Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-15
CHAPTER NxxuI Confined, ,

COME loyal subjects waited and griey-
~ cd that the King lay diving For
although the palace had carefully re-
pressed his condition. such things leal,
Place TO bear witness.
Others waited, too. but not i'm sorrow
And a certain percentage, the young aud
light-hcarttd. strutted the streets in fam
tastic costume, blew horns and threw
confetti and fresh flowers. stil dewy
from the mountain slopes The scenic
out and there was the empty and silent
railway was crowded with merry-ma1,
ers, and long lines ot people stood watt
ing their turn at the ticket booth, where
a surly old veteran, pinchcd with sleep
less nights, sold them tickets and ignored
their badinage, Family parties. carry
ing baskets and wheeling babies in pcr-
ambula tors. took possession Of the park
and Uttered it with paper bags. And
among them, committing horrible crimes,
dlspatching whole families with wood
en- gun from behind nearby trees and
taking innumcrablc prisoners, went a
small pirate In u black mask and a sash
of scarlet ribbon from which hung
various deadly weapons. Including n
bread knife, meat clcavcr and n
hatchct.
Attempts to make Tucker wear a
mask having proved nbortivc, he was
attircd In Il pirate flag Of black. worn
as blanket. and having on II. In white
muslin. what purportcd TO be a skull
and cross bones but which looked like
the word OK with tho 90" suncrim.
posed over the ~"
Prince Ferdinand William otto stood
at his window and looked out Some
thing of resentment showed itself in
the lines of his figure There was. in
deed. rebellion in his heart This was
n real day. day Of days. and no one
seemed to care that he was missing
II. Miss Braithwaite looked drawn about
the eyes. and considered carnivals rather
common, and certainly silly. And Milky
looked drawn about the mouth, and did
rot care to play.
Rebellion was dawning in the soul of
the Crown Prince. and tho impassive re-
volt Of the Flying DutChman" and
things which only pretended to be. like
the imitation ship and the women who
were not really spinning The same re-
hellion. indeed, which had set old Adel-
bert against the King and turned him
traitor. a rebellion against needless dis
appointment = protest Cor happiness.
Old Adelhcr', forbidden to march in
his new uniform, tho Crown FRINGE. for
hidden his liberty aud shut in a gloomy
palace. were blood brothers In revolt.
Not that Prince Ferdinand William
otto knew he was in revolt ht first II
consisted only of = consideration Of his
promise to the Chancellor. But while
there had been an understanding, there
had beeu no actual promise. had there
Late in tho morni-s Milky took him
to the roof, we cant go out, old man,
Milky said to him. rather startled ia
discover the unhappneSs in the boys
face. but I've found a place where we
can see moro than We can here. Sup.
pose we try IT,"
why can't VIC go out? I've always
gone before
We'll" Milky tcmporizcd, they've
made a rule They make good many
rules you know But they said nothing
about the roof"
The roof"
"rhc roof. The thing that covers US
and keeps out tho weather The roof
Highness." Milky altcrnatcd betwcer
/ the boy.
/ Ilighness doubtfully.
Part OF il is quite nat. We can TAX,
a ball up there and get some cxcrcS,
while we're about it."
( AS q matter of fact. Milky was no
altogether unselhsh. He would visit tn
T roof again, where for terrible. wonder
. ful moments he had held lledwig IN hi
I arms. ON a pilgrimage. indeed, like tina
/ of the Crown Prince to EtZcl, Nikk
! would visit his shrine.
So they went to the roof. They wen
through silent corridors. past quie