n.7 vvrj-j v j' i t ":.: TT." .,v, ,,, - . ,'.? Mv V& i '-( ' . ! ? ' . "I v1? V 5 C , ' P V t X EVENING OTBLIO L1:DGERPHILADELPHIA,, MONDAY, DECEMBER IT, 1917, ;- "T5. ,,'?A 1 w y &. jt- S ai '3 .v THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY o A PENN5YLVAN1AN Bv Samuel W. Penny packer fcnnsytwfffp&JAfosf Zealous ancTJSherfiGtic Governor .! K (Copyrlsht, 1017, by tlio TuMlo Ledstr CoumanrO CHAPTER VIII Continued rpiIE courts might have protected the administration of justice had it not been for an unfortunate decision by Chief Justice Shnrs 4vood in the case of ex parte Stcinmnn and Hensel, 93 Pcnna. Stato Reports, p. 220, where ho practically overruled the opinion of Chief Justico Gibson in Austen's case, 5 Rnwlo 191. Two lawyers, who Wcrc.nlso newspaper editors, in their newspapers charged the court with making u corrupt judicial decision for' political reasons. The net of 183G limits punishment for contempt of court "to such con tempts as shall bo committed in open couit." This offense was com mitted outside tho courtroom. The limitation constitutes an absurd distinction, since an order by n court has no relation to doors and windows, tind it was a legislative attempt to lessen the constitutional power of tho courts. Tho court below disbarred tho lawyers and Sharswood reinstated them. Ho probably failed to sco to what ex tent ho was cnnblintf newspapers to interfere with tho functions of the judiciary and was surrendering tho prerogatives of himself and his successors on tho bench. Substantially all of tho injustice which 1 have known to occur in tho course of trials in our courts has been tho result of this kind of outside influence which some Judges have not sufficient strength of character to resist. With its present ten dencies tho press is galloping along tho roud which leads inevitably to tho overthrow, in tho near future, of their constitutional privi leges. , In tho summer of 1890 Mrs. l'cnnypacker and I took a trip to Europe. Mr. Blaine sent mo the following letter: "Department of State, Washington, June 10, 1890. "To tho Diplomatic nnd Consular Officers of tho United States. "Gentlemen It affords me pleasure to introduce to you tho Jlonorablc Samuel W. Pennypackor, Judge of tho Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, trustee of tho University of Pennsylvania and vice president of tho Historical Society of Pennsylvania. I be speak for Judge l'cnnypacker your official courtesies during his so journ abroad. "I am, gentlemen, "Your obedient bcrvunt, "JAMES G. 11LAINK." Wo left Philadelphia on tho Red Star steamer liclgcnland July 1G, and after crossing tiic ocean, going through the English Chan nel nnd up tho Scheldt, landed nt Antwerp July 129. Tho company on the boat, while not so numerous as on the great steamers, was in some respects unusual, and in tho course of the long voyage they Were pretty closely welded together. There were n concourse of physicians, including Dr. V. P. Henry and Dr. Philip Leitly, who were going over to attend u medical convention, and there were three school teachers, who had been determined by ballot to be the most popular in the State and were being given the outing by tho Philadelphia Press. They were the Misses Elizabeth D. Grant, Annie M. Bishop and Jennie M. Davis. For an entertainment, given on tho way over I wroto a number of jcux d'e sprit touching upon some of the passengers and the lighter events which happened. They were written in pencil on the back of :i paper novel which, being thrown away, was found by the .steward and sold to n newspaper. Much to my surprise, on my return, I found them making tho news paper rounds, and I now include three of them: Out at sea there's a lady named Davis To her notebook tho but a slave is, Sho writes down within it ' What happens each minute, And when Godwin upset by tho wave 'is. The minister went to sea, The minister soon got tick, vIt cared no more for him Than for any heretic. The captain is jolly and round, His stomach and lungs arc both sound, With ono foot on tho bridge and one cyo on tho sun, He spreads out his sail To catch every gale While tho passengers watch him to see how it's done. 1 At Antwerp tho party scattered and went 'heir several ways. Godwin, a very agreeable gentlcmnn, who had gone abroad for n rest and left his wife nnd family nt home, oppressed with the loneli ness of the situation, met Mrs. Pennypackor