The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-04-24
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PARK, III you would enjoy an excursion
coon. Could " be manASssl Miss
Bralthwnlte"
81 dare say" said Miss Braithwaite
dryly. although must say, II there
is no Improvement In punctuation and
capital letters"
"What sort of excursion?" asked his
royal highness. guardedy. He did not
care for picture galleries.
"Out-of-doors, to see something in
teresting. A real excursion, up the
river"
"To the fort2 1 do want to see the
new fort"
As n matter of truth. the chancellor
had not thought of the fort. But like
many another before him, he accepted
the suggestion and made It his own.
"To the fort. of course" said he.
"And take luncheon along, and eat
It there, and have Hedwig and Milky?
And see the guns?"
But this was going too fast. Milky,
of course, would go, and II the princess
cared to, she too. But luncheon 1t
was necessary to remind the crown
prince that the officers Mt the fort
would expect to have him join their
mess. There was short parley over
this, and IL was finally settled that the
officers should serve luncheon, but that
there should he no speeches.
"Then that's settled" he said at last.
'Tm very happy. This morning shall
apologize to NJ. PuauX."
| During the remainder of the morn
ming the crown prince made various
excursions to the window to see If the
weather was holding good. Also he
asked. during his half hours intermls-
sion. for the great box of lead soldiers
that was locked away in the cabinet.
81 shall pretend that the desk is a
fort, Miss Braithwaite," he said. 'Do
you mind being the enemy. and pre-
tending to be shot now and then?"
But Miss Braithwaite was correcting
papers. She was willing to be passive
enemy and be ported at, but she drew
the line Mt falling over. Prince Ferdi-
nand William Otto did not persist. He
was far too polite. But he wished in
| all his soul that Milky would come.
Milky, he felt, would die often and
! hard.
But Milky did not come.
| At twelve o'clock, Prince Ferdinand
William Otto, clad in his riding gar
ments of tweed Knockers, puttees, and
a belted jacket, stood by the school
room window and looked out. The
inner windows of his suite faced the
court yard, but the schoolroOm opened
over the place-a bad arrangement
surely, seeing what distractions to les
sons may take place in public square,
what pigeons feeding in the sun, what
: bands with drums and drum majors,
what children flying kites.
81 don't understand it," the crown
prince said plaintively. "He is gen.
orally very punctual. Perhaps"
But he loyalty refused to finish the
sentence. The perhaps" was a
/ grievous thought, nothing less than
that Milky and Hedwig were at that
moment riding in the ring together,
and had both forgotten him.
llhCt WV Noh-
suited his watch. 1t was of gold, and
on the inside was engraved:
''To Ferdinand William Otto from
his grandfather, on the occasion of his
taking his first communion"
ITS getting rather late" he OBJ
served.
4 Miss Braithwaite looked troubled.
mo doubt something has detained
him." she said, with unusual gentle
ness. "You might work at the frame
for your Cousin Hedwig. Then, If
Captain Larisch comes, you can still
have a part of your lesson"
Prince Ferdinand William Otto
frightened. The burnt wood photo
graph frame for Hedwig was his de-
light. And yesterday, as punishment
for the escapade of the day before, it
had been put away with an alarming
air of finality.
The typography outfit was produced,
nand William Otto labored, his head
on one side, his royal tongue slightly
prOtruded. But, above the thin blue
smoke of burning his face remained
wistful. He was afraid, terribly
afraid, that he had been forgotten
again.
81 hope Milky is not ill.," he said
once. ale smokes great many ciga-
rettes. He says he knows they are
bad for him."
Certainly they are bad for him."
said Miss Braithwaite. "They contain
nicotine, which is violent poison. A
drop of nicotine on the tongue of a
dog will kill IT,"
The reference was unfortunate.