Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-11-19

/ not remember WHICH Oh you CWO
nephews of mine is to succeed me.
My nephew John tells me that he has
been away long time, and I cannot
remember having seen him for some
weeks"
His majesty forgets at times, re-
sumed the archduke. "He will readily
accept my cousin in my place. ! hope
that his advisers will fall in with the
scheme, for any man except myself
must be relief to them in their de-
signs. Well / have talked with her
highness. and it is our unsuitable re-
solve to resign all our honors and
withdraw into obscurity. have ar
ranged with my few friends to do
their best for my successor. We do
not expect to be heard of again"
Now here is our plan" the arch
duke continued hurriedly. Tomorrow
Or today, rather, we leave for Sara
jevo, where / shall deliver an address
which will appease the Croatian peo-
pie and crown my policy of conciiia-
ton. That will be my last official act
and will checkmate our enemies. You
will render me your aid as fer as pos
sible?"
/ pledged myself
"Then you will travel to Sarajevo
on the same train, but not in my COM
pany," continued the archduke. ut
leaves at an early hour. Only my per-
sonal aide knows that, for necessarily
these things have to be arranged with
secrecy. 1t is special consisting OF
two coaches. My staff and / will oc-
cupy the first, and you will follow in
| the second with some of my friends.
One of them will call at your hotel for
you an hour before the train departs.
| At Sarajevo you will go to the house
of M. Pasich in Bosnai street, and will
remain there until we return from the
town hall. M. Pasich is my friend and
will be my host; by the time you ar
| rive he will be in possession of all
the facts. My cousin and his wife will
| join you there. We shall then ex-
change roles. They will return to
Vienna at night, and you will accom-
| pany me in an automobile as far as
the Servian frontier, where your duty
will be ended. l can rely implicitly
on you?"
Fully, so far as lies in my power"
I answered. "But though you two gen.
tlemen resemble each other closely
enough to enable the substitution to
| be effected at the moment, have you
considered that"
81 have" he answered, clapping his
hand on my shoulder. Fortunately
| that detail settles itself, for heavy
veil is the ceremonial dress in Bosnia
That dates from the time Of the Turk
ish regime. So her highness the
duchess Of Hohenberg can very well
pass muster for Madame Won Behring.
Now" he added, rising, ''time is pass
ing, and there is much to do. Our
friends all understand their duties,
and so bid you good night, my friend
Expect my aide early in the morning."
He shook hands with me and rose.
| The officer came out of the emperor's
| apartments and conducted me back to
the palace entrance, where he took
leave of me with ceremonious salute.
Declining the offers of the hack
drivers, made my way home afoot
Truly we we're playing into our enc
mics hands that night. I was not
hundred yards from the palace en-
trance when felt that was being fol-
lowed. swung round to see the face
of the spy Macchio peering at me
through the fog of the night.
well, sir?" | demanded.
II beg your pardon, y he mumbled. 81
thought you we're a friend of mine"
"And now that you are satisfied 1
am not, perhaps you will kindly take
yourself off, l answered.
The fellow skunk away. He did not
follow me to my hotel, to the best of
my belief. But when l was at last in
my room cold reaction came over
me.
must have slept more soundly to-
ward morning, for / started up at
length to find that it was half-past
eight. / dressed with haste and went
down. Nobody had called for me. 1
ale a hasty breakfast and waited. The
aide did not appear. Ten o'clock came,
| then eleven. Twelve struck. 1 was
now thoroug ly alarmed. Had the aide
gone to the wrong hotel? I hurried
round to Won Behring's lodgings, to
learn that he and his wife had driven
to the railroad station at half-past
eight.
My fears deepened. Surely the aide
must have blundered. When I discov-
cred at the station that there were no
signs of the royal party and that there
was no train for Sarajevo until six
o'clock that night fell into panic.
From friendly porter gathered the
information that a special had left q.
ten. Clearly had been left behind.
But was this Macchio's doing?
That day was slow agony to me.
It was not so much the thought of nv