and myself ngatn in tho Zoological Garden. He hurried forward to present a bouquet and after a separation of n day wo camo together llko long lost friends. Two things we soon learned to avoid tho beaten routes of travel, where ignorant guides show you the new things you can better see at home, nnd tho table d'hoto dinners, which injure your stomach and waste your time. Through the advice of E. V. I.ans dalc, u society man of experience, we put up, in Antwerp, nt the Hotel do la Paix, but did not like it. In the templo of cloaca I found this rather nnivo notice: "On est prio do no pas roster debout fcur hi siege." Wo examined tho cathedral, with its treasured Rubens's "Descent from the Cross," there meeting Bishop O. W. Whltnker and his wife, but found t,hc most interest in tho narrow old streets along tho Scheldt, the carts pulled by dogs, the women gathering tho garbage, but most of nil in the old stone prison I.a Stcen, with its dungeons, in which some of my people in tho six teenth century had been confined before belng'burncd nnd behended. In Holland, at the Hague, we saw, of course, Paul Potter's "Bull" and Schevcningen, but Tho Hague itself had become u modern city nnd was disappointing. At Huurlcm we saw the tulip garden, heard the great church organ played, and nt the town hall stood wondcr ingly before thoe old burgomasters whom Franz Hals has kept alive through tho centuries since. Dutch art wns influenced by no fads and is thu real thing carried (o perfection. In Amsterdam I culled upon Dr. J. G. Dclioop Scheffcr, the autnor of the History of the Reformation in the Netherlands, with whom 1 hud been corresponding for years, and spent u very pleasant evening with him talking about Mcnnonito literature. We attended services iji tho Oudc Kerk where so many noted Dutchmen aru buried, inc. tiding the famous old Admiral Michel de Ruytcr, who fought thirty-two naval battles. An invitation to his funeral is itmong my papers at Pcnnypacker's Mills. In the Hijks Museum wo stayed long before Rembrandt's "Night Watch" and the head of the "Old Woman." In going from a lower to a higher stretch of canal the boat stopped while tho water rushed in to fill tho inclosure. The hearty-looking Dutch skipper took advantagu of the opportunity to collect tho fares. I had no small change and handed him a ten lloriu gold piece, worth about four dollars, which he lay on tho loaf of his open note book while he felt around in his pockets. Just then a blast of wind turned the leaves of his book and the gold piece went to the bottom of the canal. "Damn it to hell," ho ex claimed in as good Englis-h as any irritated and disappointed resident of New York could have uttered. At Brock wo saw the cows with their tails tied up and the sawdust of their stalls worked into ornamental figures and at Xanndam tho windmills and the house of Peter the Great. At Market!, which even then had been much spoiled by the current of visitors, we engaged Klaas Dc Witt to take us in his fishing boat across tho Zuydcr Zco to Monnickcn dam, from which 'town had conic tho first man to sail up the Dela ware river, and where wo climbed tho tower, saw the church and were followed through the streets by an amazed crowd of Dutch urchins and lasses in wooden shoes. After wo started from Markcn Klaas kicked off his sabots and threw them into a corner of the boat. "Why did you do that'.'" I inquired. "I can swim better with out them," was the rather unsatisfactory answer. But the most attractive town we found in Holland was s'Hertogenbosch or Bois li,., l.o old capital of Brabant. Travelers seldom went there. Inclosing tho city are still the old wall and ditch. In the line old cathedral the sacristan tells with bated breath how the Protestants knocked the heads and fingers off of tho statuary. In the museum is shown tho bag, with its stains of blood, into which the head rolled as the executioner cut it off. In the market sat the country women laughing nnd having a good time over their salad rfnd cab bage. In the inr. was a kitchen filled with brass and copper, so bright that it was a joy to behold, and In the dining room was an omelet to be yet remembered with gusto, and cheeses of every kind. In Crcfeld, from which so many people came to Gormantown, a city whose great silk manufactories arc the outcome of tho simple weaving of the early Mennonites, wc slept with a feather bed for a cover and