni tion. not of the services 1 have ren dered, but of tboae 1 hope to render to your native land. I think you un derstand me. Count Casimir." Casimir did, or thought he did. No doubt Von Steinveldt was of opinion that he would render valuable serv ices to Lystria by marrying the prin cess and ascending the throne. *T am also charged by his majesty," he said, "to inform your exceilenz that If at any time you should wish to vis it the Mascotte a table will be reserved for you and a proper deduction, fifty per cent in fact, will be made to your bill." "I shall certainly accept the invita tion." said Von Steinveldt. "I hare long wished to see the Princess Calyp so dunce. She is still dancing there, j » I hope." "She danced last night." "And tonight? No. tonight I am engaged, and the night after. Will the Princess Calypso be dancing next Monday nightT* Casimir sincerely hoped not. if hla plans worked out as be wished, the princess would be well on her way to Lystria on Monday night Bat he did not want to say that to Von Stein veldt He made an effort to get away from the subject of the Princess Calypso. "His majesty," he said, "hopes to engage an English dancer for the Mas cotte. She is. I am told, well known and greatly appreciated in London. If your exceilenz will come and see her when she arrives you will no doubt be pleased. Her name Is Temple. Vio la Temple." "Ach." said Von Steinveldt. "1 think I know the name. Let roe see. I hear a little of the gossip of the London clubs, though I should no longer be admitted as a member of one of them, la not that the lady to whom young Lord Norheys Is so deeply attached?" Casimir felt lhat the time bad come for getting at the real object of his mission. This chance mention of Nor heys' name gave him bis opportunity. "Speaking of Lord Norheys," he said, "reminds me that his majesty asked me to say to you—" Von Steinveldt Interrupted him. But I know it already. I had a visit from him this morning. A very charming young man. Perhaps he is over here to take care of Miss Tem Casimir, who had been uneasy all through the Interview, became actu ally uncomfortable. He did not un derstand what Von Steinveldt meant. "Miss Temple," he said, "has not yet arrived in Berlin." "Indeed. Then perhaps there is no truth in the rumor that he intends to marry Miss Temple. Indeed. I have beard it whispered that another and much more desirable marriage has been planned for that fortunate young man. The Princess Calypso U, I un derstand, a very beautiful young lady." Casimir was not surprised to find that Von Steinveldt knew all about the scheme for the marriage of Calyp so and Norheys, but be was startled, puzzled and frightened to bear the matter spoken of In this way. "lyord Norheys la a rich man, 1 be lieve," Von Steinveldt went on. "He will no doubt make an excellent king of Lystria, a post which could hardly be accepted by a man without private means. And If your Ml fields are de — veloped, he will see to It that England obtains control of them. Well, Eng land gets everything nowadays. To the victors the spoils. It is enough for us poor Germans that we are al lowed to live. Please tell the king that I do not grudge Lord Norheys his good fortune. I found him a most at tractive young man. I have seldom enjoyed a chat more than the one I bad with him this morning." 4 pie.' Casimir felt perfectly certain that Von Steinveldt would grudge the prin cess nnd the throne of Lystria to Lord Norheys or any one else except blm sMf. He was equally sure that no German would be content to see Eng land in control of the Lystrtsn oil. He felt that he was being played with, laughed at, and that some very dis agreeable surprise awaited him. He began to be angry and to lose con fidence in himself. "What brought Lord Norheys bereT* be asked abruptly. "There wee some trilling Irregular Steinveldt. "nnd he very properly brought it straight to knew, or thought all about Tommy's passport and that tha Irregularity was anything bat trt fling. He else knew that Tommy had net gone to Von Stelaveldt's office of hla owe tree will. He had been ar rested end taken there. He Jumped to the c ou chMd mi that Von Steinveldt hod slreadyH Lord Norheys back «■Joying «art was to rhaupb » * itter right tor Vi hero departed hiss." Stete veldt raised hts eyebrows V« (U well-feigned surprise "Why Should I depart Lord Norheys? la at pros eat enjoying the eights ef Berths. In Or dW you nay that she ant yot By George A. Birmingham arrived ? 