Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-06
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CHAPTER III. :
AZ the RIdIne school. :

BIS royal highness the Grown Prince
Ferdinand William Otto vas in dis,
grace.
He had risen at six. bathed, dressed,
and gone to mass, in disgrace. BE
had breakfasted at seven-thirty on
fruit, cereal, and one egg, In disgrace.
He had gone to his study at eight
O'clock for lessons, In disgrace. Al
long line of tutors came and went all
morning, and he worked diligently, but
he was still In disgrace. All MORN
ing long and In the intervals between
tutors he had tried to catch Miss
tBraithwaite's eye.
Except for tho most ordinary civil
titles, do had refused to look In his
direction.
The French tutor was standing near,
d photograph Of Hedwig, and pretend
ing not to look at It Prince Ferdinand
william Otto had suspicion that the
tutor was in love with Hedwig.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto did
mot like the French tutor.
"A, He also found tho sun unsettling.
Besides. he hated verbs. Nouns were
different. One could do something
with nouns although even they had
Ia way Of having genders. Into his
head popped q recollection of de-
hightful pastime Of the day before
nothing more nor less than Tipping
paper wads at the guard on the scenic
railway as the car went past him.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto tore
of the corner Of piece Of paper,
lchswed It deliberately. rounded and;
hardened 1t with his royal fingers, and
aimed It at N. Puaux. It struck him
IN the eye.
! Instantly things happened. M
,Puaux yelled, and clapped hand to
his eye. Miss Braitbwafte rose. His
royal highness wrote a rather shaky
French verb, with the wrong termina..
ltion. And on to this scene came
Milky for the riding lesson.
/; Milky surveyed the scene. He had,
;of course. bowed inside the door, and,
all that sort Of thing. But Milky was
an INFORMAL person, and was quite apt
TO Dow deeply before his future sover.
eign. and then poke him in the chest,
"Welll" said Milky.
8: "Good morning" said Prince Ferdi.'
nand William Otto, in q small and
nervous voice.
4 Nothing wrong, IL there2" de.
tmanded Milky.
NJ. Puaux got out his handkerchief
and caid NOTHING v}o1opt1v
"Otto" said Miss Braithwaite.
!'sWhat did you do?"
u Nothing" He looked about. He
was quite convinced that NJ. Puaux
was what Bobby would have termed
"a poor sport, and had not played the
game fairly. The guard at the rail-
way, he felt, would not have yelled.
and wept. "oh, well, threw'a piece
of paper. That's all. I didn't think
At would hurt"
Miss Braithwaite rose and glanced
at the carpet. But Milky was quick.
Quick and understanding. He put his
shiny foot over the paper wad.
"Paperl" said Miss Braithwaite.
why did you throw paper? And at
IN. Puaux?"
.T-just felt like throwing some
thing" explained his royal highness.,
& IT guess it's the sun, or something"
Milky dropped his glove, and mirac-
iulously, when he had picked it up the
little wad was gone.
"For throwing paper, five marks -
said Miss Braithwaite, and put It
down IN the book she carried in her
pocket. It was rather an awful book.
ION Saturdays the king looked it over,
and demanded explanations: "f'or
En:!!5yy nails nails Ave marks! A gentle
man never has untidy nails, Otto. For
Iobjecting to winter flannels. two
marks. Humph! For pocketing sugar
from the tea tray, ten marks Humph
For lack Of attention during religious
instruction, five marks. Ten off for
the sugar, and only five for inattention
TO religious instruction. What have
you to say, sir?"
v Prince Ferdinand William Otto
4 looked at Milky and Milky looked
back. Then Ferdinand William Otto's
left eyelid dropped Milky was
IIastounded. How was he to know the
treasury Of strange things that the
crown prince had tapped the previous
afternoon? But, after glance around
the room, Nikky's eyelid dropped also.
ne nd the paper wad into HE poeket..