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CORSICANA DEMOCRAT AND TRUTH
"SIMPLY ROTTEN"
SYNOPSIS. — In London the
tt'ller of tha 8tory of thu adven-
tures of "King Tommy," und
known hereafter an "Uncle mil,"
Is informed by Lord Norheys. son
of an old friend, that Lord
Troyte, head of the llriilsh for-
eign office, Norheys' uncle, has a
scheme to make him (Norheya)
klntf of LyBtrla, in central Eu-
rope, throuKh marriage to Ca-
lypso, daughter of King WIucIIh-
laws, deposed monarch of thut
country. A financier, l'rocoplua
Cable, knows there Is oil In pro-
fusion In Lystrla, and with an
KngllsA king on the throne the
output could be secured for Kng-
land. N'orheysi in love with a
stage dancer, Viola Temple, Is
not enthusiastic over the propo-
sition. The patriarch, Menelaus,
highest ecclesiastical dignitary
in Lystrla, Is heartily in favor of
the restoration of the monarchy,
and Cable has generously financed
the sentiment. Calypso Is mak-
ing a living dancing In the "Mhb-
cotte," Uerlln cabaret. Norheys
refuses to entertain (he Idea of
giving up Viola Temple, to whom
he Is secretly engaged. "Uncle
Bill's" sister Einily urges hint to
secure u passport from Lord
Troyte for a certain Janet
Church, strongmlnded female
who wants to visit Lystrla In
the Interests of u society for
world peace.
CHAPTER IV
—3—
I found ti letter from my sister Em-
ily waiting for me when I got home.
"I wunt you," she wrote "to use
your Influence with Edmund Troyte
to get u passport to Mcguliu for Junet
Church. You remember Janet, I'm
sure."
I remembered Janet Church per-
fectly well. She Is a bony lowland
Hoot, and when I met her at Emily's
house she was touring Ireland on be-
half of a temperance society. I re-
member her saying at dinner that she
would rather put a red-hot poker In-
to her mouth than a glass of wine.
That, I am sure, was not true. How-
ever much she might dislike wine she
could always spit It out again. She
could not spit out a red-hot poker.
"Jaoet Church," Emily went on, "Is
going to Megalla as the representa-
tive of the Society for the Establish-
ment of World Peace through the In
lluenee of the Union Christian
churches. There seems to be a won-
derful opening In Lystrla, which la
now part of the Itepublic of Megulla.
The present patriarch—"
According to Emily, the present
patrlnrch Is a man of slngulurly plus-
tic mind, willing to unite his church
with any other In the Interests of
world peace.
I put Emily's letter Into a nice, flat
varnished basket which stands on my
writing table and Is meant to contain
unanswered letters. Emily gave me
thut busket last year as a Christmas
present. I was glad to be able to use
it for a letter of hers. I had of
course no lntentlog whatever of ask-
ing Troyte to get a passport for Janet
Church.
But I did not get rid of the busi-
ness bo easily as that. Next day
Jan«t Church culled on me. In ap-
pearance she was Just as I remem-
bered her, In determination rather
worse. The passport to Megalla had
been refused. She attributed that to
the hatred which the Foreign office
felt to the Idea of a world peace and
to Lord Edmund Troyte's dread of the
Influence of u union of the Christian
churches.
I dure say she was right In blam-
ing Troyte. Knowing what he did
about the condition of Lystrla, he can-
not possibly have wanted to add to
the confusion of the coming revolu-
tion by letting loose an earnest
Scotchwoman In the country. Also
he probably thought that the Patrl-
nrch Menelaus would be too much oc-
cupied preparing for a royal marriage
und coronutlon to huve any time to
spare for planning a world union of
Christian churches.
"With the pence of Europe hang-
ing In the balance," Junet said, "and
the prospect of another war within
ten years, It Is of vital Importance
that the Influence of the Christian
churches, of all of them—"
"All," I murmured sympathetically,
"■II, all."
"Should be brought to bear on oar
statesmen. And how Is that to be
dons?"
"Only," I said, "by means of • union
of Christian churches."
"Especially the Church of Lystrla,"
Mid Janet.
I could not see why the Lystrlan
church, which must be quite a small
body, should he so very Important.
But Janet Church evidently thought
It was. So, dare say, did Emily.
