Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-05

Deriih' ne Sought no friends, no adj
vertisement, and Stunned notoriety.
"Ha, my dear Ferdinand Z. cried the
prince, shaking the hand of the man
who so suddenly became worid-famous
at the age of seventy. "You have trav-
eled from Stuttgart to see me-unwell.
as, you arel II Is an honor. But the
matter Is one Of greatest urgency, as
have already written to you. I want
to show you the correspondence and
seek your advice" and the prince In
vited his whlte-haired friend to the
big, carved armchair beside his writ
ing-table. Then, turning to me, he
said:
: "Will you see Won Glasenapp for,
me, and hand him those orders for
Ppsen7, He must leave tonight. The
general cOurt-martial at Stendal
Have fixed for the 25th. l shall be with
the emperor this afternoon. Report
here at seven northumberland
Thus was | dismissed, while his i'm
perial highness and Count Zeppelin sat
together in secret counsel. ...
A Startling Discovery.
At ten minutes to seven that evening
4 l unlocked the crown princes room
with the key carried, the other two
keys being in the hands Of the crown
princess and her husband. had placed
upon the table a bundle of reports
which had just been brought round
from the ministry Of war, and required
that -scribbly signature, "Wilhelm
KrOnprinz," when l noticed three pri-
vate letters that had evidently been
placed aside. The envelopes were adj
dressed In a thin, angular, female hand,
and bore an English address. / noted
ii. The name on each was that of a
lady residing in Aylesbury avenue,
Hampstead, London. The letters bore
German stamps. In keen curiosity,
took one and examined It., wondering
whether 1t could be the correspondence
which the crown prince had been so
eager to show Count Won Zeppelin In
secret.
drew the letter from the envelope
= and scanned 1t rapidly,
What l read caused me to hold my
breath. The signature to the letters
was Enid Won Leutenberg."
Those letters of hers had It was
plain, been seized in the post on their
way to London. The countess either
had traitor In her household or secret
watch was being kept by the secret
service ruponaher correspondence. "a
ALI three of those letters read"
letters Which opened my eyes and
ArOadehed myaalnd.' Then, taking up
my bundle of repbrts,y'I .erept away
from'yhe room. fcSrefully re-latching
rhe id95r.' 81 Intended that his higliness'
shob nd 'ratufh, .aiseover the letters left
thete+9ii iadFeftehITy ANA put them
a@dy' eF@Tt6g1 arrfvaf, IN Which case
he %dtild Asvef sdtpect thatI had any
knoSSIeflge BIZ tiiei& eoftents.r ''" ~
WIN the pdbers'ln my hand / passed 10
hfl4g*tha 'riany -tatbeted corridors to
the hjnth';wlhg, of the phfdGe, where
faf9ihd ~rresteyhitzs MARSHAL. of The !, !.
.pIyE;pqIe e4se0drts FL hisSrG6fl, ,Nfs''' ~
"'fbe'sPSwh brffftei 'fmif9ftcd MS fs.'T
theSS Sharp Spunetuality'T therefore / =
kneH that. he would be there at seven '
or soon afterwafd.
Tresternitz was always fuL.pf scan
dial eoRc9rnspg those who ,4iRed ,ins thar
higheE, gtrc!lSsref, BeBljn, ;; andstt ,MBSEtd.s.N
one 'O3,these;. stoEhes q 'coart soaada3as
,QRe Of tina Understanding :
which, IillsteRade whaie 4 rsrnoked zone
Of shis,eDGellaAt, Russian, Gigsrsttess q u-s
The1'Y glaDoipgIat the'floek, Ii rose
suddenly and,iefr him, returning again Il
to the private room. +~r' q.
f. fOuRd is-highnessrther and as II
entered noticed that he had hidden
those remarkable letters which he had 9,
Ia secret shown-to Count Zeppelin,
4You VIII Introduce Ne to Your Pref
-. ty Friend"
A fortnight went past The kaiser,
with his mad love Of constant travel,
had been rushing up and down the en-
pire-tO Krupp's at Essen. to the trials 1
II a newly invented howitzer. thence
70 an inspection at Kassel, and after
ward to unyell monuments at Cologne |
md at Erfurt. The crown prince and I
princess had accompanied him, the
1aiserin being indlspOsed. and L OF q
course, had been included in "WllMe's" b
'uite. a.
The week had been a strenuous one c
# train travel, luncheons, firing din 0
lers, receptions, dancing, and general
unketings, and l was glad enough to v
Jet back to my bachelor rooms-those I
ooms In the Krausenstrasse that you v
new so well before the bursting of the
var cloud. To dance attendance upon Il
n imperial crown prince, as well as h
pom an autocratie emperor, becomes
fter a time wearisone business, b
oweyer gay and cosmopolitan man r.
iay be.
! had only been at home few hours
hen telephone message summoned {,
a.. u. n