The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-28

seen that the baron was for once
abashed to dumbness. All that he
riain, simple old man. had eve,
asked was to serve as best he might
careless Of reward.
Beyond this" continued the voice
as good a minister of treasury as has
ever conducted the affairs of a peo-
pie or a king, Captain Philidor
Paulo."
In a cheering mood. they cheered
again.
And from now on you owe it to
yourselves, n your king, to those
who have done the best they could
Tor you, to make, by continued in
dustry and integrity, the kingdom of
Marker great. The king has made
no mistake. You were not fit to con
duct yourselves a year ago. Many of
you We're idle, lazy INC Indifferent.
1t required the inflexibility of an
autocrat to arous you. An autocrat
-, oilSi ali, DuI d nurse. once the
necessity for a nurse passes, it passes
Tor all time. You are a nation now,
known and respected by the whole
world. 1t rests with you whether
that respect shall continue, and re-
s7ect is a thing that accumulates or
diminishes in just proportion to your
deeds. 1t does not stan still. The
respect given a nation is not meas
ured by the breadth of its lands, or by
what it owns. 1t is measured by the
acts of the individuals who compose
it, No man dare act otherwise than as
a representative Of his nation. Or him
individually rests the good name Of
his nation. He, as a unit, is as re-
sPonSible for its reputation, as is the
KING himself. ]" is by his individual
acts that his country is estimated.
ask you to remember my words and
to consider them when alone. that
you may find the right way, in this
hour of your assumption of great
responsibilities, to each adjust his
W personal life to the demands of
q high standard"
h crowd beneath had become
hushed and thoughtful as he shot
his words out to them. They ex-
pected in that grave moment that he
would say more; as if daunted by his
W temerity n unwonted public.
ity, he abruptly stopped, and like one
suddenly frightened, turned and fled.
Ahe mar on the fountain again lifted
his hands and sang with that far
reaching voice. Again they Joined
hjm with a new ~fervor, containing in
ITS volume some enormous throb,
quite without excitement, quite grave
N IT'S sincerity.
The king, regardless-of everything,
forgetful Of all save the terrific song
which for centuries had led his peo-
pie to the heights of endeavor, there
10 be crowned with death or victory,
shut his eyes. threw his head back
and sang with them. With a final
outpouring of fervent wishes, the
crowd saw him pass through the
door, followed last of all by the
"hite-headed old baron. The noise
o.ed away. and the palace gardens
began to empty. The king looked
around the room for Kent. He was
rot to be seen. AS if mortified by
his own moralizing, he had gone.
The, door of the room adjourning
stood ajar and the king walked to it,
ooked in, and halted in astonish-
nent. Kent was standing alone by,
the sid Of his bed: in which lay
Ppovarsk. The king hesitated for an
instant and then turned and tip-toed
away. The, broken screen caught
his glance and he paused above it,
observing that Won Glutz and Paulo
were both inspecting the same OBJ
ject.
The baron looked around with his
slow, eyes, n pointed at the tiny
dent in the tiles, bordered with
NpAoAS1SS - iCal, anu Sa4lSo dll9u- !
ton to it with a significant smile.
That" he said, Il take to be the
last shot of the last revolt in Mar
ken"
The king saw the American once
more that day. 1t was after twilight.
dusk and a full moon had followed
n another across the trail of the
skies. In the distance, where Marker
huddled n shouldered on its hills,
could be heard, mellowed, but ex-
pressive, the faint sounds Of revelry.
Great rockets marked fiery courses
in the night N hen showered upon
the red roofs their softly floating and
,rultt-hued rain Of stars. Sometimes
above the murmur of the notes Of a