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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-12
CUTHBERT no SPEAK.

Devils Lake Man to Address Patriotic
Meeting at SheyenBe Saturday.
sheyenne, NJ D., April 12.--Edward
Cutflbert, Devils Lake orator, Will
give a stirring patriotic address 70
the citizens of this city at a rally 70
be held Saturday afternoon at
o'clock. His subject will be, THE
Third Liberty Loan. Great interest
has been aroused here in the APP
preaching rally.
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NoRTH DAKoTAN KTLLED.

ottawa, April 1.-THE follow
ing American names appear in to-
DAYS Canadian casualty list:
killed: N. G. Howe, Lake Ben
ton, Mimi; S. Jonason, Cavalier,
N. ID.
Wounded: J. Kelly, Kingston,
Pa: Corp. p. Boucher, Red Lake
Falls, MINI.
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You must try and visit Blacks
BUSY Store" Saturday and see their
wonderful stocks of late garments.
which represent one OF the largest
stocks in this part of the country
Advt.
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the Seine about midway between the
sea and Paris, and Havre is at the
Of the river. The English have
landed great quantities Of military
stores at these two places ana nave
forwarded them to their front lines
Amiens. The capture OF
Ar1iens not only would cut this Eng
Iish line of supplies but would give
the Germans possession at thaL Polut
n tba four-track railroad between
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We wish to thank all who mani
Tested their sympathy in various
practical ways in the sorrow which
came to us recently. The many kind
ly offers we're deeply appreciated. The
Marley, Reiter, and Hasley families.
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CHAPTER III.
At the Riding School.