1 suppose In any case ne does not mean actually to marry her. It would bejrery awkward for you and Klng VVladlsIaws If any formal promise of marriage existed. It might { be difficult to buy off Miss Temple. I | imagine that you would have to pay her more than five hundred pounds. Perhaps the king might offer her the | Gold Adder of Lystria." He fingered the pink ribbon on bis | breast as he spoke. "Or » table at the Msscotta and Of- I ty per cent off her bill. But 1 forgot, She hs* already been engaged to | dance there," Casimir was by this time nervous I as well as angry. Von Steinveldt would scarcely venture to laugh at him so openly unless he were very sure that he had the heat of the game. "1 suppose," he said, "that you have imprisoned Lord Norheys if you "Even if I wished to Imprison hlm," said Von Steinveldt. 1 daren't. We poor Germans lost the war, you know. Tlie hand of the conqueror Ilea heavy If 1 arrested an English no bleman In the streets of Berlin. I should probably he tried for my life by the League of Nations. My prop erty would certainly be confiscated, But 1 need not talk of such things, Even If I could do so with Impunity, I should not want to Interfere with Lord Norheys or to curtail his liberty | Casimir has the temper of a healthy | haven't deported him." on us. In any way." and therefore amiable child. But like | most children and simple minded peo ple, he Is liable to sudden gusts of | passion which he cannot control. "You've Just taken five hundred | "For the Impoverished German arts- J tocracy." said Von Steinveldt, "and I | assure It will be well spent." "You have accepted the Order of | "In return for services which you J hoped I would render ro your country, Is not that so. Count Casimir? Well, I have rendered them before you asked me. Three hours ago your friend Lord Norheys left this room entirely free pounds of our money—" he Id. the Golden Adder—" liked." »»Id Von Steinveldt. "or Miss Tem pie's hotel Yon said she was not In Berlin. Or crossed the room, to go where he chose and do what he I don't believe yon." said Casimir. If you will Inquire at his hotel." perhaps he has taken the princess out to luncheon somewhere. Or he may be making arrangements tor his Jour ney to Lystria. You will find him somewhere no doubt If you look tor | him. He is certainly at liberty." But I keep forgetting. Casimir rose from bis chair and ( "1 don't know what you expect to gain," he said angrily, "by treating the I king and myself as you have; but If you think that after this the Lystrians j He opened the door as he spoke, j j j will ever accept you as a king, you are very badly mistaken." When he bad finished speaking he passed through it and slammed It vio lently behind him. I have no doubt that Von Steinveldt smiled. He probably chuckled when Casimir left him. The mistake about Tommy's Identity was sure to be dis covered sooner or later. When It wee discovered every one concerned would feel so foolish that there would be no further talk about an English candi date for the throne of Lystria. Once Lord Norheys was out of the way. Von Stelnveldt's own chances would he greatly Improved. CHAPTER XII Casimir spent a harassed and try ing time for the rest of the day. He was convinced, and the king agreed with him. that Von Steinveldt meant to play a trick of some kind. It was conceivable—Indeed, likely enough—that the German would have accepted a bribe. That be bad al lowed Lord Norheys to go free before be waa bribed waa a thing which neither the king nor Casimir could belleve. But they did not knew and could not guess what kind of a trick Ton Steinveldt meiukt to ploy, or what trick he could play. The sim pi est thing to do was to send the princess and Tommy off to Lyecrta at once. Unfortunately, this waa not poaet We. The arrangement» frontier and their reception in the Schloss Ambray were not yet com plete. The plan which Casimir bad made was that the patriarch and the crossing the lesdlDs notable* of Lystria Should be waiting at the schloss to celebrate the wedding sad die coronation immedi ately after the princess and Lord Nor beys arrived. Bat the patriarch «aa not them, and nothing could bo done without him. Only s tew of the no Casimir required three days to hove everything ready. But If Von Steinveldt had say cord la his band end meant to play It, it wee pi« «Hy unwise to keep the prin and Lord Norheys la Berlin. Be Breslau. There they would he within they c rosse d Ü weald at be the mountains of Lystria. If veldt might not gnem wh ere they farther ont of hla reach than If they J stayed in Berlin. I Casimir*» original plan had been that fats stater, the Countess Olga. j should accompany the princess as lady in-waltlng. Neither be nor the king could go with her. They would be closely watched and stopped •tj * Ih * frontier. But he had every hops th "L with the passports he meant to