another feather bed for tho support. Years before Frederick Mueller, of Amsterdam, had told me that in this city was a genealogy in manuscript concerning the Op den Gracffs. Thcro ?,mi.u.ii iwiW' ijnywjEiswi . ! VJvi JI rrssssszssssssiuMSffiKfm . . -V- rw-vrn - '.v if c,?Krrr v? -' i - ? v '-r' z v v r , 1- . ' 'V ( Y 1 t k , , ; I At "' f- ' " - - -- - v .mm:.. ""iff mm ji... MWmmmflmWtmummmmmmmmmmm 'H-u. KmmmwfmWmmmmmmmWImmmmmmmmmmmmmm iimmmWmmmmmK&tlmBmmmimRmmWmM v "w,rr.z..MMH h .v. vaw Vi HBBBHHllllHllHlHlllV HHHHHIB ;fl.W H,n- kV s V ! ' JT .YVvthl i- 'k.J K-;H .. , r B il Ml 1HMIMRH HHB'tHA, s&f iK- fM'f '-' l iHHHHHlllllllllllllllllllllllH ' . T Lm v, J jr . mMi.tanMifyZi- ,..,. .-.a ',--. uvt.s.(.f;,jL; K . . ... ., . 'T'TiK3S,?"ap;-" - i j W v t..x'J?ifXJ, V mvi &?&. trn ... v,3? 'il ,- " 5ftt'j . ru :&U 'Axj Rl ',V- .v8s.tvj :,. , '!,CTW avj-l,":;a?! ..." '-i i.i ..-': zvjz,z&':?2&!a iiiii!3 m 3t Jrl 'if 1'lomborn, Germany, from which the I'fannt'bcckcrs came ono of the spots visited by Governor and Mrs. l'cnnypacker. were ma'iiy Schentcn names in tho directory and on a venture 1 pclected Carl. Hi3 counting house was in tho second story. In such German ns I could muster I explained to him that I was con nected with tho Historical Society of Pennsylvania nnd interested in genealogical research, that I had heard of the existence of the manuscript und was anxious to discover its whereabouts. "Arc you looking for an estate?" he inquired. "Oh, no, my interest is purely historical." "Well," ho said, "you arc tho first American 1 ever saw who was not looking for money." Then he went to his safe nnd produced the book. I had come straight to its owner. It curried one of my ancestral lines back to nbout 18I. 1 visited tho village of Aldckcrk, n dirty little town filled with squat houses and a great church where Herman Op den Gracff was born. Ho was a delegate to tho Con vcntioni of Dordrecht in 10il2 and the grandfather of the three brothers and sister who camo to Gorma:town in 108". Among Ancestral Iiclics In Cologne wo saw a remnant of tho old Roman wall, the great cathedral, tho skulls of tho 11,000 virgins wrapped around with red velvet, tho vase in which the water was turned into wine, and Dr. James Tyson, the noted Philadelphia physician. We are related in two ways, since he is a l'cnnypacker and I am a Tyson. Wc went up the Rhine by boat and every foot of the journey called up some early family association. At Worms wc saw the stately mansion of Johann Pfanncbecker, "Geheimcr Rcgierungs Rath," knight and Stadt's Advokat, with its memorial tablet setting forth that there he had entertained the Emperor William. From there wc drove across tho Palatinate, whoso well-tilled fields suggested Pennsyl vania, though they were without barns and fences. At one place was posted a large advertisement informing the peoplo that a negro wns on exhibition and could be seen for ten cents. At tho village of Obci'florsheim wo stopped to wnter tho horses and a healthy-looking, vigorous young fellow enme across tho road carrying a rake. I said to him: "Wns 1st ihr nahm'.'" "Mein nahm it Pfanncbecker," was tlic rather surprising re sponse. "Und mein nahm ist l'nnnebeckcr audi." I continued, "Was ist ihr Handel?" "Ich bin cir. Bauer," he said. "Ich bin ein Riehtcr," and wo parted. At Kriegshcim, the village from which came also many of the early settlers of Gormantown, I endeavored to locate the place where I'cnn had preached and was referred to tho wiseacre of tho place, who was likewise tho town gauger. He could tell me nothing of Pcnn, but he was hospitable and he took mo to tho cellar where were kept the hogsheads of wine. Ho filled a glass from tho first hogshead and tendered it and I drank the wine. He drew a glassful from the second hogshead and tendered it again. There were about thirty hogsheads in the cellar. Saying "Dnnke sie" nnd "leb't wohl," "Never mn, W? I withdrew. Wc arc told in the Nibclungenlicd that men so merry as these beside the Rhine." Then wc came to Flombom, perhaps fifteen miles across tk?-.' j Palatinate from Worms, a village of three or four hundred peopfeVjS;! of whom about half bore the name of Pfannebeckcr. The banns M,K one of them, a girl about to be married, were nailed up against the-J iilllicnli ilnnli In 4IiA ! u.l 1i,lun 4lit i-lnnkn nmnH(1 4tM MraaifM t l""'"' uuvi. u mu Kimcjuiu iuiu iiuo aiuuca luiutu till. giwraB; of those who were dead. The innkeeper, who seer when wc took our horses into the yurd to be fed, came running oitt. & ..f .... .. - IL. .. . !.! T II . tl 1- 1l .. At.