The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-01-16

imps. testers, who cut capers on the
grass in the park. little girls in pro-
cession. wearing costumes Of fairies
with gauze wings, students who par
AIDED and blew noisy horns, even horses
decorated. and now and then a dog
dressed n dancer or soldier.
HesJawned again. and began to feel
hungry. He decided to get up and take
hia own bath. There was nothing like
getting . good start for . gala day.
And. since with the crown prince to
decide was to do. which Is not always
q royal trait, he took his own bath.
being very particular about his ears.
and not Mt all particular about the rest
Of him. Then. no Oskar having yet
appeared with fresh garments. he
ducked back'into bed again, quite bare
a.. to his small body. and snuggled
down in the sheets.
Lying there. he planned the day.
There were to be NO lessons except
fencing. which could hardly be called
a lesson at all, and a. he now knew
the Gettysburg address," he meant to
ask permission to recite 1t to his
grandfather. To be quite sure of 1t.
he repeated It to himself as he lay
there:
'rourscors and seven year, ago our
fathers brought forth on this continent Q
new nation. conceived In liberty. and dedi-
Gated to the proposition that all men are
created equal"
Late in the morning Milky took him
to the roof. I'VE can't 60 ont, old
man." Milky aaid to him. rather
startled to discover the unhappiness In
the boys face. 'but I've found . place
where We can see more than We can
here. Suppose we Try It."
why can't We 60 outf I've always
gone before.N
"well." Milky temporized. 'theyVe
made q rule. They make good many
rules, you know. But they said moth
ing about the roof"
'The roofr
The roof. The thing that covers
us and keeps out the weather. The
roof, highness." Milky alternated be-
tween formally and the other extreme
with the boy.
TT slAnts, doesn't itf' observed his
| highness doubtfully.
Part Of It IL quits lat. We can
take 4 ball mp there. and get some
exercise while we're about It"
Az q matter Of fact, Milky was not
altogether unselnsh. He would visit
the roof again, where for terrible.
wonderful moments he had held He'd
| Wig In his arms. On Q pilgrimage.
indeed. like that Of the crown prince
to Etxel. Milky would visit his shrine.
So they went to the root. One could
s>e the streets crowded with people.
could hear the soft blars Of distant
horns.
The scenic railway 10 In that direc-
tion." observed the crown prince. lean
ing on the balustrade. III there were
no buildings We could zee It"
Fright here" Milky was saying to
himself. "At this very spot. She held
ont her arms, and T."
"lt leoks very interesting" said
Prince Ferdinand william Otto. -Of
course We can't see the costumes, but
1t II better than nothing"
II kissed her" Milky was thinking.
his heart swelling under his very best
tunic. ~Her head was on my breast,
and I'kissed her. Last Of all. kissed
her eyes-her lovely eyes"
IF I fell OF here" observed the
crown prince In . medita11ve voice.
Il would be smashed to q Jelly. like
the child at the Crystal palace"
"But now she hates me-" said Mix
ky's heart. and dropped about the dis
tance Of three buttlhs. "Shs hates me.
1 saw It in her eyes this morning.
Oh. Heaveni"
1--WE might n well play ball now"
Prince Ferdinand william Otto
turned away from the parapet with q
sigh. This strange quiet that filled the
palace seemed to have attacked Milky
too. Otto hated quiet.
They played ball, and the crown
prince took Q lesson in curves. But
on his third attempt, he described suclf
a compound curve that the ball dis
appeared over an adjacent part Of the
roof, and although Milky did some
1t could not be found.
It was then that the Majordomo. al
ways . marvellous figure in crimson
and gold. and never seen without white
sloves-the Najordomo bowed In q
window. and observed that II his royal
highness pleased. his royal highness
luncheon was served.
In the shrouded room inside the win
dows, however. his royal highness
paused and locked around.
1--WE been here before" he observed.
these were my fathers rooms. Ny
mother lived here. too. When am
older, perhaps can have them. It
would be convenient on account Of my
practicing curves on the roof. But
should need Q number Of balls"
He WAS rnfher client IN hla way