provide, the princess. Lord Norheys I and the Countess Olga would be able I I 0 f I ,0 f*t Into Lystria. That part of the plan was spoiled by the unexpected appearance is Lystria, and. when he came to think It over, Casimir was not alto getber sorry. The Countses Olga Janet Church. She insisted on going might be suspected. Janet Church, a wandering English spinster of a type perfectly well known all over Europe, was as safe a traveling companion as | could be found for a pair of political conspirators. Casimir and the king agreed that | the party should start for Breslau next morning. Then Casimir'» work I began. He engaged seats in the train, He telegraphed for rooms at the bent I hotel In Breslau. He sent long tele grams In code to the patriarch, to hla cousin Count Albert Casimir and to several other people In Lystria. Ho warned his sister that Colonel Heard's passports most he secured daring the day. If by some unfortunate chance the Colonel had not left his keys lying about, the Countess Olga would have to cut open a suitcase or a dispatch box. If necessary she couÜ^go to prison for a while as s ' dishonest housemaid, but the passports most be Then he tried to find Tommy In or got. der to warn him to be ready. He came | tea in the ball of the Adlon hotel, but f she knew nothing about Tommy. She had not seen him since he left the hotel in the rooming to go to the police of- J Casimir to find him. They went out J and searched Berlin. Janet made a I round of all the picture galleries, mu seums and churches, a long buslneoa and entirely futile. All public build- I Inga In Berlin are shut in the after- | noon and by six o'clock it Is not poo »Ihle to enter even a church. Gaol- I on Janet Church having her afternoon flee. She very willingly agreed to help I | my. | spent that afternoon, mir, who knew Berlin better than Janet did, rushed round the chief I picture palaces and a number of Ilka [ ly restaurants. He failed to find Tom I asked Tommy afterward how he He told me I that after lunching comfortably In a restaurant, he determined to see the city In a simple and inexpensive way. He got Into the first srreet car hs saw, went in It till It stopped and came back again to the place from which he started. Then took another cor and did the same thing. Altogeth er he seems to have worked over the cour * e ®f fourteen different car». I cannot imagine a better way of elud ,n * ■ pursuer. I shall certainly try It If I ever want to keep out of tbs clutches of the police tor a few hours. nine o'odck Tommy went back to the hotel, changed his clothes and took a tax] to the Mascotte. He was determined to see Calypso again, and that was the only place be could think of where he was likely to meet her. He did not meet her there, for she was at home packing her clothes. Hs did not even meet the king, who had taken an evening's holiday, no doubt In order to give some final advice to his daughter. Tommy, seated by him self at w tsbtotxrn corner of the great room, was glad to see Casimir when he came in. Casimir was tired after his long search through Berlin, and was so pleased at finding Tommy that he ordered two bottles of champagne I dare say be drank too much of It Tommy did not He remained pep fectly clear-headed and he thorough ly understood what Casimir said to him. He agreed to go to Breslau and from there to Lystria. He would have promised quite ae readily to go to Ttmbuctoo end thence to the FUI Is lands in company with Calypso. Bat be insisted that he must explain to Cslypeo, to the king, and, at once, to Casimir, that be was not Lord Nor h«ye. On that point he was absolute ly determined. He refus sj to go ed If he woe to marry Calypso, which he very mach wanted to do, it must be ae Rev. T. A. Korneys; net ee a mar quis er any one else. Story mi Elgin _ ■» woraa ttM of childhood's fairy tale* and ter away," ts tell the tale of Ogle birthday was celebrated last August 8 end 6L Be long ago as the twilight time et tee early Middle ages, so ter muet we go for tee be sway as glim tags of the «tory of tills hoary eld cestteg pile, whose tafi . „ _ *!?