- 1.1- l-,ifr ,'Sl was a Pfanncbecker, und she, the good-hearted soul that she wall?? ' almost cried with joy to sec a "Pfannebecker aus Amerika" as 8M''m tendered her cakes and wine. I was much impressed by seeing 'thi&l cnuureii unvo tne hocks ot geese up irom the pastures, ana I naa,-j them together with everything else in the village photographed? VJJ Fried rich P.. the most important personage of the place, worth about'a 59 0,000, took us to his home to have us meet his wife and sorff-5 i .. n. '.A. J uuiinnir inn Kiimn ii:iinn. ,-'v . ( ; At Heidelberir. nftor lonkiiiL' nvrr tlin linivprsitv. which mhwiI C,F n .. rfT . v-, j to me dull nnd out of date, and the Tun, which was certainly .largf :K' and the Schloss, a most beautiful and impressive ruin, we climbed?. 1 tho mountain, which rises from the Neckar, in order that we mlgtittu"! get u view of the Valley of the Rhino and the Neckar and the TaunuaVjjJU'l mountains. On the way up wc overtook Catharine Grimm, a woman .otnil nbout forty, who twice a week carried upon her head all of the sup-iVi plies needed for the inn at the crest from the city below. Sho wante . t'l us to take her homo with us, poor woman, und little wonder. On-M tho way down, after rejoicing over the beautiful and xtend4 1 stretch of varied scenery, I saw an artist sitting under a tree raak- " J ing a sketch. I said to her: '" 1 "ICocnnen sio mir zeigen deu Weg zum Schloss?" W&i "Oh, can't you talk English?" she replied. ?i?i j I had to acknowledge that I could, and sho pointed out the pthVL$J A curious sight to an American in Germany at that time wertitf. J the two little houses side by side at tho railroad stations market!.? "Hcrrcn" nnd "Irauen." When the cars stopped and tho doori'V1 were unlocked the men and women, who hud been shut in without? accommodations, rushed in huiried lines together to these places. Xtf', Another curious sight was to see a woman and a cow straptie4! together plowing a field. It is not, however, nearly so barbaric' fiJ performance as tho mere telling would indicate, since the cow sutJ plies tho motive force and tho woman is thore to direct it. j15' At. Undo T llllrl M frirrlif TVio o!m cln..nnA ..... ..llj..r'ji nf ntlinra nntl Ipnvino. ATa Paiini'nnnl'ai. T n, r ...! ...AHi. --. Jri?,n few minutes to n Restaurations Keller. When I returned. de"f.' jicnding on location, tho train had 'been shifted and I could nofltM find the car. Sho could talk neither French nor German and had$j no money. However, the dehberateness of the railroad sen-ice stoo&Wa me in good stead. I had plenty of time to hunt, was finally sUc'J ccssiui mm unci learned a lesson. (CONTINUED TOMOnilOW) "LONG LIVE THE KING" A Human Story of Child-Desire, Court Intrigue and Love, the Latest Novel CHAPTER IV Continued TI H13 was a short Mlcnee, which tho Klnir broke. "W'hat la new?" "Wo havo broken up tho university nicet Incs, but I fancy they no on, In ("mall croups. I was (rratllled, lioweT, to obFCrtn that a Kroup of dtmlents cliecruil Ills lloyal Illgh nesH yesterday as ho rodo past fao unlver tlty lnilldlncs." "Socialism ut twenty," said tho Kins, "Is only a symptom o fi uire-t o' ftriy nn's eence. 'Uvcn Hubert" ho glanced at tho pic ture "was touched with It. Ho accused inc. I recall, of being merely an accident, a sort of BtumblliiB-bloclc In tho way of advanced thought!" Ho smiled faintly. Then ho sighed. "And tho others?" ho Obkcd. "Tho outlying districts are quiet. . So, too, Is tho city. Too quiet, tiro." They aro waiting, of course, for my death," said tho King quietly. "If only you were twenty years younger than I am It would be bcrter." Ho fixed the general with shrewd eyes. "What do thoso asses ot doc tors cay about me?" "With care, sire " The Truth "Come, now: this is no tlmo for a union." "Hven ut the best, ttlro " Ho looked very ferocious and cleared his throat. Ho was terribly ashamed that hli volco was break ing. "13ven ut tho best, but. of courte, they can, only glvo an opinion " "Six months?" "a year, sire." "And at tho worst!" said tho King, vjth , grim smllo. Then, following his own lino of thought: "But the people loo tho boy, I think." "They do. It Is for that reason that I ndvlse particular caution." He hesitated. Then, "Sire." ho