The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-10-31

dull red to smoking grny. The code
book she hesitated over, but Mt last,
with q shrug Of her shoulders, she re-
turned II to Its hiding place In the1
jewel-case.
Coupled with her bitterness was a
sense Of relief. Only when the papers
were destroyed had she realized the
weight they had been. She summoned
Nina, her maid. and dressed for h
street. Then. MInna accompanying
her, she summoned her carriage and
went shopping.
She reached the palace again In
time to dress for dinner. Somewhere
on that excursion she had left the let
ter. to be sent to its destination over
the border by special messenger that
night.
Prince Ferdinand william Otto. ut
the moment Of her return. was pre-
pairing for bed. lie washed himself,
with Oskar standing by, holding a
great soft towel. Even the towels
were toe large. And he brushed his
teeth, and had two drinks of water,
because q stlfish feeling In his thront
persisted. And ut lust he crawled up
into the high bed that was 30 much
too big for him, and had to 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
to Oskar, who bowed. There was a
great deal Of bowling In Otto's world.
Then, whlsk 1t was dark, with only
the moO face Of the cathedral clock
for company. And as II was now
twenty minutes past seven, the two
hands dropped until II looked like n
face with a cruel mouth, and was
really very poor company.
Oskar. having bowed himself into
the corridor and past the w sentries.
reported to n very great dignitary
across the hall that his royal highness
the Crown Prince Ferdinand William
Otto was In bed. And the dignitary
had a chance to 60 away and get his
: dinner.
, But alone In his great bed, the
crown prince was shedding a few
~shnmefnccd tears. He was extremely
ashamed Of them. lie felt that under
no circumstances would his soldier
, father have behaved 80. He reached
! out and secured one of the two clear
|. folded ha%ndkerchlefs that were Away:
placed on the bedside stand ut night
!, and blew his nose very loudly. Bu'
:, he could not sleep.
He gave Miss Brnithwaite time to 81
to her sitting room, and for eigh
h o'clock to pass, because once ever!
h hour, oil night. n young gentleman o.
q the court. appointed for this purpose
. and dubbed a "wet nurse" by Jealous
comrades, cautiously opened his doc
|, and made a stealthy circuit Of tn
room, TO see that oil was well.
The crown prince got up. He neg
n lected to put on his bedroom slippers
OF course, and In his bnre feet h
i. padded across the room to the stud.
!, door. 1t was not entirely dark.
a night light burned there. 1t stood Of
q table directly under the two crossed
n swords. Beneath the swords, In
burnt wood frame, were the picture
A., of his father and mother. Hedwig ha'
!, given him q woodworking OUTFIT a
Christmas, and he had done the worI
q himself. 1t consisted Of the royu
n arms, somewhat out Of drawing I'm
"A not exactly In the center OF the frame
and q floral border Of daisies, e,
tremely geometrlcal, because he ha
- drawn them In frst with a compass.
The boy. however, gave the picture
ar only a hasty glance and proceeded,
a a buslnesslike manner, to carry
straight chair to the cabinet. On tn
"a ton shelf sat the old cloth dog. II
s%hoe-buttOn eyes looked glazed wit
N sleep, but Its ears were quite aier
10 Very cautiously the crown prince vi
10 locked the door. stepped precarlousl
>. 10 the lower shelf OF the cabine
:, hung there by one royal hand. M
ID lifted the dog down.
At nine o'clock the wet nurse toe
he Oh his sword In another room Ill
leaned Il against q chair. Then
a. examined his revolver. In accordant
Q, with a formula prescribed by the Of
III king. Then he went In and examine
the room with a finshlight. and II
-, tened to the crown princes breathin
lie had been q croupy baby. And,
10 last, he turned the fiashlight on to Il
n, bed. A pair Of s~hoe-button ey'
he stared at him from the pillow.
,el swell I'm II" said the wet nurs
ID. And went out. looking thoughtful.
In
ut In q shop where. that afternoon, q
he countess had purchased some LyoI
silks, one Of the clerks, Peter Nibur
a. was free ut last. At seven o'cloc
ID, having put away the last rolls Of 81
an on the shelves behind him, and cover
them with calico to keep Oh the dus
L. having given q ANAL glance OF disda
Ter at the clerk In the linens, acros
q having reached under the counter {
IN his stif black hat Of good quality a
sst his silver-topped cane; having DOM
be the hat and hung the stick to his ~
'ol. with two staggering gestures: havil
,as prepared his offensive. 20 to speak.