"Couldn't you," I SHld, "write to
the patriarch Instead of going to see
him?" His name Is Menelaus. A
letter addressed to His Beatitude
gwroeA.
birmingham
<c*y*j<jHr tatis-mme/it CU
WNU Service.
the Patrlnrch Menelaus, Lystrla,
would be sure to find him."
"A personal Interview Is Indispens-
able."
If the patriarch Is the least like
Troyk? In character, or like me, Junet
Cliurt'h may huve one personal Inter-
view with liliu but will certulnly not
have another. 1 suppose she realized
that she was not likely to get Into
my flat again, for she refused to leave
until I had promised to do what I
could with Troyte about the pussport.
1 kept the promise and made an up-
peal to Troyte. 0
"I know all about that woman," he
snld. "She makes trouble wherever
she goes. I can't huve letters com-
ing to me by every courier from all
the legations In Europe asking me to
keep that woman at home."
"If you set any value on your own
peace and mine," I said, "you'll give
her n passport to Lystrla and then
keep her there."
"I wish," said Troyte, "that all re-
ligious women were In Heaven."
"If you let her go to Lystrla," I
snld, "she probubly will be In Heav-
en soon. I don't know the patriarch
personally, but he'll execute her be-
fore she's been a week there If he's
half ns savage as Norheya says."
Troyte asked what Norheys had
been saying about the patriarch. 1
could only reply that I wus mlstuken
"If I Get as Far as Germany," She
8aid, "I'll Manage to Go on Some-
how."
in saying that he thought about the
patriarch at all. The person he called
savage was the princess.
"He seems quite sure," I said, "that
she's black."
"He knows perfectly well that she's
nothing of the sort," suld Troyte.
That's merely an excuse to get out
of marrying her,"
"I suppose you know," I said, "that
he's formally engaged to Miss Tem-
ple and means to marry her."
"We must get him out of the en-
tanglement," suld Troyte. "And the
best way of doing It Is to push on the
marriage with the Princess Calypso."
"Until you've convince* Rim that
she Isn't black—"
"Don't talk nonsense," said Troy-
te. "She's an extremely good look-
ing and attractive girl, fur too good
for him. I've given him her photo-
graph."
"Photos are often faked," I said.
"Couldn't you get a colored portrait
so that he could see for himself that
she isn't black. If you had her paint-
ed In an evening dress It would go
some wuy to relieve his mind about
the tattooing. He'd know that her
arms and neck were cleur, anyhow."
"I wish you wouldn't be flippant,"
said Troyte. "This Is rather a serious
business. There's the question of
oil—a matter of Imperial interest,
and Cable says he's pushed things on
so far that Lystrla Is on the verge of
a revolution. I really don't know what
would happen If the patriarch and
Cotyit Cuslmlr were to bring off their
coup d'etat and there wus no king to
put on the throne."
"I wonder," I said, "If anything in
the way of a morganatic marriage
could be arranged?"
"Certainly not."
"It's sometimes done." I said. "I'm
sure I've heard of cases."
"Certainly not. The last king,
Wladl8laws, was far too fond of that
sort of thing. His life was a scan-
dal, and the patriarch was on the
verge of excommunicating him sev-
eral times. The patriarch holds very
strong views on the sanctity of mar-
riage and—and -all cognute sub-
jects."
"If the patriarch Is the sort of a
man who would tackle a king," I said,
"he'll probably be able to deal with
Janet Church. Why not give bar «
passport ? Look here, Troyte, let's
compromise. I'll suy no more about
Miss Temple and the morganatic tuur-
riuKe If you'll let Janet Church go
to Lystrla. She'll worry the life out
of me If you don't."
"I'll tell you what I'll do," said
Troyte. "I'll let her have a passport
to Germany, but not an Inch farther.
She cun go to Uerlln if she likes und
stay there."
"That's something," I replied.
"She'll be out of l/undon anyhow."
"I'm sorry for the Uermuns," said
Troyte.
"Oh, they deserve it After all,
what's the use of our having won the
war If we cun't do anything afterward
to make theiu feel uncomfortable?"
I culled on Janet Church In her ho-
tel und told her my news. I was
afruld she would be furious with
Troyte for limiting her wanderings.
To my surprise she took It very well.
"If I get as fur aa Germany," she
said, "I'll manage to go on somehow."
"Well," 1 said, "good-by and good
luck. If you find yourself languish-
ing In a Siberian dungeon, send a line
to the nearest British consul."