His royal highness the Crown Prince
Ferdinand William Otto was in dis.
grace.
He had risen at six, bathed, dressed
and gone to mass, in disgrace. He
had breakfasted at seven-thirty on
fruit, cereal, and one egg, in disgrace.
He had gone to his study at 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 morn
ing long and in the intervals between
tutors he had tried to catch Miss
Braithwaite's eye.
Except for the most ordinary civil
tiles, she had refused to look in his
direction.
The French tutor was standing near
photograph of Hedwig, and pretend
| ing not to look at it. Prince Ferdinand
William Otto had suspicion that the
tutor was in love with Hedwig.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto did
not like the French tutor.
| He also found the sun unsettIing.
bPSiQeS, lie udltu NCtDo. 4NOunS were
different. One could do something
with nouns, although even they had
way of having genders. Into his
head popped a recollection of a de-
lightful 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 corner of a piece of paper,
chewed it deliberately, rounded and
hardened it with his royal fingers, and
aimed it at M. Puaux. 1t struck him
in the eye.
Instantly things happened. NJ.
Puaux yelled, and clapped hand to |
his eye. Miss Braithwaite rose. His |
royal highness wrote rather shaky \
French verb, with the wrong termina- |
ton. And on 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. But Milky was
an informal person, and was quite apt
to bow deeply before his future sover-
eign, and then poke him in the chest.
"WellI" said Milky.
"Good morning." said Prince Ferdi-
nand William Otto, in small and
nervous voice.
Nothing wrong, is there?" de-
Milky.
M. Puaux got out his handkerchief
and said nothing violently.
lotto !" said Miss Braithwaite.
What did you dor
Nothing" He looked about. He
vas quite convinced that M. Puaux
vas what Bobby would have termed
! poor sport, ard had not played the i
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and demanded explanations: "r'ol
untidy nails, five marks! A gentle
man never has untidy nails, Otto. Fol
Directing to winter fiannels, two
marks. Humphl For pocketing sugar
from the tea tray, ten marks Humph
For lack Of attention during religious
instruction, five marks. Ten OFF 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 he 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.
81 am afraid his royal highness has
hurt your eye, M. Puaux," said Miss
Braithwaite.
"Not at ALL" said the unhappy young
man, testing the eye to discover If he
could see through it. 81 am sure his
royal highness meant no HARM" M.
Puaux went out, with his handker-
chief to his eye.
While Oskar, his valet, put the
crown prince into riding clothes, Milky
and Miss Braithwaite had talk. 1t
began by Nikky's stating that she was
likely to see him great deal now,
and he hoped she would not find him
In the way. He had been made aide
de-camp to the crown prince, vice
Count Lussin, who had resigned on
account of illness, having been reused
at day-break out of a healthy sleep
to do IT.
Not that Milky said just that. What
he really observed was: "The king
sent for me last night, Miss Brafth-
waite, and-and asked me to hang |
around"
Thus Milky, of his sacred trust |
None the less sacred to him, either, |
that he spoke lightly. He glanced up
at the crossed swords, and his eyes
were hard.
And Miss Braithwaite knew. She
reached over and put hand on his
arm. you and T." she said. "Out
If all the people in this palace, only
you and I The archduchess hates
him. / see 1t in her eyes. She can
never forgive him for keeping the
throne from Hedwig. The very
guards down below, the sentries at
,ur doors, how do we know they are
oyaIY
"The people love him." said Milky
loggedly.
"The peoplel Sheep. Tdo not trust
he people. I do not trust any one.
watch, but what can do7 The very I
God we eat" II
"He Is coming" said Milky softly. 1
md fell to whistling under hAs {
reath.
Together Milky and Prince Ferdil I
and William Otto went out and downA /
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Perhaps the old kings memory wa:
good. Perhaps there was a change il
Mettlich's voice.
/ "a good boyY
"None better, sire. He is devoted
to his royal highness. He is outside
now"
"Bring him in. I'll have a look al
him."
| Milky, summoned by chamberlain
stopped inside the doorway and bowed
deeply.
"Come here" said the king.
He advanced.
"How old are your"
"Twenty-three, sire"
"In the grenadiers, believe"
Milky bowed.
Like horsesT said the king sud-
denly.
Every much. SIRE"
"And boys?"
T-some boys, sire"
'HumphI Quite right, too. Little
devils, most of them" He drew him.
self up in his chair. Lieutenant
Larisch," he said, His royal highness
the crown prince has taken a liking
to you. I believe it is to you that our
fright today is due"
Nikky's heart thumped. He went
rather pale.
at is my intention, Lieutenant Lar
isch to place the crown prince in your
personal charge. For reasons I need
not go into, it is imperative that he
take no more excursions alone. I want
a real friend for the little crown
prince. One who is both brave and
loyal"
Afterward, in his small room, Milky
composed neat, well-rounded speech,
in which he expressed his loyalty,
gratitude, and undying devotion to the
crown prince. 1t was an elegant lit
tie speech. Unluckily, the occasion for
it had gone by two hours.
IL am grateful. sire" was what
he said. 81" And there he stopped |
and choked up. 1t was rather dread
ful.
81 depend on you, Captain Larisch,"
said the king gravely, and nodded his
head in gesture of dismissal.
Milky backed toward the door, struck
1 hassock, all but went down, bowed
again at the door. and fled.
"a fine lad" said General Mettlich,
but no talker."
"All the better" replied his majes-
ty. 81 am tired of men who talk
veil. And" he smiled family 81
I'm tired of you. You talk too well.
you make me think. I don't want to
hink. I've been thinking all my life.
t is time to rest, my friend"
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(TO BE CONTINUED
Looked Like Money.

He was ballroom boy. but so well
groomed that he looked like ready
money. She was sweet young thing
and he was striving hard to make an
impression, muses. Gotham exchange.
They were standing before an automo
bile display window in Broadway
There" he said, pointing to an ex
hibit marked $1,000, sis the car I'm
going to get for the gi4 marry. I've
had more expensive ones, but for
standing up qualities and class at the
same time you can't beat that model
there" "Oh," she cooed, beaming with
rapture. wont that" "Why, he'll
10, Eddiel' The fantasy was inter-
rupted by loud, cordial voice as the
intruder laid his hand on the young
mans shoulder. II haven't seen you
since you quit the taxi game. l hear
you're driving for the Blanks now.
How'd you like it?" And little while
later the girl was saying with a little
sigh: Lets go to the movies. / see
where new nickel show has opened
over in the avenue"
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CHAPTER II.-continued.
s'Her royal highness-"

