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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-06
Could Not Eat or Sleep
Made Well BY PERUNA

Mr.. william 2. Denny, 1923 Park
Ave-, Springfield. Ohio, writes:
Il find great pleasure in writing
you and thanking you for what Pc
runa has already done for qe.
have been troubled with catarrh for
years, and it had affected my head,
nose. throat and stomach, that !
could not eat nor sleep with any sat-
isfaction.
Il have just taken three bottles.
can eat most anything and am greatly
relieved of nervousness. so that when
! lie down ! can sleep without the
least trouble. recommend it to all
those who are sufferers of that dread
full disease, catarrh."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-06
DISEASE is
EVER THE SAME

And in view of this fact medicine
like Hoods Sarsaparilla, which has
been successful for more than 40
years, is a safe one to rely upon.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is known
to the people of America as the
standard blood purifier. Its record
is one of general satisfaction and re-
markable results. There is nothing
better as ageneral tonic and Appetite
maker for weak and rundown men,
women and children and old people,
invalids and convalescents.
1t is pleasant to take, aids diges-
ton, and supplies the vital organs
with rich red blood essential to
perfect health.
Get Hoods Sarsaparilla today and
begin TO take it at once.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-06
.$s,5s4,OOO
Total
Eight Former Greek
Officers Are Arrested

London, Feb. Is. = Eight former
Greek officers, including five ex-min-
listers of the cabinet have been arrest
ed ''as the result of mutinies,n an
Athens dispatch reported today.
They included former Ministers Ia
logosta, Hatzopoulos, Tsaldari, Trian-
tafillakos and Baltazze; General Con.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-06

set aside for liberty bond installments
"What can a guy do with money out
here?" demanded one little artillery
man, standing with his gas mask ready
for use, and flourishing a handful of
franc notes.
Apparently the question was soon an
swered. Ten minutes later an old blan-
ket was spread out on the ground un-
derneath the trees, and a cluster of Sam
mics was kneeling about it, intently
watching certain small white objects
which were cast ever and anon upon
the blanket while the soldiers cried:
"Come on, my baby needs a pair of
shoesl" and "read 'em; read 'em,
gents. Read 'em and weepl"
Mail is being delivered to the
trench regularly. The carriers arrive at
"the front - with invaluable missives
from "back there" and return laden
with letters and cablegrams addressed
to the home folks which can be promptly
dispatched from the American base.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-06
Many VIII Be Tried
For Their Part In Strike

Berne, Feb. 5.-One hundred and
tWenty-six persons are awaiting trial
in Berlin on charges growing out Of
the general strike, dispatches received
here today asserted.
Former Editor Eisner Of the social
ist organ Vorwaerts and Mrs. Lerch
Unterleutner, prominent socialist, will
be tried in Munish for high treason.
Both are said to have been active in
agitating strike demonstrations.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-06

moundoros, Jean Resallis, son of the
former premier and Prince Ypsilanti,
former equerry to King Constantine.
Ex-Premier Skouloudis is "under
surveillance, it was stated.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-08-08
III