said, earnestly, "thero It ' something of which I must speak. The Com mittee ot Ten has organized again." Involuntarily tho King glanced at tho pho. tograph on tho table. "Forgive me, sire, if I waken hitter memo ries, llut I fear" Tou fear!" said the King. "Since when have you taken to fearing?" "Xevertheleis." maintained General Mctt !1ch, doggedly, "I fear. This quiet of the last few months alarms me. Dangerous dogs do not ark. I trust no one. The very lr Is full of sedition." The King twisted his blue-volncd old hands together, but his voice was quiet. "Hut why?" ho demanded, almost fretfully. "If the people are fond of the boy, and I think tney are, to to carry him oft, or Injur ,' fclm, would hurt tho cause. Even tho uer- . .-. l ...... 9 .. ..nuKIU fan .In fOriSIS, 111 1MB UBH1U Ul I ICi'UUtl vwt. uw othlng without the peoplo." "Tne moD is a curious imng, sire, jou fcave ruled with a strong hand. Our peoplo know nothing but to obey the dominant voice. The boy out of the, way, the prospect of the Frlncess'HedwIg on the throne, a few dema gogues la the public- squares It would be Us end." The King- leaned back and closed his eyes. His -thin, arched nose looked pinched. Ills face was gray. All this," 1)0 said, "means what? To mak4 the boy a prisoner, to cut off his few pleasures apd even then, at any time " - "Yes. sire," said Slottllch, doggedly. ''At ni Outside In the, anteroom, Lieutenant Xlkky. r rvUMtt, Mwwi;yr ' iw(vwvwmi By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Coprlht, 191. ty Mirr nobrH niiifhtrt end the Public lx-litr Comosny. te9HBSWaSBBBBBBBBVsBBBSs flvBnKjLBnsHBBaVI a ffj krJn TUB AKCIIDUCUESS AXNUNCIATA himself to slumber, a slumber In which were various rosy dreams, ull centered about the l'rlncess Hedwlg. Dreams aro beyond our contiol. Therefore, a young lieutenant running Into debt on his pay may without presumption dream of a princes, . All through tho palaeo peoplo were sleep ing, l'rlnco Ferdinand William Otto wan asleep and riding again tho little car In tho Lund ot Delight. So that, turning u corner sharply, ho almost fell out of bed. On the other side of tho city the little American boy was asleep also. At that exact time he was being tucked up by an entirely efficient and placld-eycd American mother, who felt under his head to see that his ear was not turned forward. Sho liked close flttlng ears. Nobody, naturally, was tucking up Prince Ferdinand William Otto or attondlng to his ears, llut, of course, there were sentries outslds his door and a valet de chambre to bo rung for and a number ot embroidered eagles scattered about on the curtains and things, and a country- sitrroundllng him which would one day be his, unless "At any time," sa, General Mettllch, and was grimly silent It was really no tlmo for such a speech. But there is never a good time for bad news. "Well?" inquired the King, utter a lime. "Vou have something to suggest, I take It." The old soldier cleared his throat. "Sire." Ije btgvn, "It Is said that a Chancellor should have but' one passion his King; (I hata t'o : my King and my country." 'Once, romo years ago. sire, 1 came to you with a plan. Tho 1'rlnces.i Hedwlg was a child then, and his Into royal highness was -still with us. For that and for other rea sons Your Majesty icfused to listen. llut things hae. changed. Hetueeu us and revo lution thero stand only tho frail life of a boy nnd an army nonn too large, and already, lierhnpn, affected. There Is much discontent and tho olTfprlng ot discontent Is anarchy." Love vs. Politics Tho King snarled, nut Slettllch had taken his courage In his hands and went on, Their neighbor and hereditary foe was Karnla. Could they any longer afford the enmity of Karnla? One causa of discontent was the expense of the army and of tho fortifications along the Karnlan border. If Karnla were allied with them thero would be nu need of so great an army. They had tho mineral wealth and Karnlit. the seaports. The old dream of the empire, of a railway to the sea would bo realized. He pleaded well. The Idea was not new. To place the little King Otto IX on the throne and keep lilm thero In tho face of op position would require support from outside. Karnla would furnish this support for a price. Tho price was the Princess Hedwlg. Outside, Nlkky I.arlnch rose, stretched and fell to pacing the ttoor. It w'as one o'clock and the palace slept. He lighted a