The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-05-23

one of them. taking short cuts through
narrow passages that twisted and
Hormed their way between; and SO,
finally, to the door of tall building
where from the concierge's room be-
side the entrance, came a reek of
stewing garlic.
Neither of the children had noticed
the unwonted silence of the streets.
which had, almost suddenly, succeeded
the noise of the carnival. What few
/ passcrs-hy they had seen had been
hurrying in the direction of the palace
/ Twice they had passed soldiers, with
| lanterns. and once one had stopped
aud flashed light on them.
"Well. old sport - said Bobby in
English, Anything you can do for
meY
The soldier had passed on, mutter-
ing at the insolence of American chill
dren. The two youngsters laughed
consumedly at the wtttieism.
/ The concierge was out His niece
admitted them. and went back to her
Interrupted cooking. The children hur-
rtpd UP the winding stone staircase,
with its iron rail and its gas lantern,
20 the second floor.
In the sitting room the saur-faeed
governesS WAS darHiug n hole in a
small stocking She looked at the
clock
You are fifteen minutes late" she
snapped. and bit the darnius thread
not with rage. but because she had
| forgotten her scissors.
I'm sorry. but you seq
.Whom hive you there?"
"A friend of mine" said Bobby, not
n whit daunted
The goyerness put down the stock
| Ing and rose. In So doing. she caught
her first real glimpse of Ferdinand
William Otto, and she staggered
back.
Holy Saintsr she said. and Went
white. Then she stared at the boy
and her color came back. Fer mo
ment." she muttered but no. lie
Is not 50 tall nor has h. the manner.
Yes. he IS much smaller"
Which proves that whether It
wears 1t or net. royalty is always
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being aEgF'>NiVttH masculine,
Bobby. having passed The outpost
carried The rvst Of the situation by rs
~anlt. Mrs. Thorpe saw Ferdinand W II
lam Onto, ana went over somewhat
puzzled, with her hand out. am
very elad hettAS hre0eHt Aea' Ste
>ald. lie mas - i'" Htti' Iti'huS
Then She stopped, fer the prince had
brought his heels together sharply, and
bending over her hand had kissed II.
exactly aS he kissed his Aunt Annun-
ciataS when he went 10 have tea with
her. Mrs. Thorpe was fairly startled,
not at the kiss, hut at the grace with
which the tribute was rendered.
Then she looked down. and II re
stored her compoSure To find that Fer
dinand William otto, toe, had turned
eyes toward the cake. He WAS after
all. only hungry small boy. With
quick tenderness she stopped ana
kissed him grayely on the forehead.
CareSseS were strange to Ferdinand
William otto. His warm little heart
leaped and pounded. At that moment
he would have died for her
Mr., Thorpe came home IA little late.
He kissed Bobby twelve times, and one
To grow on. He shook hands absently
with the visitor and gave the Frau
lein the evening paper-an extra
vagance on which he insisted, although
one could read the news for nothing
nv going tO the cafe on the corner,