Slf Wtouate paren ieitber periloiieu,
anb piel Srauer unb mel geib batten bas
Sabr gebra6t. g8enn man ben Stabts
fir6bof pom Der Iinten Seite ber betrat,
bort no iif bic nsuen @rabbii9el polbs
ten, elmer neben benz anbern, ianb man
einen G,rabitein nit ber 9tufI6rift:
.Sier rubt 6lara pon WtOnnins. Sic
itarb I'M uierilnbswan3isiten Sebenss
iabre."
Sm pierllnb;ipansisiten 2ebensiabre !
Die gSelt bebauerte Die iunse 6rau, bic
pl6sli9 all ber Oipbtberitis pertor6en,
uuS bic Elm unmiinoises Sinb bintcrlieB,
sin paar Gage lang, nm iie Johann iiber
timer anberen Stabtnelisfeit unb iiber
irsenb sinem neuen Eobesfaa Su uersei:
fen.
8aItber bate SrduIein grifa in einis
gen i3eilen triudt, porIGufig bic Yflege
ieiues &tnbes ;u iibernebmen, bieie aber
oas 9lnerbieter fiibl abselebnt unter benz
gorpunb, baB iie fir ben fommenben
9tbenb pon benz Siiriten uon SO. auises
forbert worbeu iei, eiuige Yieeen porsus
tragen in elmer Soir6e, bic Der Siirit su
eeben beabiidti9e, unb baB ibre &unit,
bepor fie por eiu fold fritii6es 9ublis
finn aus ben eriten &reiien trete, all ibre
Seit eriorbere.
g8ie i9Sn iie mar, i66n trot Der
9lGiIe, bic iiber ibren ausbrufspolleu
3iscn lag, ais iie in benz einfa6en peis
Ben Mulltleibs nit Der weiben 0toie i'm
Saar unter bic @dlte trat. Die @eieas
Idait, bic bereits aui bas Galeut ber iuus
gen &iinitlsrin aufmertiam 9ema6t NOR;
ocu mar, fam grifa Sternef frsunblib
entsesen.
rSic iinb 70 bIab, mein SrauIeiu,
fiir9ten sic uniere allSuitrense aritif?
ladte bic Siiritin pon So, inbem iie
ieIbit bic innse Dame gum SliiseI seIeis
tete.
Grifa Sterned itammelts sinigs pers
legene Worte, ibre Sanb, bic ben 6a6er
aui ben Sliisel leste, ,itterte, aIs iie iiu;
Ter ben 9lnpeienoen 98aItber uon Wt0ns
ming entoedte.
Die Dame trdst nur eigene 8bantas
fen por, tOnts ss ba unb bort aus ben
gruppsn Der @eieuidaft.
Sin 9eIpa9tes Spiel" meinte elmer
Der anlpeienben Serren, elm @omponiit,
nit sinem etuaS bosbaitsn 9d5eln.
9lber fir bas GaIent einsr Grita Sters
ned mar Sas Spiel nidt ;u sewast. SIM
9lufans frsili9 id;en cine sepiie Ses
tIommenbeit auf Der iusenOli9en &Ias
uieripieIerin su Iates bann ieeo4
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-08-08
-Gine praftifde Neuein

Cline praftif6e Reuei NJ
ridtung i'm @irtbsbausleben. @ait
Sellner sableu !-&ellner: Cine Suppe
&r., elm Sraten As Rr., matt sus
ianmen "a 6r.-@ait: 90? (ltimmt
bic Speiietarte.) Sisr itebt ia absr:
Suppe Rr., 9raten 80 Sr. 2-&sllner
(sicbt aus Der Sruittaide cine ;peite
Speiietarte beraus): Sitt' I'm GntiduIs
bisung, bier itebt es senau 10, ME ids
9'iast bab'. = Gjait SSa, pie tommt
6enm bas ?-Sellner: ga, ieben g. bos
lit halt bic Rarte gum Seitellen unb bic
bier 1T Die Rarte gum SesabItnl
-au5 sine Sraupon 9eift.
81: ,9lllo unier Sreunb 6. bal fi3
wirfli1 pcrbeiraibst ?"-9.: ySarpobi,
por pier Waonaten !"-a.: limb bat cine
bibibe Srau, bic, r,ie i6 bore, iebr pisl
geiit beiisen iolIl" - g.: ,Mafiens
baftl llnb namentIid - @iberipru6s.
aeiit!"
Serr: .gitts, raitsrsn Sls
mid, f9nel, i9 f.he aus ipie elm
Stadeli6pein." - 8arbisr: D8itte
fsbr, Die Sta9sIn trissen mir slsi4
pea." --
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-08-08
Cine 9ianitrnmpfmaars.