cigarette, and stepping out Into n small balcony which overlooked the square, faced the quiet night, "That Is my plea, sire," Meltllch finished. "Karl of Karnla Is anxious to marry and looks this way. To Rllay discontent and growing Insurrection, to insure the boy's eafety and his throne, to beat their swords Into plowshares" here he caught the King's scowl and added ",lo u certain extent, and to make us a commercial as well as a mili tary nation, surely, sire, it gains much for us and lose us nothing." "llut our Independence:" said the King, sourly. However, he did not dismiss the Idea. The fright ot the afternoon had weakened lilm nd If Mettllch were right he had what the King considered a perfectly damnable habit )f being right tho Itoyallst party would n4d outside help to maintain tho throne. "Karnla I" he said. "The lion and the Umb with' the lamb Inside the lion! And in the meantime the boy " "He should be watched always." "The old she-dragon, the governess I suppose sho is trustworthy?" "Perfectly. But she Is a woman." "He has I,ussin." Count Lusaln was the Crown Prince's aide-de-camp. "He needs a man, sire," observed the Chsncellor. rather tartly. The King cleared his throat. "The young ster he Is so fond of, young Larlsch, would lie please you better?" he asked, with Ironlo deference. "A g-od boy, sire. You may recall that his mother " He stopped. Perhaps the old King's memory was good. Perhaps there was a change In Metttch's voice. "A good boy?" "None better, sire. He Is devoted to Ills Royal Highness; He Is still much of a lad himself. I have listened to them talking. It Is a question which Is the elder! He Is outside now," "Bring him .In. I'll hive a, look at him 1" Klkkv. summoned . by a chamberlain. EZm&m&SgmLgKXSES. He advanced. "How old aro you?" "Twenty-three, sire." "In the Grenadiers, I believe." Nlkky bowed. "Like horses?" raid tho King suddenly. "Very much, sire." "And boys?" ''! tome bojs, sire. ' "Humph! Quite right, too. I.iulo dawls. most of them." Ho drew himself up in ills chair. "Uetitensnt Larlech." he said, "Ills P.oyal Highness the Crown Prince has taker a liking to you. I bellevo It Is to you that our fright today is due " N'lklry'n heart thumped. Ho went rather pole. "It Is my lutontloii, Lieutenant Larlsch, to place tho Crown Prlnco In your personal chnrge. For reasons I need not go Into, It Is Imperative that ho take no more excursion alone. These aro strange time?, when scdl. tlon struts in Court garment', and kings may trust neither their armies nor their subjects. I want," he said, his tone lolng Its bitterness, "a real friend for the little Crown Prince. Ono who Is both brae and loyal." Afterward, in his smalt room, N'ikky com posed a neat, well-rounded speech. In which he expressed his loyalty, grtltuUo and un dying devotion to the Crown Prince. It was an elegant little speech. Unluckily, thu occa sion for It had gone by two hours. "I I am grateful, sire," was what he said. "I -." And thcro ho stopped and choked up. It was rather dreadful. "I depend on jou, Captain Larlsch." said the King gravely, und nodded his head In a ges ture ot dismissal. Xlkky hacked toward thn door, struck a hassock, nil but went down, bowed again at tho door, nnd lied, "A flno lad,'' said General Mettllch. "but no talker." "All the better," replied His Majesty. "I am tired of men who taU; well. And" he finlled faintly "I am tired ot you. You talk tco well. You make mo think. I don't want to think. I'e been thinking all m life. It I time to rest, my friend," . CHAPTER V AT THE RIDING SCHOOL HIS Itoyat Hlghnets the Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto was In dls grace. He had risen at six, bathed, dressed and gone to Mass, In disgrace. He had break fasted at seven-thirty on fruit, cereal and one egg. In disgrace. Ho had gone to his study at eight o'clock for lessons. In disgrace. A long line of tutors came and went all morn. Ing, and he worked diligently, but he was still In disgrace. All morning long and In the Intervals between tutors he had tried to catch Miss Bratthwalte's eye. Hxcept for the most ordinary civilities, she had refused to look In his direction. She was correcting an esjay lu English on Mr, Gladstone, with a blue pencil, and putting lu blue commas every here and there. The Crown Prince was amazingly weak In com mas. When she was all through, she piled the sheets together and wrote a word on