t'Her royal highness-"
"Annunciata is FOOL" said his ma
Jesty. Then, dismissing his daughter
with a gesture, "We don't know how
to raise our children here" he said
impatiently. "The English do better
And even the Germans"
1t is not etiquette to lower ones
eyebrows at king and glare. But
General Mettlich did it. He was rather
not our problem, SIRE" he said, and
stuck up his mustache.
"Tm not going to raise the boy a
prisoner, insisted the king stubbornly.
General Mettlich bent forward and
placed hand on the old mans knee.
I'VE shall do well, sire" he said
gravely, ito raise the boy at ALL"
There was short silence, which the
king broke. what is new?"
eve have broken up the university
meetings, but / fancy they go on, in
small groups. l was gratified, how
ever, to observe that q group of stu
dents cheered his royal highness yes
terday as he rode past the university
buildings. The outlying districts are
quiet So, too, is the city. Too quiet,
sire"
''They are waiting, of course, for my
DEATH" said the king quietly. IF
only you were twenty years younger
than l am, it would be better" He
fixed the general with shrewd eyes.
ssNXrhof Il of
about me?"
Even at the best, sire" He
looked very ferocious, and cleared his
threat. lie was terribly ashamed that
his voice was breaking. "Even at the
best, but of course they can only give
an opinion"
<'Six months?'
"a year, sire"
+'And at the worst !" said the king,
with grim smile. Then, following
his own line of thought: But the |
people love the boy, l think"
''They do. 1t is for that reason,
sire, that advise particular caution
He hesitated. Then. "Sire," he said
s'there is something of |
which I must speak. The Committee
of Ten has organized again."
Involuntarily the king glanced at
the photograph on the table.
Forgive me, sire, if l waken bitter
memories. But fear
"You fearl" said the king. "Since
when have you taken to fearing?"
Nevertheless" maintained General
Hettlich doggedly, 81 fear. This quiet
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game fairly. The guard at the rail
way, he felt, would not have yelled
| and wept. "Oh, well, threw piece
of paper. That's all. 1 didn't think
it would hurt"
Miss Braithwaite rose and glanced
at the carpet. But Milky was quick.
Quick and understanding. He put his
shiny foot over the paper wad.
"Papern' said Miss Braithwaite.
"Why did you throw paper? And at
M. Puaux?"
"T-just felt like throwing some
thing" explained his royal highness.
II guess it's the sun, or something"
Milky dropped his glove, and mirac-
ulously, when he had picked it 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. 1t was rather an awful book.
On Saturdays the king looked it over,
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This afternoon she was not nlone,
Lounging at window was the lady
who was waiting at the time, the
Countess Loschek. Just now she was
getting rather wigging, but she was
remarkably calm.
1.-THE last three times" the arch
duchess said, stirring her tea, "you
have had sore throat. In my opinion,
you smoke too many cigarettes"
The Countess Loschek was thirty.
and very handsome, in an insolent
way. She was supposed to be the best
dressed woman at the court, and to
rule Annunciata with an iron hand,
although it was known that they
quarreled a great deal over small
things, especially over the coal fire.
Some said that the real thing that
held them together was resentment
that the little crown prince stood be-
tween the Princess Hedwig and the
throne. Annunciata was not young,
but she was younger than her dead
brother Hubert.
The countess yawned.
"Where is Hedwig?" demanded the
archduchess.
'Her royal highness is in the nurs-
cry, probably"
"Why probably?"
"She goes there great deal"
The archduchess eyed her. swell,
out with it," she said. "There is
something seething in that wicked
brain Of yours"
The countess shrugged her shoulders.
Not that she resented having a
wicked brain. She rather fancied the
idea. "She and young Lieutenant Lar
isch have tea quite frequently With
his royal highness."
Little fool !" saiu Annunciata. But
she frowned, and sat tapping her tea
cup with her spoon. She was just
trifie afraid of Hedwig, and she was
more anxious than she would have
cared to acknowledge. "How far do
you think the thing has gomez"
HE is quite mad about her."
"And Hedwig-but she is silly
enough for anything. Do they meet
anywhere else?"
"At the riding school, 1 believe. At
least, +"
Here q maid entered and stood
waiting at the end of the screen.
Ellis excellency, General Mettlich,"
said the maid.
The archduchess nodded her august
head, and the maid retired. go
away, Olga" said the archduchess.
"And you might" she suggested GRIM
ly, "gargle your throat"
The chancellor had passed a trou-
bled night. Being old, like the king,
he required little sleep. And for most
of the time between one o'clock and
his rising hour of five he had lain In
his narrow camp bed and thought. He
had not confded all his worries to the
King.
Evidences of renewed activity on the
part of the terrorists were many. In
he past month two of his best secret
agents had disappeared. One had been
,ound the day before, stabbed in the
back. The chancellor hnd seq, the
'ody--an unpleasant sight. But e
vas not of the dead man that General
dettlich thought. 1t was of the other.
The dead tell nothing. But the living,
Inder torture, tell many things. And
his man Haeckel, young as he was,
new much that was vital.
At five General Mettlich had risen,
xercised before an open window with
n old pair of iron dumb bells, had fol-
owed this with a cold bath and hot
Office, and had gone to early mass at
he Cathedral.
He entered the boudoir. of the Arch
uchess Annunciata, and the countess
'ent out another door, and closed it
ehind her, Immediately opening 1t
bout an inch.
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Tibet History Lost