Gin 9lauitrumpf uon Der bldulidlten
SOrte,
Sie bidtet fpdt, iie bidtrt irHb -
Der arms geier mer uoll S9aubcru.
Sc 1T Die ni9ternts Fosiie.
Gin 8Iuuitrumpf oon Der bIduIiditen
Sorte,
sic bi6tet frib. lie bidtct ipot -
Der arme Sjatts isOeu Wiiiiog
Die ueriaISenite Suppe gu eiicu bat.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-08-08

Ser;os mubte enoli1 fcineu 2a9musfeln
bas SeIb rdnmen rno Dem S1wieger=
fobne bes 9a3ters mar 9ebuIicn. 9enn
in Der suten aItcn 3cit, ia9t unier Gbrpz
nifidreiber, tbaten Die 9roBen !Serrsn
inner @uteS iiir's arme Solf, wenn jie
la6ten.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-08-08

na6i5teppcnbcm @eIellidaftstIeio fob
rtlide Stufen berab, als polle iie bem
Sammer brinnen entilishen. 9lber Der
baitenbs SUB permodte bic Slii6tise
sidht ueit Su trasen, man bOrte iie ploss
Iid nit bumpfeu Sal in bic 8niee
bre6en, unb: vtobt, tobt, tobt,1 aellte
es, pimmerte es iiber uns bin III Sonen,
rpie i'd iie nod niemals pon Meni9ens
lippen pernommen bate, ipGbrenb buinpf
in berielben Minute Die Wtitterna6tss
itunSc idIua. Tobt! gs Hang 70 ents
ietlid, bieS cine @ort, bas in 9tadt
unb @raus unb @lodenflana binein ae:
mfsn mcrbsn. Yer iunse Ropf Dor mir
panbte iid idb unb bansenb na9 mir
um, Slpei sroBe, flebenoe 9tnsen bIiss
ten mid all. .Sbise midi" i6ienen
bic ,psi 9lussn su flcben, unb unipiGtiirs
li6 Iegts i9 ben arm MN Die i9lante
Electromagnetic. aIs miiBtei i'd iie idiisen,
bis Der sebeimniBuous Wiirser Cob bins
pessesosen.
90 itanben mir i'm OuHfcl, Gins an
bas glnbers seidmiest. Sbre tleine
Sanh, bic einen Sdder umidloiien belt,
psrIor fi1 in meiner Re1ten. llnbes
pubt bate iie iid an mid ssIebnt, uns
bcrpubt bate i'd iis an mid ge,osen.
Oas Wprt rEobt", bas iiber uns Fin
sefIunsn, bate aIei9iam ein sebeim.
ni6uolles Sanb UNI uns ber ssi6lunsen;
mie uon ben S6auern Der Gmisteit bes
riibrt. neiste id mid iiber bic, Die ab.
nuussloS, uillenlos ibr Saupt OIL meine
gruit sslebnt, tiefer unb tiefer, bic meine
eippen bic ibrisen beriibrten."
9SaItber i6uisg unb bIieb itcben.
Grifa Sternef panOte ii6 lansiam
na6 ibm UNI; ibr 9lntIis eridien in
bieiem ausenbIid 10 bIutlcer, baB es ii6
iait unbeimlid aus bem .3wieIidt abbob.
ySit S9re Grsa9Iuns su gnbs2" irus
iie lciit.
Sic iif's. Die geribruns meincr
0ippen bate bic llnbetannte aus ibrer
trdumerii6en llnbeiansenbsit seriiieu,
unb pie bas Mdr9ens Slid entfliebt. 10
sntilob iie mir, uno nibtS Don ibr bIieb
in meinen Sduben suriif, ais elm Stiit
i6res Sdders."
Grita lieB pom 6liisel ber cinise Purge
9tfforbe errlinsen, unb banu, pie in
i9euer, dn9itIi9er Sruse, rang es ii9
pom ibrem Muube:
rlln6 bat iib in Sbre @rinnerrn9 oil
ieneu 9luscnbIif ME etwas pie Sera6s
tuns ge6rdnst, ba9ten sic ME, baB bas
Mao9su, bas ii9 oil bic Sruit bes
6remOen seneisr. cine 5Ofette iein
fonnte2"
v0eiel Senn bic &otette batte f5
5alten laHeu. bic aofette wiirDe mir
,tmas srriid seIaiien baben, bas mir
bic 8ese ,u ibr sebubnt bate"
yllnb Sic ipiHen ni9ts pom ibr?A
,9fi6ts als mas i'd bel ber 0eriibs
olns ibrer 2ippcn erfabreu."
lSaltber itanO iett uor benz 6liisel,
aber er peritummte nit sinem Wtal.
Der Sib por bem letteren mar leer,
unb leer au9 mar bas @jema6.
Grit ipdt am glbeub erI6ien 5rdulein
uon Sternef pieoer. 9lber ieltian, iBr
Bid permieb ben Sausberrn. Sic tbeilte
Der Sausfrau i6er;enO init, baB iie ibr
pollfommen Redt seben miiiie biniidts
lid bes SabeIs, ben iie iiber ibr Spiel
ausseipro6en, unb baB iie in 6oIge
beilen i6on morsen ibre Stubien am
gonierpatorium uon 9teucm auf3unebz
men sebente. Grifa iaste bas serabe,
als bis @lode bic ;w6If S9Idse pers
ucbmen lieB, un6 Sitternb iprans iie
empor. v9eben Sic pobl, Serr pou
Monnins!" fliiiterte lie. Die Sanb, bic
iie in Die ieinise leste, mar eisfaIt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-08-08
g ebauteniplittcr.

