Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16

| prince drew q rather broken backed
"F," Q weakened wv" and an irres.
ular 70" In the corner and proceeded
to burn them In. He sat bent over the
desk, the very tip Of his tongue pro-
truding, and worked con~scientiOusly
and carefully. Between each letter
he burned q dot.
Suddenly, Olga Loschek became
panic-stricken. She could not stay.
and see this thing out. Let them fol-
low her and punish her. She could
not! She had done her part The
gOverness lay In a drugged sleep. A
turn Of the key. and the door TO the
passage beyond which Oskar waited
would be closed of. Let follow what
must. she would not see It.
"Highness," she said. Lieutenant
Larisch' will be here In a>moment. WM
you permit me to goT"
Otto al of his chair In an instant.
Certainly" he said. his mind still on
the 20" which he was shading.
Old habit was strong In the countess.
Although the boys rank vas numbered
by moments. although his life was pos.
sibly to be counted by hours, she
turned at the doorway and swept him
a curtsy. Then she went out, and
closed the door behind her.
The two sentrles stood outside.
They were Of the %terrorists. She
knew, and they knew she knew. But
neither n made a sign. They stared
ahead, and Olga Loschek went out be-
tween them.
The Crown Prince Ferdinand VIII
liam Otto was only a small boy, for all
his title and dignity. And suddenly
he felt lonely. Left alone. he returned
to his expectations for the day, and
compared them with the facts. He
remembered other carnivals, with his
carriage moving through the streets.
and people showering him with fresh
flowers. He rather glowed at the
memory. Then he recalled that the
chancellor had said he needed fresh
air.
Something occurred to him, some
thing which combined fresh Dir with
action, yet kept to the letter Of his
p~romise-or was there q promise?-
not to leave the palace.
The idea pleased him. It set hin
to smiling. and his bright hair tc
~qulvering with excitement. 1t wal
nothing less than to 90 on the roof and
find the ball And he would have t
hurry. Milky would be sur to return
soon.
He opened the door on to the grea'
!. corridor, and stepped out. salutlng thu
, sentries, as he always did.
It'll be back In a moment" he In
formed them. He was always on term!
Of great friendliness with the guard
and he knew these men by sight. "Ar'
you going to be stationed here now7'
r he inquired pleasantly.
The two guards were at a loss. Blu
one Of them, who had q son Of his own
\ and hated the whole business, salute'
. and replied that he knew not.
4 " hope you are" said Ferdinan'
4 William Otto. and went on.
: The sentries regarded n another
LET him go!" said the n who was
father.
The other one moved uneaslly. "Ou
orders cover no such contingency" b
muttered. "And, besides, he will com
back. I hope to God he does nc
n come back" he added stonily.
Five minutes to four.
I The crown prince hurried. The col
ridors were almost empty. Here IN
there he met servants, who stood sti,
against the wall until he had passet
On the marble staircase, leading VI
I he met no one, nor on the upper foo
1. He was quite warm with running an
ID he paused in his fathers suite to mo
Is his face. Then he opened a windo'
and went out on the roof. From tn
y balustrade, 1t looked extremely for I
the ground.
n, Nevertheless, although his heart be,
a triAe fast. he vas still determine
A climb which Milky with his lor
Id legs had achieved in a leap, took hil
I'd up to a chimney. Below-it SCENE
n long way below-was the quite
10 There was a very considerable sian
II one sat down. like Milky, and sill
b. and did not slide over the edge, o,
should fetch up In the gutter.
~ He felt q tribe dizzy. But Milky
y. theory was. that II q Is afraid
do a thing, better to do 1t and get ov
". being afraid.
So the crown prince sat down on Il
I'M sloping roof behind the chimney al
I'd gathered his legs under him for
nd slide. Well for him that the ANGLE
lie, builders OF the palace had been rec
,ss less with lead, that the gutter was bo
wide and deep. Well for Milky, t
waiting In the boudoir below and ha
Ter driven between love and anxiety.
yer The crown prince, unaccustomed
on tiles, turned over halfway down. a
I'D rolled. he brought up with q je
Wig In the gutter. quito safe. but extreme
no frightened. He sat there for quite
no. few minutes. There was no ball
M. sight, and the roof looked ven steel
rid from this point.
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