on AA L808 Vevey w SAL L 48 8 8 8 A TET YTYYTYYYY CHAPTER XVIil—Continued. arene] Ge Some of it the boy grasped. A navy, ships, a railroad to the sea—those he could understand. Treaties were be- yond his comprehension. And, with a child's singleness of idea, he returned to the marriage. “I'm sure she doesn't care spout it,” he =ald at last. “If 1 were king I would not let her do it. And"—he sat very erect and swung his short legs—*“when I grow up, I shall fight for a navy, if I want one, and I shall marry whoever I like.” At a quarter to four Olga Loschek was announced. demanded and inquired for the gover- Ness, who had risen at her entrance, offered to see if she still slept. “I think you are a very tor,” he and Miss sitting It good doc- went sut room. said, smiling, Bralthwaite's that to was then Olga ot) Ne - NE not even e 11 of al iat von cannot leave the ‘She shrugged Never have such arte And “RE a ular “0” in the corner and proceeded to burn them in. desk, the very tip of his tongue pro- truding, and worked and carefully. Between he burned a dot. Suddenly, Olga panic-stricken. She and see this thing out. low her and punish her. She not! She had done her part. governess lay in a drugged sleep. turn of the key, and the door to the beyond which Oskar waited would be closed off. Let follow what must, she would not see it, “Highness,” she sald, Larisch will be here in a moment. nm permit me to go?” Otto was off his chalr in “Certainly.” he said, his min the “O" which he was sha¢ . Old habit was strong in the countess, Although the boy's rank w by moments, although his life sibly to be by I a each Loschek could not could “Lieutenant Wil was pos- rs, counted she him a curtsy. Then losed the door behind The two They knew, she went sentries 1 nothing Nikky Of. He opened we, and sentries, as he “I'tl be ba reid rrid of wt fri ni The two g of the nd hated ind replied -y hope Otto ou are, and wen The regarded “IL.et him go!’ father, The other one move ' sentries orders cover no su « “And Iu hoi to Go back,” he add¢ Five minutes to four. The cron hurrie My does The cor- fere and wl stiff va prince cjat™ anid “And William word lept, and gone, conunte a window, holding to the sill apport her shaking body, it The in her hands, There was lelt only to deliver Him to those who, even now, were on Nikky He would houdolr, and Hedwig She had sent no Khe was, Indeed, at that mo- taent nn part of one of those melan- chioly fewily groups which, the world over, in palace or peasant’s hut, awall the comiag of death, Prince Ferdinand chatted. was done, boy was the way. was safe wait in not her nt wold come, message, William Otto for Hedwig, which was finished now, with the exception «f burning his initials in the lower left hand corner, After Inquiring politely if the smell of burning would ajacoy her, the crown wart heat fie dd. Lky long Ni lina ook Bel we vel it the chimney ow below gutter slant, and slid, edge, wr. Put afraid to : 3.1 considerable Nikky, ver There dow not sat n. le © did slic the fetch up lt trifle dizzy. that and the gutts in He fs eOory 0 1 +h i as, if e is being afraid. So the crown prince sat loping behind tl chim sathered hig legs une Well for him t} of the palace ww8 with lead, that the ide and deep, Well for Nikky, too, ng in the boudoir below and hard driven between love and anxiety. The crown prince, unaccustomed to tiles, turned over halfway down, and rolled. He brought up with a Jerk in the gutter, quite safe, but extremely frightened, He sat there for quite a | fow minutes. There was no ball in | «light, and the roof looked even steeper from this point. Belug compleisly ssif-engrossed, therefore, he did not see that the roof hed another visitor, Rad two visitors, as a matter of fact. blanket “ye down on the roof him the bee ide, builders 1 vaitl ta i t | white { i J fnstened to his belt, They climbed of the garden chairs and looked over the expanse of the roof, which was when they saw Prince Ferdinand William Otto, and gazed at him, whiz!” said the larger pirate, through his mask. “What are you do- ing there?” The on one “Gee crown prince started, and stared. “I am sitting here,” exptmuuned the crown prince, trying to look as though he usually sat in lead gutters, “I am