3umeiit beitimmt oeines Htrtss Oauer
0es gobens 0rudtbarfeit. aut ben IS
feel;
Ri6t felter lebt elm arser @aienDausr
Siel Hanger ais ein sutes Graueripiel.
Sas III bes @ibcs Isi6te Yeute:
gr mabt iid Iuitig iiber bic 9eutc,
Opd Der Sumor 1T rauf beoa9t,
Sas CT bic 9entr Iuitis madt.
Glib. 0toberi9.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-05

love Of his city. To this the chancellor
observed that it would be arranged,
and the affair was over. To Obviate
the difficulty of having the delegation
back down the long room, it 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 IL.
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 as a man grown, but as
small boy again; and his queen, put
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 thing
he could think of. He thrust his warm
hand into his grandfather's cropping
one, and the touch of his soft flesh
reused the king.
The sister left them together, and
in her small room dropped on her
knees before the holy image.
In the kings bed chamber Prince
Ferdinand William Otto sat on high
chair. and talked, but he viewed his
grandfather with alarm. His aunt had
certainly fntimated that his running
away had made the king worse. And
he looked very i'll.
I'm awfully sorry, grandfather" he
said.
"For what?"
THAT went away the other day,
sir"
at was, after all, a natural thing
to do"
The crown prince could hardly be-
lieve his ears.
"If it could only be arranged safely
"a little freedom" The king lay
still with closed eyes
Prince Ferdinand William Otto felt
uneasy. "Bue am very comfortable,
and-and happy" he fastened to say.
"You are, please. not to worry about
me, sir"
The king still held his hand, but
he said fothing. There were many
things he wanted to say. he had gene
crooked where this boy must 50
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-05
Tnavfng resolved tnss old .AdelbssN

Tnaving resolved rnas old .Adeabsss
needed distraction and cheering.
"You know" he said, talking through
the window of the booth, ~ think
when grow up I'll be a pirate"
There be worse trades" said old
Adelbert, whose hand was now against
every man.
"And hide treasure" Bobby went on
"In ain a cave. you know" Bobby
edged closer to the window. 'Tve got
the cave already"
"Sol"
Here, in the park. 1t is great
secret"
"a cave-here in the parkT"
"Pll take you, if you'd like to see It."
Old Adelbert was puzzled. The park
offered, so far as he knew, no place
for a cave. 1t was a plain, the site
Of the old wall, and now planted IN
grass and flowers. He himself had
seen it graded and sown. A cavel
where"
THAT'S secret. But I'll show 1t to
you, If 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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straight. He had erred, and the boy
must avoid his errors. He had cher.
ished enmities, and In his age they
cherished him. And now
"May I ask you a question, sir?'
"What is it?"
"Will you tell me about Abraham
Lincoln?"
'WhyY The king was awake
enough now. He fixed the crown
prince with keen eyes.
"Well, Miss Braithwaite does not
care for him. She says he was not q
great man, not as great as Mr.. Glad
stone, anyhow. But Bobby-that's the
boy 1 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 man"
Prince Ferdinand William Otto
fdgeted, but he answered bravely
you, sir"
"Humph!" The king lay still, smil
ing slightly. SWELL" he observed
there are, of course, other opinions
as to that. Observation-Disclosures Lin
coin was a very great man. A
dreamer, visionary, but great man
You might ask Miss Braithwaite t
teach you his Gettysburg address, i
is rather a model as to speech making
although it contains doctrines that
well, you'd better learn it."
"Yes, sir" said Prince Ferdinand
| William Otto. He hoped 1: was no
very long.
"Otto," said the king suddenly, "dt
you ever look at your fathers pic
| ture?"
mot always"
"You might-look at 1t now ant
then. I'd like you to do it."
"Yes, SIR"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-05
CHAPTER XIII.
The Gate of the Moon.

