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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1918)
Lono Tin Br"5" r live The onlrr win. fjnnli.v lsrted. Old Atlcll.eri wl 11! Hint nluhl. Hi ll nil' !f III M flM.f. ihh bodj IK Ik, I, ivoti Hip ,.k , hit Nil loilf tltf n$tfaNBK nomms RwmAUTj c B cn'jfsvT:s0T. PY TWJT vboway rt. wtvv L A. .. kidKt iHimm PQ J owx'iav.-, )V7. tv ) tmai i7M.T7:r vurjur Thank you nil very rniiil," he snM. ' ll hi n ,r, lii until'til clfl. I ndmlrc ii verj ranch, I ihoultl Ilk to keep li nn my desk, but I suppose it li tun valuable. Thiink you very much." The spokrsnmu hoped thnt It ntfgbl be arranged that in- keep it n hin desk, nn i vir pii'Si nt i ctiilixlcr of the love of bis iiiy. To i iiis the ghancellor observed thai it woaluiM urninged, Btld the nffnlr wiik ovir. 'In obviate the difficulty of lmving tbo delegation back down the imiK room, it wai tin crown prince who deported tlrst, whh tin- chancellor. Lute In tbo afternoon tbo king sent tin Prince Kerdinund wiuinin Otto, He bud not loft bi bod slim' the diiy he bud plured tbo matter of HoiIwIk'h marriage before the rowncll. und now be know he would nerer keare it. There wore times hot ween steeping and wnklng WhoO bo funded bo bud already gone, multilist only bin woiiry body on (ho bod ronminod. At kucIi times ho suw Hubert, onlj. Strangely i uottgh, not us n iiiiiti grown, but iim ii Niiuiii boy again; and bis queen, but us the bud looked many jroon before, when lie married her. and when tit lust, nftei- montbs of innri'led wooing, sbo t - -1 i crept willing Into We anno. So, awakening from u doze, he suw the buy there, and called blm Hubert. Prince Ferdinand William tt". feel ing riitber worried, did the only thing in could tbiuk of. lb thrust ill warm hand Info bis grandfather's groping one, and the touch of bis soft flesh roaaed the king. I be sister left tliem together, Slid In her sinnll room dropped on bey knees before i ho holy Image, iii the king's bed chamber Prince Ferdinand William Otto sii on u high rhalr, and talked, hut be Wowed bis grandfather with alarm. Ills aunt bud certainly Intimated thut bis running -.v. had made the king worse. And l.i looked very 111. "I'm awfully sorry, grandfather," he n ii. "For what ''" "i !;;it I went liwny Hie othCT hiy. sir." "It wns, after nil, u niittirul thing to do." The crown prinee COUld hnrdly be lieve bis ours. "If It COUld only be arranged safely a little freedom " The king lay still with eiOOOd eyes. Prince Kerdlnnnd William Otto felt uneasy. "Hut I n,m ery eomfortahle. and and happy." he hastened to say. "You nre. please, not to worry about me, sir." The king still bold bis bund, but lit said nothing. There were many things be wanted to sny. He hud gone crooked where this hoy must go straight. He bail erred, and the boy must avoid his errors. He had oher Ished enmities, and In his age they cherished hltn. And now "May I ask you a question, sir?" "What Is It?" "Will you tell me about Abraham Lincoln t" "Why?" The king was uwnke enough now. He fixed the erown prime with keen eyes. "Well. Miss Hralthwalte does not rare for him. She says be was not a area) man. not as great at .Mr. Glad stone, anyhow. Hut Bobby that's the I oy I met ; I told you about him be Bays, he was the greatest mnu who aver lived." "And who." asked the king, "do you regard as (he greatest man?" Prince Ferdinand William Otto For while a' bail UOW even n greMLl w ngo, and i "'.iltl I at throe meals, In hides second hrcnkfnal and uftern i raffee, tlowu deep in his lieorl old Ailellietl fell that be hm! lost caste, 'the opera- that was a setting! II' hud been, (hen, of Hie elect, And now to what, hail he I a) It ii ! 'In selling tickets for nn American catrhpennj scheme, patronlacd by butchers, b housemaids, by the common i pie a noisy, uproarious crowd, thai never theless counted their change with suspicious eyes, ami brought I undid iii papal boxes, which they scattered about. There was, however, a consolation Re had ordered u new uniform. Not for twenty years had he ventured the extravagance) and even now his cau tious soul quailed at the price. For the last half doyen years he hail " he answered bravely. ,, , ,,,,v ,K ,M11.,,, ,,y ,,.,. (.,, fidgeted, but "Von, sir." "Humph!" The king l.v still, smil ing slightly. "Well," be observed, "there lire, of course, other opinion us to that. However Abraham Lin coln was u very great man. A dreamer, a visionary, but ii great man. You might ask .Miss Hrtilthwitite to touch you bis 'Gettysburg address.' It is rather a model as to speech milking. although it contains doctrines that well, you'd