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THE NEWNAN HERALD, NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY. JULY 15, 1921 That Hundredth Chance By RALPH ROEDER (Copyright.) ' Pushing the documents nwny, the king rose ob engerly ns n schoolboy ■ given un opportunity to piny trunnt, and with exactly the same feeling of trepidation tiptoed from his study out Into the long corridor. The long cor ridor stretched, softly carpeted and dim, 600 feet or more, connecting tlie morning-room of the private apart ments at ono end to the blue salon of the state apnrtments at the other, The king was ulone for the first time, ns he remembered It, In over two years. He felt a strange thrill. Advancing a dozen steps Into the long corridor, he glnnced about It was- n dangerous adventure for the king to undertake, for tho year had. been /me of unsurpassed republican Ac tivity. Unrest and revolt hung heav ily in the air about the palace, and even In It. Peril lurked everywhere. To him it was, If anything, a break In the great monotony. Now he paused, undecided Just what use to make of his short freedom. Whether to go to the blue salon and create consternation among' the privy councilors and nobles - waiting there for the morning audience, or, to the ''UTorMng room at the other end- and surprise the queen and the three-year -old prince of Lngcnda In their post- ’breakfnst play. Being always very much more In love with the queen and the prince than with the affairs of state, the king turned toward the morning room. Almost at the bedchamber corridor, ■which Joins the long corridor and leads off from It to the queen’s own rooms, the king In his progress'became aware of another figure slipping along as fur tively ns himself and following him. "Well, wlmt do you want?” the king called quietly. The figure paused In tho shadows a moment, then advnnaed to wherj tho king stood, \ "I—I,” he began. But his peasant tongue was too thick lo furnish the glibly quick explanation needed for the critical moment, Suddenly he realized (lint he lmd penetrated Into tho private upartinonts of the palace. Tensely, trembling, he raised his left hand and held the four fingerslstralght upright, to Indicate the dominant peo ple, with the thumb crooked Inwnrd and bent, to represent the fallen king. The king, still keeping gny and ad venturous, and not Uuowlng Just what to do to keqp up the pleasant game with this earnest man who amused him so much, held up his left hand, too, and quite deftly Imitated the queer movements the man had made. It was a great success. "Ah, comrade!" he exclaimed In n low, ecstatic voice. Gently hut persistently withdrawing his hand from the Gargantuan grip tho king smiled boyishly. The broad man quickly, eagerly, continued: "Ah, how the luck Is with ns. Without you I would have been lost. I am comrade Antonio. I am the one who drew the blnclc lot In the great meeting at Nnvotnq. Show me tlie king’s room!" Then the king knew that an nsRns- eln, a revolutionist of the great secret League of Liberty stood by his side. ' Tlie king thought quickly, v ch the boyish smile still lingering on his fnce, although Ills eyes were keen behind It. What methods of escape were open to him? It would be useless to hope to match his slenderness against the broad peas ant In grappling strength. “Why do you hesitate, comrade?" the stranger was asking suspiciously. “Our oath hinds us to help one an other whenever called upon. Lead me to tlie ruler of our land I" , The chances were a hundred to one that the peasaut’s great strength would make tlie attempt ouly n means of hastening the assassination, but what If It did come to the Worst, It would mean but little, for the king bad clearly In his mind at that mo ment the Image of the’Prince of La- genda, Just beyond In the morning room, the brave little prince, to whom he had been so blithely hastening a moment before, So, still smlltng, the king began to ■draw back his slender right hand, ready for the blow—to take the hun dredth chance. Slowly, cautiously, Imperceptibly, and easily his hand went back, poised for the attack, and It was quite to hts hip when a pattering noise, sounding at tlie end of the lopg corridor from the direction of the morning-room, caused both men to look toward It One hundred feet ahead, a shaft of morning sunlight had fallen Into the gloom of the long corridor. The door of the morning room was partly open, and outlined against It was the small, sturdy blond figure of the^three-year- old Prince of Lagendn. The square-faced man, staring In surprise at the advent of the child, glanced from the father to the son with recognition hovering in his slow eyes “Eh, comrade, who Is this?” he ashed wonderlngly, In the patois of the peasant The king had taken the Prince of La- genda by one chubby hand and smiled bis famous, boyish, merry smile more wlnningly than ever. It was an In stant for v;h1th regicides and' revolu tionists might have prayed for centu ries. Not only the king, but tho four- hundrcd-yeur-old Wepsburg dynasty could bo wiped out by one stroke. Now It wus tlie king’s turn to