"I'm not going anywhere near SI-
berlu," said Janet.
"You may not mean to," I said,
"but you never know where you'll
fetch up when you sturt traveling Is
the Neur East."
CHAPTER V
Janet Church left London next day
and I congratulated myself that I
hud escaped one worry. I actually
enjoyed several peaceful days. Then
Norheys came to me again.
"Did you tell Uncle Ned," he snld,
"that I'm going to marry Viola and
no one else?"
"No, I didn't," I said. "I told him
exactly what you said I was to tell
him; that you were determined to
inBrry Miss Temple, but were quite
ready to marry anybody else as well."
Norheys grinned.
"How did he take that?" he asked.
"He suld Just what I expected him
to say, that he'd never agree to your
committing bigamy."
"If that's so," said Norheys, "It
puts the lid on the whole black prin-
cess scheme. What I always say Is
ibis: a fellow ought to knuckle un-
der his family—uncles and aunts and
all that lot—so long as they're ask-
ing him to do the things which don't
unnoy him much; but as soon as they
begin chipping In In really offensive
ways then he oughtn't to. That's my
bleu of u fellow's duty, anyhow. I
don't know if It's yours." #
I said that a great deal depended
on his definition of the word offen-
sive, and that so far as I could see.
Calypso was anything but that.
"Anyhow," suld Norheys, "whether
you ugree with me or not, you cun
tell Uncle Ned what I say."
I did; and Troyte told Procoplus
Cable. Norheys was bnck with me
two days later and this time he was
In a really bad temper.
"Look here, Uncle Bill," he said,
"I'm getting a bit fed up with this
sort of thing. I don't suy It's your
fuult, but there It is, and I'm d—d If
I stund any more of It."
"What's happened to you now?"
"This way of going on Is simply
rotten," suld Norheys. "As long as
It was merely a matter of Uncle Ned
persecuting me day and night und
pelting me with oil paintings of Indlun
squaws, I didn't mind. Hut it's a
bit too thick when lie sets on u slimy
Jewish money-lender to try bribing
Viola to give me up. I didn't think
Uncle Ned would have played It us
low us that."
"I'm perfectly certain," I said, "thut
he never did uny such filing."
Lord Edmund was extremely anx-
ious to rescue the head of his fam-
ily from an undesirable entangle-
ment and he wanted to see Norheys
established us a European sovereign.
But he would not hire u Jew to offer
bribes to Miss Temple.
"Anyhow," said Norheys, "the brute
came, a fat flabby animal, and tried
to persunde Vlolo to take a check for
ten thousand pounds. If Uncle Ned
didn't send him, who did?"
"Did you hear his name?"
"Yes, I did. He sent In his card
to Viola and she kept It. Here It Is."
He handed me a visiting card. I
half expected the name I saw on It
—Procoplus Cable.
"That's the same swine," said Nor-
heys, "who's doing the deal with Un-
cle Ned about the oil."
"Exactly. But I'm sure your un-
cle didn't send him to bribe Miss Tem-
ple."
Procoplus Cable, eager to get nt the
Lystrlan oil, had tired of Troyte's
cautious diplomacy and begun to act
for himself. He had made a mess of
It, a far worse mess than I knew or
guessed then.
It does look aa if Procoplus
Cable had made 4 mesa of
things. And tha result?
(TO UfH CONTINUED.)
Queen Lover of Cherriet
The rich and ruddy cherries for
which England is famous, were In-
troduced Into that country from Flan-
ders In the year 1U40. The establish-
ment of their popularity was due In
no small measure to Queen Elisabeth
who hud a great liking for cherries
ripe. Whereby hangs the tale of Sir
Francis Carew, who delayed tbe ripen-
ing of his cherry tree until a month
after the end of the season In order
that the chejrles might attain matur
Ity when her majesty stayed with
him. This he accomplished by erect-
ing a tent over the tree, and on th«
queen's arrival tb« fruit wu at pa
faction.
Famous Forts in
U. S. History
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
ly-5, Western Newspaper Union.)
The Fort That Was Built
by a "Tenderfoot"
Just when the term "tenderfoot"
was tlrst used In unknown. But It is
pretty certain thut It could huve
been applied to Nathaniel J. Wyeth
of Boston. Back in 1882 he decided
that u prolltable salmon fishery could
be establish*^ on the Columbia river
In the Pacific northwest, to be oper-
ated In connection with the fur trade,
enlisted a group of New Euglanders
In his enterprise and started West.