better learn it." "Yes, sir," said I'rlnce Ferdinand Wlltliim Otto. He hoped I was not very long. "Olio." said the king suddenly you soar look ut your father's turef "Not always." "You might look at It then. I'd like you to do It." "Yes. sir." stumped through the streets, painfully swnn- of shnbblposs, of a shiny hack, of patchea, when, on the anniversary of the great battle to which he had sacrificed a leg. the veterans marched between lines of cheering people. Now, on this approaching anniver sary, be could go peacefully, nay, even proudly' The uniform wns of the best cloth, and on Its second lining showed already its marvel ot tailoring. On an evening a week before the parade would OCCVr, be g.d out hi bonis, ii,' bought always large boots with straight sobs, the right not much different from the left in shape. Thus tie managed thriftily to wear, on his one leg. Hist nn,. i, llm pair, then the other. Hut they were both worn now, ami because of the cost of the now uniform, bo could not buy others. Armed With the better of the 1W0 he st,'i ill,, cohlder's shop, and there met with bitter news. "A patch here, and a new heel. Com rade," be said. "With thai and a pol ishing. Ii win do well enough tor inarching." I'll, iisnnl group was in the shop, mostly young men. a scattering of gray hinds. The advocates of strange doc trines, inosi ,i them, old Adelln rt disapproved oi ihem, regarded Iheui with u sort of contempt Now he felt that they smiled behind his back, it was his clothing, be feii. He shrugged bis shoulders disdain fully, He no longer felt ashamed be fore I hem. Already, although the tailor Ntlll pressed Its seams mid marked upon it with chalk, he wits dad In the dignity of the new uni form. He turned mid nodded to them. "A fine evening.'1 he suld. "if this weather holds, we will have a good day for the marching." He squinted u faded eye at the sky outside. "What marching?" Old Adelbcit turned on the speaker , sharply. "I'robnhly you have forgot ten." he said scornfully, "but in a week , comes an anniversary there arc many i wlio will remember. The day of n grant kettle, Perhapa," he added, "if i .miii do not know of what 1 speak, there i are some here who will loll .win." "It Is Hie way of the old to lle ill the pusi." a student said. Tin u, imi tating old Adalbert's majestic tene: "We. we Uve In the future, Fh, coin-I redes?" lie turned to ilu nd seldier: "Vou have not seen the bulletins?" "Bulletins?" I lore will lie no i . in long. m friend. The uniform DOW that Is u pity. Perhapa the tailor- " His eyes mocked, "No marching?" All order of Hie council. II seems "do pie- now and CHAPTER XIII. The Oate of the Moon. A curious friendship bud sprung up between old Adelbert sad Bobby Thorpe. In off hours, after school, the reminders, li is for pence, ami would forget wurs. And processions nre cost ly. We grow thrifty. Hands and tire works cost money, and money, my hero, Is scarce -very scarce." Again the group Inilglieil. After a time be grasped the truth. There was such an order. The cause was given US the king's Illness. "Since when." ilcniamlid old Adcl beri angrily "has Hie sound of Ids Molnioi marelilng dlsturlHil rise king?' "The sound of wooden legs unno.ts him," observed the mocking student, lighting a cigarette. "Id- would hem only pleasant sounds, such us the nolsi1 of lux inoiio.N pouring into his uulis. .Mi I can think of a pleasnuler: tin tolling of the cathedral bell, nl a cer tain lime, will be music lo my curs!' old Adalbert stood, staring ahead At last he went out Into Hie sired. muttering. "They shame us before the people," be said quickly. The order of the council had Indeed been Issued, u pulnlul business over which Meltllcli and the council hiii1 pondered long. I'm, In the slate o "Since When Has the Sound of Hit Soldiers Marching Disturbed the King?" bad niohlereil in lis shallow grave on a battlefield. For these things happen. Hy morning h" wns better, but he was a different mnu. His eyes glowed. His bod) twin bed. He was stronger, too for now In broke his sword across his knee. nil.', flung the piei'es oul of till window. And with Hiein wi III the last fragment ol his old loyalty to bis king old Adalbert wns now, potentially, a traitor, on the morning after Adalbert had Hum 'i id- i ark mi bis king Bobb) Thorpe rose early, so early, indeed thai even Pepy siiu step) In her nar row bid, ami the milk sellers bad Hot started on their round. The early rising was ii mistake, owing to I watch which bad strangeJj gained an hour. Somewhat disconsolately, lie wan di rod about. Heavy quiet reigned. From ii window he watched the meal sel.er