New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-01-17

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said. II get quite worried when l see
him."
Exactly. You have heard of EtzelT'
Prince Ferdinand William OttO's
religious instruction was Of the best
He had, indeed, heard Of Etzel. He
knew the famous pllgrimages in order,
and could say them rapidly, beginning,
the year of Our Lord 915-the Emperor
Otto and Adelheid, his spouse; the
year Of Our Lord 100, Ulrich, Count
Of Ruburg; and so on.
"When people are ILL.," he said sage
ly, "they go to Etzel to be cured"
Precisely. But when they cannot 60
they send some one else. to pray for
them. And sometimes, If they have
faith enough, the holy miracle happens
and they are cured"
The chancellor was deeply religious,
and although he had planned the pill
grimage for political reasons, for the
moment, he lost sight of them. What
If, after all, this clear-eyed, clean
hearted child could bring this miracle
Of the kings recovery? 1t was a
famous shrine, and stranger things had
been brought about by less worthy
agencies.
II thought" he said, that If you
would 60 to Etzel, Otto, and there pray
for your grandfather's recovery, it
1t would be a good thing"
The meaning Of such a pilgrimage
dawned suddenly on the boy. His eyes
filled, and because he considered 1t I'M
manly to weep, he slid from his chair
and went to the window.
"Tm efyNd he's going to die" he
said, IL 3 smothered voice.
The chancellor followed him to the
window, and put an arm around his
shoulders. "Even that would not be
so terrible, Otto" he said. "Death,
to the Old, is not terrible. 1t is m
open door. through which they 60 glad
ly, because-because those who have
gone ahead are waiting just beyond
it."
Are my mother and father wait
ing?"
Eyes, Otto"
He considered. "And my grand
mother?"
"Yes."
Hell be very glad to SEE them all
again."
VERY happy, indeed. But we need
him here, too, for a while. You need
him and-I. So we will 60 and pray
to have him wait a little longer be-
fore he goes away. How about It'll"
"Ill try. I'm not very good. I do a
good many things, you know"
Here, strangely enough, 1t was the
chancellor who fumbled for his hand. /
kerchief. A vision had come to him of
the two of them kneellng side by side
at Etzel, the little lad who was mot
very good" and he himself with his
long years behind him of such things
as fill q mans life. And because the
open door was not so far ahead for
him either, and because he believed i'm.
plicitly in the great record within the
gate, he shook his shaggy head.
So the pilgrimage was arranged.
With due publicity, Of course, and due
%precaution for safety. By train to the
foot Of the mountains, and then on
foot for the ten miles to Etzel.
The crown prince went through his
preparation In a sort Of rapt solemn.
ity. So must the boy crusaders have
looked as, starting on their long jour-
ney, they faced south and east, toward
the far distant Sepulcher of Our Lord.
The kings council went, the chancellor,
the mayor of the city, wearing the
great gold chain Of his flee around his
neck, and q handful of soldiers-a
pilgrimage and the more affect
Ing. There were no streaming banners,
magnificent vestments. The arch.
accompanied them, and a flag
bearer.
They went on foot to the railway
through lines of kneeling PEG.
pie, the boy still rapt, and looking
ahead, the chancellor SEEM
also absorbed, but keenly alive
to the crowds. As he went on, his face
1t was as II the miracle had
happened. Not the miracle
for which the boy would pray, but a
one. Surely these kneeling
gazing with moist and kindly
eyes at the crown prince, could not,
the hot words of demagogues, turn
INTO the mob he feared. But 1t had
happened before. The people who had,
moment, adored the Dauphin Of
France on his balcony at Versailles,
lad lived to scream for his life. ,
The countess, standing on her bal
.ony and staring down into the valley, I
,eheld the pilgrimage and had thus ,
Ter first knowledge Of It. She was
ut first, and stood gazing, I
ripping the stone railing with tense ,
lands. She watched, horror stricken. ,
rhe crown prince. himself. come to
Itzel to pray! For his grandfather,
f course. Then, indeed, must things :
bad with the king. rs bad as they :
,ould be. r
The church doors closed behind I
hem. In
Olga Loschek fell On her knees. She {