The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-12-26
4 CHRISTMAS
EPISODE;
SO ;
involving His Majesty the
Emperor OF Germany
By JOSEPH M'cHALOwsKy

WIG .OI the ytdV6fle dlO-VS-CduIp VI
the emperor of Germany. II have ev
anything ready for Christmas so far
10 / can foresee Can you think OF
anything that has been overlooked"
"Have you ordered the tree
II have. and have procured tine
sne. The children will be delighted
"A gift from me to each childT"
"Every one has been provided for"
"Well. then. 1 don't see what else
there is to do"
Are you going anywhere. Adolph.
with the emperor during the next few
iaysy ~ -
HE may 60 to Hamburg on Thurs
lay. If SO ! shall doubtless so with
him. Why do you ask?'
"Oh. nothing. simply wish TO know
+ you will he absent on Christmas
.ve."
81 am quite sure | shaIl-that is. If
We make tie trip"
"Why do you go with the emperor
IN all his journeys!"
"Reing iltrusted with the reguia
lions to insure his safety when he
travels. 1t is usually necessary that
should do so. Just now ii is impera-
live. for we have got wind Of plot
Of the anarchists to assassinate the
emperor
The count kissed his wife. went out
to his carnage and was driven to his
"a binet i'm the palace. where he pro
.eeded to make the arrangements for
his masters trip During the day fur
Their details of the plot hatched by the
ana rchists were brought in and occa-
stoned the rOunt great concern. But
when he went home in the evening
and found his children absorbed In
their authorizations for Christmas he
threw off care and entered into the
spirit of the season.
"My dear said his wife. has the
emnerors trip been decided uIou?
Not surely"
"How can one know whether he goes
or not:''
"Why should one wish to know?
asked the husband, looking at his wife
curiously Ea
why why. our calculations for
Christmas are in measure dependent
upon your being here Just before
Christmas day" ttiewG;A -.
81 don't see why"
well. never mind I shall try to
arrange everything irrespective OF your
being with MS ~ ~; ~
This reply seemed TO satisfy the
count. who was especially DESTROYS
since receiving the infUrma ton of the
anarchist plot tn keep the emperor $
going secret. He played with his
children till their bedtime. kissed them
good night and then fell to thinking
about the coming journey and how tei
head off those who were bent on muir
dering his imperial master. The next
morning he said to his wife:
1T will bp decided today whether
we go to Hamburg or not. Ii we go }
shall send you private message
don't dare trust to the telephone that
you may get my baggage ready"
Twill his majesty's departure he an
nounced IN the newspapers"
THAT can't be avoided here in Ger
many as 1t might he in Russia. If
we 60 the next Issue of the Journals
will announce the fact
The cOnnt spent the day in his cab
met as usual. and during the afternoon
a police officer came In and handed
him note. Demidorf read II and
turned pale, The photography he rpeog-
nized to he his wife's. The note was
addressed to her brother. Heinrich v,n
Kinningen. aud read:
Bring 1t on Thursday provided the EN-
peror goes to Hamburg on that day: II
not. delay till you hear from me: In any
event. you had better hand II In by the
hack door Twelve midnight would be
the safest hour to make the delivery:
How did you obtain this:'' asked
the count. making an effort to control
his agitation.
1.-THE messenger who was employed
to carry it. finding that It had teen
carelessly sealed. had the curiosity. to
open and read 1t. He considered, It of
vital importance aud Instead OF deliv-
! ering it banded It to- oar chief. who
directed me to bring II silerp... p
'Call another messenger With order.
to carry II 10 the person Ia whou, 1t
II addressed" said thF COUNT as.lsut
nrst will take ~ copy of -,
E when ne had done so ise gave It to
the officer and dismissed him. Tfpn.
when he Was alone. his Jhend ssasslS- ON
6ts desk and he sroaned., Was. II Dos,
slble that his wife had been drawn tnta
sympathy NTH anarchists thrsneh her
brother. who was Jan, extremist. aud
possibly an anarchist himself. and had
she consented to use such knowledge
|of the emperor's mnSemehtx hsp.she
might derive from her husband TO ia
rOr their designs. Heavens. She must
be intending to receive the bomb with
which II was intended the murder
should I've committed Hut what would
II avail the assassins to receive 1t aft
sr the emperor had gone?
4Aeb. J have IT, he said to himself
'The assassination is to. take place on
sur return. II Is then that precautions
taken ii such cases are apt to be re-
hxe,l. Oh. my Amelia. TO think that
yen should. not only be the tool OF as.
essayhN Inn ~ as~ssslns who are liable