Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-08-10

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Then, turning to me, he asked me
| to conduct her out.
On returning to the crown prince,
| found him in a decidedly savage mood
He was pacing the floor impatiently,
muttering angrily to himself, for 1t was
apparent that some plan of his was be-
ing thwarted by the girls refusal to
conform to his wishes and obtain GER
tain information he was seeking.
The crown prince, when in foreign
country. was never idle. His energy
was such that he was ever on the
move, with eyes and ears always open
| to learn whatever he could. Hence
Ii was at two o'clock that afternoon
Knot brought round a big gray open
car, and in 1t l sat beside the en-
peror'S son while we were driven
around the defenses Of Plymouth, just
as on previous occasions We had in
spected those Of Portsmouth and Of
Dover.
On the following Thursday evening
we had returned to London. and the
crown prince. without telling me
where he was going, left the Ritz hotel.
merely explaining that he might not be
back till midnight. 1t was on that &C.
casiOn. my dear LeQueux, you will
remember, that I dined with you at
the Devonshire club. and We afterward
spent a pleasant evening together at
the Empire.
l merely told you that his highness
was out at dinner with friend. You
were, naturally, inquisitive. but 1 did
not satisfy your curiosity. Secrecy was
then my duty.
A Sample Of German Preparedness.
| On returning to the hotel / found
the crown prince arranging with Knot
motor run along the Surrey hills on
the following day. He had a large
map spread before him-a German
military map. the curious marks upon
which would have no doubt astOnished
any war office official. The map indi-
Gated certain spots which had been Sc
cretly prepared by Germany in view of
the projected invasion.
To those spots we motored on the
following day. His imperial highness,
at the instigation Of the emperor, actu-
ally made a tour Of inspection of those
cunningly concealed points of vantage
which the imperial general staff had.
with their marvellous fOrethought and
bold enterprise, already prepared right
beneath the very nose Of the sleep
ing British lion.
| From the crown princes jaunty man.
ner and good spirits felt assured that
by the subtle persuasive powers he pos
sessed towards women he had brought
the mysterious Miss King into line
with his own plans-whatever they
might be.
| We lunched at the Burford Bridge
hotel, that pretty. Old-fashioned house
beneath Box hill, not far from Dor
king.
| After our meal in the long public
room, we strolled into the grounds for
a smoke.
swell. Heltzendorff," he said pres
emily, 1--WE will return to the CONT
nent tomorrow. Our visit has not
been altogether abortive. We will re-
main few days in Ostend, before we
return to Potsdam."
| Next afternoon we had taken up our
quarters at a small but very select no.
tel on the Digue at Ostend. place
called the Beau Sejour." 1t was
patrOnized by Old-fashioned folk, and
Herr Richter" was well known there.
There may have been some who sus-
pected that Richter was not the visit
Or's real name, but they were few, and
it always surprised me how well the
crown prince succeeded in preserving
authorities knew of the imperial visit
The English Girl Again.
The following day. about three
o'clock, while the crown prince was
carelessly going through some letters
brought by couriers from Potsdam. a
waiter came to me with a message that
a Miss King desired to see Mr.. Richter.
| In surprise / received her. welcom-
ing her to Ostend. From the neat dress
of the pretty English girl l concluded
that she had just crossed from Dover,
and she seemed most anxious to see
his highness. l noted that she still
wore the beautiful golden butterfly.
When l entered his room to an
nounce her the crown princes brow
knit, and his thin lips compressed.
HIN! More trouble for us, Heltzen-
dorff, l suppose! Very well, show
her in"
| The fair visitor was In the room for a
long time-indeed. for over an hour.
| Their voices were raised, and now and
then, curiously enough. l received the
impression that, whatever might have
been the argument, the pretty girl had
gained her own point, for when she
came out she smiled ut me in triumph.
and walked straight forth and down
| the stairs.
| The crown prince threw himself into
a big armchair in undisgulsed dissatis-
faction. Towards me he never wore
a mask, though, like his father, he in