looking for a ball." “You're looking for a fall, I guess,” observed the pirate, “You don't re- member me, kid, do you?” “I can't see your face, but I know | your volee.” His volce trembled with excitement, “Lemme give you a hand,” sald the pirate, whipping off his mask. “You make me nervous, sitting there. You've got a nerve, you have.” The erown prince looked gratified. don't need nssist thank he sald. “Perhaps, now I'm I'd better look for the ball” ab the old th nervous- “You better Say, what railway ance, you." here, wonldn't bother mt e, rT er a pretend nervous? you you look grandfa even 1% only a boy our house live here” Ww ii 3 y I temporized Pp Otto. A ind & Dick Deadeye Wagged His Tail terrible thought came to Pim. Sup- kings and princes, gheald learn whe he wasn! “It iooks like a big place. barracks?” “No.” He hesitated. Is it a “But there are I<1 never “1 ghould think not,” boasted Bobby. “1 discovered them, 1 gress nobody { i They ‘re mine.” “Really!” said Prince Ferdinand William Otto, quite delighted. He would never have thought of such a thing. A door of iron bars at the foot of long flight of steps—there were four of them- open. Here day- light, which had been growing fainter, entirely ceased. And here Bobby, hav- ing replaced his mask, placed an air rifle over his shoulder, and lighted a candle and held it out to the crown prince, “You can carry it,” he sald. “Only don't le* it drip on you. You'll spoil clothes,” There was a faintly scornful note in his voice, and Ferdi- nand William Otto was quick to hear it. “I don't care at all about ciothes,” he protested. And to it he deliberately tilted the candle and posse sion. stood prove { his short Jacket. “You're a pretty good sport,” ohserved. And from that time addressed his royal highness as sport.” When they reached the the candle was about d ly time mask out of a plece | walsteont, The cor yb on he “old There w one, rls to fashion fr Of P cloth that setnblance to a own prince donned ng heart. Never 80 excited. fl strange th a wild and of the candle, The 1 the aired to depart forgotter through trailed “Ready old >} scent to and every man.” if he “Even : iz unarmed? +} ne « lao studied that an pris- rown prince, who strategy and tact] nparmed shoul Hier. man taken Sure. Wy silly. Now, Then ich a don't Get in began, for he had Land of De- ne bliss of f killing rugs and day of ¥ never Jt WwW on was qd n ¢ When stretched they were weary, the and 5 ont on the grout Ve whose bed warming pan for wallowed Hy soft with the melting winter. He grew muddy He had had no hat, of ight dried with d a suf 11 IMPRESS, Hi on of the COlUrse, ty. strands, As dusk des ended, the erowd grad to supper, n¢ dispersed some For would streets around the palace, not down. At last » nickel watch 1 it's the almost supper time,” watch, the one witl “To Ferdinand Wil- his grandfather, on taking his first his own Otto, from of liam the communion.” “Why can't you come home to sup- per with me?” asked the senlor pirate, “Would your folks kick up a row rn “I beg your pardon?” “Would your family object ” “There is only one person who would mind,” reflected the crown prince, aloud, “and she will be angry, anyhow, [—do you think your mother will be willing 7” “Willing? Sure she will! My gover ness—but I'l fix her. 8Bhe's a German, and they're always crank Anyhow, it's my birthday. I'm always allowed a guest on birthdays.” So home together, gayly chatting, went the two children, along the cob- ble-paved streets of the ancient town, past old ckweches that had been sacked occasion his that twisted between ; LArTOW passages and rormed thelr way and » finally, to the door of a tall buildin where, from the concle the entrance, stewing garlic. Neither of the children had noticed the unwonted of the which had, almost suddenly, the nolse of the carnival. What passers-by they had had been hurrying in the direction of the palace, Twice they had passed soldiers, with lanterns, and one had and flashed a light on them. “Well, old sport!” said English, “anything you ory me? Id ergs rge s room he- side came a silence ’ seen once Jobby In can do i | a knife had e to cut the ' A fry xcused him- buck, Thorpe self for a moment. ith a bottle wrapped In a newspaper, nd sat