The Washington times., 1917-05-06
Plotted to Kill Crown Prince
Aged Widow, Aided By Neurotc Young Man,
Sought Revenge For Ruin of Her Son, and
Kaiser's Heir Almost Met Early End.

when the head forester entered. and.
addressing the crown prince. said;
There Is q man to see your i'm
perial highness, and refuses to leave.
He gives his name as Karl Krahl."
His highness' brows narrowed for
q second. which showed his annoy
ance, then, smiling affably. so clever
was he. like his imperial father In the
concealmsnt Of his real feelinEs-he
replied:
"oh. yes-Krahl! I recollect. Yes.
I will see him here"
Like English Tourist.
Next moment the person whom
had heard discussed so strangely In
the little old woman's beautiful win
ter garden was ushered in.
He was dark-haired, aged about
twenty-eight, Judged, with small.
shrewd black eyes, dressed in a we'll
cut suit OF gray country tweeds. and
but for his German name l should
have taken him for an English tour
ist. one OF those familiar objects OF
the Harz in peace time.
Come in, karlT' exclaimed the
crown prince affably. as he grasped
his visitors hand. His highness did
not often offer his manicured hand
to others, and at this l was greatly
surprised. THE forester did not
know you. of course. Well, am very
pleased to see you. Have you come
straight here?"
"Yes. your highness. want first
to Berlin. and learning that you were
here I thought l had better lose no
time"
quite right" laughed his highness,
who. turning to me, said: ''Heltzen-
dorff. will you tell the others to go
on-that am detained for an hour on
state business, and-and that l will
join them as soon as possible. / will
find you in the woods. on the left OF
the QuedlInburg road, before one
comes to the wurmtal. Apologize
for me, but the delay is Inevitable. l
have a conference with Herr Krahl."
The Crown Prince DisaDpears-
While his highness remained behind
at the forester's house to chat alone
with the mysterious Karl Krahl, we
went out among the birds and had
some excellent sport. Yet the sight
OF the young man. whom I had long
endeavored In vain TO trace, caused
me considerable wonderment. Who
was that young fellow in whom the
little old countess seemed to take
such deep and peculiar interest?
What was his offense that she, with
the crown prince. should concoct, as
II seemed to me, such a plot as that I
had partly overheard?
That there was q woman In the case
I felt assured, but her name had not
NJ nn q
picion of whom It could be. realized.
however. that something important
must be In progress. otherwise his
highness. devoted to sport as he was.
would never have given up the best
OF the afternoon to consuII with that
stranger in gray tweeds.
The foresters and beaters had come
with US, as the crown prince had, at
his own request, been left alone with
his mysterious visitor.
After q couple OF short beats we ar
rived at the spot on the forest read to
Quedlinburg, a most romantic and pic
turesque gorge. where his highness
had arranged to meet us, and there
we sat dawn and waited.
shoot Ia Continued.
A full, half hour had passed. yet the
head forester. who was keeping a
lookout along the road. did not signal
his highness' approach.
81 wonder what can have detained
him?" remarked Won oertzen, the In
spector general OF cavalry.
explained that strange young
man had come to tho forester's house.
An hour went past. The light
would soon fade, and We, knowing
''Willie's" utter disregard for his ap-
pointments. at last decided to con
tinue tho shoot. leaving one of the
foresters to tell his hlghness the d.
rectlon we had taken,
Tho Crown Prince did not, however,
Join us, and darkness had fallen ere
we returned to the forester's house,
or His Hlghness there was no sign.
fact which much surprised US, In
the room wherein I had left him his
gun and green Tyroleso hat were
lying upon a chair, and the fact that
all the cars were still ranged out.
side showed that he had not driven
back to tho castle,
Tho Crown Prince had disappeared
A Lady's Bag.
Knof, His Highness' ehafreur, who
had been walking with uA, was sent
back post haste 40 the sehloss to
ascertain whether he had been seen
there, for His Hiehness' movements
were often most eFTAtio, We knew
that IL the whim took him he would
peEhaps 20 on In an opposite dtreo-
tion, or trudge back to the castle
with utter disregard OF our natural
anxiety,
Lights were lit. and we enjoyed
cigars awaiting KNOTS return, In an
hour he was back with the news that
nothing had been heard OF His High
ness, Soon after we had left that
morning, however, a young man in
a gray suit had called and seen the
majordomo, who had directed him
whore His Highness might be found,
Upon Eokhardt-the oommissary
of police responsible for His High
ness safety-the onua rested, Yet,
had he not been sent out with the
party, as His Highness had expressed
10 me y wish to be left alone with
the stranger, whose name I alone
knew,
While we were discussing the most
judicious mode of action-for
scented much mystery in this visit of
Karl Krahl-Cne Of the party disceV-
cred, lying upon the ledge of the
window, lady's small and rather
elegant handbag Of black moire silk.
Csrsnet On Linen.