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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-12-26

| having resolved that old Ade,b.,.
needed distraction and cheering.
you know" he said, talking throu,A
the window Of the booth, II thIns
when I grow up I'll be a pirate"
"There be worse trades" said o,S
Adelbert whose hand was now againsN
every man.
"And hide treasure" Bobby went O.
"In AIN a cave, you know Bobby
edged closer to the window. I've rct
the cave already"
"SoI"
"Here, In the park. II 10 a great
secret"
"A cave-here In the parkf'
"Tll take you. II you'd like to see IL
Old Adelbert was puzzled. The psrh
offered. so far as he knew. no place
for n cave. II was a plain. the site
Of the old wall, and now planted IN
grass and flowers. He himself ha6
seen It graded and sown. A cavei
"whereT
That's q secret. But I'll show II b
you, II you won't tell"
Old Adelbert agreed to silence.
Until midday, when the railway
opened for business, the old soldier
was free. So the next morning, due
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love Of his city. To this the chancellor
observed that II would be arranged
and the affair was over. To obviate
the difficulty Of having the delegation
back down the long room. II was the
crown prince who departed first, with
the chancellor.
Late In the afternoon the king sent
for Prince Ferdinand William Otto
He had not left his bed since the day
he had placed the matter OF Hedwig's
marriage before the council. and now
he knew he would never leave It.
There were times between sleeping
and waking when he fancied he had
already gone, and that only his weary
body on the bed remained. At such
times he saw Hubert, only. strangely
enough, not MS a nan grown, but as q
small boy again; and his queen, but
as she had looked many years before
when he married her, and when at last
after months Of married wooing, she
had crept willing into his arms.
So. awakening from a doze. he saw
the boy there, and called him Hubert
Prince Ferdinand william Otto, feel
Ing rather worried. did the only thinl
he could think of. He thrust his warn
hand into his grandfather's cropping
one, and the touch Of his soft fest
reused the king.
The sister left them together. and
In her small room dropped on hel
knees before the holy image.
In the kings bed chamber Primo,
Ferdinand William Otto sat on 4 high
chair. and talked. but he viewed hi
grandfather with alarm. His aunt hat
certainly intimated that his runnlni
away had made the king worse. Ant
he looked very III.
I'm swfully sorry. grandfather" h
said.
For whatr"
''Thst I went away the other day
sir"
"It was. after all. a natural thin
to DO"
The crown prince could hardly be
tieve his ART.
IF II could only be arranged safel.
"A little freedom" The king 10,
still with closed eyes.
Prince Ferdinand william Otto fel
uneasy. but I am very comfortable
and-and happy" he FASTENED to say
you are. please. not to worry abou
ne. sir"
Ths king sun held his hand. bu
he said nothing. There were man,
things he wanted to Say. He had gon'
crooked where this boy must 9
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you do not know Of what I speak, there
are some here who will tell you"
1T Is the way Of the old to live In
the past" q student said. Then, iml'
tating old Adelbert's majestic tone
Eve. we live In the future. Eh, com.
radesT He turned to the old soldier
you have not zee the bulietinsf"
"Bulletinsf
There will be no marching, my
friend. The uniform now-that II q
pity. Perhaps the tailor" His eyes
Knocked.
"No marchingr
"An order Of the council. II seems
that the city is bored by these ancient
reminders. 1t Is for peace, and would
forget wars. And professions are cost
ly. We grow thrifty. Bands and fire.
works cost money, and money. my
hero, Is s~carce-very scarce"
Again the group laughed.
After a time he grasped the truth.
There was such IN order. The cause
was given as the kings illness.
"Since when," demanded old Adel-
bert angrily. has the sound Of his
soldiers marching disturbed the kingf'
1.-THE sound Of wooden legs annoys
him." observed the hooking student,
lighting a cigarette. "He would hear
only pleasant sounds, such as the noise
Of tax money pouring into his vaults.
Me- can think Of a %pleasanter: the
tolling of the cathedral bell, at a Ger.
tain time, will be music to my ears u
Old Adelbert stood, staring ahead.
At last he went out into the street,
muttering. They shame us before the
people," he said quickly.
The order Of the council had indeed
been Issued, q painful business owe
which Mettlich and the council had
pondered long. For. in the state Of
things, II was deemed unwise to per-
NIT any gathering Of the populace en-
masse. Mobs lead to riots, and riots
again to mobs. Five thousand armed
men, veterans, but many Of them In
their prime, were In themselves a
danger. And on these days Of ami
versary 1t had been the custom Of the
university to march also. a guard Of
honor. Sedition was rife among the
students.
The order was finally issued.
Old Adelbert was III that night. He
tossed about in a fever. His body
ached. even the leg which 80 long ago
had moldered In its shallow grave on
a battlefield. For these things happen.
BY morning he was better. but he was
a different man. His eyes slowed. His
body twitched. He was stronger, too,
