The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-02-04

msnt OF the Instruments, he was un
able to hear.
The guards OF the palace were
called to the council room and In,
structed by the kaiser In person to adj
NIT man who would present plain
card within O few minutes They re-
ported that carriage drove up to the
outer gates and gentlemanly appear
lug stranger who spoke perfect Ger
man handed out slip of pasteboard
on which nothing whatever was
printed or engraved, Fearing, despite
their masters Instruction., that the
man might be an anarchist, the guards
had hesitated, whereupon the visitor,
reading their suspicious, told them
that they might search him II they
wished, which they did. This was
carried out with even more than or
binary care, and the man was found
to have absolutely nothing In his peck
cts. He was dressed in the regulation
dinner suit, as If he had lately come
from some club.
Still suspecting something unusual
In such a singular visit and admission
at this hour of the morning, the guards
escorted him to the council room and
waited at attention In the doorway
when his presence was announced. To
their surprise the emperor smiled as
IL in recognition, babe his visitor
Good evening" In English, and dis
missed the soldiers. Reassured by this
action, the men had resumed their &C.
customed posts, thinking no more
of the matter, and regarding it simply
as one Of the unusual appointments
which are made in such troublous
times.
In less than an hour, during all of
which time the guard at the door had
heard voices in seeming conversation
participated in by the three persons
with the room, he heard the emperor
and the chancellor burst into most un-
usual and hearty laughter. A few
minutes later he was surprised when
the emperor came from the room and
went to his dressing chamber, from
which he emerged in the plainest OF
civilian clothing, after which he
beckoned to his two companions.
His imperial majesty cautioned the
guard to let no one know that he was
leaving or-lof the nocturnal visitor,
and, still accompanied by the unknown
man and the chancellor, passed from
the palace. From this on he was
traced to the very carriage door, which
was closed behind the party by an
other attendant. The vehicle drove
away In the night, the glow OF the
mems cigars being the last thing no
ticed by the man who escorted them,
lsthus showing that all were on very
friendly and intimate terms.
The conveyance itself was traced
| for several miles into the country,
| through the fact Of it's having passed
several other rigs. There was moth
| ing in its appearance to distinguish
| it from any other, and only the fact
| that the streets at that time of night
| were deserted enabled the officers to
gather any idea of its direction. 9th
ers had been observed; but all were
identified and accounted for, and it
was by process of elimination only
that the one carrying the kaiser and
his companions was tracked. The re
turn journey of the vehicle, IL such
there had been, was not noticed, and
therefore led to the theory that some.
where within the empire the kaiser
and chancellor were being held pris
! oners.
The puZzling feature of the occur
renee was that the emperor must have
been acquainted and even on terms of
friendliness with the man who decoyed
| him away. No anarchistic attempt
could be deduced from the situation,
because with the careful search that
had been made 1t was certain that
there could have been no assassina.
| tion unless most remarkable conceal.
| ment had been made of all evidences
| of the crime Nor was it even tenable
that the party had crossed the border
| line, because in condition of threat.
ened war all travellers were being
| closely watched.
| Over every foot of the empire and
into the most inaccessible portions.
search was being made for the place
where the nations ruler and the chan
cellor might be held; but so far there
had been nothing whatever that
threw even the faintest ray OF light
on their whereabouts, The attempts
of the secret service men and mem
| bers of his majesty's family to keep
his disappearance a secret failed, and
| indeed was unnecessary, for the
people themselves had to be enlisted
in quest involving the whole country.
1t was at this iuncture that Ro-