Show LONG LIVE VE TH THE E KING roberts by maw mary Rini rinehart hari r A copyright 1917 by the ridgway company ALL RIGHTS RESERVED copyright 1117 by mary roberts roberta rinehart M 10 CHAPTER I 1 I 1 the crown prince runs RI away T the h a crown prince sat I 1 in the roval box and swung his leg this was waa hardly princely velly the renal cover legs did not at t quite reach f the he floor f from rare the high crimson v rival sent eat of his fit hall chair prin prince ferdinand william otto was Rs borei bored his HN royal yet robve of a p pair fr of blue serge merge trousers m a short E eton ton jacket and a stiff rolling roiling collar caller of white bate linen irked him he had ad hem been brought to the opera open house under a misapprehension hla him aunt the archduchess ammeter had bad strongly advocated the th alha dytch dutch ronn mail and his english governess bliss had bad read mad him same borne inspiring literature about it so here he was unit and the flying dutchman was not given ghostly fly at oil all nor did it fly and 1 in bread of flying after dreary runs of a singing it was moved off on on creaky cranky rollers by men whose shadows were thrown grotesquely on the sea am bacling backing the orchestra hestral by a base solo 1 and ad intermittent thu tuler in the wings was mom testing ra a deafening din or one of the shadows on the sea back ing took out its handkerchief a and wip wined d it its nose a prince ferdinand NV william Illiana otto look 1061 4 across the other roval cover be box and ad caught his him cousin calron bedig eve she ilov also ibid it seen I 1 the handkerchief he bier ill she ab took out ont her bar own scrap era of linen and mimicked the tie h a then the tier her th dartad refit highness the archduchess a chose an min clata being occupied with ill the star storm she winds winked it across as at pit prince vic william otto in ill the opposite box bat we were him two as the plain princea and 7 g hilda hild attended by sled jadv 1 in waiting 9 hedwig an was bight eighteen tv the crown prince liked like it fledie better the than hilda bid although she he had been intro fair dread formally to the mart court at the christmas eve ball and bad been duly twe presented Rented by her grandfather the mae kins with the ka str string g a of I 1 pearls and her own carri carriage m SIT she at still I 1 ran oft off now rod abd then to hove ten with the cronn crean pit prince end ad alia in the school room at the pulses palace and she bhe could cat a great deal 0 of bread and but ter fee the crown cromon prince sa yawned moved although it was man but t the be middle of the after I 1 noon on catching t thing had fg a eve he be ran bingea his him n up through his thick yet yel low hair and grinned bed haig ig blushed she had confided t to him once while were walking in the garden at ill the summer peters palace th that u t she he me was thinking ld lit 9 of 1 being in love with a young yo ng I 1 lieutenant who he was attached to the idea hangs suite te the prance who ho was waa called otto for short by the family bees because he actually had eleven names am the prince had bad b been en much interested par for so some t time line afterward ftera verd de be had bad both ered miss min to define being 1 in 1 love ve out but he had bad had bad no im really eanls if farm factory I 1 ar in puts purs pursuance uince am of his quest for in formation he had grown quite friendly with the young officer whose name was carls larisch h and had finally asked to hare ban him ride ads with still him at the royal reval deboo school I 1 tile the grim old king had granted the rho request but it had been qui quite a fruitless so BO fur far after all lieu tenant Larl larisch sell only diew quite red as to the ears a who when love was vas mentioned id though although he be appeared pot at unwilling to ear ledwig a name I 1 1 so I now I 1 red ferdinand ivand william otto ran his fingers g through his fair fail her hair which was a for favorite rite gesture of the lieuten ata ants and ad erdwig ig bacholl ba blushed the arch duch duchess e as at sitting I 1 ting we well back was nod ding ju just at outside the doyil box on the red velvet t era general Mett lich wh who a was the and had come because he had been invited unit and stayed outside because bee cause he be said he liked to hem hear music sir not at see it was a sound unit asleep hla him martial bosom with its be gold braid was rising and it filling ile peacefully Y beside him lay the prince s C crown a small black derby hot hat prince prime ford ferdinand mind william otto con I 1 it t all very wearisome if one could only wonder wander around the corridor or bu buy a sandwich from the stand road at the foot of I 1 the he great at stall I 1 11 case or bet bat 1 ter still it if one could only get to the street alone and purchase one of the rig women rome that miss bliss so he despised th the cre crown prince felt 1 in his pocket docket where tile his wak allow law a ponched ance untouched in ot of pocket money lay comfortably he ere meditated ile he could go out and be bock back before they lacy it knew or ew II 11 else een it if he be only aider about dut the e corridor r it would his short legs and outside it was wall a fine day it looked already like with the trepidation of a county canary who finds