New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-02-07

rules. you know. But they said moth
ing about the roof"
1.-THE roof"
"The roof. The thing that covers
us and keeps out the weather. Tht
roof, highness." Milky alternated be
tween Formally and the other extreme
with the boy.
ut slants, doesn't it," observed his
highness doubtfully.
part of 1t Is quite fiat. We car
take a ball up there. and get some
exercise while we're about It,"
AS a matter Of fact, Milky was not
altogether unselfish. He would visit
the roof again, where for terrible
wonderful moments he had held He'd
wig In his arms. On a pilgrimage,
indeed, like that of the crown prince
to Etzel, Milky would visit his shrine
So they went to the roof. One could
see the streets crowded with people,
could hear the soft blare of distant
horns.
"The scenic railway Is in that direc-
ton" observed the crown prince, lean
ing On the balustrade. "If there were
no buildings we could see it,"
Fright here" Milky was saying to
himself. "At this very spot. She held
out her arms, and l."
ut looks very interesting" said
Prince Ferdinand William Otto. "Of
course we can't see the costumes, but
it is better than nothing"
81 kissed her." Milky was thinking,
his heart swelling under his very best
tunic. "Her head was on my breast,
and l kissed her. Last Of all, l kissed
her eyes-her lovely eyes"
IF l fell off here" observed the
crown prince in n medltative voice,
II would be smashed to a jelly, like
the child at the Crystal palace"
"But now she hates me-" said Mix
ky's heart, and dropped about the dis
lance Of three buttons. "She hates me-.
l saw 1t in her eyes this morning.
Oh. Heaven"
"We might as well play ball now"
Prince Ferdinand William Otto
turned away from the parapet with a
sigh. This strange quiet that filled the
palace seemed to have attacked Milky
too. Otto hated quiet.
They played ball, and the crow
prince took a lesson In curves. But
on his third attempt, he described such
q compound curve that the ball dis
appeared over an adjacent part Of the
roof, and although Milky did some
~blood-curdling climbing along cutters,
1t could not be found.
It was then that the Majordomo, al
ways a marvellous figure In crimson
and gold, and W. seer without white
gloves-the Majordomo bowed in a
window, and observed that If his royal
hiEhness pleased, his royal highness'
luncheon was served.
In the shrOuded Don inside the win
dows, however, his royal highness
paused and looked around.
1--WE been here before" he observed.
"These were my fathers rooms. My
mother lived here, too. When l an
older, perhaps l can have them. 1t
would be convenient OF account of my
p%racticing curves on the roof. But I
should need u number Of balls"
He was rather silent n his way
back to the schoolroom. But once he
looked up rather wistfully at Milky.
"If they were living" he said, Il am
pretty sure they would take me out
today"
Olga Loschek had found the day one
of terror. The failure Of her plan as
to Milky and Hedwig was known to
the countess the night before. He'd
wig had sem for her and faced her
In her boudolr, very white and calm.
HE refuses" she said. "There Is
nothing more to do"
"Refuses!"
HE has promised not to leave
Otto"
Olga Loschek had been incredulous,
at first. 1t was not possible. Men in
love did not do these things. 1t was
not possible, that, after all, she had
failed. When she realized 1t, she
would have broken out in bitter pro-
test, but Hedwig's face warned her.
"He is right, of course" Hedwig had
said. "You and l were wrong, count.
ess. There is nothing to door say"
And the countess had taken her de-
feat quietly, with burning eyes and q
throat dry with excitement.
The plot was arranged, to the small.
est detail. The king, living now only
so long as it was decreed he should
live, would, in mid-afternoon, com.
mence to sink. The entire court
would be gathered in anterooms and
salons near his apartments. In his
rooms the crown prince would be kept,
awaiting the summons to the throne
room, where, on the kings death, the
regency would be declared, and the
court would swear fealty to the new
king, Otto the Ninth. By arrangement
with the captain Of the palace guard,
who was one of the committee Of ten,
the sentries before the crown princes
door were to be Of the revolutionary
party. Mettlich would undoubtedly
be with the king. Remained then to
be reckoned with only the princes per-
sonal servants, Miss Braithwaite, and
Milky Larisch.
Two obstacles were left for the
countess to cope with, and this was
her part Of the work. She had al
ready a plan for Miss Braithwaite. But
Milky Larisch?
Over that problem, during the long
night hours, Olga Loschek worked. 1t