A curious friendship had sprung up
between old Adelbert and Bobby
Thorpe. In off hours, after school, the
boy hung about the ticket takers
booth, swept now to wonderful clean
illness and adorned within with pic
lures cut from the illustrated papers.
OutWardly .Adelbert was peaceful.
The daughter now received his pension
in full, and wrote comforting letters.
But his resentment and bitterness at
the loss of his position at the opera
continued, even grew.
For while he had now even greater
wage, and could eat three meals, be-
sides second breakfast and afternoon
coffee, down deep in his heart old
Adelbert felt that he had lost caste.
The opera-that was setting! he
had been, then, of the elect. And now,
to what had he fallenl To selling
tickets for an American catchpenny
scheme, patronized by butchers, by
housemaids, by the common people
a noisy, uproarious crowd, that never
theless counted their change with
suspicious eyes, and brought lunches
in paper boxes, which they scattered
about.
There was, however, a consolation.
He had ordered new uniform. Not
for twenty years had he ventured the
extravaganza, and even now his eau
tiouS soul quailed at the price. For
the last half dozen years he had
stumped through the streets, painfully
aware of shabbiness. of shiny back,
of patches, when, on the anniversary
Of the great battle to which he had
sacrificed leg, the veterans marched
between lines of cheering people.
Now, on this approaching anniver-
sary, he could go peacefully, nay, even
proudly. The uniform was of the best
cloth, and on its second fitting showed
already it's marvel of tailoring.
On an evening a week before the
parade would occur he got out his
boots. He bought always large boots
with straight soles, the right not much
different from the left In shape. Thus
he managed thrifty to wear, on his
one leg, first one of the pair, then the
other. But they were both worn now,
and because of the cost of the new
uniform, he could not buy others.
Armed with the better of the two
he visited the cobbler's shop, and there
met with bitter news.
"a patch here, and a new heel, COM
rade," he said. with that and pol
fishing, it will do well enough for
marching"
The usual group was in the shop,
mostly young men, scattering of gray
heads. The advocates of strange doc
trines, most of them. Old Adelbert
disapproved of them, regarded them
with a sort of contempt.
Now he felt that they smiled behind
his back. 1t was his clothing, he felt.
He shrugged bis shoulders disdain-
fully. He no longer felt ashamed be-
fore them. Already, although the
tailor still pressed its seams and
marked upon it with chalk, he was
clad in the dignity of the new uni
form.
He turned and nodded to them. "a
fine evening" he said. IF this
weather holds, we will have a good
day for the marching" He squinted
a faded eye at the sky outside.
'What marchingf"
Old Adelbert turned on the speaker
sharply. Probably you have forgot
ten" he said scornfully, "but in week
comes an anniversary there are many
who will remember. The day of q
great battle. Perhaps" he added, II
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-05

