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They mol I hi1 detnrliinent of ciiviii
iv nt the door, nnd that, in slntc, rode
1'iiok to th pnliicr uIhtc In- wiim to
ilo. Klnjr Otlo the Ninth. A wry snd
little Ung, for Nlkky litid nnswen d Ids
'inostlon ImiK-slly. A MAR who mopped
Ills ,vcs with a very dirty hnndker-
hli'f. A weary little king, too, with
liondy n touch of IndtfMttODl
Itt'lilml then, In the noma on the
Itoad of the (?ood Children, Ilneekel.
in nn access of fury, ordered the hnrty
of the concierge Hung from n window.
It lay helow, a twisted and shapeless
thing, beside the pieces of old Adi 1
liert's broken swortl.
CHAPTER XX.
The Lincoln Penny.
And so, at last, King Otto the Ninth
reached his pnlnce, nnd was hurried
up the stnlrs to the room where the
council waited. Not nt nil n royol flg
ure, but a tired little boy In gray trou
pers, a short black Eton coat, and n
rolling collar which had once boon
white.
He gave one glnncc around the room.
"My grandfather!" he said. And fell
to crying Into his dirty pocket-handkerchief.
,
The chancellor eyed grimly from un
der his shaggy brows the disreputable
figure of his sovereign. Then he went
toward him, nnd put his hand on his
head.
"lie was very eager for this rvst,
Otto.' he snld.
Then he knelt nnd very solemnly
nnd with Infinite tenderness, hi kissed
the small, not overclean. hand.
One by one the council did the same
thing.
King Otto straightened his shoulders
mid put away the handkerchief. It
lind occurred to him that he wns a
man now and must net a man's part
In the world.
"May I see him?" he asked. "I
didn't see him before."
"Your people are waiting, sire," the
chancellor said gravely. "To a ruler,
Ins people must come llrst."
And so. In the clear light from the
room behind him. Otto the Ninth flnt
stood before his people. They looked
up, : nd hard eyes grew soft, tense
muscles relaxed. They saw the erect
ness of the small figure, the steadi
ness of the blue eyes that had fought
back their tears, the honesty and fire
and courage of this small boy who
wns the king.
Let sneh of the revolutionist as re
mnli.pd serenm before the parliament
bouse. Let the flames burn and the
drums beat. The solid citizens, the
great mass of the people, looked up
nt the king and cheered mlghtly. Rev
olution bad that night received Its
death blow at the hands of a child.
The mob prepared to go home to bed.
While King Otto stood on the bal
cony, down below In the crowd an
American woman looked up, and sud
denly caught her husband by the arm.
"Robert." she said. "Robert, It is
Bobby's little friend!"
"Nonsense!" he retorted. "It's
rather dramatic, Isn't It? Nothing
like this at homel See, they've
crowned him already."
Hut Bobby's mother looked with the
clear eyes of most womeo, and all
mothers.
They have not crowned him," she
said, smiling, with tears In her eyes.
"The absurd little king! They have
forgotten to take off his paper crown !"
The dead king lay in state In the
royal chapel. Tall candles burned at
Ids head and feet, set In long black
stnndards. His uniform lay at his'
feet, his cap, his sword. The flax of
Ids country wus draped across him. He
looked very rested.
In a small private chapel nearby
lay old Adelbert. They could not do
lii in too much honor. He, too, looked
rested, and he, too, was covered by
i lie flag, and no one would huve
gueflMd that n part of him had died
long before, and lay burled on a bat
i1' Held. It was, unfortunately. Ids old
uniform that he wore. They had ndd
'd his regimental flag to the national
i no, and on It they hud set his shabby
ip, He, too, might have been n king.
There were candles nt his head and
feet ulso; hut alas, he had now no
i--vord.
Thus It happened that old Adelbert
the traitor luy In stute In the palace
and that monks, In long brown robes
Inelt and prayed by him. IVrhaps he
in eded their prayers. If tit perhaps, In
the great accounting, things are bul
nnced up, the good against the bad. In
that case, who knows?
The palace mourned and the palace
rejoiced. Haeckel had told what he
knew and the leaders of the terrorist
were In prison. Home, In high places,
would be hanged with a silken cord,
us was their due. And others would
be esthetlcally disposed of. The way
was not yet clear ahead, but the crisis
was passed and safely.
Marly In the evening, aoon after he
Hut NlUWy was tired of words, and
rather afraid of them. They were not
his weapon. He trusted mole, as has
been said somewhere else. In bis two
strong iinns.
"Too iiiii.li ever to let you go." he
said.- Which means nothing Wllci
we dike It for granted that she was In
his anus. And she was, Indeed.
The l.lu' having been examined and
given some digestive tablets by the
colli t physicians a group which,
strangely enough, did not Include Doe
tor Wcldortiuin had been given a
ivnriii bath and put to bed.
