The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-09

luDQS0Ine young WOlndu dSouicu ihe- tears yelling in her fine dark eyes.
 Tn that case, then, please leave the matter entirely in my hands" I said.
 That same night. about ten o'clock. the emperor entered the room to which I had just returned to work.
 "Send Frau Kleist to me be snapped. And I will summon you later when l want you. Heltzendorff."
 Frau Kleist I had no idea the wom- an had arrived al the castle. But dis patched one of the servants to search for her, and afterwards heard her high pitched voice as she aseended the stairs to hold secret counsel with his majesty.
 Below I found the fat, fair-haired little doctor from Augsburg, who was still an enigma, but eager to see his imperial patient.
 Suddenly one of the imperial fun keys bowed at the door, commanding the doctor to the royal presence, and he left me, hot and Hurried.
 Had the emperor called tlfe unknown doctor into consultation with Frau Kleist?
 Inquiries had made concerning the doctor from Augsburg showed that he was quite well-known specialist on mental diseases. and he had also writ ten textbook upon bacteriology and the brain. Why had the kaiser sum- moned him? He required no brain specialist.
 I've leave tomorrow at noon." the emperor exclaimed brusQuely when, an hour later I was summoned to his room. This amazed me, for our ar engagements were to remain three days longer. 1 recollected Madam Reit- schel's words.
 T do not feel at all well" his majeS- ty added, ''and this Doctor Yollerthun orders me rest at Potsdam."
 In silence l bowed, and then ven tured to refer to what was uppermost in my mind.
 May l be permitted to speak to your majesty upon Il certain confidential subjeet?" I begged.
 What subjecttn snapped the en- peror.
 Your maiesty's negotiations with the sultan of Turkey Frau Reit- schel has learned of them. but she is eager to come before you and take an oath of entire secrecy"
 The kaiser's eyes narrowed and glowed in sudden anger.
 A Woman's Oath.
 "A woman's oath :" he cried. Bah. Never have I believed in silence inn posed upon any woman's tongue more especially that of born enemy, appreciate your loyalty and acumen. Vo1 Heltzendortf. but I have. fortu- nateiy known this for some little time. and in strictest secrecy have taken cer- tain measures to combat it. Remem- Der that these words have never been uttered to you! Remember that! You are adjutant, and I am emperor. Un- derstand I fully appreciate and note your royal report. but it is not woman's sphere to enter our diplomacy. except as secret agent of our fatherland. Let us say no more.'
 Ten minutes later, being dismissed. l wandered back through the great si- lent, echoing corridors of the ancient castle to my own room. A great human drama. greater than any ever placed upon the stage. was now being en- acted.
 The emperor was plotting the down. fall of the Turkish empire and the overthrow of Islam in Europe Be- tween the all-highest one and the real ization of those plans for world power stood one frail little Parsienne, the vivacious, well-meaning Madam Reit- schel,
 Next day We left the SchloSs Langen- berg. but before doing so We heard with regret that our charming little hostess had been suddenly taken i'll during the night. and the kaiser, as d mark of favor. had ordered his doctor. Vollerthun. to remain behind to attend her. That Herr Reitschel was In great distress I saw from his face as he stood on the little platform at nmenau.
 Back in Berlin. wondered what was in progress in that far-off schloss in Thuringia, but week later the truth became vividly apparent when I read in the Staats-AnZeiger an announce ment that Frau Reitschel, the young wife of the famous Anton Reitschd of ConstantinOple. had been seized by q sudden and mysterious illness and had developed insanity to such hopeless degree that it had been necessary to c0nfine her in the Rosenau private asy lnm at Coburg.
 In second thought of the dancing mistress and the mental specialist from Augsburg.
 Poor Madam Reitschel! She died early in 1913, q raving lunatic. Her devoted husband. having served the emperor's purpose, had been recalled to Berlin. where. bereft of the kaiser'S favor. he predeceased her by about six