Iron County register., 1918-02-14

dull red to smoking gray. The code
book che hesitated over. but at last.
with Q shrug Of her shoulders. che re-
turned It to its hiding place In the
jewel-case.
Coupled with her bitterness was q
sense Of relief. Only when the papers
were destroyed had she realized the
weight they had been. She summoned
Minna, her maid. and dressed for the
street. Then, Ainna accompanying
her. she summoned her carriage and
went shopping.
She reached the palace again In
time to dress for dinner. Somewhere
on that excursion she had left the let
ter. to be sent to its destination oyer
the border by special messenger that
night.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto, at
the moment Of her return, was pre-
pairing for bed. He washed himself,
with Oskar standing by, holding a
great soft towel. Even the towels
were too large. And he brushed his
teeth, and had two drinks Of water.
because stiffish feeling In his throat
persisted. And ut last he crawled up
into the high bed that was SO much
too big for him, and had to crawl out
again, because he had forgotten his
prayers.
When everything was done, and the
hour Of putting out the light could no
longer be delayed, he said good night
to Oskar, who bowed. There was q
great deal Of bowling in Otto's world.
Then, whisk! 1t was dark. with only
the moon face Of the cathedral clock
for company. And as it was now
twenty minutes past seven, the two
hands dropped until 1t looked like q
face with a cruel mouth, and was
really very poor company.
Oskar, having bowed himself into
the corridor and past the two sentries
reported to a very great dignitary
across the hall that his royal highness
the Crown Prince Ferdinand william
Otto was in bed. And the dignitary
had chance to 60 away and get hif
dinner.
But alone In his great bed, the
crown prince was shedding few
shamefnced tears. He was extremely
ashamed of them. He felt that under
no circumstances would his soldier
father have behaved so. He reached
out and secured one Of the two clear
folded handkerchiefs that were always
placed on the bedside stand at night
and blew his nose very loudly. Bu
he could not sleep.
He gave Miss Braithwaite time to g
to her sitting room, and for eigT'
o'clock to pass, because once every
hour, all night. young gentleman o.
the court, appointed for this purpose
and dubbed wet nurse" by jealou!
comrades. cautiously opened his dool
and made stealthy circuit Of th'
room. to see that all was well.
The crown prince got up. He neg
lected to put on his bedroom slippers
lof course, and In his bare feet h,
padded across the room to the stud!
door. It was not entirely dark. i
night light burned there. 1t stood OF
a table directly under the two crossed
swords. Beneath the swords, in .
burnt wood frame, were the pictures
Of his father and mother. Hedwig hat
given him q woodworking outfit q
Christmas, and he had done the worl
himself. 1t consisted Of the roya
arms, somewhat out Of drawing ant
not exactly in the center Of the frame
and floral border Of daisies, ex
tremely geometrical, because he ha,
drawn them in first with compass.
The boy, however, gave the picture
only hasty glance and proceeded, fl
a businesslike manner, to carry
straight chair to the cabinet. On tn
top shelf sat the old cloth dog. 1t
shoe-button eyes looked glazed wit
sleep, but its ears were quite alert
Very cautiously the crown prince IN
locked the door, stepped precariousl
to the lower shelf of the cabine,
hung there by one royal hand, an
lifted the dog down.
At nine o'clock the wet nurse too
of bis sword In another room an
leaned it against a chair. Then b
examined his revolver, In accordanc
with formula prescribed by the oil
king. Then he went In and examine
. the room with a flashllght, and liz
tened to the crown princes breathing
, He had been croupy baby. And, q
last, he turned the flashlIght on to tn
bed. A pair Of shoe-button eye
, stared at him from the pillow.
"Well, I'm -" said the wet nurs,
And went out, looking thoughtful.
In q shop where, that afternoon, tn
. countess had purchased some Lyon
silks, one Of the clerks. Peter Niburi
J, was free ut last. At seven o'clocl
. lnavins put away the last rolls Of sll
q 0u the shelves behind him, and coverc
j. them with calico to keep of the dust
}. having given final glance Of 'disdai
T at the clerk In the linens, across
!, having reached under the counter fc
, hts stiff black hat Of good quality an