■*"•* ßfiSUU. TMfV ■ us spell ape* the lives ef the dwellers to the aft» was already bellowed by of Do Moravia, moved tes Cathedral of Spynle to tee Charte of Holy Trinity In Earth NotmrSe Tomb The earth, that ia nature's mother, her Use of Power pn FarmSjJBkf Item Agricultural Worker Able ^ ThT66 tSjÉM MS Many ACTCS. - u*r«MM tr ttu cum »tat«« •' A»r*c«uws.» As ** result of the Increased uae of P° w er and labor-saving machinery In f * rniln * operations and the opening of new lauds well suited to the use of i nrnchinery the s'rrage agricultural * or ker in the United States Is now * hl * care for almost three times as many «ores of crops as an Individual could handle TR years ago, according to a study recently made by the divi sion of agricultural engineering of the Uulted States Department of Agricul ture. At The same time the hoars of labor on the farm have been reduced and farmers have been relieved of much of the monotony and drudgery which formerly characterized their work. «PWBixlmately 60 per cent of the fatal cost of farming and a better knowledge of the power requirements of farm operations and the adoption of more efficient types of power units will do much to cut down production costs. for I for use on farms la greater than that J used In mining and manufacturing, j and Is second only to that required for j railroads. The total power used an nuslly on farms amounts to nearly 16, | 000,000,000 horse-power hours and the annual cost amounts to a total of aear J ly 13.000,000,000. | Up to the present little scientific study has been made of the basic power requirements of various farm operations. Although the plow is one Second Only to Railroads. The primary bone power available of the oldest agricultural tools for mental requirements of plow design are still unknown and no satisfactory method of meesuring the actual work done by a plow has yet been dlscov conducted experiments which show that It is possible to run an ensilage cutter with one-half the power ordl narlly used by this machine simply by employing proper speeds and an Im proved blower, mais, gas engines. (Including tractors, which power Is required, the funds »red. The University of Wisconsin has Farm power is derived from nnl and electric, wind and water motors. J Up to shout sixty years ago little j power other than that furnished by animals was available to fanners. The J small gas tractor, the frock, the anto mobile and electric power have only 1 become Important as sources of farm j power within the last ten or twelve | er units now on farms In the United years. The estimated total numbers of pow | Stares Is as follows : ...... 16 , 616.000 . 4.664,000 .. 200,000 . 460,000 .. » 66,000 ..... *, 500,000 . 600,000 . 1,000,000 ..... 6 , 600,000 Horass |. Mule* Oxen . Tractors .... Trucks ...... _ | stationary «naine»., etc. ; co n d i t i o n of the crop. si»e Electric Installations Windmills .. Automobiles ........ Great opportunities exist tor the cut ting down of the cost of farm opera tions through the reduction In the la bor requirements of each operation and by s better application ot me power used. Before such savings can be effected, however, It is necessary to make a thorough study of the basic power requirements, and of the fac tors which affect these requirements. Among these are: Climate, character of the soil, depth of plowing, cultivât of fields, size and type of power units needed and mechanical efficiency iff the tools or machinas employed by the farmer.,— Topography a Factor. Topography le s factor to be reck oned with In considering the power re quirements of farms In any particular locality. In the Central West the land generally Is smooth and Is not cut by many streams or ravine«. This con dition encourages the laying out of large fields and makes possible the use of large machines end power units. In Eastern end Southern stale«, however thé" land le frequently billy and cut by ravines and streams making small and Irregular-shaped fields necessary. This, of course, discourage« the nee of large machines and malts in a predomi nance of small farms. ~ Probably the most serious drawback te the efficient use of power In agricul In aacb type at farming followed there la usually some stogie operation which requires e large amount of power for « limited time end If Is usually this operation which determines the mini mum amount of primary power that be available. In the com or cot ton belt the operation requiring the maximum power le that of planting or cultivating—In hay or email grain It Is harvesting Such conditions result In whet is termed • low-power iosd far tor nnd a high coot per unit of power Utilized. The peak load could fre qndutiy be reduced by redaring the acreage of the crop which requires this power, bat ae e rale the farmer la Justified ln retain«»« suri. * high of the crop la question be ef the relatively high net re turns which may more than offset the higher com of power used In this operation. > Other factors which have on Impor tent effect on the efficiency of term power are the diversity of operations It power unit commonly and the mrffctafiNf ovd«r tto control of one ========== Soy-Bean Dealer Is in Jail for Fraud — He Delivered Tarheel Black Instead of Otootan. <Pr»p«r»d hr um unit*« atatw D*p*r«m«at * f Aerirait«.