bang out a freshly killed deer, Just brought Horn Hie mountains. He went downstairs and out on the Street, past (he niece of the concierge, who Kn- -ei nl blag the stairs. "I'm going lor n walk." he told her. "If tiny send I'epy down you night ti ll her I'll lie back for breakfast." He Stood for u lime surveying the deer, Then he decided to go bunting himself. The meat si Her obligingly gave him the handle ol a door braab, ami with this Improvised gun Hohh) ! went doer stalking. Ills dog trotted ! ut his heels. Around the old city gate, still stand lug although the wall ml hhlch It bad ; been li part was gone, there was ex cell, nt hunting. Here they killed and , skinned a bear, look line Ivory tusks l from u dead elephant, ami seurehed fur the trull of s tiger. The gate was nil excellent place for ' s tiger. Around It was plumed an ill i most linpi clruble screen of ever ! greens, so thick that the ground be ' math was quite bare of grass. Here I the two hunters eruwled on sliuuuchs thai began to feel ll trill.' empty, und I here they happened on the trail. linker found it Brat Ills slump) lull grew rigid. Nose to the ground, he trawled ami wriggled through the i undergrowth, Hobby at ids beela. Ami now Hobby saw the trail, footprints. it is true thai they resembled those of heavy boots with nails. Hut on Hie I other blind, no one could say surely ' that the nail murks were not those ol i, . s. Tucker circled about. The trail : grew more exciting. Bobby had to I crawl on bunds mid feel under mid I through thickets, Branches bad been i broken as by the passage of some large body. The spoilsman clutched his ! . . i'. capon and went on. An hour later the two hunters re tut tied lor breakfast Washing did something to restore the lender to a normal appearance, but a womb-ring family discovered him covered with wounds und strangely silent. "Why, Hob, where kaVS you boon." Ids mother deuuindeil. "Why, 1 never saw so ninny snatches!" "I've been bunting," he replied briefly. They don't hurt, anyhow." Then be relapsed lulu absorbed sil once. Ills mother, pulling cream on his cereal, placed an experienced hand boy buna about the ticket taker's i tblugs. it was deemed unwise to per booth, swept now to a wonderful clesn llness and sdorned within with pic tares cut from the lllustrsted papers. Outwardly Adelbert wss peaceful. The daughter now received his pension la full, and wrote comforting letters. But bis resentment and bitterness st the loos of bts position st the opere continued, even grew. mil any gathering or the populace en masse. Mtibs lend lo riots, ami riot again to mobs. Five thousand ugned men, veterans, but many of them in their prime were In themselves u danger. And on these duys of until versury It bud been lbs custom of the university to march also, s guard of honor. Medlllon was rife among th -indents on his forehead. "Are you fool well, dour?" she asked. "I thiol your head is a little hot." "I'm nil right, mother." Mo- was wisely silent, but she ran over in her mind the spring treatment for children al home. The blood, she felt, should be thinned ufter a winter of sausages and rich cocoa. She men (ally scinched her medicine ease. A strange thing happened that day. A broken plate ilisappeured from the uppi I shelf of u closet, where t'eiy oi ii hidden II ; also a cup with u nick In It, similarly concealed ; also the heel d u loaf of bread. Nor wus thut the nil. I'm three days u sort of magic reigned In I'epy's kitchen. Ten pot a toes, lutd out to peel became eight .Matches and two ends of candle walked out, as It were, on their own feet. A tin pun with a bole In It left the kitchen table und was discovered hiding In Bobby's bureau, when the Kruuhln yut uwsj the -washing. The governess urotvsled that bl Beard uotblag she (old him, ago was absent mliiui , I m ,. esohV, Hut as die wus always protesting about so me hiii- no one paid any iitleiitlnii Hobby drew abend mj bis pm-hel nllow nlice Without question, und lis Ills birthday n no( for off, naked foi "the dellar: lo grow on" In ndvunca He ulu n.v it i ' i Ivi d a dollar for each . v iinii i .ni Into the bunk, ami n dollar Iii gioA oi, which was bis own to iipend. Willi Hie dollar he uiide a iinmbei of purchases- caudles and candlestick, l toy pistol i nd caps, otic of Hie in for the carnival, now displayed in nil the windows, a kitchen knife, wooden plates, and n piece of bacon. Now and then he appealed at the iconic rallwa;, ulisli icled and viewing a lib a i nh uhit.ng eye the furnishings f Hie engine room ami workshop. 