Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-12
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a curtsy. Then she went out, and,
closed the door behind her.
The two sentries stood outside.i
They were Of the terrorists. Shei
knew, and they knew she knew. Butt
neither one made sign. They stared,
ahead, and Olga Loschek went out be-!
tween them.
The Crown Prince Ferdinand Will
liam Otto was only q small boy, for all
his title and dignity. And suddenly
he felt lonely. Left alone, he returned
to his expectations for the day, andI
compared them with the facts. He
remembered other carnivals, with hisl
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
lair.
Something occurred to him, some.
thing which combined fresh air with
action, vet kept to the letter Of his,
promise was there a promise?-!
not to leave the palace.
The idea pleased him. It set him.
to smiling, and his bright hair TOT
quivering with excitement. It was!
nothing less than to 60 on the roof and!
find the ball. And he would have to
hurry. Milky would be sure to returni
soon.
He opened the door on to the great
corridor, and stepped out, saluting the,
sentrtes, as he always did.
"I'll be back In moment" he In
formed them. He was always on terms
of great friendliness with the guard,
and he knew these men by sight. "Are]
you going to be stationed here now?"
he inquired pleasantly.
J: The two guards were at loss. But
;one Of them, who had son of his own.
and hated the Whale business, saluted:
land replied that he knew not.
II hope you are" said Ferdinand
William Otto, and went on.
, The sentries regarded one another.
Let him go" said the one who was a
father.
(; The other one moved uneasily. "Our
orders cover no such contingency" he
muttered. "And, besides, he win come
back. I hope to God he does not
come back" he added stonily.
/ Five minutes to four.
! The crown prince hurried. The cor
ridors were almost empty. Here and
there he met servants, who stood stif
against the wall until he had passed.
On the marble staircase, leading up.
he met no one, nor on the upper door.
He was quite warm with running and
he paused in his fathers suite to mop
his face. Then he opened . window
and went out on tie :coc. From NJ
Ibalustrade, 1t looked extremely far to
the ground.
(; Nevertheless, although his heart beat
IA trife fast, he was still determined.
IA climb which Milky with his long
legs had achieved in leap, took him
up to a chimney. Below-it seemed
IA long way below-was the gutter.
There was very considerable slant.
IL one sat down, like Milky, and slid,
and did not slide over the edge, ora.
should fetch up in the gutter. s
! He felt trife dizzy. But Nikkys
theory was, that AZ one is afraid to
do a thing, better to do it and get over
being afraid.
/: So the crown prince sat down on the
isloping roof behind the chimney and
gathered his legs under him for o
slide. Well for him that the ancient
builders Of the palace had been reck-
less with lead, that the gutter was both
wide and deep. Well for Milky, too,
waiting in the boudoir below and hard
driven between love and anxiety. 4
The crown prince, unaccustomed to
tiles, turned over halfway down. and
rolled. He brought up with q jerk
In the gutter, quite safe, but extremely
frightened. he sat there for quite q
few minutes. There was no ball In
sight, and the roof looked even sleeper
from this point.
Being completely self-ensrossed,
therefore, he did not see that the roof
had another visitor. Had two visitors,
ms matter of fact. One Of them wore
a blanket with q white 20" over a.
white "X' on 1t, and the other wore q
mask, and considerable kitchen cutlery
fastened to his belt. They had come
out Of small door In the turret and
were very much at ease. They ieaned
over the parapet and admired the viewj
They climbed on one Of the garden
,chairS and 1o0ked over the oYt,anaA ~
the roof, which was when they saw
Prince Ferdinand, William Otto. and
gaxed at MIN. =.
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tTo be continued.)