for now he broke his sword across his
knee, and flung the pieces out Of the
window. And with them went the last
fragment Of his old loyalty to his king.
Old Adelbert was now, potentially, a
traitor.
On the morning after Adelbert had
turned his back on his king. Bobby
Thorpe rose early. so early. indeed,
hat even Pepy still slept In her mar.
row bed, and the milk sellers had not
started On their rounds. The early
rising was a mistake, owing to a watch
which had strangely gained an hour.
Somewhat disconsolately, he wan
dered about. Heavy quiet reigned.
From q window he watched the meat
seller hang out a freshly killed deer,
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straight. He had erred, and the boy
must avoid his errors. He had chen,
ished enmities, and in his age they
cherfshed him. And now
May I ask you a question. sirf"
"What IL I'll"
win you tell me about Abraham
Lincolnf"
"whyf~ The king was awake
enough now. He fixed the crown
prince with keen eyes.
swell, Miss Braithwaite does not
care for him. She says he was not q
great man, not as great rs Mr.. Glad.
stone. anyhow. But Bobby-that's the
boy ! met: I told you about him-he
says he was the greatest man who
ever lived"
"And who" asked the king. do you
regard as the greatest manT
| Prince Ferdinand William Otto
hdgeted. but he answered bravely,
"You, sir"
"Humph The king lay still, smil.
Ing slightly. "well," he observed.
there are. Of course. other opinions
as to that. However-Abraham Lin.
coin was q very great man. A
dreamer. a visionary. but q great man.
You might ask Miss Braithwaite to
teach you his Gettysburg address, It
Is rather a model as to speech making.
although It contains doctrines that
well. you'd better learn It."
Eyes. sir" said Prince Ferdinand
william Otto. He hoped l. was not
very long.
OTTO" said the king suddenly. de
you eve look at your fathers pic
turef"
mot always"
"You might-look at It nov and
then. I'd like you to do It."
"Yes, sir"
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precautions having been taken, the
two cOnsplrators set of. Three
rather, for Tucker, too. was now Of
the band OF the black flag.
Outside the thicket Bobby hesltated.
II ought to blindfold you" he said.
"But ! guess you'n need your eyea
It's a hard place to get to-"
Perhaps, had he known the dificul.
ties ahead. old Adelbert would not
have gone on. And, had he turned
back then. the history Of a certain
kingdom Of Europe would have been
changed. Maps, too. and school books.
and the life story of a small prince.
But he went on. Stronger than his
young guide, he did not crawl. but
bent aside the stiff and ungainly
branches Of the frs. He battled with
the thIcket, and came out victorioua
He was not so old, then. or 80 feeble
His arm would have been strong fOt
the king, had not
There II Ia !" cried Bobby.
Not n cave, II appeared at first. A
low doorway. barred with an iron graf.
Ing, and ~padlocked. A doorway In the
bnse Of a side wall OF the gate, and
30 hcaped with leaves that its lower
half was covered.
Bobby produced q key. II broke the
paddock that was on It," he explain ID.
u smashed 1t with a stone. But ]
got another. I always lock It"
Prolonged search produced the key.
Old Adelbert's face was set hard. On
what dungeon had this boy stumbled
II was strange.
Bobby was removing the leaf-mold
with his hands. 1T was almost all
covered when l found It," he said, In
dustriously scraping.
The door swung In, silently, a
though the hinges had been recently
oiled; rs indeed they had, but not By
the boy.
IT'S rather dirty" he explained.
You go down steps first. Be very
careful"
He extended an earthly hand and LED
the old man down. Its dark here,
but there's a room below ; quite q good
room. And l have candles."
Truly, u room. Built Of old brick
and damp, but with a free circulat1os
OF air. Old Adelbert stared about N.
II was not entirely dark. A bit OF
light entered from the aperture at the
head OF the steps. BY II, even before
Bobby had lighted his candle. he saw
the broken chair. the piece of old car
pet, and the odds and ends the child
had brought.
Old Adeloert felt ~curiously shaken
None have visited this place since you
nave been herer' no asked.
u don't suppose any o knows
about It. Do your"
Those who built It. perhaps. But
IL Is Old, very old. 1t Is possible"
He stopped. lost In speculation.
There had been o story once OF .
passageway under the wall. but he
reco!lected nothing clearly. A passage
way leading out beyond the wall.
through which, In q great nege. o
messenger had been sent for help. But
that was a passage: while this was .
dungeon.
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that. He stepped back. was nudged,
and recollected.
ALSO a gift" Jhe said. and ruined q
fine speech among smiles. But the
presentation took place in due order,
and Otto cleared his throat.
"Thank you all very much" he said.
ut is a very beautiful gift. I admire
II very much. I should like to keep
II on my desk. but I suppose It 10 too
valuable. Thank you very much"
The spokesman hoped that II might
be arranged that he keep II on his
desk. an everpresent reminder OF the
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THE KING RECOMMENDS THAT PRINCE OTTO STUDY
ABRAHAM LINC0lRS GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.

