The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-03-02
5HAP1ER III
At the Riding School.

Ferdinand William otto was in dis
grace.
lie had risen at six, bathed. dressed
and gone 10 mass, In disgrace. III,
had hrcakfastcd nj scven.thirty ol
FRUIT cereal, and one egg, in disgrace
He had gone to his study at elght
o'clock for lessons, In disgrace. A
long line of tutors came and went all
morning. and he worked diligently. hut
ne was still in disgrace. All morn
4 ug long and In the intervals between
tutors he had tried to catch Miss
Rraithwaite's eye.
Except for the most ordinary civil.
tiles, she had refused to look In his
direction.
The French tutor was standing near
photograph of Hedwig, and pretend.
ing not 10 look nj IT, Prince Ferdinand
4 william Otto had suspicion that the
tutor was IN love with Hedwig.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto did
not like the French tutor.
lie also found the sun unsettllng.
Resides. he hated verbs. Nouns were
different. One could do something
with nouns, although even they had
way of having genders. Into his
mead popped Il recollection Of n de-
lghtful pastme of the dny before
nothing more nor less than dipping
paper wads mt the guard on the scenic
railway ms the ear went past him.
Prince Ferdinand William otto tore
OF the corner of piece of paper
rhcwed II deliberately, rounded and
hardened it with his royal fingers aud
aimed 1t nj NJ. PuauN II struck him
In the eye.
Instantly things happened. NJ.
PuauX yelled, and clapped hand 10
his eye. Miss Brnithwaite rose. His
royal highness wrote rather shaky
French verb with the wrong ter1ninn.
ton And on to this scene came
Milky for The riding lesson.
Milky surveyed the scene. He had.
or course. bowed inside the door and
gll that sort of thlnf But Milky wns
an informal person, and was quite apt
20 bow deeply before his future sover-
eign and then poke him in the chest.
Well" said Milky.
Good morning" said Prince Fcrdi-
nand William otto, In small and
nervous voice.
Nothing wrong, is thereT de-
manded Milky.
VI. Puaux got out his handkerchief
and said nothing violently.
otto" said Miss BraIthwalte.
what did you dof'
Nothing He looked about. lie
was quite convinced that NJ. Puaux
was whnt Bobby would have termed
poor sport, and had not played the
game fairly. The guard Mt the rail-
way, he felt, would not have yelled
and wept. "Ob well. threw piece
OF paper. That's all. didn't think
II would hurt"
Miss Bralthwaite rose and glanced
. at the carpet. But Milky was quick.
Quick and understanding. He put his
shiny foot over the paper wad.
Paper" said Miss Bruithwaite.
why did you throw paperf And Mt
NJ. Puaux?"
"I-just felt like throwing some
thing explained his royal hi2hness.
j guess ms the sun, or something"
Milky dropped his glove, and mirnc-
nIouSly. when he had picked II up the
liitle wad was gone.
For throwing paper, FIVE marks"
sald Miss BraIthwate, and put II
down In the book she carried In her
pocket. II was rather nm awful book.
on Saturdays the king looked II over,
and demanded explanations: ''ror
nntldy mills, five marksl A gentle !
man never has untidy nails Otto. For
ohlrcilng to winter flannels, two
marks. IIumph! For pocketing sugar
ir"m the tea tray, ten marks Iiumph
For lack Of attention during religious |.
instruction. five marks. Ten of for
VI" sugar, ana only five for innttention
10 religious instruction! what have /
you to say, sirT'
Prince Ferdinand William Otto .
looked M Milky and Milky looked
ha'k Then Ferdinand William Oito's .
INl cy"!id dropped. Milky wns
oNloundod How was he 10 know the
treasury Of strange things that the Z
crown prince had tapped the previous
oIlrrnoonf But, after II glance around
I'd" room, Nkky's oyclid dropped also
lIr SID IA" paper wnd into his pocket.
y am afraid his royal hlglIness has
ulrl Your eye, NJ. PuauX,' said Miss
i'mlhwaitc.
'No' gt ALL" said the unhappy youna
man, testing the eye 10 discover II he
could see through II. II am sure his
royal hghness meant no harm" NJ
,uauN went out, with his handker
chief 10 his eye.
while Oskar, his valet, put the
crown prince into riding clothes Milky
ana Miss Braithwalte had "A talk. II
nrian by Nlkky's stating that she was
lkely to see him great deal now
Ihhd he hoped she would not find him
III the way. He had been made aldo
ue'camD to the crown prince, Vice
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