v aA AALS SSAAAAAALAALS FHV EY dd YVAN ” YVR pa ALL RIGHTS RESERVED t B TETRA NNVALRNLNY Livonia, is unaware of plots of the grandfather, the king, in order to marriage of Pr Karnia. Hedwig Captain Nikky 1 Loschek, attact love with the threatened by the commitiee Nneess is he Prince menage of (1 ause ill, di to his CHAPTER Xll—Continued. | _- But long after Nikky had gone he sat He felt old and tired The boy not had not forgot- . ; \ . fn the darkness, would mand a hypocrite. forget, as he himsel gen. Peter Niburg was shot at dawn the mext He yward, his death, held guards mand crying piteously. died a Brave man. Not once in the long hours of his interrogation had be betrayed the name of the Countess Loschek. > * * morning. went, a « to The iam Otto I birthday. Now, a bir prince of Livonia is not a matt with eandle Crown | of Liv AK witli his ears pulled, an once extra Oss Nor ¢ from i I ing woods. v n ff lieolir and aren [rolcging ana é§ ture. the Wry iW In ant d the chapel, 1 sot The bri Ww * i, toy pre sent to you i ngratulations, and the lov hope” «items Bim- will have that birt that irs. To fur here all cl Cher say | fire your n fought for if pting LHROA, ubjects, sty the King, . ry fight for He glanced bes the child at «council, and his tone trong and fmpassioned. “But today we are here, not to gpeak of war, but tn you our congratulations, wotion, and oar loyalty.” Also a casket will ond wae » our £ pe 4 of His arranges for King Karl of tachment she has formed for attendant. Countess f Archduchess Annunciata, Is in as She is terrorists, unl ret the crown ¢y is torn between love and heir to the throne terrorists to form a republic. Otto, COus to Ott ROOM Acts spy. of the ot lead Se prince N king. — 1 He stepped back, was nudged, | and recollected. “Also a gift,’ gift, fine am he sald, and ruined a But the order, ME SIS, speech OOK he said. I admire like to keep ose it is too you very much.” hat it might on yder of valuable The spokes K ~ an hoped t he his the and her ther, on r Prince on a high wed lus gunt had v ak And funn Orae im he ald. “For what?” “That 1 went away the sir.” “it was, after all, natural a The ve l to crown prince could hardly be ie ir could only be arrange dom" The still with elused eyes, Prince Ferdinand William Otto felt “But 1 am very comfortable, it little si fi king lay ro I: uneasy, and | me. sie.” | The king still held his he sald nothing. There | things he wanted to say. hand, were i straight. He had erred, and the boy, must avoid his errors. He had cher- | hed enmities, and in his age they | cherished him, And now-— “May I ask you a question, sir?” | “What is it?” ! “Will you tell me about Abraham | Lincoln? “Why? The king enough He fixed prince with keen eyes, “Well, Miss care for hi at was rake | the av now, crown does not snys he was not a not as great Mr. Glad- it Bobhy—that's the you about him-—he greatest man who Braithwalte m. She gre as man, anyhow. Ba boy I met; I told says he was the ever lived.” “And who," regard as the greatest man? Prince Ferdinand Wil he answered asked the king, am bravely, lay still, smil- are that, Lin- was fa very great dreamer, a visionary, but a gn t ask Miss Bral his ‘Gettysburg ad a model as thwalit migh ou it now and to do it » you CHAPTER XIillL The Gate of the Moon, 3 i tha well enough rehing The usual group in the shop. tly young men, a scattering of graj The was advocates of strange does most of them, Old Adelbert disapproved of them, regarded ith a sort of contempt. h back. { He shrugged fully. He no fore them, It was his clothing, he felt, his shoulders lonzer felt ask Already, although tailor still pressed its seams and | marked upon it with chalk, he was {clad in the dignity of the new uni- { form, He turned and nodded to them, fine evening” he said “iy named be the “A this day for the marching.” He squinted ia faded eye at the sky outside. “What marching? Old Adelbert tured on the speaker { sharply, “Probably you have forgot. ten,” he sald scomnfully, “but in a week comes an anniversary (hore ore many who will rememixs, he day of a | great battle, Pada” bg added, if you do not know of what I speak, there | are some here who will tell you” he past,” a student said. Then, imi old Adelbert’'s 1 tone “We, we live In Eh, com- | rades?’ He turned to the old soldier: ‘You have not seen the bulletins?” “Bulletins 7?" “There will no friend. The uniform now- pity. Perhaps the tallor—" mocked, “No marching? “An order of the council. iat the city iinders. ' tating in jestic the future, marching, my that is a His eyes be ’ It seems is bored by these ancient It is for peace, and would And processions ar { y. We grow thrifty, Bands and fire- works cost money, and money, re cost my hero, 18 8¢ ree, I arce— Agaln the group laug After a time was such Very 8 HEY ling " Since when bert angrily, marching di po “The sound of ng ise ahead. street, HE the Tala ar Soldiers the King ?™ Marching Disturbed just brought from the mountains. went downstairs and out on the street, the of the concierge, who wag scrubbing the stairs. “I'm going for a walk,” he told her, niece tell her I'll be back for breakfast.” He stood for a time surveying the deer, Then he decided to go hunting himself. The meat seller obligingly gave him the handle of a floor brush, and with this improvised gun Bobby went deer stalking. His dog trotted at his heels, Around the old efty gate, ntill stand. ing although the wall of which it had boon A URIt Was gone, thore was ep Here they killed and | kinned a bear, took fine ivory tusks ii ger. Around {1 t impenetrable thick that quite bare of was 80 ens, ath two 80 the was hunters crawle they happened on Tucker fo ail grew ri led wth fir 3 It re No Lg Taw fils. But on could pall marks were not say surely the those « The ha about. ing Bob feet Bran + Pass a rid A ana naer } had Cl nag some ar clutched ak rin tore hunter two wHasLIOZ later the break{ast, restore An hour for the but him gllent. ieaqge a Ww covered n. “I hot he said politel] vigits to the ticket “She is well, rapidiy.” “And the new uniform-—does it fit you? | “li do rimly © Adelbert not know” “I have “On the day of the cession we are all going to wat "1 tell you where we wvill be, so you can look for recen i Li us, "here will Then to the boy old Adelbert poured He the | i " i be no procession, i i ! sow. down it with one 1 his das hardships axed, bitterness of his showed where he had torn of a dying stag Ie reviews in the hospital, and the through which he had pa to come to this. The king had forgotten his hrave men. During the rest of the day Bobhy considered. No less a matter than the occupied | his mind. Now, half the pleasure of tt should be with the right person. And hic old playfellow was changed Bobhy, reflecting, wondered whether | old Adelbert would really mare to join his pirate crew, consisting of Tucker and himwelf. On the next day, how. ever, he put the snatter to tha tesy “You know,” he sald, talking throngh booth, “I think " “There be worse trades,” sald old “And hide treasure,” Bobby went on. ain a cave, you know.” Bobby “I've got he cave already.” “801” “Here, in the park. It is a great “A cave--here “I'll take you, | ()] d Adelbert puzzied, The park far as he knew, no place It was a n, the sl wall, and now anted 6 in the park? f you'd like to see It.” was 80 r' 4 Ca tes the in had 0 Ted) Ly y OS XU ed. very earthy hand and led nl irk here od Ca the fore saw car i child had brougl Old Adelbert “None have » ¢ shaken. visited this place since you he asked. any one re? SUPP Do you? Those who built have been “I don’t a knows it But ible" pped, lost ation, been a ory once of a under the wall, but he ctedd nothing clearly. A passage leading beyond the wall, through which, a great siege, a perha He st ] There had igeway i out in dungeon, w Further plotting for the kid. naping of the crown prince is revealed in the next instalk ment. U0 BE CONTINUED.) Charity covers a mualtitede of sing 80 does succes,
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