synopsia-prircs Ferdinand William Otto. heir to the throne Of
Hvcnis. 10 unaware Of plots Of the terrorists to form a republic. His
grandfather, the king In order to preserve the kingdom, aranges for
the marriage Of Princess Hedwig, ottos cousin, to King Karl Of
Karnia. Hedwtg rebels because Of an attachment she has formed for
Captain Milky Lansch, Prince Ottos personal attendant Countess
Loschek, attached to the menage Of Archduchess Annuncats. Is In
love with the king Of Karnis, for whom she acts as spy. She is
threatened By the committee Of ten. leaders Of the terrorsts, unless
she bows to the committees will and helps to secret the crown prince
when the king who 10 very I'll, dies. Milky is torn between love and
q sense Of duty and loyalty to his king.
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just brought from the mountains. He
went downstairs and vst on the street,
past the niece of the concierge, who
was scrubbing the stairs.
"Tm going for a walk" he told her.
IF they send Pepy down you might
tell her I'll be back for breakfast"
He stood for a time surveying the
deer. Then he decided to 20 hunting
himself. The meat seller obligingly
gave him the handle Of q floor brush,
and with this improvised gun Bobby
went deer stalking. His dog trotted
at his heels.
Around the old city gate. still stand
Ing although the wall Of which II had
bsss q part vas gene, thsrS w. a.
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Further plotting for the KID
MAPPING Of the crown prince 10
revealed In the next Install
ment.
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tO BD CoNTINUnD)
Charity covers q mulutuds q ans-
and % dos succssa
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23
.lDAHOANS

\, wing TO the Uni
ea 'v.,"minIstration build
y no completed with
sys. .,oa last
when an automatic
If A 1O-year-old boy
discharged.
!. well under wa way ~, ~
oats are just head
: If the crop Is fair
IA storm 'i'''
county blew down
neors. The damage
~ per cent Of this
en- entrainea at ca AT,
,,smont. Cal The citl-
,.ndered an open air
II in front of the y.
Ill has ruled that all
,ho are physically able
: 70 war. or cut weeds
urely fastened WIN T"
aused by -mut almost
hing outfit near Nam
; was damaged to the
and about 30 bushels
estroyed.
dairy. food and SAM
sspartment of the state
from January /, 1917,
1918. exceed expendl-
,rtment by #426S.64.
sssees of Idaho ware
,rged to exercise more
vigilance to prevent
his season than ever
pssure to save stored
Of the interior has
= passage of the bill
representative Smith OF
for an auxiliary rec
in connection with
vject.
,borers and mechanics
,nlled for transpOrta-
east points to work In
nd steel works there,
the efforts of the re-
Boise.
Adams county have
conditions there and
re so seriously threat
sterialized. Fat steers,
are now being shipped
I'd numbers.
TX drafted men left
/ for Camp Fremont,
escorted to the depot
of the citizens of the
DE from all sections of
/ in town to bid the
re miles west Of Ru-
to increase the school
contract has been let
contractor for a $1O,-
he plans call for three
hiking a Seven-rOOm
ompleted.
vices were held last
} for Lieutenant Har-
led in action in France
the first man from the
bit was also the first
ounty to reach France
Reriean eXpeditionary
Tor Fairgrounds FOL
Poeatello has taken d
people of the city and
prestige to the under.
Is first inaugurated by
Prominent men are
y in making IA success
b.
given out last week
lder calls upon all can,
y Office at the coming
be members of any
ganization to resign
< or council. His rea
eileves that members
up any way political
aM Gust Paraskavas
VI at PocateilO as the
med elopement will
fis to cities north oil
a The men went tt
~ with the girls, who
W Of age. it is said
. are withheld by the
q and Carl Corners
men, Were seriousl!
sF they We're drivin,
attempted to pas.
we're thrown clear O.
'4iled completely owe
|. he sidewalk.
Women of the rura
le county farm bur
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