precautions having been taken, the
two conspirators set off. Three
rather, for Tucker, too, was now Oh
the band of the black flag.
Outside the thicket Bobby hesitated
81 ought to blindfold you," he said
"But 1 guess you'll need your eyes
It's hard place to get to-"
Perhaps, had he known the dfficul
ties ahead, old Adelbert would nd
have gone on. And, had he turnet
back then, the history Of a certaif
kingdom Of Europe would have beef
changed. Maps, too, and school books
and the life story of small prince
But he went on. Stronger than hif
young guide, he did not crawl, bW
bent aside the stiff and ungainly
branches Of the frs. He battled wit4
the thicket, and came out victorious
He was not so old, then, or so feeble
His arm would have been strong fot
the king, had not
"There it I" cried Bobby.
Not a cave, it appeared at first. A
lOW uOOL Way OdLA Cu with oh "a Oh 6Aos~
ing, and padlocked. A doorway In the
base Of side wall of the gate, and
so heaped with leaves that its lower
half was covered.
Bobby produced key. II broke the
paddock that was on It." he explained.
81 smashed 1t with a stone. But i
got another. / always lock It."
Prolonged search produced the key.
Old Adelbert's face was set hard. On
what dungeon had this boy stufhbled9
It was strange.
Bobby was removing the feaf-mold
with his hands. cit was almost all
covered when found It." he said, In
dustriously scraping.
The door swung In, silently, as
though the hinges had been recently
oiled; as indeed they had, but not by
the boy.
"It's rather dirty" he explained,
"You go down steps first. BE very
careful" f~ y
He extended an earthly hand and led
the old man down. "It's dark here,
but there's room below; quite good
room. And have candles"
Truly, a room. Built of old brick,
and damp, but with free circulatioh
of air. Old Adelbert stared about him.
1t 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. 80
Old Adelbert felt curiously shaken.
"None have visited this place since you
have been here?" he asked.
II don't suppose any one knows
about ii. Do you"
'Those who built It, perhaps. But
1t is old, very old. 1t is possible"
He stopped, lost In speculation.
There had been a story once OF q
passageway under the wall, but he
recollected nothing clearly. A passage
way leading out beyond the wall,
through which. in a great siege,
messenger had been sent for help. But
that was a passage; while this was
dungeon.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-05

| you do not know of what / speak, there
are some here who will tell you"
at is the way of the old to live in
the past" student said. Then, imi-
tating old Adelbert's majestic tone
1--WE, we live in the future. Eli, COM
rades?" He turned to the old soldier
| "You have not seen the bulletins?"
"Bulletins?"
'"There will be no marching, my
friend. The uniform now-that is O
pity. Perhaps the tailor" His eyes
| Knocked.
mo marchingT"
San order of the council. 1t seems
that the city is bored by these ancient
reminders. 1t is for peace, and would
forget wars. And professions are cost
~. We grow thrifty. Bands and fire
works cost money, and money. my
hero, is scarce-very scarce"
Again the group laughed.
After a time he grasped the truth
There was such an order. The cause
was given as the kings illness.
"Since when," demanded old Abel
bert angrily, has the sound of his
soldiers marching disturbed the kingT
"The sound of wooden legs annoys
him." observed the mocking student
lighting cigarette. HE would hear
only pleasant sounds, such as the noise
of tax money pouring into his vaults
Mel can think of q pleasanter: the
tolling of the cathedral bell, at Ger
tain time, will be music to my ears 7
| Old Adelbert stood, staring ahead
At last he went out into the street
lnuttering. "They shame us before the
people," he said quickly.
The order of the council had indeed
been issued, a painful business over
which Mettlich and the council ha6
Wondered long. For, in the state OF
things, 1t was deemed unwise to per
nit any gathering Of the populace er
masse. Mobs lead to riots, and riots
again to mobs. Five thousand armed
men, veterans, but many of them II
their prime, were in themselves
danger. And on these days Of ami
yersary 1t had been the custom of the
university to march also, guard OF
honor. Sedition was rife among the
students.
The order was finally issued.
Old Adelbert was i'll that night. HI
tossed about In a fever. His bod!
ached, even the leg which so long agt
had moldered in it's shallow grave OF
a battlefield. For these things happen
By morning he was better, but he wa:
a different man. His eyes glowed. Hi'
body twitched. He was stronger, too
for now he broke his sword across hi:
knee, and flung the pieces out Of the
window. And with them went the las
fragment of his old loyalty to his king
Old Adelbert was now, potentially,
traitor.
On the morning after Adelbert hat
turned his back on his king, Bobby
Thorpe rose early, so early, indeed
that even Pepy still slept in her mar
row bed, and the milk sellers had moi
started on their rounds. The early
rising was a mistake, owing to watch
which had strangely gained an hour.
Somewhat disconsolately, he wan
dered about. Heavy quiet reigned
From a window he watched the meat
seller hang out freshly killed deer