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

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one OF ther1, takiag short cuts through
narrow passages that twisted 'Nd
sormed their way between; AND so,
finally, - tue door OF a tall building
where. nom the conclerge's room be
side She entrance. came q ssek OF
stew;na gaelic.
Neither Of the children he9 noticed
the unwonted silence Of tie streets,
which bad, almost s~uddenl,S succeeded
the noise OF the carnival What few
passers-by they had se>0 had been
hurrying In the direction Of the palace.
Twice they had passeA soldiers. with
lanterns. and once ole had stopped
ana flashed n light OF them.
"well. old sportfs said Bobby in
English, anything sou can do for
mel"
The soldier hse passed on, muttsr.
Ing at the insolsSre Of American chill
den. The tv6 youngsters laughed
consumedly NJ the wittictsm.
The concic,e was out. His niece
admitted thca, and went back TO her
interrupted Soking. The CHILDREN hur-
ried up tks winding stone staircase,
with Its tfon rail and It's gas lantern,
to the s~ond floor.
In tho sitting room. the sour-faced
goverr-ss was darning Il hole In q
small stocking. She looked at the
clocS
You are afteen minutes late" she
snspped, and bit the alarming thread
pSt with rage, but because she had
forgotten her scissors.
"Tm sorry, but you see"
"whom have you therei"
"A friend OF NINE" said BOBBY, not
q whit daunted.
The governess 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 Saints" she said, and went
white. Then she stared at the boy,
and her color came back. For a mo-
ment," she muttered but no. He
is rot so tall, nor has he the manner.
Yes, he Is much smaller"
Which proves that, whether It
wears It or not. royalty Is always
measured to the top OF n crow
In the ne1t room Bohby's mother
was arranging candles on n birthday
cake in the center Of the table. Pepy
had iced the cake herself, and had
forgotten one Of the obs" In Bobby"
so that the cake really read: BODY
XII"
However, II looked delicious. and
inside had been baked q my black
china doll and a new American penny,
with Abraham Lincoln's head on It.
The penny was for good fortune, but
the doll was a Joke OF Pepy's. Bobby
being aggressively masculine.
Bobby, having passed the outpost,
carried the rest of the situation by as.
sault. Mrs. Thorpe saw Ferdinand VIII
liam Otto, and went over, somewhat
puzzled, with her hand out. 81 am
very glad Bobby brought you" she
said. HE has so few little friends"
Then she stopped, for the prince had
brought his heels together sharply. and
bending over her hand, had kissed II,
exactly as he kissed his Aunt Annun-
clata's when he went TO have tea with
her. Mrs. Thorpe was fairly startled,
not at the kiss, but 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. too, had turned
eyes toward the cake. He was, after
oil, only q hungry small boy. with
quick tenderness she stopped and
kissed him gravely on the forehead.
Cnresses were strange to Ferdinand
william Otto. His warm little heart
leaped and pounded. At that momen
he would have died for her,
Mr. Thorpe came home a little late
lie kissed Bobby twelve times, and one
to grow on. Ho shook hands absently
win the visitor, and gave the Frau.
iein the evening paper-an extrn.
vagance on which he insisted, although
one could read the news for nothing
by going to the cafe on the corner
lhen ne drew his wife aside.
Look here!" he said. Don't rel,
Bobby-no use exciting him. and q,
course It's not u funeral, anyhow
out there's a report that the crown
prince has been kidnapped. And that's
not oil. The old king is dying!"
How terrible 7"
Worse than that. The old king ro,s
ana no crown prlncel 1t may NEAR
almost any sort Of trouble! I've
closed up at the park for the nigh, ;
Ills arm around his wife, he looked
through the doorway to where Bobby
ana Ferdinand were counting ,hs
candles. FITS made mo think pre,t,
hard'" he said. Bobby mustn't @,
around alone the way he's been doing
All Americans here are considerst
millionaires. II tho crown princ,
could go. think how easy"
Ills arm frightened around his v,,.
and together they went into IN. b,r,h
DAY feast. Ferdinand william OFT,
was hungry. Hs ate earerly-chichen
fruit compete, potato salad-s,ai,
shades Of the court physicians. VIII.
red him at night a balanced ration a,
milk egg. and xwiebacki Bobby ala,
eto Du8ily, and c0avsr... -