The federal trade commission has
recommended that the government
TAKE control Of all the principal stock
yards. eold-storage plants and ware
houses and Of refrigerator and cattle
ears. in order 20 destroy the monopoly
which II declares is exercised by Swift
< Co. Armour 4 Co. Morris & Co. Will
son & Co. Inc. and the Cudahy Pack
Ing company. The commission &C
cuses these concerns OF illegally and
oppressively controlling and manlpu-
lnting the meat and other food supplies
OF the nation. and OF profiteering.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

An outstanding feature ~ the often
siye was the great use made OF tanks
and airplanes Instead Of long BON
hard;uent which would give warning
II an attack the light. swift Tanks IN
hitherto unequaled numbers led N"
way, clearing the ground for the nd
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

Arrangements for the Arnerican-1ap-
anese expedition 10 Siberia have been
ceing f"rard rar'dly and the Czeeho-
Sbv-' fe-".S nyer 'here viii soon
have the -,c'tvr sIlinppri ~ "a small but
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

with the girls, who
w OF age, it is said,
. are withheld by the
= and Carl Corners,
men, Were seriously
ar lhey We're driving
attempted to pass
were thrown clear of
A''ed completely over
NE Sidewalk.
women Of the rural
e county farm bur-
Of the bueau as
Regular monthly
Twin Falls.
s general in northern
II Information from
saleh Reaches head.
Sate Federation OF
n --year-old daugh.
'.sen. living in the
u'e miles north of
,Saei in an open ir.
child wandered
Vas NOT missed by
|, f the accident.
booklet of 81 nays.
M u
ne Caldwell Com.
sna fide home.
a serd says, setting
~. advantages that
county in general
Of establishing
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"Girl's-Nest"

A REAL little girl resembling Bob
u tall Bettison would be thoroughly
detested by all, whereas in GirI's-Nest, by
Stella Perry, she is dear and honored
eomrade of the other little girls who fire.
quent its pages. Because children are
happily trusting in such matters they will
not realize that here is a child who would
arouse every unfriendly feeling in every
day relations, and they will be deceived
by what Miss Perry says of her good IN
tentions and smiling nature We, the
older and more cynical readers, know her
to be a most unpleasant character, domi-
neering and oversweet, remembering other
little girls, now women, who staggered
under the same load of virtues which have
been hcaped upon "Bobtail"
There are two newcomers who break
into the set of cronies which "Bobtail"
masters so expertly, a French girl and
the usual pampered city child, and for a
time we entertain faint hope that they
will withstand her, but ii is vain. Never
thcleSs, while we may feel Il strong and
vicious desire that some harm may come
The sun., 1918-09-22

father that Sylvia possessed was of fol-
lowing her mother out into the street on
a clear moonlight night after rain and
seeing him seated in a puddle outside the
house, singing an unintelligible song
which be conducted with his umbrella She
remembered her mothers calling to him
sharply, and how at last, after numerous
shakings and reproaches, he had walked
into the house on all fours, carrying the
umbrella in his mouth like a dog. She
remembered that the umbrella was some
how wrong at the end, different from any
other umbrella she had ever seen, so that
when it was put into the hall stand it
looked like a fat old market woman in
stead of the trim young lady it should
have resembled. She remembered how she
had called her mothers attention to the
loss of its feet, and how her mother, hav-
ing apparently realized for the first time
her presence at the scene, had promptly
hustled her up stairs to bed with so much
roughness that she had cried"
SYLVIA SCARLETT. BY CoMPToN MAC
KENzTE. Harper & Brothers. $l.60.
The sun., 1918-09-22
Compton Mackenzie's Sylvia Scarlet"
By Dorothy Scarborough.