the first page. It might hae been "good." On the other hand. It could easily have been "poor." The motions ot the hand are sim ilar. . At last. In desperation, the Crown Prlpce, deliberately broke off the paint Of his nncil. " iKJtttj,V tneJe,' wIweMlss, Uwlth- THE STORY THUS FAR 1'EROIXANU WILLIAM OTTO, Crown Prince of Livonia, tired of sufferinR in the royal box at the grand opera, decides with ull the cunning of his eight rci?nl years to escape. Past the ARCHDUCHESS AXNUNCIATA, hU aunt, and under the encouraging glance of his cousin HEDWK5 the heir Jo the throne healthily gains the stairway. A wild burst of speed carries him through the doorway and into the crowded street. There, alone for tho first time in his life, Otto purchases a "(ig lady" that tastes so good despite the fact or was it because of it? that it was prohibited on account of germs. The Crown Prince sees tho world, finally landing In an American scenic rai!way,(also prohibited because of the danger, where nobble, the son of the proprietor, acts as host to the unknown guest. GENERAL METTLICH, Chancellor of the land, confers with the dying, KING FERDINAND II, the Crown Prince's grandfather, while messengers and armies search in vain for the missing boy. Late that evening the runaway returns and receives a firm word of advice from the monarch. Then it is, after Otto is sent to bed, that Mettllch warns the King of the dangers that beset the land. Revolution threatens in all quarters. "Again :' said Miss liralthwaite shortly. And raised her eyebrows. "It's a ory toft pencil." explained tho Criyn Prlr.ce. "When I prejs down on It, It It busts." "Itihat?" "It busts breaks." KUdently tho Kngllsh peoplo were not familiar with this new and fascinating American word. He cast a casual glance toward Mr. Glad stone. The word was certalr.ly "poor." Sud denly a senno of injustice began to rise in him. ilo had worked rather hard over Sir. Gladstone. He had done so because ho knew that Miss Bralthwalto considered lilm the greatest man slr.co Jesus Christ, and even the Christ had not written "Tho Influence f Authority In Matters ot Opinion." Tho Injustice went to hts eyes nnd made him blir.k. He had apologized for yester day, and explained fully. It was not fair. As to commas, anybody could put In enough commas. The French tutor was standing near a. photograph of Ilednlg, and pretending not lu look lit It. l'rince Ferdinand William Otto had a kusplclou that the tutor was In love with Hedwlg. On one occasion, when she entered unexpectedly, he had certainly given out the sentence, "Co dragon etalt le vleux serpent, la princeise." Instead ot "Ce dragon etalLjie vleux serper.t, le rol." Pflnce Ferdinand William Otto did not like the French tutor. His being silly abirtit Hedwlg was not the reason. Kven Nlkky had that trouble, and ones, when they were all riding together, had said, "Canter on th maRle, trot on the curb," when he meant ex actly the opposite. It was not that. Part ot it was because of Oils legs, which were In clined to knock at the knees. Mostly It was his eyes, which protruded. "When he reads my French exercises," he complained once to Hedwlg, "he waves them around like an ant's." He and Hedwlg usually spoke English to gether. Like most royalties, they had been raised on languages. It was as much as one's brains were worth, sometimes, to try to follow them as they leaped from grammar to grammar. "Like an aunt's?" Inquired Hedwlg mytt fieU. . An ant's.. iTliey have eyes on, the ends o said that ants hac no eyes at all. .She had no imagination. Ills taste of liberty had spoiled the Clown Prince for work. Instead of conjugating a French verb, he made a t-ketch of tho Scer.lo ltaiway. Ho drew tho little car and two heads looking over tho edge, with u sort of porcupine- effect of lulrs standing straight up. "Otto!" paid Miss Uralthwalto sternly. Otto's Governess Miss liralthwaite did not say "lr" to him or "Your Itoyal Highness," like tho tutors. She hail taken him from the arms of his mother when he was a baby and hud taught a succession of nurrcs how to lix1 his bottles and made them raise the windows when he slept, which was heresy in that country, and was brought up for discussion In tho Parlia ment. When It came time for his first tooth, und he was wickedly fretful, and the doctor.