Now he came down again, “1 thought,” he sald, “as this is a casion not exactly Robert's coming of age, but marking his Of x arrival he period when boy and be- 7d 5 bi a we might oast to It) “Robert!” one objected the § i i i “A teaspoonful each, “It changes It to a festivity.” He poured a few drops 1dr 131 honey.” from supper en's glasses, with water dren, The consumedly The two laughe nt youngsters witticism was the His m, and went back her nterrupted cookin The children hur- ried up the stalr ith {ts fron forge at { ge ou to or =e winding rail and its floor. stone hy to the second In the FOVOrness wtetd big sittin ti Ig room darning small sto CIOCK. next room we center of the th able. d the cake herself, ans n one of the n the cake really read “hs” | \ y XI" However, looked ad been baked il and a new i+ it Br of mascu having passed the rest of the si ult. Mrs. T} Otto, ssively rried brought Tittle Bobby : 0 Ww i + ha Then ghe sto] tht his } ding over her hand, tly ns he kissed his a's when he went to have Mrs. Thorpe was at the ki but at the tribute was he looked 8 8 wols The and down, Po nant ns omposure to Fer nand Willis was after small boy. she forehead. to Ferdinand little heart leaped and pounded. iat moment, would have for her! Mr. Thorpe came home a little late. He kissed Bobby twelve times, on. He shook hands absently with the visitor, and gave the lein the evening paper——an jee on which he insisted, could read the news for going to the cafe on the Then he drew his wife aside. “Look here!” he said. “Don’t tell no use exciting him, and of it's not our funeral, anyhow but there's a report that the crown prince has been kidnaped. And that's all. The old king is dying!” “How terrible!” “Worse than that. and no crown prince! It may mean nl any of trouble! I've closed up at the park for the night.” {lis arm around his he looked through the doorway to where Bobby and Ferdinand counting the nd “It's made me think pretty Ai ward, said. mustn't died and one ETOW extra. not! corner. lobhy most gort wife, were £ len, } " “Bobby he go are considered crown prince All Americans here millionaires, If the could go, think how easy His arm tightened around his wife, and together they went into the birth. day feast. Ferdinand William Otto was hungry. He ate eagerly-—chicken, fruit compote, potsto eahld-—agaln shades of the court physicians, who fed him at night a balanced ration of milk, egg, and zwieback! Bobby also ate busily, and conversation lan guished, Then the moment eame when, the first cravings appeased, they sat back in thelr chairs while Pepy cleared the i | i { had loved ones nake brought wf ot was i tor Xr ACA NCO Quarter, Except to Women and Children.” the good king and nd of Livonia.” to drink it, and ev you brave Ferdina n gaid Mr. 1 except the w disapproved of chi ch of, and only } to sip her wine. BE C horpe Frau- idren be- wwetended (TO and Turgenev in Fierce Dis That Might Have Led to Deadly Encounter. pute Tolstoy Rian 141 Turgenev, famous Rus- woraries contemy and frie but occasion they had a serious falling As gathered from a recent biography, this is the of their quarrel: The two fa- mouse novelists met at a friend's house, Tu spoke enthusiastically of his yosng daughter's new En h gov- erness, mentioning that she required the child to mend old, ragged clothes to give to the poor. “Do you consider that good 7" demanded Tolstoy. “1 cer- tainly do,” replied Turgenev ; “it makes the charity workers realize everyday needs.” “And I think that a well girl with filthy. malodorous rage in her hands is acting an insincere { > commented Tolstoy. “1 ask you not to say that,” exclaimed Tur genev, hotly. “Why should 1 not say what I am convinced is true?” retorted Tolstoy. “If you say that again I will box your ears!” Turgenev cried, white with rage, and rushed from the room. A duel was narrowly averted. After ward these famous men became rec onciled, and on his deathbed Turgenev wrote an affecting note to Tolstoy, ad- dressing him as “the great writer of our Russian land."—Outlpok. Wage War on the Rat. The mts keep 150,000 farmers oc cupled feeding them, and the other workere needed to repalr rat damage number 30,000, were nds, on one out story rgeney ¥ e114 RilE dress « Hares