Not one of the party had ever seen
un Indian, handled a rifle n% r had the
faintest ldeu of plulnscruft. Fortu-
nately for them, at Independence, Mo.,
they fell In with t^o veteruns of the
plains, (.'apt. William Sublette and
Robert Campbell, partners In the
Itoeky Mountain Fur company, who
were bound for the unnual trappers'
rendezvous at Pierre's Hole far up
In Wyoming, and, traveling with them,
the easterners learned their first les-
son In the frontier's hard school.
Then followed several months of
exciting adventure and despite the
loss of several men In tights with the
fiercest Black feet Indians and the de-
sertion of others, Wyeth pushed on
with 11 men Into the Snake river
country und finally In October, 1838,
reached Fort Vancouver, the Hud-
son's Bay compuny post on the Colum-
blu. Here thost of Ills men deserted
him, but undaunted, the leader, ac-
companied by only two of his follow-
ers, started on the back track. After
nnother perilous Journey he reached
St. Louis In safety and organized the
Columbia Itlver Fishing and Trading
company.
Then he set out again and In the
summer of 1884 built n fort In what
Is no v Idaho on the left bank of the
Snake river above the mouth of tbe
Porlneuf. It was finished on August
fl, 1834, nnd named Fort Hall in hon-
or of Henry Hall, the oldest partner
In the company. He raised over It n
"flag made of unbleached sheeting,
a little red flannel and a few blue
patches, saluted with damaged pow-
der and wet In villainous liquor"
and thus the American flag was first
unfurled over that part of the great
wilderness of the West.
In 1830 Wyeth sold Fort Hall to
the Hudson's Bay company. In the
days of the great migration over the
Oregon trull It was an Important
post, since It marked the place where
many emigrants turned off to seek
their fortunes In the gold fields of
California, and In the '70's It played
a leading part in the Bannock and
Piute war. But the greatest fame of
Fort Hall lies In Its early history
when It was the living symbol of the
Indomitable cournge of Nathaniel J
Wyeth.
In Honor of the Great
Western Expansionist
When the fur trade died In the
great West, there died with It many
of the posts which had been the cen-
ters of this Industry. One notable ex-
ception was Fort Benton In Montana.
Built In 1844 by Alexander Culbert-
son of the American Fur compuny, It
was originally named Fort Lewis In
honor of Merlweatlier Lewis, the ex-
plorer. In 1846 tills post was moved
to the head of navigation on the Mis-
souri, rebuilt with adobe, und on
Clirlstmus day dedicated amid great
festivities us Fort Benton, thus honor-
lug Thomas Hart Benton, the great
western expansionist and a trusted
friend of the "A. F. C."
In Its first period Fort Benton
ranked with Fort Union I11 North Da-
kota us u fur center, and later It be-
came the main center of trade In
buffalo robes, when Fort Union was
abandoned. The fact that from '20,-
000 to BO,000 buffalo robes were
shipped from Fort Benton each year
tells briefly why the buffalo vunlshed
from the northern plains.
The greatest glory of Fort Benton
came about the year 1800. When the
Bed Cloud war stopped the rush of
miners to the new gold fields In Mon-
tana over the Bozeman trail, they
were forced to full back upon the wa-
ter route, the Missouri river. Refore
1800 not more than six steamers ar-
rived ut Fort Benton annually, but In
that year the number leaped to 81, and
from then until 1800 the number of ar-
rivals constantly Increased.
Fort Benton became the principal
departing point for the diggings, and
no less than 000 wagons gathered
there each year to make the long haul
of supplies, sometimes as much as
(>,000 tons a year, to the gold camps
from 150 to 2.r>0 miles awny. In these
years there was no more picturesque
place In the country than Fort Benton.
Miners from all parts of the land, ex-
soldlers from both the Union and Con-
federate armies, fur traders, hunters,
trappers, good men and bad, they all
made up the constantly shifting popu-
lation of this post.
In 1800 the government established
a military post there, and In 1877 pur-
chased the American Fur company's
old fort, hut soon abandoned It. When
the Great Northern railroad pushed
Into Montana. Fort Benton waned rai>-
Idly until today there remains only a
few crumbling walls of what the late
Emerson Hough once characterized as
"the most famous and most pictur-
esque of all the historic posta on tha
Upper Missouri."
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