- had a consultation over him, it was Miss Bralthwalto who had Ignored everything they said and rubbed the tooth through with her Bllver thimble boiled tlrst, of course. And when one has cut a lloyal Hlghness'R first tooth and broken him of sucking his thumb and held a cold buttered knife against his bruises to preent their discoloring, one doe get out of the way of being very formal with him. "Otto!" said Miss Bralthwalte, sternly. So he went to work In earnest, He worlced at a big desk, which had been hla father's. As a matter of fact, everything In the ro-in was too big for him. It had not occurred to any one to make any concessions to his else. He went through life, one may say, with his legs dangling or standing on ttptoo to etc things. The suite had been hts father's before him. Kven the heavy old rug had been worn shabby by the sculling of his father's feet. On the wall there hung a picture his father had drawn. It was of a yacht In full sail. Prince Hubert had been fifteen when he drew It, and was contemplating abandoning his princely career and running away to be a pirate. As n matter of fact, the yacht boasted the black flag, as Otto knew, quite well. Nlkky had discovered It. But none of the crown-uns had.reoornlteflho daninlu fact. Nlkky- was,;rio'Jlfrietly.f weaki, 'swovn.i'up. " '-Jv' ;" '." :".. V :iu.j.. 1 ho was rondest''of,ln'K;'i could look up and; aeVSi1 ' hn Etlll ilenrlv lnvJ'Y"' .'. William OttoV feet to wriggling. It pteeV ....I'll III.. irilllim.' T ILrt.a.eea . . ,. a ..., ..a . : and bhowed its ding- furniture. Its greaftJCi'; ucsir, hn auric elvet portieres and the oldJ'f . cabinet in which tho Crown l'rlnco kept bid"'? "I i" on mc lou snoir. lie Had arranrert'thm," thcro himvelf, tho ones tno rront row, so he thiun: a dnmi which hut which mado Miss llr;ittii-nit., nj.' acho; a locomollvo wIUi a broken spring 5 aa steam c.nglno which Hedwlg had given hto.'ii but which the King considered dangerousLi1 ami winch had never-, therefore, had Its bap '2 tlsm ot lire, .and a dilapidated and lop-earS'l- cloth dog. jje" ine uog "ifi J Jie was exceedingly rond of the dog. Fori i quite a long tlmo he lied taken It to h..f -i,-"!.' hhn at night and put Its head on his plllovi.'fe' S It wa tho mest comforting thing wlieoJttMM'1 Hems wcro an out. until he was seven;' l..(ll I.H nil......... .... .. .1 1 . . '. .' .. 1 ...... uv-vii .i,iuru a uit oi gammer, a.uity wick floating In a silver dish of lard oll,,Joi' . uiKm i m m. iui uuer nii eignm DirUMa(.n that had been done away with. Miss BratMtV. S walto considering It babyish. wS''M l'rlnco Ferdinand William Otto tore irflk-S tho corner of a ploco of paper, chewed It 4ei'l'Ss nucruiniy, rounded and hardened it with Jbri.'.) luyui lingers una umieu it at 91. l'uux.- ,it , struck hhn In tho eye. 1'VS Inslantlv thins hannened. M. 1,r.nViv . yelled nnd clapped a hand to his eye. MUdW'i' llralthwaltA rnKA. lite ITnvol ITI.n... k.inU J a rather shaky French verb, with the wroag ii-nninuuijii. .inu on 10 mis scene Nlkky for the riding lesson. Nlkky. traUtok- J and tidy, and very shiny as to rldtnr boots?? n and things, and wearing white kid gIo.jS M Kvery ono about a palace wears white jfcld ,,' 'm Kiurs except me royalties tnemseives. '.Jt,; la extremely expensive. ' JJJiitt Nlkky surveyed the scene. He had. of ! course, bowed Inside the door, and all' tljatv- sort of tiling. Hut Nlkky was an InforssssT ? person unci MSB quite apt to DOW Ue before his future sovereign and then poke in tho chest. - "i'ltl "Well!" said Nlkky. ? 'fZifA hiftrnlni." b.I.I t-l.... -- .. H . . ..u ...v.. ...., B...M lllllVD A'IUl William Otto. Iii a small and nenotu vol "-sowing wrong. I. there?" Ueni: NIKKy. M. Puaux got out Ms handkerchief? Earn nothing violently. ,f .. ... .- .. - . '41, -otto;- suld Miss uratihwalte, "w you do?" ' j: Ysoimng. lie looked about. quite convinced that M. I'uaux 'w; UoUljy would Iiave termed a poor had hot played tho game falrly.V.TI at the railway, he felt, would not-aav and wept. "Oh. well. I threw , i paper that's all. I didn't think; K3 nun, . -jm Mima uraunwaiie roso anu gianoei carpet, llut Nlkky wns quick ((U understanding. He nut his shiny the liaper wad. i'-5 "Caper!" said Mlsn Bralthwalte. rt you throw paper? And at M.PuuT "I I Just felt llko throwing explained! HI Itoyal Highness. '.'I'i the sun. or something." , V.' Nlkky dropped his glove; and. roll -When he had picked ItUpltk ltUsj tsmmiMtJsSMLiiL. -MZG
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