Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-03-07
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'Y0u must take me to see her. wnel
en- We 60? What . Charming crsate
Ore!"
est down, Count, and finish your
hluer.'
DO you think We could 20 70.
morrow night?'
"If you are anxious--yes,' l replied
How many times since have !
cursed Nazzari's! This story il too
long to tell you all. We called ne1t
night. She told us Of the death Of her
husband under tragic circumstances In
the East She did not add that she
had been separated from him for three
years. She cried, and saw big tears
come into the eyes Of my companion
a. be sympathized with her. Then
che talked about Germany; insisted
upon our dining with her the ne1e
evening. promising us some Imperial
Rhine carp stewed with button mulAs
rooms. O., course. Court Erich was
delighted at this manifest compliment
to himstU, and when we came away
that evening he simply raved about
her the whole way.
"'Have a care!" suggested. Do
1t 60 there too much.
"'Nonsensa! Sh. is the woman
above all others who can DO useful to
me-
"Well. mind she does not bleed
yos.'
HE was a ccuceited young gaby,
and be answered comewhat hotly that
he colud look after himself. From that
moment . coldness spraug Up between
U.s. But we kept the appointment to.
gether at the Princess dinner party
next night, which was rather . grand
affair. There were about Q dozen
guests and tbs Count had his carp
stewed with mushrooms.
After that night we met at rare in
tervals. A GOODNESS sprang up, and the
old intimacy was at an end. He fell
completely into her tolls, and she
twisted him round her little finger as
easily as if he were nothing more than
. skein Of floss silk. They were simp.
ly inseperable, driving here and there
together and they were the common
talk Of the clubs and cafes She was
still received in good society, for con-
tinental capitals are not like London.
Greater latitude is allowed, especially
In regard to Russian princesses. Every
evening the, were to be seen on the
PinciO. in a grand barouche and four,
with two big, whiskered Russians In
livery on the rumble. Once came
quite near to them. The Princess
gave me beamipg smile, and he .
somewhat patronizing bow.
"A few days after this incident the
explosion came. My chief, Lord 2.
who represented this country then In
the Eternal City, received a cipher
telegram He was dicating letter
to me when it was handed In.
"My God! he calculated. Is II
possible? Put that letter away. No,
stay! tear it up and burn the pieces.
l am of to the Prusslan Embassy
HE would not wait for carriage,
but tore out Of the house and hailed
a vehicle. bidding the man to drive
for all he was worth. He was by no
means an excitable man, and his con.
duct on this occasion caused me great
uneasiness. That night was due to
dine with some Of the officers in o
cavalry regiment stationed in Rome.
1t rather suited my purpose for the
thought occurred to me that perchance
one might hear something which would
throw light on the exclamation and
surprise of my chief bot in this |
was disappointed. was returning to
the Embassy about half-past IL, when
| was accosted by a muffled hgure. |
recognized Count Erich by his Ger.
man accent
Help me" he cried hoarsely. 7
am a ruined man.
He grippcd my arm and burst into
tears.
"C0me with me- | said,
"'N0 no, Here, come into the shade;
! cannot tell you in the light. Have
you heard nothng?' he inquired eager
ly. No? Well, | may as well tell you.
My country and Austria will be at was
tomorrow, il hostiitles have not 81.
ready begun and II is my fault-all
through my infatuaton for that Jeze.
bel, the Princess whom you introduced
me to. Now that the game Is up and
the cards known, Austria will rush
into war before we have more time tn
prepare, for Italy Is VIGOROUSLY weak,
and a month would make a tremen-
dous difference and give us an enorm-
GUS advantage. Austria will not walt
now, and this may mean disaster to
Prussia
- "'You have parted with some d.
plomatic secret? | aid.
"God forgive me- Yes. You know
the Princess and ! were about TO
narry?'
! uUuutu.
Two evenings ago we were dis
cussing money matters and che i'm
parted to me the fact that she was
about to invest largely in Italian secu-
rifles. The temptation was too great.
| knew that 1t had just been settled
that Italy was to be our ally In the
event Of war with Austria, and a.
soon as this fact would be out there
would be a general fall in Italian
securities. She begged me to tell her
why ! advised her to shun Italian
bonds, and fool that was-worse
than fool, traitor 80 told her
that the country had Just given q
secret pledge to support Prussia
"'And she communicated that
ITO the Austrian Ambassador.
Suspicion fell on me al once. This
night letter was received from her
offering 10 give up the name Of her In
formant to my chief for a stated sum.
A wire has been received from Berlin.
wire has been received from Berlin,
and she will get her price
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