The Yale expositor., 1908-05-01
THE ROYAL ADVENTURE
(Copyright.)
By IONA GALE

Think o. me bein' q lawyer" said
the boy.
Then the driver, still in great good
humor, ceased trolling to himself and
looked back to ask them where they |
wanted TO 60.
take us first to the Female Sem
mary Home" said the prince grand
ly. And then take me to HOLSTER &
HOLSTERS law Office"
The man stared.
"Hollister & Hollister!" he said.
They're gone this six months"
Gomez" they both echoed.
Sure" said the man. Il 1se' TO
drive for the son. They up an moved
their office to New York. Female
Seminary Home first, did you say?"
yes" said the prince DULY.
Crushing as this was, yet before
they came in sight of the Female
Seminary Home, youth had recovered
itself
"They's other law offces-they must
| be-" he said. I'll wait at the gate till
you tell me what happens. An then
| I'll find one"
The great gate was fearfully impos-
ing. So were the great lawns and
the great doors and the great recep-
ton room. But there must have been
worse than these, for when, after an
incredibly short space. the princess
appeared, she was crying quite Sob
bling. And she stepped in the carriage
without a word. On which the driver,
humming softly to himself, without a
word pricked his horses leisurely
back toward the heart of the town.
The princess sobbed as she told it
of the great lady who had shut the
door of hope Certainly no student
who worked for her board could be
admitted to classes. Had she GER
tificate of standings from her former
school? What were her references?
And no exceptions were ever made In
the tuition, which was $500.
Look here" said the prince, what
do you carer"
But the princess only sobbed the
more.
What do you carer" he persisted,
and thought helplessly that there
must be something more to say or
some way to do; only he couldn't hit
on It. He blamed himself wretched-
ly for her tears.
"I-I don't know" said the prince.
It seemed as IL the whole world were
az irresponsible as the driver.
3 might just as well set still till
. ha hos
: pitably. You can walk FIN there
: Mebbe a rigll be goin' back, If you
! want to go back"
: The prince nodded vaguely and
e gratefully.
S Look here" he said to the prin
d cess, what do you care?" He touched
her hand as he had touched 1t on The
e well-seat by the holly-hocks-much
II as il it were flower itself. or bird
e Then when they had reached thu
II stable a man came running out AM
q parleyed. Whereat the driver, look
l. ing thoroughly scared, got down AM
II helped to change the horses.
y "Set STILL" he said hurriedly to tn
prince and princess. IF you want I
IS I'm hitched to the wrong conveyance
q This amt ours. Can't see how it hal
X pened," he mumbled, now who'll
y alert.
"a So as the afternoon shadows Length
u ened the prince and princess rod
II back between green trees on the wa
&c that they had come in bright morl
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" prince for visiting other offices ma
u become a thing of no moment. An
the sobs of the princess tugged cur
20 ously at his heart.
IN The other Conveyance" was SAT
~ " In the hotel yard all the time IN
IS prince and princess waited Ion
IL enough to be sure of that
They hurried out in the main stree
y which would widen to become II
plank road and would lead to the
at homes. And on the street the boy fe
ne silent and looked away, but the 81
n thought of many little things to SO
y, about the trivialities of the town ar
ne OF the time. She had pretty way
ne making merry, and she laughed
We this and that-with a manner OF
~ Gaping from the moment.
no AS they struck into the plank roo
AT the real moon rose exquisitely, pote
as the moon in the picture. The froI
mt we're chorusing in the marshes and
ed little warm wind went rolliokins
IN and away.
on Smells NICE" said the boy with
as deep breath; and all his pulses we
ey mysteriously a-tingle.
u The mounting moon sent the shs
~, ows receding to the hedges, and
-, ~ the boy and the girl walked togeth'
little rugs of light lay ready to tho
oh feet. And the throngs which troop
~ and clamored by the wayside we
~, the little marsh things singing mig
"a marches In the green thiokets; a
- the two moved forward as two W
make a royal progress, and for the
-, both In every wind was sounding 10