The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-24

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|onll rcd 10 slnsling gray. The eeds
boSk - hssffatsd ovsF. but at last
with . drug ok hse GAoul6sER, ~ -
turned Il to ii hdlng paAes In tAsFl
Oss0lsd WITH Ase haseas1sD WaS a|
ssass oe rsltsE 0aly whsa ~ paDsEol
wUEo Destroyed Aoa ~ rea1lno4 tAo|
WslgAt thay ~ hssa. 1hs sunnsasd
lnnna. Asr nasd. enA drssssa fur ths
snsse. Thsa, lllnna aceoapanyinS
hsS, che 0anmoaaA Ase carriage md
Weot aheQQ1nG
Shs rsaeAsd ~ Dalacs again IN
tine % dees1 Noe 1lNDae. 0omsWhefo
on hat enearalm ~ had LEFT tAe ~
~. to b. osst b II dsstiaat3oa over
The boedse b. apeelal mslssogsr that
nigAt.
Princs TerdinAnd william Otto, at
pafiAg foe bs1 Hs waahsd Ainssa8.
with Oshaf standing by. holding Q
great ssft towel. 1ssa ~ towsas
wseo 10 larDa. AnA - bs1ghsd ~
testA. asA had sWe dElnks e Watss,
bssanss q stiAash feeling n IL throat
pesu1Dtsd. AAA ut lase - eEsWiod ~
ia1o The high bea that Was % mneA
teo beg for him, and had - crawl out
aSn1n, because h had fcetueten Als
prayseA
wAsn svssytAins was doas. a.d ~
hour Of paetiAs cut fAs nsAt could -
Iooesr b delayed. hs MD good naght
10 Oska1. who bowed Thses was .
great deal a beWlng in Otto1 Woesd
Thsn. whiski It was DARK, with only
tie moon facs q H. cathedral clock
for os0paAy. AnA - Il wa0 A0W
twenty minutes pest seven. tAs two
hands aroopsa untn Il lssAsa IKE .
| foes with q aaa DsutA, an4 Wao,
really veg pooe eo0pany.
Oa1rnr, having boWsa ha0oo6 iD1o
the corridor and past ths two ssntziss.
reported 10 q VIZ great 0@dtaIy
aooss the hall that his royal hsAosD
IL Okown Prines 1srdinaad WIham
Otto WAS In bed. And The dignitary
had aehancs 10 90 away and get his
dinner.
But aloas In his gFsat bed, the
crown prince WAS Ghsading . few
shamefaced tsafL He was sE6eDeay
ashamsd Of them. He fslt tAat under
no elfcunslances woald Ais solder
fathse have behaved %. Hs FsaeAo0
out and secured one oe H. tWo e3aan
fua0sA handksrchisfs tAat, Wsso alWayD
placed On the bedGS1o sla1d at nagAA
and blew his noss W. Icod1y. But
hs could not saosOk
He gnva N1D1GDeAWalto tine - -
10 hse a1W SosA, s1A 1pe siGR
o'cloek % paas. bessnss saes spMV
kAsaE. IN nAghk . yoong Osot30an e
J0s AsBG a1DslD1sl 1se th1s pRpess
asa Au1sed 8 sWse a1se ~ 3saas0
Iesoradss. esal1slU sDasG - 1D.R
- aaAs staaAly. eRsuit e ths
Froom, b - tAat an wHs we'll
Ths Crown N1Des ~ up. He Nc.
leetad to pat On ~ bedroom sl11DsFs.
Of course, and m IL hare fose -
padded across IL Ees0 - ~ seD6y
door. Il was not entirely daxk. 4
night night burned Asres II Stood %
. tabls directly under tAs two aosssd
swords. Beneath the swoedR In Q
burnt wood frans. Wsrs tie pictures
Of his father and nstAsr. HsdwiE had
Owen him . wooo-b1rnlnS out1,t at
Christmas. and hs Aa4 dons The work
himself. It consfstsd Of the royal
arms, somewhat cot Of drawing and
not sxactiy In The csnter Of the frame.
and noral border Of daisass. sx-
trsmsly gsomstrieal, because hs had
drawn them In 1rst with . compass.
TIE boy, however. gavs tbs pictures
only . hasty glance and procssdsd. In
a busineosliko manner, to carry
straight chair to the cabinet On the
top shslf at the old cloth dog. 1ts
shoe-buttoa syes looked glassd with
sleep, but tn ears were quits alert.
very eautiously ths crown prince I'M
locked the doof, stepped precariously
to tie lower shelf Of the cabinet,
hung there By one royal hand. and
iftsd ~ dog down.
At nine O'Clock the wet nurse took
OF his sword In another room and
leaned It against q chair. Thea 10
axamined his revolver. In aceordance
with . formula prescribed by the old
king. Then he went In and examined
the room with q nashlight. and lis
tened to the CROWN princess breathing.
He had been . croupy baby. And. at
last, - turned the nashlisht On 70 ~
bed. A pair Of shos-buttoo eyes
stared at hin from tho pillow.
~Wsal, I'm -" said The vet nursa.
And went out, looking thoughtful.
10 - .
In Q shop where, that afternoon. ths
countsss had purchased some Lyons
salka ono Of thu cIarkn Peter NibusK.