The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-06-26

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FOR the nrst time 1t uawned upon the
prince just what great change had
come over Borrovina. There was
time-and only a year ago. too-that
statement from member of the roy
atty would have been greeted with
great headlines and long editorial COM
ment But not so nowadays. Borro-
vina had imbibed too freely of the
spirit Of independence. Only one pa
per paid any particular attention to
the princes announcement. The 9th
ers made line or so in a statement
to the effect that the prince had an
nounced himself as a candidate for
president and let it go at that. The
one paper that did welcome the princes
announcement did so because its own
ers had royal blood flowing through
their veins. and they hated to think of
the government being turned over to
D mere untitled American, even If that
same untitled American had been re-
sponsible for the trebling of the papers
circulation since his business methods
had taken hold in Borrovina.
Early in the campaign it became eTi-
dent that Blake's job as campaign
manager was going to be particular
ly easy one. Sentiment came pretty
close to being unanimous for Haw-
thorne for president. Associations
representing the various business
mems organizations of the city form
ed into one body in order to conduct
a businesslike campaign. They issued
pms of printing matter telling how
there would be no Borrovina If it
hadn't been for Hawthorne and how
the country owed it to him to make
him their president.
Meetings were held every night and
the voters who weren't thoroughly
familiar with Hawthorne's part in
making Borrovina real country were
quickly enlightened.
Now, all this method of campaign
ing was new to the prince. He thought
that all it would be necessary for him
to do would be to sit in his palace and
wait until the votes had been counted
and a committee came to him and told
him that the people Of Borrovina de-
cided that none but persons of royal
blood should be chosen as rulers of
BOrrovina and that accordingly be
had been elected over Hawthorne.
p He had Radglski out sounding pub
lic Sentiment" The campaign had
been running for two full weeks when
II finally struck Radulski that the
sentiment in favor of his master
wasn't quite as strong as it ought to
be- Now that Radulski remembered
1t, he hadn't met with one man who
was willing to admit outright that he
would vote for the prince.
Finally Radulski went to the prince
and confessed to him that it looked as
though he would run very poor Sec
ond in his race for president.
Hes running a campaign the way
Americans run one" said RadulskL
The prince was puzzled. He would
rather start another revolution than
be defeated for the presidency. He
quickly abandoned that plan, however,
when Raduski reminded him that he
hadn't been very successful with revo-
lutions even when the country was
poverty stricken, and Radulski couldn't
Zee how he was going to convince any
body that this was a real good time to
start trouble when the people were
given their opportunity to say who
should be ruler.
"Radulski," said the prince after a
little thought, where are those two
Englishmen that we used to have as
guards long time agoT
Would you trust them againT de-
manded Radulski.
II don't know; we may have to. You
see, they have been in the United
States a whole lot, and maybe they
can help us on ways and means of
running this campaign"
WELL" said Radulski, 'if you must
know, they are down near the hotel
running a moving picture machine and