New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-27

One head after another nodded slow
ly.
"A week 1t is, madame. Comrade
Five!"
The one who had brought her came
forward with the bandage.
"At the end Of n week, madame
a fiacre will, as tonight. be waiting
In the Street Of the Wise Virgins"
sand these papers"
ION the day the republic Of Ii
vOnla Is established, madame, they VII
be returned to you"
He bowed, and returned to his chair
Save for the movements of the man
who placed the bandage over her eyes,
there was absolute silence In the
room.
Prince Ferdinand william Otto was
supremely happy. Three quite delight
full things had happened. First. Nix
ky had returned. He said he felt per
fectly well, but the crown prince
thought he looked as though he had
been i'll, and glanced frequently at
Nikky's cigarette during the riding
hour. Second, Hedwig did not come
to the riding lesson, and he had Nix
ky to himself. Third, he, Prince
Ferdinand William Otto. was on the
w of n birthday.
This last, however, was not unmixed
happiness. For the one day the
sentence of exile was to be removed
so that he might lunch with the king.
and he was to have strawberry jam
with his tea, some that Miss Bralth'
waite's sister had sen from England.
But to offset all this, he was to re-
ceive q delegation of citizens.
Hedwig was not at the riding
school that morning. This relieved
Prince Ferdinand William Otto, whose
views as TO Milky were entirely sell
fish, but Milky himself had unaccount-
ably lost his high spirit of the morn
ing. He played. Of course, as he al
ways did. And even taught the crown
prince how to hang over the edge or
his saddle, while his horse was canter-
ing, SO that bullets would not strike
him.
They rode and frolicked. yelled a
bit, got two ponies and whacked u polo
ball over the tan bark, until the
crown prince was sweating royalty n
was g%loriously flushed.
II don't know when l have been so
happy" he said, dragging out his hand
kerchlef and hopping his face. Its
a great deal %pleasanter without He'd
wig, isn't itT
While they played, overhead the
great hearse was ready at last. Its
shOne. Its gold crosses
cleaned. No 1eck Of dust disturbed
It's austere magniticence.
The man and the boy who had been
working on 1t stood back and sur
veyed it.
"All ready" said the man. leaning
on the handle of his long brush. "Now
it may happen any time"
at is very handsome. But l am
glad l am not the old king" The boy
up pals and brushes. "Noth-
Ing to look forward to but-that."
"But much to look back on" the
man observed grimly, land little that
Is good"
The boy glanced through a window.
below which the riding ring stretched
It's brown surface, scared by nervous
II would change places with
the crown prince" he said %enviously.
listen to him! Always laughing.
Never to labor, o worry. nor think
Of the next days food"
"Young fool" The man came to
his shoulder and glanced down also.
Would like to be a princeling, then!
No worry. No trouble. Always play.
He gripped the boys shoulder.
Look, lad, ut the windows about.
That Is what 1t is to be a prince.
Wherever you look, what do you sect
Stablemen? Grooms? Bah, secret
watching that no assassin,
such perhaps as you and /. Turk
He stopped and stared. wiping the
glass clear that he might see better.
Milky without his cap. disheveled and
with exertiOn, was making q
shot ut the white ball, rolling
past him. Where had he seen such a
read, such a flying mop Of hair2 All!
He remembered. 1t was the flying
,Oung devil who had attacked him and
he others that night In the by-street,
when Peter Niburg lay stunned!
Miss B%raithwaite had a bad head.
lche that afternoon, and the crown
prince drove out with his aunt. The
Annunciata went shop
,ing. The crown prince sat In the
and watched the people. The
nan beside the coachman sat with
llert eyes, and there were others who
scanned the crowd ~intently. But 1t
vas n quiet, almost an adOring crowd,
md there was even a dog, to Prince
William Otto's huge de-
light.
The man who owned the dog, seeing
he child's eyes on him. put him
through his tricks. Truly a wonderful
log, that would catch things on its
lose and lie dead, rousins only to q
which its owner called Ga.
'riel's trumpet.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto,
excited. leaned quite out Of
he window. "What is your dogs
he inquired, in his clear treble.
The man took of his hat and bowed.
Toto, highness. He is of French
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