bids r his is case door open and hopping to tile the threshold surveys the world it vent venturing ring to explore expiate it prince front ferdinand it william lare otto rose to his hl feet fact tiptoed vast past the arch it duchess c base Annun Amoun data ducts who did not nor move and it lookin around him from the door dodoo w way ay he picked pac he 1 I up his hot hat and concealed it by him bin side bide then nonchalantly aa uto K to stretch his him legs lega by walking to ten feet up the bakir and back he passed the dring dr diessl ing ng room door an A other othar moment ater and he was out of sight bight around a bend band of the passageway aud and biow hl Is lal liberty net hot quite at the top of the pit vate ate staircase rese reserved cred for the royal f family ay a guard commonly air stood he Is had to a few feet from franc his post chimene ho never and was watching tho the stage through the half open door of a private logo hom prince ferdinand willani willi otto ott passed behind larb lial him with outward ourt mard culm 1 I me at the top of the public start stair IC caw I C however tie he hesitated here her everywhere were brass buttoned oan clala claim of 0 the opera house A garder vive woman stared at him curiously the little prince looked at the woman with appeal 1 la his him ees am then the ath with his him heart thumping he ran past her down the white marble staircase to where when the great doors promised liberty olga oiga the wardrobe ft oman cormin came out from behind her counter and stood food looking down the marble staircase after the small flying figure the old soldier who vice rented opera glasses classes at the second leading landing and ad who had bad left a leg 19 1 in bom bo m im leaned it over the rolling railing look at that tha he be C ex claimed he will mill break a leg the yen young tor resi rascal I 1 on once I 1 co could id he have but there he be 1 la safe bate I 1 th the good god gild notches over tools and children it looked like the little achan said old the wardrobe woman 1 I have seen been him often the t he has the same bright hair but the open glass man was not listening he had drawn draw a long I 1 ong sells saus ran age fr from one a pocket and arol B roll from the other and now retiring tur to a far retire alved w he stood placidly placid eat eating TS a bite of sausage a bite of 0 bc nod bread C ad his him mind was aas in bosnia besnia with his life fc teg and pon because old adelberta Adel licit herta mind was a 1 in lead and because one hears mil with did the he mand ad and ad not art with the ear car IT he a did uni lot be hear r the sharp question ot of the vial sentry aty t who ran no do down the stairs and I 1 for a second at the look cloak room well for olga oiga too that old Adel adelbert tart did not henr bear her reply re he has hag not passed here she said mith kith aide and anal honest eyes but with in an ear toward old Adel adelbert bort an old ge gentleman came a amil moment moret ago 1 and get a sandwich ith which aich he had left I 1 in his overcoat perhaps this la is whom YOU FOU are seeb tug the th sentry try t earned cursed and ran down the at staircase 1 lose the nails in his shoes shrift sharply a aig 9 sharply on the marble olga of the cloak no room leaned var over her cheeks checks mith her lips curved curbed up in a smile the little one mm she thought and such courage I 1 he will make a great king let him have his hia prink prank like the other children and it god bless him and keep him I 1 i th the a crown croon prince was van just juat a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success he paused for one ona breathless imar moment ecat under the porte cachu a of the opera house thib then he took a I 1 long breath turned to the left and ad was at 1 t crand once swallowed up in the street crowd it S seemed e need very vary strange image to hm him I 1 not net i that ill at he was an unaccustomed to crowds I 1 had find he not that very christ christmas go gone shopping in the city accompanied only lady by one of his into tutors rod and miss amith walte waite and bought for far his grandfather the king hag a burnt wood box be hah might hold either neckties or gloves and for him hia courina silver liver photograph frames but this nos different and for a rather peculiar reason prince ferdin sprince and ad willi william otto ott had bad never ever a seen the back of a crowd the public was ma at al ways lined up facing him smiling and having bowing and ing him prince I 1 erdl nand william otto bad never known known the backs could be so a rigid it vas ons most interesting the next tour was full of bomark ible able things for one he dodged behind a sir street et car and was almost run over by a the policeman on the corner came out and taking I 1 ferdinand william in otto by the shoulder gave him a talking to and ad a shaking I 1 critiqued william otto was furious but policy kept him silent RII w aih 1 proves a conclusively that the crown prince had not hot only initiative witness hta him flight but self ife control arol and ill dl bammey lucky country to have in DIC prospect ct such a king pranee ferdinand rr dinand ft A illiam otto had the fulfillment of a great desire de sire in his him mind small active this thin was vives nothing thing less leas than a ride on an the