CYLFII SCARLETT is captivating
- title for a romance, and Compton
Mackenzie, in his latest book, lures the
reader by it. 1t is pity that the novel
does not bear out the implied promise of
attraetiveness contained in the name of
the heroine, which is used as the title.
There is much that is interesting here,
but it is poorly arranged. The impress
sion given is of a tumble Of material
rather than ordered work. The book
seems more like the inchoate mass of
notes from which novel might be written
than finished piece of fiction. So many
incidents are given in rapid succession
that they cease to make any impression or
have any meaning as related TO the whole.
Not only is the entire life Of the lead
ing character given in minute and weari-
some detail of unrelated incidents, but
the life of her parents and of her grand
parents is likewise included. Thus there
is a lack of unity in the book that is an
noying. This character, half French and
half English, with a gypsy step-relation
somewhere in the background, has some
attractiveness. but she changes scene and
temperament so frequently that the reader
pants in the effort to keep up with her.
But not only in point of time is there a
lack of unity in the book, but in point of
effect as well. The writer seems TO know
the life lie describes-but as matter of
realism rather than of art. He lacks dis
elimination as TO what should be omitted
and what included. He leaves out moth
ing. Innumerable choppy, disconnected
incidents are given, with lack Of art that
is deplorable Nothing is left TO the
readers Imagination; nothing is managed
by suggestion.
The book contains good deal of OBJ
jectionable material. There is overmuch
profanity and vulgar conversation, and
risque comments come from the lips of the
young girl heroine There is a general
uncleanness of atmosphere
The story has some merits, but not
enough to balance its defects. There are
flashes of clever dialogue, there are good
bits of character description, there is a
certain aetuality of scene, but on the
whole the novel is not to be commended
either from the standpoint of art or of
morals.
Something of the nature of the scenes
and characters described may be gathered
from the opening paragraph:
"The first complete memory of her
The sun., 1918-09-22
For Ultimate Consumers

lust why the cooperative system
y of purchasing has been such an
enormous success in Great Britain and
such an almost complete failure in the
United States is one of those things mo
Teller can find out" Emerson P. Harris
does not explain this anomaly in his book
on Cooperation, the Hope Of the Con-
sumner, although he does set down every
thing else that is known about this subject
both historically and theoretically. .
Mr.. Harris, who ran a country store as
a foundation for his knowledge of his
subject, begins his text with a survey of
The Failure Of our Middlemdnism Ito
which he devotes three chapters; dis
cusses Reasons and the Remedy III six
more; deyotes nine chapters to details of
Practical Cooperation full of useful hints
and incidentally describing some of the
experiences of the Montclair, n. j., Co
operative Store, the final five chapters
being given UP to the historical record
of cooperation in Europe under the title
background and Outlook.
Certainly no one can complain that Mr..
Harris has not covered this whole topic
fully nor in anything but the most opti
mistic spirit, and to help his text out, al
though we do not think this was neces-
sary, he has had John Graham Brooks
write an introduction and four other CO.
operative enthusiasts contribute papers
to form an appendix.
With the best will in the world toward
cooperation as the hope of the ultimate
consumer, we fear the only way it can
make Roadway in this country is for the
Government to find it another necessary
war measure" and to make the ultimate
consumers adopt cooperation just as they
subscribe to Liberty loans, conserve sugar
and lick War Savings Stamps. Other
wise the natural contrariness Of the
American human animal will probably
lead him along the uncooperative paths,
and the butcher, the baker and the candle
stick maker will continue to wax rich of
him.
COOPERATION, THE HOPE OF THE
CONSUMER. By EMERSON P. HARRIS.
The Macmillan Company. %.
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to this paragon later in life, we are not
blinded to the fact that Miss Perry has
made good story of GirPs-Nest, readable
for grownups and extremely pleasant for
very young girls.
GIRL s. NEST. BY STELLA PERRY. Fred
erick A. Stokes Company. $l.40.
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COOPERATION, THE HOPE OF THE
CONSUMER. By EMERSON P. HARRIS.
The Macmillan Company. 81.