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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.
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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
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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,"
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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
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of those who were dead. The innkeeper, who seer
when wc took our horses into the yurd to be fed, came running oitt. &
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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
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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$J
A curious sight to an American in Germany at that time wertitf. J
the two little houses side by side at tho railroad stations market!.?
"Hcrrcn" nnd "Irauen." When the cars stopped and tho doori'V1
were unlocked the men and women, who hud been shut in without?
accommodations, rushed in huiried lines together to these places. Xtf',
Another curious sight was to see a woman and a cow straptie4!
together plowing a field. It is not, however, nearly so barbaric' fiJ
performance as tho mere telling would indicate, since the cow sutJ
plies tho motive force and tho woman is thore to direct it. j15'
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few minutes to n Restaurations Keller. When I returned. de"f.'
jicnding on location, tho train had 'been shifted and I could nofltM
find the car. Sho could talk neither French nor German and had$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
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"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 "
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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.
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