The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-07-11

with gaUze wings, students who par
AIDED and blew noisy horns, even horses
decorated. and now and then a dog
dressed as dancer or u soldier.
He yawned again. and began to feel
hungry. He decided to get up and take
his own bath. There was nothing like
getting good start for n gala day.
And, since with the crown prince to
decide was to do, which is not always
a royal trait, he took his own bath,
being very particular about his ears,
and not nt all particular about the rest
OF him. Then. no Oskar having yet
appeared with fresh garments. he
ducked back into bed again, quite bare
as to his small body, and snuggled
down In the sheets.
Lying there, he planned the day.
There were to be no lessons except
fencing, which could hardly be called
lesson Mt all. and as he now knew
the Gettysburg address," he meant TO
ask permission to recite 1t to his
| grandfather. To be quite sure of II,
he repeated It to himself as he lay
there:
"Fourscore and seven years ago our
| fathers brought forth on this continent q
new nation. conceived in liberty. and dedi-
Gated to tho proposition that all men are
created equal"
Late In the morning Milky took him
to the roof. 1--WE can't go out. old
man." Milky said to him. rather
startled to discover the unhappiness In
the boys face, "but I've found place
where we can see more than We can
here. Suppose we try It,"
"why can't we go outi I've always
gone before"
"Well," Milky temporized. they've
made q rule. They make good many
rules. you know. But they said moth
ing about the roof"
"The roof"
"The roof. The thing that covers
us and keeps out the weather. The
roof, highness." Milky alternated be-
tween formality and the other extreme
with the boy.
ut slants, doesn't IT." observed his
highness doubtfully.
"Part Of 1t Is quite fiat. We can
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exercise while we're about IT,"
As a matter Of fact, Milky was not
altogether unselfsh. He would visit
the roof again, where for terrible,
wonderful moments he had held He'd
wig In his arms. On pilgrimage
inoeed. like that of the crown prince
to Etzel, Milky would visit his shrine
So they went to the roof. One could
see the streets crowded with people
conld hear the soft blare Of distant
horns.
'.The scenic railway Is In that direc'
tion." observed the crown prince, lean
Ing on the balustrade. "If there were
n, buildings we could see It."
"Right here" Milky was saying tc
himself. AT this very spot She held
! ont her arms, and l."
1T looks very interesting" said
Prince Ferdinand william Otto. "Oi
! course we can't see the costumes, bu
II is better than nothing"
: II kissed her." Milky was thinking
; bis heart swelling under his very bes
tunic. "Her head was on my breast
and kissed her. Last Of oil, kissed
her eyes-her lovely eyes,"
III fell of here" observed thu
crown prince In meditative voice
II would be smashed to jelly. lik'
, the child at the Crystal palace"
! "But now she hates me-" said Nix
ky's heart, and dropped about the dis
, tance Of three buttons. "She hates me
! I saw 1t In her eyes this morning
Oh. Heaven!"
"We might as well play ball now.
Prince Ferdinand william Ott
y turned away from the parapet with
= sigh. This strange quiet that filled tn
I palace seemed to have attacked MIX
too. Otto hated quiet.
They played ball, and the crow
q prince took a lesson In curves. Blu
e on his third attempt. he described sue
o compound curve that the ball dis
appeared over an adjacent part Of tn
s roof, and although Milky did som
g blood-curdling climbing along gutter
II could not be found.
II was then that the Majordomo, q
p ways q marvellous figure In crimso
y and gold, and never seen without whit
g gloves-the Majordomo bowed In
n window. and observed that II his royt
J. highness pleased. his royal highnes
e luncheon was served.
" In the shrouded room inside the viii
dows, however, his royal highnes
d paused and looked around.
d "Tve been here before" he observe,
h 'sThese were my fathers rooms. M
r. mother lived here, too. When ai
a older, perhaps / can have them.
'e would be convenient on account Of m
practicing curves on the roof. But
e. should need number Of balls"
He was rather silent IN his wa
n back to the schoolroom. But once b
'g looked up rather wistfully at Milky.
m "If they were living" he said. II al
II pretty sure they would take me OF
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