The history Of Tibet is lost In the
obscurity of the long ago, for its GUS
toms date back to the morning of the
world. Its people come from the an
cient ages, and 1t is only known that
they belong to the Tibeto-Indo-Ch Chinese
branch Of Keene's Homo Mongolicus
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IF the last few months alarms me.
Dangerous dogs do not bark. / trust
no one. The very air is full Of Sc
dftion."
The king twisted his blue-veined old
hands together, but his voice was
quiet. "But why?" he demanded, al
most eretfuIly, III the people are
fond of the boy, and / think they are,
TO ito carry him of, or injure him,
would hurt the cause. Even the ter
rorfsts, in the name Of republic, can
do, nothing without the people,"
'sJ'he mob is a curious thing, sire.
You have ruled with strong hand.
Ouj people know nothing but to obey
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Countess Loschek, lady in
waiting at the court, who is in
love with Karl of karnia, plots
to Illustrate his marriage to He'd
wig. She is already involved in
an intrigue with the ruler of
karnia and she prepares a Sc
cret message for transmission.
Some interesting developments
are recorded in the next INSTALL
ment.
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Like everybody else, the paragraph.
er has his dull days, though, perhaps,
the rest Of the people feel that the
paragrapher has more OF them than
anybody else.-Wilin'ngto News.
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THE CHANCELLOR SUGGESTS A MEANS OF OBTAINING
THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE NEIGHBoRING
KINGDOM OF KARNIA

Synopss-Ihe of Lvonia,
DID, of the
the park where acquaintance OF
Thorpe, little American
finds everything in an result
him. The night
boys grandfather, the old king S
The Lamar register., 1918-03-13
Train the Memory.

The memory IL faculty which
through patient practice may be Guild.
vased and trained to a wonderful de
Eree, Morphy. the celebrated chess
player, could play several games Of
chess simultaneously without seeing
any % the scaris % which the various
games were being condncied II vas
= peculiarly impressive sight TO zee
him standing 10 the middle Of the as,or.
with his arms folded defending him
self and attacking the various opps
aeats With the position of the Chess
men oa tae several sosr:s always In
his raina's eva observes a writer TIE
noted Jesuit Father Suarcz ~ss said
10 have known all the works 81 81. An
sassine ny heart These coaSs; o,
eleven large volumes. Pascal !, SAID
never 10 have forgotten anything be
read, and the same ss told .. Grotfus
leiSnits and Euier. Tae1nlssocles
knew ths name of every one os The
twenty thousand citizens Of Athena
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Letters and
Lauretta
NJ
BY Dorothy Douglas

tCoprtleh,, laii b. ne Mcclure iIewsps.
rat EyndicsteD

utupFfleh', 1911 by tie Mcclure Fewspp'
PEI syndlcsteJ
when Lautetta's parents bought the
old fhrinstehl In suburb In Long Is
land, un the inaln road TO the city. and
moved bag and baggage out to II. Lau-
tetta herself was perhaps even more
delighted than they we're.
Although she was a city girl and
fond OF city llfe aud music and all
the arts. still nature. ms revealed In
the country. lent much toward com.
nleteness In life to her. Ehe loved
pruwilns about lanes and ancient land
marks, and finding out. ne far as pos-
shlp what kind nf people Inhabited
the regions she explored before she
had found her way there Lauretta
had Visions uf one day becoming o
famous writer. and was constantly on
the lockout for plots aud mysteries TO
solve. The country, she felt. might af.
ford many possibilities n she Just
hept her eyes open aud her brain from
going TO seed
The old farm was more ur leaa ~.
lapldatei when the Carsons took pos
session NJ II. hut the grounds were
level, aud the place would In time he
wonderful home.
The small, hrchen-iow mail box
that stood on post at the gate was
the first thing that attracted Lauretta'p
roaming eyes " was 81 foreign 60
ANYTHING she had seen In the city that
she fell stralshtway io wondering
whether cr not the district had free
delivery aud whether or not that old
box was obsolete. Perhaps there were
letters IN u. isuretts resolved to
make that wooden bc, one ct her nrst
interests She would have 60 watch
continually to and out " rcstman
collected firam u and whether ~ not
people dropped letters IN u There
was no sign 10 tell u Il were or were
not still used h, the town people. The
house was 80 fat fi,om a rost onice
that Iaure,ta was inclined 70 thiuh
the vocden boN ~ the post al her
sste wss still mart cs the mailing
svsteN.
And while taurests Was wondering
about the old boS, Jimmy Gains was
f,astins and r1mins because blanche
Markham hsd answered hts letter "
love with silence sgx long weeks ASH,
he had mailed that letter white motor
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a sossr Browning ssn-.