choose his ouly chance, us the peasant hud chosen a minute before. Still smiling very quietly und ge- nlnlly, with his eyes looking full Into the oilier man’s, his fingers grasping the prince's soft, moist ones. Just n ■trifle ttghlnr, the king said cleurly and softly: “You asked me to lead you to the ruler of our country, did you not? Well, I will not have to, he 1ms come !to us. This Is he." Ho waited for the effect of Ills words on the blanched-faced revolutionist, ithen lie continued, still quietly and cor dially: "People cull him the Prince of Ln- :genda, but lio Is the real ruler of the kingdom? Would you know liow he ■rules? By the purity of Ills white skin, by tlie fearlessness of his blue eyes, by the gentleness of his curly hair,” Hie king stopped to finger It lovingly, racked by the thought that It might ;be for;the last time. “Our country libs been In sore neofl .of one like him for many generations," he resumed. "There has been neither purity, nor fearlessness, nor gentle ness. But God has given them all to him. He will be a king who will ■be a king Indeed, whether he shall .have a kingdom or not. "I, In my few years, have tried to keep and to better this old land for him, but the Wepsburgs have always bred In steps, one valley between two mountains, I am the valley, Fernando the Easy." Lai -~r - 'fRerT the revolutionist knew that It was the king, the man he had come to kill, who was talking. And more, that the crown prince, marked by the league as equally doomed, was wlthla his reach. He trembled and'shook like a win ter leaf with the agitation of It, but ■his right hand held tightly over the ■lump In his coat. Imperceptibly his hand sank deep er into the pocket "I drew the black lot In the great meeting at Nnvotas,” he declared coldly. “I came to kill." "Yes, I know,” the king replied, his fnce still smiling, hut. the foreboding of desperation In his eyes. "But why? Have you among your revolutionists one man like that?" His free hand pointed to the prince. “Your tongue shows tlint you are from the north provinces, from Bra- tnln, perhaps; yqu breed steeds on your plains of Brntaln for speed. Tills mnn-cliild lias been bred to rule. The white plume that led on the bloody slopes of La Rnza belonged to his great-great-grnndfuther. The sword that turned bnck the French legions at Brassy was held by his grandfa ther. "He will make our - land great and prosperous ngaln, and I ask to live my self only that I may teach him and guide him. He nlone can do it, he will lie the mountain !" "A child,” grumbled the square- faced man gruffly. “In only eighteen Years lie will be of nge! Wlmt Is eighteen years In tlie life of a nation? You and I may not enjoy the blessings of It, but our chil dren will. You have'children, have you not, Antonio?” The republican’s head shook grimly. "There was no bread to feed them— Why should I have them?" The king’s fnce poled until It held only tlie wnn ghost of n smile. After nil, he was but the valley, Fernando tho Easy. The revolutionist was growling some Inarticulate words. “I eatne to kill," he snld with peas ant.obstinacy. "I drew the black lot in the great meeting at Navotas.” The big muscles of his right arm stiffened, and slowly his hand sunk deeper Into the pocket. It reached the lump and grasped It. Then the Prince of Lngenda, be coming suddenly Impatient, pulled nwiiy from his father and pushed out with Ills small fist against the stranger’s thick leg. “Go away I” he ordered. "My fa ther Is to /ilny with me. You are not a councilor—go with the servants.” He lifted his fnce fearlessly to the mun’s brown one and hls clear, blue eyes flashed with the indescribable BureneBs of fpur centuries of implicit command. “Go 1" he repeated. The peasant’s face suddenly went white as chalk, hls thick, sturdy legs trembled, hls long-bred peasant blood —the 400 years of obedience—was turning to water before tlie pleasure Of that Infant royal hand. There was a hypnotic force envelop ing him, the spell of the old Weps burgs, the Wepsburgs of the white plumes and long swords. The In stinct of submission gripped him. He fought It desperately, but the blood told. Hts hands dropped limply to hls sides. “I—I go," he stammered. “Although It means death outside. They are watting for me. It was decreed that If he who drew tlie black lot should not do hls task within the week he should be marked for death himself. No, no," he noticed the king’s agita tion. “It will be useless to try to save me. And I am content." He turned to go, but the king halt ed him, and reaching out hls long, white hand, suddenly grasped the broad, brown one. Hls large, sad, whimsical eyes, more fitted for a poet or a dreamer than for a ruler, were brimming moist "Good-hy—good-by. Comrade An tonio!" he said, "seiwoni 0 f jj, e guard 1” . : ^ |tl He clapped .hts.hands and a guard hurried frorna' cross , corridor. “Safe escort to the palace gatel" WHERE FROGS ARE CHICKENS Tariff Laws of the United States Say They Are Same and Alike “In Three Counts." To one not versed In tariff law, or familiar with the devious and tortu ous channels of rensonlng