The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-02-08
CHAPTER ~,
At the aidinu School.

grace.
Hc had risen Mt six. 5athed, dressed,
n gone to mass, in disgrace. He
had b~reakfasted ut seven-thirty ON
fruit. cereal, and one egg, in disgrace.
He had gone tn his study ut eight
O'Clock for lessons. in disgrace. A
long line of tutors came and went all
morning. and he worked diligently. but
he was still in disgrace. All MORT
ing long and in the Intervals between
tutors he had tried to catch Miss
Rraithwaite's eye.
Except for the most ordinary civil.
tiles. she had refused to look in his
direction.
The French tutor was standing nenr.
n photograph Of Hedwlg. and pretend
ing not to look Mt it. Prince Ferdinand
William Otto had Il suspicion that the
tutor was in love with Hedwig.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto did
not like. the French tutor.
He also found the sun unsettling.
Besides. he hated verbs. Nouns were
different. One could do something
with nouns. although even they had
u way Of having yenders. fntu. his
head. popped a recollection of Il de-
iightful 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
Off the Of a piece OF paper.
chewed it deliberately. rounded and
hardened 1t with his royal fingers. and
aimed 1t at NJ. Fuanx. 1t struck him
in the eye. 49,
Instantly things happened. M.
Puaux yelled. and ciupped a hand to
his eye. Miss Byaithwalte. rose. HE
royal highness wrote a rather shaky
French verb, with the wrong termina-
Hon.. And o N 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. Bu, Milky was
an informal person, and was quite Ant
to how deeply before his future soyer-
eign. and then poke him in the chest.
well" said Milky.
Good morning." snid Prince Fcrii-
nand William Otto. in a small and
nervous voice.
Nothing wrong. Is there?' de-
manded Milky.
NJ. Puaux got out his handkerchief
and said nothing violently.
"OttO" said Miss Braithwaite.
"What did you do?"
Nothing" He looked about. He
was quite convinced that NJ. Puaux
was what Bobby would have termed
q poor sport, and had not played the
game fairly. The guard at the roll
way. he felt. would not have yelled
and wept. "Oh, well. I threw a piece
OF paper. That's all. I didn't think
1t wonld hurt"
Miss B~raithwaite rose and glanced
al the carpet. But Milky was quick.
Quick and understanding. He put his
shiny foot over the paper wad.
paper" said Miss Bnithwaite.
"Why did you throw paper? Aud at
NJ. Puauxy'
"I-just felt like throwing some.
thing" explained his royal highness.
Il guess it's the sun, or something"
Milky dropped his glove. and mlrac-
ulously. when he had picked 1t up the
little wad was gone.
"FOr throwing paper, five marks"
said Miss Braithwaite, and put 1t
down in the book she carried in her
pocket. II was rather an awful book.
On Saturdays the king looked 1t over.
and demanded explanations: sol
untidy nails. five marks. A gentle
nan never has untidy nails, Otto. For
objecting to winter fiannels, two
marks. Humph. For pOcketing sugar
from the tea tray. ten marks, Humph
For lack of attention during religious
instruction, FIVE marks. Ten of for
the sugar. and only five for ~inattention
to religious instruction! What have
you to say sir?"
Prince Ferdinand William Otto
looked at Milky and Milky looked
back. Then Ferdinand William Otto's
left eyelid dropped. Milky was
astounded. How was ne to know the
treasury Of strange things that the
crown prince had tapped the previous
afternoon? But. after a glance around
the room. Nikky's eyelid dropped also.
He slid the paper wad into his pocket.
n am afraid his royal highness has
hurt your eye, NJ. Puaux," said Miss
Braithwaite.