There was much formality as to the
nrOceOs now, several gentlemen cling
ing to their hereditary right to hang
around ami be DalMMW during the
i i'i iy. Hut at last he was left
alone with Oaknr,
had anoenr,.,-. on n. h ,, n. ,..,rf Alone. 01 course, as iniicn as a King
bad sworn fealty to Otto 'the Ninth. '" ",,r n,on w,,l,,h' "'"" """ ,,N,r"
He had stood on the dais In the thrOM ""trlM gild M on, ll not exactly soil
room, very much washed ami brushed ""'v InemoDt.
by that time, and the ceremony had " lc"r: s," ""' "'" "'OI" !"-
taken place, Sui'h a shout from re- '''"'
llcved throat! as went up. such a chit- "Majesty ! '
ter its sworcN were drawn from scab- '" v ggthoflBg the royal gar
bards and held upright In the air. incuts, whlcfa the pli.v Melnim llttd or-
"otlo!" they cried. And again, derad burned. In ca of .
Ott0, "'"'' '"" 'w'r '"' American Ice
The little king had turned quite pnle rr'"l?"
with excitement. N"' ""'J'""'.". WOl tluit I r ill."
I.ntn It, ii. imIm Mtwb. i.Hm..Ii "II M v,l'.v delicious." observed the
went to the COUneff room. The eoun- l;l"' "n1 M,,",,l ,lmv" '" ,ls
ell had dispersed, and Mettllch sat Jj "" '' t P suddenly
alone. When Nlkky was annotin 1 he "Oskarl'
frowned. Then, very faintly, he "Y,s' "'"JestyP
smiled. Hut he wns stern enough when "There Is something In my trousers
the young soldier entered. Nlkky I almost forgot It. I'leose
came to the point at once. ,,rl"K ,,1,,nl "
"I have come," he snld, "to know Wtttag l '" bed. and under Oskar's
what 1 am to do, sir." disapproving eye, because he, too. was
"Do?" asked the chancellor, eoldlv. -"-Kl WW) the germ Idea. King
"Whether the crown whether the ott" the Ninth felt around In Ills small
king Is safe or not." snld Nlkky, k- POCktttj until at last he had found
lug dogged and not nt all now like the ",ml '"' "anted.
picture of his mother. "I am guilty of "Have I a small box anywhere, a
of ail that happened." v,,' sl11 boxf im Inquired.
The Chancellor had meant to be verv "Tl"' "" '" wlli'' ""r majesty's
hard. Hut he had come through n st'nl '"' ("", l',, Alw' '
great deal, and besides, ke saw some- '" Mthe study which contulned
thing Nlkky did not mean him to see. "niyons."
He was used to reading men. He saw "III have the ring box," said bis
that the boy hud come to the breaking majesty,
point. And soon the Lincoln penny rested
"Kit down," he sold, "and tell me I "' " 's''l" t Wta velvet, on which
about if." were the rojal arms.
Hut Nlkkv would not sit. He stood, ! KI"K 0"' moked carefully at the
looking straight nhead, and told the l'""".v and then closed the lid.
story. He left lothlng out, the scene j "Whenever I urn dtaagroeabU, Os
on the roof, his broken promise. I kar." he said, "or don't care to study,
"Although." be added, his only word ' ,,r-"r "''"K" ""'' "" tMnk '"
of extenuation, "Ood knows I tried to grandfather would not have done. I
keep It." ! "'''' ""''' bring me this box. You'd
Then the message from Countess bl,,,'r " ,"'1"' "" "
Losebek. and his long wall In her bou- I ' y back and yawned again,
dolr. to return to the thing he hud "Did you ever hear of Abraham Lln
found. As he went on. the chancellor's eoln, Oskar?" he asked,
hand touched a button. "'I buve heard the name, innjcs-
"Hrlng here at once Countess Los- . " k"r ventured cautiously.
chek," he said, to the servant who i "My grandfather thought he wns a
and " great man. his voice iraneu on.
"I should like
The exclleuieiits and sorrows of tbo
I day left him gently. He stretched his
I mall limbs luxuriously, and half
Mimed upon his fuoe. Osknr, who
j hated disorder, drew the covering In
I stiff and geometrical exactness across
his small figure, and tiptoed out of the
room.
"Not at all," aald the chancellor
hastily.
"Bnt, If It will not hurt the people?
I want to do two things, or have two
things. They are both quite easy.'
His tone was anxious.
"What are they?"
"Ton wouldn't like to promise first,
would you?"
The chancellor smiled In the dark
ness. "flood strategy, bnt 1 am nn old sol
dier, BMty, What are they?"
"First, I would like to hove a dog;
one to keep w Ith mc."
"I prohahly that can be arranged."
"Thnnk yon. I do want a dog.
And" he hesitated.
"Yes, majesty?"
"I am very fond of Nlkky," said the
Itlng. "And be Is not very happy. He
looks sad. sometime, I--1 would (Ike
him to marry Sedwlg, so we can all
he together the rest of our lives."
The chancellor hesitated. But after
all, why tint V He had lollowed ainbl
Hon al! Ids life, and where had It
brought him? An old man, whose only
happiness lay In this child In his arms
"Peruana," he snld gently, "that can
be arranged also."
The night air blew softly through the
open windows. The little Ring smiled,
contentedly, and closed Ids eyes,
"I'm getting rather sleepy," he said.