followed only by customs legal luminaries, some of the decisions at first appear to be rather odd. Frogs hove become chick ens for tariff purposes, venison has been held to be beef and live snallB have soberly been decided to be nonenu- merated unmanufactured articles; re marks the San Francisco Chronicle. Benson begins to totter on Its throne and completely tumbles off when one learns that a firebrick weighing under five pounds Is n firebrick weighing over five pounds. Benson, however, can pick up its scepter and climb back to Its easy clinlr with a sigh of relief after reading a wonderful paragraph In the law known as tlie similitude clause. If an article Is not provided for, either by name or material, and has onp of four characteristics of an article that Is provided for, It takes the same rnte of duty. If the homeless article re sembles any other article either in material, quality, texture or In use to which It may be applied It becomes that article for tariff purposes. Frog meat Is similar to the white meat of chicken In three counts, veDtson scores on one for the reason that both ven ison and beef are eaten and firebricks weighing under five pounds are Used In exactly the same manner as those weighing over five pounds. Ion The Third Heaven. According to nn ancient Jewish opln- “ there were three henvens: (1) that wherein the birds fly, (2) that where in the stars move, (3) that where the Highest and Hls nngels live. In H Cor- Inthlans St. Paul’s reference Is to the heaven of heavens, tlie place of God’s ruling over angels nnd r11 powers, as distinct from Pnrndlse where the souls of the faithful dead abides to which blest place he was raptured, also, as he says In the same passage, Has . Poor Opinion of Percy. Percy Noodles soys that when he asked the capitalist’s daughter what Bhe-would do If he got a Job a v s news paper reporter, she said she would ex pect hls first day and hls last day to come before hls pay day.—Dallas News. I > IRELAND UNDER ALIEN RULE Power of the Danes Broken by Brian j Boru In 1014—Normans Became Amalgamated. About 800 A. D., the pagan hosts of the Northmen and Danes fell on Ireland with fierce destruction. A^ter a century of destruction, Irish kings led their people in a succession of wars, n for the deliverance of their country, and Brian Boramn, or Brian Boru (926-1014), king of Munster, by hls great victory In the battle of Clon- tarf, on April 23,1014, finally broke the power of tlie Danes in Ireland. In 1171 Ireland was Invaded by the Nor mans from England, In the time fit flenry II, and Its conquest begatl. “In Ireland,” to quote the words of Prof. Edward 'A. Freeman (1823-1892) “the Norman wns more purely a conqueror than anywhere else, but In Ireland hls power of adaptation enused him to sink In a way in which he sank nrf- where else. While some of the Nor man settlers In Ireland went to swell the mass of the English of the Pale, others threw In their lot with ( the native Irish, and became, In the well- known saying, “more Irish than the Irish themselves.-”—Detroit News.. Religion of Good Citizenship. .fi "In China there existed In the past, nnd there are evidences that It Is com ing to life ngnln, the religion of good citizenship,” snys a writer in Asia Magazine. "That Is to say, the Chi nese theory Is that o man 'does,''riot need to feel the need of physical force to protect himself; he has seldom;-the need even to call In nnd use the physi cal force of the policeman—of the,state —to protect him. A man in China is supposed to be protected by the sense of Justice of hls neighbor; he Is pro tected by the readiness of hls fellow- men to obey the sense of moral obliga tion. Tlie Ideal of Chinese civilization, therefore,’Is that a man can not feel the need of using physical force to protect himself because he Is sure that right and justice Is recognized by all hls neighbors a’s a force higher than physical force, and that moral obliga tion ns recognized by everybody is something tlint must be obeyed." Ground Must Be Hollow. In I.nssen county, California, Is a spot called Dry lake, which is in reali ty almost an arid plain, with soi^e alkali scattered here and there over It, and Its area ts twO and a half by four miles. On one side are tlie Pit River mountains and on another are big pine woods, while to the west are the famous lava beds, In which the Indians hid during that last great Cal ifornia struggle with the savages. A winding road lends up from the vql- ley below Into the curious basin. If a horse walks on this road any where, even two pr three miles out side the border of the Dry lake, 'he can be beard for many miles up in the Interior. The ground all about there sends forth a hollow sound. Reverbera tions can be beard everywhere. A foot fall may be heard like a sound In a great cavern. God’s Best Medicine. “Mirth Is God’s medicine," says a noted writer. "Everybody ought to bathe in 1t. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety, all the rust of life, ought'to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. 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