'rom there disappeared a broken 'hair, a piece of old cat I'd, discarded fom n car. ami a large padlock, hut Hie latter be usked ror ami obtained. His occasional visits to the rnllwaj however, found blm in old Adelbertl dim i,. lie Ailed bis pockets with char t'onl from the kI I beside Hie sl.i.c, and mad.' eaiillous Inquiries us to methods of cooking potutoes, Hut the pall of old Adelbert's gloom pi uetrati d nl last even through the hoys abstrac tion. "I hope your daughter Is not worse," ,le said politely, during one of his vlsl s to the ticket booth. "She Is well. She recovers strength apldly." "And the new uniform does It fit vou?" "I do not know," said old Adelbert rlmly. "I have not seen It recently." "On I lie day of the procession we are nil going to watch for you. I'll tell you where we will be. so you can look for us." "There will be no procession." Then to the boy old Adelbert poured tit the bitterness of his soul. He Shewed where he bud torn down the king's picture, und rep' Hod II with one of a dying stag, lie rt stewed his days In the hospital, and the hardships h rough which bo bad passed, lo conic to lids. The U.ng had forgotten bis brave men, inning the rest of (he day Itobb.v eonatdered, No less a matter then the sharing of a certain secret occupied his 1 1 iii ut. Now. half the pleasure of a secret is sharing it, naturally, but t should lie with the right person. And his old playfellow was olutiigoil Hobby, reflecting, wondered whether id Adelbert would really cure to join his pirate crew, consisting .. Tucker and himself. On (he next day. bow vor, be pin (lie matter to the test. Inning resolved Hint old Adelbert needed distraction and cheering. "Yon know." he mid. talking through the window of Hi,, booth. "I think "hen I grow up I'll be a plriilc." "There be worse initios:." suld old Adelbert. whose hand wus now against every mall. "And hide treasure," Bobby went on "In a - In a euve, you know." Hobby edged closer to the window. "l'e got the cave already," "So !" "Here, In the pari. It Is a grout secret." "A rim- here In the park?" "I'll lake you, If you'd like to see It." Old Adelbert wns puzzled. The park offered, so fur as he knew, no place for a cave. It wus a plain, the site of the old wall, and now planted in grass and ilowc-s. He himself had seen 1 1 graded and sown. A cave! "Where?" "That's u secret. Hut I'll show It to you. If you wont tell." Old Adelbert agreed to silence. tiilll midday, when the railway opened for business, the old soldier was free. So the next morning, due precautions having been taken, the two conspirators sot off. Three, rather, for Tucker, too, was now of i in- bend of the black Hug. Outside the thicket Hobby hesitated I ought to blindfold yon," ' enld "l!ul I guess you'll need your eyes lis n nird Ota - i.o ii to" PerhapB, had he known the illfliciii tics ahead, old Aiclbcrl would not have gone on. And, had he turned back then, the history of u certain kingdom of Ifiurope would have keen changed. .Maps, tun, ami school hooks and the life story of a small prince Hut he went on. Stronger than his young guide, he did not crawl, hut bent aside the stiff and ungainly branches of the tils. He battled with the thicket sail cam" Ml victorious He was not so old, then, or so feeble Ills arm would have been strong I'm I he king, had not "There It Is !" cried Hobby. Not a euve. it appeared al llrst. A 0W doorway, burred with an iron grat ing, and padlocked. A doorway in the EXPERIENCED AUTO MECHANICS With modern facilities to care for all Auto ailments Familiar with all make of Cars H. C. SHIRBMAS, :: Lamptthire'a Garage RODNEY DAVIS House Painting Paper Hanging and Decorating Calcimining Hardwood Finishing Fresco Painting Lstimates furnished on application. 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"i broke the nadjock Him was on it." tie explained, "i ranrhffi it with n atone, lint i nt another, i alwaje took it." froiongvd search produced the key. , Dill Ailellierl's flue WBS Bel liuril. Oil I what dtwgodo lutd hiIn boy stumbled I It huh Htruiige. Pohby WM removing the leuf mold with Ills IiiiikIm. "It hum iilnuiMi nil eovered when I fouud It," lie said, In dustriously MTHllllK The door swuus In, silently, as though the hinges hud lieen recently Oiled ; uh Indeed they hud, hut not by the boy. "It's rut her dirty," he explained. "You go down steps first. He very careful." He extended an eurtliy hand and led tbe old wan down. "It's durk here hut ttiere's a room below ; quite u gooo room. And I have candlaa." (Te be continued) Eastern Oregon Auto Cos tsaaHaaeaBHHsvaHUsaiiBHaiiBBKiiaVHHHiBiBiBiMaiiHiMBiai VALE, OREGON H. E. 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