The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-03-29

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book she hesitated over, but at las
with shrug of her shoulders, she re
turned 1t to its hiding place In tn
jewel-case.
Coupled with her bitterness was
sense of relief. Only when the paper
were destroyed had she realized tn
weight they had been. She summoned
Minna. her maid. and dressed for tn,
street. Then, Minna accompanying
her, she summoned her carriage ant
went shopping.
She reached the palace again IL
time to dress for dinner. Somewher,
on that excursion she had left the let
ter, to be sent to its destination over
the border by special messenger thai
night.
| Prince Ferdinand William Otto, al
the moment of her return, was pre-
pairing for bed. He washed himself
with Oskar standing by, holding @
great soft towel. Even the towels
were too large. And he brushed his
teeth, and had two drinks of water,
because stiffish feeling In his throat
persisted. And at last he crawled up
into the high bed that was so much
too big for him, and had 10 crawl out
again, because he had forgotten his
prayers.
When everything was done, and the
hour of putting out the light could no
longer be delayed, he said good night
Tn nckor hn hnxrad Thnra q
great deal of bowling in Otto's world.
Then, whisk 1t was dark, with only
the moon face of the cathedral clock
for company. And as 1t was now
twenty minutes past seven, the two
hands dropped until it looked like a
face with a cruel mouth, and was
really very poor company.
Oskar, having bowed himself into
the corridor and past the two sentries,
reported to a very great dignitary
across the hall that his royal highneSs
the Crown Prince Ferdinand William
Otto was in bed. And the dignitary
had chance to go away and get his
dinner.
But alone in his great bed, the
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 so. He reached
put and secured one of the two clean
folded handkerchiefs that were always
placed ON the bedside stand at night, |
and blew his nose very loudly. But
he could not sleep.
He gave Miss Braithwaite time to go |
% her sitting room, and for eight |
)'clock to pass, because once every |
lour, all night. young gentleman of
he court, appointed for this purpose
md dubbed a wet nurse" by jealous
comrades, cautiously opened his door
md made a stealthy circuit of the
DOM, to see that all was well.
The crown prince got up. He neg
ected to put on his bedroom slippers,
f course, and In his bare feet he
added across the room to the study
DOR. 1t was not entirely dark. A
light light burned there. 1t stood on
table directly under the two crossed
Beneath the swords, in a
urnt wood frame, were the pictures
( his father and mother. Hedwig had
iven him a woodworking outfit at
hristmas, and he had done the work
imseIf. 1t consisted of the royal
rms, somewhat out Of drawing and
OF exactly in the center of the frame,
nd q floral border of daisies, ex-
.emely geometrical, because he had
rawn them in first with compass.
The boy, however, gave the pictures
My a hasty glance and proceeded, In
businesslike manner, to carry a
raight chair to the cabinet. On the
70 shelf sat the old cloth dog. Its
loe-button eyes looked glazed with
eep, but its ears were quite alert.
cry cautiously the crown prince I'M
cked the door, stepped precariously
, the lower shelf of the cabinet,
ing there by one royal hand, and
tied the dog down.
At nine o'clock the wet nurse took
I his sword in another room and
aned it against chair. Then he
his revolver, In accordance
18th formula prescribed by the old
ng. Then he went in and examined
e room with a nashlight, and lis
ned to the crown princes breathing.
e had been croupy baby. And, at
st, he turned the fiashlight on to the
d. A pair Of shoe-button eyes
AIRED at him from the pillow.
'Well, I'm --y said the wet nurse.
nd went out, looking thoughtful.
In shop where, that afternoon, the
untess had purchased some Lyons
ks, one of the clerks, Peter Niburg.
as free at last. At seven o'clock, :
wing put away the last rolls of silk
the shelves behind him, and covered
EN- with calico to keep OF the dust;
wing given q final glance of disdain
the clerk In the linens, across
wing reached under the counter for
8 stiff black hat Of good quality and r
8 silver-topped cane; having donned g
e hat and hung the stick to his arm p
tn two staggering gestures; having ii
epared hts offensive, 70 to speak, he
vanced. II
Between Peter Niburg and Herman 4
Ter Of the linens, was . feud. IT.