New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13

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pressed she was by the glitter ant
glamour Of the Potsdam court circle
and by the fact that she was in tn,
presence Of the all highest one. From
words she let drop that night as sht
hung upon my arm, l wondered wheth
er she was really as ingenious as sht
pretended. She was, l found, an ex
tremely discreet and clever little per
son, n fact which further Increased my
official interest in her.
Questioned by the Emperor.
One night about two months later
! had an appointment with Max Rein
hardt at the Deutsches theater, In Ber
lin, to arrange a royal visit there, and
after the performance l went back tC
the palace, prior to retiring to my
rooms In the Krausenstrasse. The
guards saluted as l crossed the dark
courtyard, and having passed through
the corridors to the private apart
ments, l entered with my key the
crown princes locked study.
To my surprise. I found "Willie'
seated there with the emperor in ear
nest discussion.
With apology. l bowed instantly and
withdrew, %whereupOn the kaiser ex-
claimed:
"Come In, Heltzendorff I want you"
Then he cast a quick glance at the
young man, who had thrown himself
In a lazy attitude into a long cane
lounge chair. 1t was rs though his
majesty was h~esitating to speak with
me, or asking his sons permission to
do so.
"Tell me, HeltzendOrf." exclaimed
his majesty suddenly. "do you know
this person." and he placed before my
gaze a cabinet photograph Of the pretty
Elise.
yes" I answered frankly. ut Is
Frauelin Breitenbach.
And what do you know of herr" in
quired his majesty. You introduced
her and her mother to court. I believe"
! saw that the emperor had dlscov-
cred something which annoyed him.
What could 1t be?
At Once l was compelled to admit
that I had set down their names for
invitation, and, further. l explained oil
that knew about them.
"You are certain you know nothing
mOre?" asked the emperor. "Under-
stand that no blame attaches to you"
I assured him that I had revealed all
that I knew concerning them.
Hold no further communication
with either mother or daughter" his
majesty said. Leave for Paris by the
eight o'clock train tomorrow morning.
and 60 to Baron O Steinmetz, the
chief Of our confidential service in
France"
Then. turning to the crownp prince, he
said "You have his address,"
"Yes." said the younger man. "He
Is passing as Monsieur Felix ReumOnt,
and is living Mt ia bis, Avenue de
Neuilly. close to the Pont."
I scrubbed the name and address
upon the back Of an envelope, where
upon his majesty said:
Garry my verbal orders to Stein
metz, and tell him to act upon the Or
ders l sent him by courier yesterday.
And you will assist him. He will ex.
plain matters fully when you arrive"
Then. crossing to the crown princes
writing table, his majesty tOOk a large
envelope, into which he placed the pho
tograph with several papers, and
sealed them with the crown princes
seal.
"Give this to Won Steinmetz from
me-" his majesty said.
l bowed as I took 1t from his mnjes-
tvs hand. my curiosity naturally ex-
cited regarding Frau Breitenbach and
her daughter. What, I wondered, was
in the wind?
"And, H~eltzendorf. please report to
remarked the heir, still lounging
laZily In the chair.
Bowling, I took leave of my imperial
master, and next morning at eight
o'clock. set out upon my mission.
Baron o stelnmetx.
I found the Baron Won Steinmetz liv-
Ing in a good-sized house in the Ave-
nue. de NeuIlly, not far from the bridge.
One Of the cleverest and most astute
officials that Germany possessed. and
n man high in the kaiser's favor, he
had, in the name Of Felix ReumOnt,
purchased. with government funds Of
a cinema theater in the Rue
and ostensibly upon the
proceeds of that establishment lived
comfortably out at Neuilly.
At eleven o'clock in the morning his
valet, evidently q German. showed me
n.
II quite understand. my dear Helt-
sendorf." ne said, as he took from the
emperor's packet the picture Of Frau
Elm Elise and stood gazing at 1t. ut
s quite plain why you should have
,een sent by his majesty"
"Why. I don't understand. But his
majesty told me that you would ex-
,lain. The young lady and her mother
ire friends Of mine"
Exactly. That's Just it," he ex-
"You apparently know but
title Of them-eh?-Or you would not
all them your friendsw
These words surprised me, but I was
he more astounded when he contin-
led:
"You of course know of those dis
.raceful anonymous letters which have
'een continually arriving at court-of
he emperor's fury concerning them"
1 replied in the Affirmative, for, as a
Of fact. for the past three
nonths the whole court had been food
d with most abusive and disgraceful
correspondence concerning the CANA
lila that had again sprung up around
he kaiser. The emperor. the empress, I