The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-22

| myself TO the vehicle. 1t obeyed my
slightest will. The hand upon the dial
| in front of me, besides the voltage, indi-
Gated the rate of speed at which the
coupe was running; provision being
made for a velocity as high as 25 miles
an hour. Twice or thrice L made a
squirt and went at full speed. What a
revelation il would have been to the son
of Nmshi!
When we arrived in the Theatiner
strasse we were again confronted with
that everlasting procession of the royal
guards. 1t was now six o'clock, and
they must have made the circuit eight
or nine times.
now noticed that great many out
siders had joined themselves to the
troops and were marching with them.
The air was continually rent with
shouts OF "Hoch der Koenig!" "His
majesty forever!" and "Down with the
deputies!" 1T is wonderful what three
thousand marks wAl do" thought /.
AS we came around by the bank, to
get into the street Of the Hof garten, we
found the crowd SO dense that 10 was
IL
On this account we were constrained to
remain perfectly immovable for the bet
Nr part Of an hour. Finally there was
q movement of the popnlace toward the
square OF Maxinilian Joseph. For q
N 0ment there wns an opening In the
crowo before US, and we quickly took
advantage of II, and In two T three
minutes found ourselves in the rear of
the palace, ut the small private entrance.
which we had previously used. 1t was
now almost seven o'clock.in the evening
and the darkness was beginning to
settled down. We found Gottfried Jo-
hannes waiting for us upon the steps.
"Your majesty is wanted immediately
at the telephonel" he cried.
'Take me to it," said i.
He led me through q long, dimly-
lighted corridor and into n small Office.
/ took down the receiver and applied is
TO my ear.
"Hello!" said I.
'Hello! your majesty, "came back In
. shrill female voice.
"Who is talldrg?" said I.
'Iie has gone of with her. your
majesty" shrieled the voice.
"Who bias gone off with whom, and
what is II TO MOP" shouted.
eft was half an hour ago, and I have
been trying to call up your majesty ever
since"
"Well, who are you, and what do you |
want me to do about it?"
Can your majesty not save her?"
"Save her?" shouted back, in desper.
alton. "Save whom?"
my niece Valeska, your majesty. |
Did not say he had run off with her?"
IL dawned upon me that was talk
ing with Frau Reinhold, and that she
was conveying TO me the information
that my angelic protege had been, in
some manner, abducted by the villain
Gus Won Rabenstein. i was so overpow-
cred by the intelligence that expressed
myself somewhat emphatically.
oh! oh! your majesty. How can your
majesty talk so horribly"
II will be with you in less than
quarter Of an hour" said I.
With that put up the receiver and
FASTENED out. ] found Secretary Muller
smolng q pipe upon the box of the
coupe i took my place beside him, and
put the vehicle in motion.
l chose the back streets. and, avoiding
the nore crowded thoroughfares, ar
rived at the dwelling of Frau Reinhold
in less time than had promised her.
On the way, told Muller what had
happened. He did not show the least
surprise, but entered into my plans,
coolly and as a matter of course. He
was truly singular individual.
We found Frau Reinhold in great dis
tress Of mind. She informed us that.
about three-fourths Of an hour after
we had left them. her niece and she
had stepped. from the house, with tho
Intention Of visiting an apothecary's
shop In the neighborhood. As they
passed n closeE-covered barouche,
which was drawn up at the curb, the
door of IL suddenly opened, Gen. Won
Rabenstein darted out upon the walk.
threw some sort of blanket over the
head and shoulders of Va1eska, and
sprang, with the struggling girl in his
arms, into the carriage; which was at
once driven furiously away. The whole
thing Ind been done so quickly and
neatly that the few pedestrians within
the street had not notiued IL. She, her.
self, had been so utterly surprised that
when IL occurred to her TO cry out the
vehicle was already long distance
away. 1t bad gone down the Sendlinger
country road, vsiich takes a southeast
erly dircotion from the city. OF the
cquipngc itself, she recollectcd no dis
tinctive features. save that one OF the
horses was white and the other bay.
and that the ccachman had a yellow
handkerchief wound round his neck.
These were meager clews 10 follow.
but ! bundled the old lady into the
coupe. and we started in pursuit OF
he barouche ut brcakneck rate of
ipcod. II wos quarter OF seven when
the unfortunate girl had been stolen.
und II was nov quarter past the hour.