The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-02
THE UNKNOWN
MIR. KENT
GEORGE H. DORIAN CO. COPYRIGHT.
GEORGE Il. DORIAN CO. 1916 copYR1Gr.

kOI EIlG, Hi OIL WHICH Hiu DGSi lCll
by. giant, ION commission" who
was voted queer sort of chap IN
asnuch as sometimes he failed to
hear, or at least declined to answer.
This gave them cause for gossip, 1t
being an innovation to thus adyer-
tise the face of the chancellor. They
did not know that q more mystiiied
! person was the chancellor himself,
! who speculated vainly on what the
fertile Drained kings remembnhncer
could have "up his sleeve" in this
latest advertisement, and not in the
I geast suspecting that it was for the
purpose of making his features so
widely known that he could never
run away.
The Court Gazette, that highly
q aIoof official organ whose smallest
paragraph was read with awe proved
the next distraction. 1t intimated
that great changes were about to take
place in the administration of the
Kingdom all Of which would tend to
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF Marker, and
would probably bring it into the rank
of first powers of the world. what
ever that might be. Elderly gentle
men wagged their heads sagely, and
younger ones unconsciously sweiled
X their chests as duly becomes citizens
of one OF the great powers. The
cautious ones hoped that Marken
was not going to plunge the world
into q war of conquest, and village
oracle who had once seen the Adri-
attic sea and declared that it was i'm
possible to see across it because there
was so much water, and who had for
20 years been discredited therefor as
a notorious liar. arose again to prom
inence and sagely declared that he
believed. after long elaboration. that
e Marker was about 10 have navy OF
its own.
Then, after weeks excited argu-
ynent, there appeared that memorable
state announcement that il was the
duty of all to support the state and
that ~ places named. on the dates
manned, al able bodied citizens Of
both sexes would appear and register
themselves; thai failure 10 do SO
wonid be punished by fines, imprison-
rlent confiscauon OF property and
various other foundations, Also,
God save the King And this mani
..esto was signed by the new cfranceI-
sor. This was carrying il too far!
TFse idea Of expecting people TO do
Something for tfla stale! why, who
sver heard af spch 8 thing Of
course anything aone for The state
xsss wasts.a time Didn't ihey pag
.sazxes- Wasn't that enough Things
Esre coming to = pretty pass ANY
sav, Twp weeks 1nnst elap.e before
ne new canseriprian measures be
z1rne effective, and this. they decided,
s. ssls ample time 10 consider SO start
sang an innovation.
And innovation had been made In
Enc palace itself unknown 10 the
& 4arid, INDECENT citizens 81 the quaint
Tss=isa ely That flowed IN naphazard
FSngaes neiow the palace hill The
ssS rnerican after sffectIng the orgaDi-
alton u the new eahiaet. Was the
a.use-
THANK you Tor 4as invitation 10
ssa.e your palace my home sir ne
aid To the king on His aajesty.s for
sAs re-entry into his ancestral home.
ss,he asng. astonished. inasnuch as
had never conceived, or voiced.
All such invitation. answered With a
himslgai smile not TOO unlike
en,s eva @oh, it's nothing. Moth
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