iehf1yson vnre Fha same hat ysax,
nfter vent, g bie wi0e-nw waka, aimna;
green with agn, anv lnng nxarsiy he
hnh had This hnt nobody seems n
Know. His Inverness cinnk was mn;
1uite 80 ancient, hun had 1nns sims
seeh It's hest days. The g-an; poss
was scrupuinus,y ciann In his pa-snn
eut he wnnld not part with his nit
.ipshes
re seems 10 hnvs ciune as nans-
rinusly 10 his boots ns N his hn.
Willinm Alllughsm Records in his
1inry; '1Rnhert Browning dinad nj
fennyson's last nighs. Tanaysnn N
srant rnrcs. fie said. This pair OF
iress hooss Is forey years OLD. Brown
ns snid It wus good evidencs q I'M
immortality ~ the soiei"
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dispossess her. ltfie bird nds snyed
me from further blocking the high
wny." She looked mockingly ut Jim
my. well. bns bomb exploded
bcrcr'
Yes" snld Jimmy. grimly. and
gozed triuinphnntly ut Joyce. "and I've
taken tho first enemy trench"
Go to It. old man." Joyce said.
we don't wear khaki in the navy. nor
do we hnye trenches to take. I'm
married. 30 can't enter the race"
Jimmy found sudden liking for
Joyce. He grinned and extended an
npologetic hand. IL fell 80 suddenly"
he conflded. and scnnt month later
told Lnuretta OF his fall
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~'ss-. Cyclones o-4sinsss.

The nnss violent cyclones originate
N tropical lSutudes, In the Ansnt1e
ocean 70 the north ana eas; o1 West
indian islands and In tne rscibn Il
ne Chin, seo ana n the De.ehso-Acos
81 the Philippine stands.
The reason tn.-y are 80 destructive
IS because thay are csrr1ei snch e-es;
1istnnces hy sxtraneoUs Influences The
West lndian cyclones are Hss-sctss
toward ths Cuff stream by tns great
volume OF hnnted sir which aiwGyy
hangs over 0; ana follows Its course /;
IN tne cyclones 0f the Pncibs :olpv
ne course hi Nuro Slwo. the g-en;
orennie current which passes around
he Ens; 1ndinn archipelago. ehs anD-ss
ot China nnd the Japanese islnnds
cyclones my he ar.yv'hn-s from 50
70 $40 miies In diameter En6 may
'rn~el ovar , pnFh 500 mnes IL ex-
tent
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FAvORS AN AMATEUR BUGLER
Fistd.vcllcr Prefers Distressing Noise
Made by cornet Toote~ to Man
Who Vells Murder In Sleep.

"we lived once" said Mr.. Flatdweli-
or. "in the same house with an ANA
tcur cornct player: and we thought
then that n we ever got out of that
house we should he happy. II didn't
seem M II we could ever have. In any
other place, no distressful neigh
Dor.
'Rut in this house that We have
lately moved into we heard the nrst
aight we were here the cry Of
Murder Murdcrr
ave sat up In horror: listening and
wondering what we ought to do: but
tho next moment we heard q female
voice saying;
"'Edwardi Edwsrdi wake upi
Mercy What's the matterr
And then we heard. In . mans
roicc.
My gracious I'm glad that
wasn't true
This was a great relief to us Of
ccurse, as no doubt Il was to Ed
ward; but then. as we pulled the bed
clothes up again and our head
touched the pillow, we reflected that
The novice struggling with = cornet
had once seemed the worst thing that
could harpen to US; but nov We knew
setter. As between him and . neigh
ecr prone TO nightmare. sive us. oh.
rive u.s. every time. the amateur
susier.-