New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-15

great zeal OF DOWlng IN OttOS WOriC
Then, whisk 1t vas dark. with Onl,
the moon face Of the cathedral clOcl
for company. And as 1t was nov
twenty minutes past seven, the tw'
hands dropped until 1t looked like
face with a cruel mouth, and wa
really very poor company.
Oskar, having bowed himself int
the corridor and past the two sentrles
reported to a very great dignitar.
across the hall that his royal highnes'
the Crown Prince Ferdinand William
Otto was In bed. And the dignitar.
had n chance to go away and get hi!
dinner.
But alone in his great bed, tn,
crown prince was shedding a few
shamefaced tears. He was extremely
ashamed of them. He felt that under
no circumstances would his soldier
father have behaved Sc. He reached
out and secured one of the two clean
folded ha~ndkerchiefs that were always
placed on the bedside stand ut night
and blew his nos very loudly. But
he could not sleep.
He gave Miss Braithwaite time to &c
to her sitting room, and for eight
o'clock to pass, because once every
hour, all night. a young gentleman OF
the court, appointed for this purpose
and dubbed u wet nurse" by Jealous
comrades, cautiously opened his door
and made a stealthy circuit Of the
room, to see that all was well.
The crown prince got up. He neg
lected to put on his bedroom slippers,
of course, and in his bare feet he
padded across the room to the study
door. 1t was not entirely dark. \
night light burned there. 1t stood on
Il table directly under the two crossed
swords. Beneath the swords, in a
burnt wood frame, were the pictures
of his father and mother. Hedwig had
given him a woodworking outfit at
Christmas, and he had done the work
himself. 1t consisted Of the royal
somewhat out of drawing and
exactly in the center Of the frame,
and a floral border Of daisies, eX-
geometrlcal, because he had
drawn them in first with Il compass.
The boy, however, gave the pictures
only Il hasty glance and proceeded, in
Il b%usinesslike manner, to carry a
straight chair to the cabinet. On the
shelf sat the old cloth dog. Its
shoc-button eyes looked glazed with
sleep, but its ears were quite alert.
Very cautiously the crown prince I'M
the door, stepped precariously
10 the lower shelf of the cabinet,
hung there by one royal hand, and
fitted the dog down.
At nine o'clock the wet nurse took
IF his sword in another room and
caned it against Il chair. Then he
Examined his revolver, in accordance
With n formula prescribed by the old
King. Then he went in and examined
he room with a flashlight, and lis
to the crown princes breathing.
lie had been a crOupy baby. And, at
asst, he turned the tiashlight on to the
'ed. A pair Of s%hOe-button eyes
stared ut him from the pillow.
We'll, I'm -" said the wet nurse.
md went out, looking thoughtful.
In n shop where, that afternoon, the
,ountess had purchased some Lyons
ilks, one of the clerks, Peter Niburg,
free ut last. At seven o'clock,
aviDg put away the last rolls Of silk
n the shelves behind him, and covered
hem with calico to keep off the dust
aying given a final glance of disdain
t the clerk in the linens, across;
aving reached under the counter for
is stiff black hat of good quality aud
is silver-tOpped cane; having dOnned
he hat and hung the stick to his arm
it'll two staggering gestures; having
his offensive, so to speak, he
dvanced.
Between Peter Niburg and Herman
pier Of the linens, was a feud. Its
Durce, IN the person Of a pretty
had gone. but the feud re-
mined. 1t vas of the sort that smiles
18th the lips and scOw1s with the eyes,
nat speaks pleasantly quite awful
iings. although 1t was Peter Niburg
no did most Of the talking.
And Herman hated Peter. The cash.
n was gone, had married a restaurant
and already she waxed fat.
ut Herman's hatred grew with the
lys. And business being bad. much
the time he stood behind his linens
nd thought about n certain matter.
hich was this:
How did Peter Niburg do It?
They were paid the same scant
age. Each Monday they stood to-
,thee, Peter smiling and he frowning,
I'd received into open palms exactly
Tough TO live on, without extras. And
lch Monday Peter pocketed his cheer
lily, and went back to his post, twirl-
& his mustache as though all the
oney Of the realm jingled in his
To accept the inevitable, to smile
or ones poverty. that Is n thing.
ut there was more to it. Peter made
5 money go amazingly far. 1t was
,ter, for instance. who the summer
fore. the American Scenic Railway
ID opened to the public, with much
Of flags, the national emblem
ID the stars and stripes, 1t was Peter
no had invited the lady to an eve
ng Of thrills on that same railway e.,
a definite mi per thrill.
1t was Peter, then, who made the /,
possible possible, who wore good ,
Dthes and did not have his boots
tched, who went, rumor said, to the
era now and then, and followed the
ore on his own battered CODY. l,