The Dermott news., 1918-05-16

with gauge wings. students who par aded and blew noisy horns. even horses 1 decorated and now and then Il dog dressed as Il dancer or soldier. He yawned again, and began to feel hungry. He decided to get up and take his own bath There WIS nothing like getting good start for q gala day. And since with the crown prince to decide was to do. which Is not always Il royal trait. he took his own bath. being very particular about his ears, and not at all particular about the rest of him. Then. no oskar having yet appeared with fresh garments, he tucked back into bed again, quite bare as to his small body. and snuggied down in the sheets.
 Lying there. he planned the day. There were to be no lessons accept fencing. which could hardly he called lesson at all and as he now knew the "Gettyshurg address" he meant to ask permission to reeite il to his grandfather. To be quite sure of if. he repeated it to himself as he lay there
 'tourseore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a Lew nation conceived in liberty. and ded- cated to the proposition that all men are created equal"
 Late in the morning Milky took him to the roof. We can't 70 oHt. old man" Nihky said To him. rather startled to discover the unlappineSs in the boys face. but I've found place where We can see mere than We can here. Suppose We try it
 Why can't We go out? I've always gone before
 Well Milky temporized, they've made rule They make good many rules. you know. But they said neth- ing about the roof.
 "The roof :"
 The roof The thing that covers Us and keeps out the weather. The roof. hishness Nfkky alternated be- tween formaity and the other extreme with the boy.
 "It SlantS. doesn't it." observed his highneSs douhtfully.
 Part of IL is quite flat. We can take n ball up there. and get some exercise while were about il"
 As matter of fact. Milky was not altogether unse!fish. He would visit the roof again, where for terrible, wonderful moments he had held He'd wig in his arms. On pilgrimage. ! indeed. like that of the crown prince to Etzel Nikky would visit his shrine.
 So they went to the roof. One could see the streets crowded with people, could hear the soft hlare of distant horns
 'The scenic railway Is In that direC- ton" observed the crown prince, lean ing on the balustrade If there were no buildings we could see it."
 Right here" Milky was saying to himself At this very spot She held out her arms and I-s
 1t looks very interesting said Prince Ferdinand William otto. of course We cant see the costumes but II i> better than nothing.
 "I kissed her" Milky was thinking, his heart swelling under his very best tuute. Her head was on my breast, and kissed her Last If all, kissed her eyc>-her lovely eyes.
 If l fell on here" observed the crown prince iu a mcditatiye voice, T would he smashed to d jelly, like Che child al thc Crysfa palace"
 But now she hates me.. said Nix ky'S hrart. aHd dropped about the dis tanee of three buttons. she hates me, | Saw If iu her eyes this morning. oh, Heaven ]"
 We might as well play ball now"
 Prince Ferdinand William otto turned away from The parapet with q sigh This strange quiet that filled the palace seemed 10 have attacked Milky loo otto hated quiet
 They played ball, and the crown prince took lesson in curves. But on his third attempt, he described such compound curve that the ball dis appeared over an adjacent part of the roof and although Milky did some blood-curdling climbing along gutters. it could not be found.
 II was then that the Majordomo, al-
 
 and gold, and never seen without white gloYes-the Majordomo bowed fin a window, and observed that if his royal hichneSs pleased, his royal highness' luncheon was served.
 In the shrouded room inside the win dows. however. his royal highness paused and looked around.
 i've been here before" he observed. These were my fathers rooms My mother lived here, too. When l am older. perhaps l can have them. It would he convenient on account of my practiclng curves on the roof. But l should need number of balls"
 He was rather silent n his way hack to the schoolroom. But once he looked up rather wistfuly at Nikky.
 If they were living" he said "I am pretty sure they would take me out today"
 Olga Loschek had found the day one of terror. The failure of her plan as