The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
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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. 10
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 1t 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 I'M
usual and hearty laughter. A few
minutes later he was surprised wher
the emperor came from the room anC
went to his dressing chamber, from
| which he emerged in the plainest O.
| civilian clothing, after which III
| beckoned to his two companions.
His imperial majesty cautioned tn
j guard to let no one know that he wa
I leaving or of the nocturnal visitor
| and, still accompanied by the unknown
man and the chancellor, passed iron
the palace. From this on he wa
traced to the very carriage door, whic
} was closed behind the party by al
other attendant. The vehicle drov
away in the night, the glow OF tn
fe. mems cigars being the last thing NJ
re- ticed by the man who escorted then
an thus showing that all were on yer
cir friendly and intimate terms.
The conveyance itself was trace
US for several miles into the countr
&c through the fact of its having passe
10 several other rigs. There was not
zee ing In its appearance to distinguis
er. It from any other, and only the ia
eo that the streets at that time of mig
on we're deserted enabled the officers
ay' gather any idea of its direction. OF
co. ers had been observed: but all we
la identified and accounted for, and
was by process of elimination on
II that the one carrying the kaiser al
I'M his companions was tracked. The ]
my turn journey of the vehicle, If SUI
eA- there had been, was not noticed, a.
TAU therefore led to the theory that son
val where within the empire the kais
ooh and chancellor were being held pr
OnerS.
The puzzling feature of the occ'
renee was that the emperor must ha
m been acquainted and even on terms
'e friendliness with the man who decoy
him away. No anarclistic atten
io could be deduced from the SITUATE
''.N because with the careful search Il
had been made it was certain Il
there could have been no assassi
ton unless most remarkable conct
ment had been made of all eviden
;. of the crime. Nor was it even tena
49,, that the party had crossed the Dor
80 line, because in condition of thrt
:, ened war all travellers were be
49,. closely watched,
M Over every foot of the empire
80. into the most inaccessible portit
~. search was being made for the pl
where the nations ruler and the CT
49, cellor might be held; but so far tn
49, had been nothing whatever
80 threw even the faintest ray OF Il
800 on their whereabouts. The atten
'.,an of the secret service men and m
= !. bers of his majesty's family to k
n,aa his disappearance secret failed,
,uho indeed was unnecessary, for
~ people themselves had to be enli
oo1n in quest involving the whole cour
, ~. It was at this juncture that a
many horse trader, seeming a rev
1T, offered his services and sugges
,,,tas 70 the police which was prom
oan acted upon. He described having
.s,ah the carriage which was suppose'
49, have taken away the emperor
49, following the instincts of the h
.,,tos man, he scrutinized the animals
aaao closely than the conveyance. He
: he was walking round a turn in
road, and was almost run over
fore he had time to gain free
W. One of the horses almost brushed
in passing, and he noticed not OF
W az c;nuularitv of oait hut a nee