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CHAPTER XI—Con tinned
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"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,
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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
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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
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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
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,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
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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
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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?
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Take good rare of the growing stock
and feed walk
Well painted hultdlags are the beet
sign of e well-managed farm.
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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.
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see
Seed treatment of onto end potatoes
provides an Insurance no fanner can
afford to be without
ijW-'w.
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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.
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can usa these facts as • testimonial. —
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Columbia, South Carolina
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If you don't seem to care, your
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"O Happy Day" sang the laundress
as aha hung tha snowy wash on tha
line. It wag a "happy day" because
aha used Bad Cross Bali BltHt—Advor
seta sat.
A sense of humor, ofttimes. Saves
your temper.
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