«.» Becaoae ne thought that farmers don't know beans." a certain exploiter of soy-bean seed Is now revising hts opinion while serving a term in the penitentiary for violation of the postal fraud law. Some farmers "do know beans" and when some of these better posted soy-bean growers recently re ceived shipments of Tarheel Black In stead of the Otootan which they bad ordered, the matter was called to the attention of the Post Office department and the United States Department of Agriculture. Investigation by the poet office offi cials disclosed the fact that this lone operator was advertising the hlgber priced variety, Otootan, for sals at about one-half the regular market value and doing a tremendous busi plan called for no shipment of beans of any variety until the cus tomer became Insistent, and then he substituted the cheeper Tarheel Black. He was brought to trial and convicted of fraudulent use of the mails. Be cause of the high prices of the Otootan and Laredo varieties there has been considerable substitution of the cheap er black varieties, such as Wilson, Rbony or Black Beauty, Peking and Tarheel Black. The moral In this little story Is not only to know soy-bean varieties, but to buy soy-bean seed from reliable and established seedsmen or growers, and beware o i "cheap seed." There are others still at large ready to exploit the farmer's inability to Identify the numerous varieties of soy beans. The prospective purchaser of seed should obtain sample« before buying, and If not sore of the Identity of the seed should consult the county agent or the state agricultural college. Be sort you are getting the variety desired and not some cheap substitute. ti Orchard Fertility la Discussed in Bulletin "Fertility In the Apple Orchard" is tite title of a new bulletin Just Issued by the agricultural experiment station at the Pennsylvania State college. It Is prepared by Profs. R. D. Anthony and J. H. Waring, and is the result of many years' experimenting with apple trees in both the cultivated and sod type of orchard. Copies of the bulle tin may he secured free by writing to the Agricultural Publications Offices at State College, Pa. On moat Pennsylvania farms the apple orchard la of the sod type, lhat la, gragf or clover (a allowed to grow about the trees. It Is pointed out In the bulletin that general rales seem to have more exceptions In fruit growing than in most branches of agriculture. With*this In mind, the Stole college pomologlsts summarize fertility prac tices In tha sod orchard aa follows: "In the mature sod orchard from five to ten pounds of nitrate of soda or Its equivalent should be broadcast over the square In which the tree stands, two or three weeks before the blossom buds break. If a leguminous sod Is used, cut this application In half. If the sod shows any response to add phosphate, use it regularly, one or two pounds with each pound of nitrate. Build op thin spots by the use of manure. "Cut the grass a little earlier than It would be cut for bay, before seeds have matured, and let it lie In the swath. De not pasture the grass. In dry seasons advance the tin« of cut ting to decrease the water lose. If mice are present throw the dirt away from the trunks and fill the boles and mound up around the trunks with coal nahes. Also, poison ths mice. Keep the leaves healthy by spraying and the trees property opened by pruning." FAMiBOTK When were the wagon wheel« greased last? • • e Take good rare of the growing stock and feed walk Well painted hultdlags are the beet sign of e well-managed farm. • • 4 Chickens need sunlight to prevent rickets. Deh't be stingy—»«alight is Spray melons and eentetoupes with nicotine duel to protect the vines from melon aphis. tree. • « e see Seed treatment of onto end potatoes provides an Insurance no fanner can afford to be without ijW-'w. • « « Oround pumice stone mixed to a thick part# In sweet Ml to an old to llable polisher for the borne and boote of show cattle. e e e Sudan" sorghum. Is usually rated consider ably better then millet in feeding value « Some farmers have been tempted to re-sow fields where spring crops have tolled, to some abort-time bay crop millets or Sudan grass like soy « controlled hy the use of tobacco er nicotine dusts. A 2 per cent nicotine duet is effective In kilting some of the beetles and repelling the not. SICK 3 TEARS WITHOUT BELIEF FmaByFound HefJthbyTdk. Lydia EL PUèan'» Vegetable Compound Columbia, 8. C.-"Your mwftdne hue dam me so much good that 1 feel like I owe my life to it. For thro« years I was sick and was treated by «SÄtS gw any. 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