american secure railroad ral troad which tv a f ch had sec secured ureda a concession in a tar far e corner of the park hedwiga hear or had described it to him how one was in a a small far or to a dizzy dizy and then turned loose on a track which dropped giddily and rose come agam again chich harred buried one oae through sheet iron tunnels ol of la inu edible dible blackness tanist one 1 out our over or a gorge covage filled one era in in mad d curves around cor car ners of heights and finally landed one panting breathless shock ed cd and reeling but sate safe at the very platform vill e a one had purchased ones one 8 ticket three eter eternities which a were only minutes before A aa the early spring twilight fell tile the ras gas lamps along tile the allee allce clasp burn bure i ing made a twin turn row of put pale star ton ahead at the end even no na the n wan an never derer gazed he saw baw myriads of tiny red white and ad blue lights rising high I 1 in the clr fr vart outlining living the crass and peaks peak or of the sheet inn fon mountain which was waa hla his destin notton the land of desire was very naf beart there mine came to his bin ears cars too the oc I 1 I 1 rumble that told of some a put pal printing pl tating sou and being it at that moment at hurled and ad twisted mad and joyously joyous p Y thrilled as aa PC per the lieutenant a den denaill cill thin now mow it it Is a strange thins thing but true that one do doea not at reach the land of ve I 1 to alone because the b halt if of pleasure entire Is the sharing of it with mith I 1 borne one else and the land of desire alone I 1 ia not at the lead land of 0 desire at all 11 quite quil suddenly dilly prince ferdinand william evered 0 otto th that he was lonely at that moment there was a soft whirring ot air to one side aide of him and a yellow bird rising and it falling failing erratically on an the breeze careened suddenly and fell at hit bis feet prince ferdinand willi william otto bent down and picked it up it wa mas a small toy Rem aeroplane plane with yellow silk bilk planes geol gear did you see sea it go that time 9 guy Y ropes of if waxed threat thread and ad a wooden rudder I 1 ita is motive power vested in a tightly twisted rubber one vented ina of the wings 9 was waa bent beat r ferdinand ard trend william otto straightened it and it looked around for the owner ear A small boy bey was standing under order the next go gas I 1 lamp soup gee I 1 he eald 1 in its alcho english P did you yo a se bee e it go 9 that t time thre prince prices far ferdinand d william 0 otto it eyed the stranger he was about a his own age and vas nas dressed in I a short p pair alc of corduroy tro trousers uler much bloomed at the knee a pair of yellow russia ronnie leather shoes that reached well to him calves and ad all 11 a shaggy buggy white sweater telling rolling almost to his thin hill on the very cr baite back of hla him head he ha had bed the local smallest lest cap that prince pence far ferdinand d I 1 it william willi otto had bad ever been this la in the best beat time for flying he said aid I 1 in him bis perfect english all the exhibition flights are at sundown th the boy bay walked slowly over ear and ad stood loo looking liIng boic down n at him you yau ought to me see it fly from the top of pike 8 cakl he remarked ile he had bad caught sight of the despised derby abid ad liis he yes eyes widened but w n bh instinctive good breeding he ignored it 1 that a pike uee a peak up 11 there to he indicated t the ile very cry top of the land of f desire the prior prince tend stared up how does one get up he queried ladders my bly fathers the manager oe lie ae lem is ran me up sometimes prince F ferdinand till it NN till otto state stared it wit with ir new eve awe at the boy bay he found the felt fact much more or remarkable than it if the stranger had stated star it that mi his father wim was the king of england ad icings ings were a as you may mav say bay directly I 1 i prince ferdinand litand tt willlam otto a line ne but scenic railroads 1 I had thought of taking a journey J ammy on n it he said after a seconds rev d I 1 reflection do you think your 1 father th ar A will ill sell me ft a ticket billy grimm will ill go with you yen the prince rose re with alacrity then IT he topped stopped he must of mame course alk ak the he strange boy to be his guest but two wo tickets ticket sl 1 perhaps his allowance was mom not sufficient it I t see bee first how much it costs he bald aid with mith dignity th the other boy bay touched laughed oh gee at you come with me it won man t cost any thing h he said and led the way too tonald aid the to nering lights for bobby thorpe to bring a small boy bay to ride with him was an C everyday lyday affair billy grimm at the ticket win in dow hardly glanced at the boy bay who stood trembling with anticipation in the ohp shadow of the booth be ill the on car came and ad they limbed climbed in pe to hops as aa they moved olt off prince ferdinand william otto lead had a qualm occasioned by the remembrance of 0 the english child who had met nn I 1 a un B timely end but it if he did he be pluckily pluck lly bid it ft put pat your lid hd on the floor of the emr car said bald bobby thorpe depositing his am own atom 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