News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-07-25

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plomats were under the impressio
that the emperor had at last deigne
to notice them.
! The whole thing was huge joke Ii
vented by the kaiser on the castle te
race, and the court and the imperit
family were in fits of laughter over
for a week.
A Message to the Emperor.
One afternoon when we were bac
again at the palace at POtsdam tn
emperor was explaining to me Gel
tain order he wished carried out. Pres
emily one of the flunkeys entered will
private note for his majesty. TIL
emperor read it, and instantly / say
that his countenance grew pale ant
his manner changed.
He read it again, and then re-reat
1t, his lips compressed, his eyebrows
narrowed, and his cheeks unduly pale
Afterwards he struck a match anC
burned the letter in the crate.
That missive no doubt contained
some grave news, the nature of which
could not guess, because he suddenly
abandoned his work, and, telling me to
meet him in the study at eight o'clock
that evening, he strobe out.
| When he had gone out l picked up
| the blackened finder and examined 1t,
but it was so charred that could not
read any word, though from the two
or three marks of the pen / realized
that it had been written by the hand
of a woman.
An hour later learned that the en-
peror had left Potsdam. He had by
receipt of that letter evidently become
seriously perturbed.
l called the flunkey who had handed
him the missive and questioned him.
He had received it from another serv-
ant who had received it from SOMEONE
else, until at last l discovered that it
had been handed by young girl to
one of the sentries on duty outside the
palace, who in due course had sent it
in to his majesty.
While passing along one Of the cor
ridors that evening I met bald-headed
old Won Klupfel, who was at that time
grand chamberlain, and he beckoned
me into his cozy room. Then, when the
door was closed, he asked
"What has happened? The emperor
has left incognito and all of sudden.
The state ball tomorrow night has been
cancelled"
"Cancelled" I echoed. "Where has
the emperor gomez"
Nobody knows-except Herman,
his personal valet, whom he has taken
with him."
Curious" I remarked, thinking of
the letter, though, of course, l told Won
Klupfel nothing of it. Whatever tran
spired within his majesty's study was
always regarded as a strict secret.
More than one serious family quarrel
had occurred there in my presence.
"Well, something serious has GER
tainly occurred. That is my belief"
declared the old chamberlain. "'Uncle'
Zeppelin was coming to the palace to-
morrow on a visit, and I have just sent
him a telegram to postpone his jour-
ney."
"But his majesty had two important
engagements tomorrow, and, in addi-
ton, a military parade in Berlin"
said.
"All is Cancelled, my dear Won Helt-
zendorff," replied the old fellow. "The
emperor has left for destination IN
known. l suppose had better report
his absence to the imperial chancel-
LORI" he added.
mo, if I were you would say moth
ing" l replied. "For some private rea-
son his majesty has evidently been
forced to go on a journey. Without
doubt l shall hear from him tomorrow.
As soon as do so 1 will tell you"
A Telephone Message From "Herr
Zeller."
Ny expectation was realized, for the
next day just after six o'clock in the
evening received a telegram dispatch
ed from Harlem, in Holland, ordering
me to go to the Adion hotel, In Berlin,
at once and register there. The con-
GLIDING words of the message. sent in
English, were: "You will receive a
telephone call at 1890 tonight" 1t
was signed "Zeller," one of the names
used by the emperor when he Travelled
incognito.
l ordered the car and drove into Ber-
lin, taking with me a small bag, and
engaged a room in Herr Adlon's hotel,
in which was a telephone.
Soon after ten o'clock told the
telephone operator that If anyone rang
me NJ 1 should be in my room.
Half-past ten came, and then slowly
the hands of the clock passed round to
eleven, and past.
Suddenly there was a sharp ring,
and took up the receiver.
A strange voice sounding far away
asked for me, and replied in the af-
firmative.
Then in a few seconds another voice
which 1 instantly recognized as the
emperor's-asked in English
as that you. Won Heltzendorffi' and
having received my reply, he said: Il
am ZeIler, speaking from the Hotel
des hides. at The Hague. VIII you
tell madame I am here7 Instruct
Klupfel to cancel all my engagements
for the next fortnight. and tomorrow