The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-29

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IVA ~e 80
old, taken by his aunt to the cpers. tires
Of the singing and slips away 70 the park
and there makes the ra~cQuaintAnoe OF
Bobby Thorpe. . little American boy. =
CHAPTER H-RsturninT 70 the psl.es
1T night the crown prince 0pds everything
x sn T 4Rs0e eh. ~ 8 es' imp q r. On ss1s sSs oid
king. the boys srandfaahtr. who 10 very
III. the need for bettsr pr0tectton q the
Grown prlncs and suggests that the frisnd,
Be cementsd by giving the Princess Had
Wig in marriage to him. The Old !
finally agrees. 49,. a.. - Sod, tn.
But NIkKy nd hot. come. rs -.
At twelve O'Clock. Prince Ferdinand
william OTTO, clad In his riding gar
ments Of tweed kalckers. puttee& and
q belted Jacket, stood by the school
room window and looked out. The
inner windows Of his suite faced the
court yard. but the schoolreom opened
over the place-a bad arrangement
surely, seeing what distractions to les
son r,ay lake place in II public square.
what pigeons feeding in the sun, what
bands with drums and drum majors,
what children flying kites.
II don't understand It." the crewn
prince said pIaintiveiy. "IIe Is gem
orally very punctual. Perhaps
But he Loyalty refused to finish the
sentence. The perhaps was a
g~rieyous thought, nothing less than
that Milky and Hedwig were at that
moment riding in the ring together,
and had both forgotten him. j
Prince Ferdinand William Otto con-
suited his watch. 1t was Of gold, ami
On the inside was engraved:
"To Ferdinand William Otto from
his grandfather, on the occasion Of his
taking his first communion"
Its getting rather late" he OBJ
served. -'
Miss B%raithwaite looked troubled.
mo doubt something has Detained
him." she said, with unusual gentle
ness. "YOu might work It the frame
for your Cousin Hedwig. Then. IL
Captain Larisch comes. you can still
have a part Of your lesson"
Prince Ferdinand William Otto
frightened. The burnt wood photo
graph frame for Hedwig was his de-
light. And yesterday. us a punishment
FOR the escapade OF the day before. 1t
had been put away with an alarming
air Of iinality.
The typography outfit was produced.
and for fifteen minutes Prince Ferti-
naad William Otto iabored. hts head
"a one SIDE. his royal tongue slightly
protruded. But above the thin blue
smoke OF burning, his face remained
wistfui. He was afraid, terribly
afraid, that he had been forgotten
again.
Il hope Milky Is not ILL.," he said
once. "He smokes u great many cIga-
retteS. He says he knows they are
bad for him."
Certainly they are bad for him."
said Miss Braithwaite. They contain
nicotine, which Is a Violent poison. A
drop OF nicotine on the tongue Of q
dog will kill It."
The reference was unfortunate.
II wish 1 might have a dog" OBJ
served Prince Ferdinand William Otto.
Fortunately, at that moment, He'd
wig came I'm. She came In a tritie
defiantly, although that passed I'M
noticed. and she also came
nounced, as was her cOusinly privilege.
And she stood inside the door and
stared at the prince. "Weli!" she
said. lis there to be no riding lesson
tOday?" <-~"~~~S~~~nsa~'s~
II don't know. Milky has not
come" I.t
"Where IL he7"
Here the drop OF nicotine got in its
deadly work. "I'm afraid he Is ILL.,"
said Prince Ferdinand william Otto.
"He said he smoked too many
cigarettes, and"
lis Captain Larisch lillY Hedwig
looked at the gOverness, and lost some
Of her bright color.
Miss Braithwaite did not know, and
said so. cat the very least" she went
on, she should have sent some word.
I do net know what things are coming
to. Since his majesty's illness, no une
seems to have any responsibility. or
to take any"
"But Of course he would have sent
word" said Hedwig, frowning. II
don't understand it. He has never
been so late before, has he?
'He has never been late at ALL"
Prince Ferdinand William Otto spoke
up quickly. 52 4:<:i -,.
After a time Hedwfg went away
Did the crown prince took Off his rid
Ing clothes. He ate u very small
luncheon, swallowing mostly a glass OF
milk and a lump In his throat. And
afterward he worked at the frame, for
an hour, shading the hearts carefully.
At three O'clock he went for his drive.
The horses moved sedately. BeppO
looked severe and naughty. A strange
man, in the place of Hans. beside
BeppO, watched the crowd with keen
and vigilant eyes. On the box be-
tween them, under his hand, the new
foOtman had placed a revolver. Beppo
sat as far away from it AZ he dared.
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