Arizona republican., 1912-04-10
Pollyo0ly and
 the Lump
By Edgar JepsOn
TRcHr. 1910. BY THH PEARSON PUELIsHIS
 (Cssfissed fysss yrIffyaA,)

I
 walked with the stiffness of a ramroC
 of the thickness of a barrel His leg!
 were, unfortunately, rather short, an(
 since the lower part of his body wal
 of line protuberant rotundity which
 the breadth of his shoulders and tht
 thickness of his chest failed dismallN
 to equal, he presented the quite un
 common appearance of a perambulat
 ing pear. He had rich expanse oi
 fat cheek and small but dimpled
 chin; but a fierce mustache, upturned
 in the Imperial fashion, gave him the ferocious air required by his military
 profession and his sentiments of a ! superman of the latest Prussian brand Happiness sat enthroned upon his browi A passion for blacking is dis tingIkshing characteristic of his mill. tary caste; and his natural love of licking the boots of members of the many royal families of the Fatherland was finding its full expression. In l Prince Adalbert he had a perpetual boot to lick. Sometimes indeed the boot licked him; that very morning 1 the Prince had kicked his shins in a masterly fashion. on being invited to wash his face for the day.
 1 The BaTon's clothes fitted him with | extreme military tightness They were of an unpleasant greenish tint which did not match the green Hom- | burg hat he wore. T his right hand he carried a short cane and yellow | gloves. The morning was hot; his boots were patent leather. Diffusing an agreeable odor of pomatum on the breeze. he walked with the air of one taking his ease in a conquered country, | for he looked forward with touching certainty to the day when the mailed | fist of his Imperial master should sweep England with fire and sword | from sea to sea. He often talked in a l gloating fashion of that great day to his young charge. Possibly that was one of the reasons which induced | Prince Adalbert of Lippe-SchweidnitZ to make so free with the castles and ! persons of the children of the so-soon- | to-be-subjugated English.
 The ogres of the sands having dis appeared down the beach, the children repaired the damage to their castle and once more played in peace. That afternoon there was another royal progress Of the same devastating kind. | but more complete, since the Prince surprised a little girl and pulled her hair The fond English mothers still 1 observed him with gloating air, happy to be on the same stretch of sand with him. They said indulgently to one another. "Boys will be boys"
 This time the Baron Von Habel- schwert walked only fifteen yards be- hind his charge. He smiled benisnly on the destruction of the castles: plainly he felt that his young charge was treating the so-sOon-to-be-subju gated English in the right spirit. There was only one check to the royal progress. The sand-castle OH which Pollyooly and Kathleen had worked so hard stood directly in the line of it. Kathleen fed 10 her nurse at the approach of the Prince; Polly ooly stepped out of the castle. and. spade in hand, awaited his coming.
 When he was five yards from her, she said, You keep away"
 The Prince advanced two steps and stopped. There was that in Polly oolys deep blue eyes which gave him pause He took a step towards her. and stopped again. Then he called her "pig-dog," in German. but with conviction. stepped aside, and pursued his way As he went he kept gazing back at her, scowling inadvertently. The Baron Von HabelSchwert. ab sorbed in his beatitude, missed the in cident
 The nurse came down 10 the castle and said in a tone of respectful awe: .E In iFn Prince, tool"
 T don't care a pin for him." said Pollyooly with q considerable lack of respect of persons; and she continued the work of construction.
 The royal progress was the event Of the morning and afternoon for several days before it occurred to Pollyooly to tell the Honorable John Rufin about it. Then one evening, on their way to bathe, she told him.
 The Honorable John Ruffin stood still on the edge of the sea, looked at her thoughtfully. and said, This is interesting indeed. 1 had no idea that German aggression had extended to this retired spot
 And he's such an ugly little boy" said Pollyooly.
 And he is all alone?"
 "Oh. no: there's a Baron with him 10 look after him-with large mus tache He's very ugly, too" said 1 Pollyooly.
 This grows more interesting still | think I should enjoy looking into this matter Prussian Barons always | need a firm hand. But I'm too full 1 up with golf to deal with it for the l next day or two. l must bear it in mind"
 Plainly he did bear it in mind, for | on the afternoon of the third day, to | Pollyooly's delight he joined them on | the sands. She introduced him 10 | Mrs. Gibson, the mother of Kathleen; | and he thanked her for having had | his two little cousins to tea, and chat ted to her in his cheerful and engag- | ing fashion till Prince Adalbert of | e-Schweidnitz came slouching | along on his devastating course. The ! Honorable John Ruf1in observed him | with every appearance of the liveliest | interest; but the Baron Von Habel- | schwert seemed to give him the | greater pleasure: and he gazed upon | him with fascinated. loving eye.
 "I have rarely seen more perfect | pair he said to Mrs. Gibson in tone | Of deep content.
 "Detestable creatures!" said Mrs.