The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06

"F," q weakened wv" and an irreg.
ular 20" in the corner and proceeded
to burn them In. He sat bent over the
desk, the very tip Of his tongue pro-
truding, and worked c~onscientiously
and carefully. Between each letter
he burned q dot.
Suddenly, Olga Loschek became
panic-stricken. She could not stay,
and see this thing out. Let them fol-
low her and punish her. She could
noti She had done her part. Tho
soverness lay In a drugsed sleep. A
turn Of the key. and the door to tho
passage beyond which Oskar waited
would be closed OF. Let follow what
must, she would p5t see II.
"Highness." she said, Lieutenant
Larisch will be here In a moment whl
you permit me to goT'
Otto was on his chair in an instant.
Certainly" he said. his mind still on
the q" which he was shading.
Old habit was strong In the countess.
Although the boys rank wal numbered
by moments. although his life was pos
sibty to be counted By hours. she
turned at the doorway and swept him
a curtsy. Then she went out and
closed the door behind her.
The two sentries etood outside.
They were Of the terrorists. She
knew, and they knew she knew. But
neither n made a sign. They stared
ahead, and Olga Loschek went out be-
tween them.
The Grown Pripce Ferdinand VII.
liam Otto was only a small boy. for all
his title and dignity. And suddenly
he felt lonely. Left alone. he returned
TO his expectations for the day. and
compared them with the facts. He
remembered other cernivals, with his
carriage moving through the streets,
and people showering him with fresh
flowers. He rather glowed at tho
memory. Then he recalled that the
chancellor had said he needed fresh
air.
Something occurred to him, some
thing which combined fresh air with
action. yet kept to the letter Of his
p~romise-or vas there Q promisef-
not to leave the palace.
The idea pleased him. II set him
to smiling. and his bright hair to
Quivering with excitement. 1t was
nothing less than to 20 on the roof and
ind the bail. And he would have to
hurry. Milky would be sure to return
soon.
He opened the door on to the great
corridor. and stepped out, saiuting the
sentries, as he always did.
"rll be back In a moment" he in
formed them. He was always on terms
Of great friendliness with the guard.
and he knew these men by sight. "Are
you going to be stationed here nowf'
he inquired pleasantly.
The two guards were at a loss. But
one Of them. who had a son Of his own.
and hated the whole business. saluted
and replied that he knew not.
II hope you are" said Ferdinand
William Otto. and went on.
The sentries regarded n another.
Let him 60 |" said the one who was q
father.
The other one moved uneasily. sour
orders cover no such contingency" he
muttered. "And. besides. he will come
back. hope to God he does not
come back" he added stonily.
Five minutes to four.
The crown prince hurried. The cor.
ridors were almost empty. Here and
there he met servants. who stood stiff
against the wall until he had passed.
On the marble staircase. leading up.
he met no one, nor on the upper floor.
He was quite warm with running and
he paused In his fathers suite to mop
his face. Then he opened a window
and went out on the roof. From the
balustrnde, II looked extremely far to
the ground.
Nevertheless, although his heart beat
a trifie fast, he was still determined.
A climb which Milky with his long
legs had achieved in q leap. took him
up to a chimney. Below-it seemed
a long way below-was the gutter.
There was O very considerable slant,
II one sat down. like Milky. and slid,
and did not slide owe the edge, one
should fetch up In the gutter.
He felt a trife dizzy. But Nlkky's
theory was. that II n Is afraid 70
: do a thing. better to do II and get ovef
: being afraid.
So the crown prince sat down on the
, sloping roof behind the chimney and
gathered his legs uader him for
slide. Well for him that the ancient
J. builders Of the palace had been reck'
less with lead. that the gutter was both
l wide and deep. Well for Milky, too
waiting In the boudoir below and hare
driven between love and anxiety.
r The crown prince. unaccustomed Il
tiles, turned over halfway down. ant
q rolled. He brought up with q jerl
9 In the gutter. quite safe. but extremel,
o frightened. He sat there for quite
few minutes. There was no ball Il
sight, and the roof looked eve steepel
from this point.
{ Being completely self-engrossed
therefore, he did not see that the roo
o had another visitor. Had two visitors
. a. Q matter Of fact One Of them wor,
blanket with q white 20" over