Marble Hill press., 1918-05-23

I AfaAH AAf WY VIZ ~ VS. ANNhNF IfN
tFuiins. aud worked runsrirutlousl,
aud carefully, Rc,wcsa each l,ilrl
BE- burned a DOT,
suddenly. Olga Las,hrk hrcam,
ranlc stricken, She could not stay
ana $50 this ihlns ou'. 1t them fol
low her nui punish her. She could
not She had done her part. IN,
soNrrur,s lay tn a drusgyi sleep. A
turn ol the kcy. aui "a, door Co IN,
rassasr h'ynUi which O,kH- Naitri
would 10 closed 80. LIT follow What
must, she would not sec H.
"ilishnrSs," she saii. 'iLcu,cnanl
i-aFis,h viii hc here In = mon,ut w
yuu r"fwl, mo 60 soy
ouo was ~ his chair In an instant
Certainly" 10 said. his mind stlll ou
the ~" which hc Was shading
Old habit was strong In the countess
Although the boys rank was numbered
hy moments, although his ntc was pns
,ihly O. De- cuuai,zi BY hours. shs
turned AZ the doorway ani sWrp, him
. curisy, Then che W,al out and
closed tho door tch.ui her.
The two scniri,s stood oaisidr
They were ~ the t,rrorists. She
Knew, aud they knew she knew. nu;
neither one made a slsn. They s'arri
ahead, ani OLA Loschck went out be-.
tween them.
The Crown rrlns Ferdinand wa.
liam otto Was only a small boy. for all
his tile and dignity, And suddenly
be f.li lonely L,ft alone. be returned
70 his expectations f1r the day. and
compared them With the facts llr
remembered other cnruiValS. with his
carriage moN.ng through the streets
and bcopl" showcrihs him With fresh
flowers llr rather glbWcd az the
memory. Then a. recalled that the
chancellor had said be nrcicd fresh
air.
Something occurred 60 him. some-
thing which combined frcsh air with
action. yet kept 10 the letter o. his
promlse--or was there q promiscl-
not 10 leave the palace.
The idea pleased him. II set him
TO smiling. and his bright hair to
quivering with excitement. II was
nothing less than TO 20 on the roof and
End the ball. And he would have TO
hurry. Milky would be sure to return
soos.
He opened the door on 10 the great
corridor. and stepped out saiuting the
sentries. as he always did.
'i'll be back In q moment" he In
formed them. lie was always on terms
Of great friendliness with the guard.
and he knew these nen by sight Are
YOU going 20 be stationed here nowv
he inquired pleasantly.
The two guards we're at loss But
one Of them. who had n son Of hls own.
and hated the whole business, saluted
and replied that he knew not.
Il hope you are" said Ferdinand
William Otto, and went on.
The scntries reSnriei one another.
Let him 90 :" said the one who was n
father.
The other one moged uneasIly. "our
orders cover no such contingency" he
And. besides. he will come
back. 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 stIT
against the wall until he had passed.
On the marble staircase, leading IN,
he met no one, nor on the upper door.
He was quite warm with running and
he paused In his fathers suite 10 mop
his face. Then he opened window
and went out on the roof. From the
II looked extremely far TO
the ground.
Nevertheless. although his heart beat
, trtfe fast. he was still determined.
A climb which Milky with his long
egs had achieved in leap, took him
Ip TO a chimney. Bclow--it seemed
, long way below-was the gutter. |
There was a very considerable slant.
Z one sat down. like Milky, and slid, |
md did not slide over the edge, one |
should fetch up In the gutter.
He felt a trifle dizzy. But Nikky's
heory was. that II one Is afraid to
10 a thing. better to do 1t and get over
,eing afraid.
SO the crown prince sat down on the
looping roof behind the chimney and
yathered his legs under him for n
ide. Well for him that the ancient
ullders Of the palace had been rcck-
ess with lead, that the gutter was both
vide and deep. Wen for Milky. foo,
Waiting In the boudoir below and hard
|riven between love and anxiety.
The crown prince. unaccustomed to
lies, turned over halfway down, and
oiled. He brought up with jerk
q the gutter. quite safe, but extremely
frightened. He sat there for quite q
ew minutes. There was no ball In
i,ht. and the roof looked even sleeper
rom this point.
Being completely self-engrossed,
herefore. he did not see that the roof
ad another visitor. Had two visitors,
matter Of fact. One Of them wore
blanket with q white 20" over a
rhite "X" on Il, and the other wore q