"Huf If I'm not too heavy. I'd like you
to hold me a little longer."
"You ure not too heavy, majesty."
Soon the chancellor, worn not with
one day, but with many, wns nodding.
HH3E
came. "Take two of the guard
bring her."
Then, remembering the work he had
to do, he took another sip of milk.
"These things you have done." he snld
to Nlkky. "And weak and wicked
enough they nre. Hut, on the other
hand, you found the king."
"Others found him also. Reside,
that does not affect my guilt, sir," said
Nlkky steadily.
Suddenly the chancellor got up sn'
going to Nlkky, put both hands on hi
shoulders.
Quite to the end now, with the conn
tess not In her rooms or anywhere In
the palnce. With the bonfires burned
to cold ashes, and the streets deserted.
With the police making careful search
for certain men whose names llnerkel
had given, nnd tearing frenzied pla
cards from the walls. With Miss
Rrnithwalte still lying In her drugged
sleep, watched over by the sisters who
hnd cared for the dead king, and with
Karl, across the mountains, dreaming I
of a bride who would never be his.
Quite to the end. Only a word or
two now, and we may leave the little
king to fulfill his splendid destiny. Not
a quiet life, we may be certain. Per
haps not a very peaceful or untroubled
one. Rut a brave and steadfast and
honorable one, be sure of that.
What should we gain by following
Olgn LoHchek. eating her heart nut In
Knglaiid. of the committee of ten, cower
ing In Its cells? They had failed, as the
wicked, sooner or later, must fall. Or
Karl, growing fat In a prosperous land,
alike greedy for conquest and too In
dolent for battle?
To finish the day, then, and close
with midnight.
Nlkky first, a subdued and rather
battered Nlkky. He was possessed by
a desire, not Indeed unknown to lov
ers, to revisit the place where he and i
lied wig had met before. The roof
no less. Not even then that he hoped
for himself any more than be hnd
Imped before. Rut at least It could
nol be Karl.
Strangely enough, Hcdwlg also had
had a fancy to visit the roof. She
could not sleep.
So she had dismissed her maid and
gone through Hubert's rooms to the
roof. Nlkky found her there,
Iledwlg did not turn her head. She
knew his steps, hnd really known he
must come, since she wns calling him,
ictually calling, with all her deter-
U allied young will. Oh, she was shame
less!
Rut now that he had come. It waa
Nlkky who Implored, and Hcdwlg who
held off.
"My only thought In all the world,"
he sold. "Can ydu ever forgive me?"
This was tactless. No lover should
ever remind his lady that be has with
stood her.
"For what?" snld Hedwlg coolly.
"For loving you so." This wus, much
better, quite strategic, Indeed. A
trench gained !
"Do you really love me? I woa-der."
Some time ufter midnight the chan
cellor pnssed the guard and came Into
the room. There, standing by tre bed
e prayed a soldier's prayer, and Into
i It went all his hopes for his country,
' his grief for his dead comrade and
'Sovereign, his loyalty to his new king.
King Otto, who was, for all the ill
' gesflve tablets, not sleeping well,
I roused nnd sow hlin there, and ant
' upright at once.
"Is It morning?" he asked, blinking.
"No, majesty. Lie down and sleep
again."
"Would you mind sitting down for
a little while? That Is, if you are not
sleepy."
"I am not sleepy," said the chan
cellor, and drew up a great chair. "If
I stay, will you try to sleep?"
"Do you mind If I talk a little? It
tuny make me drowsy."
"Tlk If you like, majesty." snld the
old man.
King Otto eyed him gravely.
"Would you mind If I got on jjur
knee?" he asked, almost timidly. In
all his life no one had so held htm,
and yet Robby, that very evening, had
climbed on his father's knee as though
It was very generally done. "I would
like to try how It feels."
"Ooine, then," said the chancellor.
The king climbed out of bed and up
on his lap. His chancellor reached
over and dragged a blanket from the
bed.
"For fear of a cold I" he said, and
draped Jt about the little figure. "Now,
how Is thai?"
"It Is very comfortable. May I put
my head back?"
Long, long years since the dwncellot
had sat thus, with a child In his arms
His sturdy old arms encircled the boy
closely.
"I want to tell about running away,"
said the king, wide-eyed In the dusk.
"I am sorry. This time I am going to
promise not to do It again."
"Make the promise to yourself.
majesty. It Is the best way."
"1 will. I Intend to be a very good
king."
"Ood grant It, majesty."
"Like Abraham Lincoln?"
"Like Abraham Lincoln," said the
chancellor gravely.
The king, for (ill his boasted wake
fulness, yawned again, and squirmed
closer to the old man's breast.
"And like my grandfather," he
added.
"Cod grant that, also."
This time It was the chancellor who
yawned, a yawn that was half a sigh.
He was wry weary, and very snd.
Snddenly, nfter a silence, the king
peke: "May a king do anything he
wuut?"
Finally They Both Slept.
HI eyes closed under Ids fierce
brows. Finally they both slept
room was silent.
Something slipped out of the little
king's hand